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Amir Khaghani (Bethesda, MD / Walt Whitman) was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-American Division I Cross Country/Track and Field Third Team, selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (COSIDA). The award recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom.
Khaghani, who graduated in May with a double-major in accounting and business analytics, was one of 15 student-athletes picked to the men's NCAA Division I Third Team, and the only MAAC student-athlete (man or woman) to receive All-American honors for cross country and track. He earned a cumulative 3.99 grade point average during his time as a Jasper, and won the 2019 Jasper Award, the Athletic Department's prize for the top scholar among its senior student-athletes.
Khaghani was the Jaspers' top male finisher at the 2018 MAAC Cross Country Championships, earning 12th place overall and All-MAAC accolades for the second time in his career. He finished the 2019 outdoor track and field season with a fifth-place showing in the men's 10,000-meters at the MAAC Championships, and seventh place in the 5,000-meters at the Metropolitan Championships. Khaghani was top-10 in the 3,000-meters at the MAAC Indoor Championships this past February, as well as fourth place overall in the event at the indoor Met Championships.
He is currently pursuing his MBA at Manhattan College.
