82 MCC Student-Athletes Earn Academic Honors from MACCC

June 26, 2025

MERIDIAN, Miss. - Meridian Community College is proud to announce that 82 of its student-athletes have been recognized for academic achievement by the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference (MACCC) for the 2024-25 academic year.

The MACCC awards two levels of academic honors:

Distinguished Academic All-MACCC, for student-athletes earning a GPA of 3.80 or higher, and
Academic All-MACCC, for those earning a GPA between 3.25 and 3.79.

This year, 27 Eagles were named Distinguished Academic All-MACCC, and 55 earned Academic All-MACCC status.

Distinguished Academic All-MACCC (GPA 3.80+)

Baseball: Corbin Gillentine (Amory), Ethan Mallett (Madison), Alex Sherman (Mobile, Ala.)

Golf: Bruce McClung (Tishomingo)

Men's Soccer: Brandon Brown (Hattiesburg)

Men's Tennis: Daniel Espin (Ambato, Ecuador), Simon Ojeda (Bogotá, Colombia)

Softball: Julie Amacher (Chelsea, Ala.), Paige Berry (Florence), Makenna Borne (Waggaman, La.), Lainey Briggs (Corinth), Mary Coumbe (Florence), Allie Loftin (Brandon), Marlee McCalister (Corinth)

Women's Soccer: Milla Blaehr (Agersted, Denmark), Bailey Csaszar (Leakesville), Katie Hayes (Columbus), Ember Johnson (Laurel), Jana Lengfeld (Bielefeld, Germany)

Women's Tennis: Cayden Alexander (Conehatta), Katherine Bounds (Bailey), Lilly Hollingsworth (Newton), Elizabeth Shirley (Collinsville)

Volleyball: Taylor Denton (Southaven), Taylor Hamilton (Noxapater), Allison McCoy (Collinsville), Madelyn Parker (Noxapater), Lillie Pate (Buhl, Ala.)

Academic All-MACCC (GPA 3.25–3.79)

Baseball: Doby Bartling (Brandon), Brett Busbea (Collinsville), Ryan Carpenter (Madison), Matthew Cochran (Brandon), Connor Gehr (Gulf Shores, Ala.), Ridge Jackson (Enterprise), Currie Jones (Brandon), Tyler Keys (Collins), Brayden Martin (Batesville), Boyd McCullough (Ridgeland), Dowe McGowan (Amory), Andrew Prejean (Alexandria, La.), Hampton Ross (Madison), Joel Smith (Gulfport), Kyle Stegall (Saucier), Case Thurston (Bay Springs), Nate Trochessett (Hurley), Walker Van Meter (Jackson), Brennon Wright (Starkville), Blake Young (Brandon)

Men's Basketball: Derek Byrd (Jackson), Lawson Selby (Vicksburg), Chance Sutton (Ridgeland)

Golf: Maddox Atkinson (Collinsville), Joseph Duckworth (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), Collin Russell (Cleveland)

Men's Soccer: Samuel Burke (Biloxi), Rivers Dronet (Biloxi), Jair Hernandez (Laurel), Anders Jensen (Hobro, Denmark), Josthin Moreno (Blue Mountain), Darius Pyron (Biloxi)

Men's Tennis: Blakeney Allen (Vicksburg), Laike Satterfield (Meridian), Jack Tutor (Pontotoc)

Softball: Presley Black (Richton), Hannah Buckley (Bay Springs), Hannah Capello (Walker, La.), Camry Johnson (Stonewall), Raegan King (Florence), Arlee McClellan (Pontotoc), RaMiyah Price (Laurel), Rylee Turner (Fairhope, Ala.), Sara Watson (Medon, Tenn.)

Women's Soccer: Holly Gillies (Glasgow, Scotland), Dillian Lavinghouse (Leakesville), Anna Pidgen (Leakesville), Alexa Shirley (Collinsville), Lauren Smith (Birmingham, England), Mikala Townsend (Conehatta), Aracely Villafranca (Ridgeland), Brooklyn Woitesek (Hernando)

Women's Tennis: Aleah McMullan (Decatur)

Volleyball: Kayla Jones (Gautier), Aleah McMullan (Decatur), Riley Pate (Kimberly, Ala.)

MCC congratulates these student-athletes for putting in the hard work it takes to succeed in the classroom and in their sport. We're proud of what they've accomplished and the way they represent our college.