JACKSON – The newly released 2014-15 MACJC Academic All-State Team includes 30 Northwest Mississippi Community College student-athletes, good enough for second-best in the league among 15 member schools. 

Northwest's academic all-state selections have slowly increased over the past five years, with a total of 122 student-athletes gaining recognition during that span. 

To qualify, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.25, have completed three full-time semesters of college work (45 hours) and competed in at least one season of a varsity sport.

Earning individual honors from softball were Kendall Alford (3.65), Micalah Beall (3.60), Alyssa Dean (3.45), Rae Drewrey (3.60), Jessica Holliday (3.44), Drennan Nemnich (3.78) and Janie Turner (4.00).

Baseball was represented by Hunter Lacefield (3.98), Grant Black (3.65), Stuart Chick (3.37), Kody Kimbrough (3.37) and Dalton Dulin (3.35). 

The tennis teams had seven representatives, including Jon Morgan Bell (3.38), Chelsea Jarrell (3.42), Madison Jarrell (3.99), Macey Magee (3.33), Tyler Newman (3.39), Max Stanford (3.39) and Ashley Roberson (3.68).

Women's basketball had six total selections in Tekevanna Young (3.29), Camia O'Neal (3.53), Kristina Mays (3.64), Leah Lytle (3.76), Bethany Lytle (3.57) and Jacquelyn Brooks (3.63).

Women's soccer was represented by Sidney Bond (3.52), Holly Newman (3.89) and Malorie Hodges (3.53). Men's golf had one selection in Trey Wilkinson (3.55) and men's basketball had one in LaJustin Anderson (3.42).

Northwest had four student-athletes named Distinguished Academic All-State (3.8 or better) in Madison Jarrell, Hunter Lacefield, Holly Newman and Janie Turner.

Six teams earned MACJC Academic All-State recognition, including softball (3.52), women's tennis (3.51), women's basketball (3.48), men's tennis (3.24), women's soccer (3.02) and baseball (3.00).