NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Continuing a run of academic excellence, Alabama A&M bowling has placed three individuals on the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) All-Academic Team and earned the Team All-Academic recognition as announced by that organization on Tuesday, July 6.
Earning the individual scholar athlete honors for the Bulldogs were senior
Daphne Price (Memphis, Tenn.), junior
Taese Davenport (Sheffield, Ala.) and sophomore
Montaya Walton (Detroit, Mich.). For Davenport and Price it marks three straight years being recognized while Walton has earned the honor in each of her first two seasons.
Those selections mark the 11
th time in the 16-year history of the award that A&M has earned at least one honoree. In order to earn a spot on the NTCA All-Academic Team, individuals must have a cumulative Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.4 or higher over the course of the academic school year.
In terms of the Team All-Academic recognition, the entire squad must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.2 for the traditional academic calendar. This year Alabama A&M was among a record 59 teams to accomplish this feat, doing so for a third-straight year with their 3.326 GPA.
Walton, Price and Davenport were joined by sophomores
Nariya Jackson (Fort Wayne, Ind.),
Kimberly Mann (Huntsville, Ala.) and
Kelecia Orange (Birmingham, Ala.) in leading the Bulldogs to this impressive honor.
In all 11 years that A&M has placed a student-athlete on the NTCA All-Academic Team, they have never had fewer than three. That included a program record six in each of the first two years of the award in 2005-06 and 2006-07 when the honors were also considered Academic All-American recognition.
With the three selections this year, the Bulldogs have now earned 12 of their 43 all-time honors in the past three seasons.
ALABAMA A&M NTCA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM HISTORY (43)
2020-21 (3)
Daphne Price
Montaya Walton
Taese Davenport
2019-20 (5)
Taese Davenport
Kimberly Mann
Kelecia Orange
Daphne Price
Montaya Walton
2018-19 (4)
Taese Davenport
Brianna Fox
Daphne Price
Jasmine Searcy
2017-18 (0)
N/A
2016-17 (0)
N/A
2015-16 (0)
N/A
2014-15 (0)
N/A
2013-14 (3)
Camille Collins
Ariel Dowdy
Tiffany Stage
2012-13 (5)
Marissa Campbell
Camille Collins
Caitlin Coriasso
Ariel Dowdy
Rebecca Goodwin
2011-12 (4)
Camille Collins
Caitlin Coriasso
Melanie DeCarlo
Ariel Dowdy
2010-11 (4)
Camille Collins
Caitlin Coriasso
Melanie DeCarlo
Addileen Pointer (Third-Team)
2009-10 (3)
Caitlin Coriasso
Melanie DeCarlo (Third-Team)
Addileen Pointer
2008-09 (Records Incomplete)
N/A
2007-08 (5)
Nikki McClinton
Alex McIntyre
Stephanie Panfil
Whitney Smith (Third-Team)
Deloria Walker
*Considered Academic All-Americans
2006-07 (6)
Shanice Graham
Nikki McClinton
Alex McIntyre
Stephanie Panfil
Whitney Smith (Third-Team)
Deloria Walker
*Considered Academic All-Americans
2005-06 (6)
Shanice Graham
Chevaness Green
Amanda Maddox
Alex McIntyre
Stephanie Panfil
Whitney Smith
*Considered Academic All-Americans
