Posted: Jul 30, 2020

Jaden Named 2019-20 Froehlich Award of Excellence Winner

Chicopee, MA – The Elms College athletics department has announce Babba Jaden (Clarkston, GA) as the 2019-20 Joachim Froehlich Award of Excellence winner.

This award annually honors one female and one male senior student-athlete for his or her athletic excellence throughout his or her intercollegiate career. In the spirit of Dr. Joachim Froehlich, the successful candidate will be well-rounded by achieving academic and athletic success, have a full understanding of the College's mission and be an inspiration to their teammates and coaches.

Specific Criteria:

Senior student-athlete
Four-year varsity athlete***
Accomplished a high level of athletic excellence
Academic success of a 3.0 GPA or higher
An inspiration to their teammates and coaches
Understands the Elms College mission

Here is the impressive list of Jaden's academic and athletic accomplishments at Elms.

Academics

Computer Information Technology major (3.3 GPA)
Dean's List and NECC All-Academic honors for three years
Internship as assistant researcher for Station1 Frontiers Fellowship (SFF)

- "A unique and exciting residential science and technology-focused educational, research, and internship program with a focus on societal perspective, social innovation and impact."
Internship as assistant researcher for Data-Smart City Solutions at the Harvard Kennedy School
- "Our research focus is the intersection of government and data, ranging from open data and predictive analytics to civic engagement technology. We seek to promote the combination of integrated, cross-agency data with community data to better discover and preemptively address civic problems."
Internship as assistant researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

President of Elms College International Club

Athletics

4 year varsity men's soccer
3-time NECC All-Conference First Team (2017, 18, 19)
NECC Player of the Year (2017)
36 goals, 9 assists
Leading goal-scorer for ECMS for past 3 seasons
Led ECMS to NECC playoffs each of his 4 years
2019 Captain

"Babba Jaden is exactly the kind of person you think of when you hear the term "student-athlete". On the field, Babba was simply on another level. His speed, power and technical ability were unmatched over his four years at Elms, and he has the accolades to prove it. But even more impressive was Babba's work-rate in the classroom and in the community. He excelled academically year after year, and in between studying and training, he still found time to impact his community through service and education. Babba is the complete Elms College Student-Athlete, and he couldn't be more deserving of the prestigious, Froelich Award of Excellence," said Coach Wysocki of Jaden.