For the second straight year, a school-record number of Carl Sandburg College student-athletes have earned Academic All-Arrowhead Conference honors for their exceptional performances in the classroom.
Sandburg had 57 honorees for the 2019-20 academic year, surpassing the school record of 51 set a year ago. Student-athletes must have earned at least a 3.0 grade point average and passed a minimum of 12 credit hours in each semester to be considered for Academic All-Arrowhead status.
All 11 Chargers teams had at least two players earn the distinction. Baseball had the most representatives of any Sandburg squad, with 15 members of its 27-man roster achieving the honor. Softball had nine Academic All-Arrowhead recipients to lead Sandburg’s women’s teams.
Five Chargers who participated in multiple sports were named to the team, and 19 Chargers sophomores earned academic all-conference honors each of the past two years.
The following Sandburg student-athletes earned 2019-20 Academic All-Arrowhead Conference honors (* denotes recipient each of last two years):
MULTIPLE SPORTS
Volleyball & Softball
- Emily Bloomer (Burlington, Iowa/Burlington)
- Kelsey Hobson (Bartonville, Ill./Limestone)
- Julia Vosburgh (Woodstock, Ill./Woodstock)
Volleyball & Women’s Basketball
- Annie McKim (Yates City, Ill./Home-schooled)
Softball & Women’s Basketball
- Shelby Glover (Elmwood, Ill./Elmwood)
WOMEN’S GOLF
- Elizabeth Whitford (Dahinda, Ill./Galva)
- Madison Newton (Erie, Ill./Erie)*
- Kelli Kennedy (Henry, Ill./Henry-Senachwine)
- Jaeden Workman (Morrison, Ill./Morrison)*
VOLLEYBALL
- Mackenzie Connell (Monmouth, Ill./Monmouth-Roseville)
- Tearaney Eads (Lincoln, Ill./Lincoln)
SOFTBALL
- Rachel Barrington (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap)*
- Alyssa Conness (LaSalle, Ill./LaSalle-Peru)
- Rylee Krebsbach (Aledo, Ill./Sherrard)
- Megan McIntire (Oquawka, Ill./West Central)
- Emma Wolfe (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap)
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
- Annadoria Ledbetter (Oneida, Ill./ROWVA)*
- Anna Marino (West Burlington, Iowa/Notre Dame)
- Annie Sholl (Carthage, Ill./Illini West)*
BASEBALL
- Garrett Allen (Kasbeer, Ill./Princeton)
- Jacob Burg (Macomb, Ill./Macomb)*
- Austin Collinson (Normal, Ill./Normal West)
- Hunter Darst (Avon, Ill./Abingdon-Avon)*
- Ben Higgins (Macomb, Ill./Macomb)
- Noah Hoepfner (East Moline, Ill./United Township)
- Turner Mann (Metamora, Ill./Metamora)
- Brett Marsh (Mapleton, Ill./Limestone)
- Kelly Osburn (East Moline, Ill./United Township)
- Jackson Porter (LaHarpe, Ill./Illini West)*
- Brandt Samuelson (Rock Island, Ill./Rock Island)*
- Cameron Scott (Mapleton, Ill./Illini Bluffs)
- Samuel Scott (Deer Creek, Ill./Deer Creek-Mackinaw)
- Gavin Smith (Henry, Ill./Henry-Senachwine)*
- Koy Smith (Revere, Mo./Canton)*
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
- Dixon Kiptoo (Eldoret, Kenya/Kipsangui Boys)*
- Preston Hook (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg)
- Andrew Hand (Woodhull, Ill./AlWood)*
MEN’S GOLF
- Tanner Blum (Elmwood, Ill./Elmwood)
- Grant Otting (Taylor Ridge, Ill./Rockridge)
- Trace White (Mount Pleasant, Iowa/Mount Pleasant)
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
- Alyssa Hopson (Peoria, Ill./Limestone)*
- Cora Neal (Monmouth, Ill./Monmouth-Roseville)*
MEN’S BASKETBALL
- Elias Akale (Ashdod, Israel/Mekif Tet)*
- Vaughn Toyne (Petersburg, Ill./PORTA)
- Noah Young (Colfax, Ill./Ridgeview)*
- Carter Fayhee (Macomb, Ill./Macomb)*
- Broce Bower-Preece (Mapleton, Ill./Illini Bluffs)
MEN’S SOCCER
- Leonardo Amorim (Sanata Catarina, Brazil/Colegio Catarinese Florianopolis)
- Andres Caceres (Miami, Fla./Immaculata LaSalle)
- Lucas Dantas (Minas Gerais, Brazil/Cotegmig-Belo Horizonte)
- Antonio Ferreira (Cochal, Brazil/ETEC Prefeito Alberto Feres)*
- Wyatt Mayor (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg)
- Kyle Neacy (Bunbury, Australia/SEDA)
- Lucas Sueyoshi (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio San Jose Santa Andre)
ESPORTS
- Daniel Dredge (Knoxville, Ill./Knoxville)
- Todd Gorman (Knoxville, Ill./Knoxville)
- Kolton Sturgeon (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg)
***Report Courtesy of Carl Sandburg College***
