2023 Boys Varsity Golf
Biography:
Ben Wetherbee joined the College Counseling Office in 2015. Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Ben obtained his bachelor’s degree in economics from Knox College, where he was also a two-sport athlete in basketball and golf. Ben spent three years in Knox’s admission office before transitioning to Lake Forest Academy, where he now serves as a college counselor, dorm parent in Atlass Hall, and head coach of the boys varsity golf team, and assistant coach with the varsity boys basketball program and. Ben completed his Master of Arts in Private School Leadership from the Klingenstein Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College in the spring of 2023.
Biography:
Matt Vaughn P’27 was hired at Lake Forest Academy in 1997 and is a member of the History and Social Sciences department, where he teaches AP Economics, Introductory Economics, and Entrepreneurship. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Trinity College (Conn.). He previously coached baseball and was the boys basketball head coach for 20 years. He also taught various mathematics courses and was a long standing member of the athletic department as an assistant athletic director. Currently, he is the varsity golf team assistant coach, an assistant varsity boys basketball coach, and he does dorm duty in Marshall Field House. Matt lives in Ferry Hall with his wife and fellow LFA teacher Suzy Vaughn and their daughter Clare.