Uni High athletics Uni High athletics had another banner year, with 234 student athletes, 18 new school records, four students named News-Gazette athletes of the year and one student qualifying for the Olympic trials in swimming. Participation in sports remains at high levels, and our teams continue to improve. Our students made regular appearances at state-level championships this year, as well as in The News-Gazette as athletes of the year and on all-area teams. Sophomore swimmer Ema Rajic broke four school records, was named All-State and All- American and qualified for for the Olympic trials in swimming, where she finished 49 th overall in the 100 breaststroke. She was also News-Gazette All Area Girls Swimmer of the Year. Three other student were News-Gazette athletes of the year. Sophomore Arielle Summit was The News-Gazette Girls Runner of the Year. Senior Panos Voulgaris was News-Gazette Boys Soccer Player of the Year, and Junior Varun Chopra was News-Gazette Boys Golfer of the Year. Uni students also represented Uni well at the state level. The Girls Cross-Country team was second in the state. The boys soccer team enjoyed the best record in school history (24-2-1), winning Illinois regional, section and super-sectional titles before placing fourth in the state final. The year rounded out with track and field. Four Uni students went to state (Christopher Bauer, Anika Kimme, Annmarie Michael and Arielle Summitt), and new school records were set in Boys Track for the triple jump (Bauer), 4x400 Relay (Lee, Ramkumar, Anukwu, Bauer), 4x800 Relay (Bauer, Lee, Anukwu, Coleman), and 4x100 Relay (Bauer, Lee, Anukwu, Coleman). Additional information: UNI HIGH ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS 2015-2016
234 Student-Athletes 77 Jr/Sr IHSA Academic Achievement Award Winners 23 ECIC Senior Academic All Conference Team Members 104 Two-Sport Athletes 18 New School Records Set This Year 8 Three-Sport Athletes 7 All-State Performances 4 News-Gazette Athletes of the Year 2 Team State Trophies 1 Individual State Champion 1 All-American/Olympic Trials Qualifier High School Girls Cross Country First to the Finish Invitational Uni High Potluck Meet Tuscola Classic Senior Night Home Meet SJ-O Spartan Classic Twin City Meet Prairie Central Invite IHSA 1A Regional 2 nd Arielle Summitt, Individual Champion IHSA 1A Sectional 2 nd IHSA 1A State Final 2 nd Back-To-Back State Final Runner-Up Arielle Summitt 3 rd All-State Annemarie Michael 7 th All-State Anika Kimme 75 th Berit Hudson-Rasmussen 76 th Katie Tender 82 nd Mariam Arif 92 nd Elizabeth Atkinson 12 News-Gazette Girls Runner of the Year: News-Gazette All-Area First Team: News-Gazette All-Area Special Mention: High School Boys Cross Country Senior Night Home Meet Twin City Championship IHSA Regional 5th 8th News-Gazette All-Area Special Mention: Arielle Summitt Annmarie Michael and Arielle Summitt Tori Aber, Mariam Arif, Elizabeth Atkinson, Berit Hudson-Rasmussen, Anika Kimme, Katie Tender Grant Allen, Justin Wang, Jack Zeiders Subbie Girls Cross Country Kickapoo Invitational IESA 1A Sectional 5 th Subbie Boys Cross Country
IESA 1A Sectional IESA 1A State Final 9 th Nicolas Ramkumar 24 th Ethan Ashbrook 52 nd Mathew Tang 69 th David Sun 126 th Sam Atkinson 128 th Grant Hoey 132 nd Akash Pardshi 144 th 2 nd High School Boys Soccer Uni High Soccer Shootout ECIC Tournament IHSA 1A Regional Regional Champions IHSA 1A Sectional Sectional Champions IHSA 1A Super-Sectional Super-Sectional Champions IHSA 1A State Final 4 th Place Best Record in School History (24-2-1) News-Gazette Boys Soccer Player of the Year: Panos Voulgaris News-Gazette Boys Soccer Coach of the Year: Phil Anders News-Gazette Boys Soccer All-Area First Team: Rahi Miraftab-Salo, Panos Voulgaris News-Gazette Boys Soccer All-Area Second Team: Will Ahlgren, Chris Bauer, Omeed Miraftab-Salo News-Gazette Boys Soccer All-Area Honorable Mention: Noah Blue, Isandro Malik, Luie Siegel, Neil Tewksbury ECIC All Conference: Will Ahlgren, Chris Bauer, Noah Blue, Rahi Miraftab Salo, Luie Siegel, Neil Tewksbury, Panos Voulgaris ECIC Honorable Mention: Isandro Malik, Omeed Miraftab-Salo IHSSCA All-Region: Panos Voulgaris IHSSCA All-State: Panos Voulgaris IHSSCA All-Section: Chris Bauer, Rahi Miraftab-Salo High School Girls Soccer The girls team finished the season with an 8-8 record with big wins over Champaign Central, Mattoon, and Bloomington Central Catholic. They advanced in the regional with a win over Olympia. Their season came to an end after a double-overtime loss in the regional championship match. IHSSCA All Section Honorable Mention: Kathryn Dullerud, Natalie Dullerud News-Gazette Girls Soccer All-Area First Team: Natalie Dullerud News-Gazette Girls Soccer All-Area Honorable Mention: Kathryn Dullerud High School Girls Volleyball Won 3rd place in the E.C.I.C. Conference Tournament Improved to 12 wins which included a regional victory over GCMS News-Gazette All-Area Honorable Mention: Natalie Dullerud, Callie Bruce ECIC All Conference: Natalie Dullerud, Callie Bruce ECIC All Conference Honorable Mention: Kathryn Dullerud, Lydia Mihaly Natalie Dullerud broke the school record for digs.
High School Girls Swimming and Diving IHSA State Final Qualifiers: Raine Bernhard, Clair Dickerson, Sarah Lee, Lauren Monahan, Maddie Nelson, Ema Rajic IHSA State Final 15 th Ema Rajic 2 nd 100 Yd Breastroke All-State, All-American Ema Rajic 3 rd 200 Yd IM All-State, All-American Maddie Nelson 3 500 Yd Freestyle Maddie Nelson 35 th 200 Yd Freestyle 35 th 200 Yd Medley Relay 38 th 400 Yd Freestyle Relay News-Gazette All Area Girls Swimmer of the Year: Ema Rajic News-Gazette All Area First Team: Maddie Nelson, Ema Rajic News-Gazette All Area Second Team: Claire Dickerson, Sarah Lee, Lauren Monahan NISCA Academic All-America Team: Lina Florez, Sarah Lee, Maddie Nelson, Monica Pardeshi NISCA Gold Scholar Team Award Winner NISCA/Speedo All American Team: Ema Rajic Ema Rajic qualified for the United States Olympic Trials and finished 49 th overall in the 100 Breaststroke. School records were broken in the 200 Medley Relay (Dickerson, Rajic, Monahan, Lee), 200 IM (Rajic), 50 Freestyle (Rajic), 6 Dives (Nelson), 100 Butterfly (Rajic), 100 Breaststroke (Rajic), and 400 Freestyle Relay (Lee, Monahan, Nelson, Rajic). High School Boys Golf (Individuals Only) IHSA 1A Regional Varun Chopra D.J. Nelson 15 th IHSA 1A Sectional Varun Chopra IHSA 1A State Final Varun Chopra 2 nd All-State D.J. Nelson 18 th News-Gazette Boys Golfer of the Year: Varun Chopra News-Gazette Boys Golf All Area First Team: Varun Chopra News-Gazette Boys Golf all Area Second Team: DJ Nelson High School Girls Tennis (Individuals Only) Lindsay Huang 3 rd State Qualifier Grace Qiu 4 th State Qualifier News-Gazette All Area First Team: Lindsay Huang, Grace Qiu High School Boys Tennis The boys team finished 6-1 in dual matches with a clean sweep of Normal West High School. Undefeated individual records at 5 th and 6 th singles Van Gundersen finished 4 th in the sectional and advanced to the IHSA State Final. News-Gazette All Area First Team: Van Gundersen News-Gazette All Area Special Mention: Sam Li
Subbie Girls Basketball The subbie girls basketball team had a very fun and exciting year and advanced in the IESA Regional with a win over Gifford Grade School. Subbie Boys Basketball The subbie boys basketball improved throughout the season with wins over Thomasboro and DeLand-Weldon. High School Girls Basketball The team won 3 of their last five games, placing 2 nd in the E.C.I.C. Conference Tourney. They also advance in the IHSA Regional with a win over Judah Christian. ECIC All-Conference: Callie Bruce, Makayla Dorsey, Aja Trask High School Boys Basketball Finished the season with a 13-12 record with notable victories over Tuscola, Hoopeston, Villa-Grove Heritage, and Judah Christian ECIC Regular Season Champions ECIC Tournament Champions ECIC All Conference: Noah Blue, Panos Voulgaris ECIC All Conference Honorable Mention: Chris Bauer News-Gazette Special Mention: Noah Blue News-Gazette Honorable Mention: Chris Bauer, Panos Voulgaris Subbie Girls Track and Field IESA Sectional 9 th Subbie Boys Team Track and Field IESA Sectional 9 th State Qualifiers: Ethan Ashbrook, Daniel Ramkumar, Josh Mok-Chih, Matthew Tang IESA State Final Daniel Ramkumar 19 th 1600m Ethan Ashbrook 20 th 1600m 32 nd 4x400m Relay High School Girls Track and Field 3 rd Arielle Summitt 400m State Qualifier Arielle Summitt 800m State Qualifier Annemarie Michael 1600m State Qualifier Arielle Summitt 2 nd 1600m State Qualifier Annemarie Michael 3200m State Qualifier
IHSA State Final Anika Kimme 2 nd 3200m State Qualifier 2 nd 4x400m Relay State Qualifier 2 nd 4x800m Relay State Qualifier 16 th Arielle Summitt 800m State Champion, New School Record Arielle Summitt 8 st 400m All-State Annemarie Michael 6 th 3200m All-State Annemarie Michael 11 th 1600m Anika Kimme 24 th 3200m News-Gazette All Area First Team: Annemarie Michael, Arielle Summitt News-Gazette All Area Special Mention: Anika Kimme High School Boys Track and Field 11 th Chris Bauer 2 nd Triple Jump State Qualifier IHSA State Final Chris Bauer 11 th Triple Jump New School records were set in the triple jump (Bauer), 4x400 Relay (Lee, Ramkumar, Anukwu, Bauer), Relay (Bauer, Lee, Anukwu, Coleman), and 4x100 Relay (Bauer, Lee, Anukwu, Coleman). News-Gazette All Area Second Team: Chris Bauer News-Gazette All Area Special Mention: Camden Coleman 4x800