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