Corey BallentineNorth Team

SENIOR (2018): Corey Ballentine, who received the Cliff Harris Award on Jan. 10 in Little Rock, Arkansas, was also named second team All-American honors from D2football.com. He  was selected second team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association and will participate in the Reese's Senior Bowl in January. He is the first Ichabod to receive All-American honors from the AFCA since Dane Simoneau received the honor in 2011. He was selected first team all-MIAA at defensive back and third team at return specialist this season as a senior. He finished with 50 tackles this season and had three interceptions with two forced fumbles adding three blocked kicks. He was a first team all-MIAA defensive back pick as a junior and was honorable mention all-MIAA as a sophomore. As a return specialist this season en route to third team honors, he was 10th in the MIAA in kick returns averaging 19.0 yards a return. He finished his career second all-time in blocked kicks with four and his 24.81 yards per kickoff return ranks fifth all-time on the Ichabod charts. He also forced four fumbles and recorded 1,166 career kickoff return yards which is seventh at Washburn. For his career he appeared in 46 games tallying 186 tackles with 113 solo stops and 10 tackles for loss adding the four forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries and had five interceptions.

JUNIOR (2017): Named first team all-MIAA and third team Football Gazette All-American as a return specialist and second team all-MIAA as a defensive back starting all 12 games … averaged 30.6 yards per kickoff return on 23 attempts which was fifth in the nation per return leading the MIAA … was 10th in the nation in fumbles recovered with three while forcing a fumble … defensively he was sixth on the team in tackles with 54 including 35 solo stops recording a season-high eight tackles against Northwest Missouri State … a combined seven-time Ichabod player of the week selection with five of those coming on special teams … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll … as a member of the Ichabod track and field team he has recorded eight of the top 10 fastest times in the 100m dash and the top six fastest times in the 200m dash … in indoor action, he has the top 10 fastest times in the 60m dash and the top six fastest times in the 200m dash.

SOPHOMORE (2016): Earned all-MIAA honors after finishing third on the team in solo tackles with 43 overall finishing with 65 total tackles including 6.5 for loss for 21 yards … had a career high nine tackles against Missouri Western on homecoming … led the Ichabod special teams in tackles with 10 including nine on kickoff coverage … a two-time defensive skill player of the week and received the Big Hit award five times … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll … as a member of the Ichabod track and field team he recorded seven of the top 10 times in the 100m dash with a best of 10.51 and the top five times in school history in the 200m with a best of 21.25 … finished fifth at the Kansas Relays in the 100m dash and he has three of the top five times in the 60m dash in school history.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2015): Appeared in all 11 games as a redshirt freshman recording 17 tackles with seven solo stops … named the Ichabod special teams player of the week after the Missouri Southern, Fort Hays State and Lindenwood games … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll. 

REDSHIRT (2014): Sat out the season as a redshirt … named work team defensive player of the week prior to the Fort Hays State game.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played football his junior and senior seasons … participated in track and was part of the state champion 4x400m relay team and finished second in the 4x100m relay team in the state meet as a junior … as a sophomore was part of the state championship 4x400m relay team.

PERSONAL: Son of Karl and Denise Vaughn … majoring in business.