Monmouth College News

• Naptime Huddle :: Undrafted Legends: Taking the Night Train to the Moon (Sports Blog)
  posted on May 16, 2012 at 03:07:00 am
  Today’s post was inspired by the story of Alex Tanney, quarterback from Monmouth College (a Division III school) who was not drafted in last month’s NFL draft. Tanney has become a bit of an Internet sensation because of a five-minute YouTube video (below) showing...
• Leo Roth: Trick shot QB Alex Tanney earns Buffalo Bills tryout (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
  posted on May 9, 2012 at 02:03:00 am
  Quarterback Alex Tanney, the pride of Monmouth College, will be in Orchard Park this weekend at the Buffalo Bills rookie camp.
• Uncanny Tanney: YouTube sensation gets shot with Buffalo Bills (NFL)
  posted on May 5, 2012 at 03:19:00 am
  Quarterback Alex Tanney, who played at Division III Monmouth College and gained more widespread notoriety for a YouTube video in which he performs several "trick-shot" passes, has been invited to the Buffalo Bills' three-day minicamp.
• From Trick Shots To A Big Shot (newsy-allvideos)
  posted on May 4, 2012 at 11:00:00 pm
  Watch Video (Source: Daily Review Atlas) **BY ANDREW CARTER** **ANCHOR CHRISTIAN BRYANT** Alex Tanney. _Maybe_ you recognize the name. He is the Monmouth College record setting quarterback with a 157 career touchdown passes. Or _Maybe y_ou know him as the Youtube sensation "trick shot quarterback"? Here's the video from 2011 of the division three quarterback slinging the pigskin in style. The Buffalo Bills believed in Tanney's tricks so much they invited him to tryout for the team. The Register-Mail has more on the QB from the Illinois college with fewer than 14 hundred students. **"It is believed he'll be the first Monmouth College player to receive an NFL tryout since running
• JockSpin.com :: Uncanny Tanney: YouTube sensation gets shot with Buffalo Bills (sportsblogs)
  posted on May 4, 2012 at 08:48:00 pm
  Quarterback Alex Tanney, who played at Division III Monmouth College and gained more widespread notoriety for a YouTube video in which he performs several "trick-shot" passes, has been invited to the Buffalo Bills' three-day minicamp.
• Monmouth College Corner (Asbury Park Press)
  posted on March 30, 2012 at 10:25:00 am
  Highlights of athletes with Shore-area roots
• Area colleges: Football: Blueboys fall to Monmouth (The State Journal-Register)
  posted on September 25, 2011 at 03:57:45 am
  JACKSONVILLE — Monmouth College outscored Illinois College 29-0 in the second half and routed the Blueboys 55-14 Saturday in a Midwest Conference game.
• Fighting Scots win 55-14 over Blueboys (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on September 25, 2011 at 12:24:43 am
  Monmouth College's football program increased their winning streak over Illinois College to 15 games Saturday afternoon with a 55-14 win over the Blueboys. Senior quarterback Alex Tanney connected for five TD passes and 350 yards as Mike Blodgett's 132 receiving yards moved him to the top of the Scots' all-time record for receiving yardage.
• College Football: Monmouth rolls over IC 55-14 (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on September 24, 2011 at 11:10:36 pm
  Monmouth College stretched its winning streak over Illinois College to 15 games with a 55-14 win over Illinois College on Saturday.
• College Update (The Appleton Post-Crescent)
  posted on September 21, 2011 at 10:58:36 am
  Mike Blodgett, Appleton North: The Monmouth College senior football player has 27 catches for 468 yards and three touchdowns in three games. He also returned three punts for 48 yards and one kickoff for 50 yards.
• MC’s Joe Angotti to be enshrined (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on September 21, 2011 at 01:18:21 am
  CARMEL, Ind. — The Indiana Broadcast Pioneers will induct Monmouth College's Joe Angotti, into the Richard M. Fairbanks Hall of Fame at an awards banquet, October 6 at The Fountains in Carmel, Ind.  
• Monmouth College football photos versus Lawrence (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on September 20, 2011 at 08:39:57 pm
  Monmouth College junior Matt Batton gears up to kick off to Lawrence University on Saturday afternoon at Bobby Woll Field.
• Monmouth's Yocum Earns Player Of The Week Honor (CBS4 Quad Cities)
  posted on September 19, 2011 at 09:06:28 pm
  Another career day has landed Monmouth College running back Trey Yocum the Midwest Conference Offensive Performer of the Week award in football.
• Old sword among items donated to Monmouth College (Washington Examiner)
  posted on September 18, 2011 at 07:42:12 pm
  The Associated Press The Associated Press MONMOUTH, Ill. Some historic items from a prominent western Illinoisan have been donated to Monmouth College. WGIL in Galesburg reports (http://bit.ly/nU3Q1l ) that the items come from General Abner Clark Harding and include an officer's sword and walking stick. Harding died in 1874. He served in Congress for a time and ran Monmouth National Bank. The ...
• Old sword among items donated to Monmouth College (CBS4 Quad Cities)
  posted on September 18, 2011 at 07:29:40 pm
  Some historic items from a prominent western Illinoisan have been donated to Monmouth College.
• Old sword among items donated to Monmouth College (WICS Springfield)
  posted on September 18, 2011 at 07:24:24 pm
  western Illinoisan have been donated to Monmouth College.
• Manet/Monet/Merlot Class held at Buchanan Center for the Arts (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 19, 2011 at 12:00:38 am
  The Buchanan Center for the Arts teamed with Market Alley Wines Friday night to offer an evening for adults to have wine while painting their own pieces of artwork. The Manet/Monet/Merlot class, the first of its kind to be offered at the Buchanan Center, began with the help of instructor Monmouth College professor Gary Willhardt.
• Survey: Midwesterners see globalization as oppressive, not opportunity (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on July 17, 2011 at 07:48:50 pm
  Seventy-two percent of registered voters surveyed in eight Midwestern states believe globalization has harmed manufacturing in the region. Another 66 percent believe the global economy subjects American companies to unfair competition and cheap labor. The random sample poll of 500 registered voters was conducted by Monmouth College as part of its Midwest Initiative. Voters in Illinois, Indiana ...
• Ag community embraces globalization (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on July 17, 2011 at 07:48:39 pm
  Midwesterners were negative in almost all areas when asked about the effects of globalization on the region. The Midwest Initiative of Monmouth College discovered, however, that 31 percent of those polled felt the global economy was good for agriculture, while 30 percent disagreed.
• GREDA chief says economic struggles part of healing (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on July 17, 2011 at 07:48:29 pm
  Tom Schmidt, president of the Galesburg Regional Economic Development Association, is blunt in his reaction to the results of a Monmouth College poll showing that the majority of residents in the Midwest feel the region has lost more than it has gained because of globalization. He expressed disappointment.
• Morris, Schuytema receive MC’s Latin Performance Scholarship (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 15, 2011 at 07:00:49 pm
  The Monmouth College classic department recently named the two recipients of its 2011 Latin Performance Scholarship.
• Monmouth College announces recipients of endowed scholarships (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 12, 2011 at 10:16:32 pm
  Monmouth College recently announced the names of several incoming students who have been awarded endowed scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year.
• Scots Angels one of many ways that MC connects with Warren Achievement (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 8, 2011 at 11:00:38 pm
  The principal of citizenship – a key component of the Monmouth College curriculum – is actively being applied by three academic departments in partnerships with the Warren Achievement Center (WAC) and a division of the center, Achievement Industries.
• MC graduates Huff, Morgan earn competitive opportunity with SonoSite (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 8, 2011 at 08:45:38 pm
  Derek Huff and Alex Morgan were “sleepless in Seattle,” starting exciting new jobs at SonoSite, a company run by 1980 Monmouth College graduate Kevin Goodwin.
• Ending with a bang: MC meets challenge, generates $6 million in new funds (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 5, 2011 at 11:30:48 pm
  The fiscal year at Monmouth College ended with a bang, as the college successfully completed its goal of fully funding a “challenge gift” from an anonymous member of MC’s board of trustees.
• MC students among world’s best at business simulation game (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 2, 2011 at 08:30:41 pm
  When it comes to selling shoes, Monmouth College has produced some of the best students in the world.
• Bumphrey to play basketball at Monmouth (Kewanee Star Courier)
  posted on July 2, 2011 at 02:01:42 am
  Add basketball to Kyle Bumphrey’s athletic endeavors at Monmouth College.
• Monmouth College’s CFK program reaches new heights, announces change (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:15:38 pm
  MONMOUTH — With a record enrollment of 455 students, this summer’s College For Kids is big.
• Monmouth College group finds ‘speranza’ in Moldova (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 1, 2011 at 09:00:44 pm
  MONMOUTH, Ill. — The numbers from a Monmouth College trip to the Eastern European nation of Moldova don’t tell the entire story, but they are a good place to start.
• Phi Gamma Delta selected to become Monmouth College’s new fraternity (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on July 1, 2011 at 03:45:38 pm
  MONMOUTH — After an absence of 140 years, the international men’s fraternity Phi Gamma Delta will once again have a presence on the Monmouth College campus.
• Monmouth College tennis earns ranking (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on June 30, 2011 at 04:28:10 am
  For the first time in school history, the Monmouth College men’s tennis team has been ranked by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).  
• Monmouth College video contest winners announced (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on June 27, 2011 at 07:45:44 pm
  MONMOUTH — Five Monmouth College students will share $3,500 in prize money for their creative efforts in producing original YouTube admission videos for the college.
• Phi Gamma Delta returns to Monmouth College (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on June 26, 2011 at 01:24:04 pm
  After an absence of 140 years, the international men’s fraternity Phi Gamma Delta will again have a presence on the Monmouth College campus.
• Bumphrey to play to sports at Monmouth College (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on June 24, 2011 at 04:32:52 am
  Kewanee Wetherfield’s Kyle Bumphrey has announced his plans to attend Monmouth College this fall and continue his two sport career with the Fighting Scots.  
• Wedekind earns preseason All-American honors (Bureau County Republican)
  posted on June 23, 2011 at 03:16:06 pm
  MONMOUTH — Consensus Draft Services (CDS) has named Monmouth College’s Brik Wedekind of Princeton a preseason All-American.
• ROWVA's Gullstrand, Fogerty pick Monmouth College (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on June 22, 2011 at 07:47:58 pm
  ROWVA High School’s Grant Gullstrand and Kenny Fogerty have announced their plans to enroll at Monmouth College this fall and continue their football careers with the Fighting Scots.  
• MC Pipe Band on an upswing (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on June 20, 2011 at 02:25:40 am
  With roots going back to the 1940s, the Monmouth College Pipe Band has officially been in existence for more than half a century. Now, the college can boast that the band has never been better, and that claim was supported by a first-place showing in the highest division at this spring’s 32nd Arkansas Scottish Festival.
• Summer hoops (Bureau County Republican)
  posted on June 18, 2011 at 02:01:32 am
  Princeton’s Kyle Arnett drives the lane for the Tigers in Saturday’s Shootout at Monmouth College. The Tigers went 3-4.
• Monmouth College Pipe Band on an upswing (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on June 15, 2011 at 12:33:38 am
  MONMOUTH — With roots going back to the 1940s, the Monmouth College Pipe Band has officially been in existence for more than half a century. Now, the college can boast that the band has never been better, and that claim was supported by placing first in the highest division at this spring’s 32nd Arkansas Scottish Festival.  
• Monmouth College student interning at Kewanee Chamber (Kewanee Star Courier)
  posted on June 2, 2011 at 03:56:02 pm
  Taylor Milliken of Galva has accepted an internship with the Kewanee Chamber of Commerce for this summer.
• Rockford woman elected to MC alumni board (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on June 1, 2011 at 10:02:18 pm
  Jennifer L. Eyre of Rockford has been elected to the Monmouth College alumni board of directors for a five-year term.
• PASS students graduate (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on June 1, 2011 at 01:30:48 am
  MONMOUTH — PASS Alternative School graduation ceremony took place May 26 in the Monmouth College chapel.
• Monmouth men could be in hunt for D-III track title (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on May 25, 2011 at 04:46:30 am
  The Monmouth College men could be in the hunt for national hardware at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, according to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association rankings.  
• United Graduation (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 02:16:04 am
  MONMOUTH — “Once upon a time there was one class. It wasn’t a big class, but what it lacked in class it made up in heart,” United High School senior Emily Douglas said Sunday during United High School graduation in Glennie Gymnasium on the campus of Monmouth College. The small class of 51 students was surrounded by family and friends using programs as fans.
• Monmouth-Roseville graduation (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on May 24, 2011 at 02:15:51 am
  MONMOUTH — Glennie Gymnasium at Monmouth College was packed with friends and family of graduating seniors of Monmouth-Roseville High School. Using programs as cooling fans, the crowd watched as about 120 seniors walked across the stage to receive their diplomas.
• Monmouth-Roseville graduation speaker turns tables (The Galesburg Register-Mail)
  posted on May 23, 2011 at 02:43:54 am
  Glennie Gymnasium at Monmouth College was packed with friends and family of graduating seniors of Monmouth-Roseville High School. Using programs as cooling fans, the crowd watched as about 120 seniors walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. During the time friends and family were filing into the gymnasium, a slide show of all the seniors was shown and set to songs such as “Good ...
• Monmouth College's Shepherd to play pro football in Europe (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on May 21, 2011 at 02:01:33 am
  MONMOUTH — Monmouth College’s Matt Shepherd may have ended his collegiate career, but he’ll get at least one more chance to play football after signing with a European pro team this spring.
• Chargers blast Lewistown in baseball action (Keokuk Daily Gate City)
  posted on May 20, 2011 at 04:39:24 pm
  MONMOUTH, Ill. — The Illini West Chargers ended the regular season with a 13-4 win over Lewistown Monday in a baseball game played at Monmouth College.
• Monmouth College claims first MWC Women's All-Sports trophy (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on May 20, 2011 at 02:45:58 am
  MONMOUTH — For the first time in the award’s 32-year history, Monmouth College has earned the Midwest Conference’s Ralph Shively Women’s All-Sports trophy.  
• Monmouth College Scots put 4 on All-MWC baseball (Monmouth Daily Review Atlas)
  posted on May 20, 2011 at 02:45:48 am
  MONMOUTH —  A return to the Midwest Conference Tournament earned four Fighting Scots their first All-MWC South Division honors.