Campus News
July 29th, 2025
GC places 30 on NJCAA All-Academic teams
Three Laker squads honored as 2024-25 Academic Teams of the Year
Four Garrett College baseball players – (top row, left to right) Paxton Patronas, Easton Rhoten, Kyle Schofield, and Ethan Sebold – join fellow Lakers (bottom row, left to right) men's basketball player Luis Botelho, women's soccer player Natalie Warne, and women's volleyball player Aiyana Yoder on the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Academic first team.
Thirty Garrett College student athletes have been named to the 2024-25 NJCAA All-Academic team, including seven Lakers who earned first-team honors with perfect 4.0 grade-point averages (GPAs).
Three Garrett College programs – baseball, men's basketball, and women's volleyball – qualified for the list of 2024-25 NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year by finishing with team GPAs of 3.0 or higher. GC baseball finished with a 3.28 GPA while men's basketball and women's volleyball had 3.22 and 3.15 GPAs, respectively.
GC's baseball and men's basketball squads each finished with the top team GPA in Region 20 in their respective sports. The Lady Lakers' women's volleyball team had the third-highest GPA among Region 20 volleyball squads.
“It takes a lot of teamwork and a lot of good people for this to happen,” said Eric Hallenbeck, GC's head baseball coach and co-athletics director with Elizabeth Show.
Four baseball players – Paxton Patronas, Easton Rhoten, Kyle Schofield, and Ethan Sebold – joined Luis Botelho (men's basketball), Natalie Warne (women's soccer), and Aiyana Yoder (women's volleyball) on the National Junior College Athletic Association first team.
Eleven Lakers qualified for the second team by posting 2024-25 GPAs between 3.8 and 3.99. Twelve additional Lakers earned third-team honors with GPAs of 3.6 to 3.79.
Garrett College's total of 30 honorees was second in NJCAA Region 20 to Harford Community College's 33. The Lakers, however, bested Harford in percentage of rostered student athletes earning national honors (22.7 percent to Harford's 17.6 percent).
The Lakers' second- and third-team honorees are listed below:
Second Team: Baseball – Warren Bernard; Connor Blake; Gary Boone, Jr.; Christian Harrington; Ethan Kirkpatrick; Gavin Watkins. Men's Basketball – Cory Harper; Petar Kos. Women's Volleyball: Paola Chirino Ariza; Brenna L'Hommedieu; K'Dynze Salinas.
Third Team: Baseball – Ty Giblin; Josef Sneathen; Kace Shearer. Men's Basketball – Nasir Coleman; Gavin Jackson. Women's Soccer – Danielle Brobst; Allison Harrold. Women's Softball – Lexis Miller; Addis Tzaddi. Men's Wrestling – Camden Hull; Braedon Poorbaugh; Brooks Smith.
