SALUQI CORNER: Saluqi-scholars win individual and team NJCAA and TCCAA honors
By Keith Gentry
Twenty-four Saluqi student-athletes receive All-Academic honors from TCCAA
Twenty-four Southwest Tennessee Community College student-athletes have been honored for their academic excellence, receiving All-Academic recognition for the academic year 2021-2022 from the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA).
Leading the five Southwest teams was baseball with nine TCCAA All-Academic honorees that included sophomores Landry Borden, Stephen Dodson, Avery Hastings, Austin Herold, Grant Ream, Tristan Swift and Nick Vaccaco and freshmen Mick Arney and Brady Holloway. Women’s soccer was next with six, followed by softball with five and men’s and women’s basketball with two each.
Soccer recipients were sophomores Charity Baxter, Sara Duke, Olivia Ivey and Brichanise Terrell and freshmen Jannah Greever and Lauren Hebert. Representing the softball team were sophomores Makayla Ables, Taylor Chastain, Chloe Dunn, and McKaylan Tuten and freshman Shelbe Sisk. Sophomores Trinity Taylor and Breundria Ward were the recipients from the women’s basketball team while sophomore Juan Cajelli and freshman Fabian Nelson were the men’s basketball team’s honorees.
Sophomores who are repeat recipients of the TCCAA’s All-Academic award are Ream, Swift, Vaccaro (baseball), Ables, Chastain, and Dunn (softball), Duke (soccer), Ward (women’s basketball) and Cajelli (men’s basketball.)
Three Saluqis named first team NJCAA All-Academic
First team NJCAA All-Academic students Breundria Ward, Kevin Okins and Tristan Swift
Breundria Ward, Kevin Okins and Tristan Swift earned first team recognition for achieving a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) for the 2021-2022 academic year. Both Swift and Ward are repeat All-Academic recipients.
For the third consecutive year, thirteen Southwest student-athletes were honored as National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Academic for their work in the classroom.
Second team selections who earned a 3.80-3.99 GPA were Eli Hammonds and Nick Vaccaro from baseball, Sara Duke and Lauren Hebert from women’s soccer, Chloe Dunn from softball, and Juan Cajelli from men’s basketball. Named to the third team that earned a 3.60-3.79 GPA were Makayla Ables and Taylor Chastain from softball, Charity Baxter from women’s soccer, and Fabian Nelson from men’s basketball. Vaccaro, Duke, and Ables were all repeat All-Academic recipients.
Congratulations to all our Saluqi scholar-athletes!
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- From the President
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- Center for Access autism camp empowers students to succeed in college
- HONORS ACADEMY STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Where Are They Now?
- Southwest’s Brittani Morganfield and ImagineU students invent travel safety app
- Police Services and Public Safety Director Angela Webb appointed IACLEA’s vice president of finance
- Southwest student and advocate for Walker Holmes advocate credits Southwest for giving her a voice for change
- Former Southwest Workforce Development Vice President James Willis dies at 80
- Welcome Aboard!
- SALUQI CORNER: Saluqi-scholars win individual and team NJCAA and TCCAA honors
- Saluqi Saturday brings students ready to start their journey
- Shawn Loth named Southwest’s women soccer coach
- Southwest’s Summer Institute tackles topics and tactics, from pedagogy to the pandemic
- tnAchieves Summer Institute ends year two with 100 percent student completion
- Fall Convocation challenges college community to stay relevant
- President’s Leadership Retreat focuses on continued excellence
- Jacqueline Taylor named Southwest’s new chief strategy officer and chief of staff