27 Triton student-athletes earn NJCAA academic honors

It was another successful year in the classroom for several Triton College student-athletes as 27 individuals representing seven different sports received National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Academic honors for the 2022-23 academic year.

The Trojans baseball team led the way with eight of their players making the list, including a pair on the NJCAA All-Academic First Team. Both Men's soccer and softball had five student-athletes receive NJCAA academic honors followed by the wrestling and volleyball teams' with three each.

"I like to congratulate our 27 Triton College student-athletes for being recognized by the NJCAA for their accomplishments in the classroom," said Triton Associate Vice President of Athletics Garrick Abezetian. "Their hard work and dedication is a testament in what being a quality student-athlete is all about."

Nationally, 10.267 student-athletes achieved NJCAA All-Academic honors. Student-athletes are eligible by accumulating an overall GPA of 3.60 or higher for the 2022-23 academic year. The criteria for the three NJCAA 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

Listed below are the Triton student-athletes who earned NJCAA All-Academic status and their cumulative GPA:

NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM
 
Noah Jouras (Lyons Township) – Baseball – 4.00 (GPA)
Hannah Kofira (Lockport) – Softball – 4.00
Nolan Larson (Lincoln-Way West) – Baseball – 4.00
Ashley Mitchell (Fenton) – Volleyball – 4.00
Hilary Sanchez (Lincoln Park) – Women's Soccer – 4.00
 
NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM
 
Renee Atlzan (Taft) – Softball – 3.87 (GPA)
Bernardo Elias (Layton Academy, Brazil) – Men's Soccer – 3.88
Steve Dabrowski (Benet Academy) – Baseball – 3.81
Tanner Johnson (Indian Trail HS, WI) – Baseball – 3.90
Dan Laughery (Grant Community) – Baseball – 3.85
Dino Maljevic (Gateway Legacy Christian Academy) – Men's Soccer – 3.81
Stephanie Mancha (Proviso East) – Women's Soccer – 3.97 
Gustavo Montesano (Presbiteriano, Brazil) – Men's Soccer – 3.85
Kaydon Norkus (Nequa Valley) – Baseball – 3.90
Kevin Pauly (Glenbrook South) – Baseball – 3.84
Ross Raucci (Taft) – Wrestling – 3.83
 
NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC THIRD TEAM
 
Luke Barron (Oswego) – Wrestling – 3. 65 (GPA)
Amari Blanchard (Oak Park and River Forest) – Wrestling 3.79
Juan Cano (Leyden) – Men's Track & Field – 3.68
David Chudzik  (Ridgewood) – Men's Soccer – 3.63
Tanya DeLaRiva (Morton) – Volleyball – 3.64
Sophia Loza (Muchin College Prep) – Softball – 3.63
Jessica Reuter (Stoughton HS, WI) – Softball – 3.63
Claire Stillwell (LaSalle-Peru) – Softball – 3.70
Paul Urban (Fenton) – Men's Soccer – 3.76
Jorge Vazquez (Mt. Carmel) – Baseball – 3.61
Annette Zavala (Morton) – Volleyball – 3.77

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