Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Yacouba Gnacko

Yacouba Gnacko

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/27/2025
  • Sport
    Men's Track & Field
  • Bio
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Academy of Art men's track & field's Yacouba Gnacko soared to a new season-best distance in the triple jump at the Nevada Invite/Multis, rising in the NCAA Division II national rankings.

On his very first attempt on Jan. 25, Gnacko wedged himself between two professional athletes in Italy's Emmanuel Ihemeje (53-9.75/16.40m) and Premier Elite's Myles Massie (49-9.25/15.17m) with a significant improvement to his longest triple jump of the year. Gnacko added more than a full foot onto his previous top mark, going 50-5.5 (15.38m) to elevate to third in the country among Indoor Nationals provisional qualifiers. Though the Industrial Design major would not better the distance thereafter, he did end with another strong 50-0 (15.24m) effort.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/7/2013 Rachael Smith Women's Volleyball
9/30/2013 Nicolas Rifflard Men's Cross Country
9/30/2013 Jonmundur Gretarsson Men's Soccer
9/23/2013 Lennart Fleschhut Men's Soccer
9/23/2013 Rachael Rempe Women's Soccer
9/16/2013 Frederik Nagel Men's Soccer
9/16/2013 Kanoe Irvine Women's Volleyball
9/9/2013 Beth Barker Women's Soccer
9/9/2013 Caitlin Boring Women's Volleyball
6/24/2013 Vashti Thomas Women's Track & Field
6/24/2013 Briana Stewart Women's Track & Field
5/27/2013 Vashti Thomas Women's Track & Field
5/27/2013 Jesseka Raymond Women's Track & Field
5/13/2013 Vashti Thomas Women's Track & Field
5/13/2013 Crystal Superal Women's Golf
5/6/2013 Dominique Berry Women's Track & Field
5/6/2013 Stefen Henderson Baseball
4/29/2013 Jeremy Williams Baseball
4/29/2013 Johnny Carter Men's Track & Field
4/22/2013 Lyle "Kalani" Brackenridge Baseball
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