76 From Sandburg Named Academic All-Arrowhead Conference

 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