By TODD MOORE
Barton Sports Info
Forty-three percent of student-athletes from Barton Community College achieved a 3.60 or better during the 2022-23 academic year.
Accumulating a Department wide 3.23 GPA, Barton had 106 student-athletes awarded All-Academic honors announced by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).
Barton student-athletes were among 10,267 across the NJCAA earning a spot on one of three All-Academic teams for the academic year.
Forty-two Cougars achieved a perfect 4.0 in the classroom, thirty-one of those meeting NJCAA requirements to join 2,702 nation-wide recipients earning 1st team NJCAA All-Academic distinction.
Falling into the 3.80-3.99 GPA category, Barton had thirty-eight in the range with thirty-three of those meeting national requirements for 2nd team NJCAA honors. An additional forty-six Cougars accumulated a GPA in the 3.60-3.79 range with forty-two of those receiving 3rd team national accolades.
The Department had seven teams within the nation's top ten rankings, women's swimming finishing as national runner-up for Barton's highest team standings as the women's basketball team was the next highest national placing in the third spot out of 110 teams.
Barton's volleyball squad claimed department bragging honors with a 3.79 combined GPA. Placing 6th out of 138 teams in the division, the Cougars' streak of three consecutive "Academic Team of the Year" honor ended but claimed their 4th straight AVCA Honor Roll distinction representing being in the top 20% of the NJCAA. The high level academic achievement is the 6th overall for the program and the 15th time receiving AVCA recognition in the classroom.
The squad's sixteen members each attained a 3.10 GPA or better, fourteen above the 3.60 mark including a Department leading eight perfect 4.0 earners and three on each of the 2nd and 3rd teams parameters.
Ana Couto of track and field program was earlier named the Women's Indoor Track and Field National Scholar Field Athlete of the Year as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
A national pentathlon champion at the 2023 NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Couto was also outstanding throughout the semester in the classroom achieving a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Couto was one of twelve Cougar track and field members earning USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honors having achieved a 3.40 GPA or better helping the squad to a 3.06 cumulative GPA. Barton is joined by thirteen other NJCAA teams in earning USTFCCCA All-Academic team honors by having a 3.0 GPA or better.
The top six team GPA's within the department came from the women's side, basketball a close second behind volleyball at 3.74 with the golf team third at 3.60.
Men's tennis led the male teams in the Department at 3.44 in placing 15th nationally with soccer next at 3.34 in placing 9th nationally.
Baseball led the number of individuals earning academic honors with nineteen, six on each of the 1st and 2nd team selections with another seven landing on the 3rd team.
Having three achieve perfect 4.0 honors, men's soccer had fifteen members over 3.60 from their 28-man roster.
List of Barton's Student-Athletes over 3.60 GPA
Perfect 4.0 GPA - NJCAA 1st Team All-America: *Denotes repeat NJCAA All-Academic earner, **Denotes repeat NJCAA All-Academic earner but did not meet standards for 2022-23 NJCAA awards, ***Denotes did not meet standards for 2022-23 NJCAA awards
Baseball:
Nathan Bowman, *Chandler Miller, Kyle Reese, Owen Reynolds, Aidan Sowers, Kaden Stones
Basketball (Men):
Joey Locandro, Amiri Ndayisaba, *Hannes Saar
Basketball (Women):
Grace John, Brennan Kirchhoff, Morgan Meyers, *Jenny Nkem Womsi
Bowling (Men):
*Connor Eastman
Golf (Women):
Saya Schweitzer, Yu Wei Chiang
Indoor Track and Field (Women):
***Ana Couto, *Efe Latham
Outdoor Track and Field (Women):
***Ana Couto, *Efe Latham
Soccer (Men):
**Jaime Arellanes, ***Lucas Constante, ***Arthur Prado
Soccer (Women):
***Ondine Manceau, ***Aya Saiki
Softball:
*Julia Carey, *Jessica Morgan
Swimming (Men):
*Jonathan Beers, Quentin Bickham, Brody Feist
Swimming (Women):
***Linda Franco, Olivia Kerr
Tennis (Men):
*Marno Du Plessis
Tennis (Women):
*Jacie Roth
Volleyball:
**Jadyn Brown, Clara Lindstrom, *Mya Maxwell, **Hanna Miller, *Molly Norris, **Tasiah Nunnery, Ytje Oosterbaan, *Beatriz Rissi,
Wrestling:
Stephan Baldwin, Chance Unruh
3.80-3.99 GPA - NJCAA 2nd Team All-America: *Denotes repeat NJCAA All-Academic earner, **Denotes repeat NJCAA All-Academic earner but did not meet standards for 2022-23 NJCAA awards, ***Denotes did not meet standards for 2022-23 NJCAA awards
Baseball:
Ayden Blachowicz, Ayden Hadley, Reece Hemmerling, *Quinton Robertson, Colton Wahlstrom, *Kade Walker
Basketball (Men):
***Myles Thompson
Basketball (Women):
*Quezia Bertoni, Tatum Boettjer, *Lili Shubert, *Keely Wolf
Bowling (Men):
V-Thoon Thanasouk
Bowling (Women):
Cassidy Goans
Cross Country (Men):
Brandon Nguyen,
Golf (Men):
Keegan O'Shea, Thantup Saengvuth
Golf (Women):
Pornnapa Inmee
Indoor Track and Field (Men):
Brandon Nguyen
Indoor Track and Field (Women):
***Treneese Hamilson, *Deborah Lowe, *Lillian Thomas
Outdoor Track and Field (Men):
Brandon Nguyen
Outdoor Track and Field (Women):
***Treneese Hamilson, *Deborah Lowe, *Lillian Thomas
Soccer (Men):
Henrique Cruz, Marcello Ferraz Filho, ***Augusto Militao, *Kotaro Natsume, ***Genildo Postimo, ***Lucas Vavassori
Soccer (Women):
Hinano Nakagawa, Rin Sato
Softball:
Jenna Henderson, KayLee Richardson, Kayden Smith
Swimming (Men):
Louis Milczynski
Swimming (Women):
Silvana Jacquez, Stephanie Ramirez, Ashlynn Shea
Tennis (Men):
Joao Freiria
Volleyball:
Tatum Boettjer, *Jada Davis, Ella Rumford
3.60-3.79 - NJCAA 3rd Team All-America: *Denotes repeat NJCAA All-Academic earner, **Denotes repeat NJCAA All-Academic earner but did not meet standards for 2022-23 NJCAA awards, ***Denotes did not meet standards for 2022-23 NJCAA awards
Baseball:
Jordan Bedell, Jaron Cotton, Jackson Herbel, Dryden Howse, Aidan Polter, Riley Silva, *David Stuart
Basketball (Men):
Ring Banggol, Nicodemo Majuec
Basketball (Women):
*Mikaela Hall, Darby Smith
Bowling (Men):
***Caleb Carr, Aidan VanMetre
Bowling (Women):
***Ana Stanton, Kristy Wittig
Cross Country (Men):
Jarron King
Cross Country (Women):
Karina Estrada
Golf (Men):
Otto Heden
Golf (Women):
Andrea Peraza, Paulina Villavicencio
Indoor Track and Field (Men):
***Christopher Crawford, Jarron King, Sanchez Redden
Indoor Track and Field (Women):
Karina Estrada, Oarabile Tshosa
Outdoor Track and Field (Men):
***Christopher Crawford, Jarron King, Sanchez Redden
Outdoor Track and Field (Women):
Karina Estrada, Oarabile Tshosa
Soccer (Men):
Alexander Escobedo-Dominguez, Kimito Fritz, Nicolas Galanis, Samuel Joerg, *Victor Lucca Ferraz, Yuki Minari
Soccer (Women):
***Siaomee Bagnost, Hinata Kojima, Sofia Morales
Softball:
Jaysa Anderson, Laci Dryden, Cameron Pelzel, *Halie Stoneking
Swimming (Men):
Luigi Ballivian
Swimming (Women)
*Vali Bequette, Catarina Contes Tribst, Maria Orlandi Genizelli, Rachel Sims
Tennis (Men):
*Gustavo Campos
Tennis (Women):
*Azul Barrios, Ana Alice Tosetto
Volleyball:
*Buse Kocakaya, Kassidy Nixon, Darby Smith