KCC athletes earn academic honors from the MCCAA

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Nearly two dozen Kellogg Community College student-athletes and two KCC athletic teams have been recognized by the Michigan Community College Athletic Association for their academic success over the course of the 2012-13 academic year.

Twenty-three student-athletes received MCCAA Academic All-Conference honors, which requires a minimum 3.0 GPA earned through the completion of at least 36 credits. Sixteen of those athletes also received MCCAA Academic All-MCCAA honors, which requires a minimum 3.2 GPA earned through the completion of at least 36 credits.

Additionally, KCC’s baseball and softball teams were recognized as MCCAA Academic Teams, a designation that requires a team GPA of at least 3.0. The college’s baseball team had a team GPA this year of 3.2 while its softball team had a team GPA of 3.02.

Individual honorees, in alphabetical order by sport, include:

BASEBALL

  • Jeremy Bagnall (Gibraltar/Carlson High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Patrick Bobolts (Middleville/Thornapple Kellogg High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Drew Carlile (Fort Collins, Colo./Poudre High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Kody Carson (Battle Creek/Harper Creek High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Chad Mayle (Midland/H.H. Dow High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Caleb Meulman (Portage/Portage Central High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Jake Miller (Rochester/Stoney Creek High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Travis Moore (Hastings/Lakeview High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Trent Pell (Eaton Rapids/Eaton Rapids High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Jon Timmerman (Huntertown, Ind./Carroll High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Jacob Wakeland (Richland/Gull Lake High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Derek Yoder (Nappanee, Ind./NorthWood High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

SOFTBALL

  • Tiffani Allwardt (Vermontville/Maple Valley High School), Academic All-Conference
  • Genevieve Baushke (Decatur/Decatur High School), Academic All-Conference
  • Ashley Burritt (Battle Creek/Harper Creek High School), Academic All-Conference
  • Tara Harding (Hastings/Hastings High School), Academic All-Conference
  • Mackenzie Kendall (Bellevue/Pennfield High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

WOMEN’S SOCCER

  • Aubree Cable (Battle Creek/Harper Creek High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Katie Deckard (Kalamazoo/Comstock High School), Academic All-Conference
  • Sadie Lundy (Springport/Springport High School), Academic All-Conference

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

  • Kylie Marquardt (Macomb/Eisenhower High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Darcie Melching (Cheboygan/Cheboygan Area High School), Academic All-Conference
  • Jessica Woods (Marshall/Marshall High School), Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

In addition to the MCCAA honors, KCC’s baseball and softball teams and four Bruins baseball players – Carlile, Mayle, Moore and Miller – were recognized for academic achievement by the National Junior College Athletic Association earlier this month.

For more information about KCC’s athletics programs, visit www.kellogg.edu/athletics. For more news about Kellogg Community College, view our latest press releases online at daily.kellogg.edu/category/press-releases.