Haverhill, MA (July 19, 2021) – Eight Northern Essex Community College student-athletes have earned All-Academic honors for the 2020-21 academic year as was announced Friday afternoon by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). The eight honorees match the number from the 2017-18 year and have only been surpassed in 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years. Northern Essex now has a total of 53 all-time All-Academic selections.

 

In order to be eligible for the award the student-athlete must have obtained a grade point average for the year of 3.60 or higher and successfully completed a minimum of 24 credits during the year. Based on the overall grade point average for the year student-athletes are named either First (4.0, Second (3.8-3.99) or Third Team (3.6-3.79) All-Academic.

 

The eight selections represented three different programs that competed during the past year. Three representatives each from the men's soccer and baseball teams and two selections from the men's basketball team.

 

Highlighting the selections was Tom Grassi (Windham, NH) from the men's basketball team who earned First Team recognition with a perfect 4.0 GPA for the year.

 

Representing the Knights on the second team were Jesus Guzman (Lawrence) and Jack Latauskas (Byfield/Whittier Tech) of the men's soccer team and Todd Tringale (Saugus) from the baseball.

 

A pair of baseball student-athletes highlighted the third team selections in Frank Gulezian (Manchester, NH) and Kyle Hsu (Brookline, NH). Rounding out the selections for NECC from the men's basketball team were Cristian Kinsley (Lawrence) and from the men's soccer team was Ethan Rousseau (Haverhill, Whittier Tech).

 

Northern Essex is preparing for a full return to intercollegiate competition for all of its varsity athletic programs for the 2021-22 academic year and will kick the off with the inaugural NECC Athletics BBQ KNIGHT on Tuesday August 10th. For additional information please contact NECC Director of Athletics Dan Blair (dblair@necc.mass.edu).

 

Northern Essex Community College competes as a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and sponsors thirteen varsity intercollegiate sports including baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, softball, men's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country and men's and women's track and field and Esports. For more information on Northern Essex Community College Athletics please visit the official website of Northern Essex Athletics (www.neccknights.com).