74 Bulldogs earn NJCAA All-Academic awards

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast ranked 14^th among more than 400 community colleges in total number of awardees in the NJCAA All-Academic Student-Athlete Awards in 2023-24 with 74.

Gulf Coast was second among MACCC schools and had 20 named to the First Team, which requires a perfect 4.0 GPA. There were 26 Bulldogs on the Second Team (3.80-3.99) and 28 on the Third Team (3.60-3.79).

NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.0 GPA) members: women's tennis' Bayley Askin (So., St. Martin/St. Martin), women's soccer's Kate Bertolino (So., Ocean Springs/Vancleave), football's Joseph Bradford (Fr., Pass Christian/St. Stanislaus), women's tennis' Kendall Burn (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), softball's Madisyn Cobbs (So., Oxford/Lafayette), women's soccer's Lainey Cunningham (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), men's soccer's Marcus Gaymes (Fr., Brampton, Ontario/St. Edmund), men's soccer's Ivan Gonzalez (So., Olive Branch/Olive Branch), women's soccer's Mariana Gonzalez (Fr., Cartago, Costa Rica/Colegio Calasanz), softball's Jett Harrell (Fr., Clarksdale/Lee Academy), men's soccer's Miller Hayden (So., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove), men's soccer's Pacey Johnson (So., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove), men's soccer's Bryan Maradiaga (So., Gulfport/West Harrison), women's soccer's Valentina Marin (Fr., Bogota, Colombia/Colegio Madre Matilde), men's soccer's Brycen Phillips (So., Wiggins/Stone), women's soccer's Morgan Pickering (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), golf's Raines Walker (Fr., Madison/Saint Joseph), women's soccer's Morgan Westling (Fr., Poplarville/Poplarville), and golf's Andrew Zielinski (Fr., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs).

NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA) members: men's basketball's JaVon Anderson (So., Columbia S.C./Ridge View), baseball's Harrison Bull (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach), golf's Will Burnham (Fr., Jackson/Jackson Prep), football's Scott Burton (So., Bogue Chitto/Parklane Academy), baseball's Kade Carpenter (So., Vancleave/Vancleave), men's basketball's Darius Dawson (So., Sumter S.C./West Florence), women's tennis' Abigail Garman (So., Diamondhead/Hancock), football's Davis Hart (Fr., Bogue Chitto/Bogue Chitto), football's Bryce Johnson (Fr., Picayune/Pearl River Central), women's soccer's Bayleigh Jones (So., Hurley/East Central), women's tennis' Tanyaradzwa Kaome (So., Harare, Zimbabwe/The Heritage School), softball's Laurel Ladner (So., Long Beach/Long Beach), women's soccer's Hannah Lapniewski (Fr., Waveland/Bay), football's Pat McQuaide (Fr., Solon Ohio/Solon), men's soccer's Nathaniel Mink (So., Long Beach/Long Beach), women's soccer's Alyssa Palisi (So., Diamondhead/Hancock), men's soccer's Klaidas Pudlauskas (So., London, England/Gaynes School), softball's Jorja Roberson (Fr., Branyan/East Union), baseball's Blake Roberts (Fr., Petal/Petal), football's Gabe Showalter (Fr., St. Martin/St. Martin), softball's Kaydee Smith (So., D'Iberville/D'Iberville), golf's Kemit Spears (So., Gulfport/Homeschool), baseball's Marc Stephens (Fr., Orange Beach, Ala./Gulf Shores), softball's Taylor Styers (Fr., Oxford/Lafayette), women's tennis' Ashlegh Wine (So., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), and golf's Jackson Wise (Fr., Pontotoc/North Pontotoc).

NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA) members: softball's Kylie Burnette (Fr., Picayune/Picayune), women's tennis' Gracie Crump (Fr., Pass Christian/Pass Christian), women's basketball's Simaru Fields (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport), baseball's Dylan Fontan (So., Biloxi/St Patrick), football's Deon Hardin (Fr., Biloxi/Biloxi), women's soccer's Ann Elise Hester (Fr., Hattiesburg/Presbyterian Christian), men's tennis' Triston Hill (Fr., Perkinston/Stone), women's soccer's Michelle Jeronimo (Fr., Laurel/Laurel), golf's Chase Kaiser (So., Natchez/Cathedral), men's tennis' Orren Ladner (So., Perkinston/Stone), men's soccer's Hyungjoon Lee (So., Suwon, South Korea/Dongbuk), softball's Chloe Litchfield (So., Enterprise/Enterprise), baseball's Ty Mancha (Fr., Albuquerque, N.M./Mobile Christian), women's soccer's Kylie McNair (Fr., Sumrall/Sumrall), football's Dramarian McNulty (Fr., Brookhaven/Brookhaven), football's Asher Morgan (Fr., Philadelphia Miss./Philadelphia), baseball's Jeremiah Newman (Fr., Biloxi/D'Iberville), football's Joseph Perryman (So., Madison/Madison Central), football's Josiah Perryman (So., Madison/Madison Central), football's Cam Richardson (So., Madison/Madison Central), men's soccer's Clint Ryals (So., Wiggins/Stone), women's basketball's Destini Sims (Fr., Vicksburg/River City), football's Marico Smith (Fr., Coldwater/), men's soccer's Seongbin Son (So., Seoul, South Korea/Guhyun), men's soccer's Parker Stephens (So., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove), men's tennis' John Thomas Frank (Fr., Eupora/Eupora), baseball's Nick Thornton (Fr., Pearl/Brandon), and football's Ricardo Williams (So., Jackson/Provine).

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