Lake Forest College Sports Information
June 20, 2002 Contact: Mike Wajerski, SID Kanney, Pier and Popovich Named National Coaching
Staff of the Year
Head Coach Diane Kanney, with the help of assistants Chris Pier and Jill Popovich, guided Lake Forest to a runner-up finish at the 2002 NCAA Division III national championship tournament. The Foresters compiled a 34-12 record in 2002 and won its first Midwest Conference Championship since 1988. Lake Forest was ranked No. 2 in the year-end USA Today/NFCA Division III Top 25. Prior to this season, the team had never won more than 18 games nor qualified for NCAA post-season play. The 2002 Foresters also set school records with 23 home runs and a team
earned run average of 1.03, which ranked among the top 10 in the country.
While Kanney lost four starters to graduation in May, the entire pitching
staff will be back in 2003. Also returning are players who accounted for
19 of the homers as well as 11 individual single season school records.
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