Kish College hires John Karpowicz as head golf coach
Kishwaukee College hired John Karpowicz as the next head coach of the Men’s and Women’s Golf teams. Karpowicz will start the Spring 2025 season at the helm of the Kougars’ program.
Read More37 Kishwaukee Kougars nominated for Arrowhead Conference Academic Excellence Awards
Thirty-seven Kishwaukee College student-athletes were nominated for the 2019-2020 Arrowhead Conference Academic Excellence Team. The award is given to student-athletes who complete at least 12 credits per semester while achieving a 3.00 or higher cumulative GPA for the academic year.
Fourteen of the 37 student-athletes also received All-Academic recognition from the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Student-athletes with a 4.00 GPA earned NJCAA All-Academic First Team; student-athletes with a 3.80-3.99 GPA earned NJCAA All-Academic Second Team; and student-athletes with a 3.60-3.79 GPA earned NJCAA All-Academic Third Team. Additionally, both the Men’s Cross Country team and Women’s Basketball team were nominated for the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-Academic Team. To qualify, all team members combined cumulative GPA for the academic year must be above a 3.00 GPA.
The following Kish student-athletes received academic recognition for the 2019-2020 school year:
Men’s Baseball: Parker Burch, Madison (WI); Samuel Coe, Phoenix (AZ), NJCAA All-Academic Third Team; Matt Howard, DeKalb; Ethan Johanningsmeier, Waterman; Connor Jones, Roscoe; Tristan Valerio, Inverness (FL); Albert Warnaar, Chicago; Ethan Wetzel, Roscoe, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team
Men’s Basketball: CJ Ciesielczyk, Somonauk
Men’s Cross Country: Andrew Brening, Genoa, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team; Johnathan Hillier, DeKalb, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team; Johnathan “Dewey” Landis, Sterling; Jarrod Pritchett, Sycamore
Men’s Soccer: Ian Barker, Kingston, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team; Jaeden Bouma, Waterman; Ahmed Elfaki, Sycamore, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team; Muuad Elgosbi, DeKalb, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team; Tyler Scarbrough, DeKalb, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team; Zachary Uecker, Genoa, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team
Women’s Basketball: Rylee Abraham, Belvidere; Morgan Baker, Rochelle, NJCAA All-Academic Third Team; Lauren Kawall, Somonauk; Dennysha Kizer, DeKalb; Lani Morris, Oregon; Cesca Vardman, Rochelle
Women’s Cross Country: Anne Hickey, Rochelle
Women’s Soccer: Hope Akers, DeKalb; Meghan Johnson, DeKalb NJCAA All-Academic Second Team; Sarai Orozco, Genoa
Women’s Softball: Megan Antos, Sycamore; Leticia Cardenas, Cortland, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team; Kaylee DuMont, Sycamore, NJCAA All-Academic First Team; Aurora Grivetti, Hinckley; Autumn Johanningsmeier, Waterman
Women’s Volleyball: Jeanette Brann, Genoa; Emily Eder, Wonder Lake, NJCAA All-Academic Second Team; Lauren Kunke, Woodstock
For more information, please contact Scott Kawall, director of student involvement and athletic director, at skawall@kish.edu or 815-825-9837.