Six NJC athletes named to national list

***NJC Press Release***

The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has released its national sports awards list for the 2010-2011 school year. Northeastern Junior College is proud to announce that six athletes’ names appear on the roster.

Volleyball player Bethany Atkin of Fleming, CO received a Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence when she captured a 4.0 accumulative grade point average during her tenure at NJC. Her photo will appear in the NJCAA’s magazine “Juco Review” later this summer.

Amy Miller, a volleyball player from Kersey, CO, earned a grade point average of 3.82 to receive an NJCAA Award for Superior Academic Achievement. Karen Rivatto of Porto Alegre, Brazil, also earned the Superior Academic Achievement Award with her 3.9 grade point average. Volleyball player Alyssa Muller, Fleming, CO, received the NJCAA Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement with her 3.75 grade point average.

Baseball standout Brooks Schneider of Longmont, CO, also received the NJCAA Award for Superior Academic Achievement with a 3.9 grade point average.

Lynnae Cox of Fleming, CO has been honored with the NJCAA Award for Exemplary Academic Achievement with her 3.61 grade point average. She played women’s basketball at NJC for the past two years.

In order to win any of these awards, aside from earning the required grade point average, these student athletes had to also complete for at least three full-time semesters. They had to complete a minimum of 45 semester credit hours or four full-time quarters and a minimum of 60 quarter credit hours of college work. The athletes had to participate in at least one season at the varsity level at the college from which he/she is nominated and had to be nominated during the academic year in which participation occurred. When the final grade point average was calculated, all course hours attempted had to be included with the exception of remedial/development course work, which could not be used to meet the requirements for these awards.

Northeastern takes great pride in emphasizing to its athletes that they are first and foremost students and that academics always needs to be their highest priority. Coaches look for student athletes who will also be strong in the classroom.