2024-25 NJCAA All-Academic Selections
Posted: Jul 30, 2025

2024-25 NJCAA All-Academic Selections

The following students and teams earned academic honors from the NJCAA and KJCCC for their outstanding success in the classroom this past year. Academic Team Honors go to teams with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher. Individual Academic Honors go to athletes who achieve at least a 3.60 GPA or higher for the whole academic year. The KJCCC also recognizes athletes with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. 

Of the team academic honors, Men's Cross Country, Men's Half Marathon, and Women's Wrestling each had the highest GPA in the country in their respective sport.

 

 

NJCAA Team Academic Honors:

Men's Cross Country - 3.71 GPA Women's Basketball - 3.11 GPA Men's Indoor Track & Field - 3.44 GPA Men's Outdoor Track & Field - 3.30 GPA
Women's Cross Country - 3.71 GPA Women's Wrestling - 3.50 GPA Men's Half Marathon - 3.75 GPA Women's Outdoor Track & Field - 3.20 GPA

 

NJCAA Individual Academic Honors:

First Team 4.00 GPA Second Team 3.80-3.99 GPA Third Team 3.60-3.79 GPA

Lucky Maila - Cross Country + Track

  • Major - Precision Agriculture
  • Hometown - Pretoria, South Africa

Brynne Purvis - Cross Country

  • Major - Cosmetology
  • Hometown - Goodland, KS

Kabelo Maja - Cross Country

  • Major - Business Technology
  • Hometown - Polokwane, South Africa

Francisco Monreal - Men's Basketball

  • Major - Business Technology
  • Hometown - Zaragoza, Spain

Daniel Cornelissen - Cross Country + Track

  • Major - Engineering Technology
  • Hometown - Pretoria, South Africa

Salisu Habibu - Cross Country + Track

  • Major - Precision Agriculture
  • Hometown - Nigeria

 Yan Dologuin - Track & Field

  • Major - Cloud Computing
  • Hometown - Goodland, KS

Gavin Devries - Men's Basketball 

  • Major - Business Technology
  • Hometown - Coon Rapids, MN

Sibonokuhle Thwala - Cross Country + Track

  • Major - Computer Graphics Technology
  • Hometown - Johannesburg, South Africa

 Noah Mitchell - Track & Field

  • Major - Medical Assistant
  • Hometown - Worland, WY

Alba Lamas - Women's Basketball

  • Major - Medical Assistant
  • Hometown - Zinzo de Limia, Spain

Celestine Kiborus - Cross Country + Track

  • Major - Medical Assistant
  • Hometown - Kenya
 

 Dawson Hogan - Men's Wrestling

  • Major - Electrical Technology
  • Hometown - Salina, KS

Fatima Gloria - Women's Basketball

  • Major - Medical Assistant
  • Hometown - San Antonio, TX
 

 Faith Torres - Women's Wrestling

  • Major - Respiratory Therapy
  • Hometown - Greeley, CO

Sarah Elfrey - Women's Basketball

  • Major - Tech Studies
  • Hometown - Halesowen, England
 

 Blake Luna - Track & Field

  • Major - Computer Graphics Technology
  • Hometown - Burlington, CO

 Arrick Williams - Men's Wrestling

  • Major - Engineering Technology
  • Hometown - Girard, KS
 

 Justin Peretz - Track & Field

  • Major - Cloud Computing
  • Hometown - Steamboat Springs, CO

Caxton Smyth - Women's Wrestling 

  • Major - Business Technology
  • Hometown - Plainville, KS
 

Isaac Bisaso - Track & Field

  • Major - Cloud Computing
  • Hometown - Kampala, Uganda
  

 

KJCCC Individual Academic Honors: (3.50-3.59)

Ronin Rybnikar - Cross Country + Track

  • Major - Engineering Technology
  • Hometown - Pretoria, South Africa

John Troolin - Men's Basketball

  • Major - Business Technology
  • Hometown - Cambridge, MN

Miriam Mbulito Upolo - Women's Basketball

  • Major - Tech Studies
  • Hometown - Canary Islands, Spain

Tommy McClure - Men's Wrestling

  • Major - App Development
  • Hometown - Liberal, KS

Colton Montoya - Men's Wrestling

  • Major - Welding
  • Hometown - Buena Vista, CO

Everett Peck - Men's Wrestling

  • Major - Welding
  • Hometown - Ann Arbor, MI

Ashlynn Miller - Softball

  • Major - Precision Agriculture
  • Hometown - Gilbert, AZ

Luamalae Tanielu - Softball

  • Major - Business Technology
  • Hometown - Pago Pago, American Samoa