{"id":22566,"date":"2025-07-30T19:19:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T23:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2025\/07\/30\/a-record-16-student-athletes-recognized-by-the-njcaa\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:33:35","slug":"a-record-16-student-athletes-recognized-by-the-njcaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2025\/07\/30\/a-record-16-student-athletes-recognized-by-the-njcaa\/","title":{"rendered":"A Record 16 Student-Athletes Recognized by the NJCAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte, NC (July 24, 2025) \u2013 Hard work inside and outside of the classroom is paying off for a record number of Northern Essex Community College student-athletes. The National Junior College Athletic Association has named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neccknights.com\/landing\/index\">16 student-athletes to All-Academic teams<\/a>, which is a new high-water mark for the program, while both the women\u2019s basketball and baseball teams were recognized for their team GPAs of 3.31 and 3.08, respectively.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29321\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/DSC00628_ad_hoc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29321\" class=\" wp-image-29321\" src=\"http:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/02\/DSC00628_ad_hoc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juliet Sellers was named to the NJCAA First Academic Team with a perfect 4.0 GPA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 16 selections ranked best among all NJCAA Region 21 institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals are honored for achieving a grade point average of 3.6 or higher for the academic year while completing a minimum of 24 credits. Teams are recognized for collective GPAs of 3.0 or higher. Individuals with GPAs between 3.6 and 3.799 were selected as Third Team All-Academic, 3.8-3.999 Second Team All-Academic, and those who achieve a perfect 4.0 are recognized on the First Team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComplimenting an extremely successful year on the fields, courts, and track, I\u2019m even more proud of the accomplishments of our student-athletes in the classroom and the outstanding efforts of the college\u2019s Academic Coaching staff, commented NECC Director of Athletics Dan Blair.<\/p>\n<p>Juliet Sellers (Andover) of the women\u2019s track and field team was the Knights&#8217; lone selection among the First Team, while six individuals were recognized with second team honors.<\/p>\n<p>Earning second team honors were a pair of the baseball players from the Knights World Series team in Michael Fabiano (Reading) and Jesse Yngber (Miami, FL), Edwin SamMbaka (Paris, FR) of the region championship men\u2019s soccer team and a track and field national qualifier, volleyball\u2019s Cherly BritoRosario (Lawrence), Rebecca Heathman (Billerica) of the women\u2019s basketball team and Alp Gyler (Istanbul, TR) of the championship men\u2019s basketball team.<\/p>\n<p>Earning third team recognition were men\u2019s basketball&#8217;s Victor Metiver (Lawrence) and Derick Twum (Lowell), men\u2019s soccer Lucas Cantilli (Lowell), Angel Lopez (Lawrence), and Nikos Kakavitsas (Athens, GR), women\u2019s basketball\u2019s Morales (Dracut) and Rosie Ferrera (Methuen) and baseball\u2019s Jake Yngber (Miami, FL) and Enger Paulino (Dudley).<\/p>\n<p>The 16 selections bring the Knights&#8217; all-time total of NJCAA All-Academic selections to 90.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte, NC (July 24, 2025) \u2013 Hard work inside and outside of the classroom is paying off for a record number of Northern Essex Community College student-athletes. 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