Profiles

Kevin Boysen

Returnee
Junior
Park Ridge, Ill. (Maine South)

2007:  Played on the junior varsity team.

2006:  Played on the junior varsity team.

High School:  Lettered his junior and senior years…coached by Greg Young. 

Personal:  Double major in business administration and accounting…born Nov. 25, 1986.

J.T. Delk

Returnee
Sophomore
Wheaton, Ill. (North)

2007:  Compiled a 17-7 record at number-five and number-six singles…teamed with four different doubles partners to go 16-8.

High School:  Named All-DuPage Valley Conference three-straight years and a three-time state qualifier…ranked in the top-eight nationally his junior year…named Wheaton North High School “male athlete of the year” in 2005-06…earned all-conference honors in soccer his senior year.

Personal:  Undecided on major…born Oct. 24, 1987. 

Jake Engelman

Newcomer
Freshman
Aurora, Ill. (Waubonsie Valley)

High School:  Four-year member of the tennis team and coached by Phil Galow…three-year member of the football team.

Personal:  Communication major…born Nov. 24, 1988.

Dan Gerber

Newcomer
Freshman
Onalaska, Wis.

High School:  Three-year All-Mississippi Valley Conference honoree…coached by Kurt Gutknecht…lettered twice in cross country and earned all-conference honors his senior year…National Honor Society member, Mississippi Valley Conference all-academic, honor student and graduated with honors.

Personal:  Double major in chemistry and mathematics…born April 27, 1989.

Steve Horton

Newcomer
Freshman
New Lenox, Ill. (Lincoln-Way Central)

High School:  Coached by Megan Sturtecky…member of the wrestling team his freshman year and played baseball as a sophomore…Illinois State Scholar and honor student.

Personal:  Double major in history and philosophy…born July 12, 1989.

Sergio Lopez

Returnee
Junior
Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

2007:  Named first-team All-CCIW with a 21-5 record at number-two and number-three singles…won nine of his last 10 matches, including seven in a row to end the season…overall doubles mark of 21-5 and teamed with Miguel Yunes to go 19-4.

2006:  Named second-team All-CCIW…compiled a 19-8 record at number-four, number-five and number-six singles…teamed with four different doubles partners to go 16-11.

High School:  Played at the high-school level at the New Mexico Military Institute…won a state/regional singles title his senior year and advanced to the national semifinals…state/regional runner-up both his sophomore and junior years…runner-up in the national doubles championship as a senior…coached by Gene Hardman.

Personal:  Physics major…born Jan. 7, 1987.

Joey Perkins

Returnee
Junior
Freeport, Ill.

2007:  Played on the junior varsity team.

2006:  Played on the junior varsity team.

High School:  Coached by Bob Luedeke three-year member of the soccer team and two years in wrestling honor student. 

Personal:  Biology major; born June 23, 1987.

Jack Schiro

Returnee
Sophomore
Shorewood, Wis.

2007:  Named first-team All-CCIW with a 14-8 record, mostly at number-two singles…teamed with three different doubles partners to go 10-6.

High School:  A three-time all-state honoree, finished second at the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division 2 Individual Boy’s Tennis Championship his senior year, third as a junior and fourth his sophomore year…all three of his teams won Parkland Conference championships…coached by Harazet Jimenez…two-year member of the soccer team.

Personal: Business administration major…born March 8, 1988.

Jay Schulz

Returnee
Sophomore
Milton, Wis.

2007:  Played on the junior varsity team.

High School:  Named second-team All-Southern Lakes Conference his junior year...coached by Robert Boden...three-year member of the swimming team and named all-state his senior year...four-year member of the soccer team...National Honor Society member, Spanish Honor Society member, National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association all-academic, high honors student and graduated with honors.

Personal:  Undecided on major; named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and named to the spring 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 5, 1988.

Andy Schwenke

Returnee
Sophomore
Mukwonago, Wis.

2007:  Went 2-6 at number-six singles…teamed with two different doubles partners to go 8-3.

High School:  A state qualifier both his junior and senior years...named first-team All-Classic 8 Conference his senior year and honorable mention all-conference both his sophomore and junior years...lettered on the basketball team his senior year.

Personal:  Business administration major; his sister, Alissa Schwenke, ’04, played junior varsity women’s tennis at Carthage from 2001 to 2004; born April 1, 1988.

Miguel Yunes

Returnee
Senior
Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico (New Mexico Military Institute)

2007:  Named first-team All-CCIW with a 21-6 record, all at number-one singles… ranked 41st in the final 2007 Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s national rankings and 10th in the Central Region…overall doubles record of 20-5 and teamed with Sergio Lopez to go 19-4.

2006:  Named second-team All-CCIW…compiled a 20-4 record at number-two singles…injured and missed both the CCIW Men’s Tennis Championship and the first and second rounds of the NCAA Division III regional.

2005:  Played college-level tennis at the New Mexico Military Institute during the spring 2005 semester…ranked 45th in junior college singles and 16th in doubles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

High School:  Three-year team MVP at the high-school level of the New Mexico Military Institute…represented Mexico at the 2003 Olympic games in Honduras… coached by Gene Hardman.

Personal:  Chemistry major…named to the spring 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Jan. 25, 1987.