General | 7/14/2026 3:59:00 PM

The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference has announced its 2025-2026 KJCCC All-Academic Award winners with 76 student-athletes across ten Cloud County Community College athletic programs finishing the academic year with at least a 3.5 overall GPA.

The Cloud County women's cross country team and baseball teams are the winners of the 2025-2026 Burnell Ukens Academic Teams of the Year Awards, given to the women's and men's T-Bird athletic teams that finish the year with the highest overall team GPA. The Cloud County women's cross country team finished with the best overall team GPA at 3.68, while the baseball team had the highest men's team GPA at 3.37. In total, seven of Cloud County's ten athletic teams posted a GPA of 3.0 or higher, including baseball, women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country, softball, women's track and field, and volleyball.

The award, established in 2009, is named after longtime Cloud County employee and ambassador, Burnell Ukens. From 1965-1995, Ukens served as a valued member of the faculty at Cloud County teaching mathematics. Burnell also led the college as the first Athletic Director for eight years. He started the tennis program in 1971, serving as head coach. Burnell also assisted track and field and baseball at various times throughout his career and served as intramural director. A dedicated family man, coach, and visionary in the realm of athletics, the Burnell Ukens Academic Teams of the Year award is to honor those teams who show academic excellence in the classroom in honor of an exceptional educator.

2025-2026 KJCCC Individual All-Academic
Baseball
Carson Weldy
Kellan Burke 
Kaden Budke 
Matthew Genrich
Kale Koch 
Tony Crow 
Zach Miller 
Calem Redding 
Cole Linton 
Evan Bogart 
Kai Rempel 
Cooper Tannahill
Cohen Nelson 
Jett Wahlmeier
Simon Baker
London Dingwell 
Colby Arensdorf 

Men's Basketball
Kaidan Chatham 
Richard High 
Will Otott 
Jack Skocny

Women's Basketball
Jelena Jankovic
Amanda Makela 
Sofija Todorovic
Shea Wurtz 

Men's Cross Country
Gelasa Degefa Abdisa
Davis Miltner 
Zeb Schultze

Women's Cross Country
Jade Williams 
Maureen Jepchirchir 
McKenzie Baker 
Mercy Angaamchaab 
Rafiatu Nuhu 

Softball
Allison Adams 
Ava Boden
Emily Carver 
Berkleigh Curtis
Hailey Garcia 
Hannah Gardner 
Maddie Harold
Brooke Lougheed 
Kendal Ratzlaff
Bella Santin 
Yesenia Zamarron

Men's Track & Field
Gelasa Degefa Abdisa 
Jabari Branche 
Evan Carr 
Conor Matthews
Davis Miltner  
Alpha Mpofu 
Jadrian Riley 
Zeb Schultze
Jarell Yardin 

Women's Track & Field
McKenzie Baker
Natassia Burrell 
Carlie Carlgren 
Addy Goeckel 
Nele Gösl
Maureen Jepchirchir  
Tahlia Lienert 
Eliza Miles 
Elizabeth Schuster
Whitney Scott 
Zoey Sudbeck 
Amia Todman  
Jade Williams

Volleyball
Carlie Carlgren
Kenadie Casanova
Berkleigh Curtis 
Brooke Lougheed
Addyson Ogle
Elizabeth Schuster
Zoey Sudbeck

Wrestling
Micah Cauthers
Nicholas Davis 
Drew Sterrett