ALL EIGHT NORTHEAST ATHLETICS PROGRAMS NAMED AN NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM OF THE YEAR

NORFOLK, Neb. – Fifty-five Northeast Community College student-athletes were named to NJCAA All-Academic teams for their efforts in the classroom this past season. Student-athletes are eligible to earn academic honors by achieving an overall GPA of 3.60 or higher for the 2021-22 academic year. The criteria for the three 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

In addition, all eight athletic programs at Northeast were named a 2021-22 NJCAA Academic Team of the Year as the baseball, men's basketball, men's golf, men's soccer, women's basketball, women's soccer, softball and volleyball programs all received the honor. 

Below is a list of the student-athletes mentioned with their respective sport.

Baseball

First Team:

Maxim Fullerton (Steamboat Springs, Colo.), Chris Mazzini (Parker, Colo.), Cooper Whitt (Knoxville, Tenn.), Rusty Wortman (Gretna, Neb.)

Second Team:

Nate Brecht (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Christian Carew (Parker, Colo.), Zach Chiolis (Rapid City, S.D.), Maximo De Leon (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), Matt Dreher (Blair, Neb.), Harrison Taubert (Casper, Wyo.), Kaden Young (Columbus, Neb.), Zane Zielinski (Chicago, Ill.)

Third Team:

Eli Crnkovich (Valley, Neb.), Garrett Dudley (Johnstown, Colo.), Houston Fogelstrom (Omaha, Neb.), Gage Ingram (LaVista, Neb.)

Men's Basketball

First Team:

Emaniel Alexandre (Nassau, Bahamas, Evan Decker (Omaha, Neb.)

Men's Golf

First Team:

Rockney Peck (Wisner, Neb.), Kody Sander (Lincoln, Neb.)

Second Team:

Ted Benston (Hartington, Neb.)

Men's Soccer

First Team:

Jyson Breitbarth (Hilo, Hawaii), Carlos Jimenez (Littleton, Colo.), Anderson Roberts (Arima, Trinidad and Tobago), Caio Carrara (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Hugo Santos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Second Team:

Paul Einero (Cape Town, South Africa)

Third Team:

Chad Le Roux (Alberton, South Africa)

Women's Basketball

First Team:

Alexis Bliven (Holdrege, Neb.), Molly Davis (Yutan, Neb.), Autumn Dickmander (Brule, Neb.), Lorna Maxon (Laurel, Neb.)

Second Team:

Ashley Hassett (Hershey, Neb.)

Third Team:

Jaydy Gonzalez (Denver, Colo.)

Women's Soccer

First Team:

Hannah Cherven (Brighton, Colo.), Erica Derby (Keenesburg, Colo.), Carolin Stahlmann (Ahrensburg, Germany)

Third Team:

Jessica Clinton (Brighton, Colo.), Romeni Gurmendi (Boulder, Colo.), Taryn O'Brien (Lakewood, Colo.)

Softball

First Team:

Abby Balfour (Nebraska City, Neb.), Mia Eickhoff (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Alexis Folks (Arvada, Colo.)

Third Team:

Morgan Kleinschmit (Wausa, Neb.), Jade Koch (Norfolk, Neb.), Greta Lindberg (Tekamah, Neb.), Nikki Peters (Broken Bow, Neb.), Emilee Spitz (Columbus, Neb.)

Volleyball

First Team:

Brooke Bannister (Marquette, Neb.), Rachel Ecklund (Overton, Neb.), Makayla Forsberg (Laurel, Neb.), Bailey Lemburg (Clarkson, Neb.), Emily Rasmussen (Homer, Neb.), Edyn Sudbeck (Wynot, Neb.)

Second Team:

Lauren Kavan (Cedar Bluffs, Neb.)

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