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Recent grads Lucy McGovern and Thomas Greene each set single-season records for the lowest average score.
GOLF
Two under par L
ucy McGovern (BA ‘10) and Thomas Greene (BBA ‘10) have a lot in common. Both recently
graduated after four successful years on the Rambler golf teams, and both set single-season records for the lowest average score. McGovern, an All-Horizon League selection, had
her finest season and posted the lowest single- season scoring average, 78.2, in Loyola history. She finished among the top five golfers in all but one of the Ramblers’ 11 meets, and was named the women’s golf team’s Most Valuable Player. “Coach [Jennifer Feldott Hall] told me to work on
course management and keep a positive attitude. I didn’t want big numbers, I just wanted to be consis- tent,” McGovern says. Greene also posted a Loyola single-season record
average of 73.3 for the men’s golf team, and earned All-Horizon League recognition. He had seven top-10 showings and shot under 70 on four occasions, in- cluding a 64 at the Butler Fall Invitational, tying him for the second-lowest, single-round score in Loyola history. Greene was named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll and was recipient of the team’s MVP and Most Improved awards. “It was the most fun I had in all the years I played
golf,” Greene says. “It started out great and just kept going that way.” Despite their success, neither McGovern nor
Greene plans to play professionally. McGovern, an advertising/public relations major, hopes for a career in marketing. Greene, a finance and economics ma- jor, is starting a job in risk management at a private bank in Chicago. “I’ve heard that 70 percent of deals are done on
the golf course,” says Greene. “I would think that knowing how to play the game would help.”
We recruit students not only because they are talented athletes, but because they are successful academically.” —ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JOHN PLANEK
Academic all-stars T
The NCAA uses a complicated formula to calculate “Academic Progress Rates” for teams over a four-year period. But an easier way to understand the accom- plishments of the Loyola teams is to look at their respective grade point averages. In addi- tion, almost 90 percent of all athletes have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher, and 71 percent of all athletes have a cumula- tive GPA of 3.0 or higher.
he NCAA recently bestowed Public Recognition Awards on five Loyola athletic teams for their academic accomplishments.
The men’s basketball, cross-country, indoor and outdoor track, and women’s softball teams were recognized for their multi-year academic progress. The NCAA Public Recognition Awards are given to the teams in the top 10 percent in their respective sports, and Loyola was one of 228 Division I schools to place teams on the list.
SPORT Men’s Indoor
and Outdoor Track Cross-country
GPA 3.34 3.33
Women’s softball 3.25 Men’s basketball All athletes
2.93 3.23
(cumulative)
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Exercising our (Blue) Demons Loyola renews its rivalry with DePaul
be renewed this season when Loyola travels to Allstate Arena in Rosemont to face DePaul on December 18. DePaul will make its first-ever visit to the Gentile Center and play on the Ramblers’ home floor for the first time since 1991 during the 2011–12 season. “This is a great day for col-
A
lege basketball in the great city of Chicago,” says Loyola head coach Jim Whitesell. “Loyola and DePaul have shared a wonderful
city basketball rivalry dating back to 1923 will
rivalry through the years and renewing this series will bring back some great memories for our fans.” Loyola has faced DePaul
just twice since the start of the 1996–97 season, and not since November 21, 2003, when De- Paul held on for a 73–61 victory at Allstate Arena. The Ramblers have not
beaten the Blue Demons since a 70–69 decision on January 21, 1989. DePaul owns a 36–17 edge in the all-time series.
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