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MATTOON — Lake Land College student athletes were highlighted with their accomplishments during the 2025-26 academic year.<\/p>\n

“The many accomplishments of our student athletes reflect the outstanding young men and women who participate in athletics at Lake Land College, the strong commitment of our coaches and athletic staff to focus on student success both in the classroom and in their sport and the contributions of faculty and staff across the college who support student athletes in learning and accomplishing their goals,” said Bill Jackson, Director of Athletics.<\/p>\n

“I would like to thank the coaches, faculty and staff for their contributions to our student athletes’ success and congratulate all our student athletes on a tremendous year.”<\/p>\n

2026 NJCAA Academic Team (must have a team GPA of 3.00 or higher)<\/p>\n

Softball, volleyball, baseball, men’s basketball and women’s cross country.<\/p>\n

NJCAA All-Academic First Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 4.00 GPA)<\/p>\n

Josie Armstrong (women’s basketball), Cassandra Feld (softball), Alayna French (softball), Karasyn Martin (softball), Macy Pries (softball), Madalynn Rosenbery (softball), Luke Onstetter (baseball), Owen Hawkins (baseball) and Jessica Larsen (women’s cross country)<\/p>\n

NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.80-3.99 GPA)<\/p>\n

Danielle Probst (volleyball), Tessa Seely (volleyball), Sydney Walker (volleyball), Dauntae Mills (men’s basketball), Jackson Rigdon (men’s basketball), Mickaela Diamond (women’s basketball), Lillian Wake (women’s basketball), Faye Brill (softball), McKinley Lowe (softball), Camryn Martin (softball), Alison Pangburn (softball) and Nathan Stuemke (baseball)<\/p>\n

NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.60-3.79 GPA)<\/p>\n

Isabel Austin (volleyball), Reece Brunken (volleyball), Addison Urbanski (volleyball), Javian Summit (men’s basketball), Miah Ballard (women’s basketball), Isabell Reed (softball), Cameron Ahart (baseball), Joe Barkley (baseball), Isaac Flowers (baseball), Ben Mitchell (baseball), Logan Winkleman (baseball), Brooke Koelm (women’s cross country)<\/p>\n

Accumulative GPA of all athletes (129) for the 2025-26 academic year, 3.26<\/p>\n

By sport — Softball 3.69, Volleyball 3.47, Shooting Sports 3.26, Women’s Cross Country 3.24, Baseball 3.18, Men’s Basketball 3.00, Men’s Cross Country 2.98 and Women’s Basketball 2.98<\/p>\n

Total number of athletes achieving a 3.0 or high GPA for the 2025-26 academic year, 85 of 129<\/p>\n

By sport — Softball (19 of 22), Baseball (29 of 45), Women’s Basketball (6 of 12), Volleyball (11 of 13), Men’s Basketball (7 of 16), Men’s Cross Country (2 of 4), Women’s Cross Country (4 of 17) and Shooting Sports (7 of 10)<\/p>\n

Athletic Sports Honors<\/p>\n

Season Records by Sport — Softball (44\/15), Womens Basketball (18\/14), Men’s Basketball (9\/20), Volleyball (21\/12), Baseball (39\/18)<\/p>\n

Volleyball Team Honors — NJCAA Academic Team, Regional 24 Tournament Champion, Host of the Midwest District A<\/p>\n

Individual Honors and Awards — NJCAA Division One All-Region 24: Sydney Walker; Great Rivers Athletic All-Conference Team: Sydney Walker, Reese Brunken and Bella Austin<\/p>\n

Women’s Basketball Team Honors — Region 24 Semi-Finalist<\/p>\n

Individual Honors and Awards — NJCAA Division Two All-American: Josie Armstrong (Honorable Mention), NJCAA Division Two All-Region 24: Josie Armstrong, Midwest Athletic Conference All-Conference: Josie Armstrong<\/p>\n

Men’s Basketball Team Honors — NJCAA Academic Team<\/p>\n

Individual Honors and Awards — Great Rivers Athletic Conference All-Conference: Keenan Gray<\/p>\n

Softball Team Honors — NJCAA Academic Team, Great Rivers Athletic Conference Runner Up, Region 24 Regular Season Co-Champions<\/p>\n

Individual Honors and Awards — Great Rivers Athletic Conference Team: Faye Brill, 1st; McKiney Lowe, 1st; Makenna Ondrey, 1st; Emma Thomas, 1st; Kierra Johnson, 2nd; Maddie Rosenberry 2nd. NJCAA Division One All-Region 24: Makenna Ondrey, 1st; Macy Pries, 1st; Faye Brill, 1st; Maddie Rosenberry, 2nd; Kierra Johnson, 2nd; Karasyn Martin, 2nd.<\/p>\n

Baseball Team Honors — NJCAA Academic Team, NJCAA Region 24 Tournament Finalist<\/p>\n

Individual Honors and Awards — Great Rivers Athletic Conference Team: Madden Johnson, Logan Nagle; NJCAA Division One Region 24 Gold Glove: Kaiden Mauer<\/p>\n

Shooting Sports Team Honors — National Championship Runner-up, First Place Fall and Spring Conference (trap), Second Place Spring Conference (skeet)<\/p>\n

Individual Honors and Awards — First Place Male Fall Conference: Collin Hewing (trap), Second Place Male Fall Conference — Garrett Hoene (trap), First Place Female Fall Conference — Madelyn Coats (trap), Third Place Male Spring Conference — Collion Hewing (trap), First Place Female Spring Conference — Elizabeth Hagen (trap), Second Place Female Spring Conference — Madelyn Coats (trap), Second Place Female Spring Conference — Taylar Mercer (trap), Second Place Male Spring Conference — Collin Hewing (skeet), Top Collegiate Shooter and Multi-State ATA Competition and Jr. Gold Champion — Collin Hewing; Top Lady at Multi-State Competition — Madelyn Coats; Perfect Rounds of 200 out of 200 — Jaxson Wilson and Collin Hewing; National Individual award — Individual National Runnerup and Second Place Male — Collin Hewing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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