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June 14, 2005

Oakton Athletes Win Skyway Academic Awards

The Skyway Conference has honored 10 Oakton Community College students as Academic Athlete of the Year. To earn the award, students must have completed 48 credit hours with a 3.00 GPA or higher over their college career.

Four players from Oakton's baseball team were named Academic Athletes of the Year: sophomore Joe Szczudlo (Maine South High School), sophomore Michael Wieda (Hersey High School), sophomore Jeff Wertepny (Maine South High School), and sophomore John McGowan (Schaumburg High School).

Also honored at Oakton were freshman volleyball player Anna Domenick (New Trier High School), freshman basketball player Lee Gross (Niles West High School), freshman women's cross country runner Stephanie Ng (Niles North High School), men's soccer player Jordan Luckey (Streator Township High School), and sophomore women's soccer players Andrea Myrick (Arizona High School), and Grace Jops (Stephen Mather High School).

Founded in 1969, the Skyway Conference consists of eight member colleges competing for athletic championships in a dozen sports. College of Lake County, Elgin Community College, McHenry Community College, Moraine Valley Community College, Morton College, Prairie State College, and Waubonsee Community College also are members of the conference.



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