During Homecoming weekend festivities Oct. 6-7, Monmouth College will induct three new members into its M Club Hall of Fame.

The induction ceremony for football/track star Michael Blodgett '11, volleyball standout Kendra James '08 and All-American Luke Reschke '09 will be held at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in the Huff Athletic Center fieldhouse. All three will then participate in the Homecoming Parade and be honored before the kickoff of the 2 p.m. football game against Grinnell.

Michael Blodgett '11 - Football/Track & Field

From 2007-11, the Fighting Scots terrorized defenses with one of the most prolific aerial attacks in Division III history. Future NFL quarterback Alex Tanney threw the passes, and Michael Blodgett caught a record-setting amount of them. 

Twelve years after catching his last ball, Blodgett still holds most of the Scots major receiving records, highlighted by career marks of 297 receptions, 4,087 yards and 43 TDs. His season bests, all school records set in 2011 as he earned Little All-American honors, were 126 catches, 1,867 yards and 18 touchdowns. The Scots were 31-4 during his three All-Midwest Conference seasons, never losing a league game.

Blodgett doubled as a returner, leading to his all-purpose school records of 2,480 yards for a season and 5,007 for his career. His elite athleticism and extraordinary work ethic played in track and field, too, as Blodgett won MWC titles in the long jump and triple jump, soaring over 23 and 45 feet, respectively.

Career Records

• Most TD non QB: 3rd with 43

• Most Consecutive Game with a reception: 45

• Most yards by a non QB: 3rd - 4,094

• Most All Purpose Yards: 1st - 5,004

• Most Reception: 1st - 297 

• Most receiving yards: 1st - 4,087 

• Most receiving TD: 1st - 43

• Yards per game: 1st - 90.8

• Most Kickoff Return yards: 7th: 692 

  Season Records

• Most TD: 3rd - 18 in 2011. 8th - 13 in 2008 

• 100 yd Games: 1st - 12 in 2011. 2nd - 5 in 2009

• Most yards by a non QB: 1st - 1874 in 2001

• All-Purpose Yards: 1st - 1480 in 2011

• Most receptions: 1st: 126 in 2011. 3rd: 74 in 2009. 6th: 63 in 2008

• Most receiving yards: 1st: 1,867 in 2011. 4th: 970 in 2009. 10th: 806 in 2008

• Most TD: 1st: 18 in 2011. 2nd: 13 in 2008. 5th: 9 in 2009

• YPG Average: 1st - 155.6 in 2011

• Most Kickoff Return yards: 4th: 505 in 2011

  Game Records

• Most receptions: 3rd - 13 3 times

• Most receiving yards: 2nd: 239 on Nov. 5, 2011 against Knox

• Most TD: 2nd -  3 (4 times)

Athletic Awards:

2011: Wide Receiver (Associated Press Little All-American Third Team; D3Football.com Honorable Mention)

All Region: 2011: Wide Receiver (D3Football.com, 2nd Team)

Athletic All-Conference 

2011: 1st team all offense 

2009: 2nd Team offense 

Track & Field Records: 
  Indoor: 

MWC Champion

• 2011 - Long Jump

  Outdoor: 

MWC Champion

• 2011 - Triple Jump

  National Qualifiers by Year: 

2010: Long Jump and 4x100 

  All-Time Top Ten:

Long Jump: 8th: 23'2-3/4" (7.08m) 2010 at WIU

  Kendra James '08 - Volleyball
 
Kendra James was an integral part of one of the most successful eras in Fighting Scots volleyball history. She helped Monmouth reach the coveted 20-win milestone three times and made the All-Midwest Conference team all four seasons, including three first-team selections.

As a freshman, James earned second team All-MWC honors as the Scots went 22-12. Her sophomore and senior years saw Monmouth win 22 and 20 matches and reach the MWC tournament final. 

James pounded 1,347 kills, good for fourth on Monmouth's career list. Few attacked as efficiently as the 5-foot-11 middle hitter, who posted a school-record hitting percentage of .346 in 2007. Her career percentage of .287 ranks third. Most of James' kills were set by her former Fulton High School classmate, Colleen Wilkin.

James could also defend, posting a school-record 343 block assists. Her 457 total blocks are No. 2 on the all-time list, and she's sixth on the career ace serve list with 139.

  Single Season Records

• Attack Percentage: 1st with a .346 in 2007, 9th with a .303 in 2006

• Blocks, Assist: 2nd with 95 in 2004 and 2007, 3rd with 87 in 2006, and 9th with 66 in 2005

• Blocks, Total: 5th with 122 in 2004, 6th with 121 in 2006, 7th with 119 in 2007, and 10th with 85 in 2005

• Total Blocks per Set: 3rd with 1.05 in 2007, 4th with 1.00 in 2006, 5th with 0.96 in 2004, 14th with  0.75 in 2005

• 5th in single-season Sets Played: 127 in 2004

• Led Scots in Kills: 299 in 2007, 352 in 2006, 412 in 2005

• Led Scots in Total Blocks: 121 in 2006, 95 in 2005, 122 in 2004 

  Career Records

• 1st in Blocks, Assist in Career: 343 from 2004-07

• 2nd in Blocks, Total in Career: 457 from 2004-07

• 2nd in Total Blocks per Set in Career: 0.93 from 2004-07

• 3rd in Attack Percentage in Career: .287 from 2004-07

• 3rd in Solo Blocks in Career: 114 from 2004-07

• 4th in Career Sets Played: 487 from 2004-07

• 6th in Service Aces in Career: 139 from 2004-07

  Match Records

• 3rd in Three-set-match: Blocks: 8: September 8, 2007 vs UW-Platteville

• 2nd in Three-set-match: Aces: 9: September 8, 2006 vs Augustana

• 4th in Four-set-match: Aces: 10: October 2, 2004 vs Aurora   

• 3rd in Five-set-match: Aces: 9: November 2, 2007 vs St. Norbert

Luke Reschke '09 - Track & Field/Football

Nine-time All-American sprinter Luke Reschke played a major role in the two highest national finishes for any sport in the storied history of Monmouth College athletics.

With Reschke running the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay against an historically outstanding field at the 2007 NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships, the Fighting Scots took second in the meet-ending race to secure a third-place team finish and the program's first-ever national trophy.

At the 2008 indoor meet, Reschke placed second in the 400-meter dash and anchored the fourth-place 4x400 squad as Monmouth finished second in the nation. In all, Reschke earned five All-American honors in the 400 and four in the 4x400.

Also a standout defensive back for the Scots' playoff team in 2009, Reschke established

Monmouth's and the Midwest Conference's 400 record of 46.75 seconds at the 2010 outdoor meet, a race he never lost at the meet. For his career, he won 17 individual and relay conference titles.

  Indoor MWC Titles (10)

• MWC Champs: 2006, 4x4 Relay & Sprint Medley 

• MWC Champs: 2007, 400m, 4x2 Relay & 4x4 Relay 

• MWC Champs: 2008, Sprint Medley, 4x4 Relay, 400m with a time of 49.25

• MWC Champs: 2009, Sprint Medley, 400m  

• 2008 MWC Track Performer of the Year

NCAA Division III National Championship Qualifiers by Year

• 2007: Distance medley Relay, 4x400

• 2008: 4x400, 400m

• 2009: 400m, 4x4

NCAA All-American (5)

• 2007: 4x400

• 2008: 400m & 4x400

• 2009: 400m & 4x400

Performance Records

• 300m dash - 2nd: 2009 with a time of 35.64

• 400 Meter Dash - 4th: 2009 with a time of 48.854x200m - 3rd: 2008 time of 1:28.73

• 4x400m - 4th: 2009 time of 3:17.53

• SMR - 6th: 2006 time of 3:36.47

• DMR - 4th: 2007 time of 10:18.39

 Athletic All-Conference

• 2009: Sprint Medley and 400

• 2008: 400m, 4x400, Sprint Medley

• 2007: 4x200, 400, 4x400

• 2006: 4x400, sprint distance medley

 Outdoor MWC Titles (7)

• 2006: 400m

• 2007: 400m, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay

• 2008: 400m, 4x400 relay

• 2010: 200m, 400m, 4x400m relay

• Two time Midwest Conference Track Performer of the Year

NCAA Division III National Championship Qualifiers by Year

• 2006: 400m

• 2007: 4x400 and 400m

• 2008: 4x400 and 400m

• 2010: 200m, 400m, 4x100

 NCAA All American (4)

• 2007: 400m and 4x400

• 2008: 400m

• 2010: 400m

Monmouth Men's Outdoor records

• 2010 in the 400m with a time of 46.75

All Top Ten by event
            9th in the 200m in 2010 with a time of 21.57

All Time Top ten Relay Performances

• 6th in 2007 in the 4x100 with a time of 41.26

• 5th in 2010 in the 4x200 with a time of 1:28.44

• 2nd in 2006 in the 4x400 with a time of 3:11.57

Athletic All Conference

• 2006: 400m

• 2007: 400m, 4x100, 4x400

• 2008: 400m, 4x400 and most outstanding track performer

• 2010: 400m and most outstanding track performer