More than 40 KCC student athletes earn postseason academic awards

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A collage of four photos showing the four teams that won team academic awards: baseball, women's volleyball, women's cross country and women's basketball.

More than 40 individual student athletes from Kellogg Community College and four KCC athletic teams received postseason academic awards for excellence in the classroom during the 2022-23 academic year.

Honors awarded to KCC student athletes for their academic performance include the following awards:

  • The KCC Outstanding Scholar Athlete of the Year Award, for which a student athlete must demonstrate outstanding academic achievement as well as athletic success, exhibiting an outstanding GPA and more than 60 credit hours completed. The winners are nominated by their coaches. Just one female and one male scholar athlete are chosen for the award each year.
  • The Michigan Community College Athletic Association Academic All-Conference Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
  • The Academic All-MCCAA Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher.
  • The National Junior College Athletic Association All-Academic Third Team Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA between 3.60 and 3.79.
  • The NJCAA All-Academic Second Team Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA between 3.80 and 3.99.
  • The NJCAA All-Academic First Team Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA of 4.0.

Additionally, MCCAA All-Academic Team and NJCAA All-Academic Team honors were awarded to teams with a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher. KCC’s baseball (3.48 GPA), women’s volleyball (3.34 GPA), women’s cross country (3.20 GPA) and women’s basketball (3.03) teams were named to both lists.

Baseball

  • Connor Apligian, of Northville, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Aidan Arbogast, of Livonia, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
  • Gavin Beuter, of Three Rivers, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
  • Kane Elmy, of Canton, KCC Outstanding Male Scholar Athlete, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
  • Kooper Etheridge, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
  • Kyle Harris, of Woodhaven, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Nathan Herberholz, of Canton, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
  • Jake Ickes, of Dowagiac, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
  • Chase Kemp, of Chelsea, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
  • Gavin Kempainen, of Howell, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
  • Cole Mason, of Portage, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
  • Cooper Middleton, of Marshall, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
  • Diego Pena, of Muskegon, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Aaron Piasecki, of , Muskegon, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
  • Cameron Reichel, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Jacob Spencer, of Centreville, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Brett Stanley, of Washington Township, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Henry Stempky, of Cheboygan, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
  • Noah Warren, of Grand Ledge, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
  • Caleb Williams, of Cheboygan, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
  • Parker Wilson, of Vicksburg, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

Men’s Basketball

  • Dahntae Bailey, of Mendon, MCCAA Academic All-Conference
  • Michael Cover, of Fort Collins, Colorado, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
  • Quentin Jones, of Detroit, MCCAA Academic All-Conference
  • Solomon Patray III, of Ypsilanti, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

Women’s Basketball

  • Shayla Ardis, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Allison Biergeder, of Battle Creek, KCC Outstanding Female Scholar Athlete, MCCAA Academic All-Conference
  • Lillian Fulcher, of Paw Paw, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, All-MCCAA
  • Jaelyn Hampton, of Napoleon, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
  • Madison Pettengill, of Hastings,MCCAA Academic All-Conference,Academic All-MCCAA
  • Corrin Replogle, of Middleville, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
  • Maya Ruelas, of Kalamazoo, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
  • Lydia Schamanek, of Cadillac, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
  • Mary Whitmore, of Dowling, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

Men’s Bowling

  • Bryan Foote, of Bronson, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

Women’s Bowling

  • Isabela Liebana, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
  • Emma O’Donnell, of Battle Creek,MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

Women’s Cross Country

  • Natalia Egnatuk, of Marshall, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Rayna Richardson, of Austin, Texas, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team

Women’s Soccer

  • Allison Biergeder, of Battle Creek, KCC Outstanding Female Scholar Athlete, MCCAA Academic All-Conference
  • Natalia Egnatuk, of Marshall, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Lillian Fulcher, of Paw Paw, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Chloe Leugers, of Marshall, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Rayna Richardson, of Austin, Texas, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
  • Maya Ruelas, of Kalamazoo, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
  • Lydia Schamanek, of Cadillac, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team

Women’s Volleyball

  • Jordyn Arnold, of Mattawan, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
  • Madison Burke, of Homer, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
  • Jenna Connors, of Charlotte,MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Jaelyn Hampton, of Napoleon, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
  • Morgan Keson, of Bellevue, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

High-resolution photographs of each student athlete noted above can be downloaded at kelloggbruins.com or requested by emailing KCC Marketing Director Simon A. Thalmann at thalmanns@kellogg.edu.

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