LCCC Student-Athletes Earn National, Regional Academic Honors

CHEYENNE, Wyoming – Forty-six Laramie County Community College student-athletes earned national or regional academic honors following the 2025-26 academic year, including 29 selections to NJCAA All-Academic teams.

Eight Golden Eagles earned NJCAA All-Academic First Team honors, 10 were selected to the Second Team and 11 received Third Team recognition. An additional 17 student-athletes earned Academic All-Region IX honors.

NJCAA All-Academic First Team recognition is awarded to student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA. Second Team honorees earned GPAs from 3.80-3.99, while Third Team selections earned GPAs from 3.60-3.79. Academic All-Region IX honorees earned a GPA of at least 3.25.

Nominees must complete two full-time semesters, participate in one season and complete at least 24 semester hours.

LCCC’s academic honorees, organized by sport, are:

Men’s basketball

• Jace Beidleman — 3.37 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Isaac Fiagbe — 3.67 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
• Karim Llgizawy — 3.25 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Jovany Munoz — 3.73 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
• Jephte Tambala Tshimanga — 3.55 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Matys Tily Charon — 3.78 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team

Men’s soccer

• Karson Busch — 4.0 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
• Liam Dols — 3.78 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
• Vincent Esteban-Renton — 3.39 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Joshua Farber — 3.80 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Samuel Heaney — 3.52 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Connor Kling — 3.55 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Luis Ramirez — 3.77 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
• Gilberto Vargas — 3.72 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
• Tristan Villanueva — 3.53 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Demitri Wiegand — 3.71 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team

Volleyball

• Zoe Bauer — 3.72 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
• Adriana Deming — 3.86 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Keani Domingo — 3.85 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Katalin Honfi — 3.85 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Emma Laurel — 3.25 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Ella Lopez — 3.28 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Beatrice Nani — 3.86 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Lea Susoy — 3.30 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Sila Yildiz — 3.52 GPA, Academic All-Region IX

Women’s basketball

• Ireland Barnes — 3.86 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Sabela Carro — 4.0 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
• Nuria Florensa — 4.0 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
• Selenay Tanik — 4.0 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
• Alicia Trujillo — 3.48 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Julia Sanz Bonet — 3.87 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Katelyn Poulsen — 3.76 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
• Helena Salazar — 4.0 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team

Women’s soccer

• Avery Anderson — 3.41 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Cameran Arima-Paskett — 4.0 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
• Emma Cortez — 3.59 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Adelaide Gonzalez — 3.73 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
• Hailey Grillas — 3.50 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Jordyn In — 3.88 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Delaney Lucas — 3.31 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Madison Moore — 3.83 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Melanie Moreno — 4.0 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team
• Haley Pierson — 3.79 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
• Adelynne Schilling — 3.89 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
• Jocelyn Trejo — 3.35 GPA, Academic All-Region IX
• Riley Vasquez — 4.0 GPA, NJCAA All-Academic First Team

The individual honors came during a strong academic year across Golden Eagles Athletics. The Athletic Department recorded a cumulative 3.27 GPA, with six of LCCC’s seven athletic programs finishing above a 3.0.

Program GPAs for the 2025-26 academic year were:

• Women’s soccer — 3.45
• Women’s basketball — 3.45
• Volleyball — 3.44
• Rodeo — 3.39
• Men’s basketball — 3.12
• Men’s soccer — 3.09
• Esports — 2.70
• Athletic Department overall — 3.27