CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Northeast Mississippi Community College athletic department has established a new standard of excellence in its coursework for a fifth consecutive year.
A total of 51 players representing each of Northeast's competitive sports received All-Academic Awards from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).
A second record was tied as 16 Tigers maintained a flawless 4.0 grade point average (GPA) during the 2023-24 school year to secure the NJCAA's first-team accolades.
Seventeen Northeast athletes earned second-team distinction with GPAs between 3.8 and 3.99 while 18 others obtained third-team honors for accumulating a GPA between 3.6 and 3.79.
In addition, seven programs were recognized as NJCAA All-Academic teams with overall GPAs greater than 3.0. Softball procured this decoration for a remarkable 11th straight season with a GPA of 3.64.
Women's tennis had Northeast's best GPA and the second highest in its respective sport at 3.79. The Lady Tigers finished just two hundredths of a point behind winner Copiah-Lincoln Community College.
Rounding out the list of qualifiers from Northeast are men's tennis (3.43), baseball (3.39), volleyball (3.27), women's basketball (3.25) and reigning conference champion men's basketball (3.06).
Baseball and softball accounted for the most individual recipients with 13 apiece. That includes perfect 4.0s from Madison Bowman, Caitlyn Carnathan, Samuel Curtis, Olivia Gambill, Parker Hall, Jay Huggins, Colin Oswalt and Connor Timms.
Fifteen Tigers became two-time honorees. They are CJ Barney (football), Emma Callicutt (softball), Cameron Dill (football), Jordyn Foster (women's tennis), Guy Gillespie (football), Lee Ellen Kelley (women's tennis), Brodey Lentz (baseball), Natalie McKinney (softball), Harris McReynolds (baseball), Ava Meeks (softball), Janna Shaw (softball), Bowman, Carnathan, Huggins and Oswalt.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skyla Adair | Volleyball | Second Team | Tupelo |
| CJ Barney | Football | Third Team | Madison Central |
| Sydney Bean | Softball | Third Team | Houston |
| Madison Bowman | Softball | First Team | Goodpasture Christian (Tenn.) |
| Emma Callicutt | Softball | Third Team | West Union |
| Caitlyn Carnathan | Softball | First Team | Saltillo |
| Bryce Cooper | Golf | Second Team | Booneville |
| Samuel Curtis | Baseball | First Team | Corinth |
| Cameron Dill | Football | First Team | Oak Hill Academy |
| Hayden Donahue | Baseball | Second Team | Booneville |
| James Dukes | Men's Basketball | First Team | Booneville |
| Annsleigh Fair | Women's Tennis | Third Team | Tishomingo County |
| Jordyn Foster | Women's Tennis | Second Team | Booneville |
| Olivia Gambill | Softball | First Team | Wheeler |
| Allie Beth Gillespie | Women's Tennis | First Team | Booneville |
| Guy Gillespie | Football | First Team | Booneville |
| Chris Gilliland | Football | Second Team | Northpoint Christian |
| Anna Greene | Women's Basketball | Second Team | Kossuth |
| Hunter Griffin | Baseball | Third Team | Falkner |
| Parker Hall | Baseball | First Team | Hazel Green (Ala.) |
| Sarah Hindman | Softball | Third Team | Hewitt-Trussville (Ala.) |
| Madison Holcomb | Softball | Third Team | South Pontotoc |
| Jay Huggins | Baseball | First Team | Corinth |
| Ella Jobe | Softball | Second Team | Kossuth |
| Lee Ellen Kelley | Women's Tennis | First Team | Wheeler |
| Madeline Ledbetter | Volleyball | First Team | Red Bay (Ala.) |
| Brodey Lentz | Baseball | Third Team | Lauderdale County (Ala.) |
| Brandon McGaughy | Men's Tennis | Third Team | Thrasher |
| Natalie McKinney | Softball | Second Team | Saltillo |
| Harris McReynolds | Baseball | Second Team | Starkville Academy |
| Ava Meeks | Softball | Second Team | Kossuth |
| Madison Miller | Women's Basketball | Third Team | Nettleton |
| Paris Morris | Volleyball | Third Team | Tupelo |
| Colin Oswalt | Baseball | First Team | Tupelo Christian Prep |
| John Parker | Men's Tennis | Second Team | Corinth |
| Ben Sandlin | Baseball | Second Team | Booneville |
| Madelyn Savage | Softball | Third Team | Lewisburg |
| Janna Shaw | Softball | Second Team | Hernando |
| Amberianna Shorter | Volleyball | Second Team | New Albany |
| Brant Smith | Baseball | Third Team | New Hope |
| Anna Brooke Sullivan | Volleyball | Third Team | South Pontotoc |
| Jack Taylor | Baseball | Second Team | Corinth |
| Keaton Thomas | Football | First Team | Trinity Christian (Fla.) |
| Connor Timms | Baseball | First Team | East Union |
| Rylee Tittle | Softball | Second Team | Deshler (Ala.) |
| Olivia Walker | Women's Tennis | Second Team | Alcorn Central |
| Eric Webb | Golf | Third Team | Houston (Tenn.) |
| RJ Whitehead | Football | Third Team | Horn Lake |
| Kami Wilf | Volleyball | First Team | Amory |
| JB Williams | Baseball | Third Team | Northpoint Christian |
| Jalik Yancey | Football | Third Team | Campbell (Ga.) |