All-USA Community College Academic Team national winners attending senior colleges were compared with both a general population of community college transfer students as well as senior college native students based on their responses to the National Survey on Student Engagement (NSSE). Results indicated that the national winners' levels of engagement in each of the five NSSE benchmark categories were higher and significantly different when compared to the other two groups. Further, the findings revealed that the level of engagement in the academic challenge benchmark of female respondents who were national winners was higher and significantly different compared to male respondents who were national winners.