Northland College Notes

No summer breakIt may be “school’s out for summer” on the campus of Northland College, but the LumberJacks and LumberJills sports teams are not at rest as tournaments, recruiting, and student-athlete academic awards continue to clip along.

RecruitingLong distance recruiting has long been a part of Northland College, which annually welcomes students and student-athletes from across the United States and beyond, and such is the case this fall as well when recruits Lebron Owusu from Ontario, Canada, and Austin Wind from Hamilton, N.J., join the LumberJacks soccer team.

Owusu is a center-back who will help out the backline for the LumberJacks. He is from St. Catharines, Ontario where he attended Sir Winston Churchill High School. Owusu was a two-time All-Star and was named Most Valuable Player of his team.

Wind is a goalkeeper from Hamilton, N.J., who played his last four years at Hamilton High West. He was a three-time varsity athlete, a three-time Academic Varsity Award Winner, a member of the Italian Honors Society, graduated Cum Laude and achieved many more academic achievements. Advancing in his sports and academics is a priority for the standout.

“I’m looking forward to starting my college soccer career and meeting new people during my first year,” said Wind. “I’m also excited to see what internship, study, and academic opportunities are available beyond my first year.”

Tournaments

High school varsity basketball teams from across the Northwoods were introduced to Northland’s Kendrigan Center and Chapple Family Gymnasium when Northland played host to six teams in a tournament at Northland College on June 22. Duluth Denfeld ended up winning the tournament, which guaranteed each team at least two games, by defeating Spooner in the final 38-29. Results from each contest:

Spooner 48 Ironwood 37

Duluth Denfeld 38 Ewen-Trout Creek 37

Spooner 47 Elcho 7

Rib Lake 48 Ewen-Trout Creek 41

Ironwood 54 Elcho 22

Duluth Denfeld 43 Rib Lake 39

Ewen-Trout Creek 31 Elcho 26

Rib Lake 41 Ironwood 31

Duluth Denfeld 38 Spooner 29

Academics

In what has become a seasonal demonstration of academic flexing, Northland College student-athletes garnered more awards when several ‘Jacks and ‘Jills figured prominently on the College Sports Communications (CSC) All-Academic At Large Team. Nine student-athletes were selected to the team from Northland’s hockey and lacrosse programs. To be eligible for the award individuals must possess at least sophomore standing with a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA while playing in at least 90 percent of games or starting in 66 percent. Selected were:

Women’s Hockey

Elle Black

Maddy Bloedel

Yvonne Durfee

Kyleigh Moffatt

Kiera Richards

Kiley Sims

Men’s Hockey

Brandon Holt

Bryson Cecconi

Men’s Lacrosse

Brodie Trollop

Northland College sports information contributed to this article.