61 Chargers get Academic All-Arrowhead Conference honors

 

Carl Sandburg College boasted 61 student-athletes who earned Academic All-Arrowhead Conference honors in the 2023-24 academic year.

 

All 11 Chargers teams had at least one player named academic all-conference. Men’s soccer had the most representatives of any Sandburg squad, with 18 members. Volleyball had nine 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 met credit hour requirements to be considered for Academic All-Arrowhead status.

 

Thirteen Chargers who earned academic all-conference honors each of the last two seasons, and 11 honorees competed in multiple sports in 2023-24. Among them were Elly Bentley and David Hise, Sandburg’s nominees for the Bob Bopp Award, given to the conference’s outstanding male and female student-athletes.

 

Bentley, a sophomore from Bartonville, played women’s basketball and softball in each of her two years as a Charger. She ended her career on the hardwood as one of the most prolific scorers in Sandburg history. In addition to scoring her 1,000th career point this season, Bentley was selected First Team All-Arrowhead Conference, First Team All-Region 4 Division II and was voted to the Region 4 Division II District A all-tournament team. The guard also was named Region 4 Player of the Week twice during her sophomore campaign as she helped the Chargers advance to the Region 4 title game.

 

On the diamond, Bentley played 30 games in the outfield, posted a .350 on-base percentage and was second on the team in triples.

 

Hise, a Knoxville native, was a two-year member of the men’s basketball and men’s golf teams. He was a Second Team All-Arrowhead Conference pick in basketball this past year. Hise led the Chargers in field goal percentage and was second on the team in rebounding during his sophomore season.

 

The following Sandburg student-athletes earned 2023-24 Academic All-Arrowhead Conference honors (* Academic All-Arrowhead last two years):

 

MULTIPLE SPORTS
Men’s basketball and men’s golf
David Hise*
Men’s soccer and esports
Daniel Albino
Jean Pierre Cabezas Ortiz
Breno Imbuzeiro
Mario Segura Munoz
Women’s basketball and softball
Elly Bentley*
Women’s basketball and volleyball
Lauren Powell
Volleyball and softball
Cristina Heras Marcos*
Erin Jackson
Madeline Mooney
Bailey Ryan

 

BASEBALL
Sammy Eisenberg
Payton Hankins*
Cameron Howard
Frank Kelch
Michael Kleinhans
Brycen McGarry
Anthony Nino
David Smith*
Austin Wiegand
Noah Wolf

 

MEN’S BASKETBALL
Koen Derry
Jack DuBois
Easten Schisler

 

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Collines Chelak
Larry Kamara
Meshack Kimutai

 

MEN’S GOLF
Jake McGarry

 

MEN’S SOCCER
Mandyson Bernard
Sebastien Bornelus*
Murillo Campos Costa*
Felipe Endo Dos Santos
Rafael Tomas Francisco
Felipe Garcia
Brais Gonzalez*
Gabriel Barros Lima
Lucas Maranhao
Rodrigo Perez
Matteo Rissato Prado
Vinicio Goncalves Sartorello
Lorenzo Schons
Diego Soto

 

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Camille Kruse
Elliot Lewis
Armani Revis
Gracie Sims*

 

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
Ascar Jepchirchir
Damaris Kimaiyo
Sharon Yego

 

WOMEN’S GOLF
Kylie Fahnestock
Ava Hackman
Taylor Haga
Lainey Jensen*
Ellie Wasson*

 

SOFTBALL
Kaitlyn Egenes
Mary Hellige
Imagin Terlikowski

 

VOLLEYBALL
Natalie Burden
Grace Evans*
Lillian Isenhour*
Grace Vyhnanek

 

Chargers baseball outfielders Wiegand, Hankins earn All-Region 4 honors

 A pair of Sandburg baseball outfielders were recognized by Region 4 coaches for their play on the diamond this spring for the Chargers.

 

Freshman Austin Wiegand was voted to the All-Midwest District/Region 4 Division II Second Team, and sophomore Payton Hankins was named to the All-Midwest District/Region 4 Division II Rawlings Gold Glove Team.

 

Wiegand, also an All-Arrowhead Conference selection this season, played in all 49 games and had 196 plate appearances for Sandburg this spring, leading the team in almost every offensive category. The freshman center fielder from Eureka paced the Chargers with a .354 average, .480 on-base percentage, .646 slugging percentage, 1.125 OPS, 56 hits, 14 doubles, 10 home runs, 36 RBIs, 54 runs scored, 25 extra-base hits, 102 total bases and 11 steals in 12 attempts.

 

Among all players in Region 4, Wiegand finished fifth in home runs, ninth in slugging, 11th in runs scored and 13th in total bases this season.

 

Hankins went through 33 games and 59 total chances in the outfield before committing his lone error of the season April 17 against Illinois Central. Overall, the sophomore right fielder from Knoxville put up a .990 fielding percentage and made 95 putouts in 97 total chances.

 

Hankins had one outfield assist this spring, gunning down a runner for a double play April 6 at Sauk Valley. In his two seasons with the Chargers, Hankins posted a .989 fielding percentage, making just two errors against 171 putouts and four assists in 177 chances.

 

2024 All-Midwest District/Region 4 Division II Team
Player of the Year — Michael Carpenter (sophomore, Madison)
Coach of the Year — Mike Davenport (Madison)
First Team
Pitchers — Michael Carpenter (sophomore, Madison), Grifin Smith (sophomore, Rock Valley), Graham Kasey (sophomore, Kankakee)
Catcher — Nick Weaver (freshman, Elgin)
First base — Miguel Cantu (sophomore Morton)
Second base — Jackson Lindquist (sophomore, Highland)
Third base — Charlie Schau (freshman, Madison)
Shortstop — Joseph Mrowiec (sophomore, Lake County)
Outfielders — Cole Freeman (sophomore, Kankakee), Angelo Luna (sophomore, Morton), Matthew Mateo (sophomore, Black Hawk)
Designated hitter — Charlie Marion (sophomore, Madison)
Second Team
Pitchers — Payton Barton (sophomore, Black Hawk), Zach Driver (sophomore, Sauk Valley), Jackson Smith (sophomore, Kankakee)
Catcher — Will Johannes (sophomore, Madison)
First base — Jack Kerno (freshman, Elgin)
Second base — Luke Brabham (sophomore, Morton)
Third base — Ryan Weed (freshman, Bryant & Stratton)
Shortstop — Joseph Smith (freshman, Morton)
Outfielders — Brayden Pleau (freshman, Bryant & Stratton), Austin Wiegand (freshman, Sandburg), Peyton Seebacher (sophomore, Milwaukee Tech)
Designated hitter — Jeyson Polanco (sophomore Highland)

 

2024 All-Midwest District/Region 4 Division II Rawlings Gold Glove Team
Defensive Player of the Year — Will Johannes (Madison)
Pitcher — Liam Stumpf (Madison)
Catcher — Will Johannes (Madison)
First base — Jack Kerno (Elgin)
Second base — Jackson Lindquist (Rock Valley)
Third base — Beau Honeycutt (Black Hawk)
Shortstop — Chris Lara (Elgin)
Outfield — Clay Cerna (Lake County), Payton Hankins (Sandburg), Matthew Mateo (Black Hawk)