UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State women’s track and field senior Florence Caron has been selected as a first-team Academic All-American, as announced by College Sports Communicators (CSC).

Caron is one of just 15 Division I women’s track and field/cross country student-athletes nationwide to earn first-team Academic All-America honors. She is now a two-time Academic All-American after earning second-team plaudits as a junior.

Caron has been a standout student-athlete both in the classroom and on the track, owning a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA as a linguistics major and collecting six All-America honors between cross country, indoor, and outdoor track while at Penn State.

Caron became Penn State’s first country All-American since 2016 at the 2024 NCAA Cross Country National Championships. Her Penn State career All-American accolades include outdoor 5,000m (2025), the outdoor 10,000m (2024, 2025), the indoor 5,000m (2025) and indoor DMR (2024). She owns Penn State school records in the indoor 5K, outdoor 5K and outdoor 10K.

Caron is the second Penn State women’s track & field student-athlete to ever earn first-team Academic All-America honors, joining Jennifer Leatherman (2005-06). She is also one of just two women’s track & field Nittany Lions to become a two-time Academic All-American, joining Bridget Franek (2008-09 third team, 2009-10 second team).