Canyons Athletics Honors Graduating Class, Recognizes Six with Academic Excellence Awards
The College of the Canyons Athletic Department honored Cougar student-athletes who will be graduating and/or transferring this semester while also naming six Student-Athlete Academic Excellence Award Winners during the department's annual end of the year celebratory dinner.
Images from the 2026 Student-Athlete Academic Achievement Dinner held Thursday, May 14, in the Cougar Cage are available here.
To be eligible for the Academic Excellence Award student-athletes must have competed in their sport for two seasons and demonstrate tremendous leadership qualities, with the student's combined GPA also a determining factor in recognizing award winners.
The honorees for the 2025-26 academic year are:
- Reid Farrell — Baseball
- Victoria Jamison — Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
- Jeniece Jimenez — Softball
- Gigi Montiforte — Women's Soccer
- Koy Mortenson — Football
- Jacques Struyf — Men's Golf
The college's 2026 graduating class includes more than 90 student-athletes, with a combined GPA above 3.4, who will be earning an associate degree and/or transferring to a four-year school. In all, more than 100 associate degrees will be awarded to COC student-athletes.
Those numbers included individuals from 15 of the college's intercollegiate athletic programs and eight dual-sport student-athletes.
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