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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
9/22/2014 Austin Gochneaur Men's Soccer
9/15/2014 Jessica Knepp Women's Golf
9/8/2014 Yves Dietrich Men's Soccer
9/1/2014 Trenton Norvell Football
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