ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Missouri Baptist University standout Mia Duncan has been named to the 2024-25 Academic All-America® First Team for women's track & field/cross country, as selected by the College Sports Communicators (CSC). The honor recognizes Duncan's exceptional achievements in both the classroom and competition.

Duncan capped off a historic career by earning one of the most prestigious academic honors in collegiate athletics. The Accounting major tallied a 3.87 GPA and adds Academic All-America First Team to a list of academic awards, which includes seven Academic All-Conference selections and nine Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors.

During the cross country season, the Augusta, Mo., native became MBU's first All-American since 2009 after placing inside the top 40 at the NAIA National Championships hosted at Gans Creek in Columbia, Mo. She additionally qualified for the NAIA Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. She narrowly missed the finals in the 1,000m during the indoor meet while taking third place at the outdoor meet in the 3000m steeplechase after winning the preliminaries.

Over her career, Duncan was a dominant force in the American Midwest Conference (AMC) and on the national stage. In total, she is a four-time NAIA All-American, earning honors in the 3000m steeplechase (2024, 2025), indoor 1000m (2024), and cross country (2024) while qualifying for nationals 12 times. Duncan additionally earned the AMC Outstanding Outdoor Track Athlete three times, AMC Outstanding Indoor Track Athlete twice, and claimed the Outdoor Athlete of the Meet award this season.

The NAIA Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist the College Sports Communicators with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2024-25 NAIA Academic All-America® program.

For more information regarding the Academic All-America® program, visit https://academicallamerica.com/.

Below is a comprehensive list of her career highlights:

• Four-Time All-American
  • 3000m steeplechase (2024 & 2025)
  • Indoor 1000m (2024)
  • WXC (2024)
• 12x NAIA National Qualifier
  • WXC (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Indoor (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
  • Outdoor (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• 6x AMC Indoor Event Champion
• 10x AMC Outdoor Event Champion
• 2023-24 AMC Indoor Co-Athlete of the Meet
• 2025 AMC Outdoor Athlete of the Meet
• 2021-22 AMC Outstanding Indoor Track Athlete
• 2023 AMC Outstanding Outdoor Track Athlete
• 2023-24 AMC Outstanding Indoor Track Athlete
• 2024 AMC Outstanding Outdoor Track Athlete
• 2025 AMC Outstanding Outdoor Track Athlete
• 4x AMC Cross Country All-Conference
• 9x AMC Indoor Track & Field All-Conference
• 16x AMC Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference
• 6x AMC Cross Country Runner of the Week
• 4x AMC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week
• 6x AMC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
• Graduated as School Record Holder: Indoor 1000m, 4 X 800m Relay, Distance Medley Relay
• Graduated as Top Five in School History: 440H, 800m, 1500m, Mile, 3000m, 3000m SC, 4x400m Relay
• 7x Academic All-AMC
• 9x Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athlete
• 2024-25 Academic All-America® First Team
• 2x Academic All-District®