STEVE CARPENTER - HutchCC Sports Information
Despite a trying athletics and academic season, Hutchinson Community College landed 40 student-athletes on the 2019-20 NJCAA All-Academic teams, the national office released on Friday.
Sixteen Blue Dragons earned first-team NJCAA All-Academic honors. Criteria for a first-team selection is a 4.00 grade-point average.
To earn a spot on the second team, a student-athlete must have a GPA between 3.80 and 3.99. Eight Blue Dragons earned second-team honors. Sixteen Blue Dragons earned third-team all-academic status, which is a GPA of 3.60-3.79.
In all, there were 42 All-Academic award winners wearing Blue Dragons uniforms in 2019-29. Two student-athletes – Megan Miller and Lisayo Ewoi were named NJCAA All-Academic in both cross country and track and field.
Overall, there were 9,555 student-athletes honored by the NJCAA for their academic success this past season. Of that group, 2,427 student-athletes were first-team honorees.
The following is a list of Blue Dragon student-athletes to earn 2019-20 NJCAA All-Academic honors:
2019-20 NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS
First Team
Zoe Alberti – Women's Track and Field
Samarah Bailey – Softball
Jake Brown – Baseball
Tyler Brown – Men's Basketball
Marah Franke – Women's Soccer
Jordan Galliher – Softball
Matthew Melchor – Men's Track and Field
Hannah Melton – Volleyball
Taylan Mendenhall – Women's Track and Field
Megan Miller – Women's Cross Country/Women's Track and Field
Dianne Rubio – Women's Soccer
Macy Smith – Women's Soccer
Chiara Soergel – Women's Soccer
Guthrie Turner – Men's Track and Field
Lexi Williams - Softball
Lauren Willson – Volleyball
Second Team
Camila Espejo – Volleyball
Devin Marx – Men's Track and Field
Chidi Ogbonna – Football
Will Reetz – Baseball
Maryssa Rollin – Softball
Samantha Vaughn – Women's Soccer
Alexis Way – Softball
Ashley Wilson – Softball
Third Team
Jenna Boese – Women's Soccer
Katy Commons – Women's Track and Field
Aspyn Conner – Softball
Tyler Delong – Baseball
Katelyn Elstun – Volleyball
Lisayo Ewoi – Women's Cross Country/Women's Track and Field
Allison Martin – Women's Track and Field
Britton Mulhern – Baseball
Jayma O'Quinn – Women's Track and Field
Bailey Pennycuff – Softball
Rebecca Raymundo – Track and Field
Drew Reetz – Baseball
Matthew Schrag – Men's Cross Country
Brooklyn Terstriep – Women's Track and Field
Jenna Thorne – Volleyball
Naomi Waithira – Women's Soccer