NJCAA Academic Award Winners Announced

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) released its Academic Award Winners for the 2014-2015 year and several GCC student-athletes were recognized.

The NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards were previously known as NJCAA Academic All-America honors. The NJCAA has renamed its academic awards to the following:

   NJCAA Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence (4.00 GPA on a 4.00 scale)
   NJCAA Award for Superior Academic Achievement (3.80 – 3.99 on a 4.00 scale)
   NJCAA Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement (3.60 – 3.79 on a 4.00 scale)

The following student-athletes from Genesee Community College were honored:

NJCAA Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence (4.0GPA)

NJCAA award for Superior Academic Achievement (3.8-3.99GPA)

Kern O’Reilly (men’s soccer)

Kaci Asper (women’s lacrosse)

Sarah Loranty (women’s soccer)

Yu Shimizu (volleyball)

NJCAA Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement (3.60-3.79GPA)

Nicole Niedzielski (women’s lacrosse)

Jamie Vink (women’s lacrosse)

Karissa Schuster (women’s soccer/softball)

Thais Matte (women’s basketball)

Bailey Moag (golf)

Kylie Dunn (volleyball)

James Smith (men’s lacrosse)

Taylor Tillotson (women’s basketball)

Mina Horiuchi (women’s lacrosse)