Nearly Half of Barton Student-Athletes Earn All-Academic Awards

— BARTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETICS RELEASE —

GREAT BEND, Kan. (BartonSports.com) – Nearly half of student-athletes from Barton Community College achieved a 3.50 or better grade point average during the 2023-24 academic year.

Accumulating a Department wide 3.24 GPA, Barton was represented by 130 All-Academic honors announced by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) with an additional 33 coming through the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC).

Overall, within Barton’s 302 student-athletes, 148 (49%) received either national and/or KJCCC honors including four earning their respective sport’s Scholar Athlete of the Year awards. The academic year’s achievements caps an academic year that also saw Barton cheer’s Hayley Wise chosen as a 2024 Outstanding Barton graduate, sports medicine’s Bradley Beck a Student Ambassador of the Year, and swimming’s Rachel Sims on the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society All-State Academic team.

With the NJCAA and KJCCC having slightly different criteria, most notable the national’s 3.60 standard versus the conference’s 3.5 for academic honors, an additional 26 student-athletes gained conference distinction bringing Barton’s total to 148 individuals and 163 classroom achievement recognized honors.

On the national level, Barton student-athletes were among 12,245 across the NJCAA earning a spot on one of three All-Academic teams for the academic year for obtaining a 3.60 or better GPA.

Thirty-six Cougars achieved a perfect 4.0 in the classroom, thirty-five of those meeting NJCAA requirements to join 3,424 nation-wide recipients earning 1st team NJCAA All-Academic distinction.

Falling into the 3.80-3.99 GPA category, Barton had thirty-eight in the range with thirty-seven of those meeting national requirements for 2nd team NJCAA honors. An additional forty-seven Cougars accumulated a GPA in the 3.60-3.79 range with forty-six of those receiving 3rd team national accolades.

In addition to the NJCAA honors, four Cougars have been recognized as Academic Scholars of the Year by their respective sport organizations.

Lucas Constante of the men’s soccer team was named this past January as the United Soccer Coaches (USC) Junior College National Scholar Player of the Year with teammate Nicolas Galanis earning 2nd team recognition.

The track and field team had three garner Scholar Athlete of the Year awards by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), Trevon Hamer from the men’s team as Ana Couto became a two-time award recipient after earning the award last year in being joined by Treneese Hamilton helping the squad to the Women’s Indoor Track and Field Scholar Team of the Year crown.

Barton Student-Athletes All-Academic Achievements

Perfect 4.0 GPA – NJCAA 1st Team All-America: *Denotes repeat NJCAA All-Academic earner, **Denotes did not meet standards for 2023-24 NJCAA awards
Baseball:
*Jaron Cotton, Barrett Donaldson, *Ayden Hadley, Ethan Minaker, Cooper Tabor, *Colton Wahlstrom, Wyatt Yetter
Basketball (Women):
*Quezia Bertoni, *Grace John, Macie Smith
Bowling (Women)
Cassidy Eschliman, *Cassidy Goans
Golf (Women):
Valentina Leyva
Indoor Track and Field (Men):
Boris Peranovic, Grayden Stapleton
Indoor Track and Field (Women):
*Ana Couto, Ivanilda Semedo
Outdoor Track and Field (Men):
Boris Peranovic, Grayden Stapleton
Outdoor Track and Field (Women):
*Ana Couto, Ivanilda Semedo
Soccer (Men):
Dennis Bottcher, *Lucas Constante, Emiliano Garcia, *Samuel Joerg, Hugo Pacheco, Diego Sano, Maxence Voinier
Soccer (Women):
*Rin Sato, Mio Tanaka
Softball:
Kelsi Gaston, ***Jillian George
Swimming (Men):
Louis Ainley, *Quentin Bickham, William McCabe
Tennis (Women):
Andjela Mrvaljevic
Volleyball:
*Clara Lindstrom, *Ella Rumford
Wrestling:
*Stephan Baldwin, Jarret Mader

3.80-3.99 GPA – NJCAA 2nd Team All-America: * Denotes repeat NJCAA All-Academic earner, **Denotes did not meet standards for 2023-24 NJCAA awards
Baseball:
*Nathan Bowman, Brock Howard, Cade Kunz, Hunter Seier, *Aidan Sowers, Kaden Stones, Kaleb Wellshear, **Austin Young
Basketball (Men):
Brent Moss
Bowling (Women):
Charlee Bitler, Alexandra Coykendall, Jaden Rabe
Cross Country (Men):
Emmanuel Chirchir
Cross Country (Women):
Beverlyn Kiptarus
Golf (Men):
*Keegan O’Shea
Golf (Women):
*Andrea Peraza
Indoor Track and Field (Women):
Kyndall Blessing, *Treneese Hamilton
Outdoor Track and Field (Women):
Kyndall Blessing, *Treneese Hamilton
Soccer (Men):
*Henrique Cruz, *Nicolas Galanis, Lucas Thiago Dos Santos
Soccer (Women):
Kyra De Boer, *Aya Saiki
Softball:
Alicia Goseland, Mikaila Herring, Jadelyn Hooper
Swimming (Women):
Aleksandra Cicha, Maria Orlandi Genizelli, *Silvana Jacquez Viveros
Tennis (Men):
Victor Alves, Hayden Loffler, Mateo Prado, Shane Tapera
Tennis (Women):
Luciana Braga
Volleyball:
Phoebe Reyes, Elena Stankovic, Mya Thompson
Wrestling:
Ethan Boles

3.60-3.79: NJCAA 3rd Team All-America: * Denotes repeat NJCAA All-Academic earner, **Denotes did not meet standards for 2023-24 NJCAA awards
Baseball:
Owen Clyne, Cesar Gomez, *Reece Hemmerling
Basketball (Men):
Aleng Bol, *Myles Thompson
Basketball (Women):
*Tatum Boettjer, Ana Chagas, Vivian Onugha, *Darby Smith
Bowling (Men):
Jaden Lang
Indoor Track and Field (Men):
*Christopher Crawford, Trevon Hamer, Manjot Singh
Indoor Track and Field (Women):
Kay-Lagay Clarke, Shone Walters
Outdoor Track and Field (Men):
*Christopher Crawford, Trevon Hamer, Manjot Singh
Outdoor Track and Field (Women):
Kay-Lagay Clarke, Shone Walters
Soccer (Men):
*Kimito Fritz, Hayate Furumoto, Nils Knecht, *Yuki Minari, *Arthur Prado, Nescar Rojas, Endrit Tahiraj
Soccer (Women):
Beatriz Roberta Baldi, OceAne Deslauriers, Ines Mahiaoui
Softball:
Elina Bartlett, *Laci Dryden, **Lani Dryden, Chloe Enslinger, *Cameron Pelzel
Swimming (Men):
*Luigi Ballivian, Ethan Baylin
Swimming (Women)
Shaylynn Hanes, Claire Holt, Reagan Huslig, Elena Lara, *Rachel Sims, *Catarina Contes Tribst
Tennis (Men):
Carl Baskerville, Oliver Naude
Tennis (Women):
*Ana Alice Tosetto
Volleyball:
Abigale Hardison, Bennie Horsch, Maurin Reyes, Anna Wierzbicki
Wrestling:
Deryk Yott

3.50-3.59: KJCCC Honors: *Those not meeting the NJCAA’s 3.60 or above for All-America distinction
Baseball:
Robby Bolin, Jackson MacWilliams, Austin Nitcher, Cole Schieffer
Basketball (Women):
Vera Ojenuwa
Cross Country (Women):
Karina Estrada
Indoor Track and Field (Men):
Hamza Belkhalfi, Malachi Carter, Corlando Chambers, Jasiah Clapp
Indoor Track and Field (Women):
Karina Estrada, Myla Tabora
Oudoor Track and Field (Men):
Hamza Belkhalfi, Malachi Carter, Corlando Chambers, Jasiah Clapp
Outdoor Track and Field (Women):
Karina Estrada, Myla Tabora
Golf (Men):
Martin Chevallier
Golf (Women):
Peyton Graber, Butpapaporn Sukterm
Soccer (Men):
Loic Kanku, Augusto Militao
Soccer (Women):
Siaomee Bagnost, Paige Hiracheta, Nina Norshie
Swimming (Men):
Juwayne Silmon, Javan Titus
Swimming (Women):
Hazel Bentley
Tennis (Men):
Joao Freiria
Tennis (Women):
Carmen Lyons, Andrea Pulido
Volleyball:
Naya Danenberg