McLennan athletes set school record with 48 NJCAA academic awards, four squads receive team recognition

Student-athletes from six McLennan teams combined to set a school record for recognition on the NJCAA's All-Academic Teams. To be recognized, student-athletes must achieve a 3.60 GPA or higher for the academic year. McLennan placed 48 student-athletes on the 2022-23 list, surpassing the previous record of 41 set in 2021-22. Baseball led the way with 18 honorees, followed by softball with 12, women's golf with six, women's basketball with five, men's golf with four and men's basketball with three. A total of 10,267 student-athletes from across the nation were honored.

Student-athletes are placed on one of three teams based on the GPA achieved: First Team (4.0 GPA), Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA) and Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA). McLennan placed 11 on the First Team, 16 on the Second Team and 21 on the Third Team.

McLennan's honorees by sport:

Baseball: Chase Davies (First Team), Will Glatch (First Team), Kyndon Lovell (First Team), William Soignier (First Team), Stefan Stahl (First Team), Mateo Zeppieri (First Team), Charlie Bower (Second Team), Sam Flores (Second Team), Katcher Halligan (Second Team), Jason Hawkins (Second Team), Ty Johnson (Second Team), Aidan Kuni (Second Team), Drew Messick (Second Team), Zach Cawyer (Third Team), Jake D'Altrui (Third Team), Jackson Mayo (Third Team), Britton Moore (Third Team) and Jake Smith (Third Team)

Softball: Madison Hornback (First Team), Sydney Kirby (First Team), Madelyn McKinnon (First Team), Celeste Aguilar (Second Team), Emma Bradley-Tse (Second Team), Chesnee Faile (Second Team), Erin Plunkett (Second Team), Mattie Wolkow (Second Team), Kyla Heine (Third Team), Brinly Maples (Third Team), Katia Reyes (Third Team) and Rose Gonzales (Third Team)

Women's Golf: Rebecca Rodriguez (Second Team), Lucile Tanvet (Second Team), Mia Clarke (Third Team), Emma Olivarez (Third Team), Shanna Sandoval (Third Team) and Brill Wise (Third Team)

Women's Basketball: Alicia Mills (First Team), Favour Mbeledeogu (Second Team), Cynaye Bobbitt (Third Team), Niamh Heath (Third Team) and Bailee St. Romain (Third Team)

Men's Golf: Nik Blalock (Third Team), Peter Clark (Third Team), Carter Patterson (Third Team) and Collin Ramsey (Third Team)

Men's Basketball: Kaleb Pouncy (First Team), Jahmar Brown (Second Team) and Jared Clawson (First Team)

Four McLennan teams were recognized with NJCAA Academic Team Awards for a team GPA of 3.0 or higher: softball (3.71 GPA), women's golf (3.55 GPA), men's golf (3.49 GPA) and baseball (3.42 GPA). A total of 1,078 teams were recognized.