CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 10, 2020 – The Monroe College Mustangs continue to impress when it comes to academics, as the Mustangs boasted 65 student-athletes on the 2019-20 NJCAA All-Academic Team, as announced by the NJCAA on Friday. Student-athletes qualify for the NJCAA All-Academic Team by accumulated a grade-point average of 3.60 or higher for the 2019-20 academic year.
 
The Mustangs took home a pair of 2019-20 NJCAA Academic Team of the Year awards, with the women's outdoor track and field team claiming that title for the third year in a row, while the women's indoor track and field team earned it for the second straight season. In total, the Mustangs had 12 teams qualify for NJCAA Academic Team award nomination.
 
Among Monroe's 65 honorees, the men's soccer team led the way with 20 members of the All-Academic Team. Football was next with eight award winners, men's track and field was next with seven representatives, and women's volleyball followed with six recipients. In addition, 20 Mustangs found their names on the NJCAA All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year.
 
The Mustangs had 13 student-athletes earn First-Team honors with a perfect 4.00 GPA, an improvement of four from last year's total. 29 student-athletes fell within the 3.80-3.99 GPA range, placing them on the Second Team, while 23 more student-athletes earned Third-Team honors with a GPA in the 3.60-3.79 range.
 
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 65 student-athletes were selected to the NJCAA All-Academic Teams (sorted by award type and sport):
 

Name	Sport(s)	Academic Team
Sverri Finsson	Football	First Team
Luka Ivkovic	Men's Basketball	First Team
Alex Duncan	Men's Soccer	First Team
Daniel Haegler	Men's Soccer	First Team
David Shevchenko	Men's Soccer	First Team
Frenandez Lawrence	Men's Soccer	First Team
Henry Davies	Men's Soccer	First Team
Mitch Dobson	Men's Soccer	First Team
Roque Viegas	Men's Soccer	First Team
Sarangapany Pagadala	Men's Soccer	First Team
Rachel Barker	Softball	First Team
Giulia La Longa	Women's Volleyball	First Team
Joanna Archer	Women's XC/Track and Field	First Team
Jared Paladino	Baseball	Second Team
Joe Rosselli	Baseball	Second Team
Charles Amankwaa	Football	Second Team
Dominique Shoffner	Football	Second Team
Eli Holler	Football	Second Team
Hayden Dwyer	Football	Second Team
Thomaz Whitford	Football	Second Team
Keniah Lloyd	Men's Basketball	Second Team
Ali Alrobaie	Men's Soccer	Second Team
Cameron Joice	Men's Soccer	Second Team
Jorge Diaz	Men's Soccer	Second Team
Leon Sitz	Men's Soccer	Second Team
Victor Camps	Men's Soccer	Second Team
Ka'Jon Parris	Men's XC/Track and Field	Second Team
Keron Charles	Men's XC/Track and Field	Second Team
Phelani Maduwa	Men's XC/Track and Field	Second Team
Mya Jack	Softball	Second Team
India Keene	Women's Basketball	Second Team
Laia Munoz Danon	Women's Soccer	Second Team
Marisa Lamb	Women's Soccer	Second Team
Paula DePaiva Toledo	Women's Soccer	Second Team
Carolina Almeda	Women's Volleyball	Second Team
Chiara Mottola	Women's Volleyball	Second Team
Lillian Olson	Women's Volleyball	Second Team
Nia Cornegy	Women's Volleyball	Second Team
Faten Laribi	Women's XC/Track and Field	Second Team
Sharon Chumo	Women's XC/Track and Field	Second Team
Thobile Amon	Women's XC/Track and Field	Second Team
Thulisile Amon	Women's XC/Track and Field	Second Team
Anthony Rodriguez	Baseball	Third Team
Dayvon Rush	Football	Third Team
Juwan Hall	Football	Third Team
Deandre Hayes	Men's Basketball	Third Team
Jai Redd	Men's Basketball	Third Team
George Herrera	Men's Soccer	Third Team
Juan Alvarez	Men's Soccer	Third Team
Oliver Semmle	Men's Soccer	Third Team
Ronaldo Da Silva	Men's Soccer	Third Team
Santiago Lopez	Men's Soccer	Third Team
Sebastian Marin	Men's Soccer	Third Team
Tobias Pellio	Men's Soccer	Third Team
Giano Roberts	Men's Track and Field	Third Team
Lloyd McCurdy	Men's Track and Field	Third Team
Maraco McKenzie	Men's Track and Field	Third Team
Geoffrey Bwalley	Men's XC/Track and Field	Third Team
Macie Kuppenbender	Softball	Third Team
Alissa Pierre	Women's Basketball	Third Team
Devon Adams	Women's Basketball	Third Team
Kamiya Dambreville	Women's Basketball	Third Team
Barbara Serrano	Women's Soccer	Third Team
Regina Fiabema	Women's Soccer	Third Team
Julia Alves	Women's Volleyball	Third Team

 
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 36 teams competing across nine sports. There are 19 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's and women's rugby, and the newly added esports program, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has 17 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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