MONMOUTH, Ill. – A total of 15 student-athletes at Monmouth College have been named to the Academic All-Midwest Conference team for the spring 2004 sports season. Student-athletes must have achieved at least a 3.2 grade point average to be eligible for the honor.

The Fighting Scots’ track teams led the college in selections with four men and four women named. Men named were: seniors Nathan Gaskill, Monmouth, Ill. (HS) and Ryan Moll, Farmington, Ill. (HS) and sophomores Zach Barr, Roseville, Ill. (HS) and Anthony Welty, Dixon, Ill. (Newman Central Catholic). From the women’s team senior Elizabeth Altekruse, St. Charles, Ill. (East) was named as were three sophomores – Abby Horneck, Hermiston, Ore. (HS), Amy Horneck, Hermiston, Ore. (HS) and Erin Mann, Monmouth, Ill. (HS).

Monmouth’s baseball and softball teams landed three selections each. Junior Thad King, Loraine, Ill. (ROWVA) and sophomores Matt Engelhardt, Yorkville, Ill. (HS) and Josh Ragar, Stronghurst, Ill. (Southern) were selected from the baseball team. A trio of seniors, Nicole Auclair, Darien, Ill. (Hinsdale South), Michelle Courchane, Roscoe, Ill. (Hononegah) and Michelle Meyer, Mapleton, Ill. (Illini Bluffs) represented the softball team.

The men’s golf team was represented by senior Alan Sullivan, Galesburg, Ill. (HS).