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31 Coyote athletes named to NJCAA All-Academic teams

All of WC's NJCAA teams qualified for academic team awards.

July 21, 2022

The National Junior College Athletic Association has announced its 2021-22 academic awards for teams and individual athletes who excel in the classroom. And Weatherford College athletes are exceedingly recognized on the list of honorees.  

All of WC's NJCAA teams qualified for academic team awards. The men's golf team ranked fourth in the nation with a combined grade point average of 3.67. Women's tennis earned a 3.48, women's basketball a 3.16, men's basketball a 3.07, baseball a 3.05 and softball a 3.05.  

Individual athletes with a 4.0 GPA are named to the NJCAA All-Academic First Team, those with a GPA of 3.8 to 3.99 are named to the NJCAA All-Academic Second Team and those with a GPA between 3.6 to 3.79 are named to the NJCAA All-Academic Third Team. 

WC's rodeo teams do not compete in the NJCAA; they are governed by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. 

Individual NJCAA academic awards went to the following Coyotes:  

Golf  

Men's Basketball  

  • Dillion Bennett, sophomore, Third Team  
  • Aleksa Milentijevic, freshman, Third Team  

Women's Basketball  

  • Celise Bobbitt, sophomore, First Team  
  • Briarley Rogers, sophomore, First Team  
  • Helena Svilberg, freshman, First Team  
  • Hena Spahic, freshman, First Team  
  • Zamoria McGrue, sophomore, Third Team  
  • Kylee Eckermann, sophomore, Third Team  

Baseball  

  • Noah Boughton, sophomore, First Team  
  • Alex Vergara, sophomore, First Team  
  • Matthew Rheaume, freshman, First Team  
  • Jack Hardgrove, sophomore, First Team  
  • Layden White, freshman, Third Team  
  • Alexis Gravel, freshman, Third Team  
  • Jackson Stroud, sophomore, Third Team  
  • Cal Stark, sophomore, Third Team  
  • Rowdy Chandler, freshman, Third Team  

Softball  

  • Destiney Jones, sophomore, First Team  
  • Isabel Padilla, freshman, Second Team  
  • Teoni Lamb, sophomore, Second Team  
  • Karli Manney, sophomore, Second Team  
  • Andrea Gutierrez, freshman, Third Team  

Tennis  

  • Michelle Markovic, sophomore, First Team  
  • Mia Milojevic, freshman, First Team  
  • Anastasiia Khrustaleva, sophomore, Second Team  
  • Madeleine Farmer, freshman, Second Team