PICTURED ABOVE: Mason Escalante and Caroline Stetina are Wheaton's Jack Swartz Award honorees for fall sports in 2024
Wheaton, Ill. – Several Wheaton student-athletes have been recognized for their efforts in the classroom by the CCIW. The
Fall 2024 Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference Team features 126 Wheaton student-athletes. The
Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference team consists of sophomores, juniors and seniors from CCIW member institutions who achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher.
The Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference award is named after the former Augustana College athletics administrator. Wrath retired in June of 2021 as the Associate Director of Athletics for Media and Alumni Relations, serving the Vikings for 40 years. In addition to his duties at Augustana, Wrath served as the CCIW Sports Information Director from 1996 to 2005 and was instrumental in establishing the CCIW's Academic All-Conference Program in 2005. The 2021-22 academic year marked the first year that the award has been named after the legendary Wrath.
Two Thunder student-athletes earned recognition as the school's fall recipients of the
Jack Swartz Award. Senior
Mason Escalante of the Thunder men's soccer team is Wheaton's male Jack Swartz Award recipient for the fall and graduate
Caroline Stetina of the Thunder women's cross country team, is Wheaton's female honoree. Escalante graduated from Wheaton in December of 2024 with a degree in political science and a 3.75 cumulative GPA. Stetina is enrolled in the Wheaton College Graduate School, pursuing her Master's Degree in Higher Education & Student Development with a cumulative 3.91 GPA
The Jack Swartz Award is given to one male and one female athlete from each conference school at the conclusion of each of the three athletic seasons (fall, winter and spring). The honor is given by the CCIW and each of the eight schools in the league picks their own representatives. The winners from each school must earn a varsity letter in his/her sport and have a grade point average of at least 3.50. The award is named after the late Jack Swartz, a former Wheaton student-athlete, coach and athletic administrator who served as the first Commissioner of the CCIW until his death in 1998.
FALL CCIW ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
Men's Cross Country
Luke Bothun
Aaron Connors
Jacob Davis
Sam Elsen
Tobiah Gieser
Mark McLaughlin
Jonah Noyes
Sheldon Powell
Wyatt Shepson
Kaleb Skelly
Matthew Stoner
Drew Swiston
Luke Wertz
Women's Cross Country
Elise Book
Louisa Brorson
Natalie Conrad
Sophia Huber
Abby Kauffman
Elizabeth LaBrin
Lily Lebo
Laura Prothero
Sarah Quintanilla
Clara Rudolph
Abby Sanderson
Julia Snider
Alexis Soukup
Caroline Stetina
Tavinya Taylor
Football
Mansell Amos
Steven Ball
Caleb Boonzaayer
Joseph Bracy
Xander Carroll
Drew Chairuangdej
Carson Chow
Griffin Cropp
Trevor Donna
Owen Downing
Charlie Duck
Kaleb Ecklund
Trent Gabriele
Thomas Greupner
Grant Hayworth
Riley Howard
Luke Heggie
Whit Jewett
Aidan Kingsbury
Seth Kortenhoeven
Caleb Mary
Caleb McClung
Andrew McKay
Dawson McLaughlin
David Nussbaum
Seamus O'Connell
Breck Peacock
Jaxon Powell
Davis Reeves
Parker Rogers
Cole Schminski
Luke Selfe
Sean Sisco
Chase Smith
Josiah Smith
Caleb Titherington
Nate Tofilon
Randy Vojtisek
Jake Waldinger
Max Wilson
Women's Golf
Molly Holbert
Abby Smith
Lizzy Stone
Men's Soccer
Beck Aamot
Tait Allen
Pryse Anderson
Caleb Davis
Luke Engstrom
Mason Escalante
Ben Foulk
Collin Groezinger
Caedmon Gross
Sam Grotelueschen
Andrew Heeringa
John Hearn
Cameron Hoober
David Huber
Kyle Johnson
Timmy Jones
Jack Krahel
Mason Louth
Caleb Ryan
Kyle Schauer
Brock Seneff
Women's Soccer
Katherine Ashley
Mia Blair
Elizabeth Clawson
Grace Crowder
Marissa Davis
Maddie Grinstead
Leah Harris
Kylie Houghton
Lily Lindquist
Ellen Love
Eleanor Mounts
Danie Nishiyama
Juliana Norman
Lucie Parrish
Josie Saavedra
Emily Setran
Alli Sullivan
Julia Tallungan
Women's Tennis
Lydia Adams
Elizabeth Dieter
Madeline Gentry
Janet Kondo
Carly O'Leary
Tatum Thurstone
Alexandra Wachs
Volleyball
Jordan Benford
Bree Gilbert
Lacey Higgins
Paris Griffin
Sadie Orange
Sydney Overweg
Tessa Smith
Paige Syswerda
Cat Wilhite
