Ansani enters Lake Forest College's Hall of Fame
Add a college Hall of Fame to Mike Ansani's resume.
After being inducted into his St. Viator High School's Hall of Fame in 2008, one year later Ansani has entered the Lake Forest College Hall of Fame.
Ansani began at Lake Forest in the fall of 1994 and became one of the most accomplished basketball players in the program's history.
He led the team in assists and was among the team leader in several other categories as a freshman when the Foresters won six more games than they had the previous season.
As a sophomore, Ansani led Lake Forest in rebounding and was second in scoring, assists and steals. He earned second-team All-Midwest Conference South Division honors and was named the team's MVP.
As a junior, he ranked first on the team in all four categories and was a first team all-MWC selection.
He also repeated as the Forester's MVP as a junior and senior, making him just the fourth player in school history to earn the award at least three times.
Ansani led the 1997-98 team with 18.6 rebounds and 6.1 rebounds as Lake Forest made its first appearance in the MWC tournament since joining the league in 1974.
In addition to earning first-team all MWC honors again, Ansani was selected as the division's Player of the Year - the first such awarded in team history.
Ansani finished his career as the program's all-time leader in field goal percentage (58.9 percent) and ranked eighth with 1,292 points. He was also among the leaders in assists and steals.
In addition to his basketball achievements, Ansani was awarded membership into the Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society and Beta Beta Beta Biology Honorary Society and was a three-time Academic all-MWC selection. He majored in biology and chemistry and graduated summa cum laude in 1998.
He is now in a career as a hospitalist physician in Racine, Wi.
Men's soccer
Elmhurst College's Sebastion Doczewski (St. Viator) earned College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin second-team honors.
The junior goalkeeper won the league's defensive "Player of the Week" twice this fall.
He ranked second in the CCIW in goal against average (1.08) while leading the league in both saves (44) and save percentage (. 846). He stopped 44 shots and recorded 6 shutouts.
Wrestling
Elmhurst's Charlie Curran (Hersey) was named College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Wrestler of the Week.
Curran (Hersey) won the title at 157 pounds, posting a 5-0 record during the Concordia (Wis.) Open. He was also voted "Outstanding Wrestler" as he beat two-time all-American Jesse Milks from Wisconsin-Platteville, 5-2, in the semifinals. He picked up a 5-3 victory over Cade Sarbecker from Wisconsin-Whitewater in the finals.
Football
• Junior linebacker Nick Magiera (Barrington) of Fordham University was named to the second-team All-Patriot League.
Magiera, a two-year starter at linebacker, led the Rams in tackles this fall, compiling 80 total stops, 44 solo, including eight for losses and two sacks.
He also recorded two pass deflections, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble.
Magiera is tied for 11th in the Patriot League in tackles for loss (0.73/game) and is ranked 13th in tackles (6.8 per game). He recorded four games with a double-digit tackle total, including each of the final three contests. His season-high was a career-high 12-tackle game at Lafayette on Oct. 24, which included 2 tackles for loss and he matched that with another 12-tackle game against Bucknell on Nov. 7.
Over his three-year career, Magiera has registered 172 total tackles, 89 solo, including 23 for loss and 10 sacks. He also has 8 pass deflections in his career.
• In only his third season, Kevin Hutchins (Maine West) coached the Monrovia High School football team to its first appearance in an Indiana state football championship.
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers made a defensive stand at its own goal line with 6:32 left to go and then melted away the remaining clock for a 24-17 victory over Monrovia in the Class 2A state title game.
Before Hutchins took over, Monrovia had seven straight losing seasons and had only won one sectional.
The year before Hutchins began, the team was 0-10.
In his first two seasons, it was 7-5.
This season, the team has was 14-0 going into the state title contest.
It scored over 456 points on offense and gave up only 73 points, allowing only 4.9 points per game.
• Wisconson-Whitewater tight end Jason Ford (Fremd), caught the first touchdown pass of the NCAA D-3 round two game against Illinois Wesleyan.
Nationally-ranked Whitewater (No. 2) won 45 -7 and will play Wittenberg University in the quarterfinal game this Saturday.
Jimmy Norris (Fremd) also contributed to the offense for Whitewater at right guard.
Women's Basketball
Sophomore Ellen Ayoub (Buffalo Grove) is off to a solid start this season.
She finished with 11 points and a season-high 6 rebounds in Loyola's 85-66 win over SIU Edwardsville at the Gentile Center.
Ayoub knocked down all four of her free throws and finished 3-of-5 from the floor, highlighted by a long 3-pointer that beat the first-half buzzer and sent the Ramblers into the locker room with a commanding 46-27 lead.
A key part of a very balanced Loyola team, Ayoub is averaging 7.8 points and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 58 percent from the field through four games.
With the win, Loyola moved to 3-1 on the year, its best start since beginning the 2001-02 season with a 4-1 mark.
Women's soccer
Carroll University's Kelly Blenner (St. Viator), Cody Callender (Lake Zurich), Liana Foreman (Vernon Hills), Kelley Moran (Stevenson) and Kate Tarquino (Lake Zurich) (1st Team All Conference) all started on a team that won the Midwest Conference for the third straight season. This distinction earned them a spot in the NCAA Division III playoffs each of the last 3 seasons.
Jamie Blenner (St. Viator) is also on the team but was injured this fall.
Callendar and Tarquino were first-team all-conference selections. Callender was the "Offensive Player of the Year" for the conference and one of the top goal scorers and point-producers (on a per game basis) in the nation.
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