NJCAA Academic Honors

Two teams and 23 individual athletes from Kankakee Community College have been awarded NJCAA honors for academic achievement during the 2020-21 school year. The awards were formerly called Academic All-American.

The women’s volleyball and men’s soccer teams were named 2021 NJCAA All-Academic Teams for having team GPAs above 3.0. The women’s volleyball team had an overall team GPA of 3.32 and the men’s soccer team GPA was 3.17.

The All-Academic First Team members, with a 4.0 grade point average, are:

• Leighann Allison of Kankakee, women’s soccer;
• Sierra Cureton of Manteno, volleyball;
• Caitlin Gerdes of Ashkum, volleyball;
• Anna Jennings of Cissna Park, volleyball;
• Andrew Kyrouac of Bourbonnais, men’s soccer;
• Malachi Mabins of Kankakee, baseball;
• Amber Ogle of Bourbonnais, women’s soccer; and
• Julian Stadeli of Cissna Park, men’s basketball.