*Zach Miller, Glenbard East junior
*Johnny Hill, Glenbard East junior
*Lee Skinner, Glenbard East senior
Jack Merrithey, Glenbard East senior
*James Fleming, Glenbard North senior
*Matt Neufeld, Naperville Central senior
Bobby Czarnowski, Naperville Central senior
*Joe McNicholas, Naperville North senior
*Reilly O'Toole, Wheaton Warrenville South junior
Will Dolatowaski, Wheaton Warrenville South senior
Juwan Starks, West Aurora sophomore

SPECIAL MENTION
Reggie Davis, Glenbard North senior
Charles Jacques, West Chicago senior
Mike Small, Wheaton North senior
Jeff Schalk, Wheaton North junior

HONORABLE MENTION
Shawn Havenga, Glenbard East senior
Brandon Clark, Glenbard North junior
David Niggins, Naperville Central junior
Matt LaCosse, Naperville North junior
James O'Shaughnessy, Naperville North senior
Greg McAndrew, Wheaton Warrenville South senior
DJ Vaughn, West Aurora senior

*unanimous decision

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Zach Miller, Glenbard East junior

COACH OF THE YEAR
Scott Miller, Glenbard East

Naperville Central's winners of Red/White Awards from this fall are:

-Mitch Gilbert (cross country)
-Nick Linne (football)
-Alex Muller (golf)
-Chris Bedell (soccer)
-Rachel Irion (cross country)
-Alyssa Staib (golf)
-Rachel Weeks (swimming and diving)
-Michelle Fern (tennis)
-Courtney Abrahamovich and Julia Pratapas (volleyball)

After dropping eight 3-pointers and 35 points on North Carolina A&T over the weekend, Northwestern freshman Drew Crawford (Naperville Central) was recognized as the Big Ten player of the week on Monday.

In returning home, Candace Parker, the WNBA star out of Naperville Central, will host a basketball clinic on Dec. 13 at the Bulls/Sox Academy in Lisle. It is open to girls ages 8-18. For more information, click here or call 630-324-8238.

Naperville Central senior outfielder Matt Cmiel has made a verbal commitment to the University of Illinois at Springfield, which will officially begin play during the 2010-11 academic year as a Division II program and member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.

An all-DuPage Valley Conference selection as a junior, Cmiel helped lead the Redhawks to a sectional title. He hit .434 with a .529 on-base percentage, stealing 29 bases and scoring 42 runs.

"Coach Brian Grunzke has made it clear he is building a winning team from the ground up and I want to be part of it," Cmiel wrote in an e-mail. "UIS received D2 status and approval to build a baseball team in August. I'm excited about the opportunity to play baseball for four years and to academically major in education. It will be great to be part of a new college program."

"Naperville Sports Weekly" will be back on the air just as the prep seasons begin again. The show starts its third season on Naperville Community Television on Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m.

Viewers have three ways to watch: Channel 17; NCTV17.com through simultaneous streaming and on-demand; and iTunes podcast. The complete schedule can also be found at NCTV17.com.

The half-hour program has highlights and features from Benet, Naperville Central, Naperville North, Neuqua Valley and Waubonsie Valley.

UPDATE: Conlon, a kicker at St. Rita, is not out for football, according to Central coach Mike Stine.

Naperville Central, which will return the majority of its everyday lineup from a team that won a sectional title last season, is welcoming another Division I baseball athlete into its program.

Redhawks coach Bill Seiple confirmed that left-handed pitcher/first baseman Shane Conlon - who has verbally committed to Kansas State - is transferring from St. Rita to Central.

"Shane enrolled (here) last week," Seiple wrote in an e-mail. "I'm hoping he chooses to play baseball. I anticipate that he will be eligible to play."

Conlon helped lead St. Rita to a state finals appearance last season and a championship in the summer state series. The lefty went 9-1 as a junior, and Central's expectations just jumped that much higher. For more background information on Conlon, check out Prep Baseball Report news from Sean Duncan and Drake Skleba. PBR first broke the story.

After weighing all his options, Naperville Central senior Nick Linne has committed to play baseball at Northwestern.

The three-sport athlete will focus on baseball instead of actively searching for more football opportunities. The Redhawks quarterback threw for 1,711 yards and 13 touchdowns as a junior, later drawing an offer from Illinois State.

Linne, a versatile infielder/outfielder, said that Central baseball coach Bill Seiple and his Illinois Sparks travel team coaches did too much selling to Northwestern on his behalf to reconsider the decision.

"It's just a verbal right now, but I'm not gonna change my mind. It's not gonna happen," Linne said Thursday after football practice. "I'm really excited to get up there next year."

Joe Henricksen of City/Suburban Hoops Report has a recruiting update on 6-foot-5-inch Neuqua Valley forward Dwayne Evans, who -- if everything breaks right -- could eventually join his friend Drew Crawford (Naperville Central) at Northwestern. Henricksen writes:

After a strong finish in the high school season and a solid start in the spring AAU season, Evans did not play his best basketball during the July evaluation period. Although he has been a highly productive player who finds ways to get things done, he still has the dreaded 'tweener label attached to him.

Hoops Report Analysis: While Northwestern is still heavily involved and the biggest player in the Evans recruiting, the mid-major level would be ideal for Evans. If Evans to Northwestern doesn't get done, keep an eye on these schools as we inch closer to November and the signing period: Loyola, Drake, Toledo, Western Michigan and Fairfield.

That's the new name for the summer state tournament organized by the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association. Phil Lawler is the long-time Naperville Central assistant who helped found the tournament. Before the championship game on July 30 at Benedictine, Lawler will be honored and one team will receive the Phil Lawler Summer State Championship Trophy.

Candace Parker's "This is 'SportsCenter'" commercial for ESPN is scheduled to debut on Monday. Several of the show's anchors are featured in the 30-second spot below. Walking through the ESPN campus, they wear strength shoes - like the kind that intrigued George Costanza on "Seinfeld" - with their business attire. All in the hopes of being able to dunk like Parker.

Here's a testimonial: "Jimmy couldn't jump at all before he got these. Jimmy was like you."