The NJCAA office released its All-Academic teams Thursday morning and 72 Grizzly student-athletes earned honors while eight of Butler's 11 programs earned the NJCAA Academic team award.
Butler had 27 student-athletes earn NJCAA All-Academic first team honors (4.00 GPA), 13 pick up NJCAA All-Academic second team honors (3.80-3.99 GPA) and 32 receive NJCAA All-Academic third team honors (3.60-3.79 GPA).
Baseball led the way with 18 student-athletes being named to one of the three teams. Soccer (16) and softball (10) rounded out the top three programs with student-athlete award winners. Soccer also led the way with 10 being All-Academic first team (4.0 GPA).
Soccer held the highest team GPA (3.40). Eight Grizzly athletic programs earned the 2023-24 NJCAA Academic Team Award which is awarded to teams with a 3.00 GPA or higher. The Grizzly squads to pick up this honor included soccer (3.40), softball (3.35), baseball (3.33), men's cross country (3.18), women's cross country (3.16), volleyball (3.15), women's track and field (3.12) and women's basketball (3.07).
Below are the Butler student-athletes who earned NJCAA All-Academic honors for the 2023-24 year.
2023-24 NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.0 GPA)
Abdelhakim Boukhiar – Men's Cross Country
Laynee Brown – Volleyball
Sarah Carpenter – Soccer
Maria Eduarda Motta – Volleyball
Addy Ewing – Softball
Kellen Francis – Football
London Hunter – Soccer
Ruby Kilden – Soccer
Micah Kobuszewski – Baseball
Claire Lopez – Softball
Rose Loyle – Soccer
Sakiko Manabe – Soccer
Zonia Marshall – Soccer
Kaylah Newman – Softball
Madison Nightingale – Softball
Chloe Odle – Softball
Brekkyn Pierce – Soccer
Cooper Rasmussen – Baseball
Logan Riley – Soccer
Greta Santini – Volleyball
Brooke Sullivan – Soccer
Alison Unruh – Women's Cross Country / Women's Track and Field
Eddy Vu – Men's Track and Field
Gabriel Welch – Football
Gavin Willett – Baseball
John Wilson – Football
Mallory Young – Softball
2023-24 NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80 – 3.99 GPA)
Narlia Albert – Women's Track and Field
Landon Boss – Football
Timothy Croskey – Football
Kaitlyn Erwin – Soccer
Karly Girty – Volleyball
Caden Kickhaefer – Baseball
Seth LeClaire – Football
Kaden McDaniel – Baseball
Alyssa Mude – Softball
Kaia Oberg – Softball
Kaden Spray – Baseball
Taber Stokes – Baseball
Sarah Sullivan – Volleyball
2023-24 NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60 – 3.79 GPA)
Maria Amor – Soccer
Aidan Battle – Football
Renata Bernal – Soccer
Tyler Butash – Baseball
Alba Cunill – Women's Basketball
Jonathan Farinha – Men's Track and Field
Thomas Gibbs – Baseball
Heidi Grimmett – Women's Cross Country / Women's Track and Field
Cheyenne Handsaker – Softball
Randi Harding – Women's Basketball
Gabriel Harp-Jackson – Men's Track and Field
Keaton Hartman – Baseball
Jordan Hedrick – Baseball
Caden Hinther – Baseball
Justin Hudson – Baseball
Maycee James – Women's Basketball
Dorien Johnson – Men's Basketball
Taelyn Jones – Volleyball
Saki Matsumoto – Soccer
Keghan McConnell – Football
Max Meuli – Baseball
Kyrsten Moran – Softball
Star Mpama – Women's Cross Country / Women's Track and Field
Dayton Pelfrey – Baseball
Tate Rico – Baseball
Alayna Runck – Soccer
Triston Speaker – Baseball
Omnia Thompson – Soccer
Brock Toothaker – Baseball
Issiah Walker – Football
Lena Walter – Softball
Aidan Wing – Men's Basketball
Click here to view the full NJCAA All-Academic Teams and here to view the full NJCAA Academic Team Awards.
