Illinois Wesleyan senior James Maibuecher (Chicago, Notre Dame College Prep) was selected as the "Offensive Player of the Year" in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin in 2016 as a sophomore, when he was also a first team all-conference selection.
James was named as team's "Offensive Most Valuable Player" in 2016 and has been the CCIW "Offensive Player of the Week" four times in his career.
Majoring in business (financial services) at Illinois Wesleyan, he is the son of Donna and Robert Maibuecher.
Why you chose to attend Illinois Wesleyan: Good academics, close to home, and I wanted to continue playing lacrosse
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Astrophysics has always come natural to me
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: Time management
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? Next question
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Michael Cyz with 3 hours of sleep
Worst habit: Magnets
Most expensive traffic ticket: I’ve never been caught
Language I’d like to learn: I’ve tried learning Spanish for years…still don’t know anything
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: No one ever calls me so probably awhile
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Favorite
Favorite sports figure: Michael Julius
My greatest moment in sports was: Beating Carthage in CCIW championship last year.
The best player I ever faced was: Playing ping-pong against Robert Spenard
Worst dresser on my team: Dave Olson
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: My last Spanish test...I got a B
Persons I’m dying to have dinner with: Fred Hoyt and Joe Solberg
Favorite food: Burger
Vegetable I won’t eat: Mushrooms
Pepsi or Coke? My body is a temple. I never drink pop.
Favorite TV show: “The Office”
Favorite musical group: DMB
Favorite movies: Top 5 in no particular order…”Dark Night”, “Warrior”, “Goodfellas”, “Shawshank Redemption”, “The Departed”
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: George Clooney … people say we look alike.
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: “Little Head, Big World”
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Ned Stark
My dream job would be: Golf caddie at The Masters
Place I’d most like to live: Florida Keys
If you come back in another life, what would you like to return as: Tommy Lyons’ calves….always been jealous of them.
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: 1) Go to Europe; 2) Buy a Boat
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: My DJ board
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Anyone reading this
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Scholastic Book fairs
