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Morningside repeated as GPAC All-Sports Trophy champions and won this year's title going away.
The Mustangs, who shared last year's all-sports trophy with Nebraska Wesleyan, piled up 190 points to win the 2007-08 competition by an 11.5-point margin over runner-up Hastings.
Morningside won regular season GPAC titles in men's basketball, women's basketball, women's soccer, and volleyball and finished second in football, men's soccer, wrestling, and softball.
Click here for the 2007-08 GPAC All-Sports Trophy standings.
Morningside College men’s basketball head coach Jim Sykes has announced the names of six more high school recruits who will join the Mustangs next season. They join a list of four recruits Sykes announced earlier this year.
The latest recruits are:
Brad Anderson, a 6-4 forward from Fonda, Iowa. Anderson is a senior at Newell-Fonda High School, where he averaged 11.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per game this past season. Anderson scored in double figures in 16 of Newell-Fonda’s 22 games, including a season’s high 19 points against Schaller-Crestland.
Jeff Bauer, a 6-7 center from Westside, Iowa. Bauer is a senior at Exira High School, where he was a two-time first-team All-Rolling Hills Conference performer. He earned honorable mention All-Western Iowa laurels from the Omaha World-Herald this past season after he averaged 12.8 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.3 blocked shots per game. Bauer shot 53.8 percent from the field with 112 field goals in 208 attempts.
Bauer averaged 11.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 1.9 blocked shots per game en route to first-team All-Rolling Hills Conference honors as s junior. He earned honorable mention all-conference recognition as a sophomore.
Josh Beutler, a 6-7 center from Bancroft, Neb. Beutler is a senior at Pender High School, where he earned honorable mention Class D-1 all-state honors from the Omaha World-Herald and the Lincoln Journal-Star this past season and scored 992 points during a four-year varsity career. He averaged a double-double as a senior with norms of 14.0 points and 12.6 rebounds per game. Beutler also had 49 blocked shots for an average of 2.1 rejections per game and made 127 of 279 field goal attempts for 45.5 percent.
Brady Lakes, a 5-10 point guard from Sioux City. Lakes is a senior at Lawton-Bronson High School, where he earned third-team Class 1A all-state honors from the Iowa Newspaper Association (INA) in addition to first-team All-Maple Valley Conference and fourth-team Sioux City Journal All-Northwest Iowa honors this past season. Lakes averaged 14 points and six assists per game during his senior campaign.
Lakes received second-team All-Maple Valley Conference honors as a junior and honorable mention All-Maple Valley Conference recognition as a sophomore.
Monte Larsen, a 5-11 guard from Neola, Iowa. Larsen is a senior at Tri-Center High School, where he was a three-year starter and helped lead the team to state tournament appearances as a junior and senior. Larsen averaged 13.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game this past season en route to first-team All-Western Iowa Conference and second-team Omaha World-Herald All-Western Iowa honors. He made 125 of 278 field goal attempts for 45.0 percent, 56 of 159 3-point field goal attempts for 35.2 percent, and 34 of 51 free throw attempts for 66.7 percent.
Larsen averaged a career-high 14.1 points per game as a junior and received second-team All-Western Iowa Conference laurels and honorable mention Omaha World-Herald All-Western Iowa recognition. Larsen averaged 10.6 points per game as a sophomore.
He is the brother of 2006 Morningside graduate Paul Larsen, who was a four-year varsity letterwinner for the Mustangs.
Garrett Peterson, a 6-5 forward from Ponca, Neb. Peterson is a senior at Ponca High School, where he played for three state tournament teams and helped lead Ponca to Nebraska’s 2007 Class C-2 state championship. Peterson averaged 15.6 points, 6.8 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game this past season on his way to second-team Class C-2 all-state honors from the Omaha World-Herald and honorable mention all-state recognition from the Lincoln Journal-Star. Peterson had shooting accuracy marks of 56 percent from the field and 41 percent from beyond the 3-point arc during his senior campaign.
Peterson received honorable mention Class C-2 all-state recognition from the Omaha World-Herald as a junior.
The recruits will join a Morningside men’s basketball team that was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the NAIA Division II ranks for much of the 2007-08 campaign. The Mustangs finished the season with a record of 29-4 to set a school record for victories. Morningside won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) championship with a 16-2 league mark and made its second NAIA Division II National Tournament appearance in the last three years.
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Bret Hoch, a sophomore outfielder from South Sioux City, Neb., has been named the 2008 NAIA Region III Baseball Player of the Year.
Hoch was the Mustangs’ leading hitter this season with 54 hits in 133 at-bats for a .406 batting average with 11 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs, 45 RBIs, 50 runs scored, and 11 stolen bases. Aside from leading the Mustangs in batting average, Hoch also topped the Mustangs with his 10 home runs and 45 RBIs and with a .759 slugging percentage.
Hoch was one of the most improved hitters in the nation this season after he hit .232 last year as a freshman.
Morningside shortstop Jason Wysong, a junior from Arroyo Grande, Calif., was named to the 2008 NAIA Region III All-Gold Glove Team.
Wysong, a junior from Arroyo Grande, Calif., committed only six errors in 136 chances for a .956 fielding percentage. He had a .241 batting average with five doubles, one triple, three home runs, and 14 RBIs.
Morningside posted a 32-17 record during the 2008 season and won the Great Plains Athletic Conference’s (GPAC) post-season tournament to qualify for the NAIA Region III Tournament as the No. 1 seed.
Click here for the complete 2008 NAIA All-Region III Team.
 Chris Rager, a senior from South Sioux City, Neb., has been named to the 2008 All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Golf Team.
Rager had a scoring average of 76.5 strokes per 18 holes over the 2007 fall and 2008 spring seasons. He led the Mustangs with a 76.7-stroke scoring average in the fall and with a 76.4-stroke scoring average in the spring.
He was the individual medalist at this year’s Nebraska Wesleyan University Spring Invitational with a two-day total of 151 and was the individual runner-up at the 2008 GPAC Championships with a two-day total of 145 to finish just one stroke off the medalist pace.
Click here for the complete 2008 All-GPAC Men's Golf Team.
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Kelly Baumert, Kendra Klein, and Alisha Krieg were all named to the 2008 NAIA All-Region III Softball Team.
Baumert, the 2008 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Co-Pitcher of the Year, had a 24-6 record with a 1.56 earned run average this past season. She allowed 155 hits to go along with 50 base on balls and 194 strikeouts in 197 innings pitched. Baumert completed 28 of her 29 starts to go along with seven shutouts and one save. She limited the opposition to a .211 batting average.
Klein, the 2008 GPAC Player of the Year, was the Mustangs’ leading run producer this season with her combination of 54 RBIs and 43 runs scored. Her 54 RBIs was the second highest single-season total in Morningside history. Klein batted .386 with 11 doubles, two triples, eight home runs, and 25 base on balls. She had a .641 slugging percentage and a .484 on-base percentage.
Krieg was the Mustangs’ leading hitter with 67 hits in 157 at-bats for a .427 batting average with four doubles, one triple, nine home runs, 41 RBIs, 34 runs scored, and six stolen bases. Krieg topped the Mustangs with her nine home runs and was the team’s best contact hitter with only eight strikeouts in 157 at-bats. She had a .637 slugging percentage and a .462 on-base percentage.
Morningside posted a 40-12 record for its third consecutive 40-win season, won the GPAC’s post-season tournament title, and was the NAIA Region III runner-up this past season.
Click here for the complete 2008 NAIA All-Region III Softball Team.
Cody Dennis, Ben Knight, Drew Smith, and Jake Stevenson were all named to the 2008 National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) NAIA All-Academic Team.
Dennis, a freshman from Osmond, Neb., has a 4.00 cumulative grade point average (GPA) and is majoring in biology. Dennis had a 25-20 record this past season and placed sixth in the 125 lb. division at the NAIA National Tournament to earn NAIA All-America honors.
Knight, a freshman from Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, has a 3.75 cumulative GPA. Knight had a 30-21 record and was a NAIA National Tournament qualifier at 149 lbs.
Smith, a freshman from Milburn, Neb., has a 3.60 cumulative GPA. Smith had a 20-14 record and was a NAIA National Tournament qualifier at 133 lbs.
Stevenson, a senior from Petersburg, Neb., has a 3.29 cumulative GPA and is majoring in business administration. Stevenson had a 29-5 record this season and placed third at 184 lbs. at the national tournament to earn NAIA All-America honors for the fourth straight year.
 Alisha Krieg, a senior outfielder from Kingsley, Iowa, has been named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VII College Division Softball Second-Team.
Krieg has a 3.84 cumulative grade point average and is majoring in psychology counseling.
She is the Mustangs’ leading hitter this season with a .429 batting average to go along with four doubles, one triple, a team-high nine home runs, 40 RBIs, 33 runs scored, and six stolen bases. She has struck out only eight times in 154 at-bats.
Student-athletes must be of at least sophomore status and have a minimum GPA of 3.20 in order to be eligible for ESPN The Magazine All-Academic honors.
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