LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Thirty-six student-athletes from 19 programs were named 2024 NFCA National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division II All-Americans.
National tournament participant Louisburg College, for the second consecutive season, topped all NJCAA DII programs with five All-Americans, four earning first-team status.
Third- and fourth-place national finishers Murray State College and Copiah Lincoln Community College, along with Jones College and Parkland College each had three All-Americans with the latter two earning two first-team nods, while Murray State and Copiah-Lincoln had one each on the first team.
2024 NFCA NJCAA DII ALL-AMERICANS
Five more programs – national runner-up Kirkwood Community College, Johnson County, North Iowa Area Community College, Pearl River Community College and Rock Valley College – took home two All-America accolades apiece. Both selections for Johnson County and NIACC landed on the first team, while the other three programs earned one first-team selection.
Six student-athletes earned their second straight All-America honor, including consecutive first-team nods for Parkland’s Karley Yergler (pitcher) and the Louisburg trio of Taylor McQueen (catcher), Edi Austin (at-large third base) and Joan Joyce Utility/Pitcher Kennedy Byrd, which was renamed last season to honor the late NFCA Hall of Famer and pioneer of women’s sports.
Also collecting their second All-America accolade is Louisburg first-teamer Darah Nickens (DP or Utility/Non-Pitcher) and second-team selection Alexa Shoemaker (at-large shortstop) of Potomac State College.
NFCA All-Region and All-America athletes must be nominated by their NFCA-member head coach, are voted for by the coaches in their region or division, and ultimately selected by elected NJCAA Division II All-American committee members to receive this prestigious accolade. All special awards are also selected by the All-American committee members or by the entire division.
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