Black Hawk College recently issued the following announcement.
Black Hawk College student-athletes recently earned awards from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for their academic achievements in 2017-18.
All towns are in Illinois unless otherwise noted.
NJCAA Academic All-American individual awards – Eleven student-athletes were honored for GPAs they earned during the 2017-18 school year.
NJCAA All-Academic First Team (4.0 GPA)
Madison Garchinski of Fairy Glen, Saskatchewan, Canada – 4.00 – softball
Madeline Smull of Bettendorf, IA – 4.00 – softball
Eric Spurgetis of Moline – 4.00 – golf
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (3.80-3.99 GPA)
Abigail Young of Dunlap – 3.87 – softball
Lake Koenig of Durant, IA – 3.84 – golf
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (3.60-3.79 GPA)
Leo Callison of Durant, IA – 3.78 – baseball
Anastasia Veloz of Colona – 3.75 – softball
Connor Carroll of Rock Island – 3.65 – golf
Rachel Jacobson of Elmwood – 3.62 – volleyball and basketball
Megan Olson of Coal Valley – 3.62 – volleyball
Theodore Papousek of New Lenox – 3.62 – baseball
NJCAA Team Academic Awards – Nominations include all grades (excluding remedial) for all players. Teams must earn a 3.0 GPA or higher to be eligible. This award is for the 2017-18 school year.
Softball – 3.61 GPA
Volleyball – 3.29 GPA
Carrie Calderon GPA Award – The BHC Athletic Department gives this award for the highest team grade point average for the semester. Women’s softball has won the award 26 of the last 30 semesters.
Spring 2018 – 3.57 GPA
Fall 2017 – 3.57 GPA
Arrowhead Academic All-Conference awards – GPA 3.0 or higher for 2017-18 school year.
Baseball
Nicholas Acri of Bettendorf, IA
Leo Callison of Durant, IA
Nikolas Klebosits of St. Charles
Alec Capshaw of Davenport, IA
Colin Kramer of Lake Charles, LA
Christopher Liggett of Blue Springs, MO
Ryan Lorber of Davenport, IA
Shamus Murphy of Rock Island
Theodore Papousek of New Lenox
Spencer Peterson of Lee’s Summit, MO
Derek Schumann of Cypress Woods, TX
Basketball (men’s)
Ryan Hartsock of Geneseo
Blake Maris of Crown Point, IN
Basketball (women’s)
Sidney Aude of Chadwick
Paige Finch of Moline
Hannah Libby of Oneida
Rachel Jacobson of Elmwood
Megan Schueneman of Rock Island
Golf
Connor Carroll of Rock Island
Lake Koenig of Durant, IA
Adam McNamara of Wilton, IA
Jeffrey Perez of Rock Island
Eric Spurgetis of Moline
Softball
Cierra Biswell of Rock Island
Alexus Coleman of Silvis
Madison Garchinski of Fairy Glen, Saskatchewan, Canada
Madeline Smull of Bettendorf, IA
Alexis Taylor of Rock Island
Jamison Turk of Brownsburg, IN
Anastasia Veloz of Colona
Taylor Workheiser of Silvis
Abigail Young of Dunlap
Volleyball
Lakin Brau of Annawan
Liliana Gallegos of East Moline
Megan Johnson of DeWitt, IA
Kayleigh Kruger of Geneseo
Hannah Libby of Oneida
Megan Olson of Coal Valley
Nicole Stoddard of Brimfield
Original source can be found here.
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