HONORS ALL-CONFERENCE · Troy Mickens, Indiana State Jay Wade, Western Illinois Emrick Wilcox, Western Illinois P-- Mike McCabe, Illinois State SECOND TEAM OFFENSE ... OT-- Mark Botkin,

HONORS

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1985

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- SeanPayton,EasternIllinoisRB-- KeithWilliams,MissouriState ByronMitchell,SouthernIllinoisWR--RoyBanks,EasternIllinois CalvinPierce,EasternIllinoisWR--DaveWilson,IllinoisStateOC--DavidHeim,MissouriStateOT-- JimMeyer,IllinoisState BradSellenriek,MissouriStateOG--KevinBor,MissouriState MikeBeneturski,IllinoisStatePK-- PaulPoliti,IllinoisState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- TomMoskal,EasternIllinois EdGrimes,UNI TerryOrth,UNI PrestonEstes,MissouriStateLB-- JamesHouston,MissouriState MarkFarley,UNI RichSpielman,SouthernIllinoisDB-- JoeFuller,UNI MosesAimable,UNI JohnField,SouthernIllinois JeffSmith,IllinoisStateP-- BarryWoodruff,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- MikeSmith,UNIRB-- CarlBoyd,UNI DuWaynePitts,EasternIllinoisWR--B.J.Torbert,MissouriState ScottFrancke,UNI KenHuddleston,WesternIllinoisOC--TomBaugh,SouthernIllinoisOT-- AlSpeicher,UNI BillBealles,UNIOG--FrankOri,UNI MarkCaballero,UNIPK-- DannyGasser,MissouriState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- GregLunak,IllinoisState BobKampf,IllinoisState ToddAuer,WesternIllinois JeffBealles,UNILB-- HenrySaxon,UNI BrianGant,IllinoisState MikeHryn,WesternIllinoisDB-- MikeChatman,MissouriState MarcusBallard,WesternIllinois BruceMcCray,WesternIllinois BobBronaugh,EasternIllinoisP-- MikeAtzen,MissouriStateOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBMikeSmith,UNIDEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR LBJamesHouston,MissouriState LBMarkFarley,UNICOACH OF THE YEAR DarrellMudra,UNI

1986

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- SeanPayton,EasternIllinoisRB-- CarlBoyd,UNI MelKirksy,SouthernIllinoisWR--RoyBanks,EasternIllinois CalvinPierce,EasternIllinoisTE-- BrianBaker,UNIOC--FrankWinters,WesternIllinoisOT-- MikeSimmonds,IndianaState RalphVanDyke,S.IllinoisOG--ChrisTayrien,MissouriState KeithBlue,WesternIllinoisPK-- PaulPoliti,IllinoisState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- ToddAuer,WesternIllinois JohnKropke,IllinoisState JeffBealles,UNI JohnJurkovic,EasternIllinoisLB-- BrianGant,IllinoisState MarkFarley,UNI MikeHyrn,WesternIllinoisDB-- JeffSmith,IllinoisState MarcusBallard,WesternIllinois IraDavis,SouthernIllinois SteveMcKeel,IndianaStateP-- ClayNetusil,UNI

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- MikeSmith,UNIRB-- JamesMarable,EasternIllinoisRB-- TonyGilbert,MissouriStateWR--AlbertBrown,WesternIllinois ScottFrancke,UNITE-- BrucePhipps,SouthernIllinoisOC--MarkHanssen,UNIOT-- SteveBonnes,EasternIllinois DavidSmith,SouthernIllinoisOG--MarkBanbury,SouthernIllinois BrentWestemeyer,W.IllinoisPK-- RichEhmke,EasternIllinois

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- PrestonEstes,MissouriState TerryOrth,UNI ShannonBerry,WesternIllinois BradCrouse,SouthernIllinois AaronThomas,EasternIllinoisLB-- JohnEdwards,SouthernIllinois TimCunningham,IndianaState TroyJohnson,IndianaStateDB-- BobBronaugh,EasternIllinois TomBlumenshine,IllinoisState R.L.Reynolds,EasternIllinois DaveMcCorvey,UNIP-- ChuckStandiford,IndianaState

Honorable MentionRB-- MartyCasper,IllinoisStateWR--TimTurner,IllinoisStateOC--SeanO’Brien,EasternIllinoisOG--JimMiteff,EasternIllinois CharlesCalhoun,IllinoisState LouisCox,UNIDL-- ArtStelken,UNI JohnJuhler,IllinoisState

OFFENSIVE PLAYERSOF THE YEAR

1985 MikeSmith,QB,UNI1986 SeanPayton,QB,E.Illinois1987 CarlBoyd,RB,UNI1988 PaulSinger,QB,W.Illinois1989 DeAndreSmith,QB,MSU1990 DeAndreSmith,QB,MSU1991 DerrickFranklin,RB,INS1992 TobyDavis,RB,IllinoisSt.1993 KurtWarner,QB,UNI1994 RobSt.Sauver,QB,W.Illinois1995 DedricWard,WR,UNI1996 DedricWard,WR,UNI1997 AaronStecker,RB,W.Illinois1998 KarltonCarpenter,RB,SIU1999 CornellCraig,WR,SIU2000 CharlesTharp,RB,W.Illinois2001 P.J.Mays,RB,YSU2002 RussMichna,QB,W.Illinois2003 RussMichna,QB,W.Illinois2004 JoelSambursky,QB,SIU2005 LauréntRobinson,WR,ILS2006 MarcusMason,RB,YSU2007 EricSanders,QB,UNI

ALL-CONFERENCE

LB-- KenBraden,MissouriState SpencerCowan,UNIDB-- BruceMcCray,WesternIllinois WillieDavis,SouthernIllinois GaryConley,IllinoisState ChrisKlieman,UNIOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBSeanPayton,EasternIllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBBrianGant,IllinoisStateCOACH OF THE YEAR AlMolde,EasternIllinois

1987

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- MikeSmith,UNIRB-- CarlBoyd,UNI DuWaynePitts,EasternIllinoisWR--RalphStewart,EasternIllinois DonBeebe,WesternIllinois GaryCannon,IndianaStateTE-- SherrodHoward,UNIOC--MarkHanssen,UNIOT-- DavidSmith,SouthernIllinois PeteEndre,IndianaStateOG--KeithBlue,WesternIllinois LouisCox,UNIPK-- RichEhmke,EasternIllinois

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- JeffBealles,UNI JohnKropke,IllinoisState BradCrouse,SouthernIllinois PrestonEstes,MissouriStateLB-- MattSoraghan,MissouriState MartyLomelino,WesternIllinois KenBraden,MissouriStateDB-- DarylHolcomb,EasternIllinois JeffSmith,IllinoisState SteveMcKeel,IndianaState KevinAnderson,UNIP-- MikeKrause,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- PaulSinger,WesternIllinoisRB-- RonWestmoreland,IllinoisState BrettGrimshaw,WesternIllinois ByronMitchell,SouthernIllinoisWR--WesAnderson,UNI BillyGarrett,IllinoisStateTE-- RodneyPorter,IndianaState TomBragg,WesternIllinoisOC--SeanO’Brien,EasternIllinoisOT-- KenKolthoff,UNI DougGardner,MissouriStateOG--CharlesCalhoun,IllinoisState MarkChristensen,MSUPK-- ChrisPotthast,MissouriState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- JeffRolson,EasternIllinois BryanCox,WesternIllinois MarkBertram,IndianaState MartinWilliams,WesternIllinois CarlParker,EasternIllinois

The all-league teams are selected by a panel consisting of league coaches, sports information directors and media. The conference Coach of the Year Honor is named in honor of the late Bruce Craddock, who died of liver cancer at the age of 46 in February of 1990. Craddock was at Western Illinois for seven years, compiling a 41-35-1 mark.

DeAndre Smith of Missouri State was a two-time Offensive Player of the Year - winning in 1989 and in 1990.

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HONORS

LB-- MikeCarbonaro,S.Illinois BrycePaup,UNI EzellShelton,SouthernIllinoisDB-- JayHurdle,SouthernIllinois MauriceSmith,WesternIllinois JayWade,WesternIllinois CraigPhillips,MissouriState R.L.Reynolds,EasternIllinoisP-- SteveTillotson,EasternIllinois

Honorable MentionOT-- DavePopp,EasternIllinoisOG--JimMiteff,EasternIllinoisPK-- LayneBennett,WesternIllinoisDL-- RickRenner,WesternIllinois JohnJuhler,IllinoisStateLB-- JohnHill,UNI AntoineLiddell,IndianaStateDB-- ChrisKlieman,UNIP-- JonFrangoulis,MissouriStateOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RBCarlBoyd,UNIDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBMattSoraghan,MissouriStateCO-COACHES OF THE YEAR DarrellMudra,UNI BruceCraddock,WesternIllinois

1988

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- PaulSinger,WesternIllinoisRB-- VicNorthern,IllinoisState ToriVactor,IndianaStateWR--SteveElmlinger,IndianaState SteveWilliams,WesternIllinoisTE-- SherrodHoward,UNIOC--DougGardner,MissouriStateOT-- RobMason,SouthernIllinois DavePopp,EasternIllinoisOG--MarkChristensen,MSU RonNesbitt,WesternIllinoisPK-- DougJackson,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- BradCrouse,SouthernIllinois VanderHarris,IllinoisState JohnJurkovic,EasternIllinois JeffRolson,EasternIllinois MarlinWilliams,WesternIllinoisLB-- ArmieGasbarro,WesternIllinois KenHopp,IndianaState JamesTurnage,MissouriStateDB-- ScottJohnson,EasternIllinois TroyMickens,IndianaState JayWade,WesternIllinois EmrickWilcox,WesternIllinoisP-- MikeMcCabe,IllinoisState

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JohnSahm,IndianaStateRB-- BrettGrimshaw,WesternIllinois ChuckHarmke,SouthernIllinoisWR--MikeBorich,WesternIllinois RalphStewart,EasternIllinoisTE-- RodneyPorter,IndianaStateOC--GeorgeCrouch,UNIOT-- MarkBotkin,UNI BrianEddy,MissouriStateOG--RussRubie,UNI DaveSchumer,IllinoisState

PK-- LayneBennett,WesternIllinoisSECOND TEAM DEFENSE

DL-- JamesBowens,MissouriState DemetriusDavis,WesternIllinois TimPeterson,UNI RhettSchmidt,IndianaStateLB-- MikeKolpin,UNI AntoineLiddell,IndianaState JeffMills,EasternIllinoisDB-- LaventBlaylock,IndianaState MarkHein,UNI DarylHolcombe,EasternIllinois CraigPhillips,MissouriState LorenzoTaylor,WesternIllinoisP-- MikeKrause,WesternIllinois

Honorable MentionRB-- ErrolPeebles,UNI RodneyMcConico,MSUWR--WesAnderson,UNI BillMiller,IllinoisStateOC--DanHackman,IllinoisState SeanO’Brien,EasternIllinoisDL-- RonKirk,SouthernIllinois RickRuether,WesternIllinois JamesJones,UNI MikeCampbell,UNILB-- BrycePaup,UNI PresleyWhite,WesternIllinoisDB-- BillHunter,WesternIllinois AntoineWorthman,IllinoisStateOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBPaulSinger,WesternIllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR DTJohnJurkovic,EasternIllinoisCOACH OF THE YEAR BruceCraddock,WesternIllinois

1989

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- DeAndreSmith,MissouriStateRB-- PhillipCollins,MissouriState TonyGilbert,MissouriStateTE-- RodneyPorter,IndianaStateWR--MiloPopovic,UNI SteveWilliams,WesternIllinoisOC--GregBolda,MissouriStateOT-- BrianEddy,MissouriState BrentFischer,EasternIllinois DaveSchumer,IllinoisStateOG--MarkChristensen,MSU EricThorsen,EasternIllinoisPK-- BrianMitchell,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- MarkBertram,IndianaState MichaelFox,MissouriState JamesJones,UNI JohnJurkovic,EasternIllinois ScottUnderwood,IllinoisStateLB-- ArmieGasbarro,WesternIllinois KevinKilgallon,SouthernIllinois JeffMills,EasternIllinois BrycePaup,UNI JamesTurnage,MissouriStateDB-- DavidCalhoun,IllinoisState BryanCox,WesternIllinois DarylHolcombe,EasternIllinois TimLance,EasternIllinois

P-- MikeKrause,WesternIllinoisSECOND TEAM OFFENSE

QB-- EricArnold,EasternIllinoisRB-- JamieJones,EasternIllinois ShawnYoung,IndianaStateTE-- TimMoore,EasternIllinoisWR--BillMiller,IllinoisState WesleyYates,SouthernIllinoisOC--DanHackman,IllinoisStateOT-- JohnDouglass,MissouriStateOG--DavidCampbell,UNI ChrisReed,MissouriStatePK-- LayneBennett,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- ShannonFerbrache,S.Illinois RandyWalker,IllinoisState BillWalter,MissouriStateLB-- WilbertBrown,IllinoisStateDB-- WillieDavis,SouthernIllinois MarkHein,UNI R.L.Reynolds,EasternIllinois LorenzoTaylor,WesternIllinoisP-- RobHufty,IndianaState

Honorable MentionRB-- RitchieThompson,IllinoisStateWR--JasonCook,EasternIllinoisLB-- DarrenNeputy,IllinoisStateOG--JohnBinkowski,WesternIllinoisOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBDeAndreSmith,MissouriStateDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR DTJohnJurkovic,EasternIllinoisCOACH OF THE YEAR JesseBranch,MissouriState

1990

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- DeAndreSmith,MissouriStateRB-- DerrickFranklin,IndianaState EricJenkins,MissouriStateTE-- KenKelly,MissouriStateWR--JohnRoots,SouthernIllinois CharlesSwann,IndianaStateOC--MikeFontana,UNI JohnWilcox,MissouriStateOT-- ChrisKapilovic,MissouriState MarkKropke,IllinoisStateOG--JohnBinkowski,W.Illinois ChrisReed,MissouriStatePK-- BrianMitchell,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- MichaelFox,MissouriState TonyJones,IllinoisState DarrenNeputy,IllinoisState BillWalter,MissouriStateLB-- EricChristensen,IndianaState JamesJones,UNI KevinKilgallon,SouthernIllinoisDB-- WillieBeamon,UNI BryanCox,WesternIllinois TimLance,EasternIllinois MarcusShipp,MissouriStateP-- BrianPindar,EasternIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JayJohnson,UNIRB-- MikeCox,WesternIllinois JamieJones,EasternIllinois

ALL-CONFERENCE

DEFENSIVE PLAYERSOF THE YEAR

1985 JamesHouston,LB,MSU MarkFarley,LB,UNI1986 BrianGant,LB,IllinoisSt.1987 MattSoraghan,LB,MSU1988 JohnJurkovic,DT,EIU1989 JohnJurkovic,DT,EIU1990 TimLance,DB,E.Illinois1991 WilliamFreeney,LB,UNI1992 WilliamFreeney,LB,UNI1993 AndreAllen,LB,UNI1994 AndreAllen,LB,UNI1995 TimCarver,LB,E.Illinois1996 MikeMiano,DL,MSU1997 HarryDeligianis,DT,YSU1998 JamesMilton,LB,W.Illinois1999 EdgertonHartwell,LB,WIU2000 EdgertonHartwell,LB,WIU2001 AdamVogt,LB,UNI2002 BoomerGrigsby,LB,ILS2003 BoomerGrigsby,LB,ILS2004 BoomerGrigsby,LB,ILS2005 BrentHawkins,DE,ILS2006 CameronSiskowic,LB,ILS2007 BrannonCarter,LB,UNI

Illinois State’s Boomer Grigsby is the only league player to earn Defensive Player of the Year honors three times.

HONORS


TE-- ChrisNuss,UNIWR--LarryDickinson,IllinoisState KennyShedd,UNIOC--BradWagner,WesternIllinoisOT-- KipBeach,IndianaState SethBonnette,UNIOG--BradFichtel,EasternIllinois MattIrvin,MissouriStatePK-- RichardGrote,MissouriState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DougDutton,IndianaState ToddEagen,UNI PeteGeorges,IndianaState KentMcIntyre,EasternIllinoisLB-- MattBrinkman,UNI WilbertBrown,IllinoisState RobertHarbolt,MissouriStateDB-- AnthonyBurton,IllinoisState ChrisKlieman,UNI JeffLong,SouthernIllinois LamarMcGriggs,W.IllinoisP-- DavidPeters,SouthernIllinois

Honorable MentionQB-- JohnStites,IndianaStateRB-- TobyDavis,IllinoisState BernardHolloway,W.Illinois VicNorthern,IllinoisStateTE-- YogiHenderson,S.IllinoisWR--RoryFedderson,UNIOC--MarkFrancis,SouthernIllinois ToddSchwager,EasternIllinoisOT-- TimMcDuffey,MissouriState PaulWeltha,WesternIllinoisOG--JasonJakovich,SouthernIllinoisDL-- JeffOetting,EasternIllinoisLB-- WilliamFreeney,UNI BryanMcGrone,IndianaState JohnNoll,EasternIllinois SeanRichardson,MissouriStateDB-- DarrenWashington,IllinoisState JoeAllen,WesternIllinois TimWells,SouthernIllinoisP-- BrettVonWiller,MissouriState DanRush,UNIOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBDeAndreSmith,MissouriStateDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR DBTimLance,EasternIllinoisCOACH OF THE YEAR JesseBranch,MissouriState

1991

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JayJohnson,UNIRB-- DerrickFranklin,IndianaState JamieJones,EasternIllinoisTE-- ChrisNuss,UNIWR--KennyShedd,UNI CharlesSwann,IndianaStateOC--MarkFrancis,SouthernIllinoisOT-- SteveDhaemers,UNI TimMcDuffey,MissouriStateOG--TimGleason,EasternIllinois MattIrvin,MissouriStatePK-- BrianMitchell,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- MaxieGraham,WesternIllinois

TonyJones,IllinoisState KentMcIntyre,EasternIllinois BillWalter,MissouriStateLB-- WilbertBrown,IllinoisState EricChristensen,IndianaState WilliamFreeney,UNIDB-- TonyFarrell,EasternIllinois MarcusShipp,MissouriState AdrionSmith,MissouriState JoeWoods,IllinoisStateP-- BrianPindar,EasternIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JeffThorne,EasternIllinoisRB-- TobyDavis,IllinoisState KevinHart,WesternIllinois YonelJourdain,SouthernIllinoisTE-- DougAmaya,SouthernIllinois BrianBrown,IllinoisState TimMoore,EasternIllinoisWR--ClarenceMiller,IllinoisState JustinRoebuck,SouthernIllinoisOC--GeorgeFitzsimmons,IndianaSt.OT-- TomRoth,SouthernIllinois PaulWeltha,WesternIllinoisOG--FernandoPeters,IllinoisState PatWilliams,UNIPK-- CameronBair,IllinoisState MattSeman,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DougDutton,IndianaState JonManley,SouthernIllinois JoeRemke,EasternIllinois DwayneSummers,S.IllinoisLB-- KevinKeith,UNI KenMcMillan,WesternIllinois TomNewberry,IllinoisState SeanRichardson,MSUDB-- ElzieBarnett,WesternIllinois JeffMiles,EasternIllinois DuanePeterson,UNI SteveTurzynski,WesternIllinoisP-- SteveKrieger,IndianaState TimMosley,UNI

Honorable MentionQB-- PaulCarney,MissouriState BrianDowney,SouthernIllinois AdrianWilson,IllinoisStateRB-- HaleHitchcock,MissouriState CharlesLister,UNI AnthonyPegues,MissouriState AnthonyPerry,SouthernIllinoisWR--DemetriusDowler,IndianaState LanceEarl,WesternIllinoisOC--BradFichtel,EasternIllinoisOT-- BrianCallahan,EasternIllinois EricLiddell,IllinoisStateOG--MikeStrickland,SouthernIllinoisDL-- LeoBrown,WesternIllinois DyrrahChriston,IndianaState ClintCullen,IllinoisState DanDee,EasternIllinois MaxFord,WesternIllinois CaseySmith,UNILB-- RobMoran,SouthernIllinoisDB-- VonGanaway,IndianaState SimonNelson,UNI ClintSmothers,SouthernIllinois

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RBDerrickFranklin,IndianaStateDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBWilliamFreeney,UNICOACH OF THE YEAR TerryAllen,UNI

1992

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- DonnySimmons,WesternIllinoisRB-- TobyDavis,IllinoisState DavidWright,IndianaStateTE-- ChrisNuss,UNIWR--DemerisJohnson,W.Illinois KennyShedd,UNIOC--BradFichtel,EasternIllinoisOT-- JohnHerrin,UNI ChuckNeitzel,SouthernIllinoisOG--JimHansen,WesternIllinois MattIrvin,MissouriStatePK-- ScottObermeier,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DyrrahChriston,IndianaState ClintCullen,IllinoisState DanDee,EasternIllinois CaseySmith,UNILB-- PeterBurns,UNI WilliamFreeney,UNI KennethMcMillan,W.IllinoisDB-- WillieBeamon,UNI RodneyHarrison,W.Illinois RayMcElroy,EasternIllinois AdrionSmith,MissouriStateP-- TimMosley,UNI

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JayJohnson,UNIRB-- TankCorner,UNI AnthonyPerry,SouthernIllinoisTE-- BrianBrown,IllinoisStateWR--SteveDecker,WesternIllinois JustinRoebuck,S.IllinoisOC--DavidSharbaugh,IndianaStateOT-- ElbertBetts,IllinoisState WillLaClear,MissouriStateOG--ShawnMoore,IndianaState MikeStrickland,SouthernIllinoisPK-- RichardGrote,MissouriState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- JoeBelcher,WesternIllinois WayneManu,SouthernIllinois RickPerry,MissouriState JohnVakos,EasternIllinoisLB-- BillDulin,MissouriState ShavezHawkins,EasternIllinois ChrisStevens,IllinoisStateDB-- ShumoneBurnett,MSU JasonMcCleary,UNI ClintSmothers,SouthernIllinois JosephWallace,UNIP-- SteveKrieger,IndianaState

Honorable MentionQB-- ScottGabbert,SouthernIllinois JeffThorne,EasternIllinoisRB-- YonelJourdain,SouthernIllinois DavidNicol,IndianaState AnthonyPegues,MissouriStateRB-- JonahWhite,MissouriState

‘BRUCE CRADDOCK’COACHES OF THE YEAR

1985 DarrellMudra,UNI1986 AlMolde,EasternIllinois1987 DarrellMudra,UNI BruceCraddock,W.Illinois1988 BruceCraddock,W.Illinois1989 JesseBranch,MSU1990 JesseBranch,MSU1991 TerryAllen,UNI1992 TerryAllen,UNI1993 TerryAllen,UNI1994 TerryAllen,UNI1995 BobSpoo,EasternIllinois1996 TerryAllen,UNI1997 RandyBall,WesternIllinois1998 ToddBerry,IllinoisState1999 ToddBerry,IllinoisState2000 DonPatterson,W.Illinois2001 MarkFarley,UNI2002 DonPatterson,W.Illinois2003 JerryKill,SouthernIllinois2004 JerryKill,SouthernIllinois2005 JonHeacock,YoungstownSt.2006 JonHeacock,YoungstownSt.2007 MarkFarley,UNI

Before taking over the reigns at Missouri State, Terry Allen was a five-time league Coach of the Year at UNI.

ALL-CONFERENCE


HONORS

WR--DemetriusDowler,IndianaState SteveRoss,WesternIllinois MikeRummell,EasternIllinoisOC--BrentHaar,IllinoisState DonaldMumma,UNIOG--RichardHuddleston,W.Illinois JasonJakovich,SouthernIllinoisPK/P-- CameronBair,IllinoisStateDT-- TonyMonroe,UNILB-- AndreAllen,UNI DamonFrost,MissouriStateDB-- VonGanaway,IndianaState FrankyWest,IllinoisStateP-- JasonCaldwell,EasternIllinois RossSchulte,WesternIllinoisOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RBTobyDavis,IllinoisStateDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBWilliamFreeney,UNICOACH OF THE YEAR TerryAllen,UNI

1993

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- KurtWarner,UNIRB-- WillieHigh,EasternIllinois DavidWright,IndianaStateTE-- MattHarken,UNIWR--TimMosley,UNI BillySwain,SouthernIllinoisOC--DonaldMumma,UNIOT-- TimGiebels,IndianaState JohnHerrin,UNIOG--ShawnMoore,IndianaState MikeStrickland,SouthernIllinoisPK-- ToddKurz,IllinoisState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DanBrandenburg,IndianaState ClintCullen,IllinoisState DemetriusLane,EasternIllinois TonyMonroe,UNILB-- AndreAllen,UNI CameronFlemming,MSU ChrisStevens,IllinoisStateDB-- VonGanaway,IndianaState RodneyHarrison,W.Illinois RayMcElroy,EasternIllinois AdrionSmith,MissouriStateP-- TimMosley,UNI

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- DannyBarnett,IllinoisStateRB-- CameronSmith,IllinoisState JeffStovall,UNITE-- GunnardTwyner,W.IllinoisWR--ChuckCalhoun,MissouriState KevinDixson,IllinoisStateOC-- LukeHake,MissouriStateOT-- DavidDow,MissouriState CoreyMackey,IllinoisStateOG--RichardHuddleston,W.Illinois MichaelHudnutt,UNIPK-- SteveLargent,EasternIllinois

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- ShaneBrinton,WesternIllinois BobbyGodwin,MissouriState DannyMagalei,WesternIllinois KevinZeng,EasternIllinois

LB-- TimCarver,EasternIllinois KenMcMillan,WesternIllinois PaulWolf,UNIDB-- JimCravens,SouthernIllinois MyronGlass,UNI JasonMcCleary,UNI JosephWallace,UNIP-- JayGerth,IndianaState

Honorable MentionQB-- KipHennelly,IndianaStateRB-- AnthonyPegues,MissouriStateTE-- DaveSmith,SouthernIllinoisWR--LaVanceBanks,SouthernIllinois KevinGlenn,IllinoisState GregJensik,EasternIllinoisOC-- JohnBock,IndianaState DuaneConway,EasternIllinoisOT-- JimRemsey,SouthernIllinoisOG--JasonJakovich,SouthernIllinois DonMensik,EasternIllinois BrianTierney,WesternIllinoisDL-- DustinRusch,IndianaState CaseySmith,UNILB-- DeLaunFowler,MissouriState DarnellMinnieweather,UNI ClintSmothers,SouthernIllinois MikeStrickland,MissouriStateDB-- ToddHarrington,UNI AddisonMorgan,WesternIllinois BillRandles,IllinoisState FrankyWest,IllinoisStateP-- RossSchulte,WesternIllinoisOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBKurtWarner,UNIDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBAndreAllen,UNICOACH OF THE YEAR TerryAllen,UNI

1994

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- RobSt.Sauver,WesternIllinoisRB-- WillieHigh,EasternIllinois KendallMcDonald,W.IllinoisTE-- MattHarken,UNIWR--GunnardTwyner,W.Illinois DedricWard,UNIOL-- DanBower,UNI JeffGill,SouthernIllinois RichardHuddleston,W.Illinois DonaldMumma,UNI AndyZiebarth,IllinoisStatePK-- MattWaller,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DanBrandenburg,IndianaState BrianMoretz,UNI DustinRusch,IndianaState KevinZeng,EasternIllinoisLB-- AndreAllen,UNI TimCarver,EasternIllinois JasonVasconez,WesternIllinoisDB-- DuaneButler,IllinoisState MyronGlass,UNI JasonMcCleary,UNI RayMcElroy,EasternIllinoisP-- RossSchulte,WesternIllinoisRS-- BuckPhillips,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- BrettO’Donnell,UNIRB-- JeffStovall,UNI DavidWright,IndianaStateTE-- DamonJones,SouthernIllinoisWR--KevinDixson,IllinoisState GregJensik,EasternIllinoisOL-- DaveConnell,IllinoisState LukeHake,MissouriState BradKubik,MissouriState AdamLove,WesternIllinois MikeRichart,EasternIllinoisPK-- KeithJones,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- MattEgloff,IndianaState ArmandosFisher,IllinoisState TomProcter,MissouriState DamonTurner,IllinoisStateLB-- ScottDurflinger,UNI DeLaunFowler,MissouriState PaulWolf,UNIDB-- ToddHarrington,UNI WillieParks,MissouriState FrankSpraggins,WesternIllinois FrankyWest,IllinoisStateP-- MarkGagliano,SouthernIllinoisRS-- DeonMcDaniel,IllinoisState

Honorable MentionQB-- PeteMauch,EasternIllinoisRB-- DeeDebro,MissouriStateTE-- TimAchterberg,IllinoisState LarryGauer,IndianaStateWR--FabienBownes,WesternIllinois ReggieFowler,SouthernIllinois JakeKothe,UNI KyleRobinson,IllinoisStateOL-- TimHerrin,IndianaState GilPlasencia,WesternIllinoisPK-- WayneBoyer,MissouriStateDL-- RyanBehr,UNI HarvieHerrington,W.Illinois ChrisWilkerson,EasternIllinoisLB-- TommyAnderson,S.Illinois KevinHammond,UNI MikeMiller,EasternIllinois MikeNelson,IndianaState ChrisStevens,IllinoisStateDB-- DarnellHendricks,S.IllinoisP-- ChrisHurst,MissouriStateRS-- JasonMcCleary,UNIOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBRobSt.Sauver,WesternIllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBAndreAllen,UNICOACH OF THE YEAR TerryAllen,UNI

1995

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- ChrisBerg,UNIRB-- WillieHigh,EasternIllinois DavidWright,IndianaStateTE-- DamonJones,SouthernIllinoisWR--GunnardTwyner,WesternIllinois DedricWard,UNIOL-- ChrisAnderson,EasternIllinois

NEWCOMERS OF THE YEAR1994 BuckPhillips,CB,W.Illinois1995 JasonCannon,WR,MSU1996 VinceBruno,LB,W.Illinois1997 AaronStecker,RB,W.Illinois1998 DavidBowens,DE,W.Illinois1999 CharlesTharp,RB,W.Illinois2000 TeddySims,LB,SIU2001 JulianReese,QB,INS2002 M.Abdulqaadir,RB,SIU2003 TerranceFreeney,RB,UNI2004 BrandonJacobs,RB,SIU2005 MarcusMason,RB,YSU2006 DarianWilliams,RB,UNI2007 FerlandoWilliams,WR,YSU

FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR1999 DustyBurk,QB,IllinoisState2000 LeeRussell,LB,W.Illinois2001 TomPetrie,QB,UNI2002 JoelSambursky,QB,SIU2003 JustinHaddix,QB,WKU2004 EricSanders,QB,UNI2005 TomNelson,DB,IllinoisState2006 BrandinJordan,LB,S.Illinois2007 CodyKirby,QB,MissouriSt.

WIU’s Lee Russell was a four-time all-conference honoree (2000-03) and Freshman of the Year in 2000.

ALL-CONFERENCE

HONORS


DanBower,UNI LukeHake,MissouriState DavidPapp,IndianaState WillieRoss,IllinoisStatePK-- ToddKurz,IllinoisState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- MarcAfoa,WesternIllinois DanBrandenburg,IndianaState EricJohnson,IllinoisState BrianMoretz,UNILB-- TimCarver,EasternIllinois DeLaunFowler,MissouriState ChrisStevens,IllinoisStateDB-- DarnellHendricks,S.Illinois BuckPhillips,WesternIllinois BillRandles,IllinoisState TyreeTalton,UNIP-- ChrisHurst,MissouriStateRS-- BuckPhillips,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- PeteMauch,EasternIllinoisRB-- KeithGoodnight,IllinoisState JeffStovall,UNITE-- TimAchterberg,IllinoisStateWR--JasonCannon,MissouriState KyleRobinson,IllinoisStateOL-- BradKubik,MissouriState BobMehorczyk,WesternIllinois JonPilcher,UNI GilPlasencia,WesternIllinois AndyZiebarth,IllinoisStatePK-- TomAllison,IndianaState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- RyanBehr,UNI LarryLanglois,IllinoisState BrianMcGavock,EasternIllinois MikeMiano,MissouriStateLB-- KevinHammond,UNI ChrisLibaire,IndianaState TimMiller,UNIDB-- DuaneButler,IllinoisState JamesDorsey,EasternIllinois WillieParks,MissouriState FrankSpraggins,WesternIllinoisP-- ToddKurz,IllinoisStateRS-- KarltonCarpenter,S.Illinois

Honorable MentionQB-- JeffHecklinski,WesternIllinoisRB-- ChrisHicks,EasternIllinois BrianKnuckles,WesternIllinoisWR--JarrettJackson,IllinoisState PhilPerkins,MissouriState ChrisSabino,WesternIllinoisTE-- MattHarken,UNI CharlieRoche,EasternIllinoisOL-- LarryMullins,SouthernIllinoisPK-- SteveLargent,EasternIllinoisDL-- RyanCulver,WesternIllinois MikeLikens,IndianaState CurtisPrice,EasternIllinoisLB-- BennieMcLin,MissouriState DonMartin,IllinoisState DannieSpann,UNI BrianTranchitella,S.IllinoisDB-- JerryCreer,IllinoisState BranyonDavis,MissouriState RobertHigh,IndianaState

Dre’Knox,IndianaStateP-- MarkGagliano,SouthernIllinoisRS-- AnthonyTaylor,UNIOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WRDedricWard,UNIDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBTimCarver,EasternIllinoisCOACH OF THE YEAR BobSpoo,EasternIllinois

1996

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- SteveBeard,UNIRB-- CoeBonner,SouthernIllinois MichaelCosey,MissouriStateTE-- DamonJones,SouthernIllinoisWR--AlonzoClayton,UNI DedricWard,UNIOL-- SteveJones,SouthernIllinois BradKubik,MissouriState ChipMcPheeters,W.Illinois AndyPattee,UNI AndyZiebarth,IllinoisStatePK-- WayneBoyer,MissouriState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- RyanCulver,WesternIllinois EarenestGrayson,MSU EricJohnson,IllinoisState MikeMiano,MissouriStateLB-- BennieMcLin,MissouriState TimMiller,UNI RichardMoss,IndianaStateDB-- DuaneButler,IllinoisState Dre’Knox,IndianaState FrankSpraggins,W.Illinois TyreeTalton,UNIP-- MarkGagliano,SouthernIllinoisRS-- TyreeTalton,UNI

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JeffHecklinski,WesternIllinoisRB-- BrianKnuckles,WesternIllinois JeffStovall,UNITE-- LincolnSharar,UNIWR--JasonCannon,MissouriState ReggieFowler,SouthernIllinoisOL-- ChrisClapp,UNI JasonGrott,WesternIllinois BradMeester,UNI PaxtonParker,MissouriState BradSchwing,IndianaStatePK-- ToddKurz,IllinoisState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- T.C.Barney,UNI LarryFitzpatrick,IllinoisState MikeLikens,IndianaState WayneStewart,WesternIllinoisLB-- VinceBruno,WesternIllinois TyLocatelli,WesternIllinois DannieSpann,UNIDB-- JerryCreer,IllinoisState MickeyDalton,UNI LamontNicholson,W.Illinois TravisRichardson,MSUP-- ToddKurz,IllinoisStateRS-- LarryScally,IndianaState

Honorable MentionQB-- JeremyHoog,MissouriState

RB-- BenWolfe,IndianaStateWR--JonMoffitt,WesternIllinoisTE-- DaveSmith,SouthernIllinoisOL-- EricDelaere,IllinoisState BobDyment,WesternIllinois LawrenceWatkins,S.Illinois JasonWhittle,MissouriStatePK-- MattWaller,UNIDL-- AndyEdmondson,W.Illinois ShannonJackson,IndianaState TravisNiekamp,IllinoisState TomProcter,MissouriStateLB-- TimAngsten,IllinoisStateDB-- MarcusEaster,UNI RobertHigh,IndianaState C.J.McDavid,SouthernIllinois TerranceMalone,UNIP-- WayneBoyer,MissouriStateRS-- JamaineBlalock,WesternIllinoisOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WRDedricWard,UNIDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR DTMikeMiano,MissouriStateCOACH OF THE YEAR TerryAllen,UNI

1997

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JeffHecklinski,WesternIllinoisRB-- JakeAndreadis,YoungstownSt. AaronStecker,WesternIllinoisTE-- BradSt.Louis,MissouriStateWR--MikeFurrey,UNI MarquisMosely,IllinoisStateOL-- MattHogg,YoungstownState ToddKollar,YoungstownState BradKubik,MissouriState ChipMcPheeters,W.Illinois AndyPattee,UNIPK-- TravisBrawner,MissouriState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- CyronBrown,WesternIllinois HarryDeligianis,YoungstownSt. ShannonJackson,IndianaState ErikNelson,UNILB-- CorkyMartin,MissouriState TomPaolucci,YoungstownState MattPedersen,UNIDB-- RobertHigh,IndianaState FrankSpraggins,WesternIllinois TyreeTalton,UNI DwyteSmiley,YoungstownStateP-- JohnAmitrano,SouthernIllinoisRS-- JamaineBlalock,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- ShaneFortney,UNIRB-- MauriceDaniels,MissouriState TerryHollimon,UNITE-- ChadAmes,IndianaStateWR--AlonzoClayton,UNI CornellCraig,SouthernIllinoisOL-- ChrisClapp,UNI JasonGrott,WesternIllinois BradMeester,UNI CoreyOlson,WesternIllinois JasonWhittle,MissouriStatePK-- KeithJones,WesternIllinois

Despite playing for a fifth-place team, RB Derrick Franklin was voted the league’s Offensive MVP in 1991.

ALL-CONFERENCE

Andre Allen of UNI took Defensive Player of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons in 1993 and in 1994.


HONORS

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- CoreyBrunsvold,MissouriState LarryFitzpatrick,IllinoisState TravisNiekamp,IllinoisState DaveWatson,WesternIllinoisLB-- TimAngsten,IllinoisState JamesMilton,WesternIllinois PercyScott,IllinoisStateDB-- DeJuanAlfonzo,IndianaState KyleBibbs,IndianaState KernardKillingsworth,IllinoisSt. FreddieTaylor,SouthernIllinoisP-- JakeStrader,IllinoisStateRS-- MarquisMosely,IllinoisState

Honorable MentionQB-- KevinGlenn,IllinoisState JeremyHoog,MissouriState DemondTidwell,YoungstownRB-- AdrianBrown,Youngstown EdJosephs,WesternIllinoisWR--EddieBerlin,UNI JamaineBlalock,WesternIllinois JasonCannon,MissouriState JimFarrell,WesternIllinois RickGarrett,IllinoisState ThedoGriffin,WesternIllinois AnthonyWilliams,IndianaStateOL-- MattBeals,UNI JasonKrivis,SouthernIllinois WalterSkeate,SouthernIllinoisDL-- DavidHunter,IndianaState MitchMinick,MissouriState TavitaTovio,SouthernIllinoisLB-- JoeDunn,IndianaState TravisSchipper,UNI GalenScott,IllinoisState MikeStanec,YoungstownStateP-- JeffBaker,WesternIllinois TravisBrawner,MissouriStateRS-- TyreeTalton,UNIOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RBAaronStecker,WesternIllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR DTHarryDeligianis,YoungstownSt.COACH OF THE YEAR RandyBall,WesternIllinois

1998

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- KevinGlenn,IllinoisStateRB-- KarltonCarpenter,S.Illinois AaronStecker,WesternIllinoisTE-- BradSt.Louis,MSUWR--MikeFurrey,UNI RickeyGarrett,IllinoisStateOL-- MattBeals,UNI SteveFarmer,IllinoisState BradMeester,UNI IanShirey,YoungstownState WalterSkeate,SouthernIllinoisPK-- TravisBrawner,MissouriState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DavidBowens,WesternIllinois TroyLefevra,IndianaState ChadPegues,IllinoisState DaveWatson,WesternIllinois

LB-- JamesMilton,WesternIllinois MattPedersen,UNI GalenScott,IllinoisStateDB-- DeJuanAlfonzo,IndianaState DonnieCaldwell,WesternIllinois TyreeTalton,UNI DwyteSmiley,YoungstownSt.P-- JeffBaker,WesternIllinoisRS-- DonnieCaldwell,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- DerekJensen,MissouriStateRB-- AveionCason,IllinoisState MauriceDaniels,MissouriStateTE-- DorrickRoy,UNIWR--EddieBerlin,UNI CornellCraig,SouthernIllinoisOL-- TonyFlint,MissouriState CaseyHonkomp,W.Illinois JimLawhorn,SouthernIllinois EricMartin,IndianaState MikeRodbro,IllinoisStatePK-- JoeLopez,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- FrankEmeterio,MissouriState ShannonJackson,IndianaState ScottMeredith,UNI ErikNelson,UNILB-- EdgertonHartwell,W.Illinois CorkyMartin,MissouriState TonyPryor,IndianaStateDB-- MikeCarter,WesternIllinois IsaacHarvin,MissouriState TerranceMalone,UNI AnthonyPannunzio,YSUP-- JohnAmitrano,SouthernIllinoisRS-- DeJuanAlfonzo,IndianaState

Honorable MentionQB-- RyanHelming,UNI KentSkornia,SouthernIllinois MarkZanders,WesternIllinoisRB-- AdrianBrown,YoungstownState SteveJenkins,UNI MattNelson,IndianaStateTE-- ScottPreusker,IllinoisState RichSeubert,WesternIllinoisWR--JeffHewitt,MissouriStateOL-- BrianBillick,UNI TonyKnutson,IllinoisState FrankRutherford,YSUPK-- MarkGriffith,YoungstownStateDL-- JerryArnold,MissouriState TavitaTovio,SouthernIllinoisLB-- MattGraham,IndianaState BartScott,SouthernIllinois MikeStanec,YoungstownStateDB-- MikeGailey,MissouriState DerrickVarnado,WesternIllinoisP-- JakeStrader,IllinoisStateRS-- TyreeTalton,UNIOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RBKarltonCarpenter,S.IllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBJamesMilton,WesternIllinoisCOACH OF THE YEAR ToddBerry,IllinoisState

1999

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- RyanHelming,UNIRB-- AdrianBrown,YoungstownState CharlesTharp,WesternIllinoisTE-- BradSt.Louis,MissouriStateWR--CornellCraig,SouthernIllinois MikeFurrey,UNIOL-- MattBeals,UNI CaseyHonkomp,WesternIllinois BradMeester,UNI MikeRodbro,IllinoisState IanShirey,YoungstownStatePK-- TravisBrawner,MissouriState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DamianGregory,IllinoisState ShannonJackson,IndianaState TroyLefevra,IndianaState DaveWatson,WesternIllinoisLB-- IanDominelli,YoungstownState EdgertonHartwell,W.Illinois MattPedersen,UNIDB-- DeJuanAlfonzo,IndianaState DwyteSmiley,YoungstownSt. DerrickVarnado,WesternIllinois SamYoung,IllinoisStateP-- AnthonyRozzo,YoungstownSt.RS-- AveionCason,IllinoisState

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- SherardPoteete,SouthernIllinoisRB-- AdamBenge,UNI JasonRingena,MissouriStateTE-- ScottPreusker,IllinoisStateWR--EddieBerlin,UNI RickeyGarrett,IllinoisStateOL-- DanHama,IllinoisState JimLawhorn,SouthernIllinois EricMartin,IndianaState JasonStealy,MissouriState TedWulf,IllinoisStatePK-- JakeStrader,IllinoisState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DevonFinn,IllinoisState FrankKaydo,YoungstownState JackMitchell,UNI TavitaTovio,SouthernIllinoisLB-- TimJohnson,YoungstownState CorkyMartin,MissouriState GalenScott,IllinoisStateDB-- RyanDoak,UNI JeffKilleen,MissouriState JeromePeterson,UNI RyanSzokola,IllinoisStateP-- JakeStrader,IllinoisStateRS-- DeJuanAlfonzo,IndianaState

Honorable MentionQB-- JayRodgers,MissouriState JeffRyan,YoungstownStateRB-- WalterJames,IllinoisState TomKoutsos,SouthernIllinois MattNelson,IndianaState WillieWatts,IllinoisStateTE-- J.R.Niklos,WesternIllinoisWR--ElliottGiles,YoungstownStateOL-- BrandonFrick,SouthernIllinois EricOwens,MissouriState RichSeubert,WesternIllinois

ALL-CONFERENCE

Best of the Best The following players are the only players in conference history to earn first-team all-league honors three times in their careers. Twenty-three players have earned all-conference honors in each of their four years, but Ty Talton of UNI is the only league player to win first-team all-conference honors all four years.

Four-Time First-TeamersDBTyTalton,UNI(1995-96-97-98)

Three-Time First-TeamersOLBusterAshley,WKU(2002-03-04)DEDanBrandenburg,INS(1993-94-95)PKTravisBrawner,MSU(1997-98-99)WRMikeFurrey,UNI(1997-98-99)LBBoomerGrigsby,ILS(2002-03-04)RBWillieHigh,E.Illinois(1993-94-95)DEJohnJurkovic,E.Illinois(1986,88-89)OLFredLayne,W.Illinois(2002-03-04)DBRayMcElroy,E.Illinois(1992-93-94)PKBrianMitchell,UNI(1989-90-91)DLKyleMitchell,INS(2003-04-05)DBAlexisMoreland,SIU(2002-03-04)LBMattPedersen,UNI(1997-98-99)OLChadRinehart,UNI(2005-06-07)TEBradSt.Louis,MSU(1997-98-99)PMikeScifres,WIU(2000-01-02)CBDwyteSmiley,YSU(1997-98-99)DBAdrionSmith,MSU(1991-92-93)DBJeffSmith,IllinoisState(1985-86-87)DBTyTalton,UNI(1995-96-97-98)LBJamesTerry,YSU(2005-06-07)RSCraigTurner,SIU(2005-06-07)WRDedricWard,UNI(1993-94-95)RBDavidWright,INS(1992-93,95)

Four-Time All-League HonoreesOLBusterAshley,WKU(2001-02-03-04)WREddieBerlin,UNI(1997-98-99-00)PBryanClaybourn,WKU(2001-02-03-04)OLStaffordDavis,ILS(2002-03-04-05)DBDreDokes,UNI(2003-04-05-06)LBBoomerGrigsby,ILS(2001-02-03-04)DEShannonJackson,INS(1996-97-98-99)RBTomKoutsos,SIU(1999-00-01-03)OLBradKubik,MSU(1994-95-96-97)LBCorkyMartin,MSU(1997-98-99-00)OLBradMeester,UNI(1996-97-98-99)DLKyleMitchell,INS(2002-03-04-05)RBLerronMoore,WKU(2003-04-05-06)LBLeeRussell,WIU(2000-01-02-03)QBJoelSambursky,SIU(2002-03-04-05)LBGalenScott,ILS(1997-98-99-00)DBFrankSpraggins,WIU(1994-95-96-97)LBChrisStevens,ILS(1992-93-94-95)RBJeffStovall,UNI(1993-94-95-96)PKJakeStrader,ILS(1997-98-99-00)DBTyTalton,UNI(1995-96-97-98)DETavitaTovio,SIU(1997-98-99-00)RBDavidWright,INS(1992-93-94-95)

HONORS


PK-- ScottEverhart,SouthernIllinoisDL-- LuisAlmanzar,MissouriState MattPeterson,UNILB-- MikeBandy,IndianaState ScottCook,IllinoisState KawonzaSwan,YoungstownSt.DB-- MichaelBrooks,IndianaState DavidGunn,UNI BrandonRutledge,UNIP-- TravisBrawner,MissouriStateRS-- AshleeFrazier,WesternIllinoisOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WRCornellCraig,SouthernIllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBEdgertonHartwell,WesternIllinoisCOACH OF THE YEAR ToddBerry,IllinoisState

2000

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- RyanHelming,UNIRB-- TomKoutsos,SouthernIllinois CharlesTharp,WesternIllinoisTE-- J.R.Niklos,WesternIllinoisWR--EddieBerlin,UNI JeffHewitt,MissouriStateOL-- AaronBuss,UNI PatCrummey,YoungstownState DanHama,IllinoisState BradHarms,UNI RichSeubert,WesternIllinoisPK-- JakeStrader,IllinoisState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- LuisAlmanzar,MissouriState DevonFinn,IllinoisState MattMechling,YoungstownSt. TavitaTovio,SouthernIllinoisLB-- EdgertonHartwell,W.Illinois TimJohnson,YoungstownState GalenScott,IllinoisStateDB-- RyanDoak,UNI WillPeterson,WesternIllinois RyanSzokola,IllinoisState SamYoung,IllinoisStateP-- MikeScifres,WesternIllinoisRS-- DavidGunn,UNI

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JeffRyan,YoungstownStateRB-- JasonRingena,MissouriState WillieWatts,IllinoisStateTE-- JustinNofal,UNIWR--JakeSoliday,UNI BobbyStarks,WesternIllinoisOL-- JakeHarriger,MissouriState EricMartin,IndianaState AndyKing,IllinoisState EricOwens,MissouriState ChadSetterstrom,UNIPK-- MackenzieHoambrecker,UNI

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- BryanArchibald,S.Illinois DavidBull,IllinoisState RobertHamre,UNI MarioTurner,MissouriStateLB-- CorkyMartin,MissouriState LeeRussell,WesternIllinois TeddySims,SouthernIllinoisDB-- EdBlizzard,YoungstownState

DavidGunn,UNI BruceHightower,Youngstown ReggieWaddell,WesternIllinoisP-- JakeStrader,IllinoisStateRS-- RyanSzokola,IllinoisState

Honorable MentionQB-- SamClemons,WesternIllinois KevinGlenn,IllinoisStateRB-- MichaelGerrell,UNI WalterJames,IllinoisStateTE-- RyanHannam,UNIWR--VitoGolson,IllinoisStateOL-- JamesBroyles,MissouriState DaveTesniarz,YoungstownSt.PK-- BrianLong,MissouriStateDL-- BrianBroussard,SouthernIllinois MattMitchell,UNI LaMarcusSpillers,S.Illinois MontrialThomas,YoungstownSt.LB-- DietrichLapsley,IndianaState JuniorRobinson,WesternIllinois AdamVogt,UNIDB-- BrentBrowner,UNI DonteKing,MissouriState TerranceMiles,IndianaState DanteStovall,SouthernIllinois DamonWilliams,WesternIllinois BrentWithers,MissouriStateP-- TroyLefever,YoungstownStateRS-- KeithHerron,IndianaStateOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RBCharlesTharp,WesternIllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBEdgertonHartwell,WesternIllinoisCOACH OF THE YEAR DonPatterson,WesternIllinois

2001

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- SamClemons,WesternIllinoisRB-- TomKoutsos,SouthernIllinois P.J.Mays,YoungstownStateTE-- J.R.Niklos,WesternIllinoisWR--FrismanJackson,W.Illinois JakeSoliday,UNIOL-- PatCrummey,YoungstownState JakeHarriger,MissouriState AndyKing,IllinoisState ChrisPrice,WesternKentucky ChadSetterstrom,UNIPK-- MackenzieHoambrecker,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- BryanArchibald,S.Illinois RichardHarris,IndianaState PatrickReynolds,WesternKy. EnochSmith,MissouriStateLB-- SherrodCoates,WesternKy. ErikDandy,WesternKentucky BartScott,SouthernIllinois AdamVogt,UNIDB-- LeVarGreene,YoungstownSt. BruceHightower,YSU JosephJefferson,WesternKy. MelMitchell,WesternKentuckyP-- MikeScifres,WesternIllinoisRS-- JeraldBurley,YoungstownState

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JeffRyan,YoungstownState

RB-- AdamBenge,UNI WillieWatts,IllinoisStateTE-- RyanHannam,UNIWR--VitoGolson,IllinoisState MarkMarcos,MissouriStateOL-- BusterAshley,WesternKy. GabeDunkmann,W.Illinois EricOwens,MissouriState DavidTesniarz,YoungstownSt. DanielWithrow,WesternKy. TeddyWulf,IllinoisStatePK-- PeterMartinez,WesternKy.

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DavidBull,IllinoisState RobertHamre,UNI TerrellMorgan,UNI MikeO’Brien,WesternIllinoisLB-- P.J.Jones,MissouriState LeeRussell,WesternIllinois RussellStuvaints,YSUDB-- BrentBrowner,UNI DaryonBrutley,UNI TerranceMiles,IndianaState KyleMoffatt,WesternKentuckyP-- BrianClaybourn,WesternKy.RS-- JakeSoliday,UNI

Honorable MentionQB-- AustinMoherman,MissouriState DontePimpleton,WesternKy.RB-- DeWayneGallishaw,WKUTE-- MarkSchaeve,IllinoisStateWR--KevinDean,IndianaStateOL-- SidSwartzendruber,IndianaSt. BenDeike,UNI ChadGraefen,SouthernIllinois MikeFritzler,SouthernIllinois JeffBristol,MissouriStatePK-- JakeStewart,YoungstownStateDL-- JonathanFriend,IllinoisState ChadDaun,WesternIllinoisLB-- BoomerGrigsby,IllinoisState ChrisSapp,IndianaState CarlosDallis,UNI JasonMcWilliams,W.Illinois JonDrummond,WesternKy. BobSivik,YoungstownStateDB-- ChrisStimmel,UNI JonPendergrass,S.Illinois DamonWilliams,WesternIllinois AntulioAroche,YoungstownSt.P-- EddiePena,MissouriStateRS-- JosephJefferson,WesternKy.OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RBP.J.Mays,YoungstownStateDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBAdamVogt,UNICOACH OF THE YEAR MarkFarley,UNI

2002

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- RussMichna,WesternIllinoisRB-- MuhammadAbdulqaadir,SIU P.J.Mays,YoungstownStateTE-- R.J.Luke,WesternIllinoisWR--StacyColeman,WesternIllinois MarlusMays,UNIOL-- BusterAshley,WesternKy.

ALL-CONFERENCE

Western Illinois QB Russ Michna is one of three players to earn Offen-sive MVP honors twice (2002, 2003).

MSU’s Brad St. Louis was a three-time all-league pick and has been the long snapper for the NFL’s Bengals.


HONORS

CrockettLadd,MissouriState FredLayne,WesternIllinois ChrisPrice,WesternKentucky ChadSetterstrom,UNIPK-- MackenzieHoambrecker,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- JonathanFriend,IllinoisState RichardHarris,IndianaState MikeO’Brien,WesternIllinois PatrickReynolds,WesternKy.LB-- SherrodCoates,WesternKy. BoomerGrigsby,IllinoisState DietrichLapsley,IndianaState LeeRussell,WesternIllinoisDB-- VictorCampbell,WesternIllinois JeremyChandler,WesternKy. AlexisMoreland,S.Illinois AntonioVeals,WesternKy.P-- MikeScifres,WesternIllinoisRS-- SosoDede,IndianaState

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JulianReese,IndianaStateRB-- AdamBenge,UNI JonFrazier,WesternKentuckyTE-- RyanKing,IndianaStateWR--VitoGolson,IllinoisState MarkMarcos,MissouriStateOL-- EricBowman,IndianaState StaffordDavis,IllinoisState MikeFritzler,SouthernIllinois NickRoberts,YoungstownState DanielWithrow,WesternKy.PK-- JustinLangan,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- BrianCeaser,WesternIllinois GuyMazard,YoungstownState MattMitchell,UNI RayRobinson,IllinoisStateLB-- ErikDandy,WesternKentucky JonathanHarrell,UNI DarrylRobinson,MissouriState JonTekac,YoungstownStateDB-- AnthonyBarone,YoungstownSt. JustinSandy,UNI DarrylWarren,MissouriState TravisWashington,W.IllinoisP-- DerrickFrost,UNIRS-- ReggieGray,WesternIllinois

Honorable MentionQB-- JasonMichael,WesternKy. JoelSambursky,SouthernIllinoisRB-- EddieLinscomb,MissouriState NateSchurman,MissouriState QuincyWashington,IllinoisStateTE-- JohnSchumacher,YoungstownWR--CourtneyAbbott,SouthernIllinois JeraldBurley,YoungstownStateOL-- BrianAkins,SouthernIllinois MarkPhillips,IndianaState JamesRennick,WesternIllinoisPK-- StephenCarroll,IllinoisState PeterMartinez,WesternKy.DL-- RobertHamre,UNI KyleMitchell,IndianaStateLB-- JonDrummond,WesternKy. JasonMcWilliams,W.Illinois CornellMiddlebrook,W.Illinois

DB-- ClythelBranson,IndianaState DennisButler,IllinoisState ColinJohnson,MissouriState JarvisPhillips,UNI RussellStuvaints,YoungstownP-- BrianClaybourn,WesternKy.RS-- JeraldBurley,YoungstownState DennisButler,IllinoisState BenSanderson,UNIOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBRussMichna,WesternIllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBBoomerGrigsby,IllinoisStateCOACH OF THE YEAR DonPatterson,WesternIllinois

2003

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- RussMichna,WesternIllinoisRB-- MuhammadAbdulqaadir,SIU Sha-RonEdwards,IllinoisState TerranceFreeney,UNIFB-- BrandonRobinson,S.IllinoisTE-- RyanKing,IndianaStateWR--CaseyRooney,WesternKy. DwayneSmith,IllinoisStateOL-- BusterAshley,WesternKy. BenDeike,UNI FredLayne,WesternIllinois ElmerMcDaniel,S.Illinois DanielWithrow,WesternKy.PK-- MattLange,WesternKentucky

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- KyleMitchell,IndianaState MattMitchell,UNI MikeO’Brien,WesternIllinois RayRobinson,IllinoisStateLB-- ErikDandy,WesternKentucky BoomerGrigsby,IllinoisState KarlMaslowski,WesternKy. LeeRussell,WesternIllinoisDB-- JeremyChandler,WesternKy. AlexisMoreland,S.Illinois JustinSandy,UNI BennySapp,UNIP-- BrianClaybourn,WesternKy.RS-- AntonioVeals,WesternKy.

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JoelSambursky,S.IllinoisRB-- TravisGlasford,WesternIllinois TomKoutsos,SouthernIllinoisFB-- NateSchurman,MissouriStateTE-- MikeRoberts,YoungstownStateWR--EddieGalles,UNI ReggieGray,WesternIllinoisOL-- JoshDavis,YoungstownState StaffordDavis,IllinoisState BradDurham,MissouriState AnthonyOakley,WesternKy. WesProctor,SouthernIllinoisPK-- StephenCarroll,IllinoisState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- BillyBeard,SouthernIllinois ChadKincaid,WesternKentucky JonKowalyshen,W.Illinois SteveWatson,MissouriStateLB-- PhilArcher,WesternIllinois

JonathanHarrell,UNI CharlesThompson,WesternKy. RoyalWhitaker,SouthernIllinoisDB-- MikeBracken,YoungstownState VincesonCampbell,W.Illinois DreDokes,UNI AndrewPappocia,IllinoisState TravisWashington,W.IllinoisP-- RyanHoffman,IllinoisStateRS-- JamesNorris,WesternIllinois

Honorable MentionQB-- TomPetrie,UNIRB-- LerronMoore,WesternKentuckyFB-- MikeLarson,IllinoisStateWR--MarlusMays,UNI BrentLittle,SouthernIllinois StevenRush,MissouriState TerrenceHall,WesternIllinois ShannonHayes,WesternKy.TE-- MattBeste,IndianaState AndyThorn,UNIOL-- JeremyMelville,IllinoisState MikeStegeman,IllinoisState StuartWilliams,IndianaState JonZweygardt,MissouriState WillSanders,YoungstownStatePK-- JustinLangan,WesternIllinois NickTerracina,YoungstownStateDL-- LintonBrown,SouthernIllinois JoeTaylor,MissouriState ChadDaun,WesternIllinoisLB-- GeneGilot,IllinoisStateDB-- FrankJohnson,SouthernIllinois TorreEndsley,MissouriState CarlBirts,WesternKentucky WaymannPeters,YoungstownSt.P-- PatJordan,IndianaStateOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBRussMichna,WesternIllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBBoomerGrigsby,IllinoisStateCOACH OF THE YEAR JerryKill,SouthernIllinois

2004

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JoelSambursky,S.IllinoisRB-- TerranceFreeney,UNI TravisGlasford,WesternIllinoisFB-- DemetriusIson,YoungstownSt.TE-- MikeRoberts,YoungstownStateWR--StevenRush,MissouriState BrentLittle,SouthernIllinoisOL-- BusterAshley,WesternKy. StaffordDavis,IllinoisState FredLayne,WesternIllinois ElmerMcDaniel,S.Illinois LukeStigler,UNIPK-- JonScifres,MissouriState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- RyanArnold,UNI LintonBrown,SouthernIllinois KyleMitchell,IndianaState SteveWatson,MissouriStateLB-- BoomerGrigsby,IllinoisState CharlesThompson,WesternKy. Deonte’Smith,WesternKy.

ALL-CONFERENCE

Western Illinois RB Aaron Stecker helped the Leathernecks to back-to-back NCAA berths in 1997 and 1998.

In 2002, SIU’s Muhammad Abdulqaadir reached 1,000 rush yards faster than any other in league history -- 5 games.

HONORS


RoyalWhitaker,SouthernIllinoisDB-- DarrenBarnett,MissouriState MikeBracken,YoungstownState DreDokes,UNI AntonioThomas,WesternKy.P-- BrianClaybourn,WesternKy.RS-- JamesNorris,WesternIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JustinHaddix,WesternKy.RB-- BrandonJacobs,S.Illinois LerronMoore,WesternKentucky ArkeeWhitlock,SouthernIllinoisFB-- PrestonPortee,MissouriStateTE-- ChrisKupec,SouthernIllinoisWR--JustinSurrency,UNI SamLogan,IndianaStateOL-- BrianAkins,SouthernIllinois BradDurham,MissouriState FredFreitag,IndianaState ErikLosey,WesternKentucky MattMiller,SouthernIllinoisPK-- CraigCoffin,SouthernIllinois

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- BillyBeard,SouthernIllinois JoshChrestman,IllinoisState JeffJones,SouthernIllinois JoeWoolridge,WesternKy.LB-- Orlando“Doc”Gooden,INS WyattGreen,WesternIllinois BrettKoebcke,UNI JeremiahWright,YoungstownSt.DB-- JamarquisJordan,S.Illinois FrankJohnson,SouthernIllinois JovonLewis,MissouriState MichaelWoods,WesternIllinoisP-- RyanHoffman,IllinoisStateRS-- StevenRush,MissouriState

Honorable MentionQB-- YanceVaughan,IllinoisState PhillipJohnson,IndianaStateRB-- CodyPratt,MissouriStateFB-- MikeLarson,IllinoisState ReggieBrown,UNIWR--ReggieGray,WesternIllinois JamesNorris,WesternIllinois KyleSmith,YoungstownStateTE-- AndyThorn,UNI MattBuchholz,MissouriStateOL-- JeremyMelville,IllinoisState TravisBrown,MissouriState RyanThomas,WesternKentuckyPK-- KyleHooper,IndianaState JustinLangan,WesternIllinoisDL-- AndrewFranklin,SouthernIllinois PatRyan,WesternIllinois BrandonBrown,YoungstownSt.LB-- LaDrelleBryant,IndianaState BrandonSmith,WesternKy.DB-- YemiAkisanya,SouthernIllinois BrandonBruner,SouthernIllinois TorreEndsley,MissouriState MarionRumph,WesternKy. JasonPerry,YoungstownStateP-- CoryHenke,UNI JonScifres,MissouriStateRS-- DennisMitchell,WesternKy.

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBJoelSambursky,SouthernIllinoisDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBBoomerGrigsby,IllinoisStateCOACH OF THE YEAR JerryKill,SouthernIllinois

2005

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JoelSambursky,S.IllinoisRB-- LerronMoore,WesternKentucky ArkeeWhitlock,SouthernIllinoisFB-- DemetriusIson,YoungstownSt.TE-- JamiePetrowski,IndianaStateWR--SamLogan,IndianaState LauréntRobinson,IllinoisStateOL-- StaffordDavis,IllinoisState RyanJewell,YoungstownState WillJustice,SouthernIllinois ChadRinehart,UNIPK-- ChrisJames,WesternKentucky

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- LintonBrown,SouthernIllinois BrentHawkins,IllinoisState JohnHermann,UNI KyleMitchell,IndianaState JustinScholes,YoungstownStateLB-- DarinHeideman,UNI CameronSiskowic,IllinoisState JamesTerry,YoungstownState RoyalWhitaker,SouthernIllinoisDB-- CoderaJackson,YoungstownSt. JamarquisJordan,S.Illinois MarionRumph,WesternKentucky AntonioThomas,WesternKy.P-- RyanHoffman,IllinoisStateRS-- CraigTurner,SouthernIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- EricSanders,UNIRB-- TravisGlasford,WesternIllinois MarcusMason,YoungstownStateFB-- J.T.Wise,SouthernIllinoisTE-- ChrisKupec,SouthernIllinoisWR--ReggieGray,WesternIllinois BrentLittle,SouthernIllinois MichaelSparks,MissouriStateOL-- JaredGreen,SouthernIllinois MikeStegeman,IllinoisState MikeThorpe,IndianaState ChadWalker,WesternIllinois JustinWilliamson,MissouriStatePK-- JonScifres,MissouriState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- BrandonBrown,YoungstownState PianaLukabu,WesternIllinois DanielWilliams,WesternKentucky LionelWilliams,SouthernIllinoisLB-- Orlando“Doc”Gooden,INS WyattGreen,WesternIllinois DeionHolts,WesternKentucky BrettKoebcke,UNIDB-- DreDokes,UNI FrankJohnson,SouthernIllinois JasonPerry,YoungstownState TannerVarner,UNIP-- JoeBishop,YoungstownStateRS-- DennisMitchell,WesternKentucky

Honorable MentionQB-- BlayneBaggett,IndianaState LukeDrone,IllinoisState JustinHaddix,WesternKentucky SteveLaFalce,WesternIllinoisRB-- LeeBaker,MissouriState AndreForte,IndianaStateWR--KellenAllen,SouthernIllinois KyleSmith,YoungstownState MarcoThomas,WesternIllinoisTE-- BrianCutright,UNI JonathanDenley,IllinoisStateOL-- JohnBartos,YoungstownState SteveKohenskey,MissouriState JoeLobdell,UNI GregRyan,WesternKentuckyPK-- KyleHooper,IndianaStateDL-- DeyontaeBatiste,MissouriState MarkPhillip,SouthernIllinois CharliePhillips,WesternKentuckyLB-- MikeAndrews,YoungstownState PhillipDoyle,SouthernIllinoisDB-- JamesTemple,IllinoisState MilanWoodard,WesternIllinoisP-- AdamKos,UNIRS-- JamieGoodwin,UNIOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WRLauréntRobinson,IllinoisStateDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR DEBrentHawkins,IllinoisStateCOACH OF THE YEAR JonHeacock,YoungstownState

2006

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- LukeDrone,IllinoisStateRB-- MarcusMason,YoungstownState ArkeeWhitlock,SouthernIllinoisFB-- J.T.Wise,SouthernIllinoisTE-- BradenJones,SouthernIllinoisWR--CurtisHamilton,WesternKy. MarcoThomas,WesternIllinoisOL-- RyanJewell,YoungstownState WillJustice,SouthernIllinois ChadRinehart,UNI PatrickWalker,YoungstownState IsaiahWiggins,IllinoisStatePK-- BrianWingert,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- JustinMartindale,IllinoisState JimPhelan,YoungstownState MychalSavage,YoungstownState LorenzoWims,SouthernIllinoisLB-- MartyHutchinson,YoungstownSt. CameronSiskowic,IllinoisState KyeStewart,IllinoisState JamesTerry,YoungstownStateDB-- DreDokes,UNI CoderaJackson,YoungstownSt. JasonPerry,YoungstownState MarionRumph,WesternKentuckyP-- JoeBishop,YoungstownStateRS-- CraigTurner,SouthernIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- EricSanders,UNIRB-- HerbDonaldson,WesternIllinois PierreRembert,IllinoisState

ALL-CONFERENCE

RB Lerron Moore was a four-time all-conference honoree for the Hilltoppers from 2003-06.

Illinois State’s Cameron Siskowic earned the league’s top defensive honor in 2006.


HONORS

FB-- DaveMordis,IllinoisStateTE-- DerrickBush,YoungstownStateWR--PierreJackson,IllinoisState LauréntRobinson,IllinoisStateOL-- JoeLobdell,UNI BradSamsa,YoungstownState FredStaugh,IndianaState ChrisSullivan,WesternKentucky ChadWalker,WesternIllinoisPK-- CraigCoffin,SouthernIllinois

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DustyBear,WesternKentucky MarkHuygens,UNI JordanLacy,UNI ChrisWash,MissouriStateLB-- JeromeBennett,WesternIllinois BlakeBoyd,WesternKentucky MicahKing,SouthernIllinois AndreLewis,WesternKentuckyDB-- BrandonBruner,SouthernIllinois Fu’adKhaleel,WesternIllinois TomNelson,IllinoisState ChrisParsons,UNIP-- NathanStokes,MissouriStateRS-- EricDavis,MissouriState

Honorable MentionQB-- JustinHaddix,WesternKentucky TomZetts,YoungstownStateRB-- LerronMoore,WesternKentuckyWR--CarlBerman,IndianaState JohnnyGray,UNI JamesLindgren,UNI SamLogan,IndianaState T.J.Peterson,YoungstownState CarlSims,WesternIllinoisTE-- PayneHall,MissouriStateOL-- JaniahDowning,IllinoisState AaronLockwood,SouthernIllinois DarrenMarquez,SouthernIllinois JustinWilliamson,MissouriStatePK-- ChrisJames,WesternKentuckyDL-- DarronBoone,WesternIllinoisLB-- DerrickByrd,MissouriState NiallCampbell,IllinoisState BrannonCarter,UNI AndyJones,IndianaState BrandinJordan,SouthernIllinois JeffKoval,YoungstownState JasonWilliams,WesternIllinoisDB-- ScooterArchie,IndianaState JamesTemple,IllinoisStateRS-- JohnnyGray,UNI DennisMitchell,WesternKy.OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR RBMarcusMason,YoungstownSt.DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBCameronSiskowic,IllinoisStateCOACH OF THE YEAR JonHeacock,YoungstownState

2007

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- NickHill,SouthernIllinois EricSanders,UNIRB-- HerbDonaldson,WesternIllinois CoreyLewis,UNIFB-- JavidMilton,WesternIllinois

TE-- ClayHarbor,MissouriStateWR--JohnnyGray,UNI FerlandoWilliams,YoungstownSt.OL-- BarretAnderson,UNI BrandonKeith,UNI DarrenMarquez,SouthernIllinois ChadRinehart,UNI BradSamsa,YoungstownState IsaiahWiggins,IllinoisStatePK-- TaylorRowan,WesternIllinois

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- JamesCloud,SouthernIllinois JoshGalloway,WesternIllinois JamesRuffin,UNI MychalSavage,YoungstownSt.LB-- BrannonCarter,UNI KyeStewart,IllinoisState JamesTerry,YoungstownState JasonWilliams,WesternIllinoisDB-- JesseCaesar,IllinoisState ClaytonJohnson,SouthernIllinois PatrickStoudamire,W.Illinois CliffordWaters,UNIP-- ScottRavanesi,SouthernIllinoisRS-- CraigTurner,SouthernIllinois

SECOND TEAM OFFENSEQB-- TomZetts,YoungstownStateRB-- JohnRandle,SouthernIllinois RafaelRice,IllinoisStateFB-- RickBurgess,SouthernIllinoisTE-- DerrickBush,YoungstownStateWR--JustinAllen,SouthernIllinois JasonHorton,IllinoisStateOL-- DavidArkin,MissouriState EricHoffman,UNI AaronLockwood,SouthernIllinois DrewSweeney,WesternIllinois JoshTanner,YoungstownStatePK-- BrianPalmer,YoungstownState

SECOND TEAM DEFENSEDL-- MylesBanford,YoungstownState MarkHuygens,UNI LarryLuster,SouthernIllinois VictorVisoky,WesternIllinoisLB-- ShondaFaulkner,IndianaState De’VeonHarris,UNI BrandinJordan,SouthernIllinois ChaunceyMixon,SouthernIllinoisDB-- VinceGliatta,YoungstownState RobertHodges,WesternIllinois DarrellLloyd,UNI TomNelson,IllinoisStateP-- NathanStokes,MissouriStateRS-- JohnnyGray,UNI

Honorable MentionQB-- LukeDrone,IllinoisStateRB-- GenoBlow,IllinoisState GeraldDavis,MissouriStateFB-- RyanMahaffey,UNIWR--CarlSims,WesternIllinois AlanTurner,SouthernIllinoisTE-- RyanKernes,SouthernIllinoisOL-- JackByrne,IndianaState ZachOdle,IndianaState ShawnSmith,SouthernIllinoisPK-- NathanStokes,MissouriStateDL-- JordanLacy,UNI

TorranceNicholson,YoungstownLB-- JeromeBennett,WesternIllinois TravisCherry,WesternIllinois BillHronec,IllinoisState TrevorMoe,SouthernIllinoisDB-- MarcusColbert,MissouriState AdamRoberts,UNI JeremiahWright,YoungstownSt. RogerWright,MissouriStateRS-- JasonHorton,IllinoisStateP-- ChrisJohansen,IndianaState BenNowicki,YoungstownStateOFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR QBEricSanders,UNIDEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR LBBrannonCarter,UNICOACH OF THE YEAR MarkFarley,UNI

ALL-CONFERENCE

Mark Farley of UNI earned the league’s top honor as a player (1985) and as a coach (2001 & 2007).

Kurt Warner, a UNI grad, was a three-time Pro Bowl selection with the St. Louis Rams from 2000-02.

HONORS


ReggieBrown,UNI(04-HM)RickBurgess,SouthernIllinois(07-2nd)KarltonCarpenter,SouthernIllinois(98-1st)AveionCason,IllinoisState(98-2nd)MartyCasper,IllinoisState(86-HM)PhillipCollins,MissouriState(89-1st)TankCorner,UNI(92-2nd)MichaelCosey,MissouriState(96-1st)MikeCox,WesternIllinois(90-2nd)MauriceDaniels,MSU(98-2nd)(97-2nd)GeraldDavis,MissouriState(07-HM)TobyDavis,ILS(92-1st)(91-2nd)(90-HM)DeeDebro,MissouriState(94-HM)HerbDonaldson,WIU(06-2nd)(07-1st)Sha-RonEdwards,IllinoisState(03-1st)AndreForte,IndianaState(05-HM)DerrickFranklin,IndianaSt.(91-1st)(90-1st)JonFrazier,WesternKentucky(02-2nd)TerranceFreeney,UNI(04-1st)(03-1st)DeWayneGallishaw,WesternKy.(01-HM)MichaelGerrell,UNI(00-HM)TonyGilbert,MissouriSt.(89-1st)(86-2nd)TravisGlasford,WIU(05-2nd)(04-1st)(03-2nd)KeithGoodnight,IllinoisState(95-2nd)BrettGrimshaw,W.Illinois(88-2nd)(87-2nd)ChuckHarmke,SouthernIllinois(88-2nd)KevinHart,WesternIllinois(91-2nd)ChrisHicks,EasternIllinois(95-HM)WillieHigh,EIU(95-1st)(94-1st)(93-1st)HaleHitchcock,MissouriState(91-HM)TerryHollimon,UNI(97-2nd)BernardHolloway,WesternIllinois(90-HM)DemetriusIson,YSU(05-1st)(04-1st)BrandonJacobs,SouthernIllinois(04-2nd)WalterJames,IllinoisSt.(00-HM)(99-HM)EricJenkins,MissouriState(90-1st)SteveJenkins,UNI(98-HM)JamieJones,EIU(91-1st)(90-2nd)(89-2nd)EdJosephs,WesternIllinois(97-HM)YonelJourdain,S.Illinois(92-HM)(91-2nd)MelKirksy,SouthernIllinois(86-1st)BrianKnuckles,W.Illinois(96-2nd)(95-HM)TomKoutsos,SIU(03-2nd)(01,00-1st)(99-HM)MikeLarson,IllinoisSt.(04-HM)(03-HM)CoreyLewis,UNI(07-1st)EddieLinscomb,MissouriState(02-HM)CharlesLister,UNI(91-HM)RodneyMcConico,MissouriState(88-HM)KendallMcDonald,WesternIllinois(94-1st)RyanMahaffey,UNI(07-HM)JamesMarable,EasternIllinois(86-2nd)MarcusMason,YSU(06-1st)(05-2nd)P.J.Mays,YoungstownSt.(02-1st)(01-1st)JavidMilton,WesternIllinois(07-1st)ByronMitchell,S.Illinois(87-2nd)(85-1st)LerronMoore,WKU(06,03-HM)(05-1st)(04-2nd)DaveMordis,IllinoisState(06-2nd)MattNelson,IndianaSt.(99-HM)(98-HM)DavidNicol,IndianaState(92-HM)VicNorthern,IllinoisState(90-HM)(88-1st)ErrolPeebles,UNI(88-HM)AnthonyPegues,MSU(93-HM)(92-HM)(91-HM)

AnthonyPerry,S.Illinois(92-2nd)(91-HM)DuWaynePitts,E.Illinois(87-1st)(85-2nd)PrestonPortee,MissouriState(04-2nd)CodyPratt,MissouriState(04-HM)JohnRandle,SouthernIllinois(07-2nd)PierreRembert,IllinoisState(06-2nd)RafaelRice,IllinoisState(07-2nd)JasonRingena,MSU(00-2nd)(99-2nd)BrandonRobinson,S.Illinois(03-1st)NateSchurman,MSU(03-2nd)(02-HM)CameronSmith,IllinoisState(93-2nd)AaronStecker,W.Illinois(98-1st)(97-1st)JeffStovall,UNI(96,95,94,93-2nd)CharlesTharp,W.Illinois(00-1st)(99-1st)RitchieThompson,IllinoisState(89-HM)ToriVactor,IndianaState(88-1st)WillieWatts,ILS(01-2nd)(00-2nd)(99-HM)QuincyWashington,IllinoisState(02-HM)RonWestmoreland,IllinoisState(87-2nd)JonahWhite,MissouriState(92-HM)ArkeeWhitlock,SIU(06-1st)(05-1st)(04-2nd)KeithWilliams,MissouriState(85-1st)J.T.Wise,SouthernIllinois(06-1st)(05-2nd)BenWolfe,IndianaState(96-HM)DavidWright,INS(95-1st)(94-2nd)(93,92-1st)ShawnYoung,IndianaState(89-2nd)

Tight EndsTimAchterberg,IllinoisSt.(95-2nd)(94-HM)DougAmaya,SouthernIllinois(91-2nd)ChadAmes,IndianaState(97-2nd)BrianBaker,UNI(86-1st)MattBeste,IndianaState(03-HM)TomBragg,WesternIllinois(87-2nd)BrianBrown,IllinoisSt.(92-2nd)(91-2nd)MattBuchholz,MissouriState(04-HM)DerrickBush,YSU(06-2nd)(07-2nd)BrianCutright,UNI(05-HM)JonathanDenley,IllinoisState(05-HM)LarryGauer,IndianaState(94-HM)PayneHall,MissouriState(06-HM)RyanHannam,UNI(01-2nd)(00-HM)ClayHarbor,MissouriState(07-1st)MattHarken,UNI(95-HM)(94-1st)(93-1st)YogiHenderson,SouthernIllinois(90-HM)SherrodHoward,UNI(88-1st)(87-1st)BradenJones,SouthernIllinois(06-1st)DamonJones,SIU(96-1st)(95-1st)(94-2nd)KenKelly,MissouriState(90-1st)RyanKernes,SouthernIllinois(07-HM)RyanKing,IndianaState(03-1st)(02-2nd)ChrisKupec,S.Illinois(05-2nd)(04-2nd)R.J.Luke,WesternIllinois(02-1st)TimMoore,E.Illinois(91-2nd)(89-2nd)J.R.Niklos,W.Illinois(01-1st)(00-1st)(99-HM)JustinNofal,UNI(00-2nd)ChrisNuss,UNI(92-1st)(91-1st)(90-2nd)JamiePetrowski,IndianaState(05-1st)BrucePhipps,SouthernIllinois(86-2nd)RodneyPorter,INS(89-1st)(88-2nd)(87-2nd)ScottPreusker,IllinoisSt.(99-2nd)(98-HM)MikeRoberts,YSU(04-1st)(03-2nd)CharlieRoche,EasternIllinois(95-HM)

ALL-CONFERENCE, by position

QuarterbacksEricArnold,EasternIllinois(89-2nd)BlayneBaggett,IndianaState(05-HM)DannyBarnett,IllinoisState(93-2nd)SteveBeard,UNI(96-1st)ChrisBerg,UNI(95-1st)PaulCarney,MissouriState(91-HM)SamClemons,W.Illinois(01-1st)(00-HM)BrianDowney,SouthernIllinois(91-HM)LukeDrone,ILS(06-1st)(05-HM)(07-HM)ShaneFortney,UNI(97-2nd)ScottGabbert,SouthernIllinois(92-HM)KevinGlenn,ILS(00-HM)(98-1st)(97-HM)JustinHaddix,WKU(06-HM)(05-HM)(04-2nd)JeffHecklinski,WIU(97-1st)(96-2nd)(95-HM)RyanHelming,UNI(00-1st)(99-1st)(98-HM)KipHennelly,IndianaState(93-HM)NickHill,SouthernIllinois(07-1st)JeremyHoog,MSU(97-HM)(96-HM)DerekJensen,MissouriState(98-2nd)JayJohnson,UNI(92-2nd)(91-1st)(90-2nd)PhillipJohnson,IndianaState(04-HM)SteveLaFalce,WesternIllinois(05-HM)PeteMauch,E.Illinois(95-2nd)(94-HM)JasonMichael,WesternKentucky(02-HM)RussMichna,W.Illinois(03-1st)(02-1st)AustinMoherman,MissouriState(01-HM)BrettO’Donnell,UNI(94-2nd)SeanPayton,E.Illinois(86-1st)(85-1st)TomPetrie,UNI(03-HM)DontePimpleton,WesternKy.(01-HM)SherardPoteete,SouthernIllinois(99-2nd)JulianReese,IndianaState(02-1st)JayRodgers,MissouriState(99-HM)JeffRyan,YSU(01-2nd)(00-2nd)(99-HM)RobSt.Sauver,WesternIllinois(94-1st)JohnSahm,IndianaState(88-2nd)JoelSambursky,SIU(05,04-1st)(03-2nd)(02-HM)EricSanders,UNI(06-2nd)(05-2nd)(07-1st)DonnySimmons,WesternIllinois(92-1st)PaulSinger,W.Illinois(88-1st)(87-2nd)KentSkornia,SouthernIllinois(98-HM)DeAndreSmith,MSU(90-1st)(89-1st)MikeSmith,UNI(87-1st)(86-2nd)(85-2nd)JohnStites,IndianaState(90-HM)JeffThorne,E.Illinois(92-HM)(91-2nd)DemondTidwell,Youngstown(97-HM)YanceVaughan,IllinoisState(04-HM)KurtWarner,UNI(93-1st)AdrianWilson,IllinoisState(91-HM)MarkZanders,WesternIllinois(98-HM)TomZetts,YSU(06-HM)(07-2nd)

Runningbacks / FullbacksMuhammadAbdulqaadir,SIU(03,02-1st)JakeAndreadis,YoungstownState(97-1st)LeeBaker,MissouriState(05-HM)AdamBenge,UNI(02-2nd)(01-2nd)(99-2nd)GenoBlow,IllinoisState(07-HM)CoeBonner,SouthernIllinois(96-1st)CarlBoyd,UNI(87-1st)(86-1st)(85-2nd)AdrianBrown,YSU(99-1st)(98-HM)(97-HM)

The next three pages are a list of all-conference honorees, alphabetically, by position. The numbers in parenthe-ses indicate what year a player earned all-conference honors and to which team that player was selected.

Jay Johnson earned all-league hon-ors three-straight years and led UNI to playoff berths in 1990-91-92.

Before joining the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars, Brad Meester was a four-time all-league pick at UNI (1996-99).


HONORS

DorrickRoy,UNI(98-2nd)BradSt.Louis,MSU(99-1st)(98-1st)(97-1st)MarkSchaeve,IllinoisState(01-HM)JohnSchumacher,YSU(02-HM)RichSeubert,WesternIllinois(98-HM)LincolnSharar,UNI(96-2nd)DaveSmith,S.Illinois(96-HM)(93-HM)AndyThorn,UNI(04-HM)(03-HM)GunnardTwyner,WIU(93-2nd)-see WR

Wide ReceiversCourtneyAbbott,SouthernIllinois(02-HM)JustinAllen,SouthernIllinois(07-2nd)KellenAllen,SouthernIllinois(05-HM)WesAnderson,UNI(88-HM)(87-2nd)LaVanceBanks,SouthernIllinois(93-HM)RoyBanks,E.Illinois(86-1st)(85-1st)DonBeebe,WesternIllinois(87-1st)EddieBerlin,UNI(00-1st)(99,98-2nd)(97-HM)CarlBerman,IndianaState(06-HM)JamaineBlalock,WesternIllinois(97-HM)MikeBorich,WesternIllinois(88-2nd)FabienBownes,WesternIllinois(94-HM)AlbertBrown,WesternIllinois(86-2nd)JeraldBurley,YSU(02-HM)-see RSChuckCalhoun,MissouriState(93-2nd)GaryCannon,IndianaState(87-1st)JasonCannon,MSU(97-HM)(96-2nd)(95-2nd)AlonzoClayton,UNI(97-2nd)(96-1st)StaceyColeman,WesternIllinois(02-1st)JasonCook,EasternIllinois(89-HM)CornellCraig,SIU(99-1st)(98-2nd)(97-2nd)KevinDean,IndianaState(01-HM)SteveDecker,WesternIllinois(92-2nd)LarryDickinson,IllinoisState(90-2nd)KevinDixson,IllinoisSt.(94-2nd)(93-2nd)DemetriusDowler,INS(92-HM)(91-HM)LanceEarl,WesternIllinois(91-HM)SteveElmlinger,IndianaState(88-1st)JimFarrell,WesternIllinois(97-HM)RoryFedderson,UNI(90-HM)ReggieFowler,SIU(96-2nd)(94-HM)ScottFrancke,UNI(86-2nd)(85-2nd)MikeFurrey,UNI(99-1st)(98-1st)(97-1st)EddieGalles,UNI(03-2nd)BillyGarrett,IllinoisState(87-2nd)RickeyGarrett,ILS(99-2nd)(98-1st)(97-HM)ElliottGiles,YoungstownState(99-HM)KevinGlenn,IllinoisState(93-HM)VitoGolson,ILS(02-2nd)(01-2nd)(00-HM)JohnnyGray,UNI(06-HM)(07-1st)- see RSReggieGray,WIU(05-2nd)(04-HM)(03-2nd)ThedoGriffin,WesternIllinois(97-HM)TerrenceHall,WesternIllinois(03-HM)CurtisHamilton,WesternKy.(06-1st)ShannonHayes,WesternKy.(03-HM)JeffHewitt,MissouriState(00-1st)(98-HM)JasonHorton,IllinoisState(07-2nd)KenHuddleston,WesternIllinois(85-2nd)FrismanJackson,WesternIllinois(01-1st)JarrettJackson,IllinoisState(95-HM)PierreJackson,IllinoisState(06-2nd)GregJensik,E.Illinois(94-2nd)(93-HM)

DemerisJohnson,WesternIllinois(92-1st)JakeKothe,UNI(94-HM)JamesLindgren,UNI(06-HM)BrentLittle,SIU(05-2nd)(04-1st)(03-HM)SamLogan,INS(06-HM)(05-1st)(04-2nd)MarkMarcos,MissouriSt.(02-2nd)(01-2nd)MarlusMays,UNI(03-HM)(02-1st)BillMiller,IllinoisState(89-2nd)(88-HM)ClarenceMiller,IllinoisState(91-2nd)JonMoffitt,WesternIllinois(96-HM)MarquisMosely,IllinoisState(97-1st)TimMosley,UNI(93-1st)JamesNorris,WesternIllinois(04-HM)T.J.Peterson,YoungstownState(06-HM)PhilPerkins,MissouriState(95-HM)CalvinPierce,E.Illinois(86-1st)(85-1st)MiloPopovic,UNI(89-1st)KyleRobinson,IllinoisSt.(95-2nd)(94-HM)LauréntRobinson,ILS(06-2nd)(05-1st)JustinRoebuck,SIU(92-2nd)(91-2nd)CaseyRooney,WesternKentucky(03-1st)JohnRoots,SouthernIllinois(90-1st)SteveRoss,WesternIllinois(92-HM)MikeRummell,EasternIllinois(92-HM)StevenRush,MSU(04-1st)(03-HM)- see RSChrisSabino,WesternIllinois(95-HM)KennyShedd,UNI(92-1st)(91-1st)(90-2nd)CarlSims,WesternIllinois(06-HM)(07-HM)DwayneSmith,IllinoisState(03-1st)KyleSmith,YSU(05-HM)(04-HM)JakeSoliday,UNI(01-1st)(00-2nd)MichaelSparks,MissouriState(05-2nd)BobbyStarks,WesternIllinois(00-2nd)RalphStewart,E.Illinois(88-2nd)(87-1st)JustinSurrency,UNI(04-2nd)BillySwain,SouthernIllinois(93-1st)CharlesSwann,INS(91-1st)(90-1st)MarcoThomas,W.Illinois(06-1st)(05-HM)B.J.Torbert,MissouriState(85-2nd)AlanTurner,SouthernIllinois(07-HM)TimTurner,IllinoisState(86-HM)GunnardTwyner,WIU(95-1st)(94-1st)-see TEDedricWard,UNI(96-1st)(95-1st)(94-1st)FerlandoWilliams,YoungstownSt.(07-1st)AnthonyWilliams,IndianaState(97-HM)SteveWilliams,W.Illinois(89-1st)(88-1st)DaveWilson,IllinoisState(85-1st)WesleyYates,SouthernIllinois(89-2nd)

Offensive LinemenBrianAkins,S.Illinois(04-2nd)(02-HM)BarretAnderson,UNI(07-1st)ChrisAnderson,EasternIllinois(95-1st)DavidArkin,MissouriState(07-2nd)BusterAshley,WKU(04,03,02-1st)(01-2nd)MarkBanbury,SouthernIllinois(86-2nd)JohnBartos,YoungstownState(05-HM)TomBaugh,SouthernIllinois(85-2nd)KipBeach,IndianaState(90-2nd)BillBealles,UNI(85-2nd)MattBeals,UNI(99-1st)(98-1st)(97-HM)MikeBeneturski,IllinoisState(85-1st)ElbertBetts,IllinoisState(92-2nd)

BrianBillick,UNI(98-HM)JohnBinkowski,WIU(90-1st)(89-HM)KeithBlue,W.Illinois(87-1st)(86-1st)JohnBock,IndianaState(93-HM)GregBolda,MissouriState(89-1st)SteveBonnes,EasternIllinois(86-2nd)SethBonnette,UNI(90-2nd)KevinBor,MissouriState(85-1st)MarkBotkin,UNI(88-2nd)DanBower,UNI(95-1st)(94-1st)EricBowman,IndianaState(02-2nd)JeffBristol,MissouriState(01-HM)TravisBrown,MissouriState(04-HM)JamesBroyles,MissouriState(00-HM)AaronBuss,UNI(00-1st)JackByrne,IndianaState(07-HM)MarkCaballero,UNI(85-2nd)CharlesCalhoun,ILS(87-2nd)(86-HM)BrianCallahan,EasternIllinois(91-HM)DavidCampbell,UNI(89-2nd)MarkChristensen,MSU(89-1st)(88-1st)(87-2nd)ChrisClapp,UNI(97-2nd)(96-2nd)DaveConnell,IllinoisState(94-2nd)DuaneConway,EasternIllinois(93-HM)LouisCox,UNI(87-1st)(86-HM)GeorgeCrouch,UNI(88-2nd)PatCrummey,YSU(01-1st)(00-1st)JoshDavis,YoungstownState(03-2nd)StaffordDavis,ILS(05,04-1st)(03,02-2nd)BenDeike,UNI(03-1st)(01-HM)EricDelaere,IllinoisState(96-HM)SteveDhaemers,UNI(91-1st)JohnDouglass,MissouriState(89-2nd)DavidDow,MissouriState(93-2nd)JaniahDowning,IllinoisState(06-HM)GabeDunkmann,WesternIllinois(01-2nd)BradDurham,MSU(04-2nd)(03-2nd)BobDyment,WesternIllinois(96-HM)BrianEddy,MSU(89-1st)(88-2nd)PeteEndre,IndianaState(87-1st)SteveFarmer,IllinoisState(98-1st)BradFichtel,EIU(92-1st)(91-HM)(90-2nd)BrentFischer,EasternIllinois(89-1st)GeorgeFitzsimmons,IndianaSt.(91-2nd)TonyFlint,MissouriState(98-2nd)MikeFontana,UNI(90-1st)MarkFrancis,S.Illinois(91-1st)(90-HM)FredFreitag,IndianaState(04-2nd)BrandonFrick,SouthernIllinois(99-HM)MikeFritzler,S.Illinois(02-2nd)(01-HM)DougGardner,MissouriSt.(88-1st)(87-2nd)TimGiebels,IndianaState(93-1st)JeffGill,SouthernIllinois(94-1st)TimGleason,EasternIllinois(91-1st)ChadGraefen,SouthernIllinois(01-HM)JaredGreen,SouthernIllinois(05-2nd)JasonGrott,W.Illinois(97-2nd)(96-2nd)BrentHaar,IllinoisState(92-HM)DanHackman,IllinoisSt.(89-2nd)(88-HM)LukeHake,MSU(95-1st)(94-2nd)(93-2nd)DanHama,IllinoisState(00-1st)(99-2nd)JimHansen,WesternIllinois(92-1st)MarkHanssen,UNI(87-1st)(86-2nd)


Before reaching the NFL ranks, Illi-nois State’s Laurént Robinson earned all-league honors twice (2005, 2006).

Indiana State’s Shannon Jackson (1996-99) was a four-year all-league performer for the Sycamores.

HONORS



BradHarms,UNI(00-1st)JakeHarriger,MSU(01-1st)(00-2nd)DavidHeim,MissouriState(85-1st)JohnHerrin,UNI(93-1st)(92-1st)TimHerrin,IndianaState(94-HM)EricHoffman,UNI(07-2nd)MattHogg,YoungstownState(97-1st)CaseyHonkomp,WIU(99-1st)(98-2nd)RichardHuddleston,WIU(94-1st)(93-2nd)(92-HM)MichaelHudnutt,UNI(93-2nd)MattIrvin,MSU(92-1st)(91-1st)(90-2nd)JasonJakovich,SIU(93-HM)(92-HM)(90-HM)RyanJewell,YSU(06-1st)(05-1st)SteveJones,SouthernIllinois(96-1st)WillJustice,S.Illinois(06-1st)(05-1st)ChrisKapilovic,MissouriState(90-1st)BrandonKeith,UNI(07-1st)AndyKing,IllinoisState(01-1st)(00-2nd)TonyKnutson,IllinoisState(98-HM)SteveKohenskey,MissouriState(05-HM)ToddKollar,YoungstownState(97-1st)KenKolthoff,UNI(87-2nd)JasonKrivis,SouthernIllinois(97-HM)MarkKropke,IllinoisState(90-1st)BradKubik,MSU(97,96-1st)(95,94-2nd)WillLaClear,MissouriState(92-2nd)CrockettLadd,MissouriState(02-1st)JimLawhorn,S.Illinois(99-2nd)(98-2nd)FredLayne,WIU(04-1st)(03-1st)(02-1st)EricLiddell,IllinoisState(91-HM)JoeLobdell,UNI(06-2nd)(05-HM)AaronLockwood,SIU(06-HM)(07-2nd)ErikLosey,WesternKy.(05-1st)(04-2nd)AdamLove,WesternIllinois(94-2nd)ElmerMcDaniel,S.Illinois(04-1st)(03-1st)TimMcDuffey,MSU(91-1st)(90-HM)ChipMcPheeters,WIU(97-1st)(96-1st)CoreyMackey,IllinoisState(93-2nd)DarrenMarquez,SIU(06-HM)(07-1st)EricMartin,INS(00-2nd)(99-2nd)(98-2nd)RobMason,SouthernIllinois(88-1st)BradMeester,UNI(99,98-1st)(97,96-2nd)BobMehorczyk,WesternIllinois(95-2nd)JeremyMelville,ILS(04-HM)(03-HM)DonMensik,EasternIllinois(93-HM)JimMeyer,IllinoisState(85-1st)MattMiller,SouthernIllinois(04-2nd)JimMiteff,EasternIllinois(87-HM)(86-HM)ShawnMoore,INS(93-1st)(92-2nd)LarryMullins,SouthernIllinois(95-HM)DonaldMumma,UNI(94-1st)(93-1st)(92-HM)ChuckNeitzel,SouthernIllinois(92-1st)RonNesbitt,WesternIllinois(88-1st)SeanO’Brien,EIU(88-HM)(87-2nd)(86-HM)AnthonyOakley,WKU(03-2nd)ZachOdle,IndianaState(07-HM)CoreyOlson,WesternIllinois(97-2nd)FrankOri,UNI(85-2nd)ChrisOwens,MissouriState(01-2nd)EricOwens,MSU(00-2nd)(99-HM)DavidPapp,IndianaState(95-1st)PaxtonParker,MissouriState(96-2nd)AndyPattee,UNI(97-1st)(96-1st)

FernandoPeters,IllinoisState(91-2nd)MarkPhillips,IndianaState(02-HM)JonPilcher,UNI(95-2nd)GilPlasencia,WIU(95-2nd)(94-HM)DavePopp,E.Illinois(88-1st)(87-HM)ChrisPrice,WesternKy.(02-1st)(01-1st)WesProctor,SouthernIllinois(03-2nd)ChrisReed,MissouriSt.(90-1st)(89-2nd)JimRemsey,SouthernIllinois(93-HM)JamesRennick,WesternIllinois(02-HM)MikeRichart,EasternIllinois(94-2nd)ChadRinehart,UNI(06-1st)(05-1st)(07-1st)NickRoberts,YoungstownState(02-2nd)MikeRodbro,IllinoisSt.(99-1st)(98-2nd)WillieRoss,IllinoisState(95-1st)TomRoth,SouthernIllinois(91-2nd)RussRubie,UNI(88-2nd)FrankRutherford,Youngstown(98-HM)GregRyan,WesternKentucky(05-HM)BradSamsa,YSU(06-2nd)(07-1st)WillSanders,YoungstownState(03-HM)DaveSchumer,IllinoisSt.(89-1st)(88-2nd)ToddSchwager,EasternIllinois(90-HM)BradSchwing,IndianaState(96-2nd)BradSellenriek,MissouriState(85-1st)ChadSetterstrom,UNI(02,01-1st)(00-2nd)RichSeubert,WIU(00-1st)(99-HM)DavidSharbaugh,IndianaState(92-2nd)IanShirey,YSU(99-1st)(98-1st)MikeSimmonds,IndianaState(86-1st)WalterSkeate,S.Illinois(98-1st)(97-HM)DavidSmith,S.Illinois(87-1st)(86-2nd)ShawnSmith,SouthernIllinois(07-HM)AlSpeicher,UNI(85-2nd)FredStaugh,IndianaState(06-2nd)JasonStealy,MissouriState(99-2nd)MikeStegeman,ILS(05-2nd)(03-HM)LukeStigler,UNI(04-1st)MikeStrickland,SIU(93-1st)(92-2nd)(91-HM)ChrisSullivan,WesternKentucky(06-2nd)SidSwartzendruber,IndianaState(01-HM)DrewSweeney,WesternIllinois(07-2nd)JoshTanner,YoungstownState(07-2nd)ChrisTayrien,MissouriState(86-1st)DaveTesniarz,YSU(01-2nd)(00-HM)RyanThomas,WesternKentucky(04-HM)MikeThorpe,IndianaState(05-2nd)EricThorsen,EasternIllinois(89-1st)BrianTierney,WesternIllinois(93-HM)RalphVanDyke,SouthernIllinois(86-1st)BradWagner,WesternIllinois(90-2nd)ChadWalker,W.Illinois(06-2nd)(05-2nd)PatrickWalker,YoungstownState(06-1st)LawrenceWatkins,S.Illinois(96-HM)PaulWeltha,W.Illinois(91-2nd)(90-HM)BrentWestemeyer,W.Illinois(86-2nd)JasonWhittle,MSU(97-2nd)(96-HM)IsaiahWiggins,IllinoisSt.(06-1st)(07-1st)JohnWilcox,MissouriState(90-1st)PatWilliams,UNI(91-2nd)StuartWilliams,IndianaState(03-HM)JustinWilliamson,MSU(06-HM)(05-2nd)FrankWinters,WesternIllinois(86-1st)

DanielWithrow,WKU(03-1st)(02,01-2nd)TedWulf,IllinoisState(01-2nd)(99-2nd)AndyZiebarth,ILS(96-1st)(95-2nd)(94-1st)JonZweygardt,MissouriState(03-HM)

PlacekickersTomAllison,IndianaState(95-2nd)CameronBair,ILS(92-HM)(91-2nd)LayneBennett,WIU(89-2nd)(88-2nd)(87-HM)WayneBoyer,MSU(96-1st)(94-HM)TravisBrawner,MSU(99-1st)(98-1st)(97-1st)StephenCarroll,ILS(03-2nd)(02-HM)CraigCoffin,S.Illinois(06-2nd)(04-2nd)RichEhmke,E.Illinois(87-1st)(86-2nd)ScottEverhart,SouthernIllinois(99-HM)DannyGasser,MissouriState(85-2nd)MarkGriffith,YoungstownState(98-HM)RichardGrote,MSU(92-2nd)(90-2nd)MackenzieHoambrecker,UNI(02,01-1st)(00-2nd)KyleHooper,INS(05-HM)(04-HM)DougJackson,UNI(88-1st)ChrisJames,WesternKy.(06-HM)(05-1st)KeithJones,W.Illinois(97-2nd)(94-2nd)ToddKurz,ILS(96-2nd)(95-1st)(93-1st)JustinLangan,WIU(04-HM)(03-HM)(02-2nd)MattLange,WesternKentucky(03-1st)SteveLargent,E.Illinois(95-HM)(93-2nd)BrianLong,MissouriState(00-HM)JoeLopez,WesternIllinois(98-2nd)PeterMartinez,WKU(02-HM)(01-2nd)BrianMitchell,UNI(91-1st)(90-1st)(89-1st)ScottObermeier,UNI(92-1st)BrianPalmer,YoungstownState(07-2nd)PaulPoliti,IllinoisState(86-1st)(85-1st)ChrisPotthast,MissouriState(87-2nd)TaylorRowan,WesternIllinois(07-1st)JonScifres,MissouriSt.(05-2nd)(04-1st)MattSeman,WesternIllinois(91-2nd)JakeStewart,YoungstownState(01-HM)JakeStrader,ILS(00-2nd)(99-2nd)NathanStokes,MSU(07-HM) - see PNickTerracina,YoungstownState(03-HM)MattWaller,UNI(96-HM)(94-1st)BrianWingert,UNI(06-1st)

Defensive LinemenMarcAfoa,WesternIllinois(95-1st)LuisAlmanzar,MSU(00-1st)(99-HM)BryanArchibald,SIU(01-1st)(00-2nd)JerryArnold,MissouriState(98-HM)RyanArnold,UNI(04-1st)ToddAuer,W.Illinois(86-1st)(85-2nd)MylesBanford,YoungstownState(07-2nd)T.C.Barney,UNI(96-2nd)DeyontaeBatiste,MSU(05-HM)JeffBealles,UNI(87-1st)(86-1st)(85-2nd)DustyBear,WesternKentucky(06-2nd)BillyBeard,S.Illinois(04-2nd)(03-2nd)RyanBehr,UNI(95-2nd)(94-HM)JoeBelcher,WesternIllinois(92-2nd)ShannonBerry,WesternIllinois(86-2nd)MarkBertram,INS(89-1st)(87-2nd)DarrenBoone,WesternIllinois(06-HM)

QB Paul Singer led the Leathernecks to the 1988 playoffs while earning league MVP honors that season.

CB Dwyte Smiley of Youngstown State was a three-time first-team all-conference pick from 1997-99.


HONORSALL-CONFERENCE, by position

DavidBowens,WesternIllinois(98-1st)JamesBowens,MissouriState(88-2nd)DanBrandenburg,INS(95-1st)(94-1st)(93-1st)ShaneBrinton,WesternIllinois(93-2nd)BrianBroussard,SouthernIllinois(00-HM)BrandonBrown,YSU(05-2nd)(04-HM)CyronBrown,WesternIllinois(97-1st)LeoBrown,WesternIllinois(91-HM)LintonBrown,SIU(05-1st)(04-1st)(03-HM)CoreyBrunsvold,MissouriState(97-2nd)DavidBull,IllinoisState(01-2nd)(00-2nd)MikeCampbell,UNI(88-HM)BrianCeaser,WesternIllinois(02-2nd)JoshChrestman,IllinoisState(04-2nd)DyrrahChriston,INS(92-1st)(91-HM)JamesCloud,SouthernIllinois(07-1st)BryanCox,W.Illinois(87-2nd)-see DBBradCrouse,SIU(88-1st)(87-1st)(86-2nd)ClintCullen,ILS(93-1st)(92-1st)(91-HM)RyanCulver,W.Illinois(96-1st)(95-HM)ChadDaun,W.Illinois(03-HM)(01-HM)DemetriusDavis,WesternIllinois(88-2nd)DanDee,EasternIllinois(92-1st)(91-HM)HarryDeligianis,YoungstownSt.(97-1st)DougDutton,IndianaSt.(91-2nd)(90-2nd)ToddEagen,UNI(90-2nd)AndyEdmondson,WesternIllinois(96-HM)MattEgloff,IndianaState(94-2nd)FrankEmeterio,MissouriState(98-2nd)PrestonEstes,MSU(87-1st)(86-2nd)(85-1st)ShannonFerbrache,S.Illinois(89-2nd)DevonFinn,IllinoisState(00-1st)(99-2nd)ArmandosFisher,IllinoisState(94-2nd)LarryFitzpatrick,ILS(97-2nd)(96-2nd)MaxFord,WesternIllinois(91-HM)MichaelFox,MissouriSt.(90-1st)(89-1st)AndrewFranklin,SouthernIllinois(04-HM)JonathanFriend,ILS(02-1st)(01-HM)JoshGalloway,WesternIllinois(07-1st)PeteGeorges,IndianaState(90-2nd)BobbyGodwin,MissouriState(93-2nd)MaxieGraham,WesternIllinois(91-1st)EarenestGrayson,MissouriState(96-1st)DamianGregory,IllinoisState(99-1st)EdGrimes,UNI(85-1st)RobertHamre,UNI(02-HM)(01-2nd)(00-2nd)RichardHarris,INS(02-1st)(01-1st)VanderHarris,IllinoisState(88-1st)BrentHawkins,IllinoisState(05-1st)JohnHermann,UNI(05-1st)HarvieHerrington,WesternIllinois(94-HM)DavidHunter,IndianaState(97-HM)MarkHuygens,UNI(06-2nd)(07-2nd)ShannonJackson,INS(99,97-1st)(98-2nd)(96-HM)EricJohnson,IllinoisState(96-1st)(95-1st)JamesJones,UNI(89-1st)(88-HM)-see LBJeffJones,SouthernIllinois(04-2nd)TonyJones,IllinoisState(91-1st)(90-1st)JohnJuhler,IllinoisState(87-HM)(86-HM)JohnJurkovic,EIU(89-1st)(88-1st)(86-1st)BobKampf,IllinoisState(85-2nd)FrankKaydo,YoungstownState(99-2nd)ChadKincaid,WesternKentucky(03-2nd)

RonKirk,SouthernIllinois(88-HM)JonKowalyshen,WesternIllinois(03-2nd)JohnKropke,IllinoisState(87-1st)(86-1st)JordanLacy,UNI(06-2nd)(07-HM)DemetriusLane,EasternIllinois(93-1st)LarryLanglois,IllinoisState(95-2nd)TroyLefevra,INS(99-1st)(98-1st)MikeLikens,INS(96-2nd)(95-HM)PianaLukabu,WesternIllinois(05-2nd)GregLunak,IllinoisState(85-2nd)LarryLuster,SouthernIllinois(07-2nd)BrianMcGavock,EasternIllinois(95-2nd)KentMcIntyre,EIU(91-1st)(90-2nd)DannyMagalei,WesternIllinois(93-2nd)JonManley,SouthernIllinois(91-2nd)WayneManu,SouthernIllinois(92-2nd)JustinMartindale,IllinoisState(06-1st)GuyMazard,YoungstownState(02-2nd)MattMechling,YoungstownState(00-1st)ScottMeredith,UNI(98-2nd)MikeMiano,MSU(96-1st)(95-2nd)MitchMinick,MissouriState(97-HM)JackMitchell,UNI(99-2nd)KyleMitchell,INS(05,04,03-1st)(02-HM)MattMitchell,UNI(03-1st)(02-2nd)(00-HM)TonyMonroe,UNI(93-1st)(92-HM)BrianMoretz,UNI(95-1st)(94-1st)TerrellMorgan,UNI(01-2nd)TomMoskal,EasternIllinois(85-1st)ErikNelson,UNI(98-2nd)(97-1st)DarrenNeputy,IllinoisState(90-1st)TorranceNicholson,YSU(07-HM)TravisNiekamp,ILS(97-2nd)(96-HM)MikeO’Brien,WIU(03-1st)(02-1st)(01-2nd)JeffOetting,EasternIllinois(90-HM)TerryOrth,UNI(86-2nd)(85-1st)CarlParker,EasternIllinois(87-2nd)ChadPegues,IllinoisState(98-1st)RickPerry,MissouriState(92-2nd)MattPeterson,UNI(99-HM)TimPeterson,UNI(88-2nd)JimPhelan,YoungstownState(06-1st)MarkPhillip,SouthernIllinois(05-HM)CharliePhillips,WesternKentucky(05-HM)CurtisPrice,EasternIllinois(95-HM)TomProcter,MSU(96-HM)(94-2nd)JoeRemke,EasternIllinois(91-2nd)RickRenner,WesternIllinois(87-HM)PatrickReynolds,WKU(02-1st)(01-1st)RayRobinson,ILS(03-1st)(02-2nd)JeffRolson,E.Illinois(88-1st)(87-2nd)RickRuether,WesternIllinois(88-HM)JamesRuffin,UNI(07-1st)DustinRusch,IndianaSt.(94-1st)(93-HM)PatRyan,WesternIllinois(04-HM)MychalSavage,YSU(06-1st)(07-1st)RhettSchmidt,IndianaState(88-2nd)JustinScholes,YoungstownState(05-1st)CaseySmith,UNI(93-HM)(92-1st)(91-HM)EnochSmith,MissouriState(01-1st)LaMarcusSpillers,SIU(00-HM)ArtStelken,UNI(86-HM)WayneStewart,WesternIllinois(96-2nd)

DwayneSummers,S.Illinois(91-2nd)JoeTaylor,MissouriState(03-HM)AaronThomas,EasternIllinois(86-2nd)MontrialThomas,YoungstownSt.(00-HM)TavitaTovio,SIU(00-1st)(99-2nd)(98,97-HM)DamonTurner,IllinoisState(94-2nd)MarioTurner,MissouriState(00-2nd)ScottUnderwood,IllinoisState(89-1st)JohnVakos,EasternIllinois(92-2nd)VictorVisoky,WesternIllinois(07-2nd)RandyWalker,IllinoisState(89-2nd)BillWalter,MSU(91-1st)(90-1st)(89-2nd)ChrisWash,MissouriState(06-2nd)DaveWatson,WIU(99-1st)(98-1st)(97-2nd)SteveWatson,MSU(04-1st)(03-2nd)ChrisWilkerson,EasternIllinois(94-HM)DanielWilliams,WesternKy.(05-2nd)LionelWilliams,SouthernIllinois(05-2nd)MarlinWilliams,WIU(88-1st)(87-2nd)LorenzoWims,SouthernIllinois(06-1st)JoeWoolridge,WesternKentucky(04-2nd)KevinZeng,E.Illinois(94-1st)(93-2nd)

LinebackersAndreAllen,UNI(94-1st)(93-1st)(92-HM)TommyAnderson,S.Illinois(94-HM)MikeAndrews,YoungstownState(05-HM)TimAngsten,ILS(97-2nd)(96-HM)PhilArcher,WesternIllinois(03-2nd)MikeBandy,IndianaState(99-HM)JeromeBennett,WIU(06-2nd)(07-HM)BlakeBoyd,WesternKentucky(06-2nd)KenBraden,MSU(87-1st)(86-HM)MattBrinkman,UNI(90-2nd)WilbertBrown,ILS(91-1st)(90-2nd)(89-2nd)VinceBruno,WesternIllinois(96-2nd)LaDrelleBryant,IndianaState(04-HM)PeterBurns,UNI(92-1st)DerrickByrd,MissouriState(06-HM)NiallCampbell,IllinoisState(06-HM)MikeCarbonaro,SouthernIllinois(87-2nd)BrannonCarter,UNI(06-HM)(07-1st)TimCarver,EIU(95-1st)(94-1st)(93-2nd)TravisCherry,WesternIllinois(07-HM)EricChristensen,INS(91-1st)(90-1st)SherrodCoates,WKU(02-1st)(01-1st)ScottCook,IllinoisState(99-HM)SpencerCowan,UNI(86-HM)TimCunningham,IndianaState(86-2nd)CarlosDallis,UNI(01-HM)ErikDandy,WKU(03-1st)(02-2nd)(01-1st)IanDominelli,YoungstownState(99-1st)PhillipDoyle,SouthernIllinois(05-HM)JonDrummond,WKU(02-HM)(01-HM)BillDulin,MissouriState(92-2nd)JoeDunn,IndianaState(97-HM)ScottDurflinger,UNI(94-2nd)JohnEdwards,SouthernIllinois(86-2nd)MarkFarley,UNI(86-1st)(85-1st)ShondaFaulkner,IndianaState(07-2nd)CameronFlemming,MSU(93-1st)DeLaunFowler,MSU(95-1st)(94-2nd)(93-HM)WilliamFreeney,UNI(92,91-1st)(90-HM)

NFL pro-bowler Bart Scott was a first-team all-league pick for South-ern Illinois in 2001.

LB Erik Dandy of Western Kentucky was a three-time all-league pick for the Hilltoppers (2001-02-03).

HONORS



DamonFrost,MissouriState(92-HM)BrianGant,IllinoisState(86-1st)(85-2nd)ArmieGasbarro,WIU(89-1st)(88-1st)GeneGilot,IllinoisState(03-HM)Orlando“Doc”Gooden,INS(05-2nd)(04-2nd)MattGraham,IndianaState(98-HM)WyattGreen,W.Illinois(05-2nd)(04-2nd)BoomerGrigsby,ILS(04,03,02-1st)(01-HM)KevinHammond,UNI(95-2nd)(94-HM)RobertHarbolt,MissouriState(90-2nd)JonathanHarrell,UNI(03-2nd)(02-2nd)De’VeonHarris,UNI(07-2nd)EdgertonHartwell,WIU(00,99-1st)(98-2nd)ShavezHawkins,EasternIllinois(92-2nd)DarinHeideman,UNI(05-1st)JohnHill,UNI(87-HM)DeionHolts,WesternKentucky(05-2nd)KenHopp,IndianaState(88-1st)JamesHouston,MissouriState(85-1st)BillHronec,IllinoisState(07-HM)MartyHutchinson,YoungstownSt.(06-1st)MikeHyrn,W.Illinois(86-1st)(85-2nd)TimJohnson,YSU(00-1st)(99-2nd)TroyJohnson,IndianaState(86-2nd)AndyJones,IndianaState(06-HM)JamesJones,UNI(90-1st)-see DLP.J.Jones,MissouriState(01-2nd)BrandinJordan,SIU(06-HM)(07-2nd)KevinKeith,UNI(91-2nd)MicahKing,SouthernIllinois(06-2nd)KevinKilgallon,S.Illinois(90-1st)(89-1st)BrettKoebcke,UNI(05-2nd)(04-2nd)MikeKolpin,UNI(88-2nd)JeffKoval,YoungstownState(06-HM)DietrichLapsley,INS(02-1st)(00-HM)AndreLewis,WesternKentucky(06-2nd)ChrisLibaire,IndianaState(95-2nd)AntoineLiddell,INS(88-2nd)(87-HM)TyLocatelli,WesternIllinois(96-2nd)MartyLomelino,WesternIllinois(87-1st)BryanMcGrone,IndianaState(90-HM)BennieMcLin,MSU(96-1st)(95-HM)KenMcMillan,WIU(93-2nd)(92-1st)(91-2nd)JasonMcWilliams,WIU(02-HM)(01-HM)CorkyMartin,MSU(00,99,98-2nd)(97-1st)DonMartin,IllinoisState(95-HM)KarlMaslowski,WesternKentucky(03-1st)CornellMiddlebrook,W.Illinois(02-HM)MikeMiller,EasternIllinois(94-HM)TimMiller,UNI(96-1st)(95-2nd)JeffMills,EasternIllinois(89-1st)(88-2nd)JamesMilton,W.Illinois(98-1st)(97-2nd)DarnellMinnieweather,UNI(93-HM)ChaunceyMixon,S.Illinois(07-2nd)TrevorMoe,SouthernIllinois(07-HM)RobMoran,SouthernIllinois(91-HM)RichardMoss,IndianaState(96-1st)MikeNelson,IndianaState(94-HM)DarrenNeputy,IllinoisState(89-HM)TomNewberry,IllinoisState(91-2nd)JohnNoll,EasternIllinois(90-HM)TomPaolucci,YoungstownState(97-1st)BrycePaup,UNI(89-1st)(88-HM)(87-2nd)

MattPedersen,UNI(99-1st)(98-1st)(97-1st)TonyPryor,IndianaState(98-2nd)SeanRichardson,MSU(91-2nd)(90-HM)DarrylRobinson,MissouriState(02-2nd)JuniorRobinson,WesternIllinois(00-HM)LeeRussell,WIU(03,02-1st)(01,00-2nd)BrandonRutledge,UNI(99-HM)ChrisSapp,IndianaState(01-HM)HenrySaxon,UNI(85-2nd)TravisSchipper,UNI(97-HM)BartScott,S.Illinois(01-1st)(98-HM)GalenScott,ILS(00-1st)(99-2nd)(98-1st)(97-HM)PercyScott,IllinoisState(97-2nd)EzellShelton,SouthernIllinois(87-2nd)TeddySims,SouthernIllinois(00-2nd)CameronSiskowic,ILS(06-1st)(05-1st)BobSivik,YoungstownState(01-HM)BrandonSmith,WesternKentucky(04-HM)Deonte’Smith,WesternKentucky(04-1st)ClintSmothers,SouthernIllinois(93-HM)MattSoraghan,MissouriState(87-1st)DannieSpann,UNI(96-2nd)(95-HM)RichSpielman,SouthernIllinois(85-1st)MikeStanec,YSU(98-HM)(97-HM)ChrisStevens,ILS(95,93-1st)(94-HM)(92-2nd)KyeStewart,IllinoisState(06-1st)(07-1st)DonteStovall,SouthernIllinois(00-HM)MikeStrickland,MissouriState(93-HM)RussellStuvaints,YSU(01-2nd)KawonzaSwan,YSU(99-HM)JonTekac,YoungstownState(02-2nd)JamesTerry,YSU(06-1st)(05-1st)(07-1st)CharlesThompson,WKU(04-1st)(03-2nd)BrianTranchitella,S.Illinois(95-HM)JamesTurnage,MSU(89-1st)(88-1st)JasonVasconez,WesternIllinois(94-1st)AdamVogt,UNI(01-1st)(00-HM)RoyalWhitaker,SIU(05-1st)(04-1st)(03-2nd)PresleyWhite,WesternIllinois(88-HM)JasonWilliams,WIU(06-HM)(07-1st)JeremiahWright,YSU(04-2nd)(07-HM)PaulWolf,UNI(94-2nd)(93-2nd)

Defensive BacksMosesAimable,UNI(85-1st)YemiAkisanya,SouthernIllinois(04-HM)DeJuanAlfonzo,INS(99-1st)(98-1st)(97-2nd)JoeAllen,WesternIllinois(90-HM)KevinAnderson,UNI(87-1st)ScooterArchie,IndianaState(06-HM)AntulioAroche,YoungstownState(01-HM)MarcusBallard,WIU(86-1st)(85-2nd)DarrenBarnett,MissouriState(04-1st)ElzieBarnett,WesternIllinois(91-2nd)AnthonyBarone,YoungstownSt.(02-2nd)WillieBeamon,UNI(92-1st)(90-1st)KyleBibbs,IndianaState(97-2nd)CarlBirts,WesternKentucky(03-HM)LaventBlaylock,IndianaState(88-2nd)EdBlizzard,YoungstownState(00-2nd)TomBlumenshine,IllinoisState(86-2nd)MikeBracken,YSU(04-1st)(03-2nd)ClythelBranson,IndianaState(02-HM)

BobBronaugh,E.Illinois(86-2nd)(85-2nd)MichaelBrooks,IndianaState(99-HM)BrentBrowner,UNI(01-2nd)(00-HM)BrandonBruner,SIU(06-2nd)(04-HM)DaryonBrutley,UNI(01-2nd)ShumoneBurnett,MissouriState(92-2nd)AnthonyBurton,IllinoisState(90-2nd)DennisButler,ILS(02-HM)-see RSDuaneButler,ILS(96-1st)(95-2nd)(94-1st)JesseCaesar,IllinoisState(07-1st)DonnieCaldwell,WesternIllinois(98-1st)DavidCalhoun,IllinoisState(89-1st)VictorCampbell,WesternIllinois(02-1st)VincesonCampbell,W.Illinois(03-2nd)MikeCarter,WesternIllinois(98-2nd)JeremyChandler,WKU(03-1st)(02-1st)MikeChatman,MissouriState(85-2nd)MarcusColbert,MissouriState(07-HM)GaryConley,IllinoisState(86-HM)BryanCox,WIU(90-1st)(89-1st)-see DLJimCravens,SouthernIllinois(93-2nd)JerryCreer,IllinoisState(96-2nd)(95-HM)MickeyDalton,UNI(96-2nd)BranyonDavis,MissouriState(95-HM)IraDavis,SouthernIllinois(86-1st)WillieDavis,S.Illinois(89-2nd)(86-HM)RyanDoak,UNI(00-1st)(99-2nd)Dre’Dokes,UNI(04,06-1st)(03,05-2nd)JamesDorsey,EasternIllinois(95-2nd)MarcusEaster,UNI(96-HM)TorreEndsley,MSU(04-HM)(03-HM)TonyFarrell,EasternIllinois(91-1st)JohnField,SouthernIllinois(85-1st)JoeFuller,UNI(85-1st)MikeGailey,MissouriState(98-HM)VonGanaway,INS(93-1st)(92-HM)(91-HM)MyronGlass,UNI(94-1st)(93-2nd)VinceGliatta,YoungstownState(07-2nd)LeVarGreene,YoungstownState(01-1st)DavidGunn,UNI(00-2nd)(99-HM)ToddHarrington,UNI(94-2nd)(93-HM)RodneyHarrison,WIU(93-1st)(92-1st)IsaacHarvin,MissouriState(98-2nd)MarkHein,UNI(89-2nd)(88-2nd)DarnellHendricks,SIU(95-1st)(94-HM)RobertHigh,INS(97-1st)(96-HM)(95-HM)BruceHightower,YSU(01-1st)(00-2nd)RobertHodges,WesternIllinois(07-2nd)DarylHolcombe,EIU(89-1st)(88-2nd)(87-1st)BillHunter,WesternIllinois(88-HM)JayHurdle,SouthernIllinois(87-2nd)CoderaJackson,YSU(06-1st)(05-1st)JosephJefferson,WKU(01-1st)ClaytonJohnson,SouthernIllinois(07-1st)ColinJohnson,MissouriState(02-HM)FrankJohnson,SIU(05-2nd)(04-2nd)(03-HM)ScottJohnson,EasternIllinois(88-1st)JamarquisJordan,SIU(05-1st)(04-2nd)Fu’adKhaleel,WesternIllinois(06-2nd)JeffKilleen,MissouriState(99-2nd)KernardKillingsworth,ILS(97-2nd)DonteKing,MissouriState(00-HM)ChrisKlieman,UNI(90-2nd)(87-HM)(86-HM)

LB James Terry of Youngstown State earned first-team all-league honors three-straight years (2005-06-07).

Illinois State LB Kye Stewart earned All-America honors and was a first-team all-league pick in 2006 and 2007.


HONORSALL-CONFERENCE, by position

Dre’Knox,IndianaState(96-1st)(95-HM)TimLance,EasternIllinois(90-1st)(89-1st)JovonLewis,MissouriState(04-2nd)DarrellLloyd,UNI(07-2nd)JeffLong,SouthernIllinois(90-2nd)JasonMcCleary,UNI(94-1st)(93-2nd)(92-2nd)BruceMcCray,WIU(86-HM)(85-2nd)C.J.McDavid,SouthernIllinois(96-HM)RayMcElroy,EIU(94-1st)(93-1st)(92-1st)LamarMcGriggs,WesternIllinois(90-2nd)SteveMcKeel,INS(87-1st)(86-1st)DaveMcCorvey,UNI(86-2nd)TerranceMalone,UNI(98-2nd)(96-HM)TroyMickens,IndianaState(88-1st)JeffMiles,EasternIllinois(91-2nd)TerranceMiles,INS(01-2nd)(00-HM)MelMitchell,WesternKentucky(01-1st)KyleMoffatt,WesternKentucky(01-2nd)AlexisMoreland,SIU(04-1st)(03-1st)(02-1st)AddisonMorgan,WesternIllinois(93-HM)SimonNelson,UNI(91-HM)TomNelson,IllinoisSt.(06-2nd)(07-2nd)LamontNicholson,WIU(96-2nd)AnthonyPannunzio,YSU(98-2nd)AndrewPapoccia,IllinoisState(03-2nd)WillieParks,MissouriSt.(95-2nd)(94-2nd)ChrisParsons,UNI(06-2nd)JonPendergrass,SouthernIllinois(01-HM)JasonPerry,YSU(06-1st)(05-2nd)(04-HM)WaymannPeters,YSU(03-HM)DuanePeterson,UNI(91-2nd)JeromePeterson,UNI(99-2nd)WillPeterson,WesternIllinois(00-1st)BuckPhillips,WesternIllinois(95-1st)CraigPhillips,MSU(88-2nd)(87-2nd)JarvisPhillips,UNI(02-HM)BillRandles,IllinoisState(95-1st)(93-HM)R.L.Reynolds,EIU(89-2nd)(87-2nd)(86-2nd)TravisRichardson,MissouriState(96-2nd)AdamRoberts,UNI(07-HM)MarionRumph,WKU(06-1st)(05-1st)(04-HM)JustinSandy,UNI(03-1st)(02-2nd)BennySapp,UNI(03-1st)MarcusShipp,MSU(91-1st)(90-1st)DwyteSmiley,YSU(99-1st)(98-1st)(97-1st)AdrionSmith,MSU(93-1st)(92-1st)(91-1st)JeffSmith,ILS(87-1st)(86-1st)(85-1st)MauriceSmith,WesternIllinois(87-2nd)ClintSmothers,S.Illinois(92-2nd)(91-HM)FrankSpraggins,WIU(97,96-1st)(95,94-2nd)ChrisStimmel,UNI(01-HM)PatrickStoudamire,WIU(07-1st)RussellStuvaints,YSU(02-HM)RyanSzokola,ILS(00-1st)(99-2nd)TyTalton,UNI(98-1st)(97-1st)(96-1st)(95-1st)FreddieTaylor,SouthernIllinois(97-2nd)LorenzoTaylor,WIU(89-2nd)(88-2nd)JamesTemple,ILS(06-HM)(05-HM)AntonioThomas,WKU(05-1st)(04-1st)SteveTurzynski,WesternIllinois(91-2nd)DerrickVarnado,WIU(99-1st)(98-HM)TannerVarner,UNI(05-2nd)AntonioVeals,WesternKentucky(02-1st)

ReggieWaddell,WesternIllinois(00-2nd)JayWade,W.Illinois(88-1st)(87-2nd)JosephWallace,UNI(93-2nd)(92-2nd)DarrylWarren,MissouriState(02-2nd)DarrenWashington,IllinoisState(90-HM)TravisWashington,WIU(03-2nd)(02-2nd)CliffordWatters,UNI(07-1st)TimWells,SouthernIllinois(90-HM)FrankyWest,ILS(94-2nd)(93-HM)(92-HM)EmrickWilcox,WesternIllinois(88-1st)DamonWilliams,WIU(01-HM)(00-HM)BrentWithers,MissouriState(00-HM)MilanWoodard,WesternIllinois(05-HM)JoeWoods,IllinoisState(91-1st)MichaelWoods,WesternIllinois(04-2nd)AntoineWorthman,IllinoisState(88-HM)RogerWright,MissouriState(07-HM)SamYoung,IllinoisState(00-1st)(99-1st)

PuntersJohnAmitrano,S.Illinois(98-2nd)(97-1st)MikeAtzen,MissouriState(85-2nd)CameronBair,IllinoisState(92-HM)JeffBaker,W.Illinois(98-1st)(97-HM)JoeBishop,YSU(06-1st)(05-2nd)WayneBoyer,MissouriState(96-HM)TravisBrawner,MSU(99-HM)(97-HM)JasonCaldwell,EasternIllinois(92-HM)BrianClaybourn,WKU(04,03-1st)(02-HM)(01-2nd)JonFrangoulis,MissouriState(87-HM)DerrickFrost,UNI(02-2nd)MarkGagliano,SIU(96-1st)(95-HM)(94-2nd)JayGerth,IndianaState(93-2nd)CoryHenke,UNI(04-HM)RyanHoffman,ILS(05-1st)(04-2nd)(03-2nd)RobHufty,IndianaState(89-2nd)ChrisHurst,MSU(95-1st)(94-HM)ChrisJohansen,IndianaState(07-HM)PatJordan,IndianaState(03-HM)AdamKos,UNI(05-HM)MikeKrause,WIU(89-1st)(88-2nd)(87-1st)SteveKrieger,INS(92-2nd)(91-2nd)ToddKurz,IllinoisState(96-2nd)(95-2nd)TroyLefever,YoungstownState(00-HM)MikeMcCabe,IllinoisState(88-1st)TimMosley,UNI(93-1st)(92-1st)(91-2nd)ClayNetusil,UNI(86-1st)BenNowicki,YoungstownState(07-HM)EddiePena,MissouriState(01-HM)DavidPeters,SouthernIllinois(90-2nd)BrianPindar,E.Illinois(91-1st)(90-1st)ScottRavanesi,SouthernIllinois(07-1st)AnthonyRozzo,YoungstownState(99-1st)DanRush,UNI(90-HM)RossSchulte,WIU(94-1st)(93-HM)(92-HM)JonScifres,MissouriState(04-HM)MikeScifres,WIU(02-1st)(01-1st)(00-1st)ChuckStandiford,IndianaState(86-2nd)NathanStokes,MSU(06-2nd)(07-2nd)JakeStrader,ILS(00,99,97-2nd)(98-HM)SteveTillotson,EasternIllinois(87-2nd)BrettVonWiller,MissouriState(90-HM)BarryWoodruff,WesternIllinois(85-1st)

Return Specialists (1994-present)DeJuanAlfonzo,INS(99-HM)(98-2nd)JamaineBlalock,WIU(97-1st)(96-HM)JeraldBurley,YSU(02-HM)(01-1st)-see WRDennisButler,ILS(02-HM)-see DBDonnieCaldwell,WesternIllinois(98-1st)KarltonCarpenter,S.Illinois(95-2nd)AveionCason,IllinoisState(99-1st)EricDavis,MissouriState(06-2nd)SosoDede,IndianaState(02-1st)AshleeFrazier,WesternIllinois(99-HM)JamieGoodwin,UNI(05-HM)JohnnyGray,UNI(06-HM)(07-2nd) - see WRReggieGray,WesternIllinois(02-2nd)DavidGunn,UNI(00-1st)KeithHerron,IndianaState(00-HM)JasonHorton,IllinoisState(07-HM)JosephJefferson,WesternKy.(01-HM)JasonMcCleary,UNI(94-HM)DeonMcDaniel,IllinoisState(94-2nd)DennisMitchell,WKU(06-HM)(05-2nd)(04-HM)MarquisMosely,IllinoisState(97-2nd)JamesNorris,WIU(04-1st)(03-2nd)-see WRBuckPhillips,W.Illinois(95-1st)(94-1st)StevenRush,MSU(04-2nd)(03-HM)-see WRBenSanderson,UNI(02-HM)LarryScally,IndianaState(96-2nd)JakeSoliday,UNI(01-2nd)RyanSzokola,IllinoisState(00-2nd)TyTalton,UNI(98-HM)(97-HM)(96-1st)AnthonyTaylor,UNI(95-HM)CraigTurner,SIU(06-1st)(05-1st)(07-1st)AntonioVeals,WesternKentucky(03-1st)

Missouri State’s Corky Martin ranks fifth all-time in league history with 487 career tackles (1997-2000).

Southern Illinois’ return specialist Craig Turner was a three-time all-league first-team pick (2005-06-07).

Documents

HONORS ALL-CONFERENCE · Troy Mickens, Indiana State Jay Wade, Western Illinois Emrick Wilcox, Western Illinois P-- Mike McCabe, Illinois State SECOND TEAM OFFENSE ... OT-- Mark Botkin,