| Jeff Massey, two-time First Team All-American |
The first NJCAA All-American that Owens Community College produced was men's basketball player Roy Coleman in 1989-90. In fact, the first four student-athletes to become All-Americans were from the men's basketball program. In 1996-97, Amy Cook of the women's volleyball program became the first female student-athlete to be named an Athletic All-American.
In 2012-13 and 2014-15, Owens tied the college record for most NJCAA All-Americans in one year (1999-2000).
In 1993-94, Becky Risebrough of the Express women's basketball program became the college's first NJCAA Academic All-American. It wasn't until 2000-01 that a male student-athlete earned Academic All-American honors, when Mel Stachura of the Express baseball program earned the honor. Prior to that, the first 11 Academic All-Americans were female.
Starting in 2010-11, the NJCAA rolled out different tiers of Academic All-Americans, and they redefined them as NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards. They updated them again in 2016-17 and are as follows:
NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.00 GPA on a 4.00 scale)
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80 to 3.99 on a 4.00 scale)
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60 to 3.79 on a 4.00 scale)
Prior to 2010-11, the NJCAA had general Academic All-Americans, who had to have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.6 over 45 semester hours. Distinguished Academic All-Americans had to have at least a 3.8 GPA over 45 semester hours.
The Owens season-high for NJCAA Academic Awards is 18 in 2015-16, which shattered the old record of 11, which was set in 2010-11. In two other years, 2003-04 and 2012-13, Owens had nine.
Additionally, since 2003-04, Owens hasn't had fewer than three NJCAA Academic Award winners in each year, while they have also had at least one in every year since Risebrough started the trend in 1993-94. Overall, the Owens has had 102 Academic All-Americans/NJCAA Academic Award winners.
NJCAA All-Americans |
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Roy Coleman, men's basketball (First Team, D-II) Otis "Chip" Smith, men's basketball (Second Team, D-II) Jeff Massey, men's basketball (First Team, D-II) Jeff Massey, men's basketball (First Team, D-II) Feisal Crumby, men's basketball (First Team, D-II) 1995-96 Jerry Wells, men's basketball (Third Team, D-II) Amy Cook, women's volleyball (Honorable Mention, D-III) Lori Wolf, women's volleyball (First Team, D-III) Jaime Walton, women's volleyball (Honorable Mention, D-III) Lori Maloch, women's volleyball (Honorable Mention, D-III) Ryan Clark, baseball (First Team, D-III) Cindy Missler, women's volleyball (Honorable Mention, D-II) Sandra Peer, women's volleyball (Second Team, D-II) Ashley Hill, women's volleyball (First Team, D-II) Ceara Barr, women's volleyball (Second Team, D-II) Stephanie Champine, women's volleyball (Honorable Mention, D-II) Stephanie Champine, women's volleyball (Second Team, D-II) Brittney Bradner, women's volleyball (Honorable Mention, D-II) 2010-11 Alaina Haubert, softball (Third Team, D-II) Brittany Egbert, women's volleyball (Second Team, D-II) Kendra Eitniear, women's soccer (Honorable Mention, D-I) 2013-14 Bikramjit Gill, men's basketball (Third Team, D-II) 2014-15 Ciarra Wirick, women's volleyball (Honorable Mention, D-II) 2015-16 Macy Reigelsperger, women's volleyball (First Team, D-II) Brooke Gyori, women's volleyball (First Team, D-II) 2017-18 Niki Polce, women's volleyball (First Team, D-II) 2018-19 Michaela Eisenhauer, women's volleyball (First Team, D-III) 2019-20 Tyriana Settles, women's volleyball (First Team, D-III) 2020-21 Haley Kanzig. softball (Second Team, D-III) 2021-22 Maddie White, women's volleyball (First Team, D-III) Sam Witt, Mens Basebal (Second Team, D-III) Sam Witt, baseball (2nd Team, D-III) 2022-23
Noah Blank, baseball (3rd Team)
Breven Deckrosh, baseball (3rd Team)
Hayley St. John, Women's Basketball (First Team, D-III)
Malorie Schroeder, Women's Basektball (Third Team, D-III)
Ava Sholtis, volleyball (1st Team)
Wilson Stopera, baseball (2nd Team)
Maddie White, volleyball (1st Team)
2023-24
Michaela Hahn, volleyball (2nd Team)
Lindsey Koenig, volleyball (1st Team)
NJCAA Academic All-Americans1993-94 Becky Risebrough, women's basketball 1994-95 Kari Kilmer, women's volleyball 1995-96 Jodi Schramm, women's volleyball 1996-97 Lisa Jackson, women's volleyball 1997-98 Tammy Murphy, women's basketball/women's volleyball 1998-99 Jolene Brooks, women's basketball 1999-2000 Melinda Kistner, softball 2000-01 Mel Stachura, baseball 2001-02 Cindy Missler, women's volleyball 2002-03 Joanne Lewandowski, women's basketball 2003-04 Laura Wilson, women's basketball 2004-05 Heather Peer, women's basketball 2005-06 Ross Graham, baseball 2006-07 Laura Gerkensmeyer, women's volleyball (Distinguished) 2007-08 Laura Gerhardt, women's basketball 2008-09 Yousef Aliakbar, men's soccer (Distinguished) 2009-10 Lorenzo Carrion-Bistolfi, men's soccer 2010-11 Cal Edwards, men's basketball (Superior) 2011-12 Kasey Graham, softball (Exemplary) 2012-13 - Luke Berger, men's golf (Exemplary) 2013-14 Lisa Urbanski, women's volleyball (Pinnacle) 2014-15 Abby Groll, women's soccer (Exemplary) 2015-16 Ally Mikesell, women's volleyball (Pinnacle) 2016-17 Brooke Gyori, women's volleyball (First Team) 2017-18 Devon Heitkamp, women's volleyball (First Team) 2018-19 Joseph Everson, baseball (First Team) 2019-20 Megan Dunne, volleyball (First Team) 2020-21 Jackson O’Keefe, baseball (First Team) 2022-23 Ashley Brinkman (3rd Team) Trenton Byrd (3rd Team) Anastazja Crisp (1st Team) Kolson Egnor (1st Team) Kirk Gibson, baseball (1st Team) Brooklyn Green (2nd Team) Breanna Huffman (1st Team) Chloe Hutton (1st Team) Alexis Sarvo (2nd Team) Zach McMullen, baseball (1st Team) Malorie Schroeder (2nd Team) Jack Sell, baseball (2nd Team) Michael Tolles (1st Team) Caylie Walters (2nd Team) Brianna Williams, softball (2nd Team) 2023-24 Ronald Bellar (3rd Team) Cassidy Boes (3rd Team) Micah Bok (3rd Team) Anastazja Crisp, softball (1st Team) Griffey Dye, baseball (3rd Team) Jonathan Everett, basketball (3rd Team) Kirk Gibson, baseball (1st Team) Emily Lake (2nd Team) Morgan McMillan (2nd Team) Zach McMullen (2nd Team) Emily Rank (1st Team) Alyssa Strahm (3rd Team)
NJCAA Academic All-American Teams2012-13 Softball (3.31 GPA) 2013-14 Women's Volleyball (3.19 GPA) 2014-15 Softball (3.34 GPA) 2015-16 Women's Volleyball (3.23 GPA) 2016-17 Women's Volleyball (3.58 GPA) 2019-20 Softball (3.18 GPA) 2022-23
American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Academic Team Awards
2016-17 - 3.58 GPA |