Contact: Greta Norville, Assistant Director of Sports Communications and Marketing, norvilleg@midwestconference.org 

NEENAH, Wisconsin – The Midwest Conference (MWC) had its biggest showing of the season on the D3football.com Team of the Week, with nine MWC student-athletes at five positions earning national recognition on Tuesday morning. The latest selections bring the conference’s season total to 16 honorees. 

UChicago led the way with eight selections, including Michael Schneider, Yahya Yusuf, Gabriel Bardis, Henry Lemmon and Chaz Carson on the offensive line, Simon Tchakarov at defensive end, Tad Tan at punter and CJ Schuster at long snapper. Lake Forest College’s Dom Esposito (wide receiver) rounded out the MWC selections. 

In Chicago’s 20-14 victory over Illinois College, Tchakarov recorded eight tackles, 2 tackles for a loss and 1.5 sacks, including a 50-yard fumble-return touchdown. Tan averaged 53 yards on three punts, including a 65-yarder downed at the one-yard line by Schuster. The offensive line helped Chicago rush for 271 yards while allowing no sacks in the win. All four selections mark their first D3football.com Team of the Week honors of the season.  

Esposito earned his third honor this season after recording 11 receptions for 249 yards and four touchdowns in the Forester’s 57-3 win over Luther. His single-game receiving total ranks third in school history.   

This is the 28th season D3football.com has selected a Team of the Week, which honors the top player nationally at each position from the previous week.