Profiles
Amanda Bizub
Returnee
Sophomore
Hartland, Wis. (Arrowhead)
2009: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Her senior-year team won a Classic 8 Conference title and finished second in the sectionals…coached by Kimberly Benson…National Honor Society member, Spanish Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Double major in biology and chemistry…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and named to the fall 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born June 2, 1990.
Meghan DeNamur
Newcomer
Freshman
Appleton, Wis. (North)
High School: Played tennis only her senior year and coached by Jill Radke…honor student.
Personal: Business administration major…born Nov. 30, 1999.
Kaitlyn Farrell
Returnee
Junior
Ottawa, Ill. (Ottawa Township)
2009: Played on the junior varsity team.
2008: Teamed with two different doubles partners to go 1-1.
High School: Part of a doubles team that won two sectional championships and qualified for two state championships…coached by Steve Johnson…four-year member of the softball team and played basketball her freshman year…National Honor Society member and honor student.
Personal: Communication major…named to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Nov. 22, 1988.
Bridget Holck
Returnee
Junior
McHenry, Ill. (West)
2009: Played on the junior varsity team.
2008: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Named Northwest Herald honorable mention all-area her senior year…coached by Matt Condon…member of the badminton team as a senior…National Honor Society member, Illinois State Scholar and high honors student.
Personal: Biology major…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Jan. 23, 1989.
Liz Hood
Returnee
Junior
Chelsea, Mich.
2009: Played on the junior varsity team.
2008: Compiled a 1-3 singles record and went 1-0 at doubles.
High School: Lettered three times and coached by Matt Pedlow...honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Music major…named twice to the Carthage dean’s list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born May 24, 1989.
Jennifer Immen
Returnee
Sophomore
Buffalo Grove, Ill.
2009: Compiled a 12-10 singles record…teamed with Kati Hornick to go 7-6 in doubles…combined doubles record of 8-9.
High School: A state qualifier both her junior and senior years…her senior-year team won a sectional championship…played on three Mid-Suburban League East championship divisional-championship teams…coached by Kevin Schrammel…member of the soccer team her freshman and sophomore years, played basketball as a freshman and badminton as a senior…honor student.
Personal: Communication major…named to the fall 2008 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2008 Carthage athletic directors’ honor roll…born May 22, 1990.
Beth Kaufman
Returnee
Senior
Barrington, Ill.
2009: First-team All-CCIW…compiled an 18-12 singles record at number-one singles…teamed with Emily Murphy to go 15-11, mostly at number-two doubles…combined doubles mark of 15-12.
2008: First-team All-CCIW and CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship tournament MVP…went 19-9 and won the number-two singles title at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…teamed with Kati Hornick to go 10-7 and won the CCIW number-two doubles title…overall doubles mark of 14-11.
2007: Attended the University of Iowa for fall term but did nor play tennis…transferred to Carthage in January 2007…went 8-8 in singles during the spring portion of the season…teamed with Taylor Gustafson to go 11-6 at doubles.
High School: Won Mid-Suburban League West titles both her junior and senior years and a sectional runner-up as a senior…her junior-year team won a sectional championship and finished sixth at the Illinois High School Association state championship…her senior-year team also won a sectional title and finished third at the state championship…coached by Tracy Waters…played soccer her freshman year…National Honor Society member.
Personal: Elementary education major…named fall 2008 CCIW/Jack Swartz All-Academic…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 26, 1987.
Gina Klein
Returnee
Senior
Darien, Ill. (Hinsdale-South)
2009: First-team All-CCIW…compiled a 12-8 mark at number-two singles…teamed with Taylor Gustafson to go 13-9 at number-one singles…combined doubles record of 15-10.
2008: First-team All-CCIW…went 11-14 and was the runner-up in number-one singles at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…teamed with Taylor Gustafson to go 20-6 and won the CCIW number-one doubles title…overall doubles mark of 22-6.
2007: Compiled a 23-5 singles mark and named second-team All-CCIW…won a CCIW title at number-four singles, defeating Wheaton’s Brooke Parrish, 6-2, 6-1…teamed with Kristin Minkowski to go 22-4 and won a CCIW title at number-two doubles, defeating Wheaton’s Brooke Parrish and Kayli Edwards, 6-1, 6-1…she and Kristin Minkowski were ranked 16th in the final 2007 Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Central Region doubles poll.
High School: Played on four-straight West Suburban League Gold championship teams…coached by Bob Comerford…member of the basketball team her freshmen and sophomore years…four-year honor student.
Personal: Double major in elementary education and special education…named to the spring 2009 Carthage dean's list and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 3, 1988.
Lauren Kohout
Newcomer
Freshman
Geneva, Ill.
High School: Four-year member of the tennis team and coached by Reeny Weiler.
Personal: Undecided on major…born April 25, 1991.
Angela Kropidlowski
Returnee
Junior
Milwaukee, Wis. (St. Francis)
2009: Played on the junior varsity team.
2008: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Four-year member of the tennis team and coached by Mike Sherman¼four-year member of the softball team and three years in basketball.
Personal: Double major in elementary education and special education…named to the Carthage dean’s list three times and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born March 16, 1989.
Alex Maniscalo
Returnee
Junior
Lemont, Ill.
2009: Played on the junior varsity team.
2008: Went 1-0 in varsity singles.
High School: Named All-Suburban Prairie Conference her junior year as part of league-championship doubles team…both her junior and senior-year squads won conference titles…coached by Chris Hill…member of the softball team her freshman and sophomore years…honor student.
Personal: Psychology major…named to the spring 2008 Carthage dean’s list and to the fall 2007 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Feb. 27, 1989.
Hollis McPeek
Returnee
Sophomore
Lake Bluff, Ill. (Lake Forest)
2009: Did not play in the fall portion of the season…compiled a 6-5 singles record in the spring…teamed with Taylor Gustafson to go 2-4 in doubles and team with Kati Hornick to go 3-4…combined doubles mark of 5-9.
High School: Named Illinois High School Tennis Coaches Association second-team all-state in doubles her senior year, as well as all-sectional and Chicago Tribune All-North Suburban Conference…teamed with Kathleen Saltarelli to reach the state doubles quarterfinals…both her junior and senior-year teams won conference championships…her senior-year squad won a sectional title and tied for fourth place at the Illinois High School Association state championship…coached by Denise Murphy…three-year member of the soccer team and named first-team all-conference her senior year despite suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament…North Suburban Conference all-academic.
Personal: Double major in business administration and marketing…named to the spring 2009 Carthage dean's list and to the fall 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…her mother, Leslie, played tennis at Purdue University…born Jan. 31, 1990.
Ashley Morgan
Returnee
Senior
Afton, Minn. (Stillwater Area)
2009: Attended Carthage but did not play tennis.
2008: Went 10-14 at number-four and number-five singles…finished fourth in number-five singles at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…teamed with Kristina Roglin to go 4-7 with a fourth-place finish in number-three doubles at the CCIW championship…teamed with three different doubles partners for an overall mark of 11-14.
2007: Compiled a 4-2 singles mark.
High School: Named All-Suburban East Conference at number-one doubles her senior year…honorable mention all-conference at number-one doubles as a junior…coached by Chuck Anderson…member of the softball team her freshman, sophomore and junior years and played basketball as a freshman…high honors student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Communication major…named to the Carthage dean’s six-straight semesters and a two-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 28, 1987.
Julie Rendino
Returnee
Graduated Senior
McHenry, Ill.
2009: Played in the fall portion of the season and went 1-0 in singles.
2008: Went 7-7 and finished third in number-six singles at the CCIW Women’s Tennis Championship…overall doubles record of 5-4.
2007: Played on the junior varsity team.
2006: Played on the junior varsity team.
High School: Named All-Fox Valley conference and Northwest Herald all-area her senior year and qualified for the Illinois High School Association state championship coached by Gary Myers four-year member of the track and field team and a three-time state qualifier in the pole vault…played basketball her freshman and sophomore seasons Spanish National Honor Society member and high honors student.
Personal: Exercise and sport science major...pole vaulter and heptathlete on the 2006-08 Carthage women’s track and field teams…a three-semester member of the Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 4, 1986.
Alessandra Ruffolo
Newcomer
Freshman
Kenosha, Wis. (St. Joseph)
High School: Four-year member of the tennis team and coached by Gail Badore…four-year member of the soccer team…honor student.
Personal: Pre-law major…her father, Vince Ruffolo, played soccer at Wisconsin-Parkside, and her mother, Kathie, played tennis for the Rangers…born July 14, 1991.
Emily Sebald
Newcomer
Freshman
Mukwonago, Wis. (Milwaukee-Wisconsin Lutheran)
High School: Four-year member of the tennis team and coached by Gunther Thoms…National Honor Society member, honor student and graduated with honors.
Personal: Graphic design major…born Dec. 21, 1990.
Stephanie Zundl
Returnee
Sophomore
Sleepy Hollow, Ill. (Carpentersville--Dundee-Crown)
2009: Compiled a 4-4 record at number-five or number six singles and went 1-1 in doubles.
High School: A state qualifier both her junior and senior years…named Northwest Herald second-team all-area as a senior…both her junior and senior-year teams were runners-up at the sectionals…coached by Janet Malecek…member of the figure skating team her freshman and sophomore years…high honors student.
Personal: Double major in business administration and marketing…named to the fall 2008 Carthage athletic director’s honor roll…born Sept. 18, 1989.