T-Birds excel in the classroom during 2023-24 school year
Thursday July 18, 2024 - 8:00 p.m. | Dylan DeVlieger
The 2023-24 Thunderbird athletes were not just stars on the in between the lines this past season but also in the classroom. Six Mesa teams earned a team GPA of 3.0 or higher earning them honors, while 45 athletes made an All-Academic team.
With the newest honors Mesa has now had 438 athletes earn NJCAA All-Academic honors while 85 teams have been honored by the NJCAA for a 3.0 composite GPA or better.
First Team honors are given to an athlete with a 4.0 GPR, Second Team honors is given to an athlete with a 3.8-3.99 GPA, and Third Team honors is given to an athlete with a 3.6-3.79 GPA.
Team honors:
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Women's Golf
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Women's Tennis
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Women's Cross Country
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Men's Tennis
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Women's Beach Volleyball
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Women's Basketball
Individual Honors:
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Eric Nachtsheim |
Baseball |
First Team |
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Mason Shea |
Baseball |
First Team |
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Noah Troth |
Baseball |
Second Team |
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Daren Walters-Ansell |
Baseball |
Second Team |
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Jake Vrlak |
Baseball |
Third Team |
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Cole Zilmer |
Baseball |
Third Team |
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Orlando Gonzales |
Men's Basketball |
Second Team |
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Taisei Kitahara |
Men's Basketball |
Third Team |
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Andrew Owens |
Men's Basketball |
Third Team |
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Ernest Green |
Men's Cross Country/Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
First Team |
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Samuel Green |
Men's Cross Country/Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
First Team |
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Austin Rueff |
Men's Cross Country |
First Team |
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Javier Garcia |
Men's Cross Country/Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
Second Team |
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Greyson Akers |
Men's Cross Country/ Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
Third Team |
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Nathan Jacobson |
Men's Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field |
Second Team |
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Austin Rueff |
Men's Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
First Team |
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Carmella Baldwin |
Women's Cross Country/ Women's Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
First Team |
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Taylor Jacobs |
Women's Cross Country/ Women's Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
First Team |
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Raely Palmer |
Women's Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
First Team |
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Regina Raimo |
Women's Cross Country/ Women's Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
Second Team |
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Addison King |
Women's Golf |
Second Team |
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Raquel Pargas |
Women's Golf |
First Team |
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Alyzzah Vakasiuola |
Women's Golf |
Second Team |
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Mia Sirimarco |
Women's Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
First Team |
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Elizabeth Wead |
Women's Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field |
Second Team |
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Olivia Bodily |
Women's Soccer |
Third Team |
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Rylee Lawson |
Women's Soccer |
Third Team |
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Jasmin Reyes |
Women's Soccer |
Third Team |
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Jeffrey Crowder |
Men's Soccer |
First Team |
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Cole Wood |
Men's Soccer |
Second Team |
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Jackelin Almada Lopez |
Women's Tennis |
Second Team |
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Lynn Angulo Segu |
Women's Tennis |
First Team |
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Sienna Buttafuoco |
Women's Tennis |
Third Team |
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Taylor Wasson |
Women's Tennis |
Third Team |
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Carson Abril |
Men's Tennis |
First Team |
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Brady Miller |
Men's Tennis |
Second Team |
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Nicolas Romero |
Men's Tennis |
First Team |
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Alayna Boss |
Women's Basketball |
Third Team |
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Ashiian Hunter |
Women's Basketball |
Third Team |
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Kamiyah Hurd |
Women's Basketball |
Third Team |
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Britany Kogbara |
Women's Basketball |
First Team |
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Zari Watkins |
Women's Basketball |
Third Team |
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Brynlee Barris |
Women's Indoor Volleyball & Beach Volleyball |
First Team |
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Taylor Erickson |
Women's Beach Volleyball |
Third Team |
