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Former NJCAA student-athletes competing in Olympics
The games will feature 46 athletes from 21 NJCAA colleges representing 26 nations
RIO DE JANEIRO – A total of 46 competitors from 23 NJCAA member colleges are set to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics beginning Saturday. Representing 25 countries from across the globe, the former two-year college student-athletes will participate in seven different sports during the Rio Games.
Boasting the most Olympians of any two-year college program is South Plains (Texas). The Texans will have 10 former student-athletes taking the world stage in Rio – tying for 12th most among all college and universities in the United States. Barton (Kan.) has eight alumni competing in the games, while Butler (Kan.) and Southwestern (Iowa) each have two.
Trinidad and Tobago claims the most former NJCAA student-athletes of any nation participating in the Olympics with eight. The United States has the second-most with seven, while six will compete under the Jamaican flag.
Below is a complete listing by sport of all 46 Olympians that participated in the NJCAA:
| BASKETBALL (M) | |||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | YEARS | NATION | ||
| Antanas Kavaliauskas | Barton (KS) | 2003-05 | Lithuania | ||
| Jimmy Butler | Tyler (TX) | 2007-08 | United States | ||
| BASKETBALL (W) | |||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | YEARS | NATION | ||
| Tuğçe Canıtez | North Idaho | 2009-11 | Turkey | ||
| CYCLING (M) | |||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | YEARS | NATION | ||
| Joe Berenyi* | Waubonsee (IL) |
1988-89 | United States | ||
| GOLF (M) | |||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | YEARS | NATION | ||
| Bubba Watson |
Faulkner State (AL) |
1998-99 | United States |
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| GOLF (W) | |||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | YEARS | NATION | ||
| Tiffany Chan | Daytona State (FL) |
2013-15 | Hong Kong | ||
| SWIMMING (M) | |||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | YEARS | NATION | ||
| Giordan Harris | Iowa Lakes | 2013-15 | Marshall Islands | ||
| Bradley Tandy | Indian River State (FL) |
2011-13 | South Africa | ||
| TRACK & FIELD (M) | |||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | YEARS | NATION | ||
| Leevan Sands | Barton (KS) | 2000-02 | Bahamas | ||
| Shavez Hart | South Plains (TX) | 2012-14 | Bahamas | ||
| Eldred Henry | Central Arizona | 2013-16 | British Virgin Islands | ||
| Akeem Haynes | Barton (KS) | 2011-12 | Canada | ||
| Andre De Grasse | Coffeyville (KS) |
2012-14 | Canada | ||
| John Ampomah | Neosho County (KS) |
2012-13 | Ghana | ||
| Kurt Felix | Central Arizona | 2007-09 | Grenada | ||
| Bralon Taplin | South Plains (TX) | 2012-14 | Grenada | ||
| Troy Doris | DuPage (IL) |
2009-10 | Guyana | ||
| Jeffrey Julmis | Cloud County (KS) |
2008-09 | Haiti | ||
| Donald Blair-Sanford | Central Arizona | 2006-08 | Israel | ||
| Kemoy Campbell | South Plains (TX) | 2011-12 | Jamaica | ||
| Emmanuel Matadi | Butler (KS) | 2010-11 | Liberia | ||
| Alonso Edward | Barton (KS) | 2007-09 | Panama | ||
| Theo Piniau | Southwestern (IA) |
2014-15 | Papua New Guinea | ||
| Pau Tonnesen | Mesa (AZ) |
2012-13 | Spain | ||
| Marcus Duncan | Central Arizona | 2005-07 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| Lalonde Gordon | Mohawk Valley (NY) |
2009 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| Renny Quow |
South Plains (TX) | 2011-13 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| Jereem Richards |
South Plains (TX) | 2013-15 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| Tyson Gay | Barton (KS) | 2001-03 | United States | ||
| Jeff Henderson | Hinds (MS) |
2008-09 | United States | ||
| TRACK & FIELD (W) | |||||
| NAME | COLLEGE | YEARS | NATION | ||
| Kierre Beckles | Central Arizona | 2009-10 | Barbados | ||
| Diane Nukuri | Butler (KS) | 2004-06 | Burundi | ||
| Sisilia Seavula | Southwestern (IA) | 2015-16 | Fiji | ||
| Janet Amponsah | Western Texas | 2014-15 | Ghana | ||
| Veronica Campbell-Brown | Barton (KS) | 2001-03 | Jamaica | ||
| Simone Facey |
Barton (KS) | 2004-06 | Jamaica | ||
| Novlene Williams-Mills | Essex County (NJ) | 2000-02 | Jamaica | ||
| Chrisann Gordon | South Plains (TX) | 2013-15 | Jamaica | ||
| Natoya Goule | South Plains (TX) | 2012-14 | Jamaica | ||
| Viola Lagat | Central Arizona | 2009-10 | Kenya | ||
| Mariam Kromah | New Mexico | 2014-15 | Liberia | ||
| Janeil Bellille | South Plains (TX) | 2012-14 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| Sparkle McKnight | South Plains (TX) | 2012-14 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| Domonique Williams | South Plains (TX) | 2013-15 | Trinidad & Tobago | ||
| LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | Barton (KS) | 2000-02 | U.S. Virgin Islands | ||
| Brittney Reese | Mississippi Gulf Coast | 2004-06 | United States | ||
*Competing in Paralympics
