Published:
Jul 22, 2026
2025-26 NJCAA All-Academic Teams
Fifty-three student-athletes representing all eight Black Hawk College sports teams recently earned All-Academic Team honors from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for their 2025-26 overall GPAs.
To qualify, student-athletes must have completed at least 24 credit hours during the 2025-26 school year and two full-time semesters overall.
Congratulations to these student-athletes!
All hometowns are in Illinois unless otherwise noted.
NJCAA All-Academic First Team – 4.0 GPA
- Sam Crownover of Matherville – baseball
- Chris Drake of Glasford – golf
- Leo Fiscus of Davenport, IA – golf
- Lauryn Helmick of Fort Madison, IA – softball
- Olivia Kennedy of Dubuque, IA – women’s soccer
- Emily Lathrop of Milan – women’s basketball
- Kay McAvoy of Geneseo – volleyball
- Lilly McDaniel of Rock Island – softball
- Erin McMahon of Bettendorf, IA – women’s soccer
- Kiearah Mitchell of Kingston – softball
- Kaylee Nelson of Hampton – women’s soccer
- Jude Strahm of Brimfield – baseball
- Emily Trzynka of Genoa – softball
- Lucia Veto of Moline – women’s soccer
- Brynlee Wirt of Alpha – women’s basketball
- Landen Zehr of Huron Heights, Canada – baseball
NJCAA All-Academic Second Team – 3.80-3.99 GPA
- Isabelle-Mai Childs of Chichester, England – women’s soccer
- Abby Dean of Sherrard – softball
- Aidan Dorathy of Port Byron – golf
- Benny Johnston of Davenport, IA – baseball
- Mia Murphey of Moline – women’s soccer
- Declan Musil of Chicago – baseball
- Izzy Nordwahl of Farmington – softball
- Abigail Olisa of Okuapemman, Ghana – women’s basketball
- Anaya Seldal of Peoria – women’s basketball
- Mihajlo Veljković of Ivan Sarić, Serbia – men’s basketball
- Kendall Vincent of Kewanee – volleyball
NJCAA All-Academic Third Team – 3.60-3.79 GPA
- Katie Angelos of Orion – women’s basketball
- Hayden Bargmann of Bettendorf, IA – baseball
- Moses Bayanga of Moline – men’s soccer
- Dylan Bergman of Roselle – baseball
- Alexandrea Bitterman of Moscow, IA – women’s soccer
- Peyton Bose of Jesup – women’s basketball
- Beth Collins of Craigie, Scotland – women’s soccer
- Brock DeHamer of Sherrard – baseball
- Alianna DePorter of Port Byron – volleyball
- Josey Harkey of Sherrard – women’s basketball
- Reagan Hawotte of Rock Island – women’s soccer
- Cohen Honkomp of Robins, IA – baseball
- Jaxson Kramer of Marion, IA – baseball
- Lainey Kunert of Orion – softball & volleyball
- Owen Laroe of Lacon – baseball
- Shraden Lechtenberg of Walford, IA – baseball
- Nolan Malmstrom of Silvis – baseball
- Jackson Mishler of Cedar Rapids, IA – baseball
- Celina Pena of Geneseo – softball
- Emma Rangel of Moline – women’s soccer
- Aidan Schmidt of Davenport, IA – baseball
- Madison Schneider of Moline – women’s soccer
- Cody Shaffer of Ursa – baseball
- Tori Ulfig of Taylor Ridge – volleyball
- Bryson VanHoutte of Geneseo – golf
- Kinnick Vos of Ankeny, IA – baseball