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Parkland College student-athletes earn a combined 3.28 GPA

"I want to thank our entire amazing Cobra coaching staff for encouraging and helping our student-athletes understand how important their education is both now and in the future. We are very proud of our incredible Cobra coaches!" said Director of Athletics Brendan McHale. Photo: Saga Communications/CanvaPro


CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) – Parkland College student-athletes have earned a combined 3.28 GPA during the Fall 2024 semester.

A total of 153 Parkland student-athletes have earned this remarkable GPA and the Cobra Softball team alone once again earned the Cobra Highest Team GPA of 3.65. Six other teams earned a GPA above 3.0 including Cobra Volleyball (3.58), Women’s Basketball (3.43), Golf (3.43), Men’s Soccer (3.32), Baseball (3.26), and Women’s Soccer (3.04).

Students listed below earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in Fall 2024:

  • Baseball: Alexander Schimmel, Collin Cirks, Sam Foulke, Cade Starrick, Garrett Cox
  • Women’s Cross Country & Half Marathon: Rebekah Maxwell
  • Men’s Basketball: Patrick Graham
  • Women’s Basketball: Siarah Brown, Noa Nounou, Stacie Vonderheide
  • Golf: Issac Molloy
  • Softball: Claire Black, Maddie Gourley, Abbey Horeis, Nicole Sinks, Tori Thomas, Jordyn Turner
  • Men’s Soccer: Juliano Baptiste, Ebenezer Boti, Jonas Martinez, Matteo Puli
  • Women’s Soccer: Luciana Alvarez, Jenna Clemmons, Flynn LeMaire, Audrey Marshall, Lera Wilson
  • Volleyball: Addie Beekman, Madison McCreary, Anna McEwen, Emma McEwen, Lilli Montgomery, Addie Roesch, Jami Wallace

A total of 48% of student-athletes made the Dean’s List with a GPA in the range of 3.5-4.0.

“I want to thank our entire amazing Cobra coaching staff for encouraging and helping our student-athletes understand how important their education is both now and in the future. We are very proud of our incredible Cobra coaches!” said Director of Athletics Brendan McHale.

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