ATHLETICS: HORVATH, SWANSON EARN NJCAA’S HIGHEST ACADEMIC HONOR

The Prairie State College Athletic Department was pleased to recently learn that two of its hard-working student-athletes were rewarded with the highest scholastic honor that the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) can bestow.

Sophomore Jeremy Horvath (Crete-Monee H.S.) of the men’s tennis team and Larissa Swanson (Beecher H.S.) of the women’s cross country squad were both selected as NJCAA Athletes of Academic Distinction.

Horvath, who earned a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point average in four semesters at PSC, earned the Pinnacle Award for Academic Excellence.

He also claimed the prestigious Dick Durrant Award, presented by the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference last month.

The Pinnacle Award is the NJCAA’s highest academic recognition.

Swanson locked down Exemplary Academic Achievement honors, thanks in part to a 3.75 GPA.