ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Western
Illinois Leatherneck Football had 31 representatives on the 2009-10 Missouri
Valley Conference Academic Honor Roll. The league office announced the
selections on Wednesday (July 7) for league and associate members.
Senior quarterback Matt Barr (Belvidere/Belvidere)
was one of 19 student-athletes to receive the league's highest academic
achievement, capturing the Missouri Valley Football Conference President's
Council Academic Excellence Award.
The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8
cumulative grade point average (through Fall 2009 semester), participation in
athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18
hours of graduation.
Barr and eight other Leathernecks earned a spot on the Commissioner's Academic
Excellence Award, an honor which requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5
for the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA, and
participation in athletics.
To qualify for the MVC Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a
minimum 3.2 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2009), must have
been a member of an athletics team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of
enrollment during the fall.
Western opens the 2010 football season on Thursday, September 2nd, at home
against Valparaiso. For ticket information call (309) 298-1190 or via the
internet at www.GoLeathernecks.com.
PRESIDENTS ACADEMIC AWARD - Matt
Barr.
COMMISSIONER'S
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Matt Barr; Kyle Glazier; Mike Harmon; Myers
Hendrickson; Eric Lines; Kevin Palermo; Lito Senatus; Jordan Valle; Victor
Visoky.
HONOR ROLL -
Steve Adams; Matt Barr; Andre Boney; Dominick Corsiglia; Sam Dancer; Teague
Dentino; Antoine Ford; Kyle Glazier; Mike Harmon; Myers Hendrickson; Jimmy
Holtschlag; Kieron James; Brandon Kreczmer; Mike Lamphear; Eric Lines; Wil
Lunt; Kevin Palermo; Brennan Parks; Sam Power; Cody Reardon; Rick Richardson;
Carter Ridenour; William Ritter; Andrew Robiskie; Lito Senatus; Derek Shay;
Marcus Showalter; Gary Sumlin; Jordan Valle; Victor Visoky; Matt Warner.
