The Triton College athletic department is proud to announce that 25 student-athletes, representing nine intercollegiate sports have earned National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Academic honors for the 2024-25 academic year.
The Trojans baseball and softball teams led the way with six of their players each making the list. The Triton track and men's soccer teams both had three earn NJCAA All-Academic awards followed by a pair representing men's basketball and wrestling. Women's basketball, women's soccer and volleyball each had one athlete on the list.
"Our goal as a department is to ensure that our student-athletes are students first," said Triton Associate Vice President of Athletics
Garrick Abezetian. "I am extremely proud of the Triton student-athletes recognized by the NJCAA for their accomplishments in the classroom."
Nationally, 13,915 student-athletes achieved NJCAA All-Academic honors. Student-athletes are eligible by accumulating an overall GPA of 3.60 or higher for the 2024-25 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:
NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM
Kinga Antolak (Elmwood Park) – Women's Track & Field
Nik Dabrowski (Benet Academy) – Baseball                                                                                                   Â
Wilson Espino (Rolling Meadows) – Men's Soccer
Kaitlyn Hoffing (Fenton) – Softball                                                                                                    Â
Lea Martinez (Leyden) – Softball                                                                      Â
NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM
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Dayjaun Anderson (Ponitz, OH) – Men's Basketball
Ava Connerty (Riverside-Brookfield) – Women's Track &Field
Brandon Keska (Shepard) – Baseball
Gavin Khoury (Calumet Christian, IN) – Baseball
Maya Lemanska (Ridgewood) – Volleyball           Â
Fatima Montano (Proviso West) – Women's Soccer                                                                                                                                                       Â
NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC THIRD TEAM
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Mackenzie Bickhaus (Niles West) – Softball
Alyssa Bruno (Ridgewood) – Softball
Hassan Dorman (Arch Bishop Carroll, Washington, D.C.) – Men's Basketball
Brianna Gallegos (Warren Township) – Softball
Eliza Genis (Ridgewood) – Softball
Luis Huguet (Maine West) – Baseball
Lauryn Hunt (Rufus King, WI) – Women's Basketball
William Jacobson (Mt. Carmel) – Wrestling
Bryce LaSane (Marian) – Baseball
William Martin (Riverside-Brookfield) – Wrestling
Nathan McBroom (Minooka) – Baseball
Ihor Pokrovetskyi (Ukraine) – Men's Soccer
Daniel Siwiec (Niles West) – Men's Soccer
Alexandra Svora (Riverside-Brookfield) – Women's Track & Field
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