Palm Beach North Sports - September 2023

S e p t e m b e r 2 0 2 3 | P A L M B E A C H N O R T H SPORTS 15 Marques Burgess, Sr., RB, Fort Pierce, Florida • Named the Palm Beach County Sports Commission's Amateur Athlete of the Year • Earned AP All-America (Second Team) recognition for the first time in his career • Named an NAIA All-American for the second time in his career (2021) • Earned school's first Sun Conference Offensive Player of the Year honor • Became conference Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season (named the Craig Mullins MSC Sun Division Offensive Player of the Year in 2021) • Named the inaugural Sun Conference Back of the Year • Collected first-team all-conference honors for the second straight season • Rushed for 1,217 on 243 attempts, averaging 5.0 yards per carry • Marked the second consecutive season with 1,000 yards on the ground This year’s Keiser Seahawks Student-Athlete of the Year nominees were Hannah Heide – Volleyball, Maja Henriksson – Women’s Soccer, Shykim Gillion – Women’s Basketball, Kyoka Koshijima – Women’s Soccer, Liya Goupil – Women’s Swimming, Camryn Hudson – Women’s Swimming, Hoi Ki Lau – Women’s Golf, Yvette Schmucker – Women’s Tennis, Violet Apisah – Women’s Tennis, Shea Spencer – Football, Marques Burgess – Football, Jaden Meizinger – Football, Justin Tucker – Men’s Basketball, Lucas Jacobs – Men’s Soccer, Rui Reis – Men’s Soccer, Jaylen Arnold – Football, Alberto Garcia Marcos – Men’s Swimming, Noel De Geus – Men’s Swimming, Cole Wilson – Men’s Track & Field, Isac Wallin – Men’s Golf, Jakob Stavang Stubhaug – Men’s Golf, AJ Badik – Men’s Lacrosse, Christian Tomei – Men’s Lacrosse, Shaheed Alam – Men’s Tennis. SPORTS SPOTLIGHT