CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Northeast Mississippi Community College's student-athletes have set a new school record for the fourth straight year following another outstanding performance in the classroom.
A total of 39 representatives from Northeast received All-Academic Awards from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).
A second record was also broken as 16 Tigers completed a perfect 4.0 grade point average (GPA) during the 2022-23 school year to obtain NJCAA All-Academic first-team accolades.
Ten Northeast standouts procured second-team honors with GPAs between 3.8 and 3.99 while 13 others secured third-team distinction for holding a GPA between 3.6 and 3.79.
In addition, six programs were recognized as NJCAA All-Academic teams. Softball earned this distinction for an impressive tenth consecutive season by accumulating Northeast's highest GPA of 3.64.
Each of Northeast's spring sports qualified with women's tennis (3.38), baseball (3.28), men's tennis (3.17) and golf (3.05) all finishing with overall GPAs greater than 3.0. Women's basketball rounds out the list of winners with a 3.16 GPA.
Softball accounted for the most individual honorees as well with 13. That includes five flawless 4.0s from Alexie Griffin, Brianne Locke, Ava Meeks, Emme Muizers and Allie Windham.
All three of Northeast's College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America selections in Ben Mauney (football), Carter Putt (football) and Griffin collected these rewards for the second year in a row.
Nine other Tigers became two-time recipients as well. They are John Daniel Deaton (football/golf), Emma Dempsey (softball), India Ivy (softball), Locke, Jackson McCoy (baseball), Emme Muizers (softball), Jackson Owen (baseball), Grayson Stone (baseball) and Windham.
The following is the list in alphabetical order with sport and high school of the Northeast student-athletes that acquired NJCAA All-Academic Awards.
Student-Athlete | Sport | Award | High School |
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CJ Barney | Football | Second Team | Madison Central |
Madison Bennett | Women's Basketball | Third Team | Tishomingo County |
Madison Bowman | Softball | Third Team | Goodpasture Christian (Tenn.) |
Brooks Brand | Men's Tennis | First Team | Biggersville |
Emma Callicutt | Softball | Second Team | West Union |
Caitlyn Carnathan | Softball | Second Team | Saltillo |
John Daniel Deaton | Football/Golf | Second Team | Booneville |
Emma Dempsey | Softball | Second Team | Belgreen (Ala.) |
Cameron Dill | Football | First Team | Oak Hill Academy |
John Eaton | Baseball | Third Team | Biggersville |
Jordyn Foster | Women's Tennis | First Team | Booneville |
Guy Gillespie | Football | First Team | Booneville |
Alexie Griffin | Softball | First Team | St. Benedict (Tenn.) |
Jay Huggins | Baseball | Third Team | Corinth |
India Ivy | Softball | Third Team | Tupelo |
Billy Johnson | Football | Second Team | Booneville |
Ward Johnson | Baseball | First Team | Biggersville |
Lee Ellen Kelley | Women's Tennis | First Team | Wheeler |
Brodey Lentz | Baseball | Second Team | Lauderdale County (Ala.) |
Brianne Locke | Softball | First Team | Starkville |
Jonathan Lucas | Men's Basketball | Third Team | Hartfield Academy |
Ben Mauney | Football | Third Team | Booneville |
Jackson Mayer | Baseball | First Team | Myrtle |
Jackson McCoy | Baseball | First Team | Booneville |
Natalie McKinney | Softball | Third Team | Saltillo |
Harris McReynolds | Baseball | Second Team | Starkville Academy |
Ava Meeks | Softball | First Team | Kossuth |
Emme Muizers | Softball | First Team | Hernando |
JD Nanney | Football | Third Team | Booneville |
Jackson Owen | Baseball | Third Team | Starkville |
Colin Oswalt | Baseball | First Team | Tupelo Christian Prep |
Caleb Parr | Men's Basketball | Third Team | New Hope |
Carter Putt | Football | First Team | Heritage Academy |
Janna Shaw | Softball | Second Team | Hernando |
Grayson Stone | Baseball | Second Team | Belmont |
Tristan Webber | Men's Tennis | Third Team | North Little Rock (Ark.) |
Allie Windham | Softball | First Team | Thrasher |
Mitchell Woodard | Football | First Team | Heritage Academy |
Elisa Claire Young | Softball | Third Team | Thrasher |