Three Oakton Inductees to Skyway Conference Athletics Hall of Fame
(Aug. 6, 2018) Two Oakton Community College standout student athletes and a friend of Oakton sports were recently inducted into the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference (ISCC) Athletic Hall of Fame. Oakton inductees Alexios Fronimos (men’s soccer), Geralyn Bertucci Konsewicz (volleyball, women’s basketball and softball) and the Chicago North Men’s Senior Baseball League were announced at an awards luncheon at Oakton’s Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road.
Fronimos—recruited by Oakton Men’s Soccer Coach Steve Brody after arriving from Kalamata, Greece, in spring 2009—is one of the most decorated soccer players in Oakton athletic history. As a freshman in 2009, he played as a midfielder and was named to the ISCC All-Conference Team, was selected to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region IV All-Region First Team and was an All-America nominee. During his sophomore season, Fronimos played a new position (defender) and was again named to the ISCC All-Conference Team, the NJCAA Region IV All-Region First Team and was an NJCAA All-American. He was an integral part of a squad that won Skyway and NJCAA Region IV championships that year.
Konsewicz, a three-sport athlete and Maine East High School graduate, attended Oakton from 1985-87, serving as a team captain. During her playing career, she was named to the ISCC All-Conference Team for volleyball, women’s basketball and softball, and she also earned MVP honors in the three sports. Konsewicz has the distinction of being the seventh leading scorer in Oakton women’s basketball history and holds the career record for wins by a softball pitcher with 24.
Max Reising, assistant baseball coach at Oakton, accepted the friend of sports award on behalf of the Chicago North Men’s Senior Baseball League. The league has supported Oakton athletics for more than 25 years. Over that time, the association has donated more than $100,000 to Oakton athletics. In addition, the league has been a primary supporter of the Buck and Ora O’Neil Scholarship at Oakton. This endowed scholarship supports student-athletes from any intercollegiate sport at the college. Besides monetary support, the league has donated several pieces of sports equipment and supported baseball and softball field improvements at the Oakton.
The ISCC Athletic Hall of Fame dates back to the early 2000s and recognizes student athletes, coaches, colleges and friends of sports from other institutions besides Oakton including: College of Lake County, Elgin Community College, Moraine Valley Community College, Morton College, Prairie State and Waubonsee Community College.
Inductees also included Carol Ann Cowles (ISCC college administrator) and Paulette Maurer (friend of cocurricular), Ken Rudd (coach, McHenry), John Avendano (administrator, Waubonsee), Morton College’s 2005-06 men’s cross-country team and Gene Walter (student-athlete, Morton).
