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All-Academic Athletes 73 ECCC A thletes E arn A cademic H onors F ollowing 2021-22 S easons

broken down into three categories; First Team (4.0 GPA), Second Team (3.8-3.99), and Third Team (3.6-3.79). ECCC had eight student-athletes who garnered NJCAA All-Academic First Team honors across four different sports. Those recipients were Seline Decoteau and An- nabelle Miller (women’s soccer), Emmi Harkins, Ndrah Tanksley, and Caroline Jackson (softball), Kaleb Parish and Dominik Simunovic (men’s tennis), and Spencer Winans (men’s soccer). Along with individual awards, the six teams qualified for the NJCAA Aca- demic Team of the Year by maintaining a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. Those were softball (3.58), women’s soccer (3.53), men’s tennis (3.45), baseball (3.23), women’s tennis (3.05), and golf (3.01).

The East Central Community College athletic department announced that 73 student-athletes were honored by the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) for their academic performances in the 2021-22 school year, with 39 of those student- athletes earning National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Aca- demic honors. “Providing student-athletes an oppor- tunity to become well-rounded individu- als is what we strive for at ECCC, and academic accolades such as these prove that our student-athletes and coaches are reaching that goal,” said ECCC Presi- dent Dr. Brent Gregory. To qualify for athletic honors, student-athletes must maintain grade-

point averages of 3.25 or higher for all credit hours. At the conference level, awards are separated into Distinguished Academic All-State for student-athletes who maintain GPAs of 3.8 or higher and Academic All-State for those with GPAs ranging from 3.25 to 3.79. At the national level, awards are

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