PICTURED ABOVE: The brother and sister duo of Annika Richardson and Soren Richardson are Wheaton's Jack Swartz Award winners for winter 2024-25
Wheaton, Ill. – Several Wheaton student-athletes have been recognized for their efforts in the classroom by the CCIW. The Winter 2024-25 Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference Team features 70 Wheaton student-athletes. The
Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference team consists of sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students from CCIW member institutions who achieve a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 or higher in two or more semesters at their current school.
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 marks the first year that the award has been named after Wrath.
Two Thunder student-athletes earned recognition as the school's fall recipients of the
Jack Swartz Award. Senior
Annika Richardson of the Thunder women's basketball team, is Wheaton's female honoree. Sophomore
Soren Richardson, Annika's brother, of the Thunder men's basketball team is Wheaton's male Jack Swartz Award recipient for the winter. Annika is a Spanish and Secondary Education double-major with a 3.93 cumulative GPA. Soren is Christian Formation and Ministry major at Wheaton with a 3.70 cumulative 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.
WINTER CCIW ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE
Men's Basketball
Ty Ferguson
Noah Hedrick
Kyle Neibch
Soren Richardson
Steven Schultz
Eli Will
Women's Basketball
Keara Caragher
Alexis Martin
Kate Oliver
Annika Richardson
Petra Trumbach
Men's Swimming
Lucas Edwards
Isaac Eilmes
Ben Fox
Kaden Gannon
Aidan Lee
David Stevenson
Chandler Wambach
Women's Swimming
Tess Boyer
Julia Buchenauer
Rebecca Darter
Madi Emmitt
Katie Frigstad
Kara Grace Hess
Savannah Jeffery
Renata Marantz
Rogers Pender
Olivia Wiebe
Men's Indoor Track and Field
Noah Bisbee
Luke Bothun
Evan Dawson
Sam Elsen
Tobiah Gieser
Aidan Langan
Bradley Lauber
Benjamin Maher
Jonah Noyes
Cohen Oberg
Sheldon Powell
Dan Sanoussi
Josh Schuurman
Wyatt Shepson
Caleb Skelly
Drew Swiston
Luke Wertz
Micah Young
Women's Indoor Track and Field
Abby Baird
Elise Book
Louisa Brorson
Natalie Conrad
Grace Crowder
Meredith Eisses
Miika Forsyth
Sophia Huber
Abby Kauffman
Heidi Krekelberg
Lily Lebo
Laura Prothero
Sarah Quintanilla
Sadie Richert
Abby Rickard
Allison Roozeboom
Ashtin Roy
Clara Rudolph
Caroline Stetina
Tavinya Taylor
Hannah Tompkins
Wrestling
Sean King
Cael Palmer
Daniel Thaler
