Thirty-nine student-athletes representing all eight Black Hawk College sports teams recently earned All-Academic Team honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for their 2023-24 overall GPAs.
The NJCAA 2023-24 All-Academic Teams salute student-athletes across the country for their dedication in the classroom. To qualify, student-athletes must have completed at least 24 credit hours during the 2023-24 school year and two full-time semesters overall.
“It is always a pleasure to see so many of our student-athletes succeed in the classroom at a high level and to be recognized for their efforts,” said Arnie Chavera, BHC athletic director.
Congratulations to these student-athletes!
All hometowns are in Illinois unless otherwise noted.
NJCAA All-Academic First Team: 4.00 GPA
- Zack Beckman of Rock Island – men’s soccer
- Talen Butler of Coal Valley – men’s soccer
- Ashley Davis of Pekin – softball
- Quinn Hoftender of Moline – baseball
- Isabella (Isa) Ibarra of Princeton – softball
- Nolan Kerr of Macomb – men’s basketball
- Kevin Niedzwiedz of Batavia – baseball
- Conner Schimmel of Coal Valley – baseball
- Alexis (Lexie) Shaw of Canton – softball
- Vivian Veto of Moline – women’s soccer
- Paige Zaehringer of Clinton, IA – softball
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team: 3.80-3.99 GPA
- Drew Clark of Rock Island – softball
- Chassity Colburn of Hampton – women’s soccer
- Johnna Fulcher of Geneseo – women’s soccer
- Carson Hopping of Galesburg – golf
- Hailee Irby of Pekin – softball
- Cole Kimball of Orion – men’s soccer
- Olivia King of Sycamore – softball
- Cole Kratzberg of Sherrard – baseball
- Hannah Maher of Woodhull – women’s basketball
- Kate Mayerhofer of Milan – women’s soccer
- Miles Melendez of Muscatine, IA – men’s soccer
- Samuel Robinson of Geneseo – golf
- Alejandro Torres of Rock Island – men’s soccer
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team: 3.60-3.79 GPA
- Anistyn Connor of Bartonville – softball
- Stevie Dillender of Rock Island – baseball
- Eli Elsbecker of Fort Dodge, IA – baseball
- Katelynn Emerick of Geneseo – softball
- Bailey Emery of Davenport, IA – softball
- Isaac Graf of East Moline – baseball
- Beau Honeycutt of Galesburg – baseball
- Jaelyn Lambin of Geneseo – softball
- Shannon Kenneavy of Clinton, IA – volleyball
- Jake Morrill of Bloomington – baseball
- Jacob Remaly of Moline – men’s soccer
- Adrian Selles of Kissimmee, FL – baseball
- Lovre Stanovic of Zadar, Croatia – men’s basketball
- Ella Sundberg of Andover – softball
- Ava Terry of Orion – softball