CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The last of the academic awards came in for SUNY Jamestown Community College with the announcement of the NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year and NJCAA All-Academic Teams.
The Jayhawks had six teams earn the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year award, and 36 student-athletes earned NJCAA All-Academic honors. JCC’s six NJCAA Team of the Year awards were the most earned by any school in NJCAA Region 3.
“This is a great accomplishment for our teams and student-athletes,” said Director of Athletics George Sisson. “We are prideful in competing at a high level on the playing field as well as in the classroom. To say I am proud of our teams and student-athletes would be an understatement.”
To receive NJCAA Academic Team of the Year status, the team must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 through the academic year. The JCC teams to receive the honors are men’s golf, men’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming & diving, volleyball, and wrestling.
To be NJCAA All-Academic First Team, a student-athlete maintained a 4.0 GPA, Second Team honors ranged from 3.80-3.99 GPA, while Third Team ranged from 3.60-3.79 GPA.
The JCC men’s soccer led the way with eight honorees, with baseball and wrestling each having five players named. Golf had two representatives, and men’s basketball and men’s swimming & diving had one honoree each.
For the women, volleyball led the way with four honorees, with women’s soccer, women’s swimming & diving, and softball each having three representatives. Women’s cross country had one honoree.
Individual All-Academic Team Honors By Sport
Men’s soccer (8): First Team - Caleb Foley, Kim Magidhi; Second Team - Josh Heim, Louis Hurst, Ben Livingston; Third Team - Jesse da Costa, Owain Jones, Leonhard Kamann.
Baseball (5): First Team - Yordangel Gonzalez; Second Team - Nate Johnson, Jackson Yost; Third Team - Aaron Hair, Walt Rybczynski.
Wrestling (5): Second Team - Hunter Teboe; Third Team - Andrew Bungar, Trenton Donahue, Brock Johnson, De’Aonte Hutchinson.
Volleyball (4): First Team - Megan Cotter, Rayenn Mehciz, Claire Pumford; Second Team - Madison Johnson.
Softball (3): Second Team - Jenna Hadley, Ireland Hagglund; Third Team - Heather Johnson.
Women’s basketball (3): First Team - Nonjabulo Mathebula; Second Team - Jessica Beehler; Third Team - Zalika Stevens.
Women’s soccer (3): First Team - Ayah Qadr; Second Team - Holland Isaacson, Alexa Swanson.
Men's golf (2): Second Team: Trevor Harrington; Third Team - Traden Gray.
Women’s swimming and diving (2): Second Team - Jade Vidas; Third Team - Kaylee Constantino.
Men’s basketball (1): Third Team - Traden Gray.
Men’s swimming and diving (1): Second Team - Colby Pantall.
Women’s cross country (1): Third Team - Emma Redlecki.