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Counting down the speakers: Monmouth College Class of '25 to hear from country music's Lon Helton '72
During their four years on campus, Monmouth College's Class of 2025 has had the opportunity to hear some outstanding Commencement speakers. Their freshman year, it was Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor, a 1997 Monmouth graduate. The next year featured form...
Mar 10, 2025, 10:29am EDT

Scots Score 18 Runs in Game Two to Split Sunday DH
The Monmouth College baseball team split with the US Merchant Marine Academy on Sunday on the Florida spring break trip. The Fighting Scots (4-4) lost the opening game 3-2 on a walk-off single before rallying to win the nightcap 18-10. The Scots load...
Mar 9, 2025, 8:49pm EDT

Scots Sweep UNW to Start Florida Trip
The Monmouth College baseball team started their Florida trip with a pair of wins on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (3-3) defeated the University of Northwestern (Minn.) 8-3 and 5-4 to start a 9-game trip. Daniel Lummus (New Port Richey, Florida) led o...
Mar 8, 2025, 9:05pm EST

Anderson Sets School Record in Weight Throw
The Monmouth College men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Wartburg Last Chance Qualifier on Saturday. Shane Anderson (Lisle, Illinois) won the weight throw with a school record performance of 20.00m, the second-best throw in Division...
Mar 8, 2025, 8:49pm EST

Guillermo Hits for Cycle but Scots Lose Pair
Monmouth College senior Raul Guillermo (Miami, Florida) hit for the cycle on Sunday but the Scots baseball team lost both games to Illinois Tech. Guillermo accomplished the feat with a home run in the seventh inning of game two, the first Monmouth cycl...
Mar 3, 2025, 4:05pm EST

Monmouth's 'Midwest Entrepreneurs' class rolls on: Byers '89, Zimmerman '11 share success stories
Students in Monmouth College's "Midwest Entrepreneurs" class were busy taking their mid-term exam on Monday, so there was a break in the steady stream of visitors that business professors Mike Connell and Herb Schmidt have been hosting this semester. ...
Mar 3, 2025, 2:46pm EST

Softball Drops Two Close Games on Sunday
The Monmouth College softball team dropped a pair of close games on the road to Westminster on Sunday, falling 4-2 and 4-3. The first game was scoreless through three innings as Lizzie Durfee (Arlington, Washington) kept the Bluejays off the board. ...
Mar 2, 2025, 9:14pm EST
Boley Wins Field MVP as Both Scots Teams Finish Second
The Monmouth College men's and women's track and field teams both finished second at the Midwest Conference Indoor Championships on Saturday. The women finished 1.5 points behind Illinois College while the men were four points behind Cornell. Monmout...
Mar 1, 2025, 9:25pm EST

Softball Splits with Blackburn; Inselmann Gets First Win
The Monmouth College softball team scored 17 runs on Saturday in a double header split against Blackburn in Chatham, Illinois. The Scots (1-3) lost the opening game 10-8 before winning the nightcap 9-2, the first career head coaching win for Tyler Inse...
Mar 1, 2025, 8:47pm EST

Scots Season Ends with Heartbreaking Loss to Lake Forest
The Monmouth College men's basketball season ended in heartbreak at home on Friday with an 81-79 loss to Lake Forest in the Midwest Conference Tournament semifinal. The Fighting Scots end their season at 20-6 while #4 Lake Forest will play #2 Grinnell...
Feb 28, 2025, 11:34pm EST