{"id":4888,"date":"2024-07-23T20:50:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T01:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eextra.news\/paris\/?p=4888"},"modified":"2024-11-22T15:31:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T21:31:46","slug":"paris-junior-college-baseball-tops-in-national-gpa-and-55-athletes-named-to-njcaa-all-academic-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eextra.news\/paris\/2024\/07\/23\/paris-junior-college-baseball-tops-in-national-gpa-and-55-athletes-named-to-njcaa-all-academic-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Junior College baseball tops in national GPA and 55 athletes named to NJCAA all-academic teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-239186\" src=\"https:\/\/eextra.news\/paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Local-News-25.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>For the second year in row, a grade point average (GPA) of 3.88 clinched the number one spot nationally for the Paris Junior College baseball team, according to the National Junior College Athletic Association. The team also achieved a 3.88 GPA last year to be named first in the nation for the sport of baseball.<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">PJC Softball tied for seventh place with a 3.71 GPA and Women&#8217;s Basketball made the top 75 programs nationally with a 3.22 GPA.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">\u201cWe are so proud of the hard work and dedication from all our student athletes here at Paris Junior College,&#8221; said Dr. Stephen Benson, PJC president. &#8220;They work both inside and outside of the classroom, and that dedication shows with all the team and individual honors awarded.\u201d<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">1,194 teams earned a 3.0 cumulative GPA or better, and 32 programs received top honors after achieving the highest GPA in their respective sport.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Individual PJC athletes named to the NJCAA First, Second, and Third All Academic teams include:<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b>First\u00a0Team All Academic\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Baseball: Connor Freeman, Cooper Golden, Ethan Guerra, Caleb Jameson, Holden Jatzlau, Keaton Laidley, Jovany Lopez, Braize Mitchell, Luke Noack, Dylan Schlotterback, William Soignier, and Garrett Villa.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Men&#8217;s Soccer: Stefano Carvajal and Jace Starling.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Softball: Lacie Berecochea, Kadynce Crenshaw, Hailey Evans, Kelsey Kovar, Katherine Rainey, Chloe Randall and Kaitlyn Worsham,<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Women&#8217;s Soccer: Caydence Gonzalez and Tatiana Singhal.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b>Second Team All Academic<\/b><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Baseball: Carson Blakeley, Walker Blue, Jackson Braun, Brooks Brewster, Sebastian De La Cruz, Greyson Chappel, Tanner Carlisle, Will Franklin, Preston Gamster, and Garrett Graham.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Men&#8217;s Soccer: Anthony Cruz and David Rivas,<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Softball: Jennifer Battiste and Brooklyn Malone<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Women&#8217;s Soccer: Ciara Johnson and Vyaney Sanchez.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><b>Third Team All Academic<\/b><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Baseball: Cooper Burgess, Brenan Daniel, Kallen Fletcher, Adam Gillett, Tyler Puckett, Nate Rusher, and Ashten Wong.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Softball: Hayeli Acosta, Isabela Cornell, Grace Pippin, and Tatum Waller.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Women&#8217;s Basketball: Hope Burks and Bryce Harvey-Carr.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\">Women&#8217;s Soccer: Karla Mendoza, Karla Pineda, and Allison Reese.<\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><\/div>\n<div data-ogsc=\"black\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-239187\" src=\"https:\/\/eextra.news\/paris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/11\/Outlook-iesgjt0y.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"298\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris Junior College baseball tops in national GPA and 55 athletes named to NJCAA all-academic teams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[569,17],"class_list":["post-4888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-schools-and-sports","tag-paris-junior-college","tag-paris-tx"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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