CoSIDA recognizes four student-athletes North Central College had four studentathletes earn College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) NCAA Division III Academic All-America honors last spring in recognition of continued adherence to the highest standards of excellence in academics as well as athletics. Nominees must carry a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.30. Cardinals earning this distinction last spring were Jake Beesley ’22 and Ben Wong ’22 from the football program, Luke Lamm ’22 from the baseball program and Gabe Pommier ’22 from the men’s cross country and track and field programs.
CARDINAL WRESTLERS EXCEL ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE Continuing to take the women’s wrestling world by storm, Yelena Makoyed ’23 took home the gold medal in June at the United World Wrestling Cadet & Junior Pan American Championships in Oaxtepec, Mexico, dominating the competition by pinning all three of her opponents in the 76kg bracket. The College’s first national champion in women’s wrestling, Makoyed qualified to represent Team USA in the Pan-Am Championships after finishing runner-up at the USA Wrestling Junior World Team Trials in May. In the first two seasons of the women’s wrestling program at North Central, Makoyed is a two-time All-American,
two-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American, 2021 national champion, Junior National Team member and Pan-Am Championship Gold Medal winner. In addition, in September both Makoyed and Amanda Martinez ’21 qualified for USA Wrestling’s World Team Trials in Lincoln, Neb., as they each earned the No. 3 seed in their respective weight classes. To qualify for the World Trials, both wrestlers finished in the top eight at the Olympic Trials in April. Martinez, now the graduate assistant women’s wrestling coach at North Central, competed in the 55kg division while Makoyed wrestled in the 72kg weight class.
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MEN’S SOCCER SHOOTS TO 13TH IN NATIONAL RANKING After an undefeated start to their season, the North Central College men’s soccer team appeared in the d3soccer.com rankings for the first time in program history. The Cardinals were ranked 13th in the nation following the week three installment of the poll, released on September 21. The team’s nine-game winning streak at the time was the longest since 1987. Head coach Enzo Fuschino won his 150th career game following the Cardinals 2-0 victory over Aurora University on September 26. Since joining the coaching staff on February 19, 2019, he has put together a 21-5-4 record at North Central.
