Spoon River College student-athletes have received recognition for their academic achievements in the classroom by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), the Mid-West Athletic Conference (MWAC), and the National Fastpitch Coach’s Association.
NJACC Academic All-American First Team (4.0 GPA): (baseball) Ryne Crum and Stephen Stufflebeam; (bowling) Jamie Masten-Rueter; (softball) Meadow Bronke, Kate Oyler, Erin Pulliam, Karsyn Skaggs, Sarah Stufflebeam and Ryan Sweet; (women’s BB) Sierra Sitter; and (volleyball) Addison Haskins, Karson Park, Liliana Serna, and Landry Smith.
NJCAA All-American Second Team (3.8-3.99): (baseball) Jayson Kuzniar and Benjamin Powell; (softball) Lauren Herbst and Kadence Ondrey; (men’s BB) Ignacio Nascimento and Ioannnis Pentaris; (women’s BB) Emilee Salek; and (volleyball) Olivia Miller.
NJCAA All-American Third Team (3.6-3.79): (baseball) Joshua Arnett, Dalton Huffman, Grifin Irvin, and Jack Wheelwright; (bowling) Patrick McKeown; (men’s BB) Lazario Cornish and Leonard Hillard; (women’s BB) Chi Chi Wang; (softball) Adele Oliver, Emma Slayback, Olivia Young
MWAC Academic All-Conference (3.5+): (baseball) Joshua Arnett, Keaton Bloom, Brendan Boudreau, Riley Coble, Ryne Crum, Benedict Hendrickson, Dalton Huffman, Griffin Irvin, Jayson Kuznair, Samuel Parry, Benjamin Powell, Stephen Stufflebeam, and Jack Wheelwright; (bowling) Jamie Masten-Rueter and Patrick McKeown; (men’s BB) Lazario Cornish, Leonard Hilliard, Ignacio Nascimento, and Ioannis Pentaris; (women’s BB) Emilee Salek, Sierra Sitter, Chi Chi Wang; (softball) Kenadee Allensworth, Meadow Bronke, Lauren Herbst, Adele Oliver, Kadence Ondrey, Kate Oyler, Erin Pulliam, Karsyn Skaggs, Emma Slayback, Sarah Stufflebeam, Ryan Sweet, Olivia Young; and (volleyball) Addison Haskins, Olivia Miller, Karson Park, Liliana Serna, and Landry Smith.
All Region 1st Team, Erin Pulliam, and 2nd Team Emma Slayback, CJ Troxell, and Olivia Young. Young also received NFCA 2nd Team All-Region.
Every team had a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, giving the athletic department a GPA of 3.25 with over 100 student-athletes.
Spoon River College is a two-year, public community college in West Central Illinois, with campuses and Community Outreach Centers in Canton and Macomb, and Learning Centers in Havana and Rushville. It offers bowling, cross country (starting in Fall 2025), baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, E-sports, softball, and volleyball for students throughout the country as well as international students. For more information, visit www.src.edu and click on the Snapper Athletics tab.