WILMINGTON, Ohio - Simon Heys capped an incredible 2021-22 academic year of cross country and track & field with Third Team Academic All-American honors from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Heys, a junior from Wilmington, has been the top distance runner for the Fightin' Quakers during the indoor and outdoor track seasons. A holder of eight program records (four indoor and four outdoor), he finished 12th place in the 10,000-meter run (31:13.86) at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Geneva, Ohio, in late May. Heys aided WC to a third-place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Outdoor Track & Field Championships, where the Quakers scored over 100 points for the first time since 2004.

Also a standout in cross country, Heys had a banner season in the fall of 2021. He overcame losing a shoe at the OAC Cross Country Championships, which were hosted on the WC campus, to earn All-OAC honors. Heys then became the first All-American in the NCAA era (1990-present) with a fifth-place finish (23:57.0) at the 2021 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships in Louisville, Kentucky.

A sport management major, Heys carries a 3.89 cumulative grade point average (GPA) and has been actively involved in some of the program's hands-on learning opportunities, working the College Football Playoff title game, the Super Bowl, the Flying Pig Marathon and others.