HONORS

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1994

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- JeremyHoog,MissouriStateWR--KyleRobinson,IllinoisState ChrisSabino,WesternIllinoisRB-- MarvinSims,UNITE-- DamonJones,SouthernIllinoisOL-- RyanBravo,MissouriState BradKubik,MissouriState AndyPattee,UNI GilPlasencia,WesternIllinois BradSchwing,IndianaStatePK-- KeithJones,WesternIllinois

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- ArmandosFischer,IllinoisState ArglistaScott,SouthernIllinois CharlesWilliams,IllinoisStateLB-- ChrisLibaire,IndianaState KevinLightburn,MissouriStateDB-- DuaneButler,IllinoisState DarnellHendricks,S.Illinois RobertHigh,IndianaState BuckPhillips,WesternIllinois FrankSpraggins,W.Illinois MaceoStrickland,UNIP-- ChrisHurst,MissouriState

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARDB/RSBuckPhillips,WesternIllinois

1995

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEWR--JasonCannon,MissouriState CourtlandTubbs,IndianaStateRB-- KarltonCarpenter,S.Illinois MichaelCosey,MissouriState BrianKnuckles,WesternIllinoisQB-- BillHagman,IllinoisState JeffHecklinski,WesternIllinois DannySmith,SouthernIllinoisOL-- LemontClark,EasternIllinois DionDixon,IllinoisState TravisHunerberg,E.Illinois SteveJones,SouthernIllinois

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DarrylHolland,SouthernIllinois MikeMiano,MissouriState JohnMoyer,EasternIllinois DanO’Dowd,IllinoisStateLB-- AndyReinwald,IllinoisState DannieSpann,UNIDB-- BranyonDavis,MissouriState HassanMcCullough,S.Illinois C.J.McDavid,SouthernIllinois DarrylMitchell,WesternIllinois TyreeTalton,UNI

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARWRJasonCannon,MissouriState

1996

FIRST TEAM OFFENSETE-- ChadAmes,IndianaStateRB-- JamaineBlalock,WesternIllinois DarylJones,IllinoisState JustinRoberson,UNIOL-- BobDyment,WesternIllinois JasonGrott,WesternIllinois

DougHurt,IndianaState JasonKrivis,SouthernIllinois BradMeester,UNIWR--RickGarrett,IllinoisState ThedoGriffin,WesternIllinois JonMoffitt,WesternIllinois ChanceThurman,MSU

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- RyanHealy,IllinoisState ShannonJackson,IndianaState ErikNelson,UNILB-- TimAngsten,IllinoisState VinceBruno,WesternIllinois RyanHallahan,SouthernIllinois TyLocatelli,WesternIllinois PhillipRobinson,IllinoisStateDB-- DustinBlount,WesternIllinois MikeBlount,MissouriState MickeyDalton,UNI BradFreeman,WesternIllinois

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARLBVinceBruno,WesternIllinois

1997

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- ShaneFortney,UNI KevinGlenn,IllinoisState KentSkornia,SouthernIllinoisRB-- TerryHollimon,UNI CoreyMcGriff,MissouriState AaronStecker,WesternIllinoisWR--EddieBerlin,UNI JimFarrell,WesternIllinois MikeFurrey,UNI MarquisMosely,IllinoisState AnthonyWilliams,IndianaStateOL-- FrankRutherford,YSUPK-- TravisBrawner,MissouriState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- CyronBrown,WesternIllinois ChrisGlantzis,YoungstownSt. MitchMinick,MissouriState TavitaTovio,SouthernIllinois DaveWatson,WesternIllinoisLB-- CorkyMartin,MissouriState JamesMilton,WesternIllinois GalenScott,IllinoisStateDB-- JakeAnderson,YoungstownSt. DonnieCaldwell,WesternIllinois ShawnLockhart,MissouriStateP-- JohnAmitrano,SouthernIllinois JakeStrader,IllinoisState

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARRBAaronStecker,WesternIllinois

1998

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- SheratonFox,IndianaState JeffRyan,YoungstownStateRB-- AdamBenge,UNI AveionCason,IllinoisState SamZanders,IllinoisStateOL-- JustinCraun,MissouriState AndyKing,IllinoisState EricOwens,MissouriStateWR--TacomaFontaine,MSU CoryGrow,IllinoisState

JeffHewitt,MissouriStateTE-- DorrickRoy,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DavidBowens,WesternIllinois AbieCamacho,WesternIllinois JackMitchell,UNI ChadPegues,IllinoisStateLB-- EdgertonHartwell,W.Illinois P.J.Jones,MissouriState BartScott,SouthernIllinois MarcusWhite,IllinoisStateDB-- SamElmore,WesternIllinois MikeGailey,MissouriState IsaacHarvin,MissouriState

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARDLDavidBowens,WesternIllinois

1999

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- DustyBurk,IllinoisState SherardPoteete,S.Illinois JayRodgers,MissouriStateRB-- WalterJames,IllinoisState TomKoutsos,SouthernIllinois CharlesTharp,WesternIllinoisOL-- ChadSetterstrom,UNIWR--JeremyDusho,UNI BobbyStarks,WesternIllinoisPK-- ScottEverhart,SouthernIllinois MikeMegyesi,IndianaState BrianStegall,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- LuisAlmanzar,MissouriState DamianGregory,IllinoisState BryanHawthorne,YSU MattMachling,YoungstownSt.LB-- TimJohnson,YoungstownState HamiltonWells,IllinoisStateDB-- MichaelBrooks,IndianaState K.J.Friday,WesternIllinois DavidGunn,UNI DonteKing,MissouriState JeromePeterson,UNIP-- MikeScifres,WesternIllinois

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARRBCharlesTharp,WesternIllinois

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARQBDustyBurk,IllinoisState

2000

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- SamClemons,WesternIllinois FrismanJackson,W.Illinois AustinMoherman,MSURB-- RichardCarter,UNI CliftonJones,IndianaState P.J.Mays,YoungstownStateOL-- JamesBroyles,MissouriState BenDeike,UNI MikeNewman,WesternIllinois ElliottSmith,MissouriState RyanSmith,YoungstownStateWR--EugeneMintze,YoungstownSt. JammarlO’Neal,W.Illinois BrandonPedraza,YSUPK-- MackenzieHoambrecker,UNI

Western Illinois’ DB/RS Buck Phillips was the conference’s initial New-comer of the Year in 1994.

ALL-NEWCOMER

  Beginning with the 1994 season, the Missouri Valley Football Confer-ence has announced an all-new-comer team in conjunction with the release of its all-conference team.  The team is voted upon by sports information directors, coaches and a media panel.  The 1999 season marked the first season in which the league recog-nized a Freshman of the Year.  To be eligible, the player must be in his first year of collegiate competition, and he can be a red-shirt. 

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HONORS

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- ChadDaun,WesternIllinois MattMitchell,UNILB-- JustinDellarose,YoungstownSt. AndrewPapoccia,IllinoisState BenRogers,IndianaState LeeRussell,WesternIllinois TeddySims,SouthernIllinoisDB-- LeeLafayette,IllinoisState TerrenceMiles,IndianaState WillPeterson,WesternIllinois ReggieWaddell,WesternIllinois

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARLBTeddySims,SouthernIllinois

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARLBLeeRussell,WesternIllinois

2001

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- TomPetrie,UNI JulianReese,IndianaStateRB-- CarlosDaniels,W.Illinois SosoDede,IndianaState SteveEnnis,MissouriState EddieLinscomb,MissouriState QuincyWashington,IllinoisStateOL-- BusterAshley,WesternKy. EricBowman,IndianaState CrockettLadd,MissouriStateWR--JustinGeorge,SouthernIllinois MarkMarcos,MissouriStatePK-- StephenCarroll,IllinoisStateRS-- TerryTharps,WesternIllinois

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- JonathanFriend,IllinoisStateLB-- BoomerGrigsby,IllinoisState KevinMcDavid,IndianaState CornellMiddlebrook,W.IllinoisDB-- CarlosBanks,MissouriState DaryonBrutley,UNI DennisButler,IllinoisState AlexisMoreland,S.Illinois JonPendergrass,S.Illinois DarylWarren,MissouriStateP-- BrianClaybourn,WesternKy.

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARQBJulianReese,IndianaState

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARQBTomPetrie,UNI

2002

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- AaronMarshall,YoungstownSt. JoelSambursky,S.Illinois MichaelSouza,IllinoisStateRB-- MuhammadAbdulqaadir,SIU TravisGlasford,WesternIllinois JeremiJohnson,WesternKy.OL-- StaffordDavis,IllinoisState WillSanders,YoungstownSt.WR--CourtneyAbbott,S.Illinois ReggieGray,WesternIllinois TerrenceHall,WesternIllinois CaseyRooney,WesternKy. DwayneSmith,IllinoisStateTE-- R.J.Luke,WesternIllinois

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- JonKowalyshen,WesternIllinois KyleMitchell,IndianaStateLB-- BrandonChambers,MSU JonathanHarrell,UNI T.J.Jackson,IllinoisState DarrylRobinson,MissouriState BennySapp,UNI RoyalWhitaker,SouthernIllinoisDB-- BrandonAllen,IllinoisState VictorCampbell,WesternIllinois SherodHolmes,YoungstownSt. JarvisPhillips,UNI TravisWashington,W.IllinoisP-- TroyMaskel,IllinoisState

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARRBMuhammadAbdulqaadir,SIU

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARQBJoelSambursky,SouthernIllinois

2003FIRST TEAM OFFENSE

QB-- JustinHaddix,WesternKy. JakeSchiff,IndianaStateRB-- TerranceFreeney,UNI LerronMoore,WesternKy. CodyPratt,MissouriStateOL-- ElmerMcDaniel,S.Illinois AnthonyOakley,WesternKy.WR--JamesNorris,WesternIllinois StevenRush,MissouriState MichaelSparks,MissouriStatePK-- NickTerracina,YoungstownSt.

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- LintonBrown,SouthernIllinois JamesFields,SouthernIllinois CharliePhillips,WesternKy.LB-- PhilArcher,WesternIllinois KevinSears,MissouriState BrandonSmith,WesternKy.DB-- Dre’Dokes,UNI TorreEndsley,MissouriState FrankJohnson,SouthernIllinois JamarquisJordan,S.Illinois AntwanOliver,IllinoisStateP-- JoeBishop,YoungstownState

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARRBTerranceFreeney,UNI

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARQBJustinHaddix,WesternKentucky

2004

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- EricSanders,UNI TomZetts,YoungstownStateRB-- BrandonJacobs,S.Illinois BrianPorter,WesternKentucky BrianThompson,IllinoisState ArkeeWhitlock,S.IllinoisFB-- CraigTurner,SouthernIllinoisOL-- ErikLosey,WesternKentucky FredStaugh,IndianaStateWR--KevettMickle,IllinoisStateRS-- TherralHatfield,IndianaState

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DanielWilliams,WesternKy. JoeWoolridge,WesternKy.

LB-- LaDrelleBryant,IndianaState TravisCherry,WesternIllinois Orlando“Doc”Gooden,INS DarrylJohnson,MissouriState BrettKoebcke,UNI JamesTerry,YoungstownStateDB-- DarrenBarnett,MissouriState MarionRumph,WesternKy. MichaelWoods,WesternIllinois

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARRBBrandonJacobs,SouthernIllinois

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARQBEricSanders,UNI

2005

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- BlayneBaggett,IndianaState ScottCarroll,MissouriStateRB-- LeeBaker,MissouriState DavidHorne,UNI MarcusMason,YoungstownState PierreRembert,IllinoisStateWR--JamieGoodwin,UNIOL-- AndrewCampbell,WesternKy. ChrisMcConnell,WesternKy. DarrenMarquez,SouthernIllinois JimmyWegerer,SouthernIllinois

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- DeyontaeBatiste,MissouriState CharlesJohnson,UNI PianaLukabu,WesternIllinois MychalSavage,YoungstownState LorenzoWims,SouthernIllinoisLB-- JeromeBennett,WesternIllinois JenkinsReese,WesternKentuckyDB-- CoderaJackson,YoungstownSt. GregLovely,MissouriState TomNelson,IllinoisState TrokonTompo,WesternIllinois

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARRBMarcusMason,YoungstownState

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARDBTomNelson,IllinoisState

2006

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- ReillyMurphy,IndianaStateRB-- AndrewMcCloud,WesternKy. JohnRandle,SouthernIllinois DarianWilliams,UNIWR--TerrellAllen,UNI EricDavis,MissouriState JakeGaebler,WesternKy. TamarkusMcElvane,MSUTE-- LouisIrizarry,YoungstownState J.R.Zwierzynski,WesternIllinoisOL-- BrandonJoyce,IllinoisState JonathanSt-Pierre,IllinoisState ShawnSmith,SouthernIllinois

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- AdamBlankenship,IllinoisState ChuckKinney,UNI JamesRuffin,UNI AndreTillman,SouthernIllinoisLB-- BlakeBoyd,WesternKentucky BrandinJordan,SouthernIllinois

Newcomers of the Year1994 DB/RSBuckPhillips,WIU1995 WRJasonCannon,MSU1996 LBVinceBruno,W.Illinois1997 RBAaronStecker,W.Illinois1998 DLDavidBowens,W.Illinois1999 RBCharlesTharp,W.Illinois2000 LBTeddySims,S.Illinois2001 QBJulianReese,IndianaSt.2002 RBMuhammadAbdulqaadir,SIU2003 RBTerranceFreeney,UNI2004 RBBrandonJacobs,S.Illinois2005 RBMarcusMason,YSU2006 RBDarianWilliams,UNI2007 WRFerlandoWilliams,YSU

Freshmen of the Year1999 QBDustyBurk,IllinoisState2000 LBLeeRussell,W.Illinois2001 QBTomPetrie,UNI2002 QBJoelSambursky,S.Illinois2003 QBJustinHaddix,WesternKy.2004 QBEricSanders,UNI2005 DBTomNelson,IllinoisState2006 LBBrandinJordan,S.Illinois2007 QBCodyKirby,MissouriState

ALL-NEWCOMER

SIU’s Brandon Jacobs, here with the New York Giants, was the league’s Newcomer of the Year in 2004.

HONORS

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ChaunceyMixon,SouthernIllinois JeronPoole,MissouriStateDB-- RashadEtheridge,WesternKy. PatrickStoudamire,W.IllinoisP-- ScottRavanesi,SouthernIllinois

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARRBDarianWilliams,UNI

FRESHMAN OF THE YEARLBBrandinJordan,SouthernIllinois

2007

FIRST TEAM OFFENSEQB-- MattBarr,WesternIllinois CodyKirby,MissouriStateRB-- KevinSmith,YoungstownState LarryWarner,SouthernIllinois KingjackWashington,MissouriSt.FB-- RyanMahaffey,UNIWR--EyadSalem,IllinoisState FerlandoWilliams,YoungstownSt.OL-- DavidArkin,MissouriState KevaughnBrown,MissouriStatePK-- BillyHallgren,UNI

FIRST TEAM DEFENSEDL-- ClaytonDickehut,MissouriState JoshGalloway,WesternIllinois TorranceNicholson,Youngstown VictorVisoky,WesternIllinoisLB-- De’VeonHarris,UNIDB-- KelvynHemphill,IllinoisState DarrellLloyd,UNI DariusMiddlebrooks,IndianaSt. DerekMiller,MissouriState AdamRoberts,UNIP-- BenNowicki,YoungstownStateRS/CB--DeAngeloWilson,Youngstown

NEWCOMER OF THE YEARWRFerlandoWilliams,YSUFRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

QBCodyKirby,MissouriState

SELECTIONS BY SCHOOL

ILLINOIS STATE (50)1994--WRKyleRobinson;DLArmandosFischer;CharlesWilliams;DBDuaneButler.1995--QBBillHagman;OLDionDixon;DLDanO’Dowd;LBAndyReinwald.1996--RBDarylJones;WRRickeyGarrett;DLRyanHealy;LBTimAngsten;LBPhillipRobinson.1997--QBKevinGlenn;WRMarquisMosely;LBGalenScott;PJakeStrader.1998--RBAveionCason;RBSamZanders;OLAndyKing;WRCoryGrow;DLChadPegues;LBMarcusWhite.1999--QBDustyBurk;RBWalterJames;DLDamianGregory;LBHamiltonWells.2000--DBLeeLafayette,OLBAndrewPapoccia.2001--PKStephenCarroll;DBDennisButler;DEJonathanFriend;LBBoomerGrigsby;RBQuincyWash-ington.2002--OLStaffordDavis;WRDwayneSmith;QBMichaelSouza;DBBrandonAllen;LBT.J.Jackson;PTroy

Maskel.2003--DBAntwanOliver.2004--WRKevettMickle;RBBrianThompson.2005--RBPierreRembert;DBTomNelson.2006--OLBrandonJoyce;OLJonathanSt-Pierre;DLAdamBlanken-ship.2007--DBKelvynHemphill;WREyadSalem;

INDIANA STATE (27)1994--OLBradSchwing;LBChrisLibaire;DBRobertHigh.1995--WRCourtlandTubbs.1996--TEChadAmes;OLDougHurt;DLShannonJackson.1997--WRAnthonyWilliams.1998--QBSheratonFox.1999--PKMikeMegyesi;CBMichaelBrooks.2000--RBCliftonJones;DBTerranceMiles;LBBenRogers.2001--OLEricBowman;RBSosoDede;QBJulianReese;LBKevinMcDavid.2002--DEKyleMitchell.2003--QBJakeSchiff.2004--RSTherralHatfield;OLFredStaugh;LBLaDrelleBryant;LBOrlando“Doc”Gooden.2005--QBBlayneBaggett.2006--QBReillyMurphy.2007--DBDariusMiddlebrooks.

MISSOURI STATE (57)1994--QBJeremyHoog;OLRyanBra-vo;OLBradKubik;LBKevinLightburn;PChrisHurst.1995--WRJasonCan-non;RBMichaelCosey;DLMikeMiano;DBBranyonDavis.1996--WRChanceThurman;DBMikeBlount.1997--RBCoreyMcGriff;PKTravisBrawner;DLMitchMinick;LBCorkyMartin;DBShawnLockhart.1998--OLJustinCraun;OLEricOwens;WRTacomaFontaine;WRJeffHewitt;LBP.J.Jones;DBMikeGailey;DBIsaacHarvin.1999--QBJayRodgers;DTLuisAlmanzar;CBDonteKing.2000--OLJamesBroyles;QBAustinMoherman;OGElliottSmith.2001--RBSteveEnnis;RBEddieLin-scomb;WRMarkMarcos;OCCrockettLadd;CBCarlosBanks;CBDarylWar-ren.2002--LBBrandonChambers;LBDarrylRobinson.2003--TBCodyPratt;WR/KRStevenRush;WR/KRMichaelSparks;DBTorreEndsley;LBKevinSears.2004--CBDarrenBarnett;LBDarrylJohnson.2005--TBLeeBaker;QBScottCarroll;DTDeyontaeBatiste;CBGregLovely.2006--WR/KREricDavis;WR/KRTamarkusMcElvane;LBJeronPoole.2007--OGDavidArkin;OTKevaughnBrown;DEClaytonDickehut;QBCodyKirby;CBDerekMiller;TBKingjackWashington.

UNI (46)1994--RBMarvinSims;OTAndyPattee;DBMaceoStrickland.1995--LBDannieSpann;TyTalton.1996--RBJustinRoberson;OLBradMeester;DLErikNelson;DBMickeyDalton.1997--QBShaneFortney;RBTerryHollimon;WR

EddieBerlin;WRMikeFurrey.1998--RBAdamBenge;TEDorrickRoy;DLJackMitchell.1999--FLJeremyDusho;OTChadSetterstrom;PKBrianStegall;CBDavidGunn;CBJeromePeterson.2000--RBRichardCarter;STBenDeike;PKMackenzieHoambrecker;DEMattMitchell.2001--QBTomPetrie;CBDaryonBrutley.2002--LBJonathanHarrell;SSJarvisPhillips;LBBennySapp.2003--RBTerranceFreeney;CBDreDokes.2004--QBEricSanders;LBBrettKoebcke.2005--WR/RSJamieGoodwin;RBDavidHorne;DTCharlesJohnson.2006--WRTerrellAllen;RBDarianWilliams;DLChuckKinney;DEJamesRuffin.2007--PKBillyHallgren;LBDe’VeonHarris;CBDarrellLloyd;FBRyanMahaffey;CBAdamRoberts.

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (44)1994--TEDamonJones;DLArglistaScott;DBDarnellHendricks.1995--RBKarltonCarpenter;QBDannySmith;OLSteveJones;DLDarrylHolland;DBHassanMcCullough;DBC.J.McDavid.1996--OLJasonKrivis;LBRyanHalla-han.1997--QBKentSkornia;DLTavitaTovio;PJohnAmitrano.1998--LBBartScott.1999--PKScottEverhart;RBTomKoutsos;QBSherardPoteete.2000--LBTeddySims.2001--RBJustinGeorge;SAlexisMoreland;SJonPendergrass.2002--RBMuhammadAbdulqaadir;WRCourtneyAbbott;QBJoelSambursky;LBRoyalWhitaker.2003--CElmerMcDaniel;DTLintonBrown;DEJamesFields;SFrankJohnson;SJamarquisJordan.2004--RBBrandonJacobs;FBCraigTurner;RBArkeeWhitlock.2005--OTDarrenMarquez;OGJimmyWegerer;DELorenzoWims.2006--RBJohnRandle;OGShawnSmith;LBBrandinJordan;LBChaunceyMixon;PScottRavenesi;DTAndreTillman.2007--RBLarryWarner.

WESTERN ILLINOIS (60)1994--WRChrisSabino;PKKeithJones;DBBuckPhillips;DBFrankSpraggins.1995--RBBrianKnuckles;QBJeffHecklinski;DBDarrylMitchell.1996--RBJamaineBlalock;OLBobDyment;JasonGrott;WRThedoGriffin;WRJonMoffitt;LBVinceBruno;LBTyLocatelli;DBDustinBlount;DBBradFreeman.1997--RBAaronStecker;WRJimFarrell;DLCyronBrown;DLDaveWatson;LBJamesMilton;DBDonnieCaldwell.1998--DLDavidBowens;DLAbieCamacho;LBEdgertonHartwell;DBSamElmore.1999--WRBobbyStarks;RBCharlesTharp;DBK.J.Friday;PMikeScifres.2000--QBSamClemons;QBFrismanJackson;OLMikeNewman;WRJammarlO’Neal;DLChadDaun;DBWillPeterson;OLBLeeRus-

ALL-NEWCOMER

Youngstown State’s Ferlando Wil-liams earned league Newcomer of the Year honors in 2007.

WKU’s Joseph Jefferson was all-con-ference at both DB and RS in his lone season in the league in 2001.

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HONORS

UNI’s Brad Meester is one of a small group of league players to earn all-aca-demic first-team honors three times.

sell;DBReggieWaddell.2001--RBCar-losDaniels;RSTerryTharps;LBCornellMiddlebrook.2002--RBTravisGlasford;WRReggieGray;WRTerrenceHall;TER.J.Luke;DBVictorCampbell;DLJonKowalyshen;DBTravisWashington.2003--WRJamesNorris;LBPhilArcher.2004--LBTravisCherry;DBMichaelWoods.2005--LBJeromeBennett;DLPianaLukabu;DBTrokonTompo.2006--TEJ.R.Zwierzynski;DBPatrickStoudamire.2007--QBMattBarr;DLJoshGalloway;DLVictorVisoky.

YOUNGSTOWN STATE (27)joined league for start of 1997 season1997--OLFrankRutherford;DLChrisGlantzis;DBJakeAnderson.1998--QBJeffRyan.1999--DLBryanHawthorne;LBTimJohnson;DLMattMachling.2000--RBP.J.Mays;WREugeneMintze;WRBrandonPedraza;OTRyanSmith;LBJustinDellarose.2001--none.2002--QBAaronMarshall;CBSherodHolmes.2003--PKNickTerracina;PJoeBishop.2004--QBTomZetts;LBJamesTerry.2005--TBMarcusMason;CBCoderaJackson;DTMychalSav-age.2006--TELouisIrizarry.2007--DTTorranceNicholson;PBenNowicki;TBKevinSmith;WRFerlandoWilliams;RS/CBDe’AngeloWilson.

EASTERN ILLINOIS (3)left league after the 1995 season1994--none.1995--OLLemontClark;TravisHunerberg;DLJohnMoyer.

WESTERN KENTUCKY (21)joined league for start of 2001 sea-son; left league after 2006 season2001--OLBusterAshley;PBrianClaybourn.2002--RBJeremiJohnson;WRCaseyRooney.2003--QBJustinHaddix;LBLerronMoore;OLAnthonyOakley;DLCharliePhillips;LBBrandonSmith.2004--OLErikLosey;RBBrianPorter;DBMarionRumph;DLDanielWilliams;DLJoeWoolridge.2005--OLAndrewCampbell;OLChrisMcConnell;LBJenkinsReese.2006--WRJakeGaebler;RBAndrewMcCloud;LBBlakeBoyd;DB/RSRashadEtheridge.

1994FIRST TEAM

TETimAchterberg,IllinoisStatePKTomAllison,IndianaStateCChrisAnderson,EasternIllinoisFBTimArdis,WesternIllinoisLBTimCarver,EasternIllinoisPMarkGagliano,SouthernIllinoisSFrederickHunt,IndianaStateOGJonMcAvoy,IllinoisStateCDonaldMumma,UNIQBBrettO’Donnell,UNISCurtRinghofer,EasternIllinois

SECOND TEAMPKBradBohannon,SouthernIllinoisQBChadDistler,IndianaStatePKRyanGiven,SouthernIllinoisOLBrianHawkins,SouthernIllinoisLBToddLiska,IllinoisStateLBMikeNelson,IndianaStateDTBrianPrudent,SouthernIllinoisLBTonySeman,SouthernIllinoisOTRyanTouhey,MissouriStateWRSteveWilson,IllinoisStateLBPaulWolf,UNI

Honorable MentionQBTomCerasani,IndianaStatePRyanElsbernd,UNIRBKeithGoodnight,IllinoisStateTEMattHarken,UNIFSJeffHelgeson,UNIFBChrisHicks,EasternIllinoisPKSteveLargent,EasternIllinoisCChrisNicoll,MissouriStateOLRyanPeterson,SouthernIllinoisDTCurtisPrice,EasternIllinoisSSCoreyRoy,MissouriStateCRaymondRudnick,WesternIllinoisCBLarryScally,IndianaStateLBMattSweeney,EasternIllinoisTEMarkThiessen,EasternIllinois

1995FIRST TEAM

TETimAchterberg,IllinoisStateCChrisAnderson,EasternIllinoisPKTomAllison,IndianaStateQBChrisBerg,UNIOGRyanBravo,MissouriStateLBTimCarver,EasternIllinoisPMarkGagliano,SouthernIllinoisPKRyanGiven,SouthernIllinoisTEMattHarken,UNIDEBrianPrudent,SouthernIllinoisLBRionRhoades,WesternIllinoisOTJasonWhittle,MissouriState

SECOND TEAMQBKevinCox,IndianaStateRBKeithGoodnight,IllinoisStateRBChrisHicks,EasternIllinoisQBJeremyHoog,MissouriStateDLJohnMoyer,EasternIllinoisOTAndrewPattee,UNIDLCurtisPrice,EasternIllinoisOLRayRudnick,WesternIllinoisLBTonySeman,SouthernIllinoisWRSteveWilson,IllinoisState

Honorable MentionQBSteveBeard,UNI

RBTroyDooley,UNIFBRyanEstes,MissouriStateNBAaronFranklin,WesternIllinoisQBKyleGeller,MissouriStateOLEricLyons,UNINBMattPleviak,WesternIllinoisDTTomProcter,MissouriStateTECoreyRoy,MissouriStateDBMarcSalmon,UNILBTravisSchipper,UNIOGAlexSitz,IndianaStateDTTimStuck,IndianaStateLBGlennWaterhouse,W.Illinois

1996FIRST TEAM

QBSteveBeard,UNIQBKevinCox,IndianaStateWRMontoiDixon,MissouriStatePMarkGagliano,SouthernIllinoisQBMattGajewski,IndianaStateTEGregHawthorne,UNIDTJakeJacobsmeyer,MissouriStateDLDanO’Dowd,IllinoisStateTECoreyRoy,MissouriStateLBTravisSchipper,UNIDEDonShymkewich,WesternIllinoisOGRyanTouhey,MissouriStateOTJasonWhittle,MissouriState

SECOND TEAMQBTobyDeal,IndianaStateLBBradDuke,MissouriStateILBJoeDunn,IndianaStateSSRyanEstes,MissouriStateWRReggieFowler,SouthernIllinoisQBBillHagman,IllinoisStateQBJeremyHoog,MissouriStateLBAndyMorris,UNIOTRichardMadura,IndianaStateFBBryanNolbertowicz,S.IllinoisOLNateOrsburn,SouthernIllinoisDETomProcter,MissouriState

Honorable MentionOTAndyPattee,UNIOTAlexSitz,IndianaStateOLKevinSkinkis,SouthernIllinoisRBBrianWalker,SouthernIllinois

1997

FIRST TEAMPKTravisBrawner,MissouriStateWRJimFarrell,WesternIllinoisQBMattGajewski,IndianaStateDBJeffKilleen,MissouriStateOLJasonKrivis,SouthernIllinoisDLTroyLefevra,IndianaStateOCBradMeester,UNIDEMattPeterson,UNICBAnthonyPannunzio,YSULBTravisSchipper,UNIOLBrianSitz,IndianaStatePJ.J.Stefancin,YoungstownState

SECOND TEAMLBJoeDunn,IndianaStateQBJeffHecklinski,WesternIllinoisDLShannonJackson,IndianaStateDLJakeJacobsmeyer,MSULBTyLocatelli,WesternIllinois

ALL-ACADEMIC

  Starting in 1994, the Missouri Valley Football Conference began recognizing All-Academic Teams, which empha-size the balance between athletic and academic achievements.  The criteria for the Valley Academic All-Conference team voting parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Informa-tion Directors of America) standards for academic All-America voting.  Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale).  Student-athletes must have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing at their institutions (freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution.  League sports information directors vote on the team by designating 11 play-ers for first-team honors and 11 players for second-team honors.

All-Academic Team Champs2004 W.Illinois/S.Illinois(tie)2005 SouthernIllinois2006 IndianaState2007 announced in July 2008

  In 2005, the conference introduced an All-Academic Award (for team achievement).  It is based on the average student-athlete grade-point average for the previous academic year (e.g. -- fall of 2004/spring of 2005 for the 2004 honor).  The GPA calcula-tions are calculated for all student-ath-letes who compete, practice or receive athletic aid during the academic year.