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.

By Craig Ondevilla January 14, 2025 7:40 pm

Chambana TodayCanvaPro"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.

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.