BOONE, Iowa—Six Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) athletic teams and 36 student-athletes earned all-academic honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).

DMACC athletic teams earning honorable mention all-academic honors were baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s golf, softball and volleyball. The DMACC baseball team had a cumulative grade point average of 3.08; the men’s basketball team gpa was 3.30; the women’s basketball cumulative gpa was 3.30; women’s golf posted a 3.45; softball had a 3.49; and volleyball was at 3.00.

The 3.30 gpa posted by the DMACC women’s basketball team was the highest for all women’s basketball teams in NJCAA Division II Region XI.

Student-athletes named to the NJCAA All-Academic First Team posted a gpa of 4.0. Student-athletes named to the second team had a gpa of 3.80 to 3.60 and those named to the third team had a gpa of 3.60 to 3.79.

DMACC student-athletes named to the first team were: Bethany Evans of West Des Moines (women’s basketball); Kaleb Harrison of Neola (baseball); Kolton Scherbenske of Rapid City, SD (baseball); Jacob Sheeder of Truro (baseball) and Zoey Wright of Ottumwa (softball).

DMACC student-athletes named to the second team were: Daphne Alstott of Fort Dodge (softball); Eryn Anderson of Houghton (volleyball); Grant Bohling of Lincoln, NE (baseball; Haley Forret of Van Meter (softball); Nathan Griffin of Ames (baseball); Michael Hartford of McKinney, TX (men’s basketball); Zach Lester of Clear Lake (men’s basketball); Jocelyn Long of Overland Park, KS (softball); Jordan Neely of Tiffin (volleyball); Kaylie Reynolds of Muscatine (softball); Tad Scherbenske of Rapid City, SD (baseball); Elly Schuemann of Marion (softball) and Josh Ylonen of Ames (baseball).

DMACC student-athlete named to the third team were: Ally Anderson of Atlantic (softball); Maddie Berns of Winterset (softball); Carter Bornemeier of Elmwood, NE (baseball); Shamir Brown of Tuscaloosa, AL (women’s basketball); Ryan Cole of Ames (men’s golf); Katelyn Courtney of Ames (women’s basketball/volleyball); Bradley Day of Mildenhall, Suffolk, UK (men’s basketball); Nathaniel Gorczyca of Omaha, NE (baseball); Jack Luster of Huxley (baseball); Sophia Maras of Johnston (softball); Asia Mena of Chicago, IL (women’s basketball); Shelbi Raymond of Madrid (women’s basketball); Ryan Schmitt of Van Meter (men’s basketball); Cole Schumacher of Bennington, NE (baseball); Katie Scott of Polk City (women’s basketball); Lydia Steier of Granger (women’s golf); Anna Stevens of Ames (softball) and Sophie Swygman of Elkhart (softball).

About DMACC
Des Moines Area Community College, a public institution serving the educational and career training needs of Iowans, is committed to the lifelong success of its students. Situated in one of America’s most vibrant regions, DMACC offers 200 programs, certificates and transfer degrees, annually serving more than 70,000 credit and noncredit students on six campuses and six learning centers. Thanks to college-wide innovation including Continuous Process Improvement (CPI), new programs and affordable tuition, DMACC continues to experience solid growth. For more information, please visit www.dmacc.edu.

(contributed press release, DMACC)