Profiles
Reiko Arimura
Defender
Sophomore
Sleepy Hollow, Ill. (Carpentersville—Dundee-Crown)
2007: Played in two games.
High School: Named All-Fox Valley Conference and Daily Herald honorable mention all-area her senior year…coached by Dave Hatcher…three-year member of the tennis team…National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Double major in English and secondary education…born April 29, 1989.
Jaclyn Arndt
Forward
Sophomore
Princeton, Ill.
2007: Played in six games…scored a goal against Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 6.
High School: Named Bureau County Republican first-team All-North Central Illinois Conference and all-sectional her senior year on a team that reached the quarterfinals of the Illinois High School Association state championship…second-team all-conference and honorable mention all-sectional as a junior an another quarterfinal team …coached by Ed Young…four-year member of the both tennis and track and field team…honor student.
Personal: Athletic training major…born April 25, 1989.
Kelly Baumgartner
Defender
Senior
Oswego, Ill.
2007: Named second-team All-CCIW…started all 22 games…team’s second-leading scorer with 18 points (8 goals, 2 assists)…scored two goals in a 4-1 win over Lake Forest on Sept. 26.
2006: Started all 19 games...scored a goal in the Sept. 1 Redlands game...collected a pair of assists against North Park on Oct. 7.
2005: Played in all 19 games and made nine starts…scored two goals against North Central on Oct. 5.
High School: Named All-Suburban Prairie Conference both her junior and senior years…coached by Margaret Fehrenbacher…member of the basketball team her freshman and sophomore years…honor student.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…named to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 24, 1987.
Meghanne Bennett
Forward
Sophomore
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Liberty)
2007: Did not play in a varsity game.
2006: Played in 12-of-19 games...collected a pair of assists in the Oct. 1 St. Norbert game.
High School: Named second-team All-Colorado Springs Metro League and Colorado Springs Gazette second-team all-area her senior year on a team that qualified for the Colorado High School Activities Association state playoffs…honorable mention all-state, second-team all-conference and Colorado Springs Gazette all-area as a junior on a league-championship team that reached the state quarterfinals …her sophomore-year squad also won a league title en route to a state quaterfinals appearance…honorable mention all-conference her freshman year on a league-championship team that reached the state quarterfinals…coached by Mike Goyden…Colorado High School Activities Association all-academic and National Soccer Coaches Association of America all-academic.
Personal: Marketing major…her father, Barry Bennett, ’78, was a member of the 1975-78 Carthage men’s basketball teams and was named first-team All-CCIW in both 1977 and 1978 and is the Red Men’s fifth-leading career scorer…born April 4, 1988.
Lindsey Bollmann
Goalkeeper
Senior
Greendale, Wis. (Martin Luther)
2007: Named second-team All-CCIW…played in 21-of-22 games and made 21 starts…missed only the Oct. 6 Robert Morris-Lake County game…allowed 0.97 goals per game with 7.8 shutouts and 80 saves…collected a career-high 16 saves against Wheaton (Ill.) on Nov. 3 in the championship game of the CCIW Women’s Soccer Tournament.
2006: Played in 18-of-19 games and started all 18 games?allowed 0.84 goals per game with 6.6 shutouts and 67 saves?collected a season-high 10 saves in the Oct. 21 Augustana (Ill.) game.
2005: Played in 17-of-19 games and made 15 starts…allowed just 0.67 goals-against with 8.0 shutouts and 78 saves…collected a carrier-high 12 saves in the Sept. 25 Aurora game.
High School: Named Midwest Classic Conference “player of the year” as a senior, first-team all-conference as a junior and second-team all-conference her sophomore year…coached by Paul Doerr and Micah Middendorf…in basketball, earned second-team all-conference honors both her junior and senior seasons…member of the tennis team as a sophomore…National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Exercise and sports science major…named to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 3, 1986.
Jen Carlson
Midfielder
Sophomore
Lombard, Ill. (Glen Ellyn-Glenbard South)
2007: Played in two games…scored two goals against Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 6.
High School: Named All-Western Sun Conference and Daily Herald honorable mention all-area her senior year…coached by Bob Bleacher…member of the basketball team her freshman and sophomore years and a member of the track and field team as a junior.
Personal: Undecided on major…her grandfather, Marv Carlson is a women’s basketball official often assigned to CCIW games…born Aug. 26, 1989.
Katie Carskie
Defender
Sophomore
Park Ridge, Ill. (Maine South)
2007: Played in seven games and made a start against Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 6.
High School: Named All-Central Suburban League and Pioneer Press all-area her senior year on a team that reached the “elite eight” of the Illinois High School Association state championship¼coached by J.J. Crawford…member of both the volleyball and basketball teams her freshman year…Central Suburban League all-academic and four-year honor student.
Personal: Psychology major…born Feb. 25, 1989.
Shannon Chesna
Midfielder
Junior
Fond Du Lac, Wis.
2007: Played in 20-of-22 games and made 16 starts.
2006: Named second-team All-CCIW…played in all 19 games and made 18 starts…team’s second-leading scorer with 21 points (9 goals, 3 assists) and second on the team in shots (32)…collected two goals against Viterbo on Sept. 8, Cardinal Stritch on Sept. 13 and North Central on Oct. 11, including game-winning goals versus Viterbo and North Central.
High School: Named first-team All-Fox Valley Association and a Wisconsin Masonic All-Star her senior year and set a school game record with four assists…first-team all-conference as a junior and honorable mention all-conference her sophomore year…played on three conference-championship teams, four regional-championship teams, three sectional-championship squads, and both her freshman and sophomore-year teams reached the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state semifinals…coached by Dru Mitchell and Greg Winkler…four-year member of the swimming team and earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior…National Soccer Coaches Association of America all-region “scholar-athlete” as a junior, four-year honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Psychology major…named to the spring 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 5, 1987.
Erica Faden
Midfielder
Graduated Senior
Grayslake, Ill.
2007: Played in 21-of-22 games and made 21 starts…credited with an assist versus Loras on Sept. 8.
2006: Named second-team All-CCIW…played in all 19 games and made 18 starts…team’s second-leading scorer with 21 points (9 goals, 3 assists) and second on the team in shots (32)…collected two goals against Viterbo on Sept. 8, Cardinal Stritch on Sept. 13 and North Central on Oct. 11, including game-winning goals versus Viterbo and North Central.
High School: Named first-team All-Fox Valley Association and a Wisconsin Masonic All-Star her senior year and set a school game record with four assists…first-team all-conference as a junior and honorable mention all-conference her sophomore year…played on three conference-championship teams, four regional-championship teams, three sectional-championship squads, and both her freshman and sophomore-year teams reached the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association state semifinals…coached by Dru Mitchell and Greg Winkler…four-year member of the swimming team and earned first-team all-conference honors as a senior…National Soccer Coaches Association of America all-region “scholar-athlete” as a junior, four-year honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Psychology major…named to the spring 2007 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 5, 1987.
Laura Garcia-Rodriguez
Forward/Midfielder
Graduated Senior
Waukegan, Ill.
2007: Played in 19-of-22 games and made one start…scored three goals, including two against Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 6.
2006: Played in all 19 games...scored tw2007: Played in 19-of-22 games and made one start…scored three goals, including two against Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 6.
2005: Played in 13-of-19 games…scored goals against Millikin on Oct. 1 and Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 22.
2004: Played in all 21 games…scored one goal with one assist.
High School: Named honorable mention All-Central Suburban League her senior year…coached by Eric Farr…four-year member of the tennis team…National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Neuroscience major…named to the Carthage dean’s list five times…a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Oct. 5, 1985.
Kelsey Harrington
Defender
Sophomore
McHenry, Ill. (West)
2007: Played in 15-of-22 games…scored three goals and an assist, including two goals and an assist against Cardinal Stritch on Sept. 5.
High School: Named All-Fox Valley Conference and Northwest Herald all-area her senior year…set a school season for shutouts her junior year…coached by Megan Owens…three-year member of the basketball team, two years in volleyball and ran cross country as a senior… named McHenry West “Female Athlete of the Year” as a senior…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, Fox Valley Conference all-academic and honor student.
Personal: Undecided on major…thrower on the 2008 Carthage women’s track and field team…named to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 13, 1988.
Alison Iglehart
Defender/Midfielder
Graduated Senior
Glenview, Ill. (Glenbrook South)
2007: Played in 18-of-22 games and made one start…scored two goals with one assist.
2006: Played in 16-of-19 games...scored a goal against Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 14.
2005: Played in 16-of-19 games.
2004: Played in two games.
High School: Injured and missed her entire senior season…named all-sectional and All-Central Suburban League both her sophomore and junior years…coached by Jim Wolter…three-year member of the basketball team.
Personal: Double major in elementary education and special education…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times…a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 4, 1986.
Andrea Jacobsen
Forward
Junior
Rockford, Ill. (Lutheran)
2007: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…made her only varsity appearance in the Oct. 6 Robert Morris-Lake County game and scored a goal.
2006: Played in eight-of-19 games...scored a goal with an assist in the Oct. 1 St. Norbert game.
High School: Her senior-year team finished third at the Illinois High School Association Class A state championship...her junior-year team won both Big Northern Conference and regional titles…coached by Scott Lofgren…two-year member of the cross country team.
Personal: Double major in political science and marketing…born June 5, 1988.
Ashleigh Johnson
Defender
Senior
Kenosha, Wis. (Tremper)
2007: Named second-team All-CCIW…started all 22 games…scored two goals with five assists.
2006: Started all 19 games.
2005: Attended Wisconsin-Parkside her freshman year and played soccer...did not appear in a varsity game.
High School: Named all-state, all-area and All-Southeast Conference her senior year…all-area and all-conference as a junior…all-conference her sophomore year and Kenosha News honorable mention All-Kenosha County as a freshman…her sophomore, junior and senior-year teams won conference, regional and sectional titles, while her junior-year squad reached the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association semifinals…coached by Todd Hardy…three-year member of the tennis team and played basketball her freshman year…National Honor Society member, honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Biology major…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and named to the fall 2006 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 15, 1987.
Christie Johnston
Goalkeeper/Defender
Graduated Senior
Elmhurst, Ill. (York)
2007: Played in nine games, eight games as a goal keeper, and made a start against Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 6…compiled a 0.0 goals-against average with two saves and 2.2 shutouts.
2006: Played in seven games.
2005: Played in four games and made starts against Hardin-Simmons on Sept. 2 and College of the Southwest on Sept. 3…averaged 1.38 goals-against.
2004: Played in four games, two as a defender, and made goal-keeper appearances against Judson (Ill.) on Oct. 16 and Concordia (Ill.) on Oct. 20.
High School: Her junior-year team won a regional title…coached by Lindsey DiTomasso, wife of Elmhurst College men’s soccer coach Dave DiTomasso…four-year member of the basketball team and played volleyball her freshman and sophomore years…West Suburban Conference all-academic in both soccer and basketball her senior year and four-year honor student.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…named to the spring 2007 Carthage dean’s list and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…her father, Brent Johnston, attended Carthage, lettered on the 1974 Redmen football team and currently coaches football at Hinsdale Central High School in Illinois…born May 15, 1986.
Michelle Jorwic
Defender/Midfielder
Graduated Senior
Elmhurst, Ill. (York)
2007: Played in 21-of-22 games and made five starts…scored a goal against the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on Sept. 13.
2006: Played in eight games and made one start.
2005: Played in 17-of-19 games and made 15 starts.
2004: Played in 16-of-21 games.
High School: Coached by Lindsey DiTommaso, wife of Elmhurst College soccer coach David DiTommaso…named West Suburban Conference all-academic.
Personal: Communication major…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…2006-07 Carthage Student Athletic Advisory Committee president…born April 25, 1986.
Maria Korosis
Forward/Midfielder
Sophomore
Lindenhurst, Ill. (Lake Villa-Lakes Community)
2007: Played in all 22 games and made six starts…scored one goal with five assists.
High School: Named Daily Herald all-area both her junior and senior years and named All-North Suburban Conference as a senior on a division-championship team…coached by Kevin Kullby…attended Antioch Community High School her freshman and sophomore years and played on a 2005 regional-championship team coached by Charlie Trout…member of the volleyball team at Antioch…honor student.
Personal: Education major…born March 28, 1989.
Deborah Kozlowski
Forward
Sophomore
Forest Park, Ill. (Westchester-St. Joseph)
2007: Played in all 22 games and made one start…team’s third-leading scorer with 11 points (4 goals, 3 assists).
High School: Named All-East Suburban Catholic Conference three-straight years…scored 100 career goals and set a season record for most goals her junior year with 36…coached by Karl Pretzer…three-year member of the volleyball team and played basketball her freshman year…National Honor Society member, East Suburban Catholic Conference all-academic and four-year high honors student.
Personal: International political economy major…born May 11, 1989.
Jackie Krug
Forward
Junior
5-2,
Lockport, Ill.
2007: Played in 21-of-22 games and made 17 starts…collected two assists.
2006: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: A three-time All-Southwest Inter-Conference Association Blue selection…named all-sectional by both the Daily Herald and the Daily Southtown three-straight years and a two-time all-area pick…collected 30 career goals, including 12 goals her senior year…coached by George Pohlmann…honor student.
Personal: Criminal justice major…born Nov. 20, 1987.
Paige Land
Defender
Senior
Barrington, Ill.
2007: Named first-team All-CCIW…started all 22 games…scored four goals with two assists, including two goals and an assist against Buena Vista on Sept. 1.
2006: Named second-team All-CCIW for the second-straight year…played in all 19 games and made 18 starts…scored six goals, including three against Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 14…scored a goal with an assist against St. Ambrose on Sept. 24.
2005: Named second-team All-CCIW…played in all 19 games and made 18 starts.
High School: Named All-Mid-Suburban League West her senior year, as well as Pioneer Press all-area and Daily Herald special mention all-area…her senior-year team went 19-5-3 and won conference, sectional and regional titles en route to an Illinois High School “elite eight” appearance…coached by Paul Keenan…member of the gymnastics team her freshman year…honor student.
Personal: Communication major…named to the spring 2007 Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Aug. 10, 1987.
Lauren Landem
Midfielder
Junior
Batavia, Ill.
2007: Played in 11 games.
2006: Played in 17-of-19 games…scored single goals against Cardinal Stritch on Sept. 13, St. Norbert on Oct. 1, North Park on Oct. 7 and Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 14.
High School: Named All-Suburban Prairie Conference Red and Kane County Chronicle all-area both her sophomore and junior years…coached by Jim McAlpin…member of the basketball team her freshman and sophomore years and ran cross country as a freshman.
Personal: Double major in marketing and graphic design…born Dec. 25, 1987.
Jamie Long
Defender
Sophomore
Plainfield, Ill. (Central)
2007: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…appeared in two varsity games.
High School: Named All-Suburban Prairie Conference her senior year…all four of her teams won conference titles, and both her junior and senior-year squads won regional championships…coached by Jennifer Tomczak…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar, Suburban Prairie Conference all-academic, high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Elementary education major…born Feb. 1, 1989.
Tiffany Martin
Forward/Midfielder
Senior
Burlington, Wis.
2007: Played in 21-of-22 games and made 21 starts.
2006: Played in 17-of-19 games…scored single goals against Cardinal Stritch on Sept. 13, St. Norbert on Oct. 1, North Park on Oct. 7 and Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 14.
High School: Named All-Suburban Prairie Conference Red and Kane County Chronicle all-area both her sophomore and junior years…coached by Jim McAlpin…member of the basketball team her freshman and sophomore years and ran cross country as a freshman.
Personal: Double major in marketing and graphic design…born Dec. 25, 1987.
Keeley Monckton
Midfielder
Graduated Senior
Glenview, Ill. (Glenbrook South)
2007: Named second-tem All-CCIW for the third-straight year…played in 21-of-22 games and made 20 starts…team’s third-leading scorer with 11 points (5 goals, 1 assist).
2006: Named second-team All-CCIW for the second-straight year…played in 18-of-19 games and made 16 starts...team’s third-leading scorer with 17 points (5 goals, 7 assists)...scored two goals, including the game-winner, against Elmhurst on Oct. 13...collected two assists in both the Sept. 23 Clarke game and the Sept. 24 St. Ambrose contest.
2005: Second-team All-CCIW…started all 19 games…team’s scoring leader with 15 points (4 goals, team-leading 7 assists)…collected two assists against St. Ambrose on Oct. 12 and two in the Oct. 22 Robert Morris-Lake County game…second on the team with 47 shots.
2004: Started all 21 games…scored five goals with a team-leading 11 assists…scored two goals, including the game-winner, and collected a pair of assists, at Lakeland on September 24…also scored the game-winning goal at Marietta on Sept. 3.
High School: Named All-Central Suburban League her senior year…coached by Jim Wolter her senior season…four-year member of both the volleyball and basketball teams and lettered twice in both sports
Personal: Double major in business administration and marketing…member of the 2005 Carthage women’s basketball team…a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born April 20, 1986.
Jackie Peterson
Forawrd/Midfielder
Senior
Schaumburg, Ill.
2007: Named first-team All-CCIW… named CCIW “player of the week” on Sept. 25…played in all 22 games and made 21 starts…team’s scoring leader with 39 points (17 goals, 5 assists)…sccored two goals in five different games and scored a team-leading six game-winning goals…team-leader in shots (52).
2006: Named second-team All-CCIW for the second-straight year…played in 18-of-19 games and started all 18 games...team’s leading scorer and ranked third in the CCIW with 28 points (11 goals, six assists)...also ranked fourth in CCIW goals scored (0.65 per game), first in game-winning goals (0.40 per game) and fifth in assists (0.40 per game)...named CCIW “Women’s Soccer Player of the Week” on Oct. 2 after scoring three goals in an 8-0 win over St. Norbert on Oct. 1...scored two goals with an assist versus Clarke on Sept. 23 and scored two goals against North Park on Oct. 7...team leader in shots (53) and game-winning goals (6).
2005: Second-team All-CCIW…started all 19 games…named CCIW “Women’s Soccer Player of the Week” after scoring the game’s lone goal in a 1-0 victory at Illinois Wesleyan on Oct. 29, giving the Lady Reds the fourth seed in the conference tournament…scored five goals, including two game-winners, along with two assists.
High School: Named Daily Herald all-area and All-Mid Suburban League her senior year…all-conference as a junior…coached by Greg Charvat…four-year member of the basketball team and named both all-area and all-conference as a senior…four-year member of the cross country team and twice named all-conference…Illinois High School Association and Mid-Suburban League all-academic pick.
Personal: Business administration major…member of the 2006 Carthage women’s basketball team…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 2, 1986.
Lindsey Plass
Midfielder
Senior
Bloomingdale, Ill. (Roselle-Lake Park)
2007: Played in all 22 games and made 21 starts.
2006: Started all 19 games...scored single goals against Cardinal Stritch on Sept. 13, North Park on Oct. 7, Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 14 and Illinois Wesleyan on Oct. 28.
2005: Played in all 19 games and made 18 starts…team’s second-leading scorer with 14 points (6 goals, 2 assists)…scored two goals, including the game-winner versus North Central on Oct. 5…also scored the game-winning goal against North Park on Oct. 8.
High School: Named All-Upstate Eight Conference and Daily Herald honorable mention all-area three-straight years and all-sectional as a senior…coached by John Gouriotis…three-year member of the basketball team and two years in volleyball…National Honor Society member, Upstate Eight Conference all-academic and high honors student.
Personal: Double major in neuroscience and psychology…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 2, 1987.
Sarah Scardamaglia
Defender
Sophomore
West Chicago, Ill.
2007: Played mostly on the junior varsity team…appeared in two varsity games.
High School: Team defensive MVP her senior year…coached by Cesar Gomez…member of the indoor track and field team her freshman and sophomore years and ran cross country as a freshman…honor student.
Personal: Undecided on major…born Jan. 18, 1989.
Karen Schwoebel
Forward/Midfielder
Sophomore
Wheeling, Ill.
2007: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Injured and missed her senior season…named All-Mid-Suburban League and Pioneer Press honorable mention all-area as a junior…team’s leading scorer both her sophomore and junior years…coached by Patrick Dudle…member of both the volleyball and basketball teams her freshman year…honor student.
Personal: Double major in English and secondary education…born Dec. 17, 1988.
Jenna Volpe
Defender/Midfielder
Sophomore
Schaumburg, Ill.
2007: Played in nine games and made two starts.
High School: Named All-Mid-Suburban League, Daily Herald all-area and honorable mention all-sectional her junior year on a team that won both regional and sectional titles…all-conference as a senior coached by Greg Charvat…member of the volleyball team her freshman and sophomore years…honor student.
Personal: Athletic training major…born Aug. 9, 1988.
Devon Wilfling
Forward
Sophomore
Neenah, Wis.
2007: Played in 16-of-22 games…scored one goal with one assist.
2006: Played in 18-of-19 games and made 16 starts...scored single goals against St. Ambrose on Sept. 24, Lake Forest on Sept. 27 and Robert Morris-Lake County on Oct. 14...collected two assists in the Robert Morris-Lake County contest.
2005: Played in all 19 games and made 17 starts…scored three goals, including the game-winners against St. Norbert on Sept. 28 and Millikin on Oct. 1…also credited with three assists.
High School: Played on three teams that advanced to the regional final…coached by Dan Goggin…three-year member of the volleyball team.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 31, 1987.