Barrington's Beaubien will take his golf talents to Illinois Wesleyan
He's leaving one of the top high school golf programs in the state and will be joining one of the best in college.
Barrington senior Bobby Beaubien has committed to play golf at Illinois Wesleyan, the No. 4 ranked team in Division III.
Beaubien, who owns a 3.67 GPA, had seven Top 10 finishes during the 2018 season. He was the captain for the Broncos, who were seventh in the state tourney last fall.
Following a strong summer of golf, he was offered a guaranteed spot on the Titans' golf team and officially signed in December.
Beaubien helped lead Barrington to a 12-0 Mid-Suburban League record and four championships in 18-hole invites.
"Bobby's golf game has continued to improve throughout his years at Barrington High School," said Barrington coach Mike Kallenbach, who retired from coaching after last season. "He is still in the process of realizing his full potential. Bobby also realizes hard work leads to success. I'm looking forward to following Bobby's golf career as well as academics as he pursues this next chapter in his life. He will make an excellent addition to Illinois Wesleyan University."
Assistant Barrington coach Tim Rife stressed Beaubien's quality work ethic.
"So much of the game is putting in the time and effort to improve," Rife said. "Bobby wants to be out there working every day to get better - coming early, staying late and it showed in his results. He will not fall short at the next level due to a lack of effort. This step is just the beginning for him."
Beaubien is a National Honor Society student at BHS taking a rigorous course load of AP and honors classes. He has volunteered for JourneyCare since middle school where he helped found the JourneyCare Juniors program with his older sister to honor their grandfather after his unexpected death in 2011.
In high school, he has been an active member of the JourneyCare Youth Advisory Board.
He also volunteers as a junior coach with the local First Tee of Greater Chicago chapter and started the Barrington First Tee Golf Marathon to raise funds this past summer to implement First Tee programming in District 220 elementary schools. He plans to study business.
Carso honored
Hersey wide receiver Vince Carso was honored with a Mental Toughness award on Feb. 18 at the National Football Foundation Awards ceremony at Halas Hall in Lake Forest.
Carso received a $4,000 college tuition scholarship and a professionally engraved trophy from the Chicago Bears and the National Football Foundation Chicago Metro Chapter.
He was nominated by Hersey football coach Joe Pardun.
Proud Hersey alum Jeff Joniak, the Bears' radio announcer, was Master of Ceremonies for the event.
Women's basketball
Heading into last week, Duke redshirt junior Haley Gorecki (Fremd) led the Atlantic Coast Conference in double-doubles (7) for guards.
She was the only player in the ACC in the top 15 in points, rebounds, steals and assists. She was also the only player in the ACC to average more than 21 points and 7 rebounds against ranked teams.
Gorecki registered a game-high 26 points in a 64-57 loss to Virginia Tech at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
• Birmingham-Alabama senior Deanna Kuzmanic (Wheeling) has been named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District Women's Basketball Team.
She won the award for the second consecutive season, becoming the only Blazer in program history to earn the award twice.
"Deanna is a great example of what our program is all about," said head coach Randy Norton on the school's website. "She consistently excels in the classroom, on the court, out in the community and is of the highest character."
Kuzmanic carries a 3.945 GPA, majoring in mathematics with a STEM education minor.
She has twice been named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team and is one of only four players in program history to earn a spot on the All-Academic team and she is one of three players to earn it twice.
This academic semester, Kuzmanic has been student teaching at a local Birmingham high school.
Kuzmanic has started all 121 games of her four year career, ranking fourth all-time in career 3-pointers (235) and 16th in total points (1,442). This season she ranks second on the team in scoring (12.5) and 3-point field goals (39).
Men's basketball
Lake Forest senior Danny Sotos (Conant) earned second team All-Midwest Conference honors, ranking among the top 15 in the conference with 14.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
He is also one of the most efficient scorers in the league, ranking seventh in shooting percentage (56.3 percent) and is tied for seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (43 percent).
Sotos is 10th in school history with 1,319 career points and is one of just five Foresters to score at least 300 points in all four of his years on the team.
• Bucknell sophomore point guard Jimmy Sotos (Conant) had 14 points and 7 assists in an 88-85 overtime win over visiting St. Bonaventure.
Softball
Illinois-Chicago redshirt freshman Kayla Pociejewski (Maine West) belted her first career homer to put UIC ahead 2-0 in a 12-8 loss to Cal State Fullerton at Hillenbrand Invitational in Tucson, AZ.
Men's volleyball
Lewis' TJ Murray (Barrington) finished with 11 kills in the 10th-ranked Flyers' 3-2 win at Ohio State. The Flyers improved to 12-4 overall with the win.
• Augustana sophomore libero Matthew Schiferl (Wheeling) leads the Vikings with 99 digs.
Men's swimming
Augustana junior Adam Smith (Palatine) recorded a time of 2:06.35 to place 10th in the 200 butterfly at the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin championships at the RecPlex Aquatic Center.
The Vikings totaled 496 points over three days, trailing only Carthage (1,018) and Wheaton (865) in the team standings.
Men's tennis
Lewis' Anton Levitin (Buffalo Grove) defeated Cedric Rupa and Jack Seymour 6-4 at No. 3 doubles in the Flyers' 4-3 loss to Ferris State at Five Star Tennis Center in Plainfield.
Baseball
Lewis senior outfielder Brandon Post (Elk Grove) delivered a two-out RBI single up the middle in a 6-1 triumph for the Flyers over Trevecca Nazarene in Nashville, Tenn. Post also had 4 of the Flyers' 16 hits in a 14-10 win at Drury in the final contest of a four-game set.
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