The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced its 2020-21 Individual Academic All-Conference recipients on Tuesday. A total of 165 UIS student-athletes earned 189 GLVC Academic All-Conference awards for having a 3.30 cumulative GPA or higher for the previous school year.
 
The 165 student-athletes that earned the award are a new program record for the UIS Athletics Department, edging out the 2019-20 total of 160. Over the last two school years, UIS has had an increase of 37 percent in the number of athletes that earned this honor.
 
A total of nine sports programs at UIS tied or set a new program record for their respective sports, including all seven men's teams. The Prairie Stars baseball program had 31 student-athletes earn the honor, the most among UIS squads, and men's soccer had an increase of 50 percent over the 2019-20 school year. Women's soccer had the most honorees on the women's side with 20, and softball finished with 16 winners.
 
A total of 22 UIS student-athletes this year earned at least their fourth career GLVC Academic All-Conference award this year. They are: Austin Alderman (baseball), Mason Coon (baseball), Chris Mathieu (baseball), Grace Weber (women's basketball), Tyler Pasley (men's cross country/track and field), Thomas Wuchte (men's cross country/track and field), Savannah Brannan (women's cross country/track and field), Claire Eaton (women's cross country/track and field), Gloria Esarco (women's cross country/track and field), Libby Price (women's cross country/track and field), Jamie Kreisler (men's golf), Ocean Pangan (women's golf), Dan Mahony (men's soccer), Javier Milla (men's soccer), Quentin Reese (men's soccer), Amanda Meyer (women's soccer), Kayla Meyer (women's soccer), Izabel Piña (women's soccer), Natalie Cokel (softball), Alex Chan (men's tennis), Brianna Bush (volleyball), and Kenzie Hendon (volleyball).

Academic All-Conference
*Indicates Number of Years on Academic All-Conference Team
 
Baseball (31)
Austin Alderman, Illinois Springfield****
Brandon Bannon, Illinois Springfield***
Blake Begner, Illinois Springfield
Sam Bieser, Illinois Springfield
Asher Bradd, Illinois Springfield**
Brennan Brogni, Illinois Springfield**
Kenny Brokop, Illinois Springfield**
Mason Coon, Illinois Springfield****
Noah Crowe, Illinois Springfield
Rece Finck, Illinois Springfield**
A.J. Golembiewski, Illinois Springfield
Brayden Gorecki, Illinois Springfield
Mason Graham, Illinois Springfield
Colton Hale, Illinois Springfield**
Nate Kremkow, Illinois Springfield
Lucas Kresin, Illinois Springfield
Chris Mathieu, Illinois Springfield*****
Nick Mayerhofer, Illinois Springfield**
Richie Minda, Illinois Springfield
Chris Monroe, Illinois Springfield***
Clark Morgan, Illinois Springfield
Nathan Righi, Illinois Springfield
Chad Saner, Illinois Springfield**
Cade Sestak, Illinois Springfield**
Evan Snyder, Illinois Springfield**
Christian Stelling, Illinois Springfield
Eddie Wilkins, Illinois Springfield**
TJ Yakimisky, Illinois Springfield**
Kal Youngquist, Illinois Springfield**
Nick Zeeveld, Illinois Springfield***
Cameron Zunkel, Illinois Springfield***
 
Men's Basketball (9)
Jason Bergstrom, Illinois Springfield
Jesus Castillo, Illinois Springfield**
Isaiah Esker, Illinois Springfield
Chase Robinson, Illinois Springfield**
Will Rucker, Illinois Springfield**
Yamani Shareef, Illinois Springfield**
Collin Stallworth, Illinois Springfield**
Casey Tuttle, Illinois Springfield***
Matt Wendling, Illinois Springfield
 
Women's Basketball (8)
Evey Evans, Illinois Springfield
NaKaya Hughes, Illinois Springfield
Malea Jackson, Illinois Springfield**
Lauren Ladowski, Illinois Springfield***
Ellie Mitchell, Illinois Springfield***
Liz Uhl, Illinois Springfield
Carson Vance, Illinois Springfield***
Grace Weber, Illinois Springfield****
 
Men's Cross Country (14)
Trevor Dunkel, Illinois Springfield***
Colin Fitzgerald, Illinois Springfield
Layne Hill, Illinois Springfield**
Blake Jones, Illinois Springfield**
Ryan Jones, Illinois Springfield
Gabe Martinez, Illinois Springfield
Spencer Mauch, Illinois Springfield**
Wyatt McIntyre, Illinois Springfield
Riley McKneelen, Illinois Springfield
Tyler Pasley, Illinois Springfield****
Adam Robson, Illinois Springfield***
Cort Ross, Illinois Springfield
Jacob Schwartz, Illinois Springfield***
Thomas Wuchte, Illinois Springfield****
 
Women's Cross Country (10)
Jade Anderson, Illinois Springfield
Savannah Brannan, Illinois Springfield****
Breanna Chandler, Illinois Springfield
Taryn Christy, Illinois Springfield***
Claire Eaton, Illinois Springfield****
Gloria Esarco, Illinois Springfield****
Libby Price, Illinois Springfield****
Jordan Serrahn, Illinois Springfield
Morgan Suttles, Illinois Springfield***
Lexi Throne, Illinois Springfield***
 
Men's Golf (7)
David Ayala, Illinois Springfield**
Jaime Kreisler, Illinois Springfield****
Aryaman Mohan, Illinois Springfield
Daniel Nyman, Illinois Springfield***
Hagen Sanchez, Illinois Springfield
Maxwell Schmidtke, Illinois Springfield**
Sebastian Trujillo, Illinois Springfield***
 
Women's Golf (5)
Madison DeRousse, Illinois Springfield
Kathryn Gleason, Illinois Springfield
Ocean Pangan, Illinois Springfield****
Jennifer Queller, Illinois Springfield***
Paula Valdivia, Illinois Springfield**

Men's Soccer (21)
Daniel Amponsah, Illinois Springfield**
Tolga Barutcu, Illinois Springfield
Lars Brinkman, Illinois Springfield
Terence Bynoe, Illinois Springfield**
Rory Carlson, Illinois Springfield***
Jay Hakki, Illinois Springfield
Norman Hernandez, Illinois Springfield
Ashton Hubert, Illinois Springfield
Drew Keller, Illinois Springfield**
Dan Mahony, Illinois Springfield****
Javier Milla, Illinois Springfield****
Charles Ogbogu, Illinois Springfield
Quentin Reese, Illinois Springfield****
Luke Ridley, Illinois Springfield
Brian Riordan, Illinois Springfield**
Armando Rosiles, Illinois Springfield
Arian Teran, Illinois Springfield**
Darian Turner, Illinois Springfield
Caleb Warmbier, Illinois Springfield
Jay Younger, Illinois Springfield
Marvin Zott, Illinois Springfield
 
Women's Soccer (20)
Rylee Billington, Illinois Springfield**
Sierra Cenek, Illinois Springfield**
Hailey Collins, Illinois Springfield**
MaKayla Cox, Illinois Springfield**
Angela Dagnino, Illinois Springfield***
Abby Dellamorte, Illinois Springfield
Ally Fischer, Illinois Springfield***
Madison Grandys, Illinois Springfield
Lauren Griffin, Illinois Springfield***
Allison Hackett, Illinois Springfield***
Maggie Joos, Illinois Springfield
Ally Lassetter, Illinois Springfield
Emma Little, Illinois Springfield**
Amanda Meyer, Illinois Springfield****
Kayla Meyer, Illinois Springfield****
Izabel Pina, Illinois Springfield****
Heidi Schuffert, Illinois Springfield**
Claire Sokol, Illinois Springfield***
Meghan Vlcek, Illinois Springfield**
Megan Zini, Illinois Springfield**
 
Softball (16)
Ramsey Armstrong, Illinois Springfield
Addison Bryant, Illinois Springfield***
Kelsie Burrows, Illinois Springfield
Natalie Cokel, Illinois Springfield****
Danielle Dennis, Illinois Springfield**
Evey Evans, Illinois Springfield
Carolyn Franke, Illinois Springfield
Emma Garcia, Illinois Springfield**
Laney Gowin, Illinois Springfield**
Grace Harris, Illinois Springfield***
Ashley Klinzing, Illinois Springfield
Lindsay LaDere, Illinois Springfield**
Jillian Mathis, Illinois Springfield**
Reagan Miles, Illinois Springfield**
Emma Thomas, Illinois Springfield
Calla Wickenhauser, Illinois Springfield**
 
Men's Tennis (8)
Alex Chan, Illinois Springfield****
Ivan Esguerra, Illinois Springfield
Matthew Lapsley, Illinois Springfield***
Tomas Martinez, Illinois Springfield***
Rafa Rojas, Illinois Springfield**
Philip Rydell, Illinois Springfield
Menno Servaes, Illinois Springfield***
Oscar Toro, Illinois Springfield**
 
Women's Tennis (4)
Franca Bucco, Illinois Springfield
Ashley Long, Illinois Springfield***
Neha Mokhasi, Illinois Springfield***
Carol Quevedo, Illinois Springfield
 
Men's Track and Field (14)
Trevor Dunkel, Illinois Springfield***
Colin Fitzgerald, Illinois Springfield
Layne Hill, Illinois Springfield**
Blake Jones, Illinois Springfield**
Ryan Jones, Illinois Springfield
Emmons King, Illinois Springfield**
Gabe Martinez, Illinois Springfield
Spencer Mauch, Illinois Springfield**
Wyatt McIntyre, Illinois Springfield
Riley McKneelen, Illinois Springfield
Tyler Pasley, Illinois Springfield****
Adam Robson, Illinois Springfield***
Cort Ross, Illinois Springfield
Thomas Wuchte, Illinois Springfield****
 
Women's Track and Field (11)
Jade Anderson, Illinois Springfield
Savannah Brannan, Illinois Springfield****
Breanna Chandler, Illinois Springfield
Taryn Christy, Illinois Springfield***
Claire Eaton, Illinois Springfield****
Gloria Esarco, Illinois Springfield****
Libby Price, Illinois Springfield****
Jordan Serrahn, Illinois Springfield
Ellie Shonkwiler, Illinois Springfield
Morgan Suttles, Illinois Springfield***
Lexi Throne, Illinois Springfield***
                                                                      
Volleyball (11)
Becca Blakeley, Illinois Springfield***
Brianna Bush, Illinois Springfield****
Angela Denney, Illinois Springfield
Delainee Gibson, Illinois Springfield
Kenzie Hendon, Illinois Springfield****
Megan Krasowski, Illinois Springfield***
Amanda McConnell, Illinois Springfield
Madeline McGuire, Illinois Springfield**
Hannah Nicolaisen, Illinois Springfield**
Regan Trueblood, Illinois Springfield
Ryleigh Warfel, Illinois Springfield