West Aurora graduate Lauren Carlini completed the four-peat.

Carlini, a senior setter on the University of Wisconsin women’s volleyball team, recently was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association all-American first team.

It was Carlini’s third first-team AVCA honor in a row and fourth overall. She made the second team as a freshman.

The 6-foot-2 Carlini also earned Big Ten Conference player of the year honors in 2014 and was named the Big Ten freshman of the year in 2013.

This season, Carlini, who helped the Badgers advance to within one victory of appearing in the NCAA national semifinals (which start Friday in Columbus, Ohio), started all 33 matches and ranked first in the conference at 11.81 assists per set.

A four-time all-Big Ten selection, Carlini, was part of four Wisconsin teams that won 113 of 137 matches, won a Big Ten title, earned a No. 1 national ranking for the first time and advanced to at least the round of 16 of the NCAA tournament all four years.

“Lauren’s the best,” Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield told UWBadgers.com Insider Andy Baggot. “She’s the best Badger we’ve ever had. I hope I’m not offending anybody by that. People see the intensity. What they don’t know is that she’s 10 times the better person than she is a volleyball player.”

Fitzgerald at Whitewater: St. Charles native and Burlington Central graduate Ryan Fitzgerald is competing on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s basketball team.

A marketing major, Fitzgerald has appeared in 4 games thus far for Whitewater and has made one basket and grabbed a pair of rebounds. Whitewater was off to a 7-0 start through midweek.

Licar at North Central: Aurora Central Catholic alum Alec Licar was named to the all-College Conference of Wisconsin and Illinois second team. Licar was part of a North Central team that went 11-1, won the CCIW and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division III championship.

Licar primarily played eight guard but also saw time at center. The 6-1, 284-pound junior blocked for an offense that led the CCIW in scoring offense (39.2 points per game) and passing offense (278.6 yards per game). He earned his second all-CCIW academic honor this season.

McGlone at Winona State: Streamwood graduate Hannah McGlone is a junior forward on the Winona State women’s basketball team. Through midweek, McGlone ranked fourth on the team in scoring at 8.5 points per game. In 11 starts this season, McGlone is shooting .608 from the field (45-for-74) and averaging a team-best 7.9 rebounds per contest. McGlone’s performance has helped Winona jump out to a 9-2 start.

Ehrhardt at UIC: Jacobs product Alyssa Ehrhardt closed out her college volleyball career at UIC by recording 15 kills and 10 digs in the Flames’ season finale against Northern Kentucky. Ehrhardt registered 403 kills on the season (3.44 per set) and had a team-best 41 aces, while finishing second on the team in digs with 257 (2.20 per set). UIC finished the year 16-14 and went 4-2 in Horizon League matches.

Havis at Lake Forest: Batavia alum Briahna Havis completed her senior season on the volleyball court at Lake Forest College this fall. Havis was the team leader in digs and off the court is a supporter of Chicago Cubs player Anthony Rizzo’s The Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation through event planning.

Havis racked up 323 digs this past season (4.04 per set) for a Lake Forest team that went 7-17 overall and 3-16 in Midwest Conference play.

Allen Jr. at Dubuque: St. Edward graduate Dwyane Allen Jr. is a freshman running back for the University of Dubuque football team. This past season, Allen Jr. played in 9 games and carried the ball 66 times for 323 yards and scored 4 touchdowns. He had a long run of 67 yards and also caught 2 passes for 36 yards and 1 touchdown.

Allen Jr. also played a role on the Dubuque special-teams unit where he returned 17 kicks for 430 yards (62-yard long). He averaged 25.3 yards per kick return.

Allen Jr. ranked second on the team in all-purpose yards with 789.

Bartczyszyn at Lafayette: Cary-Grove alum Jess Bartczyszyn finished up her junior season as the setter on the Louisiana-Lafayette women’s volleyball team. Bartczyszyn had 23 assists in the team’s final match of the season and finished the year with 1,114 setting assists, which ranks fourth in the program’s rally-scoring-era single-season record book. She is a former Daily Herald all-area setter.

Kofie at Western Michigan: Larkin graduate and former Daily Herald all-area honorary co-captain Olivia Kofie completed her junior season for the Western Michigan women’s volleyball team. Kofie, a 6-1 middle blocker, played in 89 sets and averaged 2.60 kills per set and hit .259, while posting 113 digs and registering 13 service aces.

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