Physical Education

All-America honor(s)
Third-year middle linebacker Daniel T. Philips was named to both the Hewlett-Packard and Football Gazette NCAA Division III All-America football teams in December. In 1999, Philips recorded at least ten tackles in every game and led the Maroons (5-4) with 141 stops on the year. He is the fifth Chicago football player to garner All-America status since 1990.

Women’s soccer stars
Fourth-years Cinnamon M. Pace and Jessica C. Berry were named to the 1999 NSCAA/Adidas Scholar Athlete All-America Team in January. Pace, who garnered All-Central Regional status in 1999, and Berry, who earned All-America honors in 1999, were among ten players chosen from NCAA Division III institutions nationwide.

Men’s basketball
The Maroons go into February with a winning record, spurred on by a UAA athlete of the week, first-year Derek M. Reich. He’s the team’s leading scorer and rebounder, responsible for driving Chicago to victory in January against a pair of conference rivals, Carnegie Mellon and Emory.

Swimming qualifier
In a dual meet against Wheaton College on January 15, second-year Jeremy E. Lankford recorded a time that was under the NCAA’s National B-standard--posting a time of 53.56 seconds in the 100-meter backstroke.

Women’s lacrosse
The lacrosse team ranks in the Midwest’s top ten, according to the Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse League. The league’s preseason poll has Chicago at number 10 (of 30-plus teams), joined by Big Ten competitors Michigan (1), Michigan State (4), Northwestern (5), Ohio State (7), Wisconsin (8), and Illinois (9). The Maroons (9-4-1 in ‘99) will look to build on last year’s playoff success--when they reached the quarterfinals of league competition at the University of Toledo.