DePaul Magazine

Volume 1 Issue 412023 Fall 2018 Article 3

11-19-2018

Athletics

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Gates (hammer throw), Caroline Muller (high jump), Emily Eller (shot put) and the 400- and 1,600-meter relay teams. Men’s track standout Brian Mada quali ed for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the triple jump, while Mada, Gates (javelin) and Brooks competed in the NCAA West preliminaries. “I’m really proud of what our student ath- letes and coaches have accomplished this year. We had four conference titles plus signi cant improvement in so many teams,” said DePaul Athletics Director Jean Lenti Ponsetto (EDU ’78). “Women’s track and field made a big leap, the golf team performed well, men’s tennis earned the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament for the second year in a row and Coach Doug Bruno (LAS ’73, MA ’88) presents a Blue Demons jersey to the women’s tennis battled through some injuries in Rev. John T. Richardson, C.M., former DePaul president, as well-wishers look on advancing to its fourth BIG EAST title match in the last  ve years.”  e 2017–18 season also marked the un- veiling of DePaul’s state-of-the-art A Year to Celebrate facility in ’s South Loop. at McCormick Square opened to rave Annual banquet honors athletic milestones reviews when men’s basketball welcomed longtime rival Notre Dame last November. ePaul women’s basketball and behind the arc. DePaul’s graduating senior class had a Dteams were among those highlighted for Retiring Women’s Softball Head Coach terri c four-year run  lled with champion- a remarkable 2017–18 season at the annual Eugene Lenti (EDU ’80) claimed the 1,300th ships. “You can’t say enough about the legacy athletics banquet in June. win of his career after the Blue Demons of success left behind by the senior class,” Women’s basketball, under Head Coach topped Presbyterian 1–0 on Feb. 17. The Ponsetto said. “Over their four years, they won Doug Bruno (LAS ’73, MA ’88), made its softball coaches were honored as the BIG 20 BIG EAST regular-season and tournament 16th consecutive appearance in the NCAA EAST Softball Coaching Staff of the Year titles and earned 47 BIG EAST major awards.” tournament and reached the second round after guiding their team to a 1–3 conference  e evening featured tributes to former for the  fth straight year.  e women led record and regular-season title. DePaul President the Rev. John T. Richardson, the nation in three-point field goals per Women’s track and field scored second C.M., Community Outreach Coordinator game and were No. 2 in the country in all place at the BIG EAST Outdoor Track & Dave Corzine (LAS ’78) and Associate Vice three-point  eld goals and attempts.  ey Field Championships, with special mention President of Student Development Peggy set a program record by converting 422 from of Alexia Brooks (100-meter hurdles), Jade Burke (EDU ’83, LAS MA ’85).

ATHLETICS BANQUET AWARD WINNERS MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMER Rev. John R. Cortelyou, C.M. Award: (LAS ’18), Travis Burke, Andrew Choi Men’s Basketball Max Strus (BUS ’18) Elizabeth Endy (BUS ’18), Women’s Soccer; (EDU ’18), Mike Cieniawa (BUS ’18), Ryan Women’s Basketball Kelly Campbell Men’s Austin Harrell (BUS ’18), Men’s Soccer Croft, Lauren DeCesare (LAS ’18), Sean Cross Country Chris Korabik (CSH ’18) Rev. Edward F. Riley, C.M. Memorial Esterquest (CDM ’18), Ali Fisher (BUS Women’s Cross Country Miranda Rea Golf Award: Alex Galoustian, Men’s Tennis; ’18), Mary Gardiner, Ciara Hansel (CMN Joey McCarthy Men’s Soccer Philipp Austin Harrell (BUS ’18), Men’s Soccer ’18), Takayuki Higuchi (BUS ’18), Cate Koenigstein (BUS ’18) Women’s Soccer Jean Nordberg Memorial Award: Claire Lenti (CDM ’18), Ricardo Luna (CSH ’18), Alexa Ben (CMN ’18) Softball Megan Leyva Anderson, Volleyball; Lauren Prochaska Veronica Malesinski, Katie Maloney, William (CSH ’18) Men’s Tennis Alex Galoustian (CSH ’18), Women’s Basketball BIG EAST Ng (BUS ’18), Matt Reinhardt, Michael Women’s Tennis Milica Tesic Men’s Indoor Institutional Scholar-Athlete Award: Alexa Terranova, Alejandro Trevino, Meghan Track and Field Brian Mada Men’s Outdoor Ben (CMN ’18), Women’s Soccer; Jake Waldron (BUS ’18), Emily Yurkovic (CMN Track and Field Sebastian Feyersinger Pecorin (CSH ’18), Men’s Cross Country/ ’18) Sports Performance Award: Vanessa Women’s Indoor Track and Field Alexia Track and Field Michael Hie Memorial Nigg, Women’s Soccer; Peter Ryckbosch Brooks Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Award: Vikram Bahduri, Maya Bradshaw (CSH ’17), Men’s Basketball Jade Gates Volleyball Brittany Maxwell

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DEPAUL CELEBRATES THE 50TH SPECIAL Athletics Briefs OLYMPICS coach for softball, replacing The Special Olympics retired Coach Eugene Lenti went all in with its 50th (EDU ’80). The former anniversary games DePaul All-American this past July 17–21 in pitcher has served as an the place where it all assistant coach at the began—Chicago. University of Wisconsin– DePaul men’s and Madison, where she helped women’s basketball the Badgers achieve a players, golf team stu- 144–75 record, their fi rst dent-athletes, coach- Big 10 Tournament title and es, sta members and their fi rst NCAA Regional administrators joined appearance since 2005. She Special Olympians The champion women’s basketball team also coached at Oklahoma from 25 countries, State and, most recently, at celebrities and thou- Women’s basketball best Jessica Cothern and North Carolina State. sands of Chicagoans in the BIG EAST The Maranda Gutierrez were in celebrating the fi nal Blue Demons went 15–3 to named to the second team. day of the games claim their fi fth consecutive In addition, Greenwood with a Global Day of conference title, and shot was named Google Cloud Inclusion at Chicago’s down Marquette 98–63 Academic All-America. Soldier Field. last March to claim their Golf coach Marty third BIG EAST tournament Schiene brought crown in the last fi ve years. along senior Ronnie Mart’e Grays and Kelly Griggs to work the golf Campbell were named station. Blue Demons All-BIG EAST First Team Spirit Director Shanon and Lauren Prochaska Lersch (LAS ’04) had (CSH ’18) won the league’s her award-winning Sportsmanship Award. Special Olympics Grays was also named to cheerleading team put the I-AAA Athletic Directors on a demonstration. Association Scholar-Athlete Amarah Coleman Kyle Decker “I have such Team. emotions going on Coleman selected in the Decker receives right now,” said Clean sweep for Blue WNBA draft Blue Demons national academic Supreme Court Justice Demons Softball Retired guard Amarah Coleman honor Junior hurdler Anne Burke (SNL ’76) Coach Eugene Lenti (EDU (EDU ’18) had quite a fi nish Kyle Decker was named who organized the fi rst ’80) and the BIG EAST to her memorable senior to the Google Cloud Men’s Special Olympics in Coaching Sta of the Year year. Her career-high 27 Track and Field Academic 1968 as a 24-year-old guided the program to the points helped her team All-America Team for the Chicago Park District BIG EAST regular-season triumph in 2018 BIG EAST second consecutive year instructor. “I’m just the and tournament titles last tournament, where she was after his three-peat as happiest person in the spring. Pat Moore was named Most Outstanding the BIG EAST outdoor whole world.” honored as the BIG EAST Player. Five weeks later, champion in the 110-meter Pitcher of the Year and Coleman was selected in the hurdles and the BIG Kate Polucha was named third round of the WNBA EAST indoor champion the league’s Freshman of draft by the Chicago Sky. in the 60-meter hurdles. See a video of the the Year. Moore, Polucha, Decker, who is majoring Special Olympics Missy Zoch, Megan Leyva Adix-Zins named new in biological sciences and All Sports Day at (CSH ’18) and Morgan softball coach On July 5, minoring in chemistry, bit.ly/50thSP. Greenwood were All-BIG Tracie Adix-Zins (CMN ’07) carries a 3.99 grade- EAST First Team, while was named the new head point average.

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