On January 20, 2022, the Southwestern Athletic Department is honoring six sports teams that were recognized by the NJCAA for their academic excellence and received NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year awards for the 2020-21 academic year. Each year, the NJCAA recognizes teams in each sport for their dedication in the classroom on the NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year list. While many of the members of these teams are no longer a part of the Southwestern campus due to graduation, they are #ForeverSouthwestern and will be lifelong Spartans. 

Please help all of Spartan Nation in congratulating the below teams and roster members for their academic excellence. If you are a graduating member of one of these teams or a member that graduated years ago, please let us know how you are doing and what you are up to by completing our Athletic Alumni Update Form.

Women's Basketball:

Brielle Baker, Jordan Richards, Miracle Allen, Whynter Waterhouse-Brennan, Deja Brown, Ariel Shelton-Brown, Alyssa Morris, Kaylynn Tucker, and Patricia Sherrill.

Women's Volleyball:

Makenna Hudson, Alexia Neisemier, Olivia Cheers, Kennedy Jordan, Lauren Krenning, Karisa Nietzer, Florence Omodayo, Demi Paige, Emma Hanson, Deniz Tuncer, Brooke Halterman, Vernae Ramoth, Allison Lillis, and Cassidy Bowen

Softball:

Brylee Kemper, Heylee Shields, Paige Shwaluk, Madeleine Shwaluk, Hailey Chew, Jenna Parfeniuk, Jordan Redeker, Hailey Johnson, Thayda Houser, Maci DeJong, Madison Orewiler, Sydnee McKinney, Kaitlyn Schad, Ali Enright, Grace Cotton, and Kayla Jensen.

Baseball:

Giancarlos Figueroa, Daniel Neubauer, Noah Leist, Joel Sampson, Tyler Farmer, Carlos Muniz, Josiah Young, Eric Desbois, Trey Rodriguez, Gavin Fischer, Ernies Lozada, William Pagan, Mark Gieger, Owen McClung, Elijah Foresman, Jayden Williams, Jordan Graves, TJ Swaney, Zachary Beckmon, Blake Murray, Seamus Reese, Julio Goncalves, Robert Aquino, Kelvin Roman, Will Courtney, Alex Amaral, Tye Falkner, Noah Carpenter, Daniel Thiessen, Jacob Ciafullo, Colby Page, Anthony Comfort, and Cole Dingee.

Men's Cross Country:

Josh Baudler, Levi Detrick, Ahmed Fofana, Taylor Helton, Connor Koppa, Nick Mather, and Leland Perkins.

Men's Golf:

Ethan Brumbaugh, Thomas Esterhuyse, Harrison Galea, Ryan Jarvis, Brock Kyner, Zayne Osborn, and Lachlan Timms.

For a comprehensive list, please explore this information from the NJCAA: Academic Teams of the Year.