USTFCCCA Awards
2015 NJCAA DI Cross Country Academic Awards
By Kyle Terwillegar, USTFCCCA April 8, 2016   
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2015

2015 NJCAA DI Cross Country Academic Awards

NEW ORLEANS – The NJCAA has named its Academic Award honorees for the 2015 NJCAA Division I cross country season.

Individuals who earned a minimum 3.40 grade point average as full-time students in the fall 2015 semeseter were recognized with academic awards. The full list of honorees – including the 46 women and 25 men who earned 4.00 GPAs during the fall – can be found below [click here for women, and here for men].

Additionally, Academic Team of the Year honors were bestowed to those squads with exceptional achievement in the classroom. Teams with five or more individual academic honorees that earned a combined fall GPA of 3.20 or higher were recognized.

Those full lists can be found below.

Women’s Individuals
4.0    Debbie Ames (Cloud County C.C.)
4.0    Kelly Babcock (Lansing C.C.)
4.0    Lydia Bamann (Lansing C.C.)
4.0    Karen Barrientos (Cuyahoga C.C.)
4.0    Emily Bemis (Mott C.C.)
4.0    Emely Castelo (Estrella Mountain C.C.)
4.0    Emma Cluskey (Lincoln College)
4.0    Cristal Corrales (New Mexico Junior College)
4.0    Aubrey Cravy (MCC-Longview)
4.0    Elizabeth Deaton (Pima C.C.)
4.0    Rachel Durler (Dodge City C.C.)
4.0    Jessica Ewart (Indian Hills C.C.)
4.0    Samantha Felzien (Pima C.C.)
4.0    Hannah Funk (Moraine Valley C.C.)
4.0    Baylor Graham (Iowa Western C.C.)
4.0    Casey Hadaway (Lansing C.C.)
4.0    Taylor Haskenhoff (Kaskaskia College)
4.0    Chloe Heller (Vincennes University)
4.0    Danielle Jankovich (Harford C.C.)
4.0    Lauren Jansen (Kaskaskia College)
4.0    Rose Jebet (New Mexico Junior College)
4.0    Alyssa Johnson (Northern Virginia C.C.)
4.0    Tori Kehler (Cottey College)
4.0    Aziza Kibet (Colby C.C.)
4.0    Kelli Kirkpatrick (El Paso C.C.)
4.0    Sarah Kurpjuweit (Cottey College)
4.0    Callie Lawson (Indian Hills C.C.)
4.0    Angela Lingg (Hutchinson C.C.)
4.0    Bailey Matthaidess (Iowa Central C.C.)
4.0    Kayla Pallares (El Paso C.C.)
4.0    Ayrica Parsons (Indian Hills C.C.)
4.0    Gabriela Plewa (Moraine Valley C.C.)
4.0    Cassidy Reddell (New Mexico Junior College)
4.0    Yazmin Rendon (Cloud County C.C.)
4.0    Shelby Roesner (Mott C.C.)
4.0    Rachel Ruddy (Iowa Lakes C.C.)
4.0    Janie Salinas (Butler C.C.)
4.0    Savannah Schaffer (Oakland C.C.)
4.0    Jayde Smelcer (Chipola College)
4.0    Silvia Sosa (New Mexico Junior College)
4.0    Emily Souva (Kirtland C.C.)
4.0    Mallory Tharp (Lincoln College)
4.0    Isabel Torres (Waubonsee C.C.)
4.0    Hayley Wagner (Iowa Western C.C.)
4.0    Margaret Wiedeman (Chipola College)
4.0    Abby Wroblewski (Kaskaskia College)
3.95  Chase Burns (Cottey College)
3.95  Gabrielle Mier (Kirtland C.C.)
3.92 MacKenzie Morris (Northern Virginia C.C.)
3.91  Haley Boccomino (Macomb C.C.)
3.91  Alycia Mathis (Lorain County C.C.)
3.86  Maria Curren (Cuyahoga C.C.)
3.84  Molly Claman (Des Moines Area C.C.)
3.83  Kassidi Jones (South Plains College)
3.82  Kim Travis (Butler C.C.)
3.81  Sarah Myers (Colby C.C.)
3.80  Nixa Del Real Robles (Waubonsee C.C.)
3.80  Alex Fulton (Butler C.C.)
3.80  Alex Love (Lansing C.C.)
3.80  Veronica Towlanski (Macomb C.C.)
3.79  Benisse Inamahoro (Ranger College)
3.78  Stephanie Majewski (Moraine Valley C.C.)
3.78  Leanne Pompeani (Iowa Central C.C.)
3.78  Sheila Sameoi (Butler C.C.)
3.78  Weronkia Staszel (Moraine Valley C.C.)
3.77  Natalie Bartos (Waubonsee C.C.)
3.77  Lourdes Gonzalez (Ranger College)
3.76  Markie Roach (MCC-Longview)
3.76  Rachel White (Dodge City C.C.)
3.75  Rebecca Arnolts (Sauk Valley C.C.)
3.75  Ali Wagner (Mott CC.)
3.73  Caitlyn Skelcy (Oakland C.C.)
3.72  Iradukunda Josephine (Lincoln College)
3.71  Tangy Wiseman (Iowa Central C.C.)
3.70  Darlina Rose (Cottey College)
3.69  Courtney Armon (Highland C.C.)
3.69  Mackenzie Galvez (Estrella Mountain C.C.)
3.69  Shiomi Kuwabara (Mott C.C.)
3.69  Dawn Sanders (Dodge City C.C.)
3.68  Camilla Faundez (Cloud County C.C.)
3.68  Valeria Rascon (Pima C.C.)
3.67  Lexi Gradwohl (Cottey College)
3.67  Darian Trost (Butler C.C.)
3.67  Miranda Wolanin (Macomb C.C.)
3.66  Kaitlin Beyer (Lansing C.C.)
3.66  Sala Hanne (Lincoln College)
3.66  Purity Jepleting (Northwest Kansas Technical College)
3.65  Amaranta Gamboa (Ranger College)
3.65  Michelle Thayer (Des Moines Area C.C.)
3.64  Juliana Stahle (Des Moines Area C.C.)
3.64  Jamie Wright (Colby C.C.)
3.63  Amber Ruiz-Bueno (Cuyahoga C.C.)
3.62  Mattie Swisher (Dodge City C.C.)
3.62  Tonie Wasco (Moraine Valley C.C.)
3.61  Hannah Tas (Macomb C.C.)
3.60  Hetasvi Patel (Iowa Western C.C.)
3.59  Bailey Zimmerman (Colby C.C.)
3.57  Cary Brown (Northern Virginia C.C.)
3.57  Keagan Davis (Hutchinson C.C.)
3.57  Kylie Tucker (MCC-Longview)
3.56  Kamille Kronemann (Iowa Central C.C.)
3.56  Ana Barbara Uribe (Ranger College)
3.56  Ripley Vonhoff (Waubonsee C.C.)
3.54  Abigail Ehteridge (Waubonsee C.C.)
3.54  Katy Spencer (Hutchinson C.C.)
3.53  Jessica Yenni (Hutchinson C.C.)
3.52  Krista Magness (Lansing C.C.)
3.52  Kathryn Piar (Cuyahoga C.C.)
3.50  Karla Evora (Northern Virginia C.C.)
3.50   Alejandro Cruz (Estrella Mountain C.C.)
3.50   Savannah Ferrara (Mott C.C.)
3.50   Bailey Horlander (MCC-Longview)
3.50  Jobi Kauffman (Indian Hills C.C.)
3.50  Lydia Wiedeman (Chipola College)
3.49  Jamie Guckian (Oakland C.C.)
3.48  Jillian Marion (Kirtland C.C.)
3.47  Angelica Gutierrez (Iowa Central C.C.)
3.47  Jacqueline Jones (Georgia Military College)
3.47  Bailey Mistler (Highland C.C.)
3.47  Jamieria Stennis (Lincoln College)
3.46  Branda Cole (Hutchinson C.C.)
3.44  Kanya Johnson (Ranger College)
3.43  Charley Buddenhagen (Mott C.C.)
3.43  Bailey Walser (Dodge City C.C.)
3.43  Syvannah Williams (Highland C.C.)
3.42  Rachael Evans (MCC-Longview)
3.40  Aubrey Cravy (MCC-Longview
3.40  Andrea Grant (New Mexico Junior College)
3.40  Amber Pierce (Lincoln College)
3.40  Shanieke Watson (Iowa Western C.C.)

 

Men’s Individuals
4.0    Tyler Balsters (Hutchinson C.C.)
4.0    Brandon Beaver (Kaskaskia College)
4.0    Gerardus Boelen (Southwestern C.C.)
4.0    John  Brunner (Highland C.C.)
4.0    Boone Cady (Cloud County C.C.)
4.0    Brian Ganzalez (Butler C.C.)
4.0    Jonothan Hooper (Indian Hills C.C.)
4.0    Greg Ingle (Lansing C.C.)
4.0    Alex Jackson (Iowa Central C.C.)
4.0    Christopher Leach (Pima C.C.)
4.0    Cody McNeil (Indian Hills C.C.)
4.0    Dustin Nading (Colby C.C.)
4.0    John Nevin McHarg (Alpena C.C.)
4.0    Jacob Oliver (Iowa Lakes C.C.)
4.0    Jared Peterson (Estrella Mountain C.C.)
4.0    Lucas Probst (Kaskaskia College)
4.0    Austin Read (Iowa Central C.C.)
4.0    Julian Sanchez-Pinto (Colby C.C.)
4.0    Ryan Schaeffer (Indian Hills C.C.)
4.0    Paul Schneider (Macomb C.C.)
4.0    Thomas Thompson (Iowa Central C.C.)
4.0    Jacob Wilson (Indian Hills C.C.)
4.0    Nicholas Wittkopp (Ranger College)
4.0    Connor Wright (Alpena C.C
4.0    Garrett Vesely (Harford C.C.)
3.94  Joey Ufolla (Oakland C.C.)
3.92  Seth Byle (Oakland C.C.)
3.91  Hudson Szubelak (Kirtland C.C.)
3.88  Jon Becker (Lansing C.C.)
3.85  Garrad Straube (Lincoln College)
3.82  Connor Hughes (South Plains College)
3.82  Jeremy Morgan (Moraine Valley C.C.)
3.81  Galen Allen (Cloud County C.C.)
3.81  Bryce Ginther (Cloud County C.C.)
3.81  Jonathan Miller (Highland C.C.)
3.81  Joshua Nunnery (Kaskaskia College)
3.80  Oscar Carmona (Iowa Central C.C.)
3.80  James Walker (Waubonsee C.C.)
3.79  Alec Firack (Alpena C.C.)
3.78  Bill Oyet (Iowa Central C.C.)
3.76  Nathan Dugger (Vincennes University)
3.75  Carson Alexander (Lansing C.C.)
3.75  Nate Elston (Mott C.C.)
3.75  Ismael Ramirez (Butler C.C.)
3.75  John Sandoval (El Paso C.C.)
3.75  Owen Smith (Mott C.C.)
3.75  Ben Stevens (Oakland C.C.)
3.75  Mike Varacalli (Mott C.C.)
3.75  Richard Zuniga (El Paso C.C.)
3.73  Ashenafi Hatte (Iowa Central C.C.)
3.71  Alexander Altman (Moraine Valley C.C.)
3.71  Jacob Hesse (Butler C.C.)
3.70  Wade Ballmann (Lansing C.C.)
3.70  John Davis (Lincoln College)
3.69  Sammy Atkins (Macomb C.C.)
3.69  Nic Ganzeveld (Iowa Central C.C.)
3.67  Aaron Greb (Macomb C.C.)
3.67  Walter Wilczynski (Macomb C.C.)
3.66  Nick Hald (Pima C.C.)
3.66  Ryan Wohlfert (Lansing C.C.)
3.64  Jace Coppoc (Cloud County C.C.)
3.64  Gabriel Esser (Southwestern C.C.)
3.64  Mark Meyer (Hutchinson C.C.)
3.63  Cristian-Jovany Vargas Hernandez (Highland C.C.)
3.60  Jamall Theodile (Northwest Kansas Technical College)
3.58  Sylvester Barus (Iowa Western C.C.)
3.57  Hunter Nance (Hutchinson C.C.)
3.57  Jose Silva (South Plains College)
3.57  Ben Usher (Cloud County C.C.)
3.56  Matt Leban (Waubonsee C.C.)
3.55  John Neri (Dodge City C.C.)
3.53  Atem Akok (South Plains College)
3.53  Bryant Lewis (Lincoln College)
3.50  Ethan Artzer (Hutchinson C.C.)
3.50  Roland Carballo (Dodge City C.C.)
3.50  Austin Mandemach (Mott C.C.)
3.50  Spencer Mellow (Lincoln College)
3.50  Chasen Selsor (Southwestern C.C.)
3.50  Joseph Wohlfert (Lansing C.C.)
3.47  Colin Duca (Muskegon C.C.)
3.47  Jeffrey Lazo (Northwest Kansas Technical College)
3.46  Ryan Cassity (Lorain County C.C.)
3.46  Braulio Castellanos (Moraine Valley C.C.)
3.45  Christian Hanishferger (Oakland C.C.)
3.45  Colin Wright (Alpena C.C.)
3.42  Brian Eaves (Kirtland C.C.)
3.42  Malachi Swanson (Iowa Central C.C.)
3.41  Amos Kipchumba (Ranger College)
3.41  Sydney Leverett (Ranger College)

 

Women’s Teams
1 Lansing Community College (3.903)
2 New Mexico Junior College (3.882)
3 Cottey College (3.860)
4 Moraine Valley Community College (3.828)
5 Butler Community College (3.815)
6 Lincoln College (3.773)
7 Indian Hills Community College (3.726)
8 Waubonsee Community College (3.724)
9 Kaskaskia College (3.716)
10 Mott Community College (3.725)
11 Dodge City Community College (3.705)
12 Iowa Central Community College (3.682)
13 Cuyahoga Community College (3.653)
14 Macomb Community College (3.650)
15 Ranger College (3.627)
16 Hutchinson Community College (3.620)
17 Northern Virginia Community College (3.616)
18 Colby Community College (3.600)
19 Des Moines Area Community College (3.547)
20 MCC-Longview (3.529)
21 Estrella Mountain Community College (3.446)
22 Cloud County Community College (3.437)
23 Oakland Community College (3.434)
24 Highland Community College (3.431)
25 Pima Community College (3.406)
26 El Paso Community College (3.287)
27 Georgia Military College (3.230)

 

Men’s Teams
1 Iowa Central Community College (3.920)
2 Indian Hills Community College (3.866)
3 Lansing Community College (3.819)
4 Cloud County Community College (3.775)
5 Kaskaskia College (3.680)
6 Alpena Community College (3.669)
7 Macomb Community College (3.653)
8 Lincoln College (3.631)
9 Butler Community College (3.607)
10 Oakland Community College (3.606)
11 Highland Community College (3.565)
12 Hutchinson Community College (3.506)
13 Ranger College (3.489)
14 Moraine Valley Community College (3.388)
15 Southwestern Community College (3.370)
16 South Plains College (3.343)