Iowa Lakes Community College was recently honored by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for academic achievements during the 2021-22 school year.
Each year the NJCAA recognizes both teams and individuals for academic success. Five Iowa Lakes teams received honorable mention for earning a team cumulative grade point average above 3.0.
Softball- 3.58
Women's Golf- 3.29
Men's Golf- 3.24
Men's Soccer- 3.1
Women's Soccer- 3.02
"Very excited to see the amount of teams and student athletes recognized on the Academic All-American teams. Obviously our coaches are doing a great job of recruiting student athletes and coaching them up on the academic side of the house. Coach King and the softball program having a team GPA of 3.58 is outstanding as they also had a great year on the field. Men's and Women's golf and Men's and Women's Soccer all had outstanding academic showings as well earning NJCAA academic teams of the year. Individually we had numerous athletes represented from every program which is very impressive and something our athletic department is very proud of," commented Athletic Director Troy Larson.
The NJCAA recognized 49 Iowa Lakes student athletes for their individual academic achievement.
The NJCAA has three award classifications: NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.00 GPA), NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA), and NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA).
The following is the list of Iowa Lakes student athletes honored for the 2021-22 academic year.
NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.0 GPA)
Bryn Bohmann- Softball
Brandon Brunsvold-Men's Golf
Kellen Cameron-Baseball
Laura Cardenas Sanmiguel-Women's Soccer
Emiliano Cazarin-Men's Soccer
Alexis Chase-Softball
Conal Downing-Men's Golf
Morris Duggan-Men's Soccer
Olivia Funk-Softball
Abigail Gaudian-Women's Golf
Eliya Johnson-Softball
MacKenna Jones-Softball
Eduardo Martiniano-Men's Swimming & Diving
Alexa McCunn-Softball
Gabriel Monosmith-Baseball
Jacob Rahn-Wrestling
Andres Santana-Men's Swimming & Diving
Eduardo Sarmiento-Men's Swimming & Diving
Arthur Sasaki- Men's Soccer
Eduardo Suss- Men's Soccer
Josiah Trimble-Men's Soccer
Kelly Winter-Women's Golf
Teagan Ziems- Baseball
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA)
Allison Graff-Women's Swimming & Diving
Tatsuki Kobayashi- Men's Soccer
Trevor Kruse- Wrestling
Deborah Nogueira Cordeiro- Women's Soccer
Michael Polglaze- Men's Soccer
Kaitlin Roundy- Softball
Jeremie Saint-Marc- Men's Soccer
Leonard Seixas- Men's Soccer
Alyssa Thorson- Softball
Matthew Torresan- Baseball
Taurayi Tugwete- Men's Soccer
Brooke Wright- Volleyball
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA)
Brielle Bartelt- Women's Basketball/Softball
Emiliano Castano- Men's Soccer
Delvis Claudio- Baseball
Helem Cufino- Women's Soccer
Jason Dyer- Men's Soccer
Amanda Franke- Softball
Paige Grafton- Softball
For a complete list of the 2021-22 NJCAA All-Academic Teams and Honorees, follow the link below: https://www.njcaa.org/awards/academic_student-athlete?utm_source=NJCAA+Combined+Contacts&utm_campaign=9d7bfd7d09-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_07_11_11_42&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aead7cdf34-9d7bfd7d09-135673073
MEDIA: For more information, please contact Athletic Director Troy Larson at (712) 362-7915 or the Iowa Lakes sports information office at (712) 362-7928.