12 Players, Women's Soccer Team Earn NJCAA Academic Honors

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Connors State College women's soccer team had 12 student-athletes named to NJCAA All-Academic Teams for the 2024-2025 academic year and was named an NJCAA Academic Team of the Year, the NJCAA national office announced this morning.

The 12 women's soccer student-athletes named to the All-Academic teams is a 200 percent increase from the 2023-2024 academic year. Two sophomores earned their second All-Academic Team recognition, while three sophomores and seven freshmen earned All-Academic Team honors for the first time. The team also saw an increase in First-Team honorees, with three earning that distinction compared to one last year.

Student-athletes earn NJCAA All-Academic Team recognition by maintaining at least a 3.60 GPA during the academic year. Student-athletes who finish with a 4.0 cumulative GPA earn first-team honors, second-team honors for a cumulative GPA between 3.80 and 3.99, and third-team honors for a GPA between 3.60 and 3.79.

Connors State Soccer's All-Academic Team honorees are:

• Bella Cheney (Second Team)

• Destainy Kahn (First Team)

• Emily Godley (Third Team)

• Kaelynn Hill (Third Team)

• Kelsi Kilgore (First Team)

• Maika Robert (First Team)*

• Romina Camacho (Second Team)

• Sahra Khajavi (Second Team)

• Sarah Kelley (Third Team)

• Taylor Moore (Second Team)*

• Taylor Petree (Second Team)

• Toriana Holt (Second Team)

(*) denotes a player earning their second All-Academic Team recognition. 

Additionally, the team earned NJCAA Academic Team of the Year honors for the second consecutive year, posting a program-high GPA of 3.49.

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