Lake Forest College
Being a student is not easy. Being an athlete is not easy. Being a student-athlete is even tougher. Lake Forest College allows student-athletes to succeed both on and off the court, the rink, the field, and the pool. Athletes spend at least two hours a day five days a week on practice alone, not including weekends away from school to play. Most students have to spend their weekend away focusing on their sport, but also their…
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This school year, the Foresters welcomed a new team member. Andrew Rauen, a Highland Park native, joined the staff as the new facilities assistant and strength and conditioning coordinator. Rauen was, of course, an athlete throughout his life. Playing primarily football and track and field, with a bit of basketball during his high school years, Rauen continued his journey of playing football at the Division I level at Ohio University, which is located in Athens,…
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The Lake Forest College men’s and women’s soccer teams both have started out this season with more wins than losses. The men have a record of 5-1, while the women have a record of 4-2- 1. The Forester men started off the season with a hot start, winning their first four games before falling to Benedictine University at home. In the first four games, the men outscored their opponents 18-6. The women also started off…
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Thursday, September 17th through Sunday, September 20th was the BMW Championship at Conway Farm Golf Club in Lake Forest. It was the third event of the FedEx Cup before the tour’s Championship. Two qualifying events, The Barclays in New York and Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston, were held before the BMW Championship, which took place less than five miles from Lake Forest College’s campus. Various Lake Forest College teams —including golf, swim, and hockey team,…
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The Lake Forest College men’s and women’s club rugby teams headed to the Tournament of Champions (TOC) hosted by Northern Illinois University in Sleepy Hollow, Illinois on Saturday, April 11. The tournament included more than 20 men’s and women’s collegiate and club rugby teams from around the area, including Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana. The women started out the day against the Fox Valley Vixens, a women’s club team from St. Charles, Illinois. Lake Forest dominated…
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Many people have wondered why baseball is not a varsity sport at Lake Forest. Actually, baseball was the first varsity sport at the College in the late 1890s. During both world wars, there was an elimination of varsity sports. However, baseball continued at the College until the early 1970s. It died out because there was great pressure for fielding a lacrosse team. Coach Michael Dau ’58, who coached the baseball team in the 1960s, argued…
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