13 Southwest Tennessee Community College Student-Athletes Named NJCAA All-Academic
By Keith Gentry
Congratulations to 13 Southwest Saluqis honored as the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Academic for their work in the classroom. This was the second consecutive year thirteen athletes received commendations!
Sara Duke and Taylor Moak from the women’s soccer team and Ashton Mauldin and Madison Norris from the softball team earned first team recognition for achieving a 4.0 grade point average for the 2020-21 academic year.
Second team selections (3.80-3.99 GPA) were Nick Vaccaro from baseball, Lara Walsh from women’s soccer and Breundria Ward from women’s basketball. Named to the third team (3.60-3.79 GPA) were Gaylen Rutedge, Dawson Simmons, and Tristian Swift from baseball, Kallen Gresko from women’s soccer and Makayla Ables and Mikayla Savage from softball.
Maudlin received first team recognition in both her freshmen and sophomore years, earning a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average for her two years at Southwest. Other repeat recipients were Norris (second team as a freshman) and Moak (third team as a freshman.)
In addition, the women’s soccer team was named one of the NJCAA’s Academic Teams of the Year with a 3.19 team GPA.
The College is Saluqi proud of these stellar scholars for their hard work and determination to succeed in the classroom, on the court and out in the field!
In This Issue...
- From the President
- Get ready to SOAR! Nominate Southwest students, faculty, staff and partners by Oct. 14!
- Southwest goes to all virtual classes and operations Sept. 7-11
- CYBER BYTES - Security Alert: Beware of scam spam!
- Goode-Freeman new Gill Center director
- Nominations for THEC Student Representative due Sept. 20
- Southwest takes measures to protect students and employees from Covid; reinstates mask mandate for fall semester
- TBR resumes monthly book club for faculty and staff
- 55 Saluqis inducted into the College’s 2021 Chapter of NSLS
- Hopeworks receives 2020 Chamber Quality Cup Award for outstanding quality improvement
- Thirteen Southwest Tennessee Community College Student-Athletes Named NJCAA All-Academic
- Health Department issues new recommendations on Covid-19 vaccinations and mask wearing
- Upward Bound engages students with creative adventures during the Coronavirus pandemic
- TBR offers QPR suicide prevention training for faculty and staff
- Welcome Aboard
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- TECTA’s Melissa Joiner’s children’s book teaches us all about Alzheimer’s disease
- Alumnus Scott-Healy hails benefits of IT Apprenticeship Program
- 2021 Leadership Retreat challenges mindset to harness collective intelligence
- Policy Matters: Policies crafted to minimize cost of textbooks and much more
- Southwest welcomes Medical District High School to Union Avenue Campus
- Summer Institute tackles virtual teaching and learning