Contact: Chassidy Holloway, Associate Executive Director, holloway@midwestconference.org
 
GRINNELL, Iowa – The Midwest Conference (MWC) announced its 2022 All-Conference Teams and major awards on Tuesday, as selected by the league’s head coaches.
 
Monmouth College fifth year senior Korbyn Personett was selected as the MWC Football Defensive Line MVP for the second-straight season. Through nine league games, Personett recorded 15 solo tackles for loss and 8 solo sacks. The Scots ranked first in the league in sacks with 30. 
 
University of Chicago junior linebacker Will Skowronski is the league’s Defensive Skill MVP. Skowronski helped lead the league’s second-ranked defense that only allowed 13 touchdowns this season. Skowronski racked up 82 tackles in Conference play, including 48 solo.
 
Monmouth College senior offensive lineman Derek Brown was named MWC Football Offensive Line MVP. Behind Brown and the rest of the offensive line, the Scots ranked first in league offense putting up 57 touchdowns and 3,903 total yards.
 
Ripon College fifth year senior Cormac Madigan was honored as the MWC Football Offensive Skill MVP. Madigan rushed for 1,089 yards and 11 touchdowns for the Red Hawks. The running back also caught 25 passes for 277 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also averaged 151.8 all-purpose yards per game ranks. Madigan is also the recipient of the league’s Elite 20 award for football, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average on the championship football team.
 
MWC Football Newcomer of the Year was awarded to University of Chicago freshman Luke Degner. Degner caught 29 passes for 448 yards and 7 touchdowns for the third-ranked scoring offense, Maroons.
 
The Lawrence University Vikings received the league’s Team Sportsmanship Award honor.
 
Ripon College head coach Ron Ernst was selected by his peers as the 2022 MWC Football Coach of the Year. Ernst guided Ripon to an 8-1 record in league play (9-1 overall) and a share of its first MWC Football title since 2001. Ernst, the winningest coach in MWC football history with 193 total wins (151 MWC), is set to retire after 32 years leading the Red Hawks football program.
 
Ripon led all teams with 17 All-Conference selections, 7 First Team and 10 Second Team, while Lake Forest (8 First Team, 8 Second Team) and Monmouth (10 First Team, 6 Second Team) each received 16 selections.
 
The full 70-member All-MWC Football Team can be found below:  

2022 MWC Football All-Conference Teams

First Team All-Conference				Second Team All-Conference
Offensive Line				Offensive Line
Bott, Cameron	Ripon College	Senior		Boone, Maxx	Illinois College	Senior
Brown, Derek	Monmouth College	Senior		Cleveland, Keshon	Ripon College	Senior
Corley, Andrew	Cornell College	Senior		Matteson, Braxton	Lake Forest College	Junior
Gibbons, Charlie	Knox College	Senior		McMillan, Colby	Monmouth College	Sophomore
Hardberger, Yale	University of Chicago	Senior		Mestre, Andres	Lake Forest College	Junior
Jelin, DJ	University of Chicago	Senior		Schillig, Brandon	University of Chicago	Senior
Ramey, Ian	Lake Forest College	Junior		Shimko, Matthew	Monmouth College	Senior
Running Back				Running Back
D'Ambrose, Nick	University of Chicago	Senior		Bonds, Damon	Lake Forest College	Graduate Student
Madigan, Cormac	Ripon College	Senior		Lawrence, Devin	Monmouth College	Senior
Wide Receiver				Wide Receiver
Brunstein, Collin	Illinois College	Junior		Campena, Parker	Ripon College	Senior
Magsayo, Kaipo	Ripon College	Senior		Corley, KJ	Illinois College	Senior
Thornton, Nate	Monmouth College	Junior		Degner, Luke	University of Chicago	Freshman
Uryasz, Jake	Monmouth College	Senior		Fitzpatrick, AJ	Beloit College	Sophomore
Tight End				Tight End
Bone, Dylan	Monmouth College	Senior		Olson, Logan	Lawrence University	Sophomore
Quarterback				Quarterback
Boyer, Carter	Monmouth College	Senior		Gow, Wesley	University of Chicago	Senior
Zibert, Jarrett	Ripon College	Junior		Stewart, Tre	Lake Forest College	Junior
Defensive Line				Defensive Line
Albee, Justin	Lake Forest College	Senior		Baker, Tevin	Monmouth College	Junior
Baltes, Brant	Monmouth College	Sophomore		Bearden, Garrett	Illinois College	Sophomore
Bendler, Alex	Lake Forest College	Senior		DiLoreto, Quincy	Ripon College	Senior
Personett, Korbyn	Monmouth College	Senior		Johnson, Jaylen	Lake Forest College	Junior
Ross, Dylon	Ripon College	Senior		Murphy, Desmond	Ripon College	Junior
Linebacker				Linebacker
Ah Quin, Javan	Lake Forest College	Senior		Durell, Trent	Illinois College	Senior
Cappellino, Aidan	University of Chicago	Junior		Endicott, Caleb	Monmouth College	Junior
Netzler, Damean	Ripon College	Junior		Guell, Brad	Ripon College	Senior
Skowronski, Will	University of Chicago	Junior		Rau, Ean	Knox College	Senior
Tomaschke, Tanner	Monmouth College	Senior		Rieck, Nik	Lake Forest College	Sophomore
Defensive Back				Defensive Back
Brail, Trenton	Lake Forest College	Junior		Ballman, Kendall	Knox College	Senior
Esposito, Dante	Lake Forest College	Senior		Bunders, Zach	Ripon College	Senior
Harris, Nick	Monmouth College	Junior		Dallas, Fletcher	Ripon College	Junior
Junker, Braedon	University of Chicago	Senior		Davies, Jake	Ripon College	Sophomore
Thorpe, Gavin	Beloit College	Sophomore		Lord, Michael	Monmouth College	Senior
Kicker				Kicker
Flores, Erik	Ripon College	Junior		Sonnabend, Beckham	Lake Forest College	Freshman
Punter				Punter
Fletcher, Addison	Monmouth College	Senior		Persson, Logan	Lake Forest College	Senior
Return Specialist				Return Specialist
Bonds, Damon	Lake Forest College	Graduate Student		Davies, Jake	Ripon College	Sophomore
Special Teams				Special Teams
Antonucci, Doug	Lake Forest College	Senior		Bunders, Zach	Ripon College	Senior
Defensive Line MVP
Korbyn Personett, Monmouth College
Defensive Skill MVP
Will Skowronski, University of Chicago
Offensive Line MVP
Derek Brown, Monmouth College
Offensive Skill MVP
Cormac Madigan, Ripon College
Newcomer of the Year
Luke Degner, University of Chicago
Coach of the Year
Ron Ernst, Ripon College
Team Sportsmanship Award
Lawrence University
Elite 20 Award Recipient
Cormac Madigan, Ripon College