14 Sandburg Athletes Receive NJCAA All-Academic Honors
Aaron Frey
Friday, June 16, 2017 9:56 AM
Campus News, Athletics
Galesburg, IL
Fourteen Carl Sandburg College student-athletes have received NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards for their success in the classroom during the 2016-17 academic year.
Sandburg had five athletes earn NJCAA All-Academic First-Team honors (4.0 GPA), two receive second-team honors (3.80-3.99 GPA) and seven earn third-team honors (3.60-3.79 GPA). Seven Chargers teams had at least one recipient, with volleyball and softball each having four award winners, tops among Chargers squads. Six Chargers sophomores earned NJCAA All-Academic awards in each of their two seasons at Sandburg.
The following Sandburg athletes earned NJCAA Academic Student-Athlete Awards:
NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC FIRST TEAM (4.00 GPA)
Men’s Cross Country
Sebastian Arteaga (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg)
Alfredo Montoya (Monmouth, Ill./Monmouth-Roseville)*
Softball
Emily Ziegler (Mahomet, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour)*
Volleyball
Kayla Mabrey (Macomb, Ill./Macomb)*
Women’s Basketball
Juliette Camara (London Mills, Ill./Spoon River Valley)
NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC SECOND TEAM (3.80-3.99 GPA)
Softball
Katelyn Weeks (Seaton, Ill./Mercer County)
Volleyball
Sam Head (Fisher, Ill./Fisher)
NJCAA ALL-ACADEMIC THIRD TEAM (3.60-3.79 GPA)
Baseball
Levi Brening (Coon Rapids, Minn./DuQuoin)
Alec Drake (Macomb, Ill./Macomb)*
Men’s Basketball
Kieran Cook (Decatur, Ill./MacArthur)
Softball
Jessica Anglin (Seymour, Ill./Mahomet-Seymour)*
Volleyball
Kaylen Peterson (Blandinsville, Ill./West Prairie)
Women’s Golf
Morgan Newton (Erie, Ill./Erie)*
Volleyball and Softball
Helena Wyant (Toulon, Ill./Stark County)