MCC Athletics Earns Top Academic Honors

From School Reports

The Meridian Community College athletic department received some of the highest marks in the nation on Wednesday as the NJCAA announced its Academic All-American winners for the 2014-2015 season. The MCC baseball received top honors with having a team GPA of 3.40 for the 2014-2015 season which was ranked first among all junior college baseball teams in the state of Mississippi. The team was also ranked sixth in the nation with the impressive GPA among all squads and four members of the team also earned individual honors on Wednesday.

Bryant Johnston, Chance McDonald, Baylor Obert, and Jared Savell all received individual academic accomplishments for their tremendous work in the classroom. McDonald, Obert, and Savell each reached the Superior Academic Achievement Award for compiling a GPA between 3.80 and 3.99 for the 2014-2015 season. Johnston was named a winner of the Exemplary Academic Achievement Award for earning a GPA between 3.60 and 3.79.

The MCC tennis also had two individual winners as Shane Trebisky and Taylor White each received the Superior Academic Achievement Award for their work in the classroom. The MCC tennis men’s tennis team was also named an Academic All-American for the season by finishing with a team GPA of 3.30 which was ranked among the top ten in the country. The MCC women were also ranked among the top ten in the country among tennis teams with a team GPA of 3.45 which earned them a spot as an Academic All-American Team.

The MCC women’s soccer team received high marks in the classroom as well by earning a team GPA of 3.48 which was among the top five in the country for the second consecutive year, while the MCC golf team earned a spot as an Academic All-American Team with a team GPA of 3.05 for 2014-2015.