MGCCC breaks record with MACCC All-Academic winners

PERKINSTON — Mississippi Gulf Coast set a school record in the classroom in the 2025-26 academic year, with 174 student-athletes named to MACCC All-Academic Awards.

There were 78 Bulldogs with grade-point averages of 3.80 or higher to earn Distinguished Academic All-MACCC. Another 96 had GPAs between 3.25 and 3.79 to earn Academic All-MACCC.

The previous school record for most awardees came in 2024, when there were 128.

The Distinguished Academic All-MACCC (3.80 or higher GPA) winners were: football's Bryant Ausmer (Fr., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), men's tennis's Jan Bako (Fr., Ostrava, Czech Republic/Hladnov), women's tennis's Paige Baronich (Fr., St. Martin/St. Martin), softball's Caroline Batson (So., Wiggins/Stone), men's soccer's Michael Baty (Fr., Gulfport/St. Patrick), football's Mason Beverly (Fr., Hattiesburg/Purvis), men's soccer's Christian Biehl (Fr., Diamondhead/Hancock), eSports's Jordan Bray (Fr.), football's Demorrsion Brown (So., Canton/Canton), men's soccer's Omarion Brown (Fr., Linstead, Jamaica/St. Catherine), men's soccer's Tobias Buch (So., Skovlunde, Denmark/Borupgaard Gymnasium), golf's Craig Bullock (Fr., Ripley /Ripley), volleyball's Baylee Burchyett (Fr., Southaven/Lewisburg), women's soccer's Reagan Chancelor (Fr., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove), softball's Elizabeth Colson (Fr., Biloxi/St. Patrick), women's soccer's Laurel Conley (So., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), men's tennis's Taylor Cook (Fr., Olive Branch/Lewisburg), volleyball's Dana Cool (Fr., Dothan, Ala./Northside Methodist Academy), baseball's Kaleb Dillon (Fr., Petal/Petal), men's tennis's Nick Dulaney (So., Long Beach/Long Beach), baseball's Layton Eder (So., Vancleave/Vancleave), men's tennis's Santiago Enriquez (Fr., Encarnacion, Paraguay/CEUCE), women's basketball's Taelar Felton (So., Clinton/Clinton), baseball's Garrett Gardner (Fr., Madison/Madison-Ridgeland Academy), women's soccer's Bri Gasaway (So., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), women's soccer's Jaeda Goar (Fr., Sumrall/Sumrall), football's Darrion Gray (Fr., Purvis/Purvis), softball's Kate Grehan (So., Hernando/Magnolia Heights), men's soccer's Pedro Harb (Fr., Rio de Janeiro, Brazil/CEJA Copacabana), football's Tyler Henderson (So., Vicksburg/Vicksburg), baseball's Asher Henley (So., Vancleave/Vancleave), volleyball's Cambell Herrington (Fr., Brandon/Brandon), men's soccer's Storm Hesselager (Fr., Helsinge, Denmark/Gribskov Gymnasium), men's tennis's Warren Hudson (Fr., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), eSports's Lasendra Jefferson (So.), softball's Natalie Jones (So., Lucedale/George County), softball's Kailee Lawson (Fr., Hurley/East Central), eSports's Kirstyn Lyles (Fr.), women's tennis's Meredith Matthews (So., Wiggins/Stone), men's tennis's Brennan McGlothin (Fr., French Camp/French Camp Academy), women's soccer's Gracee Michini (So., Lucedale/George County), men's soccer's Alexander Mink (So., Long Beach/Long Beach), men's soccer's Seamus Murphy (So., Gulfport/Gulfport), men's soccer's Ben Myrick (Fr., Hurley/East Central), men's soccer's Hung Nguyen (So., St. Martin/St. Martin), women's soccer's Alyssa Nixon (So., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove) women's tennis's Pia Pugliese (Fr., San Juan, Argentina/Colegio Central Universitario Mariano Moreno), men's soccer's Trey Roche (Fr., Pass Christian/Pass Christian), eSports's Ricardo Rodriguez (So.), softball's Piper Rushing (Fr., D'Iberville/D'Iberville), women's soccer's Josey Smith (So., Bay St. Louis/Hancock), volleyball's Reese Sorrells (Fr., Picayune/Picayune), volleyball's Maddie Soucie (Fr., Madison/Germantown), softball's Breyona Tanner (Fr., Hurley/East Central), women's soccer's Kaylee Tardo (Fr., Madison/Germantown), women's soccer's Anna Katherine Thriffiley (Fr., Biloxi/St. Patrick), volleyball's Lila Turner (Fr., Kiln/Hancock), men's soccer's Isaac Vance (Fr., Laurel/Northeast Jones), women's soccer's Anna Vincent (Fr., Meridian/West Lauderdale), baseball's James Vines (So., Clinton, La./Silliman Institute), women's tennis's Katelyn Walker (Fr., Sumrall/Sumrall), baseball's Griffin Wells (So., Pascagoula/Pascagoula), golf's Cal Wier (Fr., Hernando/Lewisburg), volleyball's Chloe Williams (Fr., Flowood/Northwest Rankin), women's soccer's Hadleigh Williams (Fr., Hernando/Hernando), cheer's Morgan Lindsey, cheer's Carler Miller, cheer's Marlecia Tucker, cheer's Shane Walker, dance's Alyssa Bly, dance's Bre Evans, dance's Shelby Gunter, dance's Kylie Henderson, dance's Sydney Adysen Hicks, dance's Bailey Jones, dance's Mckenzie Ladner, dance's Charli Patterson, dance's Abby Vo, dance's Maci Wilson.

The Academic All-MACCC (3.25-3.79 GPA) winners were: women's tennis's Isona Arnaus (So., Barcelona, Spain/Centre Lopez Vicuna), football's Kalen Arterberry, football's Devonie Bailey (Fr., Gulfport/Harrison Central), softball's Layla Barnes (So., Gulfport/D'Iberville), baseball's Wade Barr (So., Collins/Seminary), eSports's Courtney Beavers (So.), football's Omarion Bender (So., Soso/West Jones), women's basketball's Riley Bishop (Fr., Gulfport/Hancock), women's basketball's Katelyn Brinkley (So., Ridgeland/Ridgeland), women's soccer's Chloe Brock (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport), football's Russell Brooks (Fr., Meridian/Meridian), football's Connor Brown (Fr., Jackson/Madison Central), eSports's Jayden Brown (Fr.), volleyball's Cadie Jo Byrd (Fr., New Albany/Ingomar), baseball's Naji Cain (So., Columbia/Columbia), baseball's Brandon Coakley (So., Covington, La./Covington), women's soccer's Kayleigh Crosslin (Fr., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), men's tennis's Cree Cunningham (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), baseball's Ben Davis (Fr., Lucedale/George County), golf's Braeden Dobbs (Fr., Fulton/Itawamba AHS), eSports's Reneto Edwards (So.), eSports's Shelby Ewing (So.), men's soccer's Xavier Ezell (So., Starkville/Starkville), women's soccer's Libby Fraser (So., Cambridge, England/Hills Road College), volleyball's Malorie Gaughf (Fr., Gulfport/Harrison Central), men's soccer's Kenny Gonzalez (Fr., Pontotoc/Pontotoc), baseball's Sebastian Gonzalez (Fr., Moss Point/Gautier), baseball's Blane Green (Fr., Lucedale/George County), women's soccer's Ava Green (So., Ocean Springs/Ocean Springs), football's Aiden Guinn (Fr., Wiggins/Stone), men's basketball's Za'Kariyea Hamilton (So., Jackson/Clinton), volleyball's Mariah Hammond (Fr., Slidell, La./Northshore), men's tennis's Connor Hartfield (So., Oak Grove/Oak Grove), men's tennis's Angel Hernandez (Fr., Puebla, Mexico/UPAEP), baseball's Ty Herrington (Fr., Meridian/Lamar School), football's Cameron Hewitt (Fr., Pearl/Pearl), golf's Paul Hoefer (Fr., Heidelberg, Germany/Kurpfalzgymnasium Mannheim), men's soccer's Vincenzo Jeanfreau (So., Saucier/Pass Christian), women's soccer's Millie Jebb-Geer (So., Dronfield, England/Dronfield Henry Fanshawe), golf's Chandon Johnson (Fr., Biloxi /Biloxi), women's soccer's Laylah Johnson (So., Gulfport/Gulfport), baseball's Braxton Jones (Fr., Perkinston/Stone), women's soccer's Caroline Joergensen (Fr., Soenderborg, Denmark/Det Blaa Gymnaisum Soenderborg), women's soccer's , baseball's Alex Love (Fr., Hernando/Northpoint Christian), women's soccer's Linda Mustered (So., Biloxi/St. Patrick), men's soccer's Aubrey Necaise (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport), men's soccer's Aiden Owens (Fr., Hattiesburg/Oak Grove), golf's Jayden Owensby (Fr., Hernando/Hernando), men's soccer's Stiward Palacios (Fr., Medellin, Colombia/Colegio Salesiano el Sufragio), softball's Lexi Patterson (Fr., Ackerman/Choctaw County), women's basketball's Ariana Peagler (So., Hoover, Ala./Hoover), volleyball's Chloe Pippin (Fr., Saraland, Ala./Saraland), men's soccer's Braylon Poindexter (Fr., Madison/St. Joseph), women's soccer's Vanessa Radojevic (Fr., Sciez, France/Lycee De La Versoie), women's soccer's Nakiya Richardson (Fr., Gulfport/Biloxi), baseball's Knute Robinson (Fr., Pascagoula/Pascagoula), football's Kevin Rogers (Fr., D'Iberville/D'Iberville), women's tennis's Victoria Ros Fabuel (Fr., Valencia, Spain/Colegio Sagrado Corazon Hermanos Maristas), baseball's Erimel Rosado (So., Dorado, Puerto Rico/Centennial), men's basketball's Cledarius Ross (Fr., Pascagoula/Pascagoula), baseball's Jesus San Miguel (Fr., Ocean Springs/Resurrection), men's basketball's Juan Santiago Hector (Fr., D'Iberville/D'Iberville), football's Myles Saulsberry (So., Memphis, Tenn./Lausanne Collegiate), football's Joshua Selmes (Fr., Central Coast, Australia/Entrance Campus), football's Jordan Shuler (So., Herndon, Va./Gonzaga), baseball's Collin Smith (Fr., McComb/Parklane Academy), softball's McKenzie Smith (Fr., St. Amant, La./Prairieville), football's Michael Smith (So., Picayune/Picayune), baseball's Anthony Tanner (Fr., Hurley/East Central), men's soccer's Hayden Thomas (So., Clinton/Clinton), football's Shadrick Toodle (So., Mobile, Ala./Cottage Hill), softball's Baleigh Tullos (So., Hurley/East Central), football's Landon Varnes (So., Brandon/Brandon), women's basketball's Kelis Vickers (Fr., Bay St. Louis/Bay), men's soccer's Isaac Whitfield (Fr., Gulfport/Gulfport), football's Keiyhaun Wilks (So., Carrolton/J.Z. George), softball's Allee Williamson (Fr., Purvis/Purvis), women's basketball's Vannah Wilson (Fr., Bossier City, La./Parkway), football's Aquarius Winston (So., Southaven/Southaven), football's Alan Woods (Fr., Jacksonville Fla./University Christian), football's Jadarius Young (Fr., Terry/Terry), cheer's Morgan Lindsey, cheer's Carler Miller, cheer's Marlecia Tucker, cheer's Shane Walker, dance's Alyssa Bly, dance's Bre Evans, dance's Shelby Gunter, dance's Kylie Henderson, dance's Sydney Adysen Hicks, dance's Bailey Jones, dance's Mckenzie Ladner, dance's Charli Patterson, dance's Abby Vo, dance's Maci Wilson.

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