(Butler, PA) All-American Taylor Voloch has become the 11th Butler County Community College student-athlete in the past five years to be selected to a national all-academic team in consecutive years by having earned a grade-point average of at least 3.6.
Voloch, who graduated with an associate degree in psychology in May after competing in women’s golf at BC3, has been named to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s all-academic team for 2025-2026, as she was in 2024-2025.
BC3 women’s golfer Leah McClellan and volleyball player Maeggie Wysocki were also chosen to the NJCAA 2025-2026 all-academic team announced July 29.
The college's volleyball squad was recognized with a 2025-2026 NJCAA academic award for players having earned a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.0.
Voloch is a graduate of Moniteau High; McClellan, of Butler; and Wysocki, of Apollo Ridge.
Leah McClellan, left, a player on the Butler County Community College women’s golf team, and Maeggie Wysocki, right, on BC3’s volleyball squad, have been named to the 2025-2026 National Junior College Athletic Association all-academic team, whose selections must have earned a grade-point average of at least 3.6. McClellan is shown Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, at Lake Arthur Golf Club near Butler and Wysocki, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, in BC3’s Field House. BC3’s 2025 volleyball squad has also been recognized with a 2025-2026 NJCAA academic team award for players having earned a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.0.
Voloch joins as two-time national all-academic team members in the past five years former BC3 student-athletes Zoey Hillwig, Morgan Jack, Liam Kosior, Brooke Manuel, Amber Maurer, Aslyn Pry, Austin Rodgers, Lexie Ruckdeschel, Taylor Schultz and Jozee Weaver.
Butler County Community College’s two-time National Junior College Athletic Association all-academic team selections in the past five years are, top row, from left, Zoey Hillwig, Morgan Jack, Liam Kosior, Brooke Manuel and Amber Maurer. Bottom row, from left, Aslyn Pry, Austin Rodgers, Lexie Ruckdeschel, Taylor Schultz, Taylor Voloch and Jozee Weaver.
Voloch earned All-American status at BC3 in 2025 and Jack and Pry twice received the prestigious postseason award in their sports.
Former women’s basketball players named to the NJCAA all-academic team in 2021-2022 and in 2022-2023 were Hillwig, a graduate of Moniteau, and Manuel, Karns City.
Former volleyball players selected to the all-academic squad were Jack, Knoch, in 2021-2022 and in 2022-2023; Maurer, Karns City, in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; and Ruckdeschel, Allegheny-Clarion Valley, and Weaver, Keystone, in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.
Those selected to the all-academic squad in 2021-2022 and in 2022-2023 were Kosior, Neshannock, who competed in men’s golf at BC3; Schultz, Moniteau, softball; and Rodgers, Butler, men’s basketball.
Pry, Moniteau, was chosen to the all-academic squad in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 and selected as an All-American in women’s basketball and in volleyball in 2022. Jack was named an All-American in volleyball in 2021 and in 2022.
Twenty-two other former BC3 student-athletes in the past five years, including All-Americans Josie Russo and Anora Robare in volleyball and Kevaughn Price in men’s basketball, were selected once to the association’s all-academic squad. Russo is a graduate of Freeport; Robare, of Slippery Rock, and Price, of Bishop Canevin.