Twenty-one athletic teams within Barton Community College were recognized recently by the NJCAA in announcing its 2021-22 Academic Teams of the Year achievements.

Earning a cumulative 3.308 GPA across Barton's twenty-two athletic teams reporting to the NJCAA list, seventeen placed among their respective sport's Top-20 leaderboard as 1,061 NJCAA teams achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Three Barton squads earned the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year honor led by Head Coach Alan Segal's volleyball team winning their third straight title. The Cougars accumulated a 3.95 GPA to also sit atop all NJCAA teams' academic performance for the second straight season. Individually, each of the fifteen Cougar roster earned NJCAA All-Academic honors with twelve having a perfect 4.0 GPA classroom performance.

Tied with Monroe college (NY) for the most academic team titles for the 2021-22 academic year, Barton's other two best of the classroom also came from a women's squad.

Coming off a third straight season of reaching the Region VI title game, off the court Head Coach Alan Clark's women's basketball team had seven 4.0 GPA earners to hele compiled a team 3.79 GPA to lead the nation while Head Coach Lyle Stickney's women's tennis team had four NJCAA All-America academic earners leading to an accumulated 3.76 GPA to follow their 10th placing at the national championships.

In addition to the trio of national titles, Barton also had a pair of national academic runner-up teams as men's soccer accumulated a 3.58 GPA as women's swimming compiled a 3.41 GPA.

Amongst fellow KJCCC (Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference) members, Barton added conference academic titles in women's cross country and men's golf on top of, the three national title achieving teams.

List of Barton Athletic Teams and Grade Point Average (NJCAA):
Baseball (3.44) – 15th national placing (120 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 3rd in Region VI (16 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Basketball - Men's (3.03) – 35th national placing (39 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 7th in Region VI (7 Teams over 3.0 GPA
Basketball – Women's (3.79) – 1st national placing (109 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 1st in Region VI (12 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Bowling – Men's (3.08) – 5th national placing (6 Teams over 3.0 GPA); *No other Region VI teams
Bowling – Women's (3.35) – 5th national placing (7 Teams over 3.0 GPA); *No other Region VI teams
Cross Country – Men's (3.43) – 5th national placing (36 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 2nd in Region VI (6 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Cross County – Women's (3.67) – 5th national placing (48 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 1st in Region VI (8 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
eSports (2.92) - *NJCAA did not provide a national list; **2nd in Region VI (Not all 6 teams reported)
Golf - Men's (3.48) – 13th national placing (64 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 2nd in Region VI (6 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Golf - Women's (3.11) – 23rd national placing (26 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 3rd in Region VI (3 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Indoor Track – Men's (3.10) – 6th national placing (8 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 2nd in Region VI (3 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Indoor Track – Women's (3.31) – 7th national placing (15 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 2nd in Region VI (6 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Outdoor Track – Men's (3.10) – 8th national placing (12 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 2nd in Region VI (2 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Outdoor Track – Women's (3.31) – 11th national placing (26 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 2nd in Region VI (7 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Soccer - Men's (3.58) – 2nd national placing (33 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 1st in Region VI (8 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Soccer - Women's (3.29) – 39th national placing (73 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 5th in Region VI (11 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Softball (3.43) – 66th national placing (178 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 10th in Region VI (19 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Swimming – Men's (2.41) – 2 teams nationally; *No other Region VI teams
Swimming – Women's (3.41) – 2nd national placing (4 Teams over 3.0 GPA); *No other Region VI teams
Tennis - Men's (3.53) – 8th national placing (26 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 2nd in Region VI (4 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Tennis - Women's (3.79) – 1st national placing (32 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 1st in Region VI (3 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Volleyball (3.95) – 1st national placing (127 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 1st in Region VI (19 Teams over 3.0 GPA)
Wrestling (3.04) – 4th national placing (5 Teams over 3.0 GPA); 2nd in Region VI (3 Teams over 3.0 GPA)

More regarding the NJCAA academic team awards can be found online at www.njcaa.org.