Lake Land College Shares Athletes Accomplishments

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Published on July 18 2022 10:09 am
Last Updated on July 18 2022 10:09 am

Lake Land College and Laker Athletics are proud to share the accomplishments of many teams and individuals from the 2021-22 academic year.

“We want to congratulate all of these outstanding athletes on their accomplishments, and share how proud we are to have so many talented individuals in our Laker community,” Lake Land College President Josh Bullock said.

The athletics accomplishments include:

2022 NJCAA Academic Team (must have a team GPA of 3.00 or higher):

Softball, Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, Baseball
 
2022 NJCAA All-Academic First Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 4.00 GPA):

Olivia Niemerg (Women’s Basketball)

Lexie Niebrugge (Women’s Basketball)

Jordan Sapp (Softball)

Gavin Gonzalez (Baseball)

Kelsi Geltz (Volleyball)
 
2022 NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.80-3.99 GPA):

Chole Custis (Women’s Basketball)

Anna Morton (Volleyball)

Ava Stephens (Softball)

Serenity Shemwell (Softball)

Ty Coartney (Baseball)

Jude Sullivan (Baseball)

Jacob Walker (Baseball)
 
2022 NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.60-3.79 GPA):

Marissa Russo (Women’s Basketball)

Taylor Orris (Women’s Basketball)

Kylee Phillips (Women’s Basketball)

Erica Michels (Volleyball)

Xylia Greeson (Volleyball)

Kyia Haws (Softball)

Zoie Armstrong (Softball)

Mackayla Denney (Softball)

Cali McCraw (Softball)

Bryan Belo (Baseball)

Keegan Garis (Baseball)

Lucas Otto (Baseball)

Peter Stewart (Baseball)

Logan Wombels (Baseball)
 
Accumulative GPA of all athletes (114) for the 2021-2022 academic year: 3.11

By Sport:

Women’s Basketball 3.39

Softball 3.25

Baseball 3.23

Cheer 3.04

Volleyball 3.04

Men’s Basketball 2.59
 
Total number of athletes achieving a 3.0 or higher GPA for the 2021-2022 academic year: 74 of 114

By sport:

Softball (15 of 20)

Baseball (30 of 43)

Women’s Basketball (9 of 11)

Volleyball (9 of 15)

Men’s Basketball (4 of 14)

Cheer (7 of 11)
 
Season Records by Sport:

Softball 56/13

Women’s Basketball 22/10

Men’s Basketball 16/15

Volleyball 14/23

Baseball 26/30
 
Volleyball

Team Honors

NJCAA Academic Team

Qualified for the District Tournament

Individual Honors and Awards

NJCAA Division One All-Region 24: Andressa Borges, Madison Watret

Great Rivers Athletic Conference All-Conference Team: Mackinzee Reynolds, Andressa Borges
 

Women’s Basketball

Team Honors

NJCAA Academic Team

Region 24 Semi Finals

Individual Honors and Awards

Coach Johnson Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

NJCAA Division Two All-Region 24: Olivia Niemerg, Lexie Niebrugge
 
Men’s Basketball

Individual Honors and Awards

NJCAA Division One All-Region 24: Everett Stubblefield, Malachi Davis

Great Rivers Athletic Conference All-Conference: Everett Stubblefield, Malachi Davis
 
Softball

Team Honors

NJCAA Academic Team

Great Rivers Athletic Conference Champion

Region 24 Champion

Central District Champion

National Tournament Appearance

Individual Honors and Awards

Great Rivers Athletic Conference Team: Claire Maulding 1st, Tori Haug 1st, Eva Richardson 1st, Kaitlyn

Scheitler 1st, Jordan Sapp 2nd, Klara Cejkova-Kolaci 2nd

Great Rivers Athletic Conference Player of the Year: Claire Maulding

Great Rivers Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year: Eva Richardson

NJCAA Division One All-Region 24:Clarie Maulding, Eva Richardson, Kaitlyn Scheitler, Jordan Sapp, Serenity

Shemwell, Mackayla Denney, Tori Haug, Ashlyn Hicks

NJCAA Division One Region 24 Player of the Year: Jordan Sapp

NJCAA Division One All-Region 24 Tournament Team: Claire Maulding, Tori Haug, Eva Richardson, Kaitlyn

Scheitler, Jordan Sapp, Klara Ceikova-Kolaci

NJCAA Division One All Central District Tournament Team: Tori Haug, Isabella Atkinson, Kaitlyn Scheitler,

Eva Richardson, Ashlyn Hicks

NJCAA Division One Central District Tournament MVP: Tori Haug

Great Rivers Athletic Conference Coach of the Year: Coach Nelson

NJCAA Division One Region 24 Coach of the Year: Coach Nelson

NJCAA Division One Central District Coach of the Year: Coach Nelson

NFCA All Midwest Team: Clair Maulding 1st, Eva Richardson 1st, Tori Haug 2nd, Serenity Shemwell 2nd

NJCAA Division One All American: Eva Richardson (2nd)
 
Baseball

Team Honors

NJCAA Academic Team

Individual Honors and Awards

Great Rivers Athletic Conference Team: Keegan Garis, Bryan Belo, Liam McKillip