Record 22 T-Birds earn NJCAA academic honors

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A record 22 Mesa student-athletes have earned NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards for the just-completed 2014-15 year.

  In order to qualify for the award student-athletes must have a minimum 3.60 GPA while earning at least 12 credit hours.

  The 22 awards were the most Mesa has earned since the recognition was instituted in 2005-06. MCC's previous high was 19, two years ago. Last year 18 Thunderbirds were honored.

  Two T-Birds, Evan Fresquez, of baseball, and Kevin McMahon, of mens tennis, received the Pinnacle Award for posting perfect 4.0 GPAs.

  Those Mesa athletes to win NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete recognition were:

Meghan Blankenship - Women's Track and Field

Dana Brady - Women's Track and Field

Rosalynd Chavez - Women's Cross Country

Samantha Christensen - Softball

Ethan Cortazzo - Football

Gianni Dailey - Men's Basketball

Hannah Demarr - Women's Track and Field

Morgan Eddy - Women's Soccer

Sarah Edmondson - Women's Track and Field

Evan Fresquez - Baseball

Matthew Garcia - Men's Track and Field

Matthew Hart - Men's Track and Field

Kylie Herd - Women's Basketball

Brylee Coplan-Kay - Softball

Bridget Kruck - Softball

Alex Lobeck - Men's Golf

Alexa Lorentzen - Women's Soccer

Kevin McMahon - Men's Tennis

Didi Moloi - Women's Basketball

Jose Retana - Men's Track and Field

Charatta Thongbai  Women's Golf

Jordan Zimmerman - Baseball