Panther Athletes & Teams Receive NJCAA Academic Honors

The NJCAA announced Academic Teams of the Year and All-Academic Teams in a release on Thursday, July 15.

PBSC had 3 teams; Baseball, Women's Basketball, & Volleyball; that qualified for Academic Team of the Year recognition. Each team maintained a 3.0 GPA for the duration of the 2020-2021 school year and were submitted to the NJCAA office for recognition due to this outstanding achievement. Volleyball led the department with a 3.26 GPA -- Women's Basketball finished 2nd with a GPA of 3.10 and Baseball finished with a 3.01 GPA.

In addition, 13 athletes were named to the NJCAA All-Academic Teams by maintaining a 3.6 GPA or above for the 2020-2021 school year. Each PBSC sport team had at least one representative one this list, which is quite a feat.

Kelsie Walker and Kaitlyn Auger of the Volleyball team qualified for the All-Academic 1st Team by maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Henry Iglesias, Billy Poure, JD Johnstone, Dylan East, David Begic, and Una Steinharde qualified for the All-Academic 2nd team, which required a GPA of 3.80-3.99.

Vendela af Malmborg, Jazmine Sustaita, Jarrett Bickel, Katie Gonzalez, and Anthony Martens qualified for the All-Academic 3rd Team, which required a GPA of 3.60-3.79.

Baseball led the department with 6 players nominated to the All-Academic teams. Volleyball had 4 representatives, Women's Basketball had 2 representatives, and Men's Basketball had one representative.

We are #PantherProud of the work our athletes & teams did in the classroom this year, especially in a year in which 99% of classes were remote.