Janine Vcelka Kennedy
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- Year:
- 1990
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- Hometown:
- Wadsworth , Illinois
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- High School:
- Zion-Benton Township
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- Team:
- Volleyball
J anine Vcelka grew up in Wadsworth , Illinois , and attended Zion-Benton Township High School , where she graduated in 1986 in the top 10 percent of her class. She was a team captain and an All-Lake County and All-North Suburban Conference volleyball player both her junior and senior seasons. She also played softball for three years.
Vcelka enrolled at Lake Forest College in the fall of 1986 and
earned four varsity letters as a member of the Forester volleyball
team. She was named Honorable Mention All-Midwest Athletic
Conference for Women after her sophomore season and received First
Team All-MACW honors each of the next two years. Vcelka ranked
among Lake Forest 's leaders in both kills and blocks throughout
her career and, as a senior, was named team captain and its Most
Valuable Player. The Foresters were 72-55 overall and 12-5 in MACW
North Division play during her four years. At the time of her
induction the 1988 squad's 27 victories were still the highest
single-season total in the program's history.
She graduated from the College in 1990 with a degree in
biology.
Vcelka married John Kennedy and worked as a lab technician at
Abbott Laboratories. She passed away on November 1, 1993 from
injuries sustained in an automobile accident.