The Midwest Conference released the list of 2019-20 Academic All-MWC honorees on Friday and Lake Forest College was represented on the list by a school record 160 individuals.
The criteria to become an Academic All-MWC selection includes a minimum grade point average of 3.33, which is calculated only in the awarded academic year. Student-athletes who letter in any MWC sport are eligible for the award.
The 160 honorees easily surpassed the College's previous record of 131 set in 2017-18 and, added to the Foresters' 25 Northern Collegiate Hockey Association All-Academic Team members and a St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection in women's golf, set Lake Forest's total number of conference academic awards to 186.
Ten Forester seniors — football players Bill Degnan and Johnny Laponte, swimmers Ani Karagianis and Hannah Stinson, women's soccer player Sangjun Hornewer, softball player Haylee Sherlund, and runners Jennifer Bolek, Lauren Giurini, Shelley Parat, and Olivia Parrott — earned the award for the fourth consecutive year. They were among the 33 seniors at the College who finished off their fourth year with a GPA of as least 3.33.
A dozen Lake Forest teams set or tied their respective program's highest output of Academic All-MWC selections and 10 had more than half the roster on the list. Football posted the highest total of honorees with 30, followed by men's soccer with 19 and women's soccer with 17, while women's tennis boasted the highest percentage with all eight members of the team being named Academic All-MWC.
"I continue to be impressed by our student-athletes' performance, both in and out of their competitive venues," began Lake Forest College Interim Director of Athletics Blake Theisen. "To not only set a new record, but far surpass the previous number of academic honors in a year that was upended by the coronavirus pandemic speaks volumes about the character and perseverance of these young men and women. Our department could not be more proud to recognize these achievements and celebrate our continued tradition of athletic and academic excellence."
Midwest Conference Release (pdf)
Men's Basketball
Aram Arslanian, Sr., Business
Blake Godbold, Jr., Business
Sam Husting, Sr., Finance
Zak Klug, Fr., Undeclared
Frank Siegien, Fr., Undeclared
Women's Basketball
Ely Dobrodt, So., Sociology & Anthropology
Maggie Kersting, So., Neuroscience
Katie Neher, Fr., Undeclared
Delaney Sjong, Jr., Business
Zaria Sydnor, Sr., Economics/African American Studies
Men's Cross Country
Nathaniel Bodnar, Jr., Politics
Brandon Johnson, Jr., Psychology
Mathieu Norcross, So., Biology
Aiden Pratt, Sr., Biology
Christian Reyes, So., Computer Science/Asian Studies
Lionel Whitehead, Fr., Physics
Women's Cross Country
Jennifer Bolek, Sr., English (Literature)/Spanish
Mary Laura Carey, Fr., Undeclared
Grace Dodis, Jr., Neuroscience/Psychology
Lauren Giurini, Sr., Math
Molly Gniady, Jr., Finance/Data Science (Finance & Economics)
Yaneli Guajardo, Jr., Politics
Dana Midani, Jr., Neuroscience/Psychology
Anna Mollnhuber, Jr., Business
Madeline Morland, Fr., Undeclared
Katherine Nolte, Sr., Master of Arts in Teaching
Audrey Paglia, Jr., Education/Spanish
Shelley Parat, Sr., Environmental Studies/Spanish
Olivia Parrott, Sr., Environmental Studies/Spanish
Monica Redfern, Sr., Business
Football
Chase Allen, Jr., Business: Marketing Concentration
Henry Bechok, Fr., Business
Jeremy Brown, Sr., Education/History
Connor Cahill, So., Politics
John Colasacco, Jr., Business
Michael Dean, Jr., Business
Bill Degnan, Sr., Business
Anthony DerManulian, So., Economics
Dante Esposito, Fr., Business
Alan Hanson, Fr., Undeclared
Joey Jaquint, So., Undeclared
Dominic Johnson, So., Finance
Johnny LaPonte, Sr., Physics/Math
Matt Leonard, Jr., Business
Dan Lewis, Sr., Communication
Gianluca Longobucco, Fr., Undeclared
Robby Mills, So., Finance
Nick Pawlicki, So., Undeclared
Dylan Pedersen, Fr., Communication
Noah Recker, Sr., Finance
Trysten Reeder, Jr., Biology
Michael Salazar, Jr., Communication/Business
Tom Schiller, Fr., Undeclared
Sergio Sosa, Jr., Chemistry
Angel Sotelo, Fr., Undeclared
Austin Sparrow, Fr., Undeclared
Jamari Tansmore, So., Economics/Data Science (Statistics)
Cooper Tomlin, So., Finance/Data Science (Finance & Economics)
Michael Van Bruwaene, Fr., Finance
Vincent Wallace, Fr., Undeclared
Men's Soccer
Alex Armas, Sr., Self Designed
Sid Babu, Jr., Finance
Joey Boduch, Fr., Business
Lucas Geib, Sr., Chemistry
Joao Godoy, Jr., Math/Finance
Alen Hataric, Jr., Economics
Frank Janicke Permanyer, So., Finance
Richard Jinschek, Fr., Physics
Ryo Kanesaka, Jr., Economics
Connor Keast, So., Biology
Teddy Kolesnikov, So., Finance
Matt McCullough, Jr., Finance
Griffin Mitchell, So., Business
Kaihan Rahimi, So., Undeclared
Jan Roessler, Jr., Finance/Computer Science
Tate Rosenhagen, Jr., Biology
Philip Szutkiewicz, Fr., Undeclared
Erik Truitt, So., Physics
Bradley Van Egeren, So., Undeclared
Women's Soccer
Gabriela Baxtrom, So., Education/Sociology & Anthropology
Hiwa Brown, So., Education/Psychology
Natalie Dixon, Sr., English (Literature)/Art (Studio Art)
Morgan Henrichs, Jr., Economics/Environmental Studies
Sangjun Hornewer, Sr., Communication
Maggie Kersting, So., Neuroscience
Alexa Kotsovos, So., Biology
Julia Larson, So., Finance
Riley Medley, Jr., Business/Religion
Grace Monshausen, Jr., Neuroscience/Philosophy
Serenah Quiroga, Fr., Neuroscience/Psychology
Altina Rexhepi, So., Business: Accounting Concentration
Iman Shepard, Fr., Undeclared
Hannah Steffey, Fr., Education/Psychology
Paityn Tabor, Fr., Undeclared
Aimee Vollmann, Fr., Education/English (Writing)
Alyssa Xanos, Fr., Undeclared
Softball
Missy Dieckman-Meyer, Sr., Sociology & Anthropology/Communication
Brie Gauthier, Fr., Undeclared
Shaye Gauthier, Jr., Finance/Spanish
Hannah Kalnicky, Jr., Business/Politics
Erin Karasewski, Jr., Business
Josie Klein, So., Economics/Psychology
Melissa Manzo, Fr., Undeclared
Abby Ponder, Jr., Politics
Nicole Schussler, Jr., Math/Finance
Haylee Sherlund, Sr., Psychology/Sociology & Anthropology
Maddie Webb, Jr., Psychology/Neuroscience
Sydney Wyatt, Sr., Sociology & Anthropology
Men's Swimming & Diving
Marcus Carter-Buckman, Jr., Biology
Jack Curtis, Fr., Physics
Stephen Dwyer, Jr., Communication/Business
Justin Fugiel, Fr., Undeclared
Aaron Helms, So., Undeclared
C.J. Myers, Fr., Undeclared
Alec Pittman, So., Psychology
Zeb Thorsen, Sr., Economics
Nathan Ulm, Jr., Spanish/International Relations
Evan Weller, Jr., Spanish/Self Designed
Graeme Witte, So., Biology
Women's Swimming & Diving
Violet Anderson, Fr., Undeclared
Missy Bryan, So., History
Sarah Burchart, So., Biology/Philosophy
Anna Christiansen, Fr., Politics
Susan Guo, Jr., Data Science (Finance & Economics)/Studio Art
Sophie Hansen, Fr., Undeclared
Lizzie Johns, Sr., Art: Studio Art
Ani Karagianis, Sr., History/Sociology & Anthropology
Victoria Miller, Sr., Neuroscience
Kelsey Mitchell, Sr., English
Kylie Morgan, So., Biology/Environmental Studies
Kerry Mullen, So., Biology
Ashlyn Pope, Fr., Undeclared
Jhanati Rajesh, Fr., Undeclared
Hannah Stinson, Sr., Biology/French
Rachel Trevillian, Sr., Physics
Men's Tennis
Zach Cho, So., Biology
Brant Christensen, Jr., Sociology & Anthropology/Politics
Oliver Gallego, Jr., Business/Data Science (Finance & Economics)
Pratheek Mandalapu, So., Computer Science
Matthew Pawlowski, So., Business
Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk, Fr., Undeclared
Women's Tennis
Leeza Bodnar, Sr., Finance
Tebatso Duba, So., Psychology/Philosophy
Grace Gould, Jr., Sociology & Anthropology
Natalia Leite, Fr., Economics/Data Science (Finance & Economics)
Julie Lord, Jr., Communication
Tyranny Miller, Jr., Business: Accounting/Computer Science
Emma Wang, Jr., Economics
Katie Wegrecki, So., Biology
Men's Track
Nicholas Dodds, Jr., Computer Science
Dante Esposito, Fr., Business
Brandon Johnson, Jr., Psychology
Mathieu Norcross, So., Biology
Aiden Pratt, Sr., Biology
Christian Reyes, So., Computer Science/Asian Studies
Tom Schiller, Fr., Undeclared
Logan Schmidt, Jr., Asian Studies (Japanese Language)/Finance
Lionel Whitehead, Fr., Physics
Women's Track
Lauren Giurini, Sr., Math
Molly Gniady, Jr., Finance/Data Science (Finance & Economics)
Yaneli Guajardo, Jr., Politics
Susan Guo, Jr., Data Science (Finance & Economics)/Studio Art
Alexa Kotsovos, So., Biology
Anna Mollnhuber, Jr., Business
Madeline Morland, Fr., Undeclared
Audrey Paglia, Jr., Education/Spanish
Monica Redfern, Sr., Business
Paityn Tabor, Fr., Undeclared
Alyssa Xanos, Fr., Undeclared
Volleyball
Isabel Donnelly, Jr., Art: Studio Art
Olivia Drevs, Jr., Economics/Data Science (Statistics)
Hannah Hornacek, Sr., Psychology
Hannah Nauert, Jr., Education/Communication
Olivia Rhodes, Sr., Biology
Allyson Richards, Jr., Biology
Olivia Smith, Jr., Art: Studio Art
Madison Stevens, Fr., Undeclared
Allison Trutna, Sr., Math
Izzi Visnjevac, Fr., Finance