SSC Bulldog Athletes Receive NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL – The South Suburban College Athletic Department is proud to announce that we have eight NJCAA All-Academic Student-Athlete Award recipients for 2017-2018. That is two more than last year at this time. One of our athletes even made NJCAA All-Academic First Team with a 4.0 GPA: our very own Annie Zubek from softball!

There are three categories in the NJCAA All-Academic Student-Athlete Awards:

NJCAA All-Academic First Team: 4.00 GPA
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team: 3.80-3.99 GPA
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team: 3.60-3.79 GPA

The recipients are:

Academic | First Team Annie Zubek Softball II
Academic | Second Team Jackson Dvorak Baseball I
Academic | Second Team Nick McAlister Baseball I
Academic | Second Team James Quinn Baseball I
Academic | Second Team Ashley Wiltjer Softball II
Academic | Third Team Kyle Hallberg Baseball I
Academic | Third Team Arrion Pamon Volleyball II, Basketball II
Academic | Third Team Matt Waznis Baseball I

Congratulations coaches and athletes! We know these student-athletes worked very diligently to achieve this goal. “We are very proud of these student-athletes that are not only winners on the field but more importantly in the classroom,” stated Steve Ruzich, SSC Athletic Director. For more information, please contact Coach Ruzich at (708) 596-2000, ext. 5843 or email SRuzich@ssc.edu. SSC is located at 15800 South State Street, South Holland, Illinois.

BRUNO the SSC Bulldog