Carl Sandburg College boasted 76 student-athletes who earned Academic All-Arrowhead Conference honors in the 2022-23 academic year.
All 11 Chargers teams had at least one player named academic all-conference. Baseball had the most representatives of any Sandburg squad, with 20 members. Softball and women’s basketball each had 10 Academic All-Arrowhead recipients to lead Sandburg’s women’s teams. 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.
Eight Chargers who participated in multiple sports earned the distinction. Among them were Natalie Righi and Hunter Caves, Sandburg’s nominees for the Bob Bopp Award, given to the conference’s outstanding male and female student athletes.
Righi, a sophomore from Pekin, was a key contributor on the Chargers volleyball, women’s basketball and softball teams in addition to playing with the women’s golf team as a freshman. This past season she helped the Chargers to an unbeaten Arrowhead championship on the volleyball court; averaged 6.9 points and 5.7 rebounds in basketball; and hit .374 with six home runs and 31 RBIs while playing shortstop on the diamond.
Caves, a sophomore from Alburnett, Iowa, played two seasons with Sandburg’s men’s basketball team and joined the Chargers baseball team this spring. He led Sandburg in scoring and rebounding at 10.0 points and 5.3 boards per game. On the diamond, he posted a .381 on-base percentage and scored 19 runs in 36 games.
The following Sandburg student-athletes earned 2022-23 Academic All-Arrowhead Conference honors:
MULTIPLE SPORTS
Baseball and men’s basketball
Hunter Caves
Men’s basketball and men’s golf
David Hise
Women’s basketball and softball
Elly Bentley
Women’s basketball and volleyball
Lilly Isenhour
Volleyball, women’s basketball and softball
Natalie Righi
Volleyball and softball
Chelsey Catton
Reagan Eaves
Cristina Heras Marcos
BASEBALL
Jacob Abenroth
McKoy Allen
Jack Barham
Jack Bruington
Carter Demuth
Ian Donaldson
Payton Hankins
Julian Harris
Jason Hise
Logan Korte
Bryce Nordstrom
Noah Nordstrom
Aidan Parkins
Matt Schmitt
Charlie Shissler
David Smith
Logan Van Heuklon
Troy Westerdahl
Chase Williams
ESPORTS
Cajun Hulse
Ryan Simpson
Ryan Ullrich
Cole Warnsing
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Connor Barnett
Myles Estrada
Griffin Ronnebeck
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Nicholas Janson
Brian Kipchemis
Emmanuel Kiprop
Nicholas Seaver
MEN’S SOCCER
Matheus Azevedo
Sebastien Bornelus
Murillo Costa
Jean Forestal
Brais Sotelo Gonzalez
Benjamin Hilton
Dieter Horten
Steven Meza
Neemias Moreira
Santiago Palacio
Alison Palomino Lopez
Matteo Rissato Prado
Adithya Vinod
SOFTBALL
Riley Creasey
Abigail Sammons
Brooklyn Walker
Kayla Wolf
Emma Wolfe
VOLLEYBALL
Carmyn Baldwin
Lauren Erke
Grace Evans
Jadyn Swan
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Olivia Allen
Lillianna Blackford
Abbey Donaldson
Addison Eger
Sophia Gugliotta
Jaden Rogers
Gracie Sims
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Babra Viola Jepkirui
Faith Kiprop
Mary Njuguna
Lily Sharum
WOMEN’S GOLF
Anna Duden
Lainey Jensen
Olivia Schwingle
Griffin Skees
Ellie Wasson
***Courtesy of Carl Sandburg College***
