AUSTIN, Texas – As the illustrious career of Missouri Baptist University's Jordan Crawford comes to a close, the track & field star has added another Academic All-America® award to his arsenal. On Thursday, Crawford was recognized by College Sports Communicators, formerly CoSIDA, as a Men's Cross Country/Track & Field First Team selection and became an unprecedented four-time Academic All-American®.
 
Among the 30 NAIA honorees for one of college athletics' most prestigious awards, Crawford was one of just two repeat selections.
 
Graduating summa cum laude in 2022 with a B.S. in Exercise Science with a 4.03 GPA, the Douglasville, Ga. native is well on his way to a Master of Business Administration from Missouri Baptist with a perfect 4.00 GPA. In addition to his success in the classroom, Crawford had another prolific year on the track.
 
After winning his first national title in the 5000-meter race walk at the 2022 NAIA Outdoor National Championships, Crawford followed it up with his first indoor national title in Brookings, S.D. and a second outdoor national championship this spring in Marion, Ind. In total, Crawford has earned three individual national titles in the race walk and has been crowned an NAIA All-American eight times.
 
The race walk standout has been dominant at the conference level having won gold at the AMC Indoor & Outdoor Championships seven times. He has also parlayed that success into other elite events such as the 20K Race Walk World Team Trials, USATF Race Walking Championships, Millrose Games, and the NACAC Senior Championships.
 
Crawford is one of nine Spartans this year who was named an Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators this year and the 39^th in school history.

The NAIA national governance structure financially supports the NAIA Academic All-America® program to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 NAIA Academic All-America® program.