Ripon Invitational

St. Norbert senior tennis players Aaron Sunday and Andrew Winters have both been named to the 2007 College Division CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America first-team at-large teams, while Illinois College senior golfer Emma Reuschel was a second-team selection.

It is Sunday’s second Academic All-America honor, after netting third-team accolades on the at-large squad in 2006. Winters claimed his first at-large team Academic All-America honor, but his third overall, following his first-team Academic All-American honors in men’s soccer in 2005 and 2006.

After three years as head coach of the Ripon women's golf team, Bill Peters has resigned. The former golf pro at Tuscumbia Golf Club in Green Lake, Wis. stepped down after being hired as the head pro at Whispering Springs Golf Club in Fond du Lac, Wis.

In his three seasons as head coach of the Red Hawks, Peters led the Red Hawks to a pair of fifth-place finishes, as well as a second-place finish in 2005.

Illinois College senior women’s golfer Emma Reuschel was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District At-Large First Team.

The summa cum laude graduate, who compiled a 4.0 grade point average during her time at Illinois College, recently served as the co-valedictorian at graduation in May.

Reuschel was a key part of a Lady Blues women’s golf program that started a run of four consecutive conference championships during her freshman season. She finished in 10 th place individually at the 2006 championship meet.

The National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) has named Illinois College senior Carey Cappel (right) to its Honorable Mention NCAA Division III All-American Team.

Cappel was the individual medalist at all four Midwest Conference Women’s Golf Championships in her career, leading the Lady Blues to four consecutive team titles. She closed the 2006 fall season ranked 11 th nationally and first the in the Central Region and is the first Illinois College golfer to ever be named an All-American by the NGCA.

The Illinois College Lady Blues finished 20th out of a field of 20 teams at the 2007 NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament, hosted by El Campeon Golf Course at the Mission Inn Resort & Club in Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla. The four-day, 72-hole event was held from Tuesday-Friday, May 8-11.

The meet marked the Lady Blues first-ever trip to the NCAA tourney and the first appearance by a Midwest Conference school as well. Illinois College earned the conference’s inaugural automatic NCAA Tournament berth with their fourth consecutive league crown in the fall of 2006.

Only two of the Lady Blues scoring players from their MWC title team were able to compete in the NCAA Tournament. The overlap of softball season prevented senior Carey Cappel, the four-time defending MWC individual champion and All-American, from participating in the NCAA Tournament.

Janelle Kuhn paced head coach Brenna Kelly’s squad at the national meet, as the sophomore carded a 72-hole total of 362 to tie for 73rd place.

NCAA Division III Championship Results

The Illinois College women’s golf team is among 20 schools that will be competing for the 2007 NCAA Division DIII Women’s Golf National Championship at Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla., this week. The Lady Blues tee off the 72-hole event on Tuesday (May 8) morning at El Campeon Golf Course at the Mission Inn Resort & Club. Brenna Kelley’s squad received the Midwest Conference’s inaugural automatic qualifier for the NCAA tourney after winning the league championship tournament in the fall. The Lady Blues have won the past four league titles and are participating in their first NCAA tourney.

Illinois College will be represented by senior Emma Reuschel, junior Kristen Schmalz, sophomore Janelle Kuhn, sophomore Leah Reuschel and freshman Denise Pachlhofer.

Golf World magazine has released its first NCAA Division III women’s golf rankings of 2007 and the Lady Blues of Illinois College enter the spring with the No. 16 ranking in the nation. Illinois College’s squad has won the last four MWC Championships, which are played in the fall, earning the conferences first-ever NCAA automatic qualifier this past fall. The NCAA Golf Championships are a spring event, thus Illinois College will be traveling to Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida on May 8-11 to compete for a DIII national title.

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The format changed but the results did not. Moving to a three-day, 54-hole event for the first time didn't stop Illinois College from claiming its fourth consecutive Midwest Conference Women's Golf Championship. The Lady Blues shot a combined 1017 (345-347-325) to win by 110 strokes over second-place Grinnell (1127) at the Soangetaha Country Club in Galesburg, Ill.

With Illinois College in control since the first round, the only drama that remained was Carey Cappel’s (Illinois College) quest to become the second MWC golfer to win four consecutive conference medalist honors. Trailing teammate Kristen Schmalz by three shots entering Sunday's play, Cappel carded a tournament-best even-par-round of 74 to win by nine shots.  Cappel finished with a 245 (86-85-74) to overtake Schmalz (81-87-86-254).  Janelle Kuhn gave the Lady Blues the top three individuals with a 255 total after a 78 Sunday.  Cappel and Kuhn had the tournament's only rounds under 80.

The Lady Blues receive the conference's automatic qualifier to the 2007 NCAA Women's Golf Championship Tournament.

Illinois College senior Carey Cappel (right) will be playing for history as she looks to lead the Lady Blues to a fourth consecutive title at the 2006 Midwest Conference Women’s Golf Championship. The three-day event, which is hosted by Knox, will play out Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6-8 at the Soangetaha Country Club in Galesburg, Ill.

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Golf Digest ranked the women's golf programs at Illinois College, St. Norbert and Grinnell among the Top 50 schools in the country in the Women's Golf Academics First section of the September 2006 issue. The Lady Blues ranked 31st in the poll, followed by St. Norbert and Grinnell at 32nd and 42nd, respectively. The poll was topped by Princeton and also featured Yale and Harvard in its Top 5. The poll not only took into account academics, but also rated schools based on team scoring average, player growth (improvement/decline rate), climate, coaches and facilities.

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For the past six years, Andrews has been the head girls golf coach at Waukesha high school. In that time, he has led the program to two Classic 8 Conference Championships and two runner-up finishes. His 2005 squad qualified for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Championship and finished in third place.

In addition to coaching, Andrews is also the head golf professional at Merrill Hills Country Club, a position he has held since 1989. Prior to arriving at Merrill Hills , he was the head professional at Bulls Eye Country Club in Wisconsin Rapids , Wis. He is a class A-1 member of the Professional Golf Association and member of the Wisconsin High School Golf Coaches Association.

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