MACCC-high 78 MGCCC student-athletes win NJCAA academic awards

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast ranked seventh among all community colleges in total number of awardees in the NJCAA All-Academic Student-Athlete Awards with 78.

Gulf Coast was the only MACCC school in the top 10 and had 14 more than any other college in the conference. The Bulldogs had eight more players achieve honors this year than last.

Gulf Coast had 20 student-athletes named to the First Team, which requires a perfect 4.0 GPA. There were 25 Bulldogs on the Second Team (3.80-3.99) and 33 on the Third Team (3.60-3.79).

The MGCCC Athletic Department's efforts in the classroom are overseen by Athletic Academic Advisor Julie Newell.

NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.0 GPA) members: men's soccer's Fabien Barker (Fr., Madison/Madison Central), football's Caden Davis (So., Pearl/Pearl), baseball's Dawson Flowers (Fr., Brookhaven/Brookhaven Academy), softball's Kristian Jones (Fr., Southaven/DeSoto Central), men's soccer's Chad McKnight (So., Byram/Terry), men's basketball's Carr Thiam (Fr., Tampa Fla./Wharton), men's soccer's Deon Travis (So., Madison/Madison Central), women's basketball's Alisha Tucker (Fr., McComb/McComb), softball's Anna Avant (So., Water Valley/Water Valley), women's soccer's Leah Bennett (Fr., Cape Town South Africa/Mondeor), softball's Emaleigh Coates (Fr., Lucedale /George County), men's tennis' Grant Eubanks (Fr., Lucedale/George County), baseball's Chance Forbes (So., Columbia/Columbia Academy), women's tennis' Krissy Georgieva (So., Epsom and Ewell High School/Sutton, England), men's soccer's Isaiah Gore (So., Laurel/Laurel), baseball's Alec Hardy (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), women's soccer's Brianna Lee, softball's Katie Mitchell (So., McCool/Kosciusko), women's soccer's Olivia Palisi (Fr., Diamondhead/Hancock), baseball's Canaan Ray (Fr., Poplarville/Poplarville).

NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA): softball's K.K. Agner, softball's Grace Allgood, baseball's Noah Blythe (Fr., Lexington Ky./Tates Creek), men's soccer's Brandon Boren (So., Hernando/Hernando), men's basketball's Marcus Bracey (Jackson/Callaway), men's tennis' Anderson Dulaney (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach), men's soccer's Francisco Garcia (So., Caledonia/Caledonia), men's soccer's Adam Holland (Fr., Moss Point/Resurrection), men's soccer's Ryan Neff, football's Philip Short (Fr., Madison-Ridgeland Academy/Flowood), softball's Haylee Sidaway (Fr., Biloxi/St. Martin), men's soccer's Ashton Taylor (Fr., Olive Branch/Center Hill), softball's Aislynn Andrews (Fr., Poplarville/Poplarville), women's tennis' Kaylen Bond (So., Stone/Perkinston), softball's Sarah Brannan (So., Enterprise/Enterprise), women's soccer's Katie Brown (Fr., Picayune/Home School), golf's Dawson Cudd (So, Stone/Wiggins), football's Ray Frazier (Fr., St. Patrick/Gulfport), women's soccer's Krystle Hughes (So., Winona/Winona), softball's Alexis Laughlin (So., Hurley/East Central), softball's Caroline Moore (So., Maryville, Tenn/Maryville), softball's A'Mya Stevens (So., Laurel/Northeast Jones), softball's Whitley Tanner (Fr., Hurley/East Central), football's Jammie White (So., Oxford/Oxford), football's C.J. Williams (So., Taylorsville/Taylorsville). 

NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA): baseball's Cameron Cotten (So., Lucedale/George County), men's basketball's Deon Drake (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport), football's A.J. Edwards (Fr., Germantown/Madison), men's tennis' Clay Fudge (Fr., Madison/Madison Central), football's Jae'Vien Gill (So., Neshoba Central/Philadelphia), men's soccer's Joey Green (Fr., Pascagoula/Resurrection), men's soccer's Christian Inchima (So., Brampton Ontario/St. Edmond Campion), golf's Hayden Russell (Fr, Gautier/Gautier), football's Bernard Thomas (So., Starkville/Starkville), men's soccer's Kevin Treminio (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach), men's soccer's Jashil Vithal (Fr., Johannesburg South Africa/Glenvista High School), baseball's Beckett White (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport), women's tennis' Ashley Chelette (Fr., Vancleave/Vancleave), softball's Hannah Herrington (So., Enterprise/Enterprise), women's soccer's Anna Hoben (Fr., Vicksburg/Warren Central), women's soccer's Hannah Holliman (Fr., Lakeshore/Hancock), baseball's Evan Keith (So., Vancleave/Vancleave), men's tennis' Alex King (Fr., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), football's Solomon Landrum (So., Sumrall/Sumrall), men's tennis' Seth Macute (Fr., Brisbane, Australia/St Joseph's Nudgee College), football's Brian Merritt (So., Colquitt County/Moultrie, Ga.), softball's Camryn Miller (Fr., Waynesboro/Wayne County), men's tennis' Pedro Molero (Fr., Maracaibo, Venezuela/U.E. Instituto Americano Joseph John Thomson), women's soccer's Landu Mprioteli (Fr., Stuttgart Germany/Robert Bosch Schule), women's soccer's Jade Necaise (Fr., Gulfport/Harrison Central ), softball's Darcy Novak (Fr., Hurley/East Central), women's soccer's Ashley Preston (So., Wiggins/Stone), women's soccer's Hannah Salter (Fr., Olive Branch/Lewisburg), baseball's Connor Spencer (Fr., Hernando/Hernando), women's tennis' Anna Stringer (So., Stone/Wiggins), football's Cam Thomas (Fr., Picayune/Picayune), softball's Rakeya Travis (So., Poplarville/Poplarville), softball's Abby Vance (Fr., Calhoun City/Calhoun City).

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