Thirty-six Colby Community College student-athletes and six teams earned academic distinction by the National Junior College Athletic Association for the 2016-17 school year.
“I'm proud of these student-athletes and teams that have been honored for their academic accomplishments,” said Director of Athletics Ryan Sturdy. “They are great ambassadors for our institution and set a great example for others. We increased the number of individuals over last year and that shows the effort of our coaching staffs to recruit great students into our community. Congratulations to each of them and the teams that earned these well-deserved academic honors.”
To earn NJCAA all-academic first-team recognition, a student-athlete must carry a 4.00 grade point average. Second-team honorees have a GPA between 3.80 and 3.99. GPAs for third-team members range from 3.60 to 3.79.
First Team: 4.00 GPA
Alexis Andersen (Softball)
Lucas Ciacco (Baseball)
Krizia Cornejo (Volleyball)
Alexa Erwin (Softball)
Laura Funk (Volleyball)
Courtney Hathaway (Softball)
Jessica Houk (Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field)
Marlee Johnson (Softball)
Aleksandra Malek (Volleyball)
Donovan Storr (Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field)
Andrew Voss (Wrestling)
Second Team: 3.80-3.99 GPA
Danielle Asche (Softball)
Kylee Burnside (Softball)
Vibian Chemeli (Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field, Cross Country)
Marissa Croft (Softball)
Mackenzie Dill (Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field)
Jaycie George (Softball)
David Hall (Men’s Basketball)
AubreAnna Johnson (Women’s Basketball)
Elizabeth Keltz (Women’s Basketball)
Garrett Kirkwood (Baseball)
Melanie Loiseau (Volleyball)
Breanna Pratt (Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field, Cross Country)
Kynndra Rush (Women’s Basketball)
Hailey Schindler (Volleyball)
Nicholas Vickers (Baseball)
Third Team: 3.60-3.79 GPA
Christopher Bertram (Baseball)
Daniel Cordoba (Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field)
Dario DeSantis (Baseball)
Maja Jankovic (Volleyball)
Andrew Leader (Baseball)
Oscar Leyva (Cross Country, Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field)
Cole MacLaren (Baseball)
Keith Wolverton (Baseball)
Jennifer Slaughter (Softball)
Harrison Stevens (Baseball)
Six teams earned honorable mention by collectively attaining a 3.0 GPA. Colby’s softball (3.60), volleyball (3.46), women’s indoor and outdoor track and field (3.25), baseball (3.15) and women’s cross country (3.13) made the list.