MONMOUTH, ILL. (07/15/2024) Monmouth College had 127 student-athletes, representing 18 sports, named Midwest Conference Academic All-Conference on Monday. The Scots had 15 student-athletes earn Academic All-Conference in multiple sports, resulting in 173 MWC Academic All-Conference selections plus five golfers from the SLIAC for a total of 178 honorees in the 2023-24 academic year.
Of those 173 MWC honorees, 93 represent women’s teams while 80 come from men’s teams. The women’s track & field team leads the way with 18 selections from both indoor and outdoor season for 36 overall selections. Men’s track & field had 27 overall selections with 14 outdoor and 13 indoor. Football (17), women’s soccer (12), softball (11), baseball (10) and women’s basketball (10) were also in double digits.
The Scots had 60 selections from fall sports, 57 from winter sports and 56 from spring sports. In addition to these MWC Academic All-Conference selections, the Scots put three men’s golfers on the SLIAC Academic All-Conference team last month plus two women’s golfers were on the SLIAC team in the fall semester. Overall, Monmouth had 178 Academic All-Conference honorees in the two conferences for which they participate in athletics for the 2023-24 academic year and every sport had at least one selection.
The MWC honorees announced on Monday are as follows:
Fall Sports
Men’s Cross Country (5): Braden Bernas, Neo Colter, Eli DeBrock, Eli Newton, William Plumley
Women’s Cross Country (4): Melissa Bivolarov, Lindsay Eaton, Skylar Garey, Emma Heiser
Football (17): John Ahlden, Isaac Anderson, Zane Beebe, Jackson Bergren, Gunner Bryant, Derek Chandler, Gabe Ebert, David Gerber, Ethan James, Luke Kessinger, Zechariah Lapp, Luke Reavis, Aidan Scharf, David Schnittger, T.J. Schroeder, Ashton Summers, Cody Szelc.
Men’s Soccer (8): Branyon Heard, Owen Murray, Seth Pritchett, Matthew Rhenals, Nolan Rundle, Peter Soutsos, Tanner Viren, Christopher Zavala
Women’s Soccer (12): Danielle Beach, Anna Caster, Bronte De Zwart, Brooke Gruby, Nicole Koppers, Natalya Main, Alyssa Mileham, Natalie Morrow, Elizabeth Schmidt, Grasyn Schmidt, Lea Selquist, Madison Walker
Women’s Tennis (4): Kimber Calvert, Natalie Labicki, Jennifer Shimmin, Ivana Stefanova.
Volleyball (10): Paige Bergschneider, Zoe Nizzia, Camille Prentiss, Tayler Raska, Alana Robertson, Savannah Robinson, Kenzie Russell, Delaney Scheidenhelm, Shea Scott, Layne Wright.
Winter Sports
Men’s Basketball (7): Payton Crims, Jadyn Ellison, Ganon Greenman, Tyler Harms, Jason Huber, Turner Plumer, Kyle Taylor
Women’s Basketball (10): Danielle Beach, Olivia Dinges, Courtney Farwell, Ella Goodrich, Madison Heisch, Allie Hoy, Ashley Jones, Averi Rangel, Delaney Scheidenhelm, Kynlee Stearns
Men’s Swimming (3): Luke Foster, Ethan Main, Jaydon Wilbon
Women’s Swimming (6): Emily Davis, Nicole Fitch, Mady Gaus, Clarie LaBadie, Ruby Poffinbarter, Cally Tate
Men’s Indoor Track & Field (13): Isaac Anderson, Braden Bernas, Gunner Bryant, Neo Colter, Patrick Curry, Jr. Eli DeBrock, Colton Hutson, Luke Jachimiec, Eli Newton, Blake Orwig, William Plumley, Jeff Schnetzler, Peter Soutsos
Women’s Indoor Track & Field (18): Bethany Allen, Chloe Allen, Lauren Anderson, Melissa Bivolarov, Maddie Boley, Kayla Braun, Emma Crofton, Megan Dailey, Lindsay Eaton, Emma Heiser, Nicole Hoyer, Miranda Hursey, Abbie Johnson, Danielle Johnson, Tayler Raska, Delaney Rexroat, Madison Rusk, Jillian Toth
Spring Sports
Baseball (10): Jonas Buckles, Alexander Dye, Derek Fitzgerald, Heath Hornke, Tyler Houck, Clayton Matkovic, Nathan Reed, Clayton Rentschler, Cade Sharp, Owen Wolfe
Softball (11): Karleigh Ashby, Grace Goodrich, Alexis Hardy, Alyssa Hefflefinter, Lillian Hucke, Ashley Jurejens, McKealey Klokkenga, Kendall Lewis, Savannah Powers, Elizabeth Waymire, Grace Wyman.
Men’s Tennis (3): Spencer Corn, Sawyer Day, Macaden Sepich
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (14): Isaac Anderson, Braden Bernas, Gunner Bryant, Neo Colter, Payton Crims, Patrick Curry, Jr. Eli DeBrock, Colton Hutson, Luke Jachimiec, Eli Newton, Blake Orwig, William Plumley, Jeff Schnetzler, Peter Soutsos
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (18): Bethany Allen, Chloe Allen, Lauren Anderson, Melissa Bivolarov, Maddie Boley, Kayla Braun, Emma Crofton, Megan Dailey, Lindsay Eaton, Emma Heiser, Nicole Hoyer, Miranda Hursey, Abbie Johnson, Danielle Johnson, Tayler Raska, Delaney Rexroat, Madison Rusk, Jillian Toth
Last month, Briggs Bossert, Ganon Greenman and Thomas Henson were named SLIAC Academic All-Conference for men’s golf. The women’s golf team placed Annalyn Lovell and Izzy McDermott on the SLIAC All-Conference team in the fall season.
Representing the league’s 18 sponsored sports, the MWC Academic All-Conference team features 880 award winners participating in men’s sports, 689 women’s sports participants and 250 multi-sport athletes. The criteria to be recognized as an Academic All-Conference selection includes having satisfied a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.33, which is calculated only in the awarded academic year. MWC Academic All-Conference honors are announced
annually after the posting of spring term grades.
***Courtesy of Monmouth College Athletics***
