Pratt, Kan. – The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) announced the 2021-22 NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year and the NJCAA All-Academic Teams. Pratt Community College (PCC) had seven athletic teams recognized with 50 student-athletes being honored as well.
The teams who were recognized include Baseball (3.16 GPA), Women’s Basketball (3.32 GPA), Women’s Soccer (3.28 GPA), Men’s Tennis (3.46 GPA), Softball (3.19 GPA) and Volleyball (3.21 GPA). The Wrestling team was named the 2021-22 NJCAA Wrestling Academic Team of the Year with a team grade point average of 3.49.
“We are extremely pleased and proud of all our athletic programs and especially proud of those who achieved Academic Team of the Year nominations. To have seven programs recognized is tremendous and a tribute to our coaches, faculty and staff who have worked hard with our student-athletes,” said Athletic Director Tim Swartzendruber. “Our wrestling team was the Academic Team of the Year. Special congratulation to Coach Kepley and the wrestlers for this achievement!”
In addition, to honoring teams every summer the NJCAA honors student athletes in three different All-Academic Teams. Student-athletes are eligible to earn academic honors by achieving an overall GPA of 3.60 or higher for the 2021-22 academic year.
NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.00 GPA)
- Benjamin Burroughs (Baseball)
- Kawana Dias Dos Santos (Women’s Basketball)
- Gavin Djurovic (Baseball)
- Kylie Hefling (Volleyball)
- Grace Hendrickson (Women’s Basketball, Volleyball)
- Guilherme Ribeiro (Men’s Soccer)
- Brayden Ketley (Baseball)
- Scott Radke (Wrestling)
- Tamara Radovanov (Volleyball)
- Natalia Richartz (Women’s Soccer)
- Alaina Strickland (Women’s Soccer)
- Quin Tocheniuk (Baseball)
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA)
- Kai Allen (Wrestling)
- Derek Drees (Cross Country, Half Marathon)
- Adolfo Mendoza (Wrestling)
- Deston Miller (Wrestling)
- Nathaniel Moore (Men’s Tennis)
- Ethan Paris (Cross Country, Half Marathon)
- Alexa Puerto (Women’s Soccer)
- Maris Quillen (Women’s Soccer)
- Bryant Sevadjian (Baseball)
- Andile Sibanda (Men’s Tennis)
- Cayden Winter (Wrestling)
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA)
- Svenja Arnold (Women’s Soccer)
- David Arrieta (Men’s Tennis)
- Faith Bannister (Softball)
- Sierra Bryant (Women’s Soccer)
- Chariah Daniels (Women’s Basketball)
- Brent Escareno (Wrestling)
- Jessi Ferneau (Women’s Soccer)
- Tyler Gates (Baseball)
- Maxime Guyon (Men’s Tennis)
- Nikolas Highsmith (Men’s Soccer)
- Jace Jenkins (Baseball)
- Karolina Juresiute (Women’s Basketball)
- Enrique Lankford (Men’s Basketball)
- Braydon Lemuz (Wrestling)
- Jacob Mitchell (Wrestling)
- Morgan Pitts (Softball)
- Dayton Porsch (Wrestling)
- Moises Rodriguez (Wrestling)
- Mitchell Smith (Baseball)
- Ruth Sodipe (Women’s Basketball)
- Clayton Stephenson (Wrestling)
- Brooke Tholen (Volleyball)
- Collin Turley (Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field)
- Cassandra Wedel (Softball)
- Jaylon Wiltz (Men’s Basketball)
- Payton Woody (Softball)
“I am also thrilled to say we had 50 individuals throughout our athletic programs who qualified to be an Academic All-American,” said Swartzendruber. “In order to achieve this honor, an individual must have a 3.6 or higher grade-point average. This is certainly an honor for those individuals and we are extremely proud of them!”