A week after announcing the signing of 25 student-athletes for the 2015-16 school year, East Carolina head track and field coach Curt Kraft has added incoming freshman Hakeem Horton to the roster.

Five Miners (four women and one male) were named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic team for their accomplishments in the classroom and on the track.

Six members of the Rice men's track and field squad were honored for their success in competition and in the classroom by the USTFCCCA on Friday.

Four members of the Rice women's track and field squad were honored for their success in competition and in the classroom by the USTFCCCA on Friday.

The East Carolina track and field program announced the signing of more than two dozen incoming student-athletes for the 2015-16 school year. The signing class is comprised of six men and 19 women who will compete under head coach Curt Kraft.

For the eighth time in the past 10 years, Rice University student-athletes earned the Conference USA Institutional Excellence Award in 2014-15 by combining for an annual GPA of 3.246, the league office announced on Friday.