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April 2013 - Male
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Joey Mauk, Boys Gymnastics
Conant HS
Joey Mauk has recovered from multiple shoulder surgery’s to compete and compete well in gymnastics all-around (Every Event) competition. He leads the Conant Gymnastics team which currently has the top score in the state and is ranked 2nd over-all out of 44 teams in the state. He has been working extremely hard in the gym and pushing his teammates around him which has brought the best out of all of them as well. At all meets and invites he has placed at least top 3 on all events. Photo Mark Welsh for The Daily Herald.
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March 2013 - Male
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Jonathon Burke, Senior Boys Swimming
Conant HS
Jonathon was an integral part of the team all season. He could swim any stroke at any distance. Wherever the team needed points, he was eager to swim the event and score the points. He has dominated in dual meets, invites, conference, and sectionals in the 200 Free and 500 Free the last three years. The only time he finished anything other than 1st in these events the past two seasons was at the state meet. This year he finished 3rd in the 500 Free and 14th in the 200 Free. He is a great person, athlete and teammate! Some accomplishments: Conference: 1st place 200 Free, 1st place 500 Free (pool and conference record), 3rd place 200 Free Relay, 3rd place 400 Free Relay Sectionals: 1st place 200 Free, 1st place 500 Free (Pool record and meet record for the second straight year), 1st place 400 Free Relay, 2nd place 200 Free RelayState: 3rd place 500 Free (4:29.90), 14th place 200 Free (1:41.41)
School record holder: 200 Free, 500 Free, 400 Free Relay
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February 2013 - Female
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Amelia Rafferty, Junior Girls Gymnastics
Elk Grove HS
Amelia had an outstanding season in girls gymnastics, finishing fourth place in the all-around competition in sectionals, 3rd place in the balance beam, and 1st place in the floor exercise. In the state meet, Amelia finished 12th in the all-around competition, and 6th in the floor exercise with a 9.50 score and 8th in the vault with a 9.475 score. Photo Mark Welsh Daily Herald Staff Photographer.
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January 2013 - Female
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Diamond Boyd, Senior Girls Basketball
Elk Grove HS
Diamond Boyd is a four-year varsity player in the Grens basketball program. She has been instrumental to her team's success over that time period. This season she has helped lead her team to a 4-1 record in the competitive MSL East while averaging 15 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 steals per game. The team will continue to look to her to provide leadership and production on the court to help them achieve success throughout the rest of the season.
Photo JOE LEWNARD The Daily Herald.
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December 2012 - Male
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Riley Glassmann, Boys Basketball
Fremd High School
Riley Glassmann, Junior Guard, paced the Vikings with 11 points in a signature game versus previously unbeaten and top-10 ranked Dundee-Crown. “We wanted to make a statement and prove that we can beat some of the best teams in the area,” Glassmann said after the game, with the Vikings winning 49-31 in Carpentersville. “We just wanted to come out and play Fremd defense and get a win.”
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November 2012 - Female
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Courtney Lang, Girls Tennis
Hoffman Estates HS
Courtney Lang, Junior Girls Tennis, finished first in the Schaumburg sectionals and won her first match at state. Courtney is a three-time state qualifier.
Photo courtesy of: Daily Herald
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October 2012 - Male
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Stacey Smith, Football
Schaumburg HS
Stacey Smith, Junior Boys Football. Stacey is helping to pace to Saxons to a 5-1 record with his running and passing ability. In a recent game against Barrington, Smith carried the ball 10 times for 74 yards and had several key passes in 74-yard touchdown drive that put the Saxons up for good. Smith also had a great special teams play by preventing a touchback and pinning the Barrington offense down at the 2 in the early fourth quarter.
Photo courtesy of Daily Herald
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September 2012 - Male
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Kishan Patel, Boys Football
Elk Grove HS
Senior defensive back Kishan Patel is anchoring the defense that has only given up 6 points in the first two games of the season. In the shutout game against Hoffman Estates, Patel intercepted a pass, forced a fumble and also recovered another fumble.
Photo courtesy of: NCSAsports.org
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August 2012 - Male
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Coach Kirk Macnider
Hoffman Estates HS
Coach Kirk Macnider's Girls Cross Country team qualified for State during their 2011 season, the team overall placed 13th out of 217.
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July 2012 - Male
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Matt Hendricks
Rolling Meadows HS
Matt had a banner year in helping the team compile an overall 16-11 record and 7-5 record in the Mid-Suburban League. Matt is a leader in many batting categories in the league, hitting .429 batting average, and a .667 slugging percentage and .505 on base percentage.
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June 2012 - Female
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Morgan Keller, Jr. Girls Track and Field
Rolling Meadows HS
Morgan placed first in the Lake Park Sectional track meet in the shot put and the discuss throw, at 41'-10" and 140'-4" respectively. She went on to the state track meet and placed third in the shot with a toss of 43'-00.25" and fourth in the discuss with a throw of 128'-2".
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May 2012 - Female
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Andrea Cobb, Sr., Girls Water Polo
Conant HS
Andrea has been a consistent goal scorer all season, pacing the team to its 18-8 record.
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April 2012 - Male
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Jack Andersen, Boys Baseball
Fremd High School
Jack pitched a no-hitter versus Glenbard North in early April.
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March 2012 - Male
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Ronnie Hauser
Fremd High School
Ronnie Hauser compiled an impressive 34-8 record and finished in second place in sectionals and fourth place in the State Wrestling tournament for 132 pounds.
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March 2011 - Female
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Brooke Shimon
Schaumburg HS
Brooke is, without question, the most courageous competitor with whom I have ever been associated. Over the course of her high school career Brooke has persevered through surgeries on both elbows and a broken ankle, leaving her sidelined for a total of 12 months. Any one of these setbacks could derail even the toughest of gymnasts. Yet, she has refused to be seduced by the natural human tendency to focus on the past and ask “why me” and “what could have happened if”. Brooke’s dedication has been unwavering and she has maintained a forward-looking focus on what she and her team can achieve.
Brooke is a born leader. Her enthusiasm, dedication, and work ethic are contagious and have lead her teammates and coaches to appoint her to captaincy three years running. This young woman and the people who associate with her simply cannot help but achieve the highest levels of success. Her teammates are better athletes, better students, and better people because of her leadership! Schaumburg gymnastics experienced the most successful season in its 40 year history and won a 3rd place trophy at the state meet. These accomplishments absolutely would not be possible without Brooke’s leadership!
Some of Brooke’s personal achievements this season are MSL bars champion, regional beam and vault champion, Sectional bars, beam, and all-around champion, 6th place on bars (state) and 3rd place on beam (State).
She was also nominated as senior gymnast of the year by the coaches association and was named a member of the Illinois national team.
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November 2010 - Male
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Travis Morrison
Schaumburg HS
After 3 injury shortened season Travis Morrison put it all together this year. He earned the 4th place medal at the Mid-Suburban League meet, then won the IHSA Regional hosted by Hoffman Estates, finished 3rd at the Schaumburg Sectional and capped of the season with an all-state performance last Saturday at the IHSA state championships. He finished in 25th place with a time of 14 minutes 46 seconds the fastest time for a 25th place finish since 1976.
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October 2010 - Male
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Joe Zolper
Schaumburg HS
Joe is perhaps the most undersized lineman in the MSL. He, however, is the most impactful. Joe has been a fixture in opponents backfields through the 1st 6 games. He deserves much credit for the Saxons 4-2 start. Joe’s intensity and tenacity contribute to his success.
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September 2010 - Female
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Alyssa Schneider
Bartlett HS
Sr. Alyssa Schneider completed a very successful Cross Country week leading the Bartlett Hawks to the title at the Elgin City Classic by winning the event with the time of 18:33 over the difficult 3 mile course at Lord's Park in Elgin. She completed the week by winning the very tough St. Charles East Leavey Invitational at Leroy Oaks with the time of 17:55. Alyssa is a team captain and has an ACT score of 33 and looks to continue running in college.
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