Heather Furrow '98
Nobody was better at making it once around the track than Heather
Furrow.
All seven of Furrow’s individual All-American efforts came at the
400-meter distance. Her school-record total of 10 All-American
honors also includes three 4x100 relays.
On the national scene, the former Yorkwood High School star
peaked with a third-place finish in the outdoor 400-meter dash in
1996. She followed with fourth- and eighth-place outdoor finishes
her junior and senior seasons and placed fourth at that distance
twice indoors.
Her other All-American performances came in the 400-meter
hurdles, where she placed seventh and fourth in 1997 and 1998.
At the conference level, Furrow won 24 titles, including 14
individually and six at the 1996 indoor meet alone.
Ten years after her graduation, Furrow’s best time for once
around the track is a school- and conference-record 56.33 and she
also still holds MC marks in the indoor 400-meter dash (57.22) and
the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.54).
John
Jacobs ‘94
The proverbial "man for all seasons," John Jacobs starred in
football, wrestling and baseball for the Fighting Scots.
Jacobs got each year off to a great start by being named a
first-team All-Midwest Conference defensive back, making him the
only gridder in Monmouth history to receive four straight first-team
honors. He recorded 256 total tackles in his career, including 96 as
a senior, and intercepted eight passes.
On the wrestling mats, Jacobs posted a record of 42-13 in three
seasons and reached the finals of the conference tournament to earn
All-MWC honors.
Consistent success was Jacobs’ trademark in football, and it was
in baseball, too, as he batted between .320 and .341 in each of his
three seasons to finish with a career average of .326. He added nine
homers, 52 RBI and 16 steals in his 62 career games. That included a
senior season in which he belted seven homers and drove in 22 runs.
Dan Schisler ‘94
As a prep athlete, distance runner Dan Schisler put tiny Avon
High School on the map, running to five All-State finishes.
Schisler continued that success as a Fighting Scot, staying
strong on the track side and dominating in cross country. He earned
All-Midwest Conference honors each fall and placed second, first and
second at the MWC Championships his final three seasons. Schisler
qualified for the national meet a school-record three times, placing
as high as 26th as a senior.
In track, Schisler won both the indoor and outdoor 1500-meter
titles at the Midwest Conference meet as a senior and finished first
in the outdoor 10,000-meter run as a sophomore. He competed in three
events at national meets.
At the time of his induction, Schisler was the school
record-holder in the outdoor 5000-meter run (14:43.05) and
10,000-meter run (30:45.21), where he has the five and six best
times, respectively. He also holds the indoor 5000-meter run mark
(15:08.37).
John
Warfield ‘89
Monmouth native John Warfield used two diverse athletic skills
to add to
a resurgence in Fighting Scot athletics in the late 1980s.
On the gridiron, Warfield helped Monmouth to a 26-3 record from
1986-88, booting 98 extra points and 15 field goals and averaging
36.9 yards per punt. The two-time first team all-conference punter
was nearly perfect as a kicker during the 1988 season, converting
30-of-31 PATs and 9-of-10 field goals. Warfield’s career accuracy of
94.2 percent on PATs is a school record, and his 143 kicking points
was good for second among Monmouth kickers at the time of his
induction.
All-conference honors also came Warfield’s way in track, where he
was a member of two MWC championship teams. He won the discus at the
1988 and 1989 conference meets and qualified for nationals in 1988.
His top discus throw of 159’6 was the school record for nine years.
