— HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETICS RELEASE —
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (BlueDragonSports.com) – A total of 73 Hutchinson Community College student-athletes were named to the NJCAA All-Academic teams for the 2023-24 academic season, which was released on Thursday.
The Blue Dragons had 28 student-athletes on the NJCAA’s first-team list, which represents student-athletes with 4.00 grade-point averages. The Blue Dragons had 21 athletes on the second team, which represents grades of 3.80 to 3.99. The Blue Dragons had 24 all-academic third-team student-athletes with GPAs ranking from 3.60 to 3.79.
Sixteen student-athletes from the pool of 73 earned honors in multiple sports.
Baseball had the most individual athletes earn all-academic honors with 17. Women’s Track and Field had 12, while softball and women’s soccer had 11 each. The Blue Dragon women’s soccer team had the most first-team honorees with seven players earning that honor.
Blue Dragon Softball had the highest of all team GPAs in 2023-24 with an aggregate 3.67 team GPA.
Eight Blue Dragons teams earned NJCAA team academic honors. To earn team GPA awards, a team must have an aggregate 3.00 GPA to qualify.
Blue Dragon teams earning academic honors are: Softball (3.67), women’s Soccer (3.52), women’s cross country (3.35), baseball (3.19), women’s outdoor track and field (3.16), women’s basketball (3.13), women’s indoor track and field (3.10) and men’s cross country (3.09).
Here is a list of the 73 Blue Dragon student-athletes to earn NJCAA All-Academic honors for the 2023-24 academic season:
First Team (4.00 GPA)
Maria Azevedo – Soccer
Kael Babin – Baseball
Bailey Backhaus – Softball
Brook Backhaus – Softball
Mac Bowie – Baseball
Kendra Brungardt – Soccer
Kernan Bundy – Men’s Basketball
Hayleigh Burke – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Kaitlyn Edwards – Soccer
Ashlyn Finley – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Ethan Giesbrecht – Baseball
Tate Hoover – Football
Bree Horyna – Women’s Basketball
Preslee Irwin – Softball
Noah Khohkar – Football
Haley Kruger – Softball
Grace Lambert – Cross Country
Korri Lies – Softball
Tatiana Mayumi – Soccer
Jordyn Picolet – Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Ryan Ruggiero – Baseball
Jordan Scruggs – Football
Karsyn Slothower – Soccer
Nancy Stefanek – Soccer
Mason Thrush – Football
Ellie Van Zelfden – Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Kemisha Williams-Dominique – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Jayda Wyatt – Soccer
Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA)
BrieAnn Brawner – Softball
Alejandra Briseno – Volleyball
Chanesse Chandler – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Adriana Delgado – Soccer
Madi Denison – Women’s Basketball
Ilex Hagan – Soccer
Alexis Horsch – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Kennedy Johnson – Softball
Jenna Kuepker – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Tammy Lozoya – Softball
Farrin Mangelson – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Yadira Moreno – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Jaala Nowlin – Softball
Olivia Sandoval – Softball
Kobe Smith – Men’s Basketball
Ryleigh Stuhlsatz – Volleyball
Morgan Tomlinson – Softball
Baker Tygart – Baseball
Tyson Vassart – Baseball
Cooper Wesslund – Baseball
Shelbi Wilson – Volleyball
Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA)
Jojo Adeoye – Men’s Basketball
Laura Avila – Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Blake Bradford – Baseball
Lorena Campos – Soccer
Josh Cline – Baseball
Taniyah Cox – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Christian Darrah – Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Cody Gunderson – Baseball
Liberty Limon – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
John Losew – Indoor Track, Outdoor Track
Katharina Marx – Soccer
Preston Michael – Football
Peyton Mosley – Women’s Basketball
Bradley Neill – Baseball
Kahlen Norris – Women’s Basketball
Sam Ojeda – Baseball
Cooper Philbrick – Baseball
Jalen Rice – Football
Landen Snyder – Baseball
Emma Stubbs – Volleyball
Cole Toureau – Baseball
Cole Whittington – Baseball
Rece Wilson – Baseball
Matti Zeh – Football
