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2022 KCC Scholar Athletes - Grace Hall and Tate Peterson
2021-22 KCC Scholar-Athletes (L-R): Volleyball player, Grace Hall, of Battle Creek and baseball player, Tate Peterson, of Grandville.
Posted: Jun 15, 2022

More than 40 KCC student athletes earn postseason academic awards

Forty-one individual student athletes from Kellogg Community College and three KCC athletic teams received academic awards for excellence in the classroom during the 2021-22 academic year.

Honors awarded to KCC student athletes for their academic performance include the following awards:

  • The KCC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award, for which a student athlete must demonstrate outstanding academic achievement as well as athletic success, exhibiting an outstanding GPA and more than 60 credit hours completed. The winners are nominated by their coaches.
  • The Michigan Community College Athletic Association Academic All-Conference Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
  • The Academic All-MCCAA Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher.
  • The 3rd Team National Junior College Athletic Association Academic Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA between 3.60 and 3.79.
  • The 2nd Team NJCAA Academic Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA between 3.80 and 3.99.
  • The 1st Team NJCAA Academic Award, for which a student athlete must have completed at least 24 credit hours in the last academic year and have a cumulative GPA of 4.0.

Additionally, MCCAA All-Academic Team and NJCAA All-Academic Team honors were awarded to teams with a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher. KCC's women's basketball (3.32 GPA), baseball (3.19 GPA), and women's cross-country (3.13 GPA) teams were named to both lists.

BASEBALL

  • Sam Bassett-Kennedy, of Ann Arbor, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

  • Keegan Batka, of Grand Rapids, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

  • Rance Bryant, of Danville, IL, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

  • Matthew DeFay, of St. Joseph, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

  • Hilario DeLaPaz, of Kalamazoo, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

  • Kane Elmy, of Canton, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 2nd Team NJCAA Academic Award

  • James Geshel, of Grand Rapids, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

  • Nathan Herberholz, of Canton, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 1st Team NJCAA Academic Award

  • Chase Kemp, of Chelsea, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 2nd Team NJCAA Academic Award

  • Gavin Kempainen, of Howell, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

  • Jackson Kitchen, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

  • Cooper Middleton, of Marshall, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

  • Drew Mitchell, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

  • Tate Peterson, of Grandville, KCC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year

  • Ashton Potts, of Sterling Heights, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA,

  • Nathan Ross, of Jenison, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 2nd Team NJCAA Academic Award

  • RJ Sherwood, of Canton, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

  • Brett Stanley, of Washington TownshipAcademic All-MCCAA, 2nd Team NJCAA Academic Award

  • Brendan VanTubergen, of Garden City, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

  • Noah Warren, of Grand Ledge, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 2nd Team NJCAA Academic Award

  • Kyle Winslow, of Durand, , MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 2nd Team NJCAA Academic Award

  • Carter Woody, of Syracuse, IN, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

 

MEN'S BASKETBALL

  • Alika Edmonds, of Kalamazoo, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 2nd Team NJCAA Academic Award
  • Jarod Hubbard, of Mattawan, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

 

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL

  • Kassidy Bishop, of Sherwood, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 3rd Team NJCAA Academic Award
  • Madison Edwards, of Climax, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Elizabeth Schreur, of Tekonsha, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 3rd Team NJCAA Academic Award
  • Maya Wilson, of Bellevue, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

 

WOMEN'S BOWLING

  • Kelsey Kipp, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference

 

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

  • Carter Spring, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 2nd Team NJCAA Academic Award

 

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY

  • Kassidy Bishop, of Sherwood, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 3rd Team NJCAA Academic Award
  • Ava Cooney, of Athens, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 3rd Team NJCAA Academic Award
  • Natalia Egnatuk, of Marshall, MCCAA Academic All-Conference
  • Shayla Mejia, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Ellie Nowak, of Charlotte, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 3rd Team NJCAA Academic Award

 

WOMEN'S SOCCER

  • Allison Biergeder, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference
  • Ava Cooney, of Athens, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 3rd Team NJCAA Academic Award
  • Natalia Egnatuk, of Marshall, MCCAA Academic All-Conference
  • Lillian Fulcher, of Paw Paw, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Chloe Leugers, of Marshall, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Maya Ruelas, of Kalamazoo, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 1st Team NJCAA Academic Award
  • Lyssa Walker, of Hastings, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA

 

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL

  • Madison Edwards, of Climax, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Grace Hall, of Battle Creek, KCC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • Jaelyn Hampton, of Napoleon, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA
  • Kelsie Kemerling, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA,
  • Ondrea Miller, of Battle Creek, MCCAA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-MCCAA, 3rd Team NJCAA Academic Award

 

High-resolution photographs of each student-athlete and team noted above can be downloaded for use by fans and the media from the respective album on KCC's Flickr page at www.flickr.com/photos/kelloggcommunitycollege/albums or requested by emailing KCC Digital Marketing Manager Simon A. Thalmann at thalmanns@kellogg.edu.

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