The Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) recently named one of the Dick Durrant Academic Athlete of the Year award winners for 2022-2023. Waubonsee Community College's Michael Mumme was one of 10 winners of this prestigious award this year. The award is given annually to the male and female student-athletes in the ISCC who attain the highest grade-point-average (GPA) after completing four semesters of college work. Mumme, a Maple Park native and member of the Chiefs' baseball team from Marmion Academy High School, earned this distinction with a perfect 4.0 grade-point-average with a minimum of 48 credit hours of college-level course. Mumme brings the Chiefs' total to 34 student-athletes who have earned this honor since the inception of the award in 1979. The award is named after Mr. Dick Durrant, who was an outstanding teacher, coach and athletic director at Elgin Community College from 1961 through 1985. Durrant championed the philosophy of academic as well as athletic excellence while at Elgin. Coach Durrant was known for his concern for students, his sense of fair play and his attitude of education before athletics.
In addition, 27 sophomores and 24 freshmen Waubonsee student-athletes achieved ISCC All-Academic status for the 2022-2023 school year. The list consisted of the following:
(SOPHOMORES)
Lukas Haddox Baseball Yorkville, IL / Yorkville
Nathan Kennedy Baseball Oswego, IL / Oswego
Michael Mumme Baseball Maple Park, IL / Marmion Academy
Garrett Peters Baseball Geneva, IL / Geneva
Julio Romero Baseball Los Lunas, NM / Valencia
Cole Schrank Baseball Rockford, IL / Winnebago
Alex Stroud Baseball Morristown, IN / Roncalli
Brian Wrenn Baseball Geneva, IL / Geneva
Antonio Hughes Men's Basketball Oswego, IL / Oswego East
Brice Langford Men's Basketball Indianapolis, IN / Perry Meridian
Josh Branstad Men's Cross Country Geneva, IL / Geneva
Jacob Weissensel Men's Cross Country Sandwich, IL / Yorkville Christian
Connor Bullard Men's Soccer Hinckley, IL / Hinckley-Big Rock
Nick Larson Men's Soccer Yorkville, IL / Yorkville
Eric Vargas Men's Soccer Warrenville, IL / Wheaton Warrenville South
Taylor Hamaker Softball Oswego, IL / Oswego
Taylor Warren Softball Yorkville, IL / Yorkville
Jordan Weber Volleyball Elburn, IL / Kaneland
Emalee Wiley Volleyball Elburn, IL / Kaneland
Brooke Heiman Women's Basketball Compton, IL / Indian Creek
Angelina Schlinger Women's Basketball Oswego, IL / Oswego
Payton Heiden Women's Cross Country Plano, IL / Plano
Marina Mercado Women's Cross Country Plano, IL / Plano
Abigail Placido Women's Cross Country Geneva, IL / St. Charles North
Molly Herbig Women's Soccer Plano, IL / Plano
Nichole Jacobsen Women's Soccer Plano, IL / Plano
Paige MacRitchie Women's Soccer South Elgin, IL / Geneva
(FRESHMEN)
Matt Bivens Baseball Yorkville, IL / Yorkville
Ryan Buck Baseball Yorkville, IL / Yorkville
Sean Earwood Baseball Plano, IL / Plano
Thomas Fowler Baseball Cedar Park, TX / Leander
Joel Johnson Baseball Oswego, IL / Oswego
Allen Mateo Baseball Austell, GA / South Cobb
Blake Sotir Baseball Aurora, IL / Batavia
Julian Acosta Men's Basketball Aurora, IL / Aurora East
Judson Scott Men's Basketball Hinckley, IL / Hinckley-Big Rock
Logan Cunz Men's Cross Country Sugar Grove, IL / Kaneland
Huitzi Del Real Men's Cross Country Aurora, IL / Aurora East
Cody Ganzon Men's Golf Montgomery, IL / Kaneland
Isaac McCumber Men's Golf Aurora, IL / Oswego East
Chelsea Born Softball Sycamore, IL / Sycamore
Emily Hurst Softball/Basketball Aurora, IL / Rosary
Val Osthoff Softball De Soto, WI / De Soto
Abby Colon Volleyball Yorkville, IL / Yorkville
Chloe Mellman Volleyball Montgomery, IL / Oswego
Norah Molitor Volleyball Batavia, IL / Home Schooled
Gianna Raimondi Volleyball Oswego, IL / Oswego
Anika Bielskis Women's Basketball Winnebago, IL / Winnebago
Kaila Schlinger Women's Basketball Oswego, IL / Oswego
Ashleigh Wackerlin Women's Basketball/Soccer Hinckley, IL / Hinckley-Big Rock
Anna Corneliusen Women's Soccer Oswego, IL / Oswego