Area Athletes Share Accomplishments at Lake Land College

“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.”

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):

Area athletic accomplishments include:

2024 NJCAA All-Academic First Team (athletes with 24 credit hours with 4.00 GPA) -- Brianna Hewing (Stewardson), volleyball

2024 NJCAA All-Academic Second Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.80-3.99 GPA) -- Collyn Ballard (Louisville), baseball; Noah Dill (Dieterich), baseball; Ivy Ayers

(Toledo), volleyball; Sydney Richards (Sigel), women's basketball

2024 NJCAA All-Academic Third Team (athlete with 24 credit hours with 3.60-3.79 GPA) -- Derek Konkel (Teutopolis), baseball; Ashton Coleman (Toledo), volleyball

Accumulative GPA of all of Lake Land 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:  

Volleyball -- NJCAA Academic Team  

Women’s Basketball -- NJCAA Academic Team, National Tournament appearance (at large selection)
Individual Honors and Awards: 

NJCAA Division Two All-Region 24 and Midwest Athletic Conference All-Conference -- Sydney Richards (Sigel)
Softball

Team Honors:

NJCAA Academic Team

Great Rivers Athletic Conference Runner Up

Region 24 and Midwest District Champion

National Tournament Appearance 

Softball

Team Honors:

NJCAA Academic Team, Great Rivers Athletic Conference Runner Up, Region 24 and Midwest District Champion, National Tournament Appearance

NCAA Division One Region 24 Coach of the Yaer -- John Hendrix (Greenup)

Clay and Target Shooting

Team Honors -- Fall 2023 Finished Second in the Conference, Spring 2024 Finished First in the Conference

Individual Honors -- 

Fourth Place Overall Season Average in League -- Mitch Haller (Effingham)

Second Place Female Conference Season Average -- Macie Weichman (Teutopolis)

First Place Male Conference Season Average -- Mitch Haller (Effingham)

Second Place Male Conference Season Average -- Ethan Heuerman (Dieterich)

Third Place Male Conference Season Average -- Kaiden Kohnert (Watson)