COMMUNITY: How they're doing

A look a former Gazette area athletes and what they are doing now.

IOWA COLLEGES - Wartburg sophomore Daniel Bonthius of Iowa City (Regina) was named first-team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American in men's cross country/track for Division III. He has a 4.0 GPA in biology ... Coe seniors Ryan Dusil of Cedar Rapids (Kennedy) and J.D. Hunter of Iowa City (Regina) earned Iowa Conference all-academic honors in baseball, along with Wartburg's Craig Kerper of Dyersville (Beckman) and Drew Yoder of Wellman (Mid-Prairie) ... Clarke junior Jordan Hohensee of Brooklyn (BGM) earned Midwest College Conference academic honors in baseball ... Emily Saville of Cedar Rapids (Linn-Mar) earned her second varsity letter as a member of the Central women's track and field team ... Grand View junior Tayler Bontrager of Iowa City earned all-MCC academic honors in men's basketball ... B.J. Cunningham of Cedar Rapids (Kennedy) earned his first varsity letter as a member of the Central men's tennis team and was named Most Improved ... Buena Vista sophomore Jordon Pilcher of Cedar Rapids (Washington) earned Iowa Conference academic honors in softball, along Coe's Abby Flannagan of Manchester (West Delaware), Dubuque's Caitlin Aulwes of Edgewood (Ed-Co) and Loras' Shelby Perkins of Marion ... Mount Mercy bowlers Jeremy Cline, Bryan Tippett and Robert Wyant of Cedar Rapids and Sean McCallum of Marion earned all-MCC academic honors . Coe junior Jon Ameling of Ossian (South Winneshiek) is among 17 former area preps earning all-Iowa Conference academic honors in men's track and field. He is joined by Loras' Nathan Maiers and Dan Thole of Dyersville (Beckman), Kyle Wagner of Elkader (Central) and Austin Steil of Cedar Rapids (Xavier), Luther's Marty Mitchell of Decorah, Simpson's Leif Jeppson of Mount Vernon and Max Nguyen of Vinton (Vinton-Shellsburg), and Wartburg's Brandon Hosch of Epworth (Western Dubuque), Sam Read of Marion (Linn-Mar), Daniel Bonthius of Iowa City (Regina), Colton Feltes of Delhi (Maquoketa Valley), Matthew Hageman of Calmar (South Winneshiek), Justin Hochstetler of Kalona (Mid-Prairie), Tyler Nullmeyer of North Liberty (I.C. West) and Dakota Gilmore of Monticello ... Clarke freshman Sean DeVries of Anamosa and Viterbo freshman Martin Block of Waukon earned all-MCC academic honors in men's golf ... Dubuque' Chris Kerr of Mount Vernon and Wartburg's Ryan Shields of Iowa City (West) and Jordan Conrad of Winthrop (East Buchanan) earned all-Iowa Conference academic honors in men's golf ... Mount Mercy's Aaron Lacy of Cedar Rapids and St. Ambrose's Jon Vince Rhodes of Kalona earned all-MCC academic honors in men's soccer ... Buena Vista's Kelsey Kankelfitz of Atkins (Benton Community) earned all-IIAC academic honors in women's track and field, along with Central's Emily Saville of Cedar Rapids (Linn-Mar), Loras' Emily Sotelo of Iowa City (City High), Luther's Maia Pugh of North Liberty (I.C. West), Anna Burke of Elgin (Valley), Addy Rickels of Vinton (Vinton-Shellsburg) and Christina Storlie of Decorah, and Wartburg's Kristin Canning of Lisbon, Kayla Kregel of Decorah, Mary Wrage of Dysart (Union), Erin Seymour of Peosta (Western Dubuque) and Britlyn Sieck of Fayette (North Fayette) ... Clarke's David Meyers of Walford earned all-MCC honors in men's track and field, along with Mount Mercy's Bradley Phillips of Central City and Kodey Salow of Washington (Iowa)

MISSOURI COLLEGES - Amanda Burger of Cedar Rapids (Jefferson) earned third team honors on Capital One/CoSIDA Division II academic softball team. She ended her college career with a .284 batting average, 53 RBIs and 11 home runs. She graduated with a 3.97 GPA in Spanish.