Elk Grove's Sam Schuring named the Most Valuable Player of the Lake Forest College Women's Basketball Team

LAKE FOREST, IL (03/29/2012)(readMedia)-- The Lake Forest College Athletic Department held its annual Winter Sports Awards Ceremony on Sunday, March 25, at the First Presbyterian Church in Lake Forest. Among the many awards given out were plaques for each sport's Most Valuable and Most Improved Performers.

Junior point guard Sam Schuring (Elk Grove, Calif./Elk Grove) was named the Most Valuable Player of the Forester women's basketball team and freshman guard Jenna Rice was selected as the squad's Most Improved Player.

Schuring was Lake Forest's top scorer at 12.5 points per game and earned First Team All-MWC honors after ranking second in the league with 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals per contest. She already ranks fourth in program history with 266 career assists. Rice played in all but one of the team's 24 games and made 10 starts. She ranked second on the squad with 24 steals and third with 41 assists.

Lake Forest finished the season with a 12-12 overall record and were 11-7 in Midwest Conference play. The Foresters lost in the semifinals of the Midwest Conference Tournament.