Congratulations to 14 Fort Scott Community College Student/Athletes who were recognized by the NJCAA as Academic Student-Athlete Awards (formerly Academic All-America honors). 

Four programs tied for the most Pinnacle Award recipients (4.0 GPA) in the COUNTRY – Fort Scott was one of the four schools.  The other three schools included Hesston, Itawamba and Waubonsee – each had five student-athletes record a 4.0 GPA.

Below is a listing of the three NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards with the qualifying GPA for each honor:

Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence:  4.00 GPA
Superior Academic Achievement Award: 3.8-3.99 GPA
Exemplary Academic Achievement Award: 3.6-3.79 GPA

Below are the FSCC Student-Athletes that were recognized:

Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence

Kara Cicero – Women's Basketball

Jacob Harvey – Baseball

Matthew Hicks – Baseball

Sheri Middleton – Volleyball

Matthew Peterson – Baseball

Superior Academic Achievement Award

Kalee Ewbank – Softball

Terina Harris – Volleyball

Cole Reazin – Football

Exemplary Academic Achievement Award

Elizabeth Clark – Softball

Brendan Janes – Baseball

Ashley Lake – Softball

Jeffery Pierce – Baseball

Bobby Rook – Baseball

Matthew Vincent – Football

"This is a testament to how hard our student-athletes work in the classroom and on the field/court.  For FSCC to be recognized nationally as producing the most Pinnacle Award recipients speaks volumes to the dedication of our student-athletes as well as our coaches to academic success," stated Head Volleyball Coach/SID Lindsay Hill.