GREENWOOD, Ind.—Lewis & Clark College women's cross country and track & field senior Riley Buese became the second student-athlete in school history to be named a First Team Academic All-American on Tuesday morning. Buese joins L&C Hall of Famer Dan Jones ('82), as the only student-athletes in school history to earn the award. 
 
Buese, who was named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-American Second Team for cross country and track & field as a junior, is also only the third student-athlete in school history to be recognized as an Academic All-American two times. Jones was named a First Team honoree in football in 1981 and baseball in 1982. Olympian Neil Weare was tabbed to the Third Team (At-Large Team) in 2000 and carved out a spot on the Third Team for cross country and track & field in 2002. Laura Provinzino (women's tennis- 1998), Andy Holder (men's swimming - 2000) and and Sean Richardson (men's cross countr/track & field – 2020) are the only other student-athletes in school history to earn Academic All-American honors from the College Sports Communicators organization. 
 
Buese wrapped up her standout four-year career with by far her best campaign. The Biology major who graduated with a 4.0 GPA, earned All-American honors in all three seasons, and racked up a career-best five All-American honors in a single academic year. 
 
In cross country, she won her second-straight Northwest Conference Title and tied her program-record by finishing 17^th overall at NCAA DIII Nationals. Buese won three of her eight races and finished in the top-six in seven of her races and the top-17 in all eight. She won the NWC Championship Meet by 34.2 seconds. Buese placed second overall at Regionals, a new career-best, and set the program-record for fastest 6K time with a career-best mark of 21:00.6. 
 
She carried the momentum into the indoor track season where she set three program records and earned a pair of All-American honors in the same season for the first time in her career. During the regular season, Buese set the school record in the Mile (5:00.98), 3K (9:35.08) and ran a 5K time (16:31.51) that ranks 17^th in NCAA DIII history. At the NCAA DIII National Championship Meet, Buese finished in third place in the 5,000M (16:42.08) and eighth overall in the 3K (9:40.06). She was named the United State Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) West Region Track Athlete of the Year at the conclusion of the season, 
 
Buese capped off her career with her best outdoor track season to date. The senior set three program records, won two conference titles and finished in the top-three of both of her events at Nationals. The Colorado native set her first program record of the year in early April, when she reset her own program and Northwest Conference record in the 10,000M (36:16.33) to move up to 22^nd in NCAA DIII history. Buese dominated at the NWC Championship Meet – as she cruised to victories in the 10K (37:24.16) and 5K (16:53.90). She became the first woman in NWC history to win four 10,000M titles and the first to win both the 5K and 10K at the same meet three times. She finished a career-best second overall at Nationals in the 10K (34:20.14) and added a PR time in the 5K (16:30.64) to finish in third place. Buese earned her second career USTFCCCA West Region Track Athlete of the Year award – after outscoring all of the women's teams from the West Region at Nationals.