Published on July 29, 2025 7:55 am
Last Updated on July 29, 2025 7:55 am
Lake Land College coaches and student athletes pictured with President Josh Bullock and the Lake Land College Board of Trustees during the regular July meeting. The board of trustees recognized Laker Athletics teams and student athletes during the meeting for their outstanding accomplishments during the 2024-2025 school year.
Lake Land College and Laker Athletics are proud to share the many team and individual athletic accomplishments from the 2024-2025 academic year.
“Our student athletes did a remarkable job representing Lake Land College in 2024-2025, demonstrating leadership, dedication and resilience in their sports and in the classroom. We had five NJCAA teams earn academic honors, with three of those teams reaching National Tournaments to compete for championships among the greatest teams in the country,” said Director of Athletics Bill Jackson.
“These accomplishments reflect the outstanding young men and women who participate in athletics at Lake Land College, the strong commitment of our coaches and athletic staff and the many contributions of faculty and staff across the College,” Jackson said. “We want to congratulate our student athletes for a tremendous year and wish the best of luck to those who are transferring as they continue their athletic and academic goals.”
NJCAA Academic Team (must have a team GPA of 3.00 or higher).
The athletic accomplishments for the 2024-2025 year in this area include:
NJCAA All-Academic First Team (athletes with 24 credit hours with 4.00 GPA) — Sydney Richards (Sigel), women’s basketball
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (athletes with 24 credit hours with 3.80-3.99 GPA) — Nathan Stuemke (Altamont), baseball and Danielle Probst (Teutopolis), volleyball.
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (athletes with 24 credit hours with 3.60-3.79 GPA) — Noah Dill (Dieterich), baseball, Ashton Coleman (Toledo), volleyball, Emma Deters (Teutopolis), volleyball, TaNeal Einhorn (Teutopolis), volleyball, Haley Campbell (Neoga), women’s basketball, Sydney Hackman (Neoga), women’s basketball and Kaylee NIebrugge (Sigel), women’s basketball
Individual Honors and Awards:
Women’s Basketball
Sydney Richards (Sigel), NJCAA Division Two All-Region 24 and Midwest Athletic Conference All-Conference
NJCAA Division One Central District Coach of the Year — John Hendrix (Greenup)
Clay and Target Shooting:
Austin Carlen (Toledo), Second Place Male Fall Conference
Jaxson Wilson (Newton), Second Place Male Spring Conference, Individual National Champion, National First Place Male Silver Division
Ethan Heuerman (Dieterich), National 10th Place Overall
Miley Britton (Montrose), Second Place Female Spring Conference, Seventh Place Female Spring Season
Lake Land Players moving on:
Kayden Althoff (Teutopolis), baseball, Southern University
Noah Dill (Dieterich), baseball, Illinois Wesleyan University
Macie Weichman (Teutopolis), clay and target shooting, Eastern Illinois University
Ashton Coleman (Toledo), volleyball, Eastern Illinois University (academic)
Sydney Hakman (Neoga), women’s basketball, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (academic)
Kaylee Niebrugge (Sigel), women’s basketball, Eastern Illinois University (academic)
Sydney Richards (Sigel), women’s basketball, Eastern Illinois University