01/24/24
Cardinal athletes named to Fall 2023 academic honor roll
Gadsden, Ala. — Several Gadsden State Community College student-athletes and five athletic teams were honored by being named to the Alabama Community College Conference Fall 2023 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for achieving a 3.0 GPA or higher in at least 12 hours of courses.
"These student-athletes should be proud of themselves as they have balanced academics with practice and games,” said Dean Myrick, commissioner of the Alabama Community College Conference. "I am very proud of them, along with the faculty and staff at our amazing colleges for the work they do in preparing our student-athletes for life outside of athletics.”
Cardinal student-athletes named to the Honor Roll include:
Baseball – Aidan Bee of Clanton; Brendon Byrd of Gulf Shores; Nolan Daversa of Gurley; Brandon Fears of Snellville, Ga.; Nicholas Ford of Canton, Ga.; Mason Freeman of Madison; Blake Hall of Hazel Green; Andrew Hardy of Pell City; Trent House of Phenix City; Andrew Hughes of Suwanee, Ga.; Hunter Humphries of Gadsden; Johnathon Isbell of Moody; Riley Jackson of Cullman; Charles Jones of Oneonta; Weston Kirk of Spring Garden; Tyler Mays of Winfield; Christopher McNeil and Walker Thomas, both of Chelsea; Cody Russell and Mason Steele, both of Loganville, Ga.; Chase Saul of Pelham; Hayden Strickland of Tuscaloosa; Brant Stringer of Hartselle; Robert Templin of Troy; Aaron Wallace of Hueytown; Luke Weems of Sardis and Colton Willmon of Helena.
Men’s Basketball – Kolby Battles of Pleasant Valley; Dontarius Coleman of Gibsland, La.; Demarice Farrow of Valley; Jalynn Lacey of Brighton; Massiah Morris of Huntsville; Christian Willis of Decatur and Mekhi Witter of Atlanta.
Women’s Basketball – McKayla Bean of Rainbow City; Lydia Crane of Fort Payne; Neely Damron of Irondale; Kaitlyn Hill of Susan Moore; Sethanie Morgan of Rome, Ga.; Jaxson Sizemore of Glencoe and Victoria Winslett of Pell City.
Men’s Cross Country – Travis Cooley of Lincoln; DeShaun Foster and Jonah Medders, both of Alexandria; and Conner Strawn of Glencoe.
Women’s Cross Country – Jordan Clark of Arab; Keira Johnson of Hokes Bluff; McKinley Kay of Glencoe; Gabrielle More of Trussville and Lacey Rich of Southside.
Men’s Tennis Team – Samuel Arnold and Kamron Palacios, both of Cedartown, Ga.; Bradley Bentley and Charles McIntire, both of Grant; Alexander Butler of Boaz; John David Cunningham of Rome, Ga.; Juan Mondragon of Gadsden; Elisha Sims and John Weaver, both of Guntersville; Heath Stinson of Pell City and Jason Wood of Gadsden.
Volleyball – Kandyn Blankenship of Alexandria; Kaleigh Butler of Geraldine; Lauren Davis of New Market; Ella Garmany of Centre; Kinslee Gray of Glencoe; Ziniah Hardy of Rainbow City, Macey Johnson of Huntsville; Sera Beth Potter of Ashville and Zoe Walker of Trussville.
Cardinal teams named to the Fall 2023 Commissioner’s Academic Team Honor Roll include Baseball, Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Cross Country, Men’s Tennis and Volleyball.
“Being a student-athlete is no small achievement,” said Blake Lewis, Gadsden State’s athletic director. “The amount of effort, time and stamina they have to dedicate to being successful in both their chosen sport and in academics is an enormous feat. These scholars are to be commended for this recognition. It has been an honor for me to watch them grow as athletes and as students.”