Written by Cloud County Community College Sports Information Director, Matt Kinney
| NEW ORLEANS, La. – In the inaugural release of the United States Track And Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Academic Awards, 23 Cloud County Community College track and field student-athletes have been named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes for their work in the classroom. In addition to the 23 student-athletes, the T-Bird women’s track and field team would be named one of 14 NJCAA women’s programs to be named a USTFCCCA Women’s Track & Field All-Academic Team, an award given to teams with a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale with a minimum of 10 student-athletes on the team to account for the cumulative GPA. Highlighting the 23 individual student-athletes to earn All-Academic Athlete status would be the 2023 NJCAA Division I Women’s Outdoor Track & Field National Scholar Track Athlete of the Year Miracle Thompson who maintained a term GPA of 4.0 and won the 100-meter hurdles at the 2023 NJCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Of the remaining 22 CCCC student-athletes to earn All-Academic status, 11 men’s student-athletes and 11 women’s student-athletes would meet the requirements of a minimum 3.40 GPA on a 4.0 scale during the semester of competition that occurs in full or part after January 1 of the track and field season. A full list of Cloud County student-athletes to earn the award and their major field of study is listed below. Men’s Student-Athletes Hassan Abidi – Interdisciplinary Studies Alphonse Igish – Interdisciplinary Studies Hemon Joseph – Interdisciplinary Studies Leroy Kamau – Business Davis Mick – Education Siyabonga Mokgothu – Business Awakhiwe Ndlovu – Health & Human Performance Ben Okraska – Nursing Allied Health Arne Roehl – Communications Shadrick Tansi – Interdisciplinary Studies Paul Tasset – Business Vincent Ugwoke – Science Women’s Student-Athletes Mallory Callihan – Health & Human Performance Passion Crews – Interdisciplinary Studies Vimbayi Maisvorewa – Health & Human Performance Mia Manley – Health & Human Performance Nikola Prochazkova – Business Emmy Punches – Business Jasmine Sakaguchi – Humanities & Fine Arts Hailey Sharp – Health & Human Performance Mariem Soltani – Health & Human Performance Miracle Thompson – Health & Human Performance Tahisha Thompson – Health & Human Performance |
