COLBY, Kan. - The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference has announced its 2025-2026 KJCCC All-Academic Award winners with 1,660 student-athletes across 20 conference schools earning the award after finishing the academic year with at least a 3.5 overall GPA.

Among the 1,660 student-athletes to earn the award, six different sports (baseball, softball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, volleyball, and women’s basketball) had at least 100 student-athletes earning the award across the conference with baseball leading all sports with 320 student-athletes being honored. Seven different schools (Allen, Barton, Coffeyville, Colby, Dodge City, Garden City, and Neosho County) each had at least 100 student-athletes from their school recognized with the award while 12 of the 20 schools had at least 80 student-athletes who qualified for the award. Barton, which boasts a conference-high 22 sports in their athletic department, finished with a conference-high 131 student-athletes being honored with Coffeyville (126) and Colby (117) finishing with the second and third-most honorees.

Sport-by-sport GPAs saw softball (20 schools) combine for an overall GPA of 3.459 to finish the year with the highest sport GPA in the conference among the 25 NJCAA-sanctioned sports sponsored by a KJCCC member school, with women’s bowling (Barton) finishing second with a 3.437 GPA. Of the 25 sports that are sponsored by conference schools, 17 finished with GPAs above 3.0 to help the conference achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.129.

In the school-by-school GPA standings, Johnson County finished the year with the highest athletic department GPA after finishing with a 3.416 department GPA with Fort Scott Community College finishing second with a 3.399 department GPA. Rounding out the top five of the school athletic department GPAs were Colby (3.387), Kansas City Kansas (3.250), and Neosho County (3.240). Among the 20 schools in the conference, 17 finished with department GPAs of 3.0 or better.