TCC places 34 on Panhandle Conference honor roll
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (July 31, 2013) – Tallahassee Community College placed 34 students on the Panhandle Conference's All-Academic Team for the 2012-13 academic year.
The PC All-Academic Team recognizes participants in five sanctioned sports – men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball and volleyball – as well as cross country and cheerleading.
In order to be eligible for the PC All-Academic Team, student-athletes must attain a cumulative 3.0 GPA, either over multiple academic years or the current academic year.
Tallahassee's all-academic contingent was led by 11 members of the Eagles' baseball team followed by cheerleading with ten honorees. The list also included eight from softball, three from men's basketball and two from women's basketball.
Nine students earned all-academic honors for the second straight season – men's basketball's Jarrod Batson, baseball's Trent Higginbothem, Patrick Riley and Dan VanSickle, women's basketball's Raisa West, softball's Cherise McEnery, and cheerleaders Alexah Cromartie, Sarah Figueroa and Amber Mendelson.
Fifteen students were previously named to the FCSAA's All-Academic Team.
TCC's 2013 Panhandle Conference All-Academic Honorees
- Miranda Acevedo, cheerleading
- Ashton Atwell, cheerleading
- Matt Bahnick, baseball
- Jarrod Batson, men's basketball*
- Ethan Bornstein, baseball
- Cody Borup, baseball
- S. Brian Brower, cheerleading
- Victor Cole, baseball
- Alexah Cromartie, cheerleading*
- Dominique Davis, softball
- Sarah Figueroa, cheerleading*
- Krista Garcia, softball
- Robert Garcia, baseball
- Hannah George, cheerleading
- Nick Graganella, baseball
- Tyeshia Guinnie, women's basketball
- Ashley Heath-Smith, softball
- Trent Higginbothem, baseball*
- Jonathan Hood, men's basketball
- Alexis Huss, softball
- Chad Mabini, baseball
- Te Reo Powhiri Matautia, softball
- Cherise McEnery, softball*
- Tammy McMillan, softball
- Amber Mendelson, cheerleading*
- Patrick Riley, baseball*
- Michael Saxton, men's basketball
- Lauren Skipper, cheerleading
- Will Thompson, baseball
- Chris Tillman, cheerleading
- Dan VanSickle, baseball*
- Raisa West, women's basketball*
- Jade Williams, cheerleading
- Brittany Wright, softball
*- earned PC All-Academic honors in 2012