Baseball 6/21/2022 10:35:00 AM

Spring CCIW Academic All-Conference Honorees Announced

          DECATUR, Ill.—Millikin University, in conjunction with the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), announces its Jack Swartz Award Recipients and the CCIW Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference team for Spring season of 2022.
          Millikin senior men's track athlete Ben Kuxmann (Bourbonnais, Bradley Bourbonnais) and senior softball player Grace Biondo (Naperville, Naperville Central) were selected as the Jack Swartz winners for the Spring season. To be considered as a Swartz Award winner, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.50 grade point average and have made a leadership contribution to their program. Both student-athletes have a near perfect grade point average.
          Each season the CCIW selects an Academic All-Conference Team. To be recognized, the student-athlete must be enrolled as a full-time student; must have participated on a team during 2022 Spring season; and must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average. Athletes must have completed two semesters at their current institution before being eligible for Academic All-Conference Recognition. The list below is the team members from Millikin for the Spring 2022 season.

2021 Spring Sports CCIW Academic All-Conference
Player                         Year    Sport               Major                                      Hometown (H.S.)
Christian Badorek          Sr.        Baseball            Business Management               Bloomington (Normal Community)
Jacob Bailey                  Jr.        Baseball            Mathematics-Actuarial Science Lombard (Glenbard East)
Frank Bryan                  Sr.        Baseball            Criminal Justice                         Plainfield (Plainfield East)
Sam Butler                    Jr.        Baseball            Sport & Rec. Management         Champaign (Central)
John Collins                  Jr.        Baseball            Accounting                               Jerseyville (H.S.)
Ethan Current               Jr.        Baseball            Physics                                     Granbury, Texas (H.S.)
Drew Detmers              So.       Baseball            Finance                                    Chatham (Glenwood)
Garrett Fritz                  Sr.        Baseball            Exercise Science                       Findlay (Okaw Valley)
Bryce Griebler               Jr.        Baseball            Criminal Justice                         Springfield (Okaw Valley)
Jacob Havis                  Sr.        Baseball            Biology (Pre Med)                      Plainfield (Plainfield East)
Sean Miller                    Jr.        Baseball            Finance and MIS                       Hope, Ind. (Hauser)
Lucas Ryan                   So.       Baseball            Finance                                    Chatham (Glenwood)
Drew Sutton                 So.       Baseball            Physical Education                     Wentzville, Mo. (H.S.)
Matt Wilson                  So.       Baseball            Finance                                    La Miranda, Calf. (H.S.)
Alex Zogg                     Jr.        Baseball            Business Management               Bloomington (Normal Community)

Trevor Britton               Sr.        Men's Golf         Business Management               Wadsworth (College of Lake County)
Griffin Nyi                     Jr.        Men's Golf         Accounting                               Pontiac (H.S.)
Jack Patterson              Sr.        Men's Golf         Accounting                               Alton (Marquette Catholic)
Max Phillips                   Sr.        Men's Golf         Chemistry                                 Salem (H.S.)

James Broach               Jr.        Men's Tennis    Elementary Education               Normal (Normal Community)
Cory Erickson               Jr.        Men's Tennis    Sport & Rec. Management         Swansea, Ill. (Belleville East)
Clayton Maack              Jr.        Men's Tennis    Business                                   Chesterfield, Mo. (Christian Brothers)
Reiss Naylor                  Sr.        Men's Tennis    Accounting                               Troy (Triad)
Holden Owens              Sr.        Men's Tennis    Environmental Science             Loveland, Ohio (Milford)

Aly Armstrong               Gr.        Softball             Business Administration             Effingham (H.S.)
Rylee Blake                   So.       Softball             Exercise Science                       Muscatine, Iowa (H.S.)
*Grace Biondo              Sr.        Softball             Actuarial Science                       Naperville (Naperville Central)
Bailey Coffman              Jr.        Softball             Business                                   Heyworth (Bloomington Central Catholic)
Olivia Cooper                So.       Softball             English (Sec. Teaching)             Mt. Pulaski (H.S.)
Leah Foreman               So.       Softball             Sport & Rec. Management         Riverton (H.S.)
Kaylee Goluch               Sr.        Softball             Elementary Education               Inverness (Fremd)
Gretchen Gould             Jr.        Softball             Elementary Education               Sterling (H.S.)
Sarah Lahner                So.       Softball             Elementary Education               Elburn (St. Charles North)
Emma Lewandowski      So.       Softball             Nursing                                    Crown Point, Ind. (H.S.)
Camryn Skundberg       Jr.        Softball             Mathematics (Sec. Teaching)     Mt. Zion (H.S.)
Emma Spurgetis                        Jr.        Softball             Elementary Education               Rock Island (H.S.)
Lexus Tennison             Sr.        Softball             Business Management               Bloomington (University)
Charly Warlow             So.       Softball             Accounting                               Le Roy (H.S.)
Jada Wilson                  Jr.        Softball             Early Childhood Education         Decatur (Warrensburg Latham)

Katie Abell                    Jr.        Track & Field     Biology                                     Jacksonville (Routt)
Kristian Boado               Jr.        Track & Field     Nursing                                    Algonquin (Dundee Crown)
Quincy Collings             So.       Track & Field     Nursing                                    Mattoon (H.S.)
Avery Damron               So.       Track & Field     Criminal Justice                         Santa Rosa, Calif. (Maria Carrillo)
Nick Fornoff                  So.       Track & Field     Chemistry                                 Pekin (H.S.)
Kayla Green                  So.       Track & Field     Criminal Justice                         Berwyn (Morton West)
Garrett Jones                Sr.        Track & Field     Chemistry                                 Mattoon (H.S.)
*Ben Kuxmann             Sr.        Track & Field     English (Sec. Teaching)             Bourbonnais (Bradley Bourbonnais)
Anne Longman              Sr.        Track & Field     Arts Technology                        Park Ridge (Maine South)
Josh Martinez               So.       Track & Field     Cybersecurity                            Chicago (St. Laurence)
Madalyne McPheeters    So.       Track & Field     Human Services                        Sullivan (Okaw Valley)
Bradyn Olmstead          So.       Track & Field     Computer Science                     Bloomington (H.S.)
Eryn Renison                Sr.        Track & Field     Nursing                                    Channahon (Minooka)
Katie Risner                  So.       Track & Field     Chemistry                                 Avon, Ind. (H.S.)
Alyssa Ruiz                   So.       Track & Field     Biology (Pre-Med)                     San Diego, Calif. (Junipero Serra)
Julia Seaman                Jr.        Track & Field     Early Childhood Education         Marshall (Martinsville)
Aidan Schlichting          So.       Track & Field     Biology                                     Freeburg (H.S.)
Jake Shumaker             So.       Track & Field     Computer Science                     Decatur (Mt. Zion)
Whitney Smith              Sr.        Track & Field     Sport & Rec. Management         Stewardson (Stewardson Strasburg)
Brandt Williamson         Sr.        Track & Field     Physical Education                    Westville (H.S.)
Hailey Wimberly             Sr.        Track & Field     Biology                                     Salem (H.S.)

*=Jack Swartz Award winner

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Players Mentioned

James Broach: Junior

Cory Erickson: Junior

Clayton Maack: Junior

Reiss Naylor: Senior

Holden Owens: Senior

#13 Aly Armstrong: P; 5' 7"; Senior; R/R

#15 Grace Biondo: IF; 5' 3"; Senior; R/R

#4 Rylee Blake: 2B; 5' 3"; Sophomore; S/R

#32 Bailey Coffman: P; 6' 0"; Junior; R/R

#25 Olivia Cooper: IF; 5' 6"; Sophomore; R/R

#22 Leah Foreman: C\IF; 5' 6"; Sophomore; R/R

#21 Kaylee Goluch: IF; 5' 5"; Senior; R/R

Players Mentioned

James Broach
: Junior

Cory Erickson
: Junior

Clayton Maack
: Junior

Reiss Naylor
: Senior

Holden Owens
: Senior

#13 Aly Armstrong
: 5' 7"; Senior; R/R
: P

#15 Grace Biondo
: 5' 3"; Senior; R/R
: IF

#4 Rylee Blake
: 5' 3"; Sophomore; S/R
: 2B

#32 Bailey Coffman
: 6' 0"; Junior; R/R
: P

#25 Olivia Cooper
: 5' 6"; Sophomore; R/R
: IF

#22 Leah Foreman
: 5' 6"; Sophomore; R/R
: C\IF

#21 Kaylee Goluch
: 5' 5"; Senior; R/R
: IF