Former Titan Mackenzie Connell Named 3rd Team All Academic

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A school-record 22 Carl Sandburg College student-athletes earned academic awards from the NJCAA for their exceptional performances in the classroom during the 2019-20 season.

The total surpassed the previous Sandburg best of 19, set in 2015-16. Five Chargers athletes earned NJCAA All-Academic First Team honors for recording a perfect 4.0 grade point average, six received second-team honors (3.80-3.99 GPA) and 11 earned third-team honors (3.60-3.79 GPA).

Sandburg also had six sophomore student-athletes who earned NJCAA All-Academic honors each of the past two years.

Nine Chargers squads had at least one NJCAA All-Academic recipient, with volleyball having a Sandburg-best five representatives. Three of the Chargers’ honorees were multi-sport athletes.

The following Sandburg student-athletes earned 2019-20 NJCAA Academic Awards
(* denotes honoree each of last two years):

NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM (4.00 GPA)

  • Andrew Hand (Woodhull, Ill./AlWood), men’s cross country*
  • Gavin Smith (Henry, Ill./Henry-Senachwine), baseball*
  • Kevin White (Carthage, Ill./Illini West), men’s cross country*
  • Trace White (Mount Pleasant, Iowa/Mount Pleasant), men’s golf
  • Elizabeth Whitford (Dahinda, Ill./Galva), women’s golf

NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM (3.80-3.99 GPA)

  • Jacob Burg (Macomb, Ill./Macomb), baseball
  • Tearaney Eads (Lincoln, Ill./Lincoln), volleyball
  • Antonio Ferreira (Cochal, Brazil/ETEC Prefeito Alberto Feres), men’s soccer
  • Benjamin Higgins (Macomb, Ill./Macomb) baseball
  • Dixon Kiptoo (Eldoret, Kenya/Kipsangui), men’s cross country*
  • Annadoria Ledbetter (Oneida, Ill./ROWVA), women’s cross country*

NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC THIRD TEAM (3.60-3.79 GPA)

  • Rachel Barrington (Dunlap, Ill./Dunlap), softball*
  • Tanner Blum (Elmwood, Ill./Elmwood), men’s golf
  • Austin Collinson (Normal, Ill./Normal West), baseball
  • Mackenzie Connell (Monmouth, Ill./Monmouth-Roseville), volleyball
  • Kelsey Hobson (Bartonville, Ill./Limestone), volleyball & softball
  • Kelli Kennedy (Henry, Ill./Henry-Senachwine), women’s golf
  • Rylee Krebsbach (Aledo, Ill./Sherrard), softball
  • Annie McKim (Yates City, Ill./home-schooled), volleyball & women’s basketball
  • Madison Newton (Erie, Ill./Erie), women’s golf
  • Lucas Sueyoshi (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Colegio San Jose Santa Andre), men’s soccer
  • Julia Vosburgh (Woodstock, Ill./Woodstock), volleyball & softball

***Report Courtesy of Carl Sandburg College***

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