NORFOLK, Neb. – Northeast student-athletes were busy on and off the court this past season.
Forty-five student-athletes were named NJCAA All-Academic it was announced on Friday. Student-athletes are eligible to earn academic honors by achieving an overall GPA of 3.60 or higher for the 2019-20 academic year. The criteria for the three All-Academic teams are listed below:
NJCAA All-Academic First Team: 4.00 GPA
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team: 3.80-3.99 GPA
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team: 3.60-3.79 GPA
In addition, the Northeast baseball, women’s basketball, men’s golf, women’s soccer, softball and volleyball teams were each named a 2019-20 NJCAA Academic Team of the Year.
Below is a list of the student-athletes mentioned with their respective sport.
Baseball
First Team:
Cooper Whitt (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Second Team:
Brennen Bales (Nebraska City, Neb.), Reese Lansville (Centennial, Colo.), Tanner Olmstead (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Hunter Kelchner (Grand Junction, Colo.), Jeremy Schneider (Lovell, Wyo.), Chris Mazzini (Parker, Colo.), Derek Botaletto (Omaha, Neb.)
Third Team:
Matt Dreher (Blair, Neb.), Ty Hansen (Edmond, Okla.), Colin Lynam (Springfield, Neb.), Alex Potter (Parker, Colo.), Nate Zyzda (Sioux City, Iowa)
Volleyball
First Team:
Jessica Borg (Wakefield, Neb.)
Second Team:
Elley Beaver (Columbus, Neb.), Morgan Haner (Sterling, Neb.), Megan Wehrbein (Burchard, Neb.)
Third Team:
Elizabeth Christensen (Stanton, Neb.), MaKayla Davidson (Alliance, Neb.), Julia Eskens (Wynot, Neb.), Hannah Heppner (Stanton, Neb.), Kirsten Staab (Broken Bow, Neb.), Jamie Bonifas (Blue Hill, Neb.)
Women’s Basketball
First Team:
Katarina Zagorac (Novi Sad, Serbia), Breanna Stouffer (David City, Neb.), Lorna Maxon (Laurel, Neb.)
Second Team:
Macey Kulhanek (Howells, Neb.)
Third Team:
Beth Matas (Girona, Spain)
Jacalyn Schwanebeck (Hyannis, Neb.)
Women’s Soccer
First Team:
Mandy Stricker (Broomfield, Colo.), Kahrena Thompson (Jamestown, Colo.), Ariella Crespo (Ramstein, Germany)
Second Team:
Madison Foutz (Brighton, Colo.), Mackenzie Byrnes (Brighton, Colo.)
Softball
First Team:
Lauryn Cardenas (Gothenburg, Neb.)
Third Team:
Sydney Kelley (Omaha, Neb.), Kaylea Bailey (Schuyler, Neb.), Chantel Julian (Roseville, Calif.), Vada Kruse (Norfolk, Neb.)
Men’s Soccer
First Team:
Ricardo Goldner (Brasilia, Brazil)
Second Team:
Federico Anzoletti (Chioggia, Italy)
Third Team:
Manuel Jimenez (Lexington, Neb.)
Men’s Golf
Third Team:
Grant Sell (Gothenburg, Neb.), Matthew Kingston (Springfield, Neb.)
Men’s Basketball
First Team:
Ben Moxness (Scribner, Neb.)
