Edinboro University Athletics

Julie Nemergut-Yurcich (‘07) was named to Edinboro’s All-Time Cross Country Team after sharing the 2006 Nancy Acker Award with fellow 2016 inductee Callie Wheeler. She was a three-time All-American while competing for Edinboro in cross country and track & field from 2002-06. In addition, she was a four-time PSAC champion, twice in cross country and twice in track & field. In cross country, she helped Edinboro win four PSAC Championships and three East Regional titles, along with the highest finish at the NCAA Division II National Championships in school history, coming in second in 2004. That year she won the individual titles at both the PSAC and East Regional, setting course records in both races. She earned All-American honors for the first time in 2004, finishing tenth. She was named the Most Valuable Runner at Regionals and was the PSAC Women’s Cross Country Athlete of the Year. In 2005, she repeated as the PSAC individual champion and finished third at the East Regional. She earned All-Region honors as a freshman and sophomore, and was an All-PSAC performer as a freshman. In track & field, she earned All-American honors in 2004 thanks to an eighth-place finish in the 10,000-meter run. She qualified for Nationals in the event in her first competition in 2005, but suffered a stress fracture and did not compete the rest of the year. She returned in 2006 and earned All-American honors for the second time in the 10,000-meter run with a seventh-place showing. Nemergut Yurcich was also a standout in the classroom. She earned CoSIDA Academic All-American honors in 2005 and 2006 and was awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2006. She was also a four-time PSAC Top Ten honoree.