Sixteen players from the regional champion Columbus North girls soccer team and eight girls and six boys from Columbus East have been named to the Indiana Soccer Coaches Association Academic All-State teams.
ISCA Academic All State selections must be seniors or Juniors GPA, have a GPA of at least 3.7 and be a varsity contributors.
North’s Emma Bennett, Nitya Chenenda, Samantha Crossman, K.J. Ely, Annagail Fields, Ella Furber, Helena Ho, Kate Kolhouse, Jenna Lang, Claire Lyvers, Alexa McKinley, Laney Moore, Alicia Morales, Rion Stevens, Layla Terry and Lauryn Whitley made the girls team, along with East’s Alana Dwenger, Hannah Hemmerlein, Abby Miller, Chloe Miller, Catherine Wolf, Gabi Schuetz, Kathleen Soedel and Grace Wiltsey.
East’s Brody Copas, Joe Deckard, Jeffery Blanz, Joe Hefner, Weston Romine and Branson Young are on the ICSA Academic All-State boys team.
Meanwhile, four girls from East made the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Academic All State Soccer team. The ICGSA squad consists of seniors with at least a 3.7 GPA and at least a 1,100 SAT or 24 ACT score.
Dwenger, Hemmerlein, Abby Miller and Wolf are on the ICGSA Academic All-State first team. Chloe Miller made honorable mention.
Bull Dogs make All-State
Three members of the state-qualifying Columbus North boys tennis team have been named to the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches All-State team, and three others made honorable mention.
Junior Nathan Lin is on the first team singles, and freshman Anvay Atram and Amrit Kar are on the first team doubles. Junior Matthew Liu made honorable mention singles, and senior Luke Enneking and junior Eric Stavnheim are honorable mention doubles selections.
North runner picks USI
Carson Kleinhelter isn’t among top-ranked Columbus North’s top seven cross-country runners, but that didn’t stop colleges from pursuing his talents.
Kleinhelter committed earlier this week to run cross-country and track at Southern Indiana. He plans to major in broadcast journalism.
“I really liked the coaches and their vision for the future,” Kleinhelter said. “The athletes also all were really nice and very welcoming, and it’s a place where I really liked the vibe on campus.”
Kleinhelter is the fourth North boys runnerweek to commit to a college and the third in the past week. Collin Pruitt committed to Western Kentucky, and last weekend, Austin Pulkowski and Andy Stohr committed to Bellarmine and Lipscomb, respectively.
Locals selected All-HHC
Five girls and three boys from the Hoosier Hills Conference runner-up Columbus East boys and girls soccer teams have been selected to this year’s All-HHC first teams.
East’s Alana Dwenger, Hannah Hemmerlein, Abby Miller and Catherine Wolf made the girls first team, along with Jennings County’s MaKenna Maschino. East’s Chloe Miller, Gabi Schuetz, Allison Craig and Alexis Spurgeon and Jennings’ Morgan Lane are honorable mention selections.
East’s Korbin Hatcher, Chris Quisenberry and Logan Cline and Jennings’ Ian Sawyer made the boys first team. East’s Adam Wear, Ben Romig, Kevin Galindo Sanchez and Branson Young were named honorable mention.
Junior named East MVP
Junior Korbin Hatcher has been named MVP of the Columbus East boys soccer team.
Weston Romine won the Top Team Player Award. Brody Copas won the Olympian Award, and Cam Trueblood and Pete Coriden were named Most Improved.
Ted Schultz is sports editor for The Republic. He can be reached at tschultz@therepublic.com or 812-379-5628.
