57 MGCCC student-athletes earn NJCAA academic award
PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College had 57 players earn NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards, including 15 who had perfect 4.0 grade-point averages.
Gulf Coast ranked first among MACJC schools in the total number of awards and fourth nationally. Last year, the school had 43 honorees. The MGCCC Athletic Department's efforts in the classroom are overseen by Athletic Academic Advisor Julie Gallup.
The All-Academic First Team members, who had the perfect GPAs, include softball's Katelyn Baker (So, Seminary/Seminary), women's soccer's Curissa Beatty (Fr., Biloxi/Biloxi), baseball's Ryan Blackburn (Fr, Oak Grove/Oak Grove), men's soccer's Jeff Bruni Jr. (So, Gulfport/Gulfport), women's tennis's Bianca Buie (So, Baia Mare, Romania/Gheorghe Sincai National High School), baseball's Trevor Davis (Fr, Vancleave/Vancleave), Trevor Davis (Fr, Vancleave/Vancleave), softball Lanae Davis (So, East Central/Hurley), women's soccer's Kaitlyn Harwell (Fr., Stone/Wiggins), softball's Kailey Hilderbrand (Fr, Hernando/Hernando), women's soccer's Bailey LaFontaine (Fr., Pearl/Pearl), women's soccer's Casey LaFontaine (So., Pass Christian/Pass Christian), women's tennis' Margarita Lopareva (Fr, Moscow, Russia/School No. 1101), women's tennis' Jenna Lyons (So, Pascagoula/Pascagoula), baseball's Cody Marshall (R-Fr, Fontainbleau/Mandeville, La) and men's tennis' Noah Rowell (So, Wiggins/Stone).
Second Team honors are given to student-athletes with a 3.80-3.99 GPA. Gulf Coast had 20 players achieve that award: women's basketball's MiMi Bishop (So, Madison/Madison Central), women's soccer's Tekiyah Cooper (Fr., Stone/Wiggins), men's soccer's Caleb Counselman (So, Pass Christian/Pass Christian), men's tennis' Reid Cudd (So, Wiggins/Stone), baseball's Dustan Dille (Fr, Brookwood/Tuscaloosa, Ala.), women's basketball's Eden Duckworth (So, Heidelberg/Heidelberg), golf's Colby Entriken (So., Hancock/Pass Christian), softball's Tori Gum (So, Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), softball's Lauren Hall (Fr, Nettleton/Nettleton), baseball's Nicholas Hertz (Fr, St. Stanislaus/Long Beach), softball's Mya Hopson (Fr, Madison Central/Madison), golf's Miles Jackson (Fr. Biloxi/Biloxi), baseball's Castor Lee (Fr, Gulfport/Gulfport), women's soccer's L.T. Massey (So., Oak Grove/Hattiesburg), Logan McGrew (So, Sumrall/Sumrall), men's tennis' Austin Moore (So, Petal/Petal), baseball's Fisher Ray (Fr, George County/Bruce), baseball's Jacob Roberts (Fr, Gulfport/Gulfport), baseball's Preston Stringer (Fr, Stone/Perkinston) and golf's Brice Wilkinson (Fr. Madison Central/Madison).
Gulf Coast had 22 players named to the Third Team for having GPAs between 3.60-3.79: women's tennis' Megan Bankston (Fr, Gulfport/Gulfport), women's soccer's Aniadria Bounds (Fr., Biloxi/Biloxi), women's soccer's Riann Brock (So., Oak Grove/Hattiesburg), golf's Damien Dhossche (Fr. Madison Central, Madison), softball Kaylynn Garrett (Fr, Oxford/Oxford, Ala.), men's soccer's Jordan Hall (So, Manchester, England/Royton and Crompton), baseball's Bailey Hargrave (R-So, Madison Central/Madison), baseball's Hayden Harrell (So, Stone/Wiggins), football's Jacobi Hearn (Fr, Clinton/Clinton), softball's Alexa Landenberger (Fr, D'Iberville/D'Iberville), baseball's Josh Lewis (So, Theodore/Mobile Ala.), softball's Bailey Massey (Fr, Bruce/Bruce), women's basketball's Alexis McBeath (Fr, Pascagoula/Pascagoula), women's soccer's Brianna McCrory (So., East Central/Hurley), baseball's Brandon Parker (Fr, West Harrison/Saucier), softball's Avery Sanders (Fr, E.D. White/Thibodaux, La.), baseball's Ethan Saucier (Fr, Gulfport/Gulfport), football's Justin Scott (Fr, Gautier/Gautier), women's soccer's Alyssa Silvas (Fr., Pass Christian/Pass Christian), football's DJ Stevenson (Fr, Gulfport/Gulfport), men's soccer's Windham Whatley (So, Florence/Florence), baseball's Ike Williams (Fr, St. Martin/Biloxi).
NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards |
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| Name | Team | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Katelyn Baker | Softball | First Team |
| Curissa Beatty | Women's Soccer | First Team |
| Ryan Blackburn | Baseball | First Team |
| Jeff Bruni | Men's Soccer | First Team |
| Bianca Buie | Women's Tennis | First Team |
| Trevor Davis | Baseball | First Team |
| Lanae Davis | Softball | First Team |
| Kaitlyn Harwell | Women's Soccer | First Team |
| Kailey Hilderbrand | Softball | First Team |
| Bailey LaFontaine | Women's Soccer | First Team |
| Casey LaFontaine | Women's Soccer | First Team |
| Margarita Lopareva | Women's Tennis | First Team |
| Jenna Lyons | Women's Tennis | First Team |
| Cody Marshall | Baseball | First Team |
| Noah Rowell | Men's Tennis | First Team |
| MiMi Bishop | Women's Basketball | Second Team |
| Tekiyah Cooper | Women's Soccer | Second Team |
| Caleb Counselman | Men's Soccer | Second Team |
| Reid Cudd | Men's Tennis | Second Team |
| Dustan Dille | Baseball | Second Team |
| Eden Duckworth | Women's Basketball | Second Team |
| Colby Entriken | Golf | Second Team |
| Tori Gum | Softball | Second Team |
| Lauren Hall | Softball | Second Team |
| Nicholas Hertz | Baseball | Second Team |
| Mya Hopson | Softball | Second Team |
| Miles Jackson | Golf | Second Team |
| Castor Lee | Baseball | Second Team |
| L.T. Massey | Women's Soccer | Second Team |
| Logan McGrew | Baseball | Second Team |
| Austin Moore | Men's Tennis | Second Team |
| Fisher Ray | Baseball | Second Team |
| Jacob Roberts | Baseball | Second Team |
| Preston Stringer | Baseball | Second Team |
| Brice Wilkinson | Golf | Second Team |
| Megan Bankston | Women's Tennis | Third Team |
| Aniadria Bounds | Women's Soccer | Third Team |
| Riann Brock | Women's Soccer | Third Team |
| Damien Dhossche | Golf | Third Team |
| Kaylynn Garrett | Softball | Third Team |
| Jordan Hall | Men's Soccer | Third Team |
| Bailey Hargrave | Baseball | Third Team |
| Hayden Harrell | Baseball | Third Team |
| Jacobi Hearn | Football | Third Team |
| Alexa Landenberger | Softball | Third Team |
| Josh Lewis | Baseball | Third Team |
| Bailey Massey | Softball | Third Team |
| Alexis McBeath | Women's Basketball | Third Team |
| Brianna McCrory | Women's Soccer | Third Team |
| Brandon Parker | Baseball | Third Team |
| Avery Sanders | Softball | Third Team |
| Ethan Saucier | Baseball | Third Team |
| Justin Scott | Football | Third Team |
| Alyssa Silvas | Women's Soccer | Third Team |
| DJ Stevenson | Football | Third Team |
| Windham Whatley | Men's Soccer | Third Team |
| Ike Williams | Baseball | Third Team |
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