Middlesex County College athletes performed in the classroom as well as on the playing field this year. Sixty-five received academic honors for the 2019-20 year.
Three MCC squads – softball, volleyball and golf – averaged a 3.0 grade point average or higher, making them All National Junior College Athletic Conference teams. Twelve athletes were named to the national academic team: Rebecca Anzano (Colonia), Volleyball; Alyiah Santos (Woodbridge), Basketball; Angel Quiles (Perth Amboy), Basketball; Thomas Evans (Parlin), Golf; Jake Guensch (Fanwood), Golf; Nicholas Hoffman (South Brunswick), Soccer; Sean Joyce (Staten Island), Baseball; Megan McGlynn, (Hopelawn) Volleyball; Ryan McNamara (Bayonne), Baseball; Frank Stalteri (Old Bridge), Cross Country; Kenneth Tunison (Dunellen) Baseball; and Samuel Duffy (Woodbridge), Baseball.
Each of them were also named to the All-Academic Garden State Athletic Conference team and the All Academic Region 19 team. The following student-athletes were named to one or both of those teams during the season of their sports:
John Bangura, Men’s Soccer, North Brunswick
Morgan Brody, Women’s Basketball, East Brunswick
Brandon Brown, Wrestling, South Brunswick
Mackenzie Dowling, Volleyball, Woodbridge
Amya Edmonds, Women Basketball, Piscataway
Rachel Erla, Volleyball, Sayreville
Jalen Jackson, Men’s Basketball, Brick
Dion Joseph, Cross Country, New Brunswick
Ibn Lynn, Men’s Basketball, Hillside
Skylar Malone, Men’s Soccer, Spotswood
Hunter Marhan, Wrestling, Neptune
Yardin Miranda, Men’s Soccer, North Brunswick
Abdullah Nieskens, Men’s Basketball, Milltown
Mahrooz Qaderi, Men’s Basketball, Edison
Shawn Robinson, Men’s Basketball, Suffern, NY
Gabriella Rosano, Volleyball, Woodbridge
Bailey Rosenmeier, Women’s Basketball, Clark
Demetrius Ruiz, Wrestling, Carteret
Abel Samson, Men’s Soccer, Edison
Olivia Tirso, Women’s Basketball, Elizabeth
Kiarah Turner, Women Basketball, Edison
Jason Williams, Men’s Soccer, North Brunswick
Bernardo Abreu, Track & Field, Keasbey
Gabriela Agosto, Women’s Basketball, Perth Amboy
Shayla Benbow, Softball, Piscataway
Carolyn Blankenstein, Softball, South Brunswick
Emmanuel Boone, Track & Field, Piscataway
Madison Buttitta, Softball, Iselin
Lonnie Carden, Men’s Basketball, Plainfield
Joshua Chambers, Baseball, Carteret
Adam Conanan, Baseball, Staten Island
Daniel dos Santos-Sliva, Wrestling, Long Branch
Deniesha Green, Softball, Plainfield
Jake Guensch, Golf, Fanwood
Joshua Hernandez, Baseball, Lake Worth, FL
Cristina Irwin, Track & Field, Perth Amboy
Sean Joyce, Baseball, Staten Island NY
Andrew Khalil, Track & Field, East Brunswick
Kaitlynne McCarthy, Softball, Woodbridge
Mahima Membally, Track & Field, Woodbridge
Madison Menafro, Softball, Colonia
Jared Meyer, Men’s Basketball, Old Bridge
Chloe Oblepias, Softball, Carteret
Keniya Orange, Track & Field, Carteret
Luke Patel, Men’s Basketball, Monroe
Alida Pellicane, Softball, Edison
Jared Prager, Golf, East Brunswick
Alkeim Raines, Men’s Basketball, Edison
Anthony Ramos, Baseball, South Brunswick
Kenneth Spadaccini, Baseball, Cresskill
Frank Stalteri, Track & Field, Old Bridge
Kayla Van Pelt, Softball, Metuchen
Jason Watung, Track & Field, Dunellen