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Braun, Foglesong Win Awards as Scots Win Four Events on Saturday
The Monmouth College men's and women's track and field teams won four more individual events on Saturday, the final day of the Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships. Kayla Braun (Evansville, Illinois) was named the Women's Field Perfo...
Feb 28, 2026, 7:38pm EST
Scots Fall to Grinnell in MWC Championship Game
The Monmouth College men's basketball team couldn't get the offense going at all on Saturday and lost the Midwest Conference Championship game to Grinnell 85-56. The Fighting Scots (20-7) shot just 30.6 percent from the field and didn't make a 3-pointe...
Feb 28, 2026, 6:49pm EST
Brown Scores 35 as Scots Advance to MWC Championship Game
The Monmouth College men's basketball team put five players in double figures, led by 35 from Zay Brown (Peoria, Illinois) to beat Lake Forest 93-84 in the Midwest Conference Tournament semifinals on Friday. The Fighting Scots (20-6) won a MWC Tourname...
Feb 27, 2026, 11:22pm EST
Scots Drop Slugfest at Wabash
The Monmouth College baseball team traveled to Indiana and fell 15-12 on Friday night against Wabash. The Fighting Scots (0-3) pounded out 16 hits in the game and scored three runs in four different innings. Aidan Parkins (Monmouth, Illinois) started ...
Feb 27, 2026, 10:19pm EST
Braun, Orwig Win Shot Put Titles at MWC Championships
The Monmouth College men's and women's track and field teams won two events on the first day ot the Midwest Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships on Friday.. Kayla Braun (Evansville, Illinois) and Blake Orwig (Wyoming, Illinois) both won conf...
Feb 27, 2026, 9:13pm EST
Plumer Earns Men's Basketball Elite 20 Award at MWC Tournament
Monmouth College senior Turner Plumer (Canton, Illinois) was honored with the Elite 20 Award before the Fighting Scots Midwest Conference tournament game against Lake Forest. This marks the second year in a row that a Monmouth player has won the MWC El...
Feb 27, 2026, 8:44pm EST
Brown Repeats as Player of Year; Scots Put Three on All-MWC Teams
Monmouth College sophomore Zay Brown (Peoria, Illinois) was named the Midwest Conference men's basketball Player of the Year on Thursday. Brown is the first repeat winner in the MWC since Ripon's Ty Sabin in 2017 and he joins Lance Castle as the only p...
Feb 26, 2026, 11:24am EST
Monmouth alum Hoth's Burlington railway carries everything from bombs to Blue Bunny
Andrew Hoth's company may operate a short line railroad, but they're in it for the long haul. That was one of the messages the 1995 graduate shared as he returned to campus for the second straight year to speak to Monmouth College's "Midwest Entrepren...
Feb 26, 2026, 10:38am EST
Monmouth College's student newspaper has stellar day at ICPA convention
The staff at The Courier, Monmouth College's student newspaper, had their finest year ever in terms of awards from the Illinois College Press Association. Adviser Chris Goble and his students recently returned from the ICPA's annual convention and awa...
Feb 25, 2026, 10:19am EST
Monmouth College Senior Profile: Nate Grull
Both coming and going, Nate Grull was not on campus as long as most Monmouth College students, but he certainly made an impression during his three semesters. A junior transfer from McKendree College, Grull was enrolled for the entire 2024-25 academic...
Feb 24, 2026, 11:26am EST