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Scholar Athlete of the Month

Football Portraits 700.4845 The Western Illinois University 2023 football team in studio for media day on Monday, July 24, 2023.

Ryan Merklinger

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    12/5/2023
  • Sport
    Football
  • Bio
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Merklinger started all 11 games for the Western Illinois football team this past fall. Merklinger, who holds a 3.94 grade point average as an Economics major was named to the Missouri Valley Football Conference Scholar Athlete Second Team.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
8/25/2025 Joel McIntyre Men's Soccer
8/25/2025 Joel McIntyre Men's Soccer
8/25/2025 Joel McIntyre Men's Soccer
8/25/2025 Hana Daoudi Women's Soccer
9/12/2024 Hannah Steinmeyer Women's Cross Country
9/12/2024 Grant Palmer Baseball
4/29/2024 Isabel Navas Rodriguez Women's Soccer
3/22/2024 Raven Morrison Softball
3/22/2024 Caden Kratz Baseball
2/21/2024 Drew Cisse Men's Basketball
2/21/2024 Addi Brownfield Women's Basketball
1/19/2024 Aylana Cezar Women's Cross Country
1/19/2024 Sean Hudspath Men's Track and Field
12/5/2023 Ryan Merklinger Football
12/5/2023 Maggie Craker Women's Volleyball
10/31/2023 Kennedy Bauer Women's Volleyball
10/31/2023 Ben Nauman Football
9/12/2023 Liam Gainey Men's Soccer
9/12/2023 Elise Bush Women's Soccer
6/8/2023 Olivia Kerr Women's Golf
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