After an historic year in athletic competition, Lake Forest College teams added yet another school record by earning the most Academic All-Midwest Conference awards in school history. The league announced the 2014-15 Academic All-MWC honorees on Tuesday.
With two new varsity programs, three conference titles, five teams placing in NCAA Division III play, another sweep of the national handball titles, and a school record number of victories, 2014-15 was an extremely successful year for Forester Athletics.
The Forester men's golf team placed seventh at the three-day Midwest Conference Tournament, which concluded on Saturday. Senior Luke Swardenski shot a 78 on Saturday for Lake Forest's best individual round of the tournament.
The Forester men's golf team placed eighth at the two-day St. Norbert Invitational over the weekend. Freshman Durham Ghelfi led Lake Forest with a round of 82 on Sunday and he tied for 33rd place overall in the tournament.
The Forester men's golf team posted a seventh-place finish at the 2015 Midwest Conference Preview Meet on Sunday. Freshman Davis DeKorte was Lake Forest's top player with a score of 83.
The Forester men's golf team placed third at Saturday's Lawrence University Viking Invitational. Freshman Christopher Rockers led Lake Forest with an 81 on the par-73 course at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Greenville, Wisconsin.
The Forester Spring Invite was played at White Deer Run Golf Club in Vernon Hills, Illinois, on Sunday and the hosts' red team placed eighth while the black team was 10th. Senior Davis Grannis was one of two Foresters with three birdies on the day.
The Lake Forest College men's golf team played its first event of the second semester on Saturday at the Wisconsin Lutheran College Spring Invitational. The Foresters tied for 11th place at the tournament and were led by freshman Christopher Rockers, who carded a season-best score of 77.
Dick Triptow, who coached four different sports during his 14 years as a member of the Lake Forest College Athletic Department, passed away over the weekend in Lake Forest after a brief battle with pneumonia. He was 92 years old.
The Lake Forest College men's golf team closed out the fall semester by placing fourth out of eight teams at the Elmhurst College Invitational on Thursday. Freshman Durham Ghelfi led the Foresters with a season-best round of 78.
The Lake Forest College men's golf team improved by eight strokes from the first round to the second at the two-day Milwaukee School of Engineering Invite. Senior Mcauley Banning was one of two Foresters to with a team-best score of 85 on Monday.
The Forester men's golf team sits in 13th place at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Invite after the first of two days of competition. Freshmen Durham Ghelfi and Christopher Rockers each shot an 86 to lead Lake Forest on Sunday.
The Forester men's golf team finished play at the 2014 NCAA Division III Midwest Region Classic on Tuesday. Lake Forest placed 23rd at the two-day event and freshman Davis Dekorte posted the team's best round of the year.
The Forester men's golf team improved 38 shots from Sunday's performance and placed 13th at Wisconsin Lutheran College's WLC Fall Invitational on Monday. Senior Luke Swardenski carded a 77 in round two, a dozen shots better than his score on Sunday.
The Lake Forest College men's golf team began its first season in 44 years by placing 13th at Carthage College's Tim Kopka Memorial Invitational over the weekend. The Foresters' score of 326 on Saturday was 12 strokes better than Friday's total and moved them up a spot in the standings.
Playing in the program's first tournament since 1970 on Friday, the Lake Forest College men's golf team is in 14th place after day one of Carthage College's Tim Kopka Memorial Invitational. The two-day event will conclude on Saturday.
After more than 44 years, Forester varsity men's golf is back and the team will begin the 2014-15 season at Carthage College's Tim Kopka Memorial Invitational September 5-6. Lake Forest will compete in four tournaments this fall in the non-traditional portion of the schedule.
Lake Forest College Director of Athletics Jackie Slaats announced Thursday that men's and women's golf will become the College's 18th and 19th varsity sports in 2014-15. Lake Forest last fielded a varsity men's golf team in 1970.