Ten Wake Tech Eagles earn NJCAA All-Academic Honors

Raleigh, NC – The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) announced the 2019-20 NJCAA All-Academic Award honorees which featured 10 Wake Technical Community College student-athletes.

Six Eagles earned All-Academic First Team honors with a perfect 4.0 GPA. 

"We are very proud of these student-athletes that exemplify academic and athletic achievement," said Brian Anweiler, Wake Tech athletic director. "We know that the past academic year was like none other and our students persevered like never before."

Student-athletes are eligible to earn academic honors by achieving an overall GPA of 3.60 or higher for the 2019-20 academic year. The criteria for the three All-Academic teams are listed below:

• NJCAA All-Academic First Team: 4.00 GPA
• NJCAA All-Academic Second Team: 3.80-3.99 GPA
• NJCAA All-Academic Third Team: 3.60-3.79 GPA

The 2019-20 academic year presented unprecedented challenges to NJCAA student-athletes, but through determination and excellence in the classroom, 9,555 student-athletes garnered All-Academic recognition for achieving a GPA above 3.6. The NJCAA includes over 500 member institutions and is the second largest intercollegiate athletic association in the country.

"NJCAA student-athletes proved that no obstacle is too difficult to overcome," stated NJCAA President & CEO Dr. Christopher Parker. "These difficulties pushed our student-athletes to the limit this year, but the opportunity to overcome these challenges presented itself and our student-athletes flourished academically. The association commends all individuals for their continued success on the playing surfaces and in the classrooms."