CHICO, Calif. – Cal State San Marcos Athletics saw seven of its student-athletes named to the 2020-21 CCAA Winter Academic Honor Roll on Tuesday.
The CCAA recognizes individuals academically per season – fall, winter and spring – for all CCAA sponsored sports. In order to earn CCAA Academic Honor Roll distinction, a student-athlete must be of sophomore athletic standing or higher, and own a 3.3 cumulative GPA or better while competing in a Conference-sponsored sport in that season. The CCAA Winter Academic Honor Roll consists of eligible student-athletes who compete in the sports of men’s and women’s basketball.
CSUSM women’s basketball placed four of its student-athletes on the list while men’s basketball had three. Akayla Hackson earned the award for the third time while Kaila Gower, Tre Morgan and Blake Seits each earned the honor for the second time.
The Cougars tied Stanislaus State for the most student-athletes on the Winter Academic Honor Roll with a 3.8 GPA or better as each institution had four on the list.
A total of 96 men and women from across the CCAA’s 12 member institutions were honored for their efforts in the classroom for the winter of 2020-21.
“Despite the challenging year away from the court for our student-athletes in 2020-21, they were able to effectively channel their energy into their academic pursuits,” noted CCAA commissioner Mitch Cox. “I applaud not only the students, but also want to recognize the tremendous job done by the coaches and support staff at all our member institutions during the last academic year. I couldn’t be more proud of these 96 men and women.”
The CCAA’s seasonal academic awards were created prior to the 2014-15 season. The Spring Academic Honor Roll consisting of student-athletes from men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s track and field, softball and baseball will be announced soon.
CSUSM 2020-21 CCAA WINTER ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
MEN’S BASKETBALL (3)
Jayce McCain So. Communication
Tre Morgan Sr. Sociology – Child, Youth and Family
Blake Seits Sr. Business Administration – Management and Organizations
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (4)
Kaila Gower Sr. Sociology – Critical Race Theory
Akayla Hackson Jr. Computer Science
Dominique Hernandez So. Business Administration – Management and Organizations
Kayden Korst So. Business Administration
