Wallace State teams, athletes recognized by NJCAA with All-Academic honors

Wallace State teams, athletes recognized by NJCAA with All-Academic honors

Hanceville, Ala. — Wallace State Community College is proud to announce that nine teams and more than 50 student athletes were recognized by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) with All-Academic honors.

The NJCAA recognizes teams who collectively have a GPA of 3.0 or higher as All-Academic Teams of the Year. The nine Wallace State teams recognized include: Volleyball (3.74), Women’s Basketball (3.52), Women’s Tennis (3.51), Men’s Tennis (3.33), Baseball (3.21), Women’s Golf (3.16), Softball (3.11) Men’s Cross Country (3.07) and Women’s Cross Country (3.07). The Wallace State Volleyball team finished 11th in the Nation, with Women’s Tennis and Women’s Basketball each finishing among the top 20 teams in their categories. All were the top teams in the state and region.

Individual All-Academic honors are presented to student athletes based on their GPA, with those earning a 4.0 GPA recognized as First Team, followed by Second Team for a GPA of 3.80 to 3.99 and Third Team for a GPA of 3.60 to 3.79.

 

NJCAA All-Academic First Team recipients from Wallace State include:

Baseball: Andrew Lawrence, Cooper Sanford

Women’s Basketball: Chloe Rule, Kameron Sanders, Bailey Tetro

Cheerleading: Raven Adams

Men’s Cross Country: Tyler Anthony

Men’s Golf: Zachary Lindeman

Women’s Golf: Mallory Brooks

Women’s Tennis: Noelle D’angelillo

Volleyball: Mia Fowler, Chloe Jackson Ali Price

 

NJCAA All-Academic Second Team recipients from Wallace State include:

Baseball: Landon Blackwood, Connor Cosby, William Perry

Cheerleading: Adyson Wallace

Men’s Cross Country: Carson Masterson

Softball: Leah Graves, Brandy Phillips

Men’s Tennis: Will Johnson

Volleyball: Ava Calverese, Valerie Rodriguez

 

NJCAA All-Academic Third Team recipients from Wallace State include:

Baseball: Eli Cannon, CJ Gross, Cole Molina Lawrence

Men’s Basketball: Sawyer Griffin, Marquis Nash

Women’s Basketball: Heather Tetro, Jaden Toney, Kallie Tinker

Cheerleading: Bailey Jefferson

Men’s Cross Country: David Robles

Women’s Cross Country: Eden Brumer

Men’s Golf: Nicklaus Cook, Samuel Mitchell

Women’s Golf: Alyssa Warren

Softball: Blakelyn Austin, Madeline Howard

Men’s Tennis: Jean Badenhorst, Ferran Bonastre Taroncher, Eli Chaney, Brett Foster

Women’s Tennis: Sophia Baillos, Maddie Files, Lydia Lichlyter, Joslyn Newton

Volleyball: Kailey Dickerson, Abby McDonald, Amanda Monge Santana, Aliana Quesada, Kaylee Roman, Molly Shiflett

Seven Wallace State athletic teams claimed ACCC conference championships during the 2024-2025 season: Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, Men’s Golf, and Men’s and Women’s Tennis. Seven teams finished in the top 10 in national competitions. Men’s and Women’s Cross Country finished third and fourth, respectively. Softball finished in third place, Women’s Golf finished in fifth place, and Men’s and Women’s Tennis finished in eighth and 10th place, respectively.

Wallace State is fielding teams for two new sports at the college. Men’s Soccer and Women’s Flag Football will each begin play in Fall 2025. For more information about Wallace State Athletics, visit athletics.wallacestate.edu.

Registration for the Fall 2025 semester is underway, with classes beginning on Aug. 19. Incoming freshmen are encouraged to attend sessions of Wallace Way to tour campus, learn how to navigate their student accounts, get a student ID, parking pass and more. Visit www.wallacestate.edu/advising to register.

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About Wallace State

Wallace State Community College (Ala.), a member of the Alabama Community College System, is a comprehensive community college in north central Alabama offering more than 200 program options in academic, health and technical programs of study leading to an associate degree, certificate or transfer, as well as workforce-credit training and adult education. An Achieving the Dream Leader College, nationally recognized by the Aspen Institute as a Rising Star for the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, ranked by Southern Business and Development among the Top 3 institutions in the South for workforce development, named a Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing and the National Security Administration, rated the Top Online Community College in Alabama, a Military Friendly Institution and an All-Steinway School, Wallace State is an outstanding place for students to pursue their education and career goals. Classes are offered online and on campus, day, evening and on weekends, with numerous start dates each year. Visit Wallace State’s beautiful main campus located on 300-acres in Hanceville, Ala., our satellite location in downtown Oneonta, Ala., find us online at www.wallacestate.edu, or call 256.352.8000.