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.
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.
Forester student-athletes were listed 115 times on Tuesday, giving the College 127 academic awards from its teams' conferences this year. Lake Forest's men's and women's hockey teams each had six players named to the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association All-Academic Teams in April. The previous school record for league academic awards was 88 set in 2013-14.
Eleven of the College's 15 MWC sports set or tied their program records for academic all-conference honorees. Among them was football, which had the most of any team with 20. Women's soccer was second with 12, tying last year's record-setting output. Women's tennis had the highest percentage of its members listed with six out of eight (75%). The women's basketball (9 of 16), women's cross country (8 of 16), and women's swimming and diving (8 of 16) teams also had at least half of their rosters on the list. The Forester softball and men's soccer teams each had nine honorees, the men's basketball and men's swimming and diving teams seven, the men's cross country team six, the volleyball team five, the men's tennis team four, the women's golf team three, and the men's golf team two.
"I am extremely proud of our student-athletes and the way they performed this year," began Lake Forest College Director of Athletics Jackie Slaats. "While there were several incredible and noteworthy athletic accomplishments, their record breaking success in the classroom was equally as impressive and important. Our coaches and administrative staff also deserve a lot of credit for the emphasis they consistently put on academic success and for the time and energy they devote to the programs we have in place to help ensure that our Forester student-athletes have the opportunity to excel in all phases of college life."
Midwest Conference Release (pdf)
NAME | SPORT | YEAR | MAJOR |
Pat Boyle | Football | Jr. | Economics |
Sean Chapman | Football | Jr. | Business |
Michael Cole | Football | Fr. | Undeclared |
Miko Delacruz | Football | Fr. | Undeclared |
Bryan Donahue | Football | Jr. | Finance |
Dylan Ernst | Football | So. | Economics |
Tim Finucane | Football | Fr. | Undeclared |
Joseph Kropp | Football | Sr. | Business |
Nana Yaw Larbi-Tieku | Football | Jr. | Economics |
Ben Larsen | Football | Sr. | Finance |
Robby Mecham | Football | Fr. | Undeclared |
Sam Mulford | Football | So. | Sociology & Anthropology |
Sam Plutchak | Football | Fr. | Undeclared |
Chris Rantis | Football | So. | Finance |
Mike Rantis | Football | Jr. | Finance |
Peter Rantis | Football | Jr. | Finance |
Philip Rindom | Football | Sr. | Finance/Computer Science |
Ramel Samuel | Football | Sr. | Economics |
Christian Silvestri | Football | Sr. | Biology |
George Vidas | Football | Jr. | Economics |
Austin Curren | Men's Basketball | So. | Philosophy |
Ray Hunnicutt | Men's Basketball | So. | Finance |
Chase Janer | Men's Basketball | Jr. | Finance |
Brian Madson | Men's Basketball | Sr. | Biology |
Matt McPherson | Men's Basketball | So. | Finance |
Mike Rueffer | Men's Basketball | So. | Finance |
Mason Zuniga | Men's Basketball | Jr. | Finance |
Steve Auman | Men's Cross Country | So. | Computer Science |
Joseph Bortolotti | Men's Cross Country | So. | Neuroscience |
Alec Bruns | Men's Cross Country | Fr. | Computer Science |
Thomas Flynn | Men's Cross Country | Sr. | Environmental Studies |
Paul jones | Men's Cross Country | Fr. | Neuroscience |
Adnan Meskic | Men's Cross Country | Sr. | Finance |
David Grannis | Men's Golf | Sr. | Business |
Matt Weidner | Men's Golf | So. | Business |
William Braubach | Men's Soccer | So. | Mathematics/Computer Science |
Finnian Bunta | Men's Soccer | Fr. | Undeclared |
Jeremiah Erzen | Men's Soccer | Jr. | Economics |
Colin Jackson | Men's Soccer | So. | Undeclared |
Brenden McLane | Men's Soccer | So. | Finance |
Derek Pascal | Men's Soccer | So. | Undeclared |
Alberto Pedraza | Men's Soccer | Sr. | Business/Int'l Relations |
Michael Peters | Men's Soccer | So. | Biology/French |
Ian Taylor | Men's Soccer | Sr. | Education/Mathematics |
Armel Cazedepats | Men's Swimming & Diving | Jr. | Sociology & Anthropology |
Sean Flanigan | Men's Swimming & Diving | So. | French/Business |
Josh Georgeff | Men's Swimming & Diving | So. | Finance/Politics |
James Haney | Men's Swimming & Diving | So. | Biology/Chemistry |
Orion Huey | Men's Swimming & Diving | So. | Computer Science |
Travis Johnson | Men's Swimming & Diving | So. | Economics |
Kristofer Korth | Men's Swimming & Diving | Jr. | Biology |
Josh Kim | Men's Tennis | So. | Undeclared |
Dan Pivonka | Men's Tennis | Fr. | Undeclared |
Derek Schaltz | Men's Tennis | Sr. | Physics |
Ryne Urbanik | Men's Tennis | Sr. | Communication |
Tara Airola | Softball | So. | Biology |
Kaleigh Ambrose | Softball | Jr. | Environmental Studies |
Kat Beall | Softball | Fr. | Undeclared |
Maddie Dieleman | Softball | Jr. | Education/Mathematics |
Audrey Djukic | Softball | Sr. | Communication |
Alex Hemmer | Softball | Jr. | Psychology/Neuroscience |
McKenzie Mac | Softball | Fr. | Business |
Jenny McTague | Softball | So. | Environmental Studies/Economics |
Vasi Panos | Softball | Jr. | Biology/Communication |
Brittany Avonts | Volleyball | So. | Neuroscience/Religion |
Brianne Honda | Volleyball | Jr. | Education/English: Literature Emphasis |
Kaitlyn Ladao | Volleyball | Sr. | Environmental Studies |
Torie Pasiewicz | Volleyball | Sr. | Business |
Erin Sully | Volleyball | Jr. | Politics/Communication |
Brittany Avonts | Women's Basketball | So. | Neuroscience/Religion |
Abby Carlson | Women's Basketball | Fr. | Undeclared |
Rose Coll | Women's Basketball | Sr. | English: Literature Emphasis |
Tara Gloystein | Women's Basketball | So. | Biology |
Briana Majkowski | Women's Basketball | So. | Education/Mathematics |
Kara Norvet | Women's Basketball | Fr. | Undeclared |
Jenna Rice | Women's Basketball | Sr. | Communication |
K.C. Stralka | Women's Basketball | Jr. | Politics |
Abby Wiedman | Women's Basketball | Sr. | Mathematics/Economics |
Jordyn Cohen | Women's Cross Country | Sr. | Education/Spanish |
Viktoriya Georgieva | Women's Cross Country | Fr. | Neuroscience |
Cassie Lira | Women's Cross Country | Fr. | Finance |
Andrea Lorch | Women's Cross Country | So. | Int'l Relations/Religion |
Mallory Rose | Women's Cross Country | Fr. | Undeclared |
Abigail Toohey | Women's Cross Country | So. | Environmental Studies/Biology |
Rose Twagirumukiza | Women's Cross Country | Sr. | Int'l Relations/Spanish |
Kristen Whitney | Women's Cross Country | So. | Business/Communication |
Allie Girard | Women's Golf | So. | Business |
Brooke Perkins | Women's Golf | Sr. | Economics |
Aly Skoczek | Women's Golf | Fr. | Chemistry/Neuroscience |
Abby Carlson | Women's Soccer | Fr. | Undeclared |
Michele Giurovici | Women's Soccer | Sr. | Biology |
Michelle Greeneway | Women's Soccer | Jr. | Finance |
Lindsay Hartup | Women's Soccer | So. | Biology/Chemistry |
Katelyn Hronek | Women's Soccer | So. | Computer Science |
Shari Jacobson | Women's Soccer | Fr. | Psychology |
Courtney Kehrmann | Women's Soccer | So. | Art/Psychology |
Ellen Rogers | Women's Soccer | Jr. | Finance |
Amy Sherman | Women's Soccer | So. | Economics/Spanish |
Emily Simpson | Women's Soccer | So. | Education/History |
Rachel Tenuta | Women's Soccer | So. | English: Literature Emphasis |
Sammy Wilke | Women's Soccer | Fr. | Finance |
Emily Bowens | Women's Swimming & Diving | So. | Sociology & Anthropology |
Evelyn Johnson | Women's Swimming & Diving | Fr. | Undeclared |
Maggie Kroeger | Women's Swimming & Diving | Fr. | Psychology/Spanish |
Simona Kurta | Women's Swimming & Diving | Fr. | Business |
Emma Levine | Women's Swimming & Diving | Fr. | Neuroscience/French |
Christina Pekar | Women's Swimming & Diving | Sr. | Biology |
Sarah Pekar | Women's Swimming & Diving | Sr. | Biology |
Lily Thorsen | Women's Swimming & Diving | So. | Biology |
Lexi Chionis | Women's Tennis | So. | Communication |
Zoe Maurer | Women's Tennis | So. | Undeclared |
Emily Rabin | Women's Tennis | Jr. | Communication |
Samantha Ryczek | Women's Tennis | Fr. | Undeclared |
Christi Valicenti | Women's Tennis | Jr. | Communication |
Leslie Walton | Women's Tennis | Sr. | Communication |