EUNICE, La. – The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) has named 32 LSU Eunice student-athletes to its All-Academic Team, the organization announced earlier this week.  The 32 recipients are the second most in the athletic department's history, falling just short of last year's record of 34.
 
This is the second year in a row that all six athletic teams of LSU Eunice earned a NJCAA All-Academic Team designation.
 
"This is another tremendous example of the hard work and dedication our entire LSU Eunice family puts in for all of our students," LSU Eunice athletic director Jeff Willis said.  "I could not be more proud of our student-athletes and their commitment to success in everything they do."
 
Baseball and Softball led the Bengals' awardees with eight student-athletes each.  Women's Soccer received six All-Academic Team nominations followed by Men's Soccer (five), Men's Basketball (4) and Women's Basketball (1).  The baseball team had two of the five first-team members as Alexander Saunier and Zachary Thomas receiving the top billing.  They were joined by first-team honorees softball's Landri Campbell, women's soccer Jasmine Liddell and men's basketball's Kiani Saxon.
 
A total of 10,267 student-athletes were honored with All-Academic Team designation after achieving a grade point average higher than 3.60 during the 2022-2023 academic year.  The criteria for the three All-Academic teams are listed as below:
                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  
 
Three teams were also named NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year – baseball, softball and women's soccer – for earning a team cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or better.
 
2023 NJCAA All-Academic Team Members
Baseball

Alexander Saunier	Sophomore	Lafayette, LA	First-Team
Zachary Thomas	Sophomore	Jesup, GA	First-Team
Patrick Vienne	Sophomore	Natchitoches, LA	Second-Team
Josh Gregoire	Freshman	Baton Rouge, LA	Third-Team
Blake Lobell	Freshman	Holden, LA	Third-Team
Jacob McCullars	Freshman	Monroe, LA	Third-Team
Jacob Moore	Sophomore	Lacombe, LA	Third-Team
Parker Morgan	Sophomore	Lake Charles, LA	Third-Team

Softball

Landri Campbell	Freshman	Olla, LA	First-Team
Chloe Bennett	Sophomore	Rosepine, LA	Second-Team
Emily Hoover	Sophomore	Hammond, LA	Second-Team
Sara Roussel	Freshman	Luling, LA	Second-Team
Maci Baldwin	Sophomore	Moss Bluff, LA	Third-Team
Mari Baldwin	Sophomore	Moss Bluff, LA	Third-Team
Madison Chretien	Freshman	Lake Charles, LA	Third-Team
Katie Salling	Freshman	Baton Rouge, LA	Third-Team

Men's Basketball

Kiani Saxon	Sophomore	Auckland, New Zealand	First-Team
Christian Landry	Freshman	Lafayette, LA	Third-Team
Nikola Letic	Sophomore	Novi Sad, Serbia	Third-Team
Braylon Richard	Freshman	Lafayette, LA	Third-Team

Women's Basketball

Avery Coffman

Freshman

Leesville, LA

Third-Team

Men's Soccer

Tyler Bridgewater	Sophomore	Darrow, LA	Second-Team
Nicholas Morrow	Sophomore	Destrehan, LA	Second-Team
Jacob Agazzi	Sophomore	Zachary, LA	Third-Team
Siddiq Lezzar	Freshman	Houston, TX	Third-Team
Kei Nagakura	Freshman	Kanagawa, Japan	Third-Team

Women's Soccer

Jasmine Liddell	Sophomore	London, England	First-Team
Leigh Brophy	Sophomore	Cape Town, South Africa	Second-Team
Morgan Bean	Sophomore	Ruston, LA	Third-Team
Claudia Jimenez	Freshman	Madrid, Spain	Third Team
Nina McManus	Sophomore	Lafayette, LA	Third-Team
Isabelle Smith	Sophomore	Lafayette, LA	Third-Team