Editing Monmouth College (section)

==Athletics==
[[file:Monmouth-il logo from NCAA.svg|thumb|170px|Monmouth athletics logo]]
Monmouth College is a member of the [[Midwest Conference]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://midwestconference.org/sports/2010/7/20/GEN_0720102356.aspx|title=Midwest Conference Member Information|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Midwest Conference}}</ref> and the [[NCAA Division III]].<ref name=":5">[[List of NCAA Division III institutions]]</ref> The college offers eleven [[Varsity team|varsity]] sports for men and eleven for women. The college has won the Midwest Conference men's all-sports trophy each of the last two years. The college also offers intramural sports.<ref name=":4">Monmouth College Wellness Office. [http://www2.monm.edu/wellness/rec-sports/sports2.htm "Intramural Sports"]. Retrieved on October 16, 2015.</ref>

The athletic teams' nickname, Fighting Scots, was coined in 1928 to reflect the Scotch-Irish heritage of the college's founders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monmouthscots.com/sports/2012/5/25/gen_0525124055.aspx?id=19|title=Fighting Scots Nickname and Famous Athletes|date=May 25, 2012|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Monmouth Scots}}</ref> "Fighting Scots" is a registered trademark of Monmouth College.

{| class="wikitable"; style= "float:left; clear:left; margin-right:15px"
! width= 135px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Monmouth Fighting Scots|border=1|color= white }}"| Men's sports
! width= 135px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Monmouth Fighting Scots|border=1|color= white }}"| Women's sports
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| Baseball ||Basketball
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| Basketball || Cross country
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| Cross country || Golf
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| Football ||Soccer
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| Golf ||  Softball
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| Soccer || Swimming
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| Swimming ||  Tennis
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| Tennis ||Track and field
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| Track and field || Volleyball
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The Monmouth College men's track and field team placed third in the [[NCAA]] Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships on May 26, 2007. It was the first national team trophy that a Monmouth College sports team has won. The following year, the men's track and field team took second place in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. Monmouth's track program has produced nine individual national champions, the most recent of which was James Wilson, who won the NCAA Division III indoor long jump national title in 2013.

In 2014, the college's sports teams and student-athletes won awards for academic achievement including national academic honors from seven different organizations. Volleyball and Men's Golf earned team academic accolades from their respective national coaches' organizations for their high team GPA. Eleven team members also earned individual national honors for their academic excellence including one student who became Monmouth's first winner of the NCAA's Elite 89 Award, given to the student-athlete with the highest GPA participating in one of the NCAA's 89 sponsored championships. Four softball players, three track student-athletes, two women's golfers and a men's tennis player also received national academic honors for the 2013–14 academic year.

[[File:Monmouth-College-varsity-football.jpg|thumb|Monmouth (in red jersey) football game in 2009 vs. St. Thomas Tommies]]
Monmouth began its college football rivalry with [[Knox College (Illinois)|Knox College]] in Galesburg, Illinois in 1888, making it the sixth-oldest college football rivalry in the country.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.monmouthscots.com/sports/2012/5/25/FB_0525125232.aspx?id=10|title=Bronze Turkey|date=May 25, 2012|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Monmouth Scots}}</ref> The two schools play annually for the Bronze Turkey trophy in November (originally on Thanksgiving). [[ESPN]]'s Jeff Merron has classified the trophy as the fifth-most-unusual in college football.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ESPN.com: Page 2 : These really stand out in the case |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=list/strangestrivalrytrophies |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=www.espn.com}}</ref> The Bronze Turkey has been stolen several times and was at one time buried under the old MC indoor track for five years.<ref name=":0"/> Monmouth leads the series with 71 wins, 50 losses and 10 ties.

The Monmouth College football team has appeared in the NCAA Division III Playoffs in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2019,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gazette |first=Tim Wester Special to The |title=UW-Whitewater knocks out Monmouth in NCAA Division III football playoff opener |url=https://www.gazettextra.com/sports/college/uw-whitewater-knocks-out-monmouth-in-ncaa-division-iii-football-playoff-opener/article_3a3ee00b-d41c-50f3-9a63-99f8d77f6112.html |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=GazetteXtra |date=23 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref> and 2020.<ref>JM</ref> Monmouth's recent varsity football alumni include two former quarterbacks who went on to the [[National Football League]]. Through 2013, [[Alex Tanney]] '11 has played for Kansas City,<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/jay-ratliff-on-cowboys-pup-list-demetress-bell-signs-0ap1000000219303|title=Jay Ratliff on Cowboys' PUP list; Demetress Bell signs|date=July 21, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2015|work=NFL.com |agency=AP}}</ref> Dallas, Cleveland, Tampa, and the [[New York Giants]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/2013/11/cleveland-browns-sign-qb-alex-tanney-from-the-dallas-cowboys-practice-squad.html/|title=Source: Cleveland Browns sign QB Alex Tanney from the Dallas Cowboys' practice squad|date=November 26, 2013|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=Dallas Morning News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thepewterplank.com/2014/05/20/tampa-bay-buccaneers-sign-alex-tanney-cameron-brate/|title=Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sign Alex Tanney and Cameron Brate|date=May 20, 2014|access-date=October 16, 2015|website=thepewterplank}}</ref> Mitch Tanney '06 is director of analytics for the [[Chicago Bears]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Bears-hire-Mitch-Tanney-to-fill-new-analytics-position/6d67f315-df45-4b39-94a0-aed99d552f3f|title=Bears hire Mitch Tanney to fill new analytics position|date=June 19, 2014|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=Chicago Bears|last=Mayer|first=Larry|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225415/http://www.chicagobears.com/news/article-1/Bears-hire-Mitch-Tanney-to-fill-new-analytics-position/6d67f315-df45-4b39-94a0-aed99d552f3f|archive-date=September 23, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The men's [[water polo]] team won the CWPA Division III Club National Championship in 2012.

Monmouth College was a member of the Illinois [[Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] from 1921 to 1937.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://slacey19690.jimdo.com/members/|title=Members – Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|access-date=October 16, 2015 |publisher=Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/conference_champs/champions.php?conid=78|title=Conference Champions|access-date=October 16, 2015|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse}}</ref>

===Club and intramural athletics===
Monmouth College fields over twenty club athletic teams for men and women spanning about a dozen indoor and outdoor sports.<ref name=":4"/> These include sand volleyball, [[Ultimate (sport)|ultimate frisbee]], [[badminton]], [[floor hockey]], [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] and [[table tennis]] in addition to the more traditional [[flag football]], [[basketball]], and [[softball]]. Some teams are co-educational.