Lawrence University Sports News

Contact: Joe Vanden Acker, Sports Information Director, 920-832-6878
For Immediate Release December 5, 2003

Lawrence University fall athletes named to Academic All-Midwest Conference team

APPLETON, Wis. -- Thirty-six Lawrence University student-athletes have been chosen for the Academic All-Midwest Conference team.

To receive this honor, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore and have a minimum 3.2 grade point average.

The Lawrence football team led the way with nine selections.


Representing football are:

Craig Garvey, senior, Kaukauna, economics major;

Jacques Hacquebord, senior, Waunakee, biology;

James Hahn, sophomore, Madison, biology;

Chris Kliethermes, sophomore, Elmhurst, Ill., undeclared;

Nick Korn, sophomore, Cashton, economics;

David Saydack, senior, Eugene, Ore., history;

Mark Schmoll, senior, Seymour, biology;

Bill Schreiter, senior, Lockport, La., chemistry;

Jeff Wiswell, sophomore, Monona, government.


Representing menıs cross country is:

Paul Schonfeld, junior, Reedsburg, physics and geology.


Representing womenıs cross country are:

April Evans, junior, Sioux City, Iowa, physics and music;

Rachel Lucas, sophomore, Apple Valley, Minn., biology;

Emily Maillette, senior, Eagle River, psychology and music;

Courtney Miller, senior, Reston, Va., violin performance and German.


Representing menıs soccer are:

Richard Amankwah, sophomore, Accra, Ghana, chemistry;

Brendan Marshall-Rashid, senior, Petosky, Mich., music and theatre;

Adam Miner, junior, Madison, psychology;

Mark Wending, senior, Mayville, biology.


Representing womenıs soccer are:

Molly Bryant, junior, Oconomowoc, art;

Emily Buzicky, junior, St. Paul, Minn., history;

Sara Compas, junior, Apple Valley, Minn., math;

Laura Gray, senior, Kohler, biology;

Jaime Nodarse, junior, Davenport, Iowa, anthropology;

Greta Raaen, junior, Byron, Minn., psychology;

Beth Shaker, sophomore, Shorewood, biochemistry;

Claire Thompson-Vieira, sophomore, Minneapolis, Minn., biology.


Representing womenıs tennis are:

Abby Birling, senior, Appleton, piano performance and music education;

Amy Gammon, junior, Madison, psychology;

Claire Mallory, junior, Glenshaw, Pa., piano performance and art history;

Julia Ruff, junior, Wauwatosa, history and classics;

Serene Sahar, sophomore, New Berlin, math;

Adriana Teodoro-Dier, junior, Woodruff, piano performance.


Representing volleyball are:

Jennifer Burris, senior, Gurnee, Ill., economics;

Lara Manzanares, sophomore, Tierra Amarilla, N.M., Spanish.


Founded in 1847, Lawrence University has produced seven Rhodes Scholars and was again named one of the country's ³best national liberal arts colleges² by U.S. News and World Report in its 2003-04 Guide to American Colleges.