Physical Education
Strike!
Softball pitcher Kelly Ostler ended her college career with 689 strikeouts, leading the NCAA Division III in the 2002 season, and ranking seventh overall. A fourth-year in the College, Ostler is in second place in the NCAA Division III for career strikeouts per game; she averaged 10.6. She was also named to the All-Great Lakes Region and All-America teams.

Take a victory lap
Chicago placed second at the UAA Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The Maroons had 12 individual All-UAA competitors, including five first-place finishers.

Smart soccer
Fourth-year men's soccer midfielder Pat Barry received an NCAA postgraduate scholarship of $5,000. Barry, a fundamentals concentrator, was also selected for the Academic All-America, All-America, All-Midwest Region, and All-UAA teams. He scored 13 goals and had seven assists in 2001, for a total of 33 points.

Academic runners
The Cross Country Coaches Association recognized the Maroon men's and women's cross country teams as National All-Academic teams based on the cumulative GPA of each team's roster. Fourth-year Jerome Tharaud and second-years Tom Haxton and Patrick Sullivan were also named Academic All-Americans, based on their GPAs and finishes at the regional meet.

Innings endings
The baseball team finished its 2002 regular season 13-17. The Maroons ended a 13-game home winning streak by splitting a doubleheader with Thomas More College.

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