Karl Maass
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- Year:
- 1978
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- Hometown:
- Matteson, Illinois
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- High School:
- Rich Central
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- Team:
- Basketball
Karl Maass grew up in Matteson, Illinois, and attended Rich Central High School. He was an all-conference player and the team's Most Valuable Player in basketball. In addition, he was named Athlete of the Year and received the Human Relationship Award and the Citizenship Award.
Maass enrolled at Lake Forest College in the fall of 1974 and
immediately excelled on the basketball court. After earning Second
Team All-Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference honors as a
freshman and sophomore, he was a First Team selection as well as
the team's captain and Most Valuable Player as both a junior and
senior. Maass led the team in scoring each of his four seasons and
scored 1,442 points in his collegiate career. At the time of his
induction, he ranked third on the school's career scoring list. In
addition, the Foresters won more games during his career than in
any other four-year span in school history (at time of induction).
In 1977-78, Karl's senior year, he led Lake Forest to a share of
the program's first-ever conference championship. Maass was also a
pitcher on the Forester baseball team for two seasons. He tied for
the team lead in victories in 1976 and allowed fewer than three
earned runs per seven innings in his career.
Maass has worked in the insurance industry since graduating from
Lake Forest in 1978.
He lists his family as his greatest lifetime achievement.