The 2009 All-Midwest Conference football teams were released
Tuesday (November 17) and 12 Lake Forest College players were
recognized for their acheivements this season.
Senior wide receiver Dan Carter
(Arlington Heights, Ill./St. Viator) was the Foresters' lone first
team selection. He earned the honor for the third straight season
after being named Second Team All-MWC as a freshman. Carter ranked
second in the league with 999 receiving yards and a school record
77 receptions. He also finished tied-for-third with 11 touchdown
catches, matching his total from both his freshman and sophomore
seasons. Carter finished his career as the Foresters' career leader
with 221 receptions, 3,422 receiving yards, 40 touchdowns, and 242
points.
Senior defensive lineman Jaron Eanes
(Cleveland, Ohio/Lake Forest Academy), senior linebacker Chad
Zimborski (Waukesha, Wis./Waukesha North), and sophomore safety
Luke
Butts (Warrensburg, Ill./Warrensburg) were Second Team All-MWC
honorees. Eanes made 61 tackles on the season and ranked second in
the league with 17.0 tackles for loss and tied-for-second with 7.5
sacks. His 39.5 career tackles for loss rank third in team history.
Zimborski led the team and ranked fourth in the conference with 97
tackles on the year. He also picked off two passes and recorded 8.5
tackles for loss. Zimborski finished his career ranked fourth in
program history with 314 career tackles. Butts tied for the league
lead with four interceptions and ranked seventh in the conference
with 85 tackles. Eanes and Zimborski were also second team
selections as sophomores and all three players earned honorable
mention last year.
Lake Forest's Honorable Mention selections on Tuesday included
junior offensive lineman Dan Steck
(Waterloo, Ill./St. Louis University), sophomore defensive lineman
Casey
Flynn (Morristown, N.J./Morristown), senior linebacker Donovan
Baldridge (St. Louis, Mo./Chaminade), junior linebacker Tanner
Compton (Excello, Mo./Macon), and senior cornerback Lorenzo
Ramirez (Denver, Colo./Kent Denver). They combined for 208
tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, three interceptions, 12
pass breakups, three forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries this
season. Baldridge was also an honorable mention selection in
2008.
Earning honorable mention for their work on special teams were
senior kickoff specialist Noah Dion
(Cleveland, Ohio/Shaker Heights), sophomore returner and coverage
man Kevin
Davis (South Elgin, Ill./South Elgin), and freshman returner Josh Poel
(Grand Haven, Mich./Grand Haven). Davis made nine special teams
tackles this year and Poel averaged 6.9 yards per punt return and
21.5 yards per kickoff return.
The Foresters finished the season with an overall record of 2-8 and
finished tied-for-seventh in the league standings with a conference
mark of 2-7.
A Dozen Lake Forest Players Earn All-Midwest Conference Honors
Posted: Nov 16, 2009
November 16, 2009
A Dozen Lake Forest Players Earn All-Midwest Conference Honors
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