SWEEP: MEN’S/WOMEN’S T&F EARN TOP TEAM ACADEMIC HONORS
HCC Sports Information
For the second time in four years, the Hutchinson Community College men's and women's track and field teams swept team academic honors with the best aggregate grade-point averages in the nation, according to the NJCAA Track and Field Coaches Association All-Scholar Teams.
The Blue Dragon men posted the best team GPA in the NJCAA for the fourth time in the last five seasons with a stellar 3.906 aggregate GPA. The only break in that streak was a second-place finish in 2017. Lansing was the team runner-up at 3.644.
The Blue Dragon women won the team GPA award for the first time since 2015 with a GPA of 3.961. Lasing Community College was second at 3.748
The NJCAA Track and Field Coaches Association takes the Top 10 GPA's from each team for the spring semester to compute Team GPA for the team scholar award.
The Blue Dragon men and women had a combined 14 individual 4.0 GPAs and 20 combined athletes earn spots on the Association's All-Scholar Team.
The Hutchinson teams had three two-time scholar All-Americans. Brendon Horyna and Maggie Lambert are two-time 4.0 scholar-athletes. Trey Teeter is a two-time scholar-athlete with GPAs of 3.79 and 3.73.
To earn individual academic honors, student athletes had to post a minimum 3.40 GPA. Nineteen HutchCC student-athletes reached 3.40 or better in the 2017 season.
NJCAA TRACK AND FIELD COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC HONORS
Men's Team
1. Hutchinson CC 3.906
2. Lansing CC 3.644
3. College of Southern Idaho 3.584
4. Cloud County CC 3.522
5. Western Texas 3.159
6. Vincennes University 2.949
7. Highland 2.944
Men's NJCAA Academic All-Americans (HutchCC athletes only)
Gavin Alexander (Wamego, KS; freshman) 4.00
Kade Gerlach (Derby, KS; freshman) 4.00
Myles Hansen (Coweta, OK; freshman) 4.00
Brendon Hornya (El Dorado, KS; sophomore) 4.00
Connor Kaufman (Wamego, KS; freshman) 4.00
Jared Stark (Hutchinson, KS; freshman) 4.00
Grant Clothier (Goddard, KS; freshman) 3.81
Trent Poe (Norwich, KS; freshman) 3.81
Anthony Gallardo (Wichita, KS; freshman) 3.73
Trey Teeter (Holcomb, KS; sophomore) 3.73
Women's Team
1. Hutchinson CC 3.961
2. Lansing CC 3.748
3. Cloud County CC 3.610
4. Cuyahoga CC 3.544
5. Central Arizona 3.443
6. New Mexico Junior College 3.390
7. Highland CC 3.377
8. Vincennes University 3.185
9. Cottey College 3.165
Women's NJCAA Academic All-Americans (HutchCC athletes only)
Maggie Lambert (Lindsborg, KS; sophomore) 4.00
Quin McKinnis (Overland Park, KS; sophomore) 4.00
Sarah Patteson (Udall, KS; freshman) 4.00
Morgan Powell (Greensburg, KS; freshman) 4.00
Alex Rodriguez (Hutchinson, KS; sophomore) 4.00
Ashton Schlickau (Haven, KS; freshman) 4.00
Caitlin Schlickau (Haven, KS; freshman) 4.00
Hannah Schultz (Garden City, KS; freshman) 4.00
America Garcia (Dodge City, KS; freshman) 3.79
Adriana Janic (Malmo, Sweden; sophomore) 3.70