MGCCC sets new record with 88 NJCAA All-Academic recipients

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast set a new school record with 88 student-athletes earning NJCAA All-Academic Awards. That's six more than in 2022, the previous best.

Gulf Coast tied for 16^th in the country and had the second-most among MACCC schools.

There were 23 Bulldogs named to the First Team, requiring a perfect 4.0 GPA. Gulf Coast had 28 on the Second Team (3.80-3.99) and 37 on the Third Team (3.60-3.79).

NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.0 GPA) members: softball's Layla Barnes (Fr., Gulfport/D'Iberville), softball's Caroline Batson (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), golf's Ludvig Behring (So., Sollentuna, Sweden/Osterakers Gymnasium), women's tennis's Karla Bethea (So., Edwards/Homeschool), baseball's Brandon Coakley (Fr, Covington, La./Covington), women's soccer's Kadie Craft (So., Picayune/Picayune), women's tennis's Mikenzy Dubrow (So., Biloxi/Biloxi), men's tennis's Nick Dulaney (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach), baseball's Dawson Hall (So, Gulfport/Gulfport), baseball's Asher Henley (Fr, Vancleave/Vancleave), women's basketball's Allison Irby (Fr., Olive Branch/Lewisburg), softball's Madison Laiche (Fr., Luling, La./John Curtis), women's soccer's Gracee Michini (Fr., Lucedale/George County), men's soccer's Alexander Mink (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach), football's Ryan Pascal (So., Picayune/Picayune), women's soccer's Neave Ross (So., Whitley Bay England/Whitley Bay), men's soccer's David Ruiz Ospina (So., Manizales, Colombia/Gimnasio del Pacifico), women's soccer's Josey Smith (Fr., Bay St. Louis/Hancock), women's tennis's Lauren Sullivan (So., Laurel/Laurel Christian), men's tennis's Easton van Norden (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach), women's tennis's Danique Vermue (So., 's-Heerenhoek, Netherlands/Scheldemon College), women's soccer's Elissa Viquez (So., St. Rose La./Destrehan), football's Marcus Washington (So., D'Iberville/D'Iberville).

NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA) members: men's soccer's Jayden Armstrong (So., Southaven/DeSoto Central), softball's Aleah Beaugez (So., D'Iberville/D'Iberville), women's soccer's Dana Brooks (So., Alajuela Costa Rica/Colegio Jesus Ocaña Rojas), men's soccer's Tobias Buch (Fr., Skovlunde, Denmark/Borupgaard Gymnasium), women's soccer's Bri Gasaway (Fr., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), football's Javen Gibson (So., Church Point La./Church Point), baseball's Nick Hamby (So, D'Iberville/D'Iberville), softball's Natalie Jones (Fr., Lucedale/George County), women's soccer's Amelia Kidd (Fr., Cleveland/Bayou Academy), softball's Abby Lindsey (Fr., Decatur, Ala./Austin), men's soccer's Alan Loya (So., Horn Lake/Horn Lake), women's soccer's Mia Luciano (Fr., Cleveland/Cleveland Central), baseball's ST Maust (Fr, Wiggins/Sumrall), women's tennis's Reagan Meadows (Fr., Olive Branch/Lewisburg), golf's John Mark Mills (So., Pontotoc/Mike Bender Golf Academy), men's soccer's Victor Moerck (So., Vaerlose, Denmark/Lyngby Handelsgymnasium), football's Crosby Mullins (So., Mendenhall/Simpson Academy), men's soccer's Seamus Murphy (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport), men's soccer's Hung Nguyen (Fr., St. Martin/St. Martin), baseball's Jacob Palazzo (So, Biloxi/Gulfport), softball's AB Parrish (So., Corinth/Alcorn Central), softball's Karley Rouse (So., D'Iberville/D'Iberville), men's soccer's Andrew Sawyer (Fr., Vancleave/Vancleave), men's soccer's Kade Smith (So., London, England/Whitmore), men's soccer's Brant Tarter (So., Carriere/Pearl River Central ), softball's Savannah Wilbanks (So., Southaven/DeSoto Central), men's soccer's Mark Wilson (So., Ridgeland/St. Andrews), baseball's Colby Wilson (So, Saucier/D'Iberville).

NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA) members: football's Matt Adcock (So., Raleigh/Simpson Academy), women's tennis's Isona Arnaus (Fr., Barcelona, Spain/Centre Lopez Vicuna), women's basketball's Hailey Brumfield (Fr., Amite, La./Amite), football's Chris Burton (So., Bogue Chitto/Parklane Academy), women's tennis's Valeria Callejo-Vivar (So., Madrid, Spain/I.E.S. Ortega y Gasset), golf's Stanley Campbell (So., London, England/Essex Golf College), women's soccer's Leah Capiola (So., Wiggins/Stone), football's Tylan Cole (So., Meridian/Meridian), women's soccer's Laurel Conley (Fr., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), men's tennis's Gonzalo Cotter (So., Valencia, Spain/IVLA), football's JP Coulter (So., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), softball's Brighley Crayon (Fr., Montgomery, La./Montgomery), women's soccer's Azlyn Dawson (So., Taylorsville/West Jones), softball's Olivia Falcon (So., St. Amant, La./St. Amant), women's basketball's Taelar Felton (Fr., Clinton/Clinton), men's soccer's Connor Goodman (So., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), women's soccer's Ava Green (Fr., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), men's soccer's Vincenzo Jeanfreau (Fr., Saucier/Pass Christian), men's soccer's Nygel Jobe (So., Brandon/Brandon), women's soccer's Laylah Johnson (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport), women's basketball's Teairra Lee (Fr., St. Martin/St. Martin), baseball's Trey McDonald (Fr, Moss Point/Faith Academy), golf's Andrew Miller (Fr., Tupelo/Tupelo), women's soccer's Hailey Moore (Fr., Biloxi/Biloxi), women's soccer's Linda Mustered (Fr., Biloxi/St. Patrick), women's soccer's Alyssa Nixon (Fr., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove), baseball's Walker Seaman (Fr, Grand Bay, Ala./Mobile Christian), men's soccer's Bryon Shepard (So., Gulfport/St. Patrick), baseball's Britt Stringer (Fr, Petal/Petal), men's tennis's Moritz Stroebel (Fr., Metzingen, Germany/Theodor-Heuss-Schule Reutlingen), football's Keshawn Thomas (So., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs ), softball's Emma Thomson (So., Sulphur, La./Sulphur), softball's Baleigh Tullos (Fr., Hurley/East Central), baseball's James Vines (Fr, Clinton, La./Silliman Institute), men's tennis's Smith Walker (So., Gulfport/Gulfport), baseball's Griffin Wells (Fr, Pascagoula/Pascagoula), women's basketball's Tamia Yates (So., Crystal Springs/Crystal Springs).

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