Trey Bowens

Guard
Graduated Senior
6-1, 170, Woodridge, Ill. (Downers Grove-South)

2008: Named third-team All-CCIW for the second-straight year…started all 25 games…averaged 34.3 minutes per game and 15.7 points per game with a .369 three-point field-goal percentage…scored in double figures in 21-of-25 games with a career-high 29 points against Olivet Nazarene on Dec. 11.

2007: Named third-team All-CCIW…played in all 25 games and made 20 starts…averaged 27.8 minutes per game and 13.2 points per game (ninth in the CCIW) with a .792 free-throw percentage (sixth in the CCIW)…scored in double figures in 19-of-25 games with a career-high 27 points in the Feb. 18 Millikin game.

2006: Started the first 10 games of the season and led the team with a 16.1 scoring average…missed nine games in January after being declared academically ineligible but reinstated on Feb. 1…finished the year with a 13.8 scoring mark, second on the team, and a .333 three-point field-goal percentage…averaged 31.0 minutes per game…scored a season-high 22 points versus Calvin on Dec. 2.

2005: Played in the first eight games of the season and made seven starts…averaged 5.8 points per game, 1.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists…academically ineligible after the fall semester.

High School: Named honorable mention all-state, Daily Herald all-area and All-West Suburban Gold his senior year on a 26-5 team that won both conference and regional titles…honorable mention all-area and all-conference as a junior on a 24-7 team that reached the Illinois High School Association Class AA quarterfinals…his head coach was Paul Runyon, and one of his assistant coaches was Greg Ktistou, a two-year member of the Carthage men’s basketball team and third-team All-CCIW in 2001.

Personal: Business administration major…born March 14, 1986.

Jon Cieski

Guard
Sophomore
6-1, 180, Lemont, Ill.

2008: Played in four varsity games.

High School: Named All-South Suburban Conference and Daily Herald all-area his senior year and set a school record for most three-point field goals…coached by Rob Wastraztky…three-year member of the soccer team and played baseball his senior year.

Personal: Business administration major…born Jan. 23, 1989.

Paul Cooke

Guard
Sophomore
5-10, 155, Racine, Wis. (Lutheran)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: Lettered twice and played on two regional runner-up teams…coached by Jeff Christensen…four-year honor student.

Personal: Business administration major…born May 26, 1989.

Kenneth Cotton Jr.

Guard
Sophomore
6-0, 189, Chicago, Ill. (Gordon Tech)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: Lettered twice and coached by Adam Sycko…member of the football and track and field teams his freshman year…honor student.

Personal: Biology major…born Dec. 9, 1987.

Logan Derrick

Guard
Sophomore
6-0, 165, Waukegan, Ill. (Warren Township)

2008: Played in nine games during November-December…academically ineligible the second semester…averaged 11.6 minutes per game and 4.0 points per game…scored a season-high 10 points in the season-opener versus Bluffton.

High School: Named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association honorable mention all-state, All-North Suburban League and second-team All-Lake County his senior year…played on three-straight teams that won both sectional and regional championships…coached by Chuck Ramsey.

Personal: Exercise and sport science major…born Sept. 15, 1988.

Steve Djurickovic

Guard
Sophomore
6-3, 170, Pleasant Prairie, Wis. (Kenosha-Bradford)

2008: Named “D3hoops.com” fourth-team All-America, national “rookie of the year,” second-team All-Midwest Region and regional “rookie of the year”…named first-team All-CCIW…started all 25 games…averaged 35.8 minutes per game…ranked second among CCIW scoring leaders (23.2 points per game, 13th in NCAA Division III), first in assists (4.28 per game), third in assist/turnover ratio (1.73 per game), tied for fifth in free-throw percentage (.795), ranked 12th in field-goal percentage (.471) and 15th in rebounding (4.4 per game)…named CCIW “player of the week” after making his collegiate debut with 24 points against Eastern and 23 versus Bluffton in the Westminster (Pa.) “Buzz Ridl Classic”…named CCIW “player of the week” again on Jan. 21 after scoring 30 points, including 14 points in the final five minutes and 14 seconds, in the Red Men’s 74-68 win over No. 12 Augustana (Ill.) on Jan. 19…named CCIW “player of the week” for a third time after scoring a season-high 39 points against North Central on Jan. 23 and setting both Carthage and CCIW game records with 23 free throws and set a school record with 27 free-throw attempts…completed 186 of 234 free throws and fell just four free throws short of matching Jack Lutz’ 1967 season record of 190…scored in double figures in all 25 games…collected a season-high nine assists against Millikin on Feb. 23.

High School: Named Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 1 first-team all-state, Associated Press honorable mention all-state, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel honorable mention all-area, Southeast Conference “Player of the Year,” first-team All-SEC and Kenosha News first-team All-Kenosha County with a 22.4 scoring average. 7.2 rebounds and an .806 free-throw percentage…leading scorer in Kenosha County his senior-year on a 12-11 team that reached the sectional championship…scored 30 or more points on four occasions, including a career-high 40 points against Milwaukee North High School on Jan. 13, 2007…named first-team All-Southeast Conference and Kenosha News first-team All-Kenosha County his junior year with a 14.5 points-per-game mark…named honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore and averaged 10.6 points per game…his junior-year team reached the regional finals…scored 1,084 career points…coached by Nick Perrine…three-year football letterwinner and a two-year starting quarterback…his senior year football team went 9-2 and qualified for the state playoffs…four-year honor student and 2007 Holy Rosary “Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year.”

Personal: Undecided on major…son of Carthage men’s basketball coach Bosko Djurickovic…born Nov. 9, 1988.

Sean Fendley

Guard
Junior
6-1, 175, Elmhurst, Ill. (York)

2008: Missed the first eight games of the season with an Achillies tendon injury…played in 17-of-25 games and made 15 starts…averaged 27.8 minutes per game…averaged 11.1 points per game with a .443 three-point field-goal percentage…set a Carthage game record with nine three-pointers vs. the Illinois Institute of Technology on Jan. 14…scored in double figures eight times with a career-high 29 points in the Jan. 14 Illinois Institute of Technology game.

2007: Played in 24-of-25 games and made five starts…averaged 7.8 points per game with a .476 three-point field-goal percentage, third-best in the CCIW…scored a season-high 17 points on five-of-seven three-pointers against Marietta on Dec. 20 at the “Adidas D-3 Desert Shootout”.…averaged 17.5 minutes per game.

High School: Named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association fourth-team all-state his senior year and played in the IBCA all-star game…named first-team all-area his senior year by both the Daily Herald and the Elmhurst Press, as well as Chicago Sun-Times honorable mention all-area and All-West Suburban League Silver…his senior-year team went 23-6 and won both West Suburban League Silver and regional titles…coached by Al Biancalana…four-year member of the baseball team and played football his freshman and sophomore years…West Suburban League all-academic pick and four-year honor student.

Personal: Undecided on major…his grandfather, John “Jake” Fendley, played basketball at Northwestern University and for the 1952 and 1953 NBA Fort Wayne Pistons…his father, Mike Fendley, who was inducted into the same Triton College Athletic Hall of Fame class as MLB players Kirby Puckett and Lance Johnson, went on to play football at Northern Illinois University…born Dec. 14, 1987.

Neb Franciskovic

Forward/Center
Graduated Senior
6-7, 255, Subotica, Serbia (Svetozar Markovic)

2008: Played in all 25 games and 20 starts…averaged 17.2 minutes per game, 4.2 points per game and 2.8 rebounds…matched his career high of 14 points in the Jan. 12 Illinois Institute of Technology game…matched his career high of seven rebounds against Elmhurst on Feb. 13.

2007: Played in all 25 games and made five starts…averaged 17.3 minutes per game, 5.9 points per game and 2.9 rebounds…scored a career-high 14 points against North Park on Feb. 14 and pulled a down a career-high seven rebounds at Carroll (Wis.) on Nov. 28.

2006: Played in 22-of-25 games and made five starts…averaged 11.2 minutes, 1.9 points and 1.7 rebounds.

2005: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…appeared in four varsity games.

High School: His high school did not sponsor varsity basketball.

Personal: Double major in international political economy and economics…pronounced Neb-oy-sha Fran-ches-kehvich…born Aug. 1, 1982.

Brad Harmon

Forward
Junior
6-4, 226, Oswego, Ill. (Oswego/St. John's University)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

2007: Attended St. John’s University (Minn.) for the fall 2006 term…member of the basketball team but did not appear in a varsity game…transferred to Carthage in January 2007

High School: Two-year starter and set a school records his senior year with 25 points versus Morris High School and 17 points in one quarter…coached by Kevin Schnable…four-year football letterwinner and played baseball his freshman year.

Personal: Double major in business administration and marketing…his father, Tom Harmon, played football his freshman year at Miami University under head coach Bo Schembechler…born Oct. 25, 1987.

Chris Hicks

Guard
Sophomore
6-3, 170, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (Elk Grove)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: Named All-Mid-Suburban League and Daily Herald honorable mention all-area his senior year on a regional-championship team…coached by Steve Messer.

Personal: Undecided on major…born July 11, 1989.

Joe Higgins

Guard
Senior
6-0, 170, Kenosha, Wis. (St. Joseph/Marquette University)

2008: Played in all 25 games and made 10 starts…averaged 24.4 minutes per game, 1.3 points per game, 2.4 assists and 1.2 steals

2007: Starting point guard and played in all 25 games, making 24 starts…averaged 2.6 points per game, 3.96 assists (second in the CCIW) and 1.08 steals (13th in the CCIW)…scored a season-high 11 points against Marietta on Dec. 20 at the “Adidas D-3 Desert Shootout”…collected a season-high nine assists in the Jan. 31 Wheaton (Ill.) contest…set a Carthage game record with seven steals in the Jan. 13 Augustana (Ill.) game…averaged 24.9 minutes per game.

2006: Attended Marquette University fall term 2005 but did not play basketball…transferred to Carthage in January 2006 but did not play basketball.

High School: Named All-Lakeshore Conference and Kenosha News All-Kenosha County both his junior and senior years…his sophomore-year team won both conference and sectional championships, his junior-year team won both conference and regional titles, and his senior-year squad won a regional championship…coached by Greg Leech…four-year letterwinner on the football team and named all-conference both his junior and senior years…recipient of the St. Joseph High School Dominic & Amelia Tirabassi Outstanding Athlete Award…National Honor Society member, Wisconsin Coaches Association all-academic, Lakeshore Conference all-academic and honor student.

Personal: Accounting major…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and named to the spring 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll …born Dec. 6, 1986.

Cody Hilton

Guard
Junior
5-11, 168, Lombard, Ill. (Glenbard East)

2008: Played in 15-of-25 games and averaged 5.0 minutes per game…scored a career-high eight points against Hope on Dec. 1.

2007: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…made his lone varsity appearance in the Feb. 14 North Park game.

High School: Named honorable mention All-DuPage Valley Conference and Daily Herald honorable mention all-area his senior year on a 24-4 regional-championship team…his junior-year squad also won a regional title…coached by Scott Miller…member of the volleyball team his senior year…DuPage Valley Conference all-academic.

Personal: Social science major…his mother, Brenda Hilton, is the office manager for the Summit League office in Elmhurst, Ill…born Nov. 6, 1987.

Robert Howard Jr.

Guard
Sophomore
170, 6-0, Markham, Ill. (South Holland-Thornwood)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: His junior-year team went 26-8 and finished fourth at the Illinois High School Association Class AA state championship…his senior-year squad went 22-6 and reached the sectional finals…coached by Bob Curran…member of the football team his junior year…honor student.

Personal: Business administration major…born July 7, 1989.

Steve Ideran

Guard
Junior
6-3, 170, Batavia, Ill.

2008: Played in 10-of-25 games and averaged 4.0 minutes per game.

2007: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…made varsity appearances versus Marietta on Dec. 20 and Elmhurst on Feb. 7.

High School: Named Suburban Life all-area his senior year on a 27-2 team that won Suburban Prairie Conference North and regional titles en route to an appearance in the sectional finals…also named Suburban Life all-area as a junior…coached by Jim Roberts…member of the golf team his freshman and sophomore years…National Honor Society member.

Personal: History major…his father, Dave Ideran, attended Carthage and lettered on the 1975 and 1976 men’s basketball teams…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and named to the spring 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 15, 1988.

Billy Jacklin

Guard
Graduated Senior
6-5, 205, Berwyn, Ill. (Morton West)

2008: Played in all 25 games and made four starts…averaged 16.6 minutes per game, 1.6 points per game and 3.8 rebounds…pulled down a season-high 11 rebounds against North Park on Jan. 30.

2007: Played in 24-of-25 games and made 15 starts…averaged 3.7 points per game, 5.0 rebounds (14th in the CCIW), 1.96 assists (13th in the CCIW) and 1.00 steals (tied for 15th in the CCIW)…scored a career-high 14 points against North Central on Feb. 10…Carthage’s leading rebounder in nine games…pulled down a career-high 15 rebounds with a career-high nine assists in the Nov. 21 Grinnell game…averaged 22.5 minutes per game.

2006: Played in 18-of-25 games and made six starts…averaged 7.4 minutes, 2.2 points and 1.6 rebounds…scored a season-high 12 points versus Grinnell on Jan. 4.

2005: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…appeared in seven varsity games.

High School: Named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association all-state, Suburban Life all-area and All-West Suburban League Gold his senior year on a regional-championship team…coached by Tony Martinucci…four-year member of the soccer team and named honorable mention all-state, Suburban Life all-area and all-conference his senior year.

Personal: Exercise and sport science major…a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 21, 1986.

Phil Lange

Forward
Sophomore
6-4, 190, Williams Bay, Wis.

2008: Appeared in four varsity games.

High School: Named first-team All-Trailways Conference and second-team All-Walworth County his senior year on a league-championship team…honorable mention all-conference as a sophomore…coached by Troy Nottestad.

Personal: Business administration major…born July 23, 1989.

Tyran Lawrence

Guard
Sophomore
5-9, 140, Hazelcrest, Ill. (South Holland-Thornwood)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: His junior-year team went 26-8 and finished fourth at the Illinois High School Association Class AA state championship…his senior-year squad went 22-6 and reached the sectional finals…coached by Bob Curran…honor student and graduated with honors.

Personal: Business administration major…born Feb. 16, 1989.

Jon Lee

Guard
Junior
6-1, 180, Downers Grove, Ill. (South)

2008: Appeared in two varsity games.

2007: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: His junior-year team went 30-4 and finished third in the Illinois High School Association Class AA state championship…coached by Paul Runyon.

Personal: Exercise and sport science major…born Dec. 13, 1987.

Craig Mertes

Guard
Junior
6-0, 170, Appleton, Wis. (North)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

2007: Played on the junior varsity team.

2006: Attended Carthage but did not play basketball.

High School: Four-year member of the basketball team…in golf, named honorable mention All-Fox Valley Association his senior year…four-year member of the football team…National Honor Society member.

Personal: Double major in exercise and sport science and special education…member of the 2006 and 2007 Carthage men’s golf teams…named to the fall 2005 Carthage dean’s list and to the spring 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 27, 1987,

David Mikolaitis

Forward
Graduated Senior
6-5, 230, Algonquin, Ill. (Woodstock-Marian Central Catholic)

2008: Played in 18-of-25 games and made two starts…averaged 6.7 minutes per game, 1.2 points per game and 1.1 rebounds.

2007: Played in 14-of-25 games…averaged 5.7 minutes per game and 1.7 points per game…scored a career-high 14 points in the Nov. 21 Grinnell contest.

2006: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…made two varsity appearances.

2005: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: Two-year member of the basketball team and coached by Tom Les…in golf, named All-Suburban Catholic Conference both his junior and senior years and Northwest Herald all-area as a senior on a team that finished fifth in the Illinois High School Association state championship…National Honor Society member, Suburban Catholic Conference all-academic and high honors student.

Personal: Business administration major…three-year letterwinners on the Carthage men’s golf team…named to the spring 2006 Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born July 19, 1986.

Eric Moore

Guard/Forward
Junior
6-4, 190, Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)

2008: Played in 13-of-25 games…averaged 3.8 minutes per game.

2007: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…appeared in eight varsity games and started the Feb. 14 North Park contest…scored a season-high four points in the Nov. 21 Grinnell game.

High School: Named All-Upstate 8 Conference and Daily Herald all-area his senior year and set a school season records for rebounding and free-throw attempts…all four of his teams won conference titles, and his senior-year squad went 22-8 and won a regional title…coached by Todd Sutton.

Personal: Marketing major…born Nov. 22, 1987.

Steve Parnther

Guard
Sophomore
6-0, 165, Skokie, Ill. (Niles West)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: Team MVP his senior year…coached by Fritz Wulfrun…honor student.

Personal: Business administration major…born Sept. 16, 1988.

Billy Shemerdiak

Guard
Senior
6-4, 200, Orland Park, Ill. (Sandburg)

2008: Played in all 25 games and made 21 starts…averaged 24.0 minutes per game, 8.7 points per game, 4.9 rebounds and a .364 three-point field-goal percentage…scored in double figures nine times with season-high 19 points in the Dec. 5 Trinity International (Ill.) game…pulled down a career-high 11 rebounds against East-West on Nov. 28.

2007: Played in all 25 games and made 12 starts…averaged 4.7 points per game and 2.2 rebounds…scored a career-high 21 points in the Jan. 5 Northland game…pulled down a career—high eight rebounds against Marietta on Dec. 20 in the “D-3 Desert Shootout.”…averaged 14.6 minutes per game.

2006: Played in 10-of-25 games…missed eight games in January after being declared academically ineligible but reinstated on Feb. 1…averaged 5.6 minutes and 1.2 points.

High School: Named All-Southwest Inter-Conference Association West his senior year…team’s leading scorer both his junior and senior seasons…coached by Dan Lange…three-year member of the baseball team and played volleyball his senior year.

Personal: Exercise and sport science major…born April 3, 1987.

Adam Stuart

Forward
Senior
6-4, 210, Kildeer, Ill. (Buffalo Grove/Baylor University)

2008: Played in 13-of-25 games and made three starts…averaged 7.8 minutes per game, 1.9 points per game and 1.7 rebounds…scored a season-high 11 points in the season-finale versus Millikin.

2006-07: Attended Baylor University for two years but did not play basketball…two-year member of the club volleyball team.

High School: Named All-Mid-Suburban League and Daily Herald all-area his senior year on a league-championship team…coached by Ryan O’Connor…member of the volleyball team and earned all-conference and all-area honors as a senior…four-year honor student.

Personal: Exercise and sport science major…member of the 2007 Carthage men’s volleyball team… named to the spring 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the spring 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll born April 19, 1985.

Milos Vukosavljevic

Forward
Graduated Senior
6-4, 210, Rockford, Ill. (Oregon/Rock Valley College)

2008: Played in 18-of-25 games…averaged 12.3 minutes per game, 5.8 points per game and 1.7 rebounds with a .412 three-point field-goal percentage…matched his career high with 19 points on five-of-nine three-pointers in the Dec. 10 East-West game.

2007: Played in 20-of-25 games and made 10 starts…missed three games after injuring a shoulder in the Jan. 10 Elmhurst contest…averaged 6.9 points per game with a .374 three-point field-goal percentage…scored a season-high 19 points on five-of-10 three-pointers at Lawrence on Dec. 16 and matched that in the Jan. 6 Illinois Wesleyan game with five-of-14 from three-point range.

2005-06: Attended Rock Valley College for two years and played basketball…named All-North Central Community College Conference both his freshman and sophomore seasons

High School: Named first-team All-Big Northern Conference his senior year…his sophomore-year team won a regional championship…coached by Jim Spratt…played volleyball his freshman, sophomore and junior years and a member of the track and field team his senior year…four-year honor student

Personal: Business administration major…pronounced Mee-losh Vook-o-sahveo-vich…named to the spring 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the spring 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 7, 1985.

Justin Walker

Guard
Junior
6-4, 180, Naperville, Ill. (Aurora-Waubonsie Valley)

2008: Played in three varsity games.

2007: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…made his lone varsity appearance in the Feb. 14 North Park game.

High School: His junior-year team won a sectional championship…coached by Dave Sauerbaugh and Steve Weemer

Personal: Exercise and sport science major…born Aug. 9, 1988.

Matt Weel

Guard
Sophomore
6-1, 170, Niles, Ill. (Notre Dame)

2008: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…appeared in one varsity game.

High School: Named All-East Suburban Catholic Conference and Pioneer Press all-area his senior year…team leader as a senior in scoring, assists and free-throw percentage.

Personal: Business administration major…his uncle, Stan Kapka, played basketball at Carthage from 1983 to 1986 and is still the Red Men’s career leader in assists with 357…born Feb. 28, 1989.

Richard Williams

Center
Junior
6-5, 202, Poplar Grove, Ill. (North Boone)

2008: Appeared in five varsity games.

2007: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…appeared in four varsity games.

High School: Named Illinois Basketball Coaches Association honorable mention all-state his senior year, as well as first-team All-Four Rivers Conference and Beloit Daily News second-team all-area…second-team all-conference as a junior…all three of his teams won conference championships…coached by Lenny Doetch…two-time all-conference high jumper in track and field…lettered twice in football and earned all-conference honors his senior year…four-year honor student and graduated with honors.

Personal: Exercise and sport science major…member of the 2008 Carthage men’s track and field team and finished fourth in the high jump at the CCIW Outdoor Track and Field Championship…born July 13, 1988.

Drew Worsley

Guard
Sophomore
6-2, 160, Ottawa, Ill. (Marquette)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: Named Ottawa Times-Press honorable mention all-area his senior year…his junior-year squad won a regional championship…coached by Kevin Schultz…four-year member of the golf team and lettered once in baseball…National Honor Society member and high honors student.

Personal: English major…born Sept. 28, 1988.

Rana Zaid

Guard
Sophomore
6-2, 165, South Barrington, Ill. (Elgin-Elgin Academy)

2008: Played on the junior varsity team.

High School: Named Daily Herald honorable mention all-area his senior year…coached by Everett Stephens…member of the soccer team his senior year.

Personal: Business administration major…born in Pakistan and started playing basketball in the eighth grade when his family moved to the United States…born March 17, 1987.

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