CHICAGO, Ill. -- North Park saw 34 student-athletes competing in the winter season receive 2024-25 Dave Wrath Academic All-CCIW honors, up from 25 the previous season. Track & Field standouts Thea Ring and Jereme Ombogo swept the Jack Swartz Award for the top male and female competing student-athletes.
The Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference list comprises those individuals that achieved an overall grade-point average of 3.30 or above and have served at least one year in residency at their respective school. The award is named after the former Augustana College athletics administrator. Wrath retired in June of 2021 as the Associate Director of Athletics for Media and Alumni Relations, serving the Vikings for 40 years. In addition to his duties at Augustana, Wrath served as the CCIW Sports Information Director from 1996 to 2005 and was instrumental in establishing the CCIW's Academic All-Conference Program in 2005.
Additionally, the CCIW announced all of the recipients of the Jack Swartz Academic All-Conference award. Each CCIW member institution selects two student-athletes (one men's athlete & one women's athlete) from each of the three sport seasons (fall, winter, spring) to be honored as Jack Swartz Academic All-Conference members. To be eligible, an individual must have an overall grade point average of 3.50 or above and have served at least one year in residency at their respective institution. The award is named after the former Wheaton College Director of Athletics and CCIW Commissioner. Swartz served in the Athletics Director role from 1975-1982 and as CCIW Commissioner from 1987 until his passing on July 11, 1997.
Ring, a Physical Education major with a 3.947 GPA, finished as the Division III National Runner Up in the Pentathlon. She concluded the event with a new personal record point total of 3,754, which is also a CCIW all-time record.
Ombogo, a Marketing & Economics major with a 3.949 GPA, established a personal record in the 60m with a time of 6.69 at the Indoor Championships to easily qualify for the Finals. His time of 21.34 in the 200m was also a new best. Ombogo placed fourth in the 60m Finals with a 6.72.
Both Vikings earned All-American status on the national stage, becoming First-Team selections.
A complete list of North Park's 2024-25 Winter Academic All-CCIW recipients is below:
Women's Basketball
Jocelyn Chammas
Aliyah Hershberger
Caroline Long
Teresa Morrissey
Brooke Panush
Women's Indoor Track & Field
Thea Ring
Sofia Grivot
Rian Hobbs
Alex Ireland
Emma Klein
Julia Klein
Jaclyn Little
Lauren McKnight
Cassidy Mullens
Aaliyah Parker-Fox
Leah Patrykus
Alexa Pawlowski
Johanna Södergård
Jayla Sotelo
Erika Ver Beek
Men's Basketball
Lalhnehpuia Chhakchhuak
Kyren Gardner
Elijah Lebron
Lance Nelson
Davante Robinson
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Josh Brito
Michael Hernandez
Ali Karatas
Michael Kleiner
Ubayd Kromwell
Glen McGowean
Jereme Ombogo
Petros Siakavelis
Mason Wilson
