CLEVELAND — The National Alliance of Two Year College Athletic Administrators (NATYCAA) has announced its inaugural Scholar-Athlete Team for 2020.
 
At its 2019 Convention, the NATYCAA Officers approved an expanded Scholar-Athlete Awards Program, one which recognizes up to nine male and nine female honorees, one from each district in its membership. The district winners not only comprise the Scholar-Athlete team but are finalists for the NATYCAA Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award sponsored by Relation Insurance Solutions.
 
All remaining nominees receive Honorable Mention recognition.
 
"NATYCAA is proud to recognize student-athletes who excel in the classroom, on the field, and in the community," said Community College of Rhode Island interim Director of Athletics Kevin Salisbury, who also chairs NATYCAA's Scholar-Athlete Committee. "The NATYCAA Scholar-Athlete program names one male and one female award winner each year. This year, we are excited to expand the program to recognize a male and female from each of NATYCAA's nine Districts as finalists for the NATYCAA Scholar-Athlete Award. The accomplishments of the student-athletes are simply outstanding and we congratulate all of the nominees and finalists."
 
To be eligible for the award, nominees must meet the following criteria: minimum 3.6 GPA on a 4.0 scale with a minimum of 36 semester hours or 45 quarter hours with a minimum of 24 semester/36 quarter hours at the nominating institution; participation in a minimum of one complete season of varsity competition at the nominating institution; outstanding athletics success; and outstanding qualities of leadership and citizenship. Spring sport athletes may be considered for nomination the following year.
 
The following individuals have been named to the 2020 NATYCAA Scholar-Athlete Team:
 

	Male	Female
District 1	Dan Torres, Jamestown CC	Kamryn Hammond, Dutchess CC
District 2	Andrew Patrick, Catawba Valley CC	Katelyn Kluh, College of Southern Maryland
District 3	--	Amy Woodham, Chipola College
District 4	Dane Voss, St. Clair County CC	Frankie Izard, Lake Land College
District 5	Cameron Western, Iowa Lakes CC	Kelly Wiedemann, Missouri State-West Plains
District 6	James Cross, Cedar Valley College	Alexandria Sandlin, Brookhaven College
District 7	Asa McCord, Salt Lake CC	--
District 8	Alec Jones, Riverside City College	Sophia Cortina, Moorpark College
District 9	Travis Bossio, Grays Harbor College	Olivia Lee, Everett CC

Honorable Mention: Jaedyn Carter, Edison State CC; Jenna Caskey, Jamestown CC; Oliver Diaz, El Camino College; Deanna D'Imperio, Rowan College Burlington County; Vashti Elias-Romer, Riverside City College; Dani Ercole, Delaware County CC; Luch Erhardt, Monroe College; Lida Hanson, College of Dupage; Hannah Heppner, Northeast CC; Jase Jones, Brookhaven College; Hannah Kirisits, Genesee CC; Lea Kruse, Irvine Valley College; Giulia La Longa, Monroe College; Ashlyn MacDonald; Lake Land College; Ben Moxnews, Northeast CC; Karina Ortiz-Munoz, Santa Fe College; Nate Petrov, West Valley College; Mercedes Planavsky, Hudson Valley CC; Sarah Pothast, Edison State CC; Genevieve Printiss, Tallahassee CC; Sheridan Rodriguez, Garden City CC; Savannah Sehenuk, El Camino College; Payton Stauble, West Valley College; Ryleigh Warfel, Parkland College; Breanna Wendland, Iowa Lakes CC; Jackson Wenstrom, Hudson Valley CC; Anarra Williams; Clark State CC; Leyna Wood, Santa Ana College.
 
NATYCAA's Scholar-Athlete Committee will announce the Male and Female Scholar-Athlete Award winners later this month.

About NATYCAA: Now in its 32nd year, NATYCAA is the professional organization of two-year college athletics administrators and membership open to all two-year institutions from throughout the country. NATYCAA is administered by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA), which is in its 55^th year. For more information on NACDA and the 17 professional associations that fall under its umbrella, please visit www.nacda.com.