COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 26, 2018 – An impressive 55 student-athletes representing the Monroe College Mustangs have earned NJCAA All-Academic Student-Athlete awards for the 2017-18 academic year. Student-athletes qualify for this distinction by accumulating a grade-point average over 3.60-or-higher for the 2017-18 year.
 
Below is a listing of the three NJCAA All-Academic Student-Athlete Awards with the qualifying grade-point average for each honor:
 
NJCAA All-Academic First Team: 4.00 GPA
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team: 3.80-3.99 GPA
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team: 3.60-3.79 GPA
 
The following 55 student-athletes were selected to the NJCAA All-Academic Teams (sorted by award type):

 

Name	Sports	Award Type
Anya Donelan	Soccer I	First Team
Daniel Martin	Cross Country I, Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field I	First Team
Elisanett Marine-Alvarez	Outdoor Track & Field I, Indoor Track & Field	First Team
Selena Aguirre	Softball I	First Team
Abigail Cancilla	Softball I	Second Team
Amani Williams	Basketball I	Second Team
Andrea Rodriguez	Soccer I	Second Team
Avon Samuels	Outdoor Track & Field I, Indoor Track & Field	Second Team
Chantel Winstead	Softball I	Second Team
Chisom Enekwechi	Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field I	Second Team
Diogo Alves Dos Santos Pereira	Football I	Second Team
Edwin Feliciano Jr.	Baseball I	Second Team
Elizabeth Mendy	Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field I, Cross Country I	Second Team
Gema Fernandez	Soccer I	Second Team
Javier Rodriguez	Soccer I	Second Team
Joans Gjeçi	Basketball I	Second Team
Kaile Cato	Outdoor Track & Field I, Indoor Track & Field	Second Team
Ryan Hartigan	Baseball I	Second Team
Marcos Hernandez	Baseball I	Second Team
Maria Camila Salazar	Volleyball I	Second Team
Marta Alemany	Soccer I	Second Team
Nathan Walker	Soccer I	Second Team
Robyn McPherson	Outdoor Track & Field I	Second Team
Svyat Kozak	Soccer I	Second Team
Thapelo Makofane	Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field I, Cross Country I	Second Team
Valmend Marki	Soccer I	Second Team
Andre Morgan	Basketball I	Third Team
Antonio Sanchez	Soccer I	Third Team
Brianna Chin	Volleyball I	Third Team
Caio Monteiro	Baseball I	Third Team
Charlie Hernandez	Baseball I	Third Team
Christian Rodriguez	Soccer I	Third Team
Claudrice McKoy	Cross Country I	Third Team
Claudrice McKoy	Outdoor Track & Field I, Indoor Track & Field	Third Team
Daiana Frizon	Soccer I	Third Team
Deins Bergis	Basketball I	Third Team
Dylan McCarthy	Football	Third Team
Erick Lantigua	Baseball I	Third Team
Illia Loukissas	Soccer I	Third Team
James Majenge	Cross Country I, Outdoor Track & Field I, Indoor Track & Field	Third Team
Javier Ortiz	Baseball I	Third Team
Jorge Rivera	Baseball I	Third Team
Kasique Oliver	Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field I, Cross Country I	Third Team
Lethabo Seema	Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field I, Cross Country I	Third Team
Lizo Sibeko	Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field I, Cross Country I	Third Team
Lleymi Martinez	Soccer I	Third Team
Lucas Lula	Soccer I	Third Team
Onassha Rogers	Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field I	Third Team
Osman Fofanah	Soccer I	Third Team
Pablo Pertusa	Soccer I	Third Team
Paul Delgado	Baseball I	Third Team
Ryan Smart	Soccer I	Third Team
Troy Davern	Baseball I	Third Team
Vaughn Lawrence	Soccer I	Third Team
Yoland Boyce	Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field I, Cross Country I	Third Team
Yolanda Albalat	Soccer I	Third Team

In addition, the Mustangs had nine teams qualify as Academic Team of the Year nominees. To be eligible, teams had to have a cumulative GPA of 3.00-or-higher. The following teams are eligible for the Academic Team of the Year award, which will be announced at a later date:
 

Sport	Team GPA
Men's Cross Country	3.36
Men's Indoor Track & Field	3.16
Men's Outdoor Track & Field	3.22
Women's Cross Country	3.22
Women's Indoor Track & Field	3.29
Women's Outdoor Track & Field	3.54
Men's Soccer	3.04
Women's Soccer	3.18
Women's Volleyball	3.39

 
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 28 teams competing across nine sports. There are 18 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's and women's rugby, and the newly added club men's volleyball team, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Monroe Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus as of the fall of 2017, has seven teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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