Athletics

Central Lakes College is pleased to announce the appointment of Coach Krystal Brodeen as its Athletic Director.   Brodeen served in an Interim Athletic Director role in the spring of 2023 and Assistant Athletic Director this past year. She is also the Women’s Head Basketball coach at the college.   “Krystal …

The community is invited to celebrate the legacy of retired Central Lakes College head volleyball coach Jane Peterson with The Friends of Raider Volleyball Celebration. The event takes place from 9 a.m.-1p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10 in the CLC gym, Brainerd campus. Please RSVP: https://e.givesmart.com/events/CXH/.  Peterson served as head volleyball coach for …

Nineteen Central Lakes College student-athletes have been recognized by the NJCAA as All-Academic. In addition to these individual award winners, the Raider Softball Team has been recognized as NJCAA Academic Team of the Year! Sophia Laube NJCAA All-Academic First Team Softball Molly Leners NJCAA All-Academic First Team Softball Kaitlyn Geschwill …

Several Raiders were named to the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) Spring 2024 MCAC Elite Team.  The award recognizes student-athletes who combined outstanding academic and athletic performance through the Spring 2024 season.  Honorees must have earned MCAC All-Academic honors as well as All-Division, All-Conference, All-Region, and/or All-American honors in the sport of men’s basketball, …

The Central Lakes College Clay Target team earned top honors at the USA Clay Target Leagues spring trap competition. The group came out on top, winning their conference’s team title with a team score of 2084.5, among other honors.   The Raiders competed with Western Michigan (2059), the University of …

Several Raiders were honored in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) Softball All-Division awards and the All-MCAC Team. Central Lakes College freshman pitcher and infielder, Kaitlyn Geschwill, was named the MCAC North Division Player-of-the-Year. Geschwill made 21 appearances in the pitching circle, starting 18 of them, and went 12-8 on …

Three Raiders were named to the NJCAA 2024 All-Region 13 Basketball Teams. DIII Women’s Basketball Alyssa Torgerson DIII Men’s Basketball Quamar Gresham Jaiquavious Ackey

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference (MCAC) basketball coaches have selected their 15-member MCAC North and South All-Division teams, MCAC All-Defensive team, division coaches-of-the-year, and division players-of-the-year for the 2023-24 season.  The ten players receiving the most votes in each division were also named to the All-MCAC Team. Here are the Raiders who were honored: Women’s …

The Minnesota College Athletic Conference has announced its 2023 Fall MCAC All-Academic Team.  Recognized individuals combined athletic and academic accomplishments while competing at a member MCAC institution during the Fall 2023 semester.   The honored student-athletes listed all met sport-specific athletic requirements and possess a cumulative grade point average at or above the standards as established by the …

Central Lakes College is pleased to announce the hire of Charles ‘Toby’ Thurman as its new Raider head football coach.   Thurman replaces Greg Medeck, who now serves as Athletic Director at the college.   Thurman has a rich history in coaching football, having done so at both high school and college …