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Heartland Community College Athletics

Catcher, Kate Singler congratulates
teammate Hannah Dow (pitcher) after a strike-out at the National Softball Tournament

Welcome to Heartland Community College and the excitement of the Hawks' athletic program.

Heartland is proud of the way it was represented in its first full year of Midwest Athletic Conference competition. The Hawks' softball team, which was ranked as high as No. 6 in the country during the regular season, took 3rd at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament. The Hawks' baseball team announced its presence on the national scene finishing the regular season ranked No. 17 before taking 3rd place in the Region 24 tournament. Both the men's soccer team and women's soccer team experienced its own successes during the Fall 2007 season setting the tone for the Spring 2008 season. 

For their performance on the field and in the classroom Heartland's Hannah Down (Softball), Kaitlyn Ralph (Softball), Kate Singler (Softball), Scott Winters (Baseball), Jill Hedrick (Soccer), Camie Bartlett (Soccer) and Camele Altenbernd (Soccer) were named as MWAC All-Academic Athletes. Softball standouts Amber May and Amanda Sartoris were voted on to the NJCAA Division II All-American team and softball coach Shae Wesley was named the Region 24 Coach of the Year.

Heartland Athletics is proud of the moderate success it has already experienced and looks forward to building on that success. The student-athletes at Heartland have upheld the values and expectations of the athletic department and will continue to do so into the future in order to build a proud tradition that starts in the classroom and extends to the playing field.

If interested in an internship with the Athletic Department, please contact Nate Metzger (Athletic Director) at 309-268-8418 or nate.metzger@heartland.edu.