{"id":72,"date":"2025-12-04T10:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/?p=72"},"modified":"2025-12-04T10:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T15:48:08","slug":"beacon-college-blazers-celebrate-four-uscaa-national-all-academic-honorees-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/2025\/12\/04\/beacon-college-blazers-celebrate-four-uscaa-national-all-academic-honorees-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Beacon College Blazers Celebrate Four USCAA National All-Academic Honorees for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>LEESBURG, Fla<\/strong><em>.<\/em> &#8211; Beacon College is celebrating standout academic achievement as four members of the Beacon Blazers cross-country program have been named to the 2025 USCAA National All-Academic Team. The honor recognizes student-athletes who excel in the classroom while competing at a high level in collegiate athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representing the men\u2019s cross-country team, two juniors earned prestigious recognition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jaylen Diamond, a junior, Computer Information Systems, Apopka, FL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jovan Bell, a junior, Human Services, Washington, D.C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Both athletes balanced rigorous training with strong academic performance, embodying the dedication and resilience that define the Beacon Blazers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the women\u2019s cross-country team, two juniors were honored as All-Academic recipients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Katherine Soroa, junior, Business Management, Orlando, FL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jaylen Williams, junior, Business Management, West Chester, Pennsylvania<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams not only excelled academically but delivered an exceptionally competitive season as well. She earned Women\u2019s 1st Team All-NSAC, claimed 1st place at the NSAC Cross-Country Championship, and capped her season with a strong performance at the 2025 USCAA Cross-Country National Championship, finishing 31st overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These four student athletes demonstrated remarkable commitment on and off the courses showing that excellence at Beacon College extends far beyond race day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Jaylen Diamond, Jovan Bell, Katherine Soroa, and Jaylen Williams \u2014 and to the entire Beacon Blazers cross-country program!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Story and image courtesy Beacon Athletics<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEESBURG, Fla. &#8211; Beacon College is celebrating standout academic achievement as four members of the Beacon Blazers cross-country program have been named to the 2025 USCAA National All-Academic Team. The honor recognizes student-athletes who excel in the classroom while competing at a high level in collegiate athletics. Representing the men\u2019s cross-country team, two juniors earned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beacon","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/74"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsouthconference.com\/xc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}