7/19/24
 
SCRANTON, Pa. – The Lackawanna College Athletics Department is happy to announce that 48 student-athletes were cited as All-Academic by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for the 2023-2024 scholastic year, in a release from the national governing body on Thursday, July 18^th.
 
Every intercollegiate sport was represented at least once, and the criteria for eligibility was that student-athletes must maintain a 3.6 GPA or higher throughout the scholastic year.
 
Third team recipients had to have a GPA between 3.6 and 3.79, second-teamers were between 3.8 and 3.99, and first team selections needed a 4.0 GPA throughout the year. The Falcons had 17 named as All-Academic third team selections, 23 second team picks, and eight All-Academic first team recipients.
 
Baseball had 15 overall selections, the most of the Lackawanna College sports squads. Softball had eight selections, while football posted seven, and women's soccer posted five. Softball had three players make first team All-Academic, the most of any sport, while Baseball led the second team and third team recipients with eight and five selections, respectively.
 
The full list, comprising 12,245 student-athletes, can be found HERE.
 
Here are the Lackawanna student-athletes that were named to the All-Academic squads:
 
NJCAA 2023-2024 1^st Team All-Academic
E'ternity Aiken (Women's Basketball)
Nicole Castillo (Women's Soccer)
Annemarie Cilia (Women's Soccer)
Palmer Dahl (Baseball)
Madison Maloney (Softball)
Alivia Graber (Softball)
Emmalee Mowery (Softball)
 
NJCAA 2023-2024 2^nd Team All-Academic
Pablo Avalos Ortiz (Men's Basketball)
Landon Brandt (Baseball)
Jeovanilda Cabral (Women's Soccer)
Christopher Campanelli (Football)
Joey Chapman (Men's Basketball)
Audrey Cobb (Softball)
Maddilyn Durfee (Women's Volleyball)
Brooks Henderson IV (Baseball)
Connor Hillis (Men's Soccer)
Dylan Hogan (Wrestling)
Bryan Johnson (Football)
Fabian Kimbrough (Football)
Nathan Klodowski (Baseball)
Aydan McNelly (Baseball)
Kristina Mease (Women's Soccer)
Cody Newhart (Baseball)
Carrington Nickens-Yzer (Football)
Pamela Paulino (Women's Soccer)
Paige Pieper (Softball)
Gavin Pritchard (Baseball)
Michael Rickert (Baseball)
Sam-Sigh Safdar (Football)
Mason Sike (Baseball)
 
NJCAA 2023-2024 3^rd Team All-Academic
Jacob Bynes (Football)
Kaislyn Currie (Softball)
Brayden D'Amico (Baseball)
Emilee Dickinson (Softball)
Mekenzie Dineen (Women's Volleyball)
Ty Federici (Baseball)
Chase Fischer (Baseball)
Gabriela Gomez (Women's Volleyball)
Ermir Hoti (Men's Soccer)
John Hughes (Baseball)
Mason Lawson (Men's Basketball)
Aamir Mack (Men's Basketball)
Mazzie Musgrave (Softball)
Ben Paserk (Football)
Guillermo Ramírez (Men's Soccer)
Nathan Russell (Baseball)
Diamond Wilson (Women's Basketball)