New Orleans, La. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse women's track & field earned three regional awards selected the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), the organization announced Thursday. 

Head coach Nickolas Davis was voted the USTFCCCA North Region Outdoor Coach of the Year for National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III while assistant coach Katie Wagner earned the North Region Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year.  Junior Lauren Jarrett of La Crosse (Logan) was named the USTFCCCA North Region Track Athlete of the Year.

Davis, Wagner and Jarrett also earned the 2025 USTFCCCA North Region Indoor Award in all three categories. 

It marks the third (2022, 2023, 2025) season Davis has earned the USTFCCCA North Region Outdoor Coach of the Year. He was selected the 2021 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Outdoor Coach of the Year.  Davis led UWL to its 13th straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Championship this season. It was the Eagles' league record 39th title in school history. UWL earned the WIAC Outdoor Coaching Staff of the Year Award for the sixth straight season under Davis.

UWL finished with 269.5 team points at the 2025 WIAC Outdoor Championships, scoring at least 10 points in 16 of 21 events. The Eagles scored points in all 21 events, winning nine individual and two relay titles.

The Eagles placed third at the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships, earning 17 All-America honors.

Davis completed his eighth season as head coach this year. 

 
Wagner, in her 15th season as an assistant coach at UWL, oversees the Eagles' sprints, hurdles and relays. This marks her first year being selected the USTFCCCA North Region Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year. Wagner was named the 2014 and 2021 USTFCCCA Midwest Region Outdoor Assistant Coach of the Year. 

Her student-athletes accounted for 35 of UWL's 38 points at this year's NCAA Division III Championships. Jarrett captured the 100 and 200-meter dash and the Eagles' 4x100-meter relay of Julie Yang, Anika Reiland, Makenna Zak and Jarrett also claimed the national title. UWL's 4x400-meter relay of Anna Plautz, Alli Thomas, Morgan Jennings and Macy Reybrock placed fourth (3:44.70). 

Jarrett earned the 2025 USTFCCCA Outdoor North Region Track Athlete of the Year after sweeping the 100 (11.30) and 200 (23.44) meter dash titles at the NCAA Division III Championships while anchoring the winning 4x100-meter relay. Jarrett equaled the meet record in the 200-meter dash and the Eagles' 4x100-meter relay of Yang, Reiland, Zak and Jarrett set an NCAA Division III record with a time of 45.20.  

She won her second straight 100 and 200-meter dash national crowns this season. Jarrett became the first sprinter to win back-to-back national titles in the 100-meter dash since 2014-15. She broke her own school record in the 200-meter dash while tying the NCAA Division III Championship record to win her second consecutive crown. Jarrett is the first student-athlete in NCAA Division III to win consecutive titles in the 200-meter dash since 2017-18.

Selected the 2025 WIAC Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet, Jarrett won the 100 (11.49) and 200 (23.85) meter dash for the second straight season. She was also a member of UWL's first-place 4x100-meter relay at this year's outdoor league championships.
 

She set the NCAA Division III record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.23 at the Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) Bryan Clay Invitational on April 18.

Jarrett is the first athlete in school history to be voted the USTFCCCA Outdoor North Region Track Athlete of the Year. Voted the 2025 USTFCCCA Indoor North Region Track Athlete of the Year, Jarrett was selected the 2025 USTFCCCA Outstanding Indoor and Outdoor Track Performer of the Meet.

Each of the 10 regions – East, Great Lakes, Metro, Mid-Atlantic, Mideast, Midwest, Niagara, North, South and West – honored both genders' top track and field athletes as well as the top men's and women's head and assistant coaches.
 
Award winners are determined by a vote of USTFCCCA member coaches. Only those individuals from USTFCCCA member programs are eligible for awards.