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Many of the students at Warren have tried at least one club or sport in their four years here but how many continue after high school is over? Luke Schoenbrunn, Noah Schwab, and Willis “J.R.” Singleton are just some of the committed athletes that have passed through the Warren hallways. 

Luke Schoenbrunn played one year of Varsity Hockey his senior year and only two years of Varsity Soccer for Warren, due to a hip injury. He has played both sports since he was four years old.  He said, “I love the game itself. I find it very enjoyable to be playing the sport and have a soccer ball at my feet whenever I can.” It is clear how much he loves playing. 

When asked what his favorite memory of playing soccer here at Warren was, he said, “My favorite memory of high school soccer was making it far in the state playoffs.” That year they got 3rd in their conference. 

Like many Warren student athletes, he played another sport. During his senior year he and some of his childhood teammates decided to play together again for their final year. His favorite memory was the weekend away for team bonding.

He is a nursing major at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and participates in the school’s club soccer and hockey team. His current hockey team, the Ice Vols, went to an invitational national tournament in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he got a goal and his team was third in their grouping.  “I put a lot of time into my sports. I play both pretty much everyday. I have hockey and soccer both twice a week – with games on the weekends,” said Schoenbrunn.

Noah Schwab played all four years of soccer at Warren. Even though he played for the school team, he also played for a travel team called FCLC. Noah has played for eighteen years and he does not regret any second of it. He thoroughly enjoys his sport, when questioned he simply stated, “What I love about soccer is that I can take my mind away from everything else and it takes skills that you don’t really see in other sports.”

Noah is an Electrical Engineering student with a minor in Mathematics at University of Louisville. He plays for the school’s club soccer team. “In weeks where we do not have games, I put about 10 hours a week into soccer. Weeks where we do have games depends on where the game is at, but about 15-25 hours,” said Schwab.

“My favorite memory with my team from Warren was when we won games in the state tournament. The feeling was so good to win those games,” said Schwab. 

Willis “J.R.” Singleton spent all four years of high school playing Warren Football as a defensive lineman. He ended his high school career “ranked as the 56th-best defensive tackle and the 12th-best player in Illinois” by 247Sports. As said in the same article J.R. has played Football since he was eight years old, but he actually first started playing baseball before he started Football.

Reflecting back he said, “My favorite memory would have to be beating Brother Rice in my final home game as a player. It was a sold out crowd against an opponent who knocked us out of the Playoffs the year prior. I’d also say the summer camps where we traveled were fun as well.” 

He attends Iowa State University playing the same position as he did in high school. Currently he is an Advertising major and a redshirt junior. He puts a lot of time into his academics, being on the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

‘I can’t put an exact number on it, but I put a lot of hours into football. It’s not just lifting weights and working on technique. You have to rehab, make conscious eating choices that will maximize your training, watch film, among other things that you must do to reach your full potential.”  “Football has a direct reflection of life. You can work hard but that doesn’t mean you’re always gonna get the result you want. It’s about how fast you can get up and make the adjustment,” said Singleton.