Gulf Coast leads MACCC with 82 NJCAA All-Academic student-athletes
Published 3:29 pm Monday, July 11, 2022
PERKINSTON —Mississippi Gulf Coast ranked 10th among all community colleges in total number of awardees in the NJCAA All-Academic Student-Athlete Awards with 82.
Gulf Coast led all MACCC schools in honorees and had 29 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 28 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: softball’s Grace Allgood (So., Hurley/East Central), softball’s Aislynn Andrews (So., Poplarville/Poplarville), women’s tennis’s Bayley Askin (Fr., St. Martin/St. Martin), women’s soccer’s Leah Bennett (So., Cape Town, South Africa/Mondeor), baseball’s Jonathan Burn (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), football’s Andrew Butler (Fr., Wayne N.J./DePaul Catholic), softball’s Akira Causey (Fr., Meridian/Southeast Lauderdale), women’s tennis’s Ashleigh Chelette (So., Vancleave/Vancleave), football’s Ray Frazier (So., Gulfport/St. Patrick), women’s tennis’s Abigail Garman (Fr., Diamondhead/Hancock), men’s soccer’s Ivan Gonzalez (Fr., Olive Branch/Center Hill), women’s soccer’s Cheyenne Hendrix (So., Corinth/Corinth), men’s soccer’s Pacey Johnson (Fr., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove), softball’s Jovi Jones (Fr., Batesville/Magnolia Heights), softball’s Kristian Jones (So., Southaven/DeSoto Central), golf’s Chase Kaiser (Fr., Natchez/Cathedral), women’s soccer’s Evelyn Kimball (Fr., Poplarville/Poplarville), softball’s Kat Knight (So., Tupelo/Tupelo), women’s soccer’s Brianna Lee (So., Perkinston/Stone), men’s soccer’s Hyungjoon Lee (Fr., Suwon, South Korea/Dongbuk), women’s soccer’s Katelyn Lutkins (Fr., Biloxi/D’Iberville), women’s soccer’s Olivia Palisi (So., Diamondhead/Hancock), men’s soccer’s Brycen Phillips (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), golf’s Hayden Russell (So., Gautier/Gautier), football’s Philip Short (So., Flowood/Madison-Ridgeland Academy), men’s soccer’s Seongbin Son (Fr., Seoul, South Korea/Guhyun), women’s basketball’s Alisha Tucker (So., McComb/McComb), softball’s Lizzie Weems (Fr., Bay St. Louis/Bay), women’s soccer’s Brookelynn Willis (Fr., St. Martin/St. Martin).
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA) members: football’s Jashon Baker (So., Tylertown/Tylertown), men’s soccer’s Fabien Barker (So., Madison/Madison Central), golf’s David Beard (Fr., Madison/Madison Central), women’s soccer’s Kate Bertolino (Fr., Ocean Springs/Vancleave), football’s George Caratan (So., Pacific Palisades Calif./St. Thomas More), softball’s Emaleigh Coates (So., Lucedale/George County), softball’s Madisyn Cobbs (Fr., Oxford/Lafayette), baseball’s Matthew DeLano (So., Biloxi/Biloxi), men’s soccer’s Declan Dillistone (Fr., Laurel/West Jones), baseball’s Dylan Fontan (So., Biloxi/St. Patrick), men’s tennis’s Clay Fudge (So., Madison/Madison Central), football’s Jonathan Harris (Fr., Hattiesburg/Petal), men’s soccer’s Adam Holland (So., Moss Point/Resurrection), women’s soccer’s Hannah Holliman (So., Lakeshore/Hancock), football’s Carlos Johnson (Fr., Jackson/Terry), men’s soccer’s Ronaldo Lopez (Fr., Gautier/Gautier), football’s Robert McDaniel (So., Jackson/Terry), women’s soccer’s Landu Mprioteli (So., Stuttgart Germany/Robert Bosch Schule), women’s soccer’s Alyssa Palisi (So., Diamondhead/Hancock), women’s soccer’s Hannah Salter (So., Olive Branch/Lewisburg), softball’s Kaydee Smith (Fr., D’Iberville/D’Iberville), men’s soccer’s Parker Stephens (Fr., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove), men’s soccer’s Ashton Taylor (So., Olive Branch/Center Hill), women’s basketball’s Ayanna McNairy (So., Brookhaven/Brookhaven), football’s Chandler Williams (Fr., Ridgeland/Ridgeland).
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA) members: softball’s K.K. Agner (So., Horn Lake/Magnolia Heights), football’s Kylen Armstead (Fr., Starkville/West Point), men’s tennis’s Kyle Bond (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), softball’s Kate Brannan (Fr., Enterprise/Enterprise), women’s soccer’s Katie Brown (So., Picayune/Home School), softball’s Kennedy Brown (Fr., Southaven/Northpoint Christian), baseball’s Kade Carpenter (Fr., Vancleave/Vancleave), football’s George Drake (Fr., Jackson/Madison-Ridgeland Academy), men’s tennis’s Anderson Dulaney (So., Long Beach/Long Beach), football’s A.J. Edwards (So., Madison/Germantown), golf’s Alessio Graziani (Fr., Johannesburg, South Africa/Beaulieu College), baseball’s Alec Hardy (So., Wiggins/Stone), men’s soccer’s Jarrean Hoskins (Fr., Clinton/Clinton), women’s soccer’s Bayleigh Jones (Fr., Hurley/East Central), softball’s Laurel Ladner (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach), football’s Keenan Landry (Fr., Jennings La./Jennings), softball’s Chloe Litchfield (Fr., Enterprise/Enterprise), softball’s Alyssia Little (So., Brandon/Brandon), baseball’s Brendan McCauley (So., Gulfport/Harrison Central), men’s soccer’s Nathaniel Mink (Fr., Long Beach/Long Beach), football’s Ishmael Naylor (Fr., DeKalb/Kemper County), football’s Josiah Perryman (Fr., Madison/Madison Central), baseball’s Preston Ratliff (So., Slidell, La./Northshore), baseball’s Luke Reed (So., Louisville, Ky./Holy Cross), softball’s Haylee Sidaway (So., Biloxi/St. Martin), softball’s Abby Vance (So., Calhoun City/Calhoun City), football’s Dylan Wasson (Fr., Madison/Germantown), men’s soccer’s Xavier Wright (Fr., Pascagoula/Resurrection).
NJCAA All-Academic Student-Athlete Awards
Name Team Award
Grace Allgood Softball First
Aislynn Andrews Softball First
Bayley Askin Women’s Tennis First
Leah Bennett Women’s Soccer First
Johnathan Burn Baseball First
Andrew Butler Football First
Akira Causey Softball First
Ashleigh Chelette Women’s Tennis First
Ray Frazier Football First
Abigail Garman Women’s Tennis First
Ivan Gonzalez Men’s Soccer First
Cheyenne Hendrix Women’s Soccer First
Pacey Johnson Men’s Soccer First
Jovi Jones Softball First
Kristian Jones Softball First
Chase Kaiser Golf First
Evelyn Kimball Women’s Soccer First
Kat Knight Softball First
Brianna Lee Women’s Soccer First
Hyungjoon Lee Men’s Soccer First
Katelyn Lutkins Women’s Soccer First
Olivia Palisi Women’s Soccer First
Brycen Phillips Men’s Soccer First
Hayden Russell Golf First
Philip Short Football First
Seongbin Son Men’s Soccer First
Alisha Tucker Women’s Basketball First
Elizabeth Weems Softball First
Brookelynn Willis Women’s Soccer First
Jashon Baker Football Second
Fabien Barker Men’s Soccer Second
David Beard Golf Second
Kate Bertolino Women’s Soccer Second
George Caratan Football Second
Emaleigh Coates Softball Second
Madisyn Cobbs Softball Second
Matthew DeLano Baseball Second
Declan Dillistone Men’s Soccer Second
Dylan Fontan Baseball Second
Clay Fudge Men’s Tennis Second
Jonathan Harris Football Second
Adam Holland Men’s Soccer Second
Hannah Holliman Women’s Soccer Second
Carlos Johnson Football Second
Ronaldo Lopez Men’s Soccer Second
Robert McDaniel Football Second
Landu Mprioteli Women’s Soccer Second
Alyssa Palisi Women’s Soccer Second
Hannah Salter Women’s Soccer Second
Kaydee Smith Softball Second
Parker Stephens Men’s Soccer Second
Ashton Taylor Men’s Soccer Second
Ayanna Tucker Women’s Basketball Second
Chandler Williams Football Second
K.K. Agner Softball Third
Kylen Armstead Football Third
Kyle Bond Men’s Tennis Third
Kate Brannan Softball Third
Katie Brown Women’s Soccer Third
Kennedy Brown Softball Third
Kade Carpenter Baseball Third
George Drake Football Third
Anderson Dulaney Men’s Tennis Third
A.J. Edwards Football Third
Alessio Graziani Golf Third
Alec Hardy Baseball Third
Jarrean Hoskins Men’s Soccer Third
Bayleigh Jones Women’s Soccer Third
Laurel Ladner Softball Third
Keenan Landry Football Third
Chloe Litchfield Softball Third
Alyssia Little Softball Third
Brendan McCauley Baseball Third
Nathaniel Mink Men’s Soccer Third
Ishmael Naylor Football Third
Josiah Perryman Football Third
Preston Ratliff Baseball Third
Luke Reed Baseball Third
Haylee Sidaway Softball Third
Abby Vance Softball Third
Dylan Wasson Football Third
Xavier Wright Men’s Soccer Third
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