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63 Student-Athletes Receive NJCAA Academic Honors
CHARLOTTE, NC – The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) announced the members of the All-Academic teams on Monday, July 11 and the Wolves have 63 student-athletes that have received the honors.
Student-athletes are eligible to earn academic honors by achieving an overall grade point average of 3.60 or higher for the 2021-2022 academic year. Student-athletes who held a GPA of 4.0 earned first team selections, second team selections achieved a 3.80-3.99 GPA and third team earned a 3.60-3.79 GPA.
Student-athletes who were honored are listed below:
All-Academic First Team:
Football | Jalen Armstrong (Calhoun City), Jalen Campbell (Winona), Tyrese Johnson-Fisher (London, England)
Softball | Alli Albritton (Summit), Mary Ansley Chrestman (Cleveland), Shelbi Maxwell (Wesson)
Women’s Soccer | Elise Mullins (Meadville), Sarah Nalley (Brandon)
Men’s Soccer | Will Ballenger (Brandon), Desmond Redmond (Jackson)
Women’s Tennis | Kassidy Cupit (Brookhaven)
Baseball | Jordan McKenzie (Franklinton, La.)
All-Academic Second Team:
Softball | Lila Blackburn (Red Bay, Ala.), Laurel Breland (Lake), Malori Cade (Brookhaven), Faith Kivett (Tallulah, La.), Josie Meggs (Kosciusko), Maggie West (Waynesboro)
Baseball | Grant Allen (Puckett), Wyatt Hodges (Brookhaven), Harrison Mohead (Madison), Will Whittington (Hattiesburg), Conner Wilson (Osyka), Colton Womack (Liberty)
Men’s Soccer | Hardy Lewis (Brandon), Triston Lee (Bogue Chitto), Lawson Pearson (Wiggins)*
Women’s Soccer | Jenna Long (Meadville), Alex Moon (Poynton with Worth, England), Mickie Palfreman (London, England)
Football | Jordan Magee (Magee), Jamal Pye (Byhalia)
Men’s Tennis | Lawson Pearson (Wiggins)*, Mason Pounds (McComb)
Women’s Tennis | Morgyn Brister (Brookhaven), Gracee Warren (Brookhaven)
Men’s Basketball | Constantine Morant (Hancock)
All-Academic Third Team:
Women’s Soccer | Grace Arthur (Braxton), Jessie Heflin (Florence), Anacia Leyland (St. Helens, England), Makayla Martin (Brookhaven)*, Jane Claire Newman (Caledonia), Kylie Robinson (Meadville)
Softball | Cera Blanchard (Metairie, La.), Bela Dekovic (Belle Chasse, La.), Bridjette Jones-Talbert (McComb), Skyler Speights (Monticello), Belle West (Byram)
Men’s Tennis | Rob Johnson (Brookhaven), Caleb Myers (Brookhaven), Matthew Oster (Wesson), Julian Toloza (Bogota, Colombia)
Men’s Soccer | Hugo Estrada (Byram), Eli Harrist (Brandon), Joel Ibanez (Man of Isle, England), Zach Sorey (Flowood)
Baseball | Kenner Bizot (Wesson), Beau Coumbe (Utica), Sam Thomas McInnis (Madison)
Football | Gabe Denham (Richland), Bobby Shanklin (Macon)
Women’s Tennis | Britany Barnett (Brookhaven), Makayla Martin (Brookhaven)
*Dual Sport Athlete
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