Women's Basketball

Lake Forest College

555 North Sheridan - Lake Forest, IL - 60045
Team Office: Tel: (847) 735-6082 Fax: (847) 735-6290
Team website: www.lfc.edu/activities/athletics/

Founded in 1855, Lake Forest College is a traditional liberal arts institution offering more than 30 Bachelor degree programs and a Master's in Liberal Arts. Majors offered include African-American/Black Studies, Computer and Information Sciences, International Relations, and Urban Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Lake Forest #97 among liberal arts institutions.

The 107 acre campus is located a few blocks from Lake Michigan and is within walking distance of the train station and the business district of downtown Lake Forest (pop. 18k) about 30 miles from Chicago.

School website
www.lfc.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

1,324

Getting In:

Difficult. ACT 25/75: 24-28

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$38,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Communications - English- Economics

Misc. Information

Head coach Tamlyn Tills begins her first season at Lake Forest in 2008-09. Tills took over from Jackie Slaats who through 22 seasons produced a 387-133 record. Tills was the head coach at Concordia University Chicago for the previous six seasons prior to her arrival at Lake Forest. Prior Concordia Chicago, Tills was a head coach for three seasons (1999-2002) at Loras College and four (1992-96) at Concordia University in St. Paul. Tills was also an NCAA Division I assistant coach at Marquette University from 1987-90 and at California State University-Fullerton from 1996-99. Tills was also a successful player, scoring more than 1,000 career points at both Milwaukee Lutheran High School and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. In 2007-08, the Foresters went 21-4 but did not receive an NCAA bid.

Team Name	Foresters
Colors	Red and Black
Division	NCAA Division III
All-Time Record	461-263 (.636)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	21-4	24-3	14-9	91-33 (.733)
Conference	14-2	15-1	8-8	64-15 (.810)
Conf. Finish	2	1	3	4, 3, 2, 2, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	2nd Rnd	n/a	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	0

Coaches

Head Coach	Tamlyn Tills
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Lake Forest College	1986-87
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	?
Record at Lake Forest College	0-0
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Kristen Fink, Lisa Smith, Kelly Perz

Recruiting Coordinator

Tamlyn Tills, (847) 735-6082, tills@lakeforest.edu

Conference and Schedule

Lake Forest plays in the Midwest Conference (www.midwestconference.org) which is comprised of 10 teams from Illinois, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Conference play can start in early December and then resume in January after a two week winter break. More often than not, the 16 league games are played on Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Currently, Lake Forest plays all but two teams twice, home and away. The season concludes with the top four teams competing in the Midwest Conference tourney with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney.

Conference Opponents

Caroll, Lawerence, Ripon, St. Norbert, Illinois College, Knox, Monmouth, Beloit, and Grinnell

Facilities

Sports Center
Capacity 1,200, Average attendance: ?