Student-athletes honored for academic success

Both Region III and the Western New York Athletic Conference recently honored student-athletes for their academic success in the classroom. To be named Academic All-Region, a student-athlete must have completed a minimum of 24 credit hours at a 3.5 GPA or better. To be named Academic All-Conference, a student-athlete must have completed a minimum of 24 credit hours at a 3.3 GPA or better.

Academic All-Region recipients from NCCC included: Casey Gruarin (baseball), Melanie Sweeney (softball), Trace Gillis (baseball), Keegan Ernest (baseball), Alyssa Diez (women's soccer), Tyler Van Buren (men's soccer), Yohn Zapata-Baez (baseball), Brayden Skobjak (men's soccer), Justin Beyer (baseball), Vincent Chiarenza (baseball), Richard O'Connell (golf) and Ashley Clack (women's soccer).

Academic All-Conference recipients from NCCC included: Gruarin (baseball), Sweeney (softball), Gillis (baseball), Ernest (baseball), Diez (women's soccer), Van Buren (men's soccer), Zapata-Baez (baseball), Skobjak (men's soccer), Beyer (baseball), Chiarenza (baseball), O'Connell (golf), Clack (women's soccer), Ana Bryer (softball), Ryan Sebesta (wrestling), Troy Keller (wrestling), Michael O'Connor (baseball), John Genau (baseball), Diamond Fedrick (women's basketball), Laterrance Reed (men's basketball), Madison Sullivan (women's basketball) and Jake Cavana (baseball).