Football 2/15/2017 10:42:00 AM

Millikin Announces Fall CCIW Academic All-Conference

DECATUR, Ill.—Millikin University, in conjunction with the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW), announces its Jack Swartz Award Recipients and the CCIW Academic All-Conference team for fall 2016.
Millikin senior Timee McElroy (Mt, Zion, H.S.) and junior Meg Nowak (Carmel, Indiana, Guerin Catholic H.S.) were named the Jack Swartz Award winners for the Fall of 2016.
McElroy holds a near perfect grade point average in Physical Education and is a four year letter winner in Cross Country and Track and Field. McElroy was honored with the Swartz Award in the Spring of 2016.
Nowak is a starter for the women's soccer team majoring in Accounting. Nowak was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District® Team for women's soccer last fall. Nowak has started all 16 games for the Big Blue scoring three goals. In the classroom, Nowak maintained the highest grade point average of all Big Blue fall sport female athletes.
Each season the CCIW selects an Academic All-Conference Team. To be recognized, the student-athlete must be enrolled as a full-time student; must have earned a letter during the 2016 fall season; and must carry at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average. The list below is the team members from Millikin for the fall 2016 season.

2016 Fall Sports CCIW Academic All-Conference:
Cross Country
Name                        Yr.       Major                          Hometown\High School
Keegan Duesterhaus    Sr.        Philosophy                   Spartanburg, S.C.\Spartanburg Day School
Alexander Erickson       So.       Music Business             Waterford, Wis.\Muskego
Sarah Gompers             Fr.        Athletic Training                       Fairview Heights, Ill.\Belleville East
Amber Johnson             Fr.        Social Science (Sec. Ed.) Decatur, Ill.\St. Teresa
Tetyana Khrystyna Konareva So.          Psychology                   Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine
*Timothee McElroy       Sr.        Physical Education        Mt. Zion, Ill.\Mt. Zion
Jamie Michl                 Sr.        Elementary Education   Newton, Ill.\Newton
Morgan Norsen             Sr.        Elementary Education   Decatur, Ill.\Central A&M
Tommy O'Brien             Fr.        Physical Education        Taylorville, Ill.\Taylorville
Morgan Powers             Fr.        Chemistry                     Shelbyville, Ill.\Shelbyville

Football
Name                        Yr.       Major                          Hometown\High School
Matt Brown                   Fr.        Business Management Champaign, Ill.\Central
Luke McConnell            Fr.        Business Management Shelbyville, Ill.\Shelbyville
Nicco Stepina                So.       Health, Fitness & Rec. Casey, Ill.\Casey Westfield
Chayce Volpert             Sr.        Accounting                   Chatham, Ill.\Glenwood
Jordan Williams             Fr.        Business major             Champaign, Ill.\Central

Men's Soccer
Name                        Yr.       Major                          Hometown\High School
Isaac Hopper                Fr.        History                         Manhattan, Ill.\Lincoln Way Central
Takunda Jakachira        So.       Physics                         Harare, Zimbabwe\Kyle
Hunter Somers           Jr.        Physics                         Heyworth, Ill.\University
Austin Taylor                Fr.        Nursing                        Dunlap, Ill.\Dunlap

Women's Soccer
Name                        Yr.       Major                          Hometown\High School
Anna Benvenuto           Jr.        Biology (Pre-PT)           West Allis, Wis.\PIUS XI
Megan Foltz                  Fr.        Biology (Pre-PT)                        Bettendorf, Iowa\Pleasant Valley
Taylor Hartman            So.       Nursing                        St. Anne, Ill.\Herscher
Rebecca Kovacs                        Fr.        Nursing                        Mt, Zion, Ill.\Mt. Zion
Kayla Lojas                 Sr.        Athletic Training                       New Lenox, Ill.\Lincoln Way East
*Meg Nowak               Jr.        Accounting                   Carmel, Ind.\Guerin Catholic
Courtney Olson           Jr.        Biology (Pre-OT)           Waterloo, Ill.\Gibault Catholic
Angela Pulice              Sr.        Nursing                        Tinley Park, Ill.\Tinley Park
Emily Ratchford            Fr.        Nursing                        Saint Peters, Mo.\Fort Zumwalt East
Emily Sanders             Sr.        Communication             Ballwin, Mo.\Parkway South
Kat Stiles                      Fr.        Nursing                        St. Charles, Mo.\Francis Howell
Jessica Taul                Sr.        Biology (Pre-PT)                        Godfrey, Ill.\Alton

Women's Tennis
Name                        Yr.       Major                          Hometown\High School
Paige Bequette             Sr.        Music Business             Edwardsville, Ill.\Edwardsville
Morgan Bettner             Fr.        Mathematics (Sec. Ed.) Brownsburg, Ind.\Brownsburg
Madeline Delano           So.       Sports Management      Arlington Heights, Ill.\Buffalo Grove
Mackenzie Martin          Fr.        Biology (Pre-OT)           Paris, Ill.\Paris

Volleyball
Name                        Yr.       Major                          Hometown\High School
Kirty Durflinger             So.       Physical Education        Illiopolis, Ill.\Sangamon Valley
Skylar Harris                 Fr.        Athletic Training                       Paxton, Ill.\Paxton Buckley Loda
Blair Johnston               Fr.        Nursing                        Shelbyville, Ill.\Shelbyville
Cassidy Kingery           Fr.        Nursing                        Heyworth, Ill.\Heyworth
Kelsey McAtee              Fr.        Nursing                        Decatur, Ill.\Mt. Zion
Emily Mihalkanin          Jr.        Biology                         Willowbrook, Ill.\Hinsdale South
Emily Seegmiller           So.       Health, Fitness & Rec. Arthur, Ill.\Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond
Rose Syversen              Fr.        Marketing                     Pewaukee, Wis.\Waukesha West

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Players Mentioned

#13 Chayce Volpert: K; 6' 2"; Senior

#1 Anna Benvenuto: GK; 5' 7"; Junior

#13 Taylor Hartman: F\M; 5' 8"; Sophomore

#6 Kayla Lojas: D\M\G; 5' 3"; Senior

#8 Meg Nowak: D\M; 5' 7"; Junior

#21 Courtney Olson: M; 5' 6"; Junior

#7 Angela Pulice: M\F; 5' 1"; Senior

#19 Emily Sanders: M\D; 5' 9"; Senior

#18 Jessica Taul: F; 5' 4"; Senior

Keegan Duesterhaus: Sophomore

Alexander Erickson: Sophomore

Timee McElroy: Senior

Players Mentioned

#13 Chayce Volpert
: 6' 2"; Senior
: K

#1 Anna Benvenuto
: 5' 7"; Junior
: GK

#13 Taylor Hartman
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: F\M

#6 Kayla Lojas
: 5' 3"; Senior
: D\M\G

#8 Meg Nowak
: 5' 7"; Junior
: D\M

#21 Courtney Olson
: 5' 6"; Junior
: M

#7 Angela Pulice
: 5' 1"; Senior
: M\F

#19 Emily Sanders
: 5' 9"; Senior
: M\D

#18 Jessica Taul
: 5' 4"; Senior
: F

Keegan Duesterhaus
: Sophomore

Alexander Erickson
: Sophomore

Timee McElroy
: Senior