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Three Leatherneck Programs Honored |124 on Summit League Academic All-League Team | Kane Named Tennis Coach | Kyle Peterman Spotlight

Three Leatherneck Programs Honored by Summit League

Three Western Illinois University sport programs received the Summit League's 2009-10 Team Academic Achievement Award, as announced by the league office.

The Leatherneck Volleyball (100 percent), Softball (tied 75 percent) and Men's Cross Country (91 percent) program had the highest percentage of their eligible student-athletes named to the Commissioner's List.

In addition, 60 percent of Western Illinois' student-athletes were selected to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

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Photo courtesy of Adam Winkelmann.

Leathernecks place 124 on Summit League Academic All-League Team

The Western Illinois University Athletics Department had 124 student-athletes named to the Winter/Spring Summit League Academic All-League Team as announced by the league office.

Western had the third most student-athletes selected to the list of all Summit League member institutions.

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Chris Kane Named WIU Tennis Coach

Western Illinois University Director of Athletics Dr. Tim Van Alstine recently announced the hiring of Chris Kane as the head tennis coach. Kane will oversee the Leatherneck men's and women's tennis program.

He replaces reigning Summit League 'Coach of the Year' Michael Hunt who resigned last month.

Kane joins the Leathernecks following a successful eight-year run as head tennis coach at Lake Forest College in which he became the men's program all-time winningest coach (97-65). Kane ended his tenure posting five consecutive winning seasons, including a 20-6 mark this spring that set a LFC record for most wins in a year. The men's team finished as runner-up in the Midwest Conference Team Championship in 2008 and 2010.

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Leatherneck Alumni in the Spotlight: Kyle Peterman

Recent Western Illinois University graduate Kyle Peterman won the 70th annual Monroe Invitational Championship, June 19, held at the Monroe Golf Club in Pittsford, New York.

After being named the 2010 Summit League Golfer of the Year just days prior (second time earning the honor), Peterman recorded an 11-under-par 269 to become the league’s first-ever champion of the event that features some of the top collegiate and amateur talent in the country. Of the 177 competitors, only nine players recorded scores under par, with the closest score to Peterman being a 274 recorded by Eastern Michigan’s Cam Burke. Other competitors to finish in the top-10 on the leaderboard came from New Mexico State, Washington, Wofford, NC State, Monroe Golf Club, University of Iowa and University of Michigan.

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