MACJC-high 70 MGCCC student-athletes win NJCAA academic awards

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast had an MACJC-high 70 players earn NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards, including 24 who had perfect 4.0 grade-point averages.

Gulf Coast ranked eighth nationally in total awardees. 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 perfect GPAs, include football's Austin Bolton (So., Poplarville/Poplarville), women's tennis' Kaylen Bond (Fr., Stone/Perkinston), men's soccer's Brandon Boren (Fr., Hernando/Hernando), men's tennis' Grant Eubanks (Fr., George County/Lucedale), golf's Hamp Fairey (So., Oak Grove/Hattiesburg), women's soccer's Chloe Fell (So., Woodhey/Bury, England), baseball's Dawson Flowers (Fr., Brookhaven Academy, Brookhaven), men's soccer's Francisco Garcia (Fr., Caledonia/Caledonia), women's tennis' Krissy Georgieva (Fr., Epsom and Ewell High School/Sutton, England), women's basketball's Mia Goolsby (So., Legacy Early College/Greenville S.C.), men's soccer's Isaiah Gore (Fr., Laurel/Laurel), golf's Oliver Harris (So., East Central/Hurley), golf's Jon Hopkins (So., Hockerill Anglo-European College/Bishop's Stortford, England), football's Solomon Landrum (Fr., Sumrall/Sumrall), softball's Alexis Laughlin (Fr, East Central/Hurley), softball's Hydia McDonald (So, Stone/Wiggins ), men's soccer's Chad McKnight (Fr., Terry/Byram), softball's Katie Mitchell (Fr, Kosciusko/McCool), softball's Caroline Moore (Fr, Maryville/Maryville, Tenn.), softball's Kathryn Reeves (So, Morton/Morton), women's soccer's Hannah Sherrod (So., DeSoto Central/Southaven), women's tennis' Anna Stringer (Fr., Stone/Wiggins), men's soccer's Deon Travis (Fr., Madison Central/Madison), and women's soccer's Kaylee Van Norman (So., Hartfield Academy/Brandon).

Second Team honors are given to student-athletes with a 3.80-3.99 GPA. Gulf Coast had 27 players achieve that award: football's Jalen Bracey (Fr., Murrah/Jackson), softball's Sarah Brannan (Fr, Enterprise/Enterprise), men's soccer's Griffin Bush (So., Pearl/Pearl), women's soccer's Chandler Cleveland (Fr., Terry/Byram), baseball's Cameron Cotten (So., George County, Lucedale), football's Caden Davis (Fr., Pearl/Pearl), baseball's Matthew DeLano (Fr., Biloxi, Biloxi), women's tennis' Tirzah Ginn (Fr., Laurel Christian/Laurel), baseball's Alec Hardy (Fr., Stone, Wiggins), women's soccer's Hannah Helms (So., Southaven/Southaven), women's soccer's Krystle Hughes (Fr., Winona/Winona), softball's Marsha' Hunt (So, Philadelphia/Philadelphia), women's basketball's Whitney Johnson (So., Gulfport/Gulfport), baseball's Karsten Knobles (Fr., Laurel Christian School, Laurel), golf's Evan Ladner (Hancock/Necaise), women's soccer's Shae Mallard (So., D'Iberville/D'Iberville), men's soccer's Luke Mills (So., Cedars Upper School/Leighton Buzzard, England), men's soccer's Peyton Phillips (So., Stone/Wiggins), baseball's Canaan Ray (Fr., Poplarville, Poplarville), men's soccer's Elian Salguero (Fr., Petal/Petal), football's Jamie Sheriff (So., Terry/Terry), baseball's Connor Spencer (Fr., Hernando, Hernando), football's Tim Steward (So., Hazlehurst/Hazelhurst), women's soccer's Amanda Sylvia (So., Long Beach/Long Beach), women's soccer's Isabella Weaver (Fr., Vancleave/Vancleave), football's Omni Wells (So., Moss Point/Moss Point), and baseball's Beckett White (Fr., Gulfport, Gulfport).

Gulf Coast had 19 players named to the Third Team for having GPAs between 3.60-3.79: women's soccer's Megan Brown (So., Home School/Picayune), softball's Kristen Cade (So, Harrison Central/Saucier), football's Jae'Vien Gill (Fr., Neshoba Central/Philadelphia), baseball's Cameron Gray (Fr., East Central, Hurley), women's basketball's Kailyn Hammett (So., Jefferson County/Fayette), softball's Hannah Herrington (Fr, Enterprise/Enterprise), men's soccer's Christian Inchima (Fr., St. Edmond Campion/Brampton Ontario), men's tennis' Raymond Lam (Fr., Biloxi/Biloxi), men's tennis' Seth Macute (Fr., St Joseph's Nudgee College/Brisbane, Australia), football's Oliver Moreman (Fr., Lawrence County/Monticello), softball's Jenn Perkins, baseball's Mason Prentiss (So., Greene County, Leakesville), men's soccer's Zach Seymour (Fr., St. Patrick/Gulfport), women's tennis' Chasity Snyder (Fr., Florence/Florence), softball's A'Mya Stevens (Fr, Northeast Jones/Laurel), football's Jammie White (So., Oxford/Oxford), football's C.J. Williams (Fr., Taylorsville/Taylorsville), men's soccer's DeCarlos Williams (Fr., West Harrison/Gulfport), and men's soccer's Peyton Younger (So., West Harrison/Gulfport).

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