MONMOUTH, ILL. (07/15/2025) Monmouth College had 150 student-athletes, representing 18 sports, named Midwest Conference Academic All-Conference on Tuesday. The Scots had 37 student-athletes earn Academic All-Conference in multiple sports for the Midwest Conference, resulting in 200 Academic All-Conference selections. Monmouth had 13 students honored in three sports and 24 in two sports.
Of those 200 MWC honorees, 105 represent women’s teams while 95 come from men’s teams. Football had the most from an individual sport with 23 selections,The women’s track & field team had 18 selections from both indoor and outdoor season for 36 overall selections. Men’s track & field had 31 overall selections with 16 outdoor and 15 indoor. Women’s soccer (17), softball (15), baseball (14) and volleyball (12) were also in double digits.
The Scots had 75 selections from fall sports, 57 from winter sports and 68 from spring sports. In addition to these MWC Academic All-Conference selections, the Scots put four men’s golfers on the SLIAC Academic All-Conference team last month plus one women’s golfer on the SLIAC team in the fall semester. Overall, Monmouth had 205 Academic All-Conference honorees in the two conferences for which they participate in athletics for the 2024-25 academic year and every sport had at least one selection. This total is an increase from the 178 honors last year.
The MWC honorees announced on Tuesday are as follows:
Fall Sports
Men’s Cross Country (3): Eli Newton, William Plumley, Nico Yee Wiedman
Women’s Cross Country (5): Melissa Bivolarov, Samanta Costello, Danielle Johnson, Kaeley Kent, Paige Luntsford
Football (23): John Ahlden, Jackson Bergren, Silas Braun, Gunner Bryant, Derek Chandler, Connor Creviston, Riley Danner, Connor Deem, Gabe Ebert, Joey Fiore, David Gerber, Mylee Hansen, Jordan Johnson, Lucas Kessinger, Matthew Lucas, Chase Newman, Luke Reavis, Mason Reed, David Richardson, Aidan Scharf, Ashton Summers, Cody Szelc. Gabriel Zeigler-Harris
Men’s Soccer (8): Koby Bodner, Matthew Bright, Logan Corgan, Parker Davis, Owen Murray, Seth Pritchett, Nolan Rundle, Treyton Yi
Women’s Soccer (17): Danielle Beach, Anna Caster, Jackie Contreras, Nylea Cruz, Bronte De Zwart, Caylee Duncan, Maya Duncan, Taylor Freeman, Brooke Gruby, Mylee Hansen, Yoselim Hernandez, Mariah Hobson, Natalya Main, Natalie Morrow, Lynn Rech, Audrey Riedner, Molly Shook,
Women’s Tennis (7): Natalie Holst, Natalie Labicki, Alayna McKinley, Jennifer Shimmin, Abigail Springer, Madison Springer, Ivana Stefanova.
Volleyball (12): Lauren Aldrich, Paige Bergschneider, Kaylee Celus, Natalie Gonzalez, Brynn Hogan, Tyla Mattson, Zoe Nizzia, Camille Prentiss, Tayler Raska, Alana Robertson, Savannah Robinson, Chloe Strachan
Winter Sports
Men’s Basketball (8): Payton Crims, Declan Flynn, Ganon Greenman, Jason Huber, Brennen McNally, Turner Plumer, Junior Sylvestre, Kyle Taylor
Women’s Basketball (7): Olivia Dinges, Ella Goodrich, Allie Hoy, Ashley Jones, Averi Rangel, Delaney Scheidenhelm, Kynlee Stearns
Men’s Swimming (2): Jordan Bridgford, Ethan Main
Women’s Swimming (7): Nicole Fitch, Clarie LaBadie, Lea Schmitt, Addie Smith, Caitlyn Stewart, Cally Tate, Allie Warren
Men’s Indoor Track & Field (15): Isaac Anderson, Shane Anderson, Matthew Bright, Gunner Bryant, Patrick Curry, Lane Grice, Colton Hutson, Damone Johnson, Eli Newton, Blake Orwig, William Plumley, Luke Reavis, Jeff Schnetzler, Peter Soutsos, Nico Yee Wiedman
Women’s Indoor Track & Field (18): Chloe Allen, Lauren Anderson, Kyra Bivins, Melissa Bivolarov, Maddie Boley, Kayla Braun, Samantha Costello, Megan Dailey, Natalie Gonzalez, Brynn Hogan, Miranda Hursey, Abbie Johnson, Danielle Johnson, Paige Luntsford, Tatum Points, Delaney Rexroat, Madison Rusk, Jillian Toth
Spring Sports
Baseball (14): Drew Brown, Jonas Buckles, Ryan Garofoli, Heath Hornke, Tyler Ithal, Clayton Matkovic, Caleb Ochs, Aidan Parkins, Roy Ralston, Nate Reed, Tyler Sears, Toby Turnquist, Owen Wolfe, Gabriel Zeigler-Harris
Softball (15): Karliegh Ashby, Shelby Covey, Lizzie Durfee, Mackenzie Gerard, Addie Greene, , Alexis Hardy, Maddie Hepner, Ashley Jurejens, Riley King, McKealey Klokkenga, Kendall Lewis, Brooklyn Millhollin, Savannah Powers, Abigail Winstead, Grace Wyman.
Men’s Tennis (5): Spencer Corn, Sawyer Day, Antonio Perez, Matthew Savage, Macaden Sepich
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (16): Isaac Anderson, Shane Anderson, Matthew Bright, Gunner Bryant, Payton Crims, Patrick Curry, Lane Grice, Colton Hutson, Damone Johnson, Eli Newton, Blake Orwig, William Plumley, Luke Reavis, Jeff Schnetzler, Peter Soutsos, Nico Yee Wiedman
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (18): Chloe Allen, Lauren Anderson, Kyra Bivins, Melissa Bivolarov, Maddie Boley, Kayla Braun, Samantha Costello, Megan Dailey, Natalie Gonzalez, Brynn Hogan, Miranda Hursey, Abbie Johnson, Danielle Johnson, Paige Luntsford, Tatum Points, Delaney Rexroat, Madison Rusk, Jillian Toth
Last month, Briggs Bossert, Luke Foster, Ganon Greenman and Thomas Henson were named SLIAC Academic All-Conference for men’s golf. Greenman was also honored in the MWC for basketball making him the only two-conference recipient in 2024-25. The women’s golf team placed Annalyn Lovell on the SLIAC All-Conference team in the fall season.
Representing the league’s 18 sponsored sports, the MWC Academic All-Conference team features 928 award winners participating in men’s sports, 743 women’s sports participants and 350 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.
