J.R. Jurecko Named to All-Midwest Conference First Team
Fred Bell and Lee Taylor earn honorable mention
  

J.R. Jurecko is a repeat member on the First Team.

The MWC coaches named senior center J.R. Jurecko (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville) to the league's five-member First Team for the second straight year. He led the Foresters in both scoring and rebounding this season and his 16.1 points and 8.6 boards in conference games ranked him 11th and 2nd in the league, respectively. He also appears among the MWC's top 10 in field goal percentage (58.4%; 6th) and blocked shots (.81/game; tied-7th).

Sophomore guard Fred Bell (Mequon, WI/Homestead) received Honorable Mention for the second time in as many seasons. Bell was the Foresters' second-leading scorer this year and ranked among the conference's leaders in scoring (11.8/game; 26th), assists (3.25/game; 11th), three-point field goal percentage (41.8%; 4th) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.00; 10th).

Another Forester sophomore guard, Lee Taylor (Sheldon, IA/Sheldon), also received Honorable Mention. Taylor finished the conference season ranked 18th in rebounding and just ahead of Bell in both assists (3.53/game; 6th) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.10; 9th).

2000-01 All-Midwest Conference Men's Basketball Team
 

FIRST TEAM	HONORABLE MENTION
Henry Grant, Beloit College	Fred Bell, Lake Forest College
Michael Hochman, Grinnell College	Matt Entwistle, Beloit
Nathan Hoffman, St. Norbert College	Victor Garcia, Knox College
J.R. Jurecko, Lake Forest College	Garrett Ingram, Illinois College
Steve Kohl, Ripon College	Scott Landisch, Ripon College
	Matt Petefish, Illinois College
SECOND TEAM	Kenny Spranger, Monmouth College
Matt Espenschied, Illinois College	Lee Taylor, Lake Forest College
Steve Glasgow, Monmouth College	Steve Wood, Grinnell College
James Hischke, Carroll College
Adam LaVoy, Lawrence University	PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Henry Grant, Beloit
Nate Leverence, Lawrence University	COACH OF THE YEAR: David Arseneault, Grinnell