In order to be named to the MWC’s All-Academic team, a student-athlete must have completed at least one year at the institution, carry a cumulative GPA of 3.2 and earn a varsity letter in that sport.

The following student-athletes are Monmouth’s 2008-09 fall sports representatives:

Football (9) – seniors Kyle Weyeneth (Metamora, Ill./Metamora) and Luke Sandrock (Deer Grove, Ill./Prophetstown); juniors Nick Dyson (Jacksonville, Ill./Jacksonville), Keegan Jones (Knoxville, Ill./Knoxville) and Kyle Tuor (Peoria, Ill./Dunlap); and sophomores Matt Morman (Manlius, Ill./Bureau Valley), Marcus Ruff (Avon, Ill./Bushnell-Prairie City), Alex Tanney (Lexington, Ill./Lexington) and Trey Winfrey (Peoria, Ill./Woodruff).

Volleyball (5) – seniors Tanesha Hughes (Peoria, Ill./Woodruff), Rachel Leffelman (Dixon, Ill./Dixon) and Crystal Myers (Byron, Ill./Byron); and sophomores Heather Hull (Cambridge, Ill./Cambridge) and Alyson Schroeter (Woodruff, Wis./Lakeland Union).

Men’s and Women’s Cross Country (5) – juniors Jayme Ayers (Normal, Ill./West), Briana Flynn (Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley), Matt Peharda (Peoria, Ill./Richwoods) and Clay Staley (Hanna City, Ill./Illini Bluffs); and sophomore Whitney Didier (Dixon, Ill./Dixon).

Women’s Tennis (2) – seniors Maddy Ethington (Orland Hills, Ill./Andrew) and Cassie Frantz (Macomb, Ill./Macomb).

Women’s Golf (2) – juniors Lynsey Barnard (Pekin, Ill./Pekin) and Kendra Catterton (Moline, Ill./Moline).

Men’s Soccer (2) – senior Rob Ruglio (Midlothian, Ill./Oak Forest) and junior Patrick Blazer (Franklin Park, Ill./St. Patrick).

Women’s Soccer (1) – junior Emily Caron (Romeoville, Ill./Romeoville).

Four seniors were named Academic All-Conference a maximum three times for the fall semester. Tanesha Hughes and Crystal Myers were named to the list three consecutive times in volleyball and Maddy Ethington and Cassie Frantz each picked up their third awards for women’s tennis.