Sartorius receives Student Athlete Award

Mariah Sartorius is January’s Student Athlete of the Month at Kishwaukee College by excelling on both the basketball court and in the classroom.

The sophomore Forward/Center has had many accomplishments during the 2011 season at Kish College and is very pleased that she has been chosen for Student Athlete of the Month.

“It feels good,” says Sartorius, “It’s a good accomplishment”. The Genoa-Kingston graduate, who has been playing basketball since she was five years old, has a grade point average of 4.0 and puts up impressive numbers on the basketball court as well. 

The nursing major at Kishwaukee College unfortunately suffered a torn calf muscle earlier in the season that seems to be playing back at her full 100% and did not hold her back.

“I struggled at the beginning, but now I am back to normal” says Sartorius. Although suffering the torn muscle, she is still very optimistic about everything basketball. Sartorius came to play basketball at Kishwaukee College because she liked all of the coaches, how they ran their programs and of course, she wanted to come to win.

Sartorius’ favorite thing about playing basketball at Kish College is the team and coaches. She also enjoys the competitiveness that is fun at the same time. Her favorite memory would be from the February 7game against Illinois Valley Community College when the team became first in their conference.

The Forward/Center’s biggest influence and inspiration on the basketball court would be Dwayne Wade of the Miami Heat. Off of the basketball court though, she says it would be her mom because of how her mom always pushed her to be the best she could possibly be.

After finishing at Kishwaukee College, Sartorius is hoping to transfer to a four year college and play basketball if she can find the right program. Many players would measure their accomplishments or success rate by the number of points they scored in each game or how many games they won, but not Sartorius, “It would be playing to my fullest potential.”