PRICE, Utah-Wednesday, 29 USU-Eastern Utah athletes received all-NJCAA academic team honors during the 2017-18 athletic season.
Three of them received first-team honors by posting a perfect GPA of 4.0. These stellar student-athletes are women’s basketball player Harlee Willoughby of Delta, Utah and her teammate Cadee Berrett of Idaho Falls, Idaho, as well as women’s volleyball player Mekenzie Miller of Boise, Idaho.
Thirteen Golden Eagles received second-team honors for having a GPA between 3.80-3.99. These included softball player Alexandra Burrola of Cottonwood Heights, Utah, women’s soccer player Anna Towne of Garland, Utah, women’s soccer player McKenna Wiscombe of Orem, Utah, men’s soccer player Garrett Boston of Layton, Utah, men’s basketball players Rafael Monteiro of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Milan Surlic of Nis, Serbia and Kristupas Totoris of Vilnius, Lithuania, women’s basketball players Kaitlin Toluono of Taylorsville, Utah and Autumn Kay. Additionally receiving second-team honors were women’s volleyball players Jaelyn Olsen of Tucson, Ariz., Haley Cloward of Salem, Utah and Brooke Anderson of Bluffdale, Utah and baseball player Jarrett Hunt of Hyrum, Utah.
Thirteen other Golden Eagles athletes became third-team All-NJCAA academic selections, including women’s basketball players Blanca Casamort Vila of Girona, Spain, Madison Loftus of South Jordan, Utah and Sidney Springer of Delta, Utah who earned the honor while playing for both the women’s basketball and volleyball teams.
Rounding out the third-team selections were volleyball player Kynsee Mussman of Murtaugh, Idaho, women’s soccer players Shyann Jones of Hooper, Utah, Rachel Neff of Henderson, Nev., Kiara Maryott of Provo, Utah, Gabrielle Sainsbury of West Valley City, Utah, men’s basketball players Nicolas Schapochnik of Brazil and Carson Bishoff of North Ogden, Utah, men’s soccer players Kelshall Alexander Jr. of Arouca, Trinibad and Tobago and Kaina Elias and baseball player Jesse Rowley of Salem, Utah.
NJCAA team academic awards will be announced later this summer.
