Wildcats' Leboza will be busy at Bucknell.(Sports)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May, 2006 | by Fleischer, Jeff

Byline: Jeff Fleischer Daily Herald Correspondent For the last three years, Ben Leboza has excelled as a two-sport athlete at Libertyville. He'll continue to pull double duty next year, as he recently committed to swim and play water polo at Bucknell University. "It's a really good situation for him," said Libertyville water polo coach Jeff Arce.

"The swim coach wanted him, the polo coach wanted him, and they worked it out." Leboza said he wanted to compete in both sports at college, and that was part of the school's appeal. "A few people have been able to do both in the past at Bucknell, including the current water polo coach," Leboza said. "Plus it's a very nice campus, Division I in athletics, and a good academic school in the engineering field,...