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Forty-six Tyler Junior College athletes, including 10 on the first team, have been honored as NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Award recipients, the national office in Colorado Springs, Colorado, announced. 

TJC led the junior colleges in the state of Texas with the most honorees.

McLennan Community College of Waco was second with 37, while Hill College of Hillsboro was next with 32.

Ten Apaches were named to the first team, which means they had a perfect 4.0 GPA. 

Sixteen members were on the second team (GPA between 3.8 and 3.99), while the remaining 20 were named to the third team (GPA between 3.6 and 3.79). 

Maria Winn-Ratliff’s softball team led the way with five first-teamers.

TJC first-teams include Adolfo Banegil Arroyo (men’s tennis, sophomore, Oviedo, Spain), Courtnie Heller (softball, freshman, Thornton, Colorado), Elena Wolf (women’s soccer, freshman, Katy), Hailee Hollan (softball, freshman, Hallsville), Kaycee Parker (softball, freshman, Pittsburg), Kaytlin Moore (softball, freshman, Tomball), Kimberly Campos (women’s soccer, sophomore, Nacogdoches), Logan Fuller (football, sophomore, Athens), Millie Khoury (women’s tennis, freshman, Sydney, Australia) and Shelbi Court (softball, sophomore, Rockwall).

Taking second-team honors were: Abbie Dart (softball, freshman, Garden City, Kansas), Adai Urieta (women’s soccer, sophomore, Tyler), Akane Takada (women’s soccer, freshman, Narashino Chiba, Japan), Bianca Roman (women’s soccer, freshman, Fort Worth), Breanna Hanzelka (volleyball, sophomore, Orchard), Cameron High (football, freshman, Jacksonville), Carl Koester (men’s soccer, freshman, Syke, Germany), Daisuke Otsuka (men’s soccer, freshman, Matsudo, Japan), Frieder Wagner (men’s soccer, freshman, Stuttgart, Germany), Maria Genovese (women’s tennis, freshman, Southlake), Mekeila Erspamer (women’s tennis, sophomore, Long Beach, California), Mitchell Lee (baseball, freshman, Orange), Paul Odendahl (men’s soccer, sophomore, Meerbusch, Germany), Tamara Arnold (women’s tennis, freshman, Kappel, Switzerland), Tommi Goodman (softball, sophomore, Lewisville) and Yuna Ito (women’s tennis, sophomore, Kanagawa, Japan).

On the third team were: Aaron Westerlund (men’s tennis, sophomore, Bilambil Heights, Australia), Andres Fernandez Neves (women’s soccer, freshman, Hamburg, Germany), Brooke Irion (women’s golf, freshman, Runaway Bay), Charnay Williams (women’s golf, freshman, George, South Africa), Christopher Sanders (football, freshman, Austin), Courtney Cook (women’s basketball, sophomore, San Antonio), Djhai Patterson-Ricks (women’s basketball, sophomore, Fayetteville, New York), Jullia Trabach (women’s soccer, freshman, Vila Velha, Brazil), Karl Mosterd (men’s tennis, freshman, Bahrs Scrub, Australia), Leon Karman (men’s soccer, sophomore, Emmendingen, Germany), Leonardo Hernandez (men’s soccer, freshman, Dallas), Londan Mallet (women’s basketball, freshman, Dayton), Luana Munoz (women’s soccer, freshman, Buenos Aires, Argentina), Mason Whitmarsh (baseball, sophomore, Keller), Mackenzie Ryan (softball, freshman, Las Vegas), Rachel Reeve (volleyball, sophomore, Adelaide, Australia), Ryela Rodriguez (volleyball, sophomore, Mission), Shaylee Anaya (women’s soccer, freshman, Katy), William Traylor (men’s golf) and Xochitl Bedoy (women’s soccer, sophomore, Mesquite).

Area honorees were:

Angelina College — Second team, Megan Kirchhoff, softball; Rexesha Hollis, women’s basketball. Third team, Nicole Whitehead, softball; Riley Garrett, softball.

Jacksonville College — First team, A’breanna Harrison, women’s basketball; Allyson Hinds, women’s basketball; Ines Nezerwa, women’s basketball; Kristian James, women’s basketball; Nyenkeer Malwal, women’s basketball. Second team, Claudia Del Moral Garcia, women’s basketball; Flora Akingbade, women’s basketball; Johanna Mijic Kampp, women’s basketball. Third team, Florence Sifa, women’s basketball.

Kilgore College — First Team, Danielle Meador, women’s basketball; Patience Oniymowoh, women’s basketball. Second team, Alexus Moore, women’s basketball; Brenna Ortiz, softball; Makenna Bell, softball; Paula Esteban Cebollero, basketball; Shelby East, softball; Taylor Christopher, softball.

Northeast Texas Community College — Second team, Chase Talbot, baseball; Tyler Navarro, baseball; Third team, Johnathon Russ, baseball; Kyle Moos, baseball; Manny Garcia, baseball; Matthew Kortendick, baseball; Matthew Scheurich, baseball.

Panola — Third team, Daria Eremeeva, women’s basketball.