Lake Forest College Sports Information
November 14, 2002 Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID Fitzgerald Named to Verizon Academic All-District
First Team
Through the regular season, the senior and offensive team captain has 54 receptions for 762 yards and eight touchdowns. He has also returned a school-record 29 punts for 229 yards. He was selected to the Midwest Conference's Second Team on Tuesday (November 12). The Foresters have won a school-record nine games this season against just one loss and are headed to the NCAA Playoffs for the first time in the program's history. Lake Forest defeated St. Norbert College 17-0 Saturday (November 9) to earn a share of the conference championship, its first since 1983. Fitzgerald has excelled off the football field as well. The economics major maintains a 3.73 grade point average and has made the Dean's List every year. He earned the Kappa Sigma Outstanding Scholar Award and was an Academic All-Conference selection in both 2000 and 2001. After graduating in May, Fitzgerald plans on attending graduate school
next fall.
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