Winter Sports Students Recognized for Athletic Achievements

Winter Sports athletes were recognized by the Board of Education at their Tuesday, April 25 meeting for their achievements in their respective sports during the winter season. Students were recognized for All-State and All-Conference Honors, Academic Awards and IHSA (achieving a GPA of 3.50 or better) and Western Big 6 Academic Awards (achieving a GPA of 3.25 or better) and local news All-Metro athlete recognitions.
 
Boys' Basketball
  • Joseph Allen (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; 
  • Dezmund Jackson (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Alex Romo (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Hunter St. Amand (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; 
  • Larry Olivier (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; 
  • Cameron Atkins (Senior) - Western Big 6 Boys Basketball All-Conference Second Team; Pepsi Illinois-Iowa Senior All-Star Team; Quad Cities All-Metro Boys’ Basketball honorable mention;
  • Kj Lamonte (Junior) - Western Big 6 Boys Basketball All-Conference Team Honorable Mention; 
  • Marcus McQueen Jr. (Sophomore) - Quad Cities All-Metro Boys’ Basketball honorable mention;

Girls' Basketball

  • Fidelia Awoudi (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; 
  • Erriea Bea (Senior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher, Pepsi Illinois-Iowa Senior All-Star Team; 
  • Ta’Miah Jamison (Senior) - Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher; IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Mariyah McQueen (Senior) - Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher;
  • Mackenzie Merihaeghe (Senior) - Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher; IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Kayla Rice (Senior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher; Patty Viverito Emerging Leader Scholarship Recipient; Illinois AP girls' basketball All-State selections from the area (all honorable mention), Western Big 6 All-Conference Girls Basketball First Team; Pepsi Illinois-Iowa Senior All-Star Team; Quad Cities All Metro Illinois Player of the Year; Quad Cities All-Metro Girls’ Basketball First team; 
  • KaZaria Bell (Freshman) - Western Big 6 All-Conference Girls Basketball First Team Honorable Mention; Quad Cities All-Metro Girls’ basketball team honorable mention.

Boys' Bowling
  • Nathan Hendrickx (Senior) - Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher; IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Jackson Bennett (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Ali Fadhil Al Janabi (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Avery Flactiff (Junior)- IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • David Axnix (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Alexander Jackson (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Kaden Witt (Senior) -Quad Cities All-Metro Boys’ Bowling First Team;
  • Austin Cantrell (Sophomore) - Quad Cities All-Metro Boys’ Bowling Second Team;

Boys' Swimming
  • Lucas Rettig (Senior) - Western Big 6 All-Conference Boys Swimming First Team; Western Big 6 All-Conference MVP;  IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher; National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) Academic All-American Awards (must have GPA of 3.75 or higher); Quad Cities All-Metro Illinois Swimmer of the Year; 
  • Andrew Oliver (Freshman) - Western Big 6 All-Conference Boys Swimming First Team; Quad Cities All-Metro Boys’ Swimming First Team; 
  • Julian Anderson (Senior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher; National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) Academic All-American Awards (must have GPA of 3.75 or higher)
  • Christ Soe (Senior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher; 
  • Max Zahner (Senior) - Quad Cities All-Metro Boys’ Swimming honorable mention;

Girls' Bowling 

  • Ryleigh Terry (Sophomore) - Western Big 6 All-Conference Girls Bowling First Team; Sectional Qualifier; Quad Cities All-Metro Girls’ Bowling Second Team;
  • Alysa Braud (Senior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher; 
  • Bailey Hecker (Senior) - Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher; IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; Quad Cities All-Metro Girls’ Bowling Second Team;
  • Bailey Sholl (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher;
  • Makenzie Terry (Senior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher; Western Big 6 Scholastic All-Conference w/ GPA of 3.25 or higher

Wrestling

  • Daniel McGhee (Junior) - Western Big 6 All-Conference Wrestling First Team; IHSA Class 2A State Medalist (5th place); Quad Cities All-Metro Wrestling Second Team; 
  • Amare Overton (Junior) - Western Big 6 All-Conference Wrestling First Team; IHSA Class 2A State Medalist (5th place); Quad Cities All-Metro Wrestling Second Team; 
  • Andrew Marquez (Junior) - Western Big 6 All-Conference Wrestling First Team; IHSA Class 2A State Medalist (2nd place); Quad Cities All-Metro Wrestling First Team; 
  • Truth Vesey (Junior) - Western Big 6 All-Conference Wrestling First Team; IHSA Class 2A State Medalist (5th place); Quad Cities All-Metro Wrestling Second Team; 
  • Steven Marquez (Senior) - IHSA Class 2A State Medalist (3rd place); Quad Cities All-Metro Wrestling First Team; 
  • Sammy Niyonkuru (Senior)  - 3X State Qualifier; Quad Cities All-Metro Wrestling Second Team; 
  • Tristan Willoughby(Senior) - State Qualifier; Quad Cities All-Metro Wrestling Honorable Mention; 
  • Antonio Parker (Sophomore) - State Alternate; Quad Cities All-Metro Wrestling Honorable Mention;
  • Eli Gustafson (Junior) - Quad Cities All-Metro Wrestling Honorable Mention;

Cheerleading
  • Eva Essman (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher
  • Josephine Driskill (Junior) - IHSA Academic Athlete w/ GPA of 3.5 or higher
Coach henry hall and girl basketball players
 
cheerleading
 
Coach Polite and boys basketball players
 
 
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