History of Academic Excellence Continues........

     Kalamazoo Valley women's basketball is very proud of the academic record that it's student athletes over the past 12 years have accumulated, as well as the outstanding successes on the court that have been recorded.
     The following players have excelled in the classroom, as well as on the court, here at Kalamazoo Valley Community College.  NJCAA Academic All American awards are given by that Association to sophomore players only .

2006-07
NJCAA Distinguished Academic All American (3.8 GPA or higher):
                                         Charity Knight  
NJCAA  Academic All American (3.6 GPA or higher):
                                         Amber Peters    
MCCAA Academic All State Award players (3.2 GPA or higher):
                                         Charity Knight  
                                         Amber Peters    
                                         Betsey Dennis   
                                         Kate Whittaker 
                                         Amy Millard      
                                         Jealyn Foston 
                                         Shannon Dumond (Fr.)
                                         Heather Buren (Fr.)

This team was submitted for consideration as NJCAA & WBCA National Academic Team of the Year.
It compiled a team GPA of 3.237 (click here for story)

2005-06
NJCAA Distinguished Academic All American (3.8 GPA or higher):
                                         Kortnie Matteson 
                                         Chelsea Acker    
MCCAA Academic All State Award players (3.2 GPA or higher):
                                         Jamie Munting
                                         Kortnie Matteson
                                         Chelsea Acker

This team was submitted for NJCAA and WBCA National Academic Team of the Year,
compiling a sparkling team GPA of 3.37 (click here for story)

2004-05
NJCAA Distinguished Academic All American (3.8 GPA or higher):
                                         Becca Waumhoff 
MCCAA Academic All State Award players (3.2 GPA or higher):
                                         Becca Waumhoff
                                         Lindsey Brown

2003-04
NJCAA Distinguished Academic All American (3.8 GPA or higher):
                                         Alynn VandenBosch  
                                         Colleen Callen           
NJCAA Academic All American  (3.6 GPA or higher):
                                         Erin Palmer               
MCCAA Academic All State Award players (3.2 GPA or higher):
                                         Alynn VandenBosch
                                         Colleen Callen
                                         Erin Palmer
                                         Jennifer Layne 
This team was submitted for consideration as NJCAA National Academic Team of the Year.
It compiled a team GPA of 3.21.

2002-03
There were no academic qualifiers this year.  

2001-02
NJCAA Distinguished Academic All American (3.8 GPA or higher):
                                          Emily Hoyle  
NJCAA Academic All American  (3.6 GPA or higher):
                                          Lauren Kandlstorfer Copenhaver 
MCCAA Academic All State Award players (3.2 GPA or higher):
                                          Emily Hoyle
                                          Lauren Kandlstorfer
                                          Nicole Joffrion
                                          Annie Roys

2000-01
NJCAA Academic All American  (3.6 GPA or higher):
                                          Leslee Szekely
                                          Carrie Vlietstra-Ash
MCCAA Academic All State Award players (3.2 GPA or higher):
                                           Leslee Szekely
                                           Carrie Vlietstra-Ash
                                           Julie Porter

Research is currently being done to include years previous to the 2000-01 school year.


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