Wilgenbusch Selected to SCAC 30th Anniversary Team
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. – Anna Wilgenbusch (St. Paul, Minn.) was among 14 women's cross country runners and the lone active athlete selected to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) 30th Anniversary Team.
The junior joins this elite company after displaying two amazing seasons with the University of Dallas cross country team. She has led the Crusaders in every meet, earning a pair of All-Conference Selections in two campaigns.
Wilgenbusch vaulted herself to the top spot in the league in 2019 when she won the Conference Championship and eventually claimed the South/Southeast Region Championship. There she set the school's 6K record, and was named Runner-of-the-Year and on the USTFCCCA NCAA Division III All-Region Team.
Wilgenbusch capped her remarkable journey with the Crusaders by becoming the first NCAA DIII All-American at the National Championship and 13th from the SCAC. Wilgenbusch had long ago set herself to stand out in the league by winning the UD's first SCAC Title, despite having to race in the high altitude in Colorado. Wilgenbusch also notched the Runner-of-the-Year honor at the league level.
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference will be announcing 30th Anniversary teams in 21 sports throughout the 2020-21 academic year. The league selected 15th Anniversary teams during the 2005-06 academic year – those selections can be found here.
The SCAC's 30th Anniversary teams were selected through balloting by present coaches in each sport as well as administrators. Athletes who participated in conference competition between the fall of 2005 through the spring of 2020 and had been named to at least two All-SCAC teams and/or were a selected as a Player-of-the-Year in their respective sport were eligible for selection.
The SCAC was formed in 1991 after a reorganization of its predecessor, the College Athletic Conference (CAC). The CAC dates to 1962 with four charter members: Centre College, Southwestern @ Memphis (now Rhodes College), Sewanee-The University of the South, and Washington & Lee (Va.) University. Washington (Mo.) University joined the CAC later that same year.
The SCAC was formed to provide an association through which the member institutions may encourage organized competition in intercollegiate sports among teams representative of their respective student bodies. Members of this conference share a commitment to priority of the overall quality of academic standards and quality educational experiences.