For Immediate Release – Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Lake Land College Athletic Department Honors 2023-2024
Lake Land College and Laker Athletics are proud to share the many team and individual athletic accomplishments from the 2023-2024 academic year.
“I would like to congratulate all our student athletes for a great year and thank the many coaches, faculty and staff who helped make it possible,” Vice President for Student Services Valerie Lynch said. “We applaud these outstanding young men and women for their many accomplishments both in the classroom and in their sports.”
The athletic accomplishments include:
2024 NJCAA Academic Team (must have a team GPA of 3.00 or higher):
- Softball
- Volleyball
- Men’s Basketball
- Women’s Basketball
- Baseball
2024 NJCAA All-Academic First Team (athletes with 24 credit hours with 4.00 GPA):
| Name | Hometown | Sport |
| Drew DuPont | Selvin, Ill. | Baseball |
| Clay Seal | Arthur, Ill. | Baseball |
| Caralyn Farnam | Lincoln, Ill. | Softball |
| Kendall Mathews | Paris, Ill. | Softball |
| Reese Brunken | Carterville, Ill. | Volleyball |
| Brianna Hewing | Stewardson, Ill. | Volleyball |
| Ashley Pacheco | Romeoville, Ill. | Volleyball |
2024 NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.80-3.99 GPA):
| Name | Hometown | Sport |
| Collyn Ballard | Louisville, Ill. | Baseball |
| Noah Dill | Dieterich, Ill. | Baseball |
| Moises Rosario | Santo Domingo | Baseball |
| Trinley Beecham | Peoria, Ill. | Softball |
| Ivy Ayers | Toledo, Ill. | Volleyball |
| Thaylee Barry | Newman, Ill. | Women’s Basketball |
| Sydney Richards | Sigel, Ill. | Women’s Basketball |
2024 NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.60-3.79 GPA):
| Name | Hometown | Sport |
| Ryder Johnson | Chicago, Ill. | Baseball |
| Derek Konkel | Teutopolis, Ill. | Baseball |
| Kiefer Tarnoki | Sycamore, Ill. | Baseball |
| Aaron Davis | Cincinnati, Ohio | Men’s Basketball |
| Sean De Kovachich | Montreal, Canada | Men’s Basketball |
| Salah Halawani | Palestine | Men’s Basketball |
| Hannah Parlier | Virginia, Ill. | Softball |
| Ashton Coleman | Toledo, Ill. | Volleyball |
Accumulative GPA of all of our athletes (132) for the 2023-2024 academic year: 3.13
Top three accumulative GPAs by team:
- Volleyball – 3.39
- Clay and Trap Shooting – 3.34
- Women’s Basketball – 3.33
Total number of athletes achieving a 3.0 or higher GPA for the 2023-2024 academic year: 83 of 132
Season records by sport:
- Softball: 48-14
- Women’s Basketball: 25-10
- Men’s Basketball: 19-12
- Volleyball: 13-18
- Baseball: 30-24-1
Volleyball
Team Honors:
- NJCAA Academic Team
Women’s Basketball
Team Honors:
- NJCAA Academic Team
- National Tournament Appearance (At Large Selection)
Individual Honors and Awards:
| NJCAA Division Two All-Region 24 | |
| Name | Hometown |
| Kate Littleton | Paris, Ill. |
| Sydney Richards | Sigel, Ill. |
| Midwest Athletic Conference All-Conference | |
| Sydney Richards | Sigel, Ill. |
Men’s Basketball
Team Honors:
- NJCAA Academic Team
Individual Honors and Awards:
| NJCAA Division One All-Region 24 | |
| Name | Hometown |
| Tyler Chapman | Cambria Heights, N.Y. |
| Sean De Kovachich | Montreal |
| Great Rivers Athletic Conference All-Conference | |
| Tyler Chapman | Cambria Heights, N.Y. |
| Sean De Kovachich | Montreal |
Softball
Team Honors:
- NJCAA Academic Team
- Great Rivers Athletic Conference Runner Up
- Region 24 and Midwest District Champion
- National Tournament Appearance
Individual Honors and Awards:
| Great Rivers Athletic Conference 1st Team | |
| Name | Hometown |
| Bella Atkinson | East Troy, Wis. |
| Tinley Beecham | Peoria, Ill. |
| Great Rivers Athletic Conference 2nd Team | |
| Kynlee Griffith | Casper, Wyo. |
| Daryelin Rivas | Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
| Great Rivers Athletic Conference Player of the Year | |
| Bryanna French | Centralia, Ill. |
| Great Rivers Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year | |
| Tia Durst | Carol Stream, Ill. |
| NJCAA Division One All-Region 24 1st Team | |
| Tinley Beecham | Peoria, Ill. |
| Tia Durst | Carol Stream, Ill. |
| Bryanna French | Centralia, Ill. |
| Kendall Mathews | Paris, Ill. |
| Daryelin Rivas | Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
| NJCAA Division One All-Region 24 2nd Team | |
| Bella Atkinson | East Troy, Wis. |
| NJCAA Division One Region 24 Player of the Year | |
| Bryanna French | Centralia, Ill. |
| NJCAA Division One Region 24 Coach of the Year | |
| John Hendrix | Greenup, Ill. |
| NFCA All-Midwest Team | |
| Bryanna French | Centralia, Ill. |
| NFCA All-American 2nd Team | |
| Bryanna French | Centralia, Ill. |
| NJCAA Division One All-American 2nd Team | |
| Bryanna French | Centralia, Ill. |
Baseball
Team Honors:
- NJCAA Academic Team
Individual Honors and Awards:
| Great Rivers Athletic Conference Team | |
| Name | Hometown |
| Dickey Gonzalez | Toa Baja, Puerto Rico |
| Moises Rosario | Santo Domingo |
| NJCAA Division One Region 24 Gold Glove | |
| Owen Anderson | Chicago, Ill. |
Clay and Target Shooting
Team Honors:
- Fall 2023 Finished 2nd in the Conference
- Spring 2024 Finished 1st in the Conference
Individual Honors and Awards:
| 4th Place Overall Season Average in League | |
| Name | Hometown |
| Mitch Haller | Effingham, Ill. |
| 1st Place Female Conference Season Average | |
| Morgan Buerster | Ingraham, Ill. |
| 2nd Place Female Conference Season Average | |
| Macie Weichman | Teutopolis, Ill. |
| 1st Place Male Conference Season Average | |
| Mitch Haller | Effingham, Ill. |
| 2nd Place Male Conference Season Average | |
| Ethan Heuerman | Dieterich, Ill. |
| 3rd Place Male Conference Season Average | |
| Kaiden Kohnert | Watson, Ill. |
