Butler Athletics Sees 8 Programs, 72 Student-Athletes Earn Academic Recognition from the NJCAA

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.