Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Friedman Named ISU Director of Athletics
Illinois State has announced the appointment of Gary Friedman as the Redbirds' Director of Athletics Wednesday. Friedman previously served as the senior associate athletic director at Louisville.
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Friday, May 06, 2011
Twenty-One in Valley Football Honored for Academics
The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) has announced the members of the 2011 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football players from all divisions of play who each maintained a 3.2 GPA or better. Twenty-one MVFC student-athletes were honored.
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Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Valley Football Announces Academic Awards
Twenty-three student-athletes highlight more than 300 who earned selection to the 2010-11 Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll. Those 23 student-athletes earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Football Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award.
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Monday, May 02, 2011
Valley Football Pair Drafted in 2011
Missouri State's David Arkin and Southern Illinois' Korey Lindsey have been drafted by NFL teams in the 2011 NFL Draft. Arkin was taken by the Cowboys, while Lindsey is headed to the Bengals.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Glazier Earns National Honor
LB Kyle Glazier of Western Illinois has been chosen as a recipient of the 10th Annual Division I Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA) Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
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Friday, February 04, 2011
2011 Missouri Valley Football Commitments
Missouri Valley Football Conference 2011 Commitments -- read more inside (signees through Friday, Feb. 4)
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Three in MVFC Ranked in Final Sports Network poll
Five Missouri Valley Football schools finished the 2010 season among those schools receiving votes, while North Dakota State (9), Western Illinois (17) and UNI (19) cracked the Top 25. Indiana State and Illinois State also represented the MVFC.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Three Ranked in FCS Top 25 Final Poll
North Dakota State headlines a list of three Valley Football schools in the final FCS Coaches poll of 2010. The Bison were ranked No. 9 and were joined in the Top 25 by UNI and Western Illinois.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011
College Sporting News All-America Team
Five student-athletes from the MVFC have earned selection to the 2010 College Sporting News Sweet 63 Football Championship Subdivision All-America team.
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Friday, January 07, 2011
13th Annual FCS ADA Academic All-Star Team Named
CLEVELAND -- The 52 winners of the 13th annual Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic
#$%^All-Star Team were announced by the Athletics Directors Association (FCS ADA). And nine student-athletes from the MVFC
#$%^made the team, including three named finalists for a postgraduate scholarship.
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Friday, January 07, 2011
Kyle Glazier Finishes Runner-Up in Buck Buchanan Award Voting
FRISCO, Texas ? Western Illinois senior linebacker Kyle Glazier (Geneseo/Geneseo) finished in a tie for runner-up in the final
#$%^voting for the 2010 Buck Buchanan Award, presented by The Sports Network/Fathead.com.
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Friday, January 07, 2011
Mark Hendrickson Finishes Second in Eddie Robinson Award Voting
Western Illinois' Mark Hendrickson finished second in the final voting for the 2010 Eddie Robinson Award, presented by The
#$%^Sports Network/Fathead.com. The award is given to the National ?Coach of the Year', and was announced Thursday night (Jan.
#$%^6) in a ceremony at the Embassy Suites in Frisco, Texas. Indiana State's Trent Miles finished No. 5 in the voting.
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Friday, January 07, 2011
Matt Barr Finishes Second in Walter Payton Award Voting
PLANO, Texas - Matt Barr (Belvidere/Belvidere), Western Illinois' record-setting quarterback, finished second in the Walter
#$%^Payton Award voting. The 24th annual award, sponsored by The Sports Network/Fathead.com, was presented Thursday night
#$%^in a ceremony at the Embassy Suites in Frisco, Texas.
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Nine in Valley Football Named All-Americans
Nine student-athletes from the Missouri Valley Football Conference have earned Sports Network/Fathead.com All-America
#$%^honors as announced by the organization on Wednesday. All 14 FCS conferences plus an independent program had players
#$%^represented on the three teams. The Big Sky Conference led with 16 selections, while CAA Football was second with 13. The
#$%^Southern Conference and Missouri Valley Football Conference each had nine.
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
Six Valley Football Players on AP All-America Team
Six Missouri Valley Football student-athletes have been selected as Associated Press All-Americans, including first-teamers
#$%^David Arkin of Missouri State; Kyle Glazier of Western Illinois; and Korey Lindsey of Southern Illinois.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Arkin Represents Valley Football on AFCA All-America Unit
WACO, Texas -- Postseason football awards continue to pile up for Missouri State senior offensive lineman David Arkin. The
#$%^native of Wichita, Kan., was named to the American Football Coaches Association Division I FCS All-America team on Dec. 7.
#$%^He is the only representative of the Missouri Valley Football Conference named to the 25-player team.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Three in Valley Football Are All-Americans
Three Missouri Valley Football Conference student-athletes have been selected as First Team All-Americans by the Walter
#$%^Camp Football Foundation. LB Kyle Glazier of Western Illinois, OL David Arkin of Missouri State and OL Ryan McKnight of South
#$%^Dakota State represent the MVFC.
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Sunday, December 12, 2010
Bison Season Ends with 38-31 OT Loss in Quarterfinals
CHENEY, Wash.--Bo Levi Mitchell threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Hart on the first play of overtime and Eastern
#$%^Washington recovered a goal-line fumble by quarterback Brock Jensen to beat North Dakota State 38-31 in the quarterfinals of
#$%^the FCS playoffs Saturday.
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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Valley Football Playoff Notebook - Quarterfinal Round
No. 21/25-ranked North Dakota State will travel to Cheney, Wash., to play 5th-seeded and No. 1-ranked Eastern Washington in
#$%^Roos Stadium (11,000) on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS)
#$%^playoffs. The game will be televised on the North Dakota NBC Sports Network, ESPN GamePlan and ESPN3.com.
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Monday, December 06, 2010
Trent Miles is AFCA Region 4 Coach of the Year
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. ? Indiana State football head coach Trent Miles has been named the 2010 American Football Coaches
#$%^Association Region 4 Coach Of The Year by the national coaches organization. He is the first Sycamore football head coach to
#$%^earn MVFC or AFCA Regional Coach Of The Year honors.
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Sunday, December 05, 2010
North Dakota State to Face #1 Eastern Washington
North Dakota State (9-4) is scheduled to play No. 5-seed and No. 1-ranked Eastern Washington (10-2) at 2:30 p.m. (Central)
#$%^Saturday, Dec. 11, in Roos Stadium (11,000/ Red Sprinturf) at Cheney, Wash, in the NCAA Division I Football Championship
#$%^Subdivision (FCS) Quarterfinals. This is the first meeting between the two teams.
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Sunday, December 05, 2010
Bison Advance Behind 200-Yard Game from McNorton
North Dakota State's offensive line paved the way for the Bison as NDSU advanced to the FCS quarterfinals with a 42-17 win
#$%^at No. 4 seeded Montana State. Western Illinois' season came to an end, as the Leathernecks fell at top-seeded Appalachian
#$%^State. D.J. McNorton had 207 rushing yards in the NDSU win at Montana State.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Matt Barr in Top Three for Payton Award
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ? Western Illinois senior quarterback Matt Barr (Belvidere/Belvidere) was announced Wednesday (Dec. 1)
#$%^as one of three finalists for the Walter Payton Award, given to the Football Championship Subdivision's Offensive Player of the
#$%^Year. The Sports Network presents the award, and Fathead.com sponsors the Payton Award.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
2010 Missouri Valley Football All-Newcomer Team
QB Tirrell Rennie of UNI has been named the Missouri Valley Football Conference Newcomer of the Year, and QB Kurt Hess of
#$%^Youngstown State is the league's Freshman of the Year. The duo heads a list of 26 student-athletes named to the 2010
#$%^Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Newcomer Team.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
2010 Valley Football - Playoff Notebook (Dec. 4)
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has two teams remaining in the Round of 16 of the FCS Playoffs. On Saturday, North
#$%^Dakota State battles No. 4 seed Montana State, while Western Illinois faces top-seeded Appalachian State.
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
2010 Missouri Valley Football All-Academic Team
ST. LOUIS -- Forty-two student-athletes, including 13 who earned first-team honors, highlight the 2010 all-Missouri Valley
#$%^Football Conference all-academic team, announced by the league office today. Nine of the 13 first-teamers also earned 2010
#$%^ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America plaudits, as selected by College Sports Information Directors (CoSIDA).
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Monday, November 29, 2010
2010 Missouri Valley Football All-Conference Team
Western Illinois QB Matt Barr, a Walter Payton Award finalist, has been named the Missouri Valley Football Offensive Player
#$%^of the Year in a vote of league coaches, media and sports information directors. Barr led the league in pass efficiency, total
#$%^offense, passing yards, passing TDs and touchdowns accounted for.
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Two Advance to NCAA Playoffs Second Round
Two MVFC teams have advanced to the second round of the Division I NCAA Playoffs. Western Illinois beat Coastal Carolina
#$%^and will face top-seeded Appalachian State next Saturday, while North Dakota State used a big second half to bounce Robert
#$%^Morris, and the Bison take on #4 seed Montana State. The Valley's third playoff team, UNI, lost to Lehigh, 14-7.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Nine in MVFC Are Academic All-Americans; SIU with 3
Six Valley Football schools were represented on the 2010 ESPN Academic All-America Football Teams as selected by the
#$%^College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and announced Nov. 23. Southern Illinois tied for the nation's lead as
#$%^it had three student-athletes selected, which ties Penn State for the most from a single Division I school.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Three Teams In the Playoffs - Valley Notebook
UNI, North Dakota State and Western Illinois are representing the Missouri Valley Football Conference in the 2010 field. UNI is
#$%^appearing for a league-record 15th time and has an 18-14 all-time record. Western Illinois is in its ninth playoff, and the
#$%^Leathernecks are 5-8 in previous trips. North Dakota State is making its first playoff trip since becoming playoff eligible in 2008.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Western's Kyle Glazier Added as Buchanan Finalist
Western Illinois LB Kyle Glazier has been added to the Buck Buchanan List and is one of 20 finalists in the running for the
#$%^nation's top FCS defensive award. Glazier is one of three MVFC players on the list, joining SIU's Korey Lindsey and MSU's
#$%^Antoine Wilkinson. RB Kyle Minett of SDSU and QB Matt Barr of WIU are finalists for the Payton Award.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Pair of League Coaches Appear on Eddie Robinson Ballot
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) ? All Football Championship Subdivision conferences are represented among the 20 finalists
#$%^for the Eddie Robinson Award, which honors the national coach of the year and is sponsored by Fathead.com. MVFC
#$%^coaches Trent Miles of Indiana State and Mark Hendrickson of Western Illinois are on the national ballot.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Three MVFC Teams Ranked in Top 25 of Coaches Poll
Three Missouri Valley Football Conference schools are ranked in the final regular-season FCS coaches poll. UNI (16), North
#$%^Dakota State (21) and Western Illinois (24) represent the MVFC. Those three also appeared in the Sports Network /
#$%^Fathead.com rankings, with UNI clocking in at No. 16. Western was 21 in that poll, and NDSU was 25th.
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Nov. 20)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week are QB Chris Dieker and OL Bryan Boemer of Southern
#$%^Illinois; LB Antoine Wilkinson of Missouri State; PK Pat Smith of Western Illinois; and RB Bryce Flowers of Western Illinois. Each
#$%^played significant roles in his teams victories on Saturday.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Three Valley Football Teams Earn Playoff Bids
The field of 20 teams competing for the 2010 NCAA Division I Football Championship was announced today by the NCAA
#$%^Division I Football Championship Committee, and the Missouri Valley Football Conference is represented by three teams.
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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Regular-Season Ends -- Playoff Field Announced Sunday
Both of the league's ranked teams fell on Saturday, but three teams completed the year with 7-4 marks, and those MVFC
#$%^hopefuls now await word regarding 20 bids (10 at-large spots) to the NCAA FCS playoffs, announced Sunday (Nov. 21) at 9
#$%^a.m. on ESPNU.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
This Week in Valley Football - Weekly Radio Report
Each week throughout the season veteran broadcaster Jim Powers previews the upcoming games and reviews last week's
#$%^action.
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Coaches Teleconference
Each week the Missouri Valley Football Coaches are available to media via teleconference. The comments are recorded and
#$%^replayed on the Valley Football site no later than Wednesday afternoon. Click the link below to listen to comments from this
#$%^week's call.
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Notebook (Nov. 15)
UNI earned its league-best 15th title following its 38-14 win against Missouri State this past Saturday. That win, coupled by a
#$%^Western Illinois loss at Southern Illinois, gave the Panthers a two-game cushion with one game remaining. The NCAA Division I
#$%^FCS Championship selection show will take place Sunday, Nov. 21, at 9 a.m. CT on ESPNU.
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Two League Teams Ranked in Top 17 of National Polls
Two Valley Football schools are ranked this week and a total of six teams are either ranked or receiving mention. UNI is the
#$%^highest-ranked MVFC team, clocking in at No. 13 in the Sports Network/Fathead.com poll and No. 12 in the coaches poll. North
#$%^Dakota State is ranked No. 17 in both polls.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Nov. 13)
This week's Players of the Week are Indiana State's Alex Jones and Ronnie Fouch, Southern Illinois' Jayson DiManche,
#$%^Carlos Anderson of UNI, and Paul Cornick of NDSU. Each contributed to their team's victories on Saturday.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Panthers Clinch Valley Football Crown With 38-14 Win Saturday
No. 16 UNI defeated Missouri State, 38-14, on Saturday and clinched an outright MVFC crown. The Panthers will represent the
#$%^league in the FCS playoffs, improving to 7-3 overall and 6-1 in league play. North Dakota State kept its playoff hopes alive with
#$%^a 31-24 win against South Dakota State, while Indiana State assured its first winning record since 1996 with a 30-24 win at
#$%^Youngstown State -- the Sycamores' first road win in league play since 2004. Illinois State and Southern Illinois also won.
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Friday, November 12, 2010
Barr Joins SDSU's Kyle Minett on Payton Watch List
The season-long excellence of quarterbacks Matt Barr of Western Illinois and Denarius McGhee of Montana State, and running
#$%^back Henry Harris of Southeast Missouri State, has led to their inclusion in the race for the 2010 Walter Payton Award,
#$%^sponsored by Fathead.com. Barr and South Dakota State's Kyle Minett represent the MVFC on the list.
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Walker Named National Player of the Week
NORMAL, Ill. ? The weekly honors for Illinois State sophomore wide receiver Tyrone Walker continue to roll in, as Walker was
#$%^named The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS National Offensive Player of the Week by the organization Monday for the week
#$%^ending Saturday, Nov. 6.
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Monday, November 08, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Notebook (Nov. 8)
Saturday's game between North Dakota State and South Dakota State (3:07 p.m. CT) is part of the league's television package.
#$%^Scott Warmann (PBP), Danan Hughes (analyst) and Mick Shaffer (sideline) will call the action from the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D.
#$%^It's the seventh meeting in the "Dakota Marker" series, one that SDSU leads, 4-2. The Jacks have won the last three games.
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Monday, November 08, 2010
Three MVFC Teams Ranked; Five Receive Mention
Three Valley Football schools are ranked this week and a total of five teams are either ranked or receiving mention. UNI is the
#$%^highest-ranked MVFC team, clocking in at No. 16 in both polls. North Dakota State (24/20) and Western Illinois (23/21) are also
#$%^ranked in the Sports Network/Fathead.com and FCS coaches polls, respectively.
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Sunday, November 07, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Nov. 6)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference Players of the Week are Illinois State's Tyrone Walker, DE Coulter Boyer of
#$%^North Dakota State, QB Tirrell Rennie of UNI, WR Marcus King of Illinois State, and C Cal McCarthy of Illinois State. Each played
#$%^significant roles in his team's victory on Saturday.
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Sunday, November 07, 2010
Panthers Stay in First Alone With 30-20 Win at Indiana State
Illinois State used a 40-yard TD pass with one second left to stun visiting Youngstown State, 41-39. The league's ranked teams
#$%^won their games, as #17 UNI beat Indiana State, 30-20, and #20 North Dakota State stopped Southern Illinois, 20-6. South
#$%^Dakota State snapped Missouri State's two-game win streak, 31-10. #21 Western Illinois was idle.
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Friday, November 05, 2010
13 in Missouri Valley Receive National Academic Honors
A total of 13 Missouri Valley Football Conference student-athletes have been named ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District
#$%^as announced by CoSIDA Thursday. Eight of the league's nine schools had one or more student-athletes selected.
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Thursday, November 04, 2010
South Dakota to Join the Missouri Valley Football Conference
Vermillion, S.D. ? University of South Dakota President James W. Abbott and Athletic Director David Sayler announced today
#$%^South Dakota has accepted an invitation to join the Missouri Valley Football Conference beginning with the 2012-13 academic
#$%^year.
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Monday, November 01, 2010
Barr, Witmer Earn National Player of the Week Honors
Western Illinois QB Matt Barr's record-setting performance last Saturday earned him The Sports Network, College Football
#$%^Performance Awards and College Sporting News ?National Offensive Player of the Week'. The awards were announced on
#$%^Monday (Nov. 1). Austin Witmer of Missouri State earned national honors from the Sports Network.
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Monday, November 01, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Notebook (Nov. 1)
Just three weeks remain in the 2010 MVFC regular-season schedule and eight teams are still mathematically alive to win or
#$%^share a conference championship. A crucial matchup takes place in Terre Haute where league-leading UNI faces Indiana State
#$%^who is a perfect 5-0 at home.
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Monday, November 01, 2010
Three MVFC Teams Ranked; Seven Receive Mention
Three Valley Football schools are ranked this week and a total of seven teams are either ranked or receiving mention. UNI is the
#$%^highest-ranked MVFC team, clocking in at No. 17 in both polls. North Dakota State (25/20) and Western Illinois (24/21) are also
#$%^ranked in both the Sports Network/Fathead.com and FCS coaches polls, respectively.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Oct. 30)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week include QB Matt Barr of Western Illinois, OL Mike
#$%^Lamphear of Western Illinois, DB Calvin Burnett of Indiana State and PK Austin Witmer of Missouri State. Each player had key
#$%^roles in their team's victories this past Saturday. Barr set a school record with six TD passes and had 492 yards of total
#$%^offense.
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Valley Football Saturday (Oct. 30) Game Recaps
It was a record-setting day in the Missouri Valley Football Conference as Western Illinois QB Matt Barr accounted for seven
#$%^TDs, and Indiana State's Darrius Gates scored five times in an ISU victory. UNI won for the 10th straight time against YSU, and
#$%^Missouri State snapped a seven-game Saluki streak in that series.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Rennie, Glazier Earn National Player of the Week Honors
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - UNI QB Tirrell Rennie, Western Illinois LB Kyle Glazier, McNeese State PK Josh Lewis and
#$%^Montana State QB Denarius McGhee have been named The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS National Players of the Week for
#$%^the week ending Saturday, Oct. 23. Glazier was also named National Player of the Week by The College Sporting News.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Notebook (Oct. 25)
In the 25-year history of the Missouri Valley Football Conference, the league has had only two seasons in which every team
#$%^won two or more conference games and won four or more games overall (1992, 2004). It appears that the MVFC is on the
#$%^verge of accomplishing that feat for just the third time.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Three Teams Ranked This Week; UNI is Best at No. 19
Three Valley Football schools are ranked this week and a total of eight teams are either ranked or receiving mention. UNI is the
#$%^highest-ranked MVFC team, clocking in at No. 19 in both polls. North Dakota State (22) and Western Illinois (24) are also ranked
#$%^in the FCS coaches poll.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Oct. 23)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week are QB Tirrell Rennie of UNI, LB Kyle Glazier of Western
#$%^Illinois and PK Peter Reifenrath of South Dakota State. Rennie accounted for five TDs in a win; Glazier had 25 tackles for
#$%^Western, and Reifenrath connected on three FGs. David Arkin of Missouri State is the Offensive Lineman of the Week.
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Home Teams Prevail on Saturday; Panthers Take Over First
UNI's Tirrell Rennie accounted for five touchdowns in leading No. 19 UNI past Illinois State, 42-14, vaulting the Panthers into sole
#$%^possession of first place in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The three other home teams on Saturday all posted wins,
#$%^with Missouri State topping Western Illinois; South Dakota State beating Youngstown State; and North Dakota State winning
#$%^against Indiana State.
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Notebook (Oct. 18)
The conference race continues to have a topsy turvy appearance, based on the pre-season MVFC poll. Last year, Indiana
#$%^State and Western Illinois both went 1-10, and in 2010 are a combined 9-4 (5-2 MVFC) after being picked eighth and ninth in this
#$%^year's preseason poll. Western Illinois is ranked as high as No. 18, and sits atop the league race (3-1 in the MVFC).
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Three League Teams Ranked This Week
Three Valley Football schools are ranked this week and a total of seven teams are either ranked or receiving mention. Western
#$%^Illinois is the highest-ranked MVFC team in the coaches poll (18th), while UNI is the highest-ranked league team in the Sports
#$%^Network Fathead.com top-25 (19th).
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Monday, October 18, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Oct. 16)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week include QB Matt Barr of Western Illinois; DE Ben Obaseki
#$%^of Indiana State; PK Billy Hallgren of UNI; and Ashton Leggett of Illinois State. Ryan McKnight was the league's lineman of the
#$%^week. Each played a key role in their team's victories on Saturday.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010
Last-Minute Heroics Highlight Saturday (Oct. 16) Games
A pair of league contests were decided in the final minute, which included the league's third overtime contest of the year - a 38-
#$%^35 Indiana State victory over Missouri State. Two ranked league teams suffered defeats, but #23 Western Illinois (40-38 over
#$%^Youngstown State) and #22 Northern Iowa (19-14 over South Dakota) both won Saturday.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Valley Live Debuts with Indiana State-Missouri State
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has partnered with Webstream Productions to air its first league webcast, as Missouri
#$%^State will visit Indiana State on Saturday, Oct. 16 (3 p.m. CT). The stream will be free.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Football Weekly Release - Oct. 11
Saturday's game between Youngstown State and Western Illinois (6:07 p.m. CT) is part of the league's television package.
#$%^Scott Warmann (PBP), Danan Hughes (analyst) and Sara Dayley (sideline) will call the action from Hanson Field in Macomb, Ill.
#$%^The league will also videostream the Indiana State-Missouri State contest (3 p.m. CT). More information on that free stream will
#$%^be available throughout the week.
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Monday, October 11, 2010
Four MVFC Schools Ranked; 3 Others Receive Mention
Counting the Oct. 11, 2010, top-25 polls, a minimum of four Valley Football teams have been ranked in the same top-25 poll 90
#$%^times in league history, including 48 times since 2005 (and six times this year). The first poll of 2010 (Sept. 6) marked the first
#$%^time since the Nov. 17, 2008, poll that four league teams appeared in the Top 25 during the same week.
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Oct. 9)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week are QB Ronnie Fouch of Indiana State, DB Corey Jeske of
#$%^South Dakota State, DB/KR Cole Brodie of South Dakota State and LG David Pickard of Southern Illinois. Fouch led the
#$%^Sycamores to their first two-game win streak since 2004, while the Jackrabbit duo helped SDSU knock off No. 20 Western
#$%^Illinois.
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Valley Football Recaps (Oct. 9)
Saturday's results confirmed that the league race is wide open, as both previously unbeaten teams suffered road defeats. One game went into OT, and two others were decided in the final minute. Indiana State, meanwhile, improved to 3-0 at home for the first time in six years, and the Sycamores are at home again next week in the league's Videostream Game of the Week.
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Monday, October 04, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Notebook (Oct. 4)
Three of five contests this week will have some degree of television (national, regional, or local). Saturday's game between
#$%^UNI and Southern Illinois (2:07 p.m. CT) is part of the league's television package. Scott Warmann (PBP), Danan Hughes
#$%^(analyst) and Mick Shaffer (sideline) will call the action.
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Monday, October 04, 2010
Four MVFC Schools Ranked; 4 Others Receive Mention
Four Missouri Valley Football Conference schools are ranked in the Top 25 this week, including UNI (15/18), North Dakota State
#$%^(18/17), Western Illinois (20/20) and Southern Illinois (23/21). Four other league schools are among those receiving votes.
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Monday, October 04, 2010
MSU's Wilkinson join Buck Buchanan Award Watch List
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The early-season play of linebackers Tyler Holmes of Massachusetts and Antoine Wilkinson
#$%^of Missouri State, as well as cornerback Eugene Clifford of Tennessee State, have led to their joining the race for the 2010
#$%^Buck Buchanan Award, sponsored by Fathead.com.
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Sunday, October 03, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Oct. 2)
This week's MVFC players of the week are WR Jermaine Saffold of Missouri State, DB Andre Martin of UNI, and S Luke Thuston
#$%^and RB Shariff Harris of Southern Illinois, and OL Evan Bochers of Indiana State. Saffold helped the Bears to an upset of No. 20
#$%^Youngstown State, while Thuston and Harris helped lead the Dawgs to a win at No. 19 Illinois State.
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Saturday, October 02, 2010
Valley Football Saturday (Oct. 2) Game Recaps
Western Illinois scored a huge road win at No. 13 North Dakota State and the Leathernecks moved into a first-place tie with No.
#$%^17 UNI, which also won Saturday. Meanwhile No. 23 Southern Illinois snapped a three-game skid with its win at No. 19 Illinois
#$%^State; Missouri State fell behind early but rallied to beat No. 20 Youngstown State. And Indiana State evened its record at 2-2
#$%^with a throttling of visiting Quincy.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Valley Football Pair Earns National Player of the Week Honors
North Dakota State running back D.J. McNorton has been named The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS National Players of the
#$%^Week. Meanwhile, McNorton was joined by Illinois State's Steven Fetzer as College Sporting News weekly all-stars.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Release - Sept. 27
Four conference games and a non-conference game dot the schedule this Saturday. All four league games feature at least
#$%^one ranked Valley Football school, and in one game (Illinois State and Southern Illinois) both teams are ranked. Four teams are
#$%^3-1 headed into Week 5, including Illinois State, which is looking to move to a perfect 3-0 in MVFC play.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Five League Teams Ranked This Week
For the first time since Oct. 13, 2008, five league teams are ranked, and at least four MVFC teams have been ranked in the Top
#$%^25 in every poll this year. Five MVFC teams have been ranked the same week 19 times in league history. North Dakota State is
#$%^the highest-rated Valley Football school at No. 13.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Week 4)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week include RB D.J. McNorton of North Dakota State; CB
#$%^Brandian Ross of Youngstown State; RB Bryce Flowers of Western Illinois; K/P Steven Fetzer of Illinois State and OG Paul
#$%^Cornick of North Dakota State. Each were instrumental in his team's victories this past Saturday.
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Valley Football Saturday (Sept. 25) Game Recaps
Illinois State won in league play for the second-straight week with a thrilling 44-41 double-overtime win against visiting Missouri
#$%^State, while Western Illinois and Youngstown State also won league season-openers. In a key non-conference tilt North
#$%^Dakota State, behind 250 yards from RB D.J. McNorton, ran past #20 South Dakota, 38-16.
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Notebook (Sept. 20)
Five of six contests this week will have some degree of television (national, regional, or local). Saturday's game between
#$%^Missouri State and Illinois State (6:07 p.m. CT) is part of the league's television package. Scott Warmann (PBP), Richard
#$%^Baldinger (analyst) and Mick Shaffer (sideline) will call the action from Hancock Stadium in Normal, Ill.
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Illinois State Climbs Into Top 25; Three Others Ranked
For the third-straight week, four Valley Football teams are ranked in the Top 25. Illinois State is not ranked in the Sports
#$%^Network/Fathead.com poll, but is No. 25 in the FCS coaches poll - the first top-25 ranking for ISU since 2007.
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Week 3)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference Players of the Week are QB Matt Barr of Western Illinois (offense), LB Austin
#$%^Davis of Illinois State (defense), WR Marvon Sanders of Illinois State (newcomer), RS/RB Carlos Anderson of UNI (special
#$%^teams) and RG Bobby Coates of Youngstown State (offensive lineman).
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Sunday, September 19, 2010
Valley Football Saturday (Sept. 18) Game Recaps
On Saturday, Illinois State opened the conference schedule with a key victory in Brookings, knocking off #20 South Dakota
#$%^State, 24-14. North Dakota State, Western Illinois and Youngstown State all rolled to lopsided non-conference wins at home,
#$%^while No. 5 Southern Illinois was stunned by visiting SEMO, 24-21. UNI fell to visiting #10 Stephen F. Austin, 22-20.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Valley Football Weekly Notebook (Sept. 13)
South Dakota State hosts Illinois State this weekend in the league opener for both schools, while five other non-conference
#$%^games dot the Sept. 18 schedule. Notably, UNI hosts Stephen F. Austin in a game featuring two teams in the Top 10. Indiana
#$%^State and Missouri State do not play this weekend.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Four MVFC Schools Ranked; 4 Others Receive Mention
For the second-straight week, four Missouri Valley Football Conference teams are ranked in the Top 25. Southern Illinois is the
#$%^highest-rated Valley Football school at No. 5/5, followed by UNI (13/10), South Dakota State (20/21) and North Dakota State
#$%^(23/23). Illinois State, Missouri State, Western Illinois and Youngstown State also received votes.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Week 2)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference players of the week are QB Cody Kirby of Missouri State; DL Ben Boothby of
#$%^UNI; WR/RS Dominique Barnes of Youngstown State; QB Tirrell Rennie of UNI; and OT David Arkin of Missouri State.
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
YSU Gets First Win For Wolford; UNI Outlasts NDSU in Opener
Youngstown State defeated Butler behind a solid rushing game, marking the league's only non-conference win on Saturday
#$%^(five league schools lost to FBS schools on the road). Adaris Bellamy scored twice and rushed for 60 yards for the Penguins
#$%^in the first-ever win for coach Eric Wolford. UNI, meanwhile, beat visiting North Dakota State in a battle between two ranked
#$%^teams in the first league game of the season.
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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Jastram Earns National Player of the Week
CHICAGO ? Appalachian State quarterback DeAndre Presley, Jacksonville State quarterbacks Coty Blanchard and Marquis
#$%^Ivory, Massachusetts linebacker Tyler Holmes and North Dakota State place kicker Ryan Jastram have been selected as the
#$%^College Sporting News All-Stars for the season-opening week of NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision play.
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Monday, September 06, 2010
Football Weekly Release - Sept. 6
The 2010 conference season begins already as #21 North Dakota State travels to #13 UNI on Saturday, Sept. 11. Three MVFC
#$%^teams travel to Big Ten sites, and #9 South Dakota State travels to #16 Delaware in a key early-season matchup between two
#$%^top-25 FCS schools.
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Monday, September 06, 2010
Four MVFC Schools Ranked; 5 Others Receive Mention
Four Missouri Valley Football Conference teams are ranked in the Sept. 6 top-25 polls. Southern Illinois is the highest-rated
#$%^Valley Football school at No. 2/4, followed by South Dakota State (9/9), UNI (13/14), and North Dakota State (21/21). All five
#$%^other MVFC schools are among those receiving votes in The Sports Network poll.
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Sunday, September 05, 2010
Valley Football Announces Players of the Week - (Week 1)
This week's Missouri Valley Football Conference Players of the Week include QB Matt Brown of Illinois State; LB Chad Willson
#$%^and PK Ryan Jastram of North Dakota State; RB Bryce Flowers of Western Illinois; and FN Lutz of Indiana State. Each played a
#$%^key role in their teams victories in Week One.
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Sunday, September 05, 2010
Bison Stun Kansas; League Completes Successful Week
Missouri Valley Football Conference schools completed a successful week Saturday with two more wins, wrapping up a 6-1
#$%^non-conference slate in the first weekend for Division I football. The most significant win of the day was a 6-3 North Dakota
#$%^State win at Kansas, marking the league's first FBS win in three years.
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Missouri State Rolls to 31-9 Win in Season Opener
Thanks in part to an 86-yard touchdown run late in the second quarter by junior Chris Douglas, Missouri State rolled to a 31-9
#$%^home win over Eastern Kentucky here Friday afternoon in the season opener for both teams. Douglas finished with a career-
#$%^high 128 rushing yards on just 10 carries as the Bears won their home opener for the 10th time in 11 seasons.
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Valley Football Starts Season With Fireworks, Goes 3-0
Missouri Valley Football teams combined for a perfect beginning. A postponement, a shutout, a one-point win, and a stadium
#$%^debut highlighted the first night of Division I football.
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Friday, September 03, 2010
Missouri State - Eastern Kentucky Postponed; Play Friday
SPRINGFIELD -- The 2010 Missouri State football Bears' season opener against Eastern Kentucky has been postponed due to
#$%^lightning and has been rescheduled for Friday, Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. (Central).
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
12 MVFC Players on CSN's Pre-Season All-America List
All 14 Conferences and the Independents group, 58 Schools, and 99 players receive 2010 preseason NCAA Division I Football
#$%^Championship Subdivision All-American honors from College Sporting News. Four MVFC student-athletes were named to the
#$%^first team, and SIU led all of the MVFC with four total selections.
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Monday, August 23, 2010
Three MVFC Teams Ranked in Top 13 of Coaches Poll
Three MVFC teams are ranked among the Top 13 in the nation, according to the pre-season Football Championship Subdivision
#$%^(FCS) Coaches poll. Southern Illinois is ranked No. 5 in the rankings, while South Dakota State (10) and UNI (13) also represent
#$%^the league.
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Monday, August 16, 2010
Three MVFC Schools Ranked in Sports Network/Fathead.com Poll
Three Missouri Valley Football Conference schools are ranked in the Top 14 of the Sports Network/Fathead.com pre-season
#$%^Top-25 poll, as announced by The Sports Network on Monday, Aug. 16.
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Saturday, August 07, 2010
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Monday, August 02, 2010
2010 Missouri Valley Football Media Day Audio Excerpts
Southern Illinois has been tabbed the pre-season favorite in a poll conducted by league media, coaches and sports information
#$%^directors. Audio excerpts from the August 2 conference call are available.
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Monday, August 02, 2010
Southern Illinois Picked to Win 2010 MVFC Crown
Missouri Valley Football Conference defending champion Southern Illinois has been picked at the top of the league again in 2010.
#$%^The Salukis received the top spot in a poll conducted by league coaches, media and sports information directors.
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Sports Network Announces Pre-Season Team
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Missouri Valley Football Conference has placed 11 student-athletes on The Sports
#$%^Network/Fathead.com Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-America Team, announced today by The Sports
#$%^Network.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Valley Football Announces 2010 Television Schedule
ST. LOUIS -- A Missouri Valley Football Conference team will be featured on national or regional distribution at least 18 times this
#$%^fall, including four contests that are part of the Missouri Valley Football-produced television package.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Saluki Pair Represents MVFC on Buchanan Watch List
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Southern Illinois seniors Korey Lindsey and Mike McElroy have been selected to the 2010 Buck Buchanan
#$%^Award Watch List that was released Monday by The Sports Network.
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Monday, July 12, 2010
Minett Represents MVFC on Payton Award Watch List
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. ? South Dakota State University running back Kyle Minett is one of 20 players named to the preseason
#$%^watch list for the 2010 Walter Payton Award, which is awarded to the top offensive playerin the NCAA Division I Football
#$%^Championship Subdivision. He's the lone Missouri Valley Football Conference player on the list.
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Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Valley Football Names 2009-10 Academic Honor Roll
Nineteen student-athletes highlight more than 300 who earned selection to the 2009-10 Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll,
#$%^as announced by the league office. Those 19 student-athletes earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing
#$%^the Missouri Valley Football Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award.
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