Thirty-nine student-athletes earned All-Adademic Team Honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) based on their 2023-2024 overall GPAs, representing all eight Black Hawk College sports teams. The NJCAA 2023-24 All-Academic Teams salute student-athletes across the country for their dedication in the classroom. To qualify, student-athletes must have completed at least 24 credit hours during the 2023-24 school year and two full-time semesters overall. “It is always a pleasure to see so many of our student-athletes succeed in the classroom at a high level and to be recognized for their efforts,” said Arnie Chavera, BHC athletic director.
All hometowns are in Illinois unless otherwise noted.
NJCAA All-Academic First Team: 4.00 GPA
- Zack Beckman of Rock Island – men’s soccer
- Talen Butler of Coal Valley — men’s soccer
- Ashley Davis of Pekin — softball
- Quinn Hoftender of Moline — baseball
- Isabella (Isa) Ibarra of Princeton — softball
- Nolan Kerr of Macomb — men’s basketball
- Kevin Niedzwiedz of Batavia — baseball
- Conner Schimmel of Coal Valley — baseball
- Alexis (Lexie) Shaw of Canton — softball
- Vivian Veto of Moline — women’s soccer
- Paige Zaehringer of Clinton, IA — softball
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team: 3.80-3.99 GPA
- Drew Clark of Rock Island — softball
- Chassity Colburn of Hampton — women’s soccer
- Johnna Fulcher of Geneseo — women’s soccer
- Carson Hopping of Galesburg — golf
- Hailee Irby of Pekin — softball
- Cole Kimball of Orion — men’s soccer
- Olivia King of Sycamore — softball
- Cole Kratzberg of Sherrard — baseball
- Hannah Maher of Woodhull — women’s basketball
- Kate Mayerhofer of Milan — women’s soccer
- Miles Melendez of Muscatine, IA — men’s soccer
- Samuel Robinson of Geneseo — golf
- Alejandro Torres of Rock Island — men’s soccer
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team: 3.60-3.79 GPA
- Anistyn Connor of Bartonville — softball
- Stevie Dillender of Rock Island — baseball
- Eli Elsbecker of Fort Dodge, IA — baseball
- Katelynn Emerick of Geneseo — softball
- Bailey Emery of Davenport, IA — softball
- Isaac Graf of East Moline — baseball
- Beau Honeycutt of Galesburg — baseball
- Jaelyn Lambin of Geneseo — softball
- Shannon Kenneavy of Clinton, IA — volleyball
- Jake Morrill of Bloomington — baseball
- Jacob Remaly of Moline — men’s soccer
- Adrian Selles of Kissimmee, FL — baseball
- Lovre Stanovic of Zadar, Croatia — men’s basketball
- Ella Sundberg of Andover — softball
- Ava Terry of Orion — softball