May 30, 2018
By Matt Paras
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — The College Sports Information Directors of America announced that Irish senior Jessica Harris has been named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country team.
The All-District nod is the second of Harris’ accomplished four-year career. Last season, she was named to the Academic All-America Track & Field/Cross Country Third Team. Harris previously was named to the All-USTFCCCA Academic Track & Field team twice and the All-ACC Academic Indoor Track & Field team all four years of her career.
Harris is coming off a strong weekend at the NCAA east preliminary round where she qualified for NCAA’s for the second consecutive season. Harris finished fifth in the quarterfinal of the women’s 1500m to punch her ticket to Eugene. Last year at the 2017 NCAA Championships, Harris finished 10th (4:15.41) and earned second team All-American honors.
Harris also earned All-American honors this past March at the NCAA Indoor Championships. After running the second fastest time in the prelims, Harris finished eighth (4:37.22) in the final to claim first team All-American honors.
Harris defended her title in the mile (4:38.58) at the 2018 ACC Championships to claim her third conference championships this past February in Clemson. Harris also was the anchor leg in the women’s DMR (11:02.01) at the conference meet that finished third to earn second team All-ACC honors.
Academic All-District selections must have at least a 3.30 GPA. Selections from all eight districts will automatically be included on the Academic All-America ballot. The Academic All-America Track & Field/Cross Country team will be announced in June.
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Matt Paras, athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since January 2018. In his role, he coordinates all media efforts for the Notre Dame women’s lacrosse and cross country/track & field programs. A native of Warwick, Rhode Island, Paras is a graduate of the University of Louisville where he completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Sport Administration. Prior to arriving at Notre Dame, he worked at Vanderbilt University as the sports information contact for the women’s soccer and lacrosse programs.