Mesa shines again in NJCAA academic awards
Charlotte, N.C. – Once again Mesa fared extremely well in the annual NJCAA listed of all-academic individuals and teams.
A total of 34 student athletes and four complete teams were honored by the NJCAA for their academic success.
That brings the total number of athletes recognized to 215 and teams to 45 since the program began in 2005-06.
Even more impressive is that MCC has had 192 individuals and 42 teams honored in just the last seven years alone.
For individuals the honor is split into three teams. First team is for 4.0 GPAs, second team for 3.80-3.99 and third team for 3.60-3.79.
Those individuals earning first team honors in 2018-19 are: Demetrio Botello, baseball;; Emilee Clark, track and field; Connor Denning, baseball; Jaden Encinas, softball; Jorge Sala Frigeri, men's tennis; Rachel Graff, Volleyball; Joshua Leslie, baseball; Rache; McCleve, cross country; Erin Peters, women's soccer; Nolan Ruff, baseball; Lucas Severo, men's tennis; Paul Steffensen, baseball; Greg Student, baseball; Madison Voisard, women's golf and Brittany Walkingstick, softball.
The teams honored were: women's golf; men's tennis; volleyball and softball.
The complete list of honorees:
Ariana Sanchez Softball Third Team
Brendan Cobb Golf Third Team
Brittany Walkingstick Softball First Team
Cody Tucker Baseball Third Team
Connor Denning Baseball First Team
Demetrio Botello Baseball First Team
Emilee Clark Indoor Track & Field First Team
Erik Dallmann Men's Tennis Second Team
Erin Peters Soccer First Team
Garrett LaBreche Baseball Third Team
Greg Student Baseball First Team
Hannah Brown Golf Third Team
Jaden Encinas Softball First Team
Jessica Reynolds Cross Country,
Outdoor Track & Field,
Indoor Track & Field Third Team
Jodi Taylor Softball Second Team
Jorge Sala Frigeri Tennis First Team
Joshua Leslie Baseball First Team
Kaitlyn Schoenwetter Volleyball Third Team
Kendall Coleman Volleyball Second Team
Lucas Severo Tennis First Team
Luke Barnes Football Second Team
Madison Voisard Golf First Team
Mallory Gornall Soccer Second Team
Margaret Orr Cross Country Third Team
Marisa Vallejo Softball Second Team
Michael Johnson Cross Country,
Outdoor Track & Field,
Indoor Track & Field Third Team
Nathan Belt Football Third Team
Nolan Ruff Baseball First Team
Paul Steffensen Baseball First Team
Rachel Graff Volleyball First Team
Rachel McCleve Cross Country First Team
Sara Hansen Volleyball Second Team
Thomas Lofron Indoor Track & Field,
Outdoor Track & Field Third Team
Tristan Stellmach Outdoor Track & Field,
Indoor Track & Field,
Cross Country Second Team
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