At Saturday morning's M Club Hall of Fame Ceremony, the Fighting Scots added four inductees.
DAVID JOHNSON '14
In the 130-year history of intercollegiate tennis at Monmouth College, no one has surpassed the accomplishments of David Johnson. Johnson's name can be found
all over the record book, starting with his 73 singles victories, 82 doubles wins and 155 combined victories, all school records. Along the way, he won plenty of big
matches, three times claiming the Midwest Conference's No. 2 singles title and adding a pair of No. 1 doubles crowns with David Stewart. That 1-2 punch helped the Scots place second in the conference in three of Johnson's four years, a finish topped only by Monmouth's 1938 champions. As a senior, Johnson was an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete and was ranked fifth regionally, one spot out of the NCAA tournament. He was a threetime qualifier for MWC All-Academic honors.The ultimate competitor, Johnson had a knack for fighting back in matches, including victories from a set down in the conference tourney his
sophomore and junior seasons.
SHANNON TURCZYN '09
Champion hurdlers need to approach each obstacle in a choreographed rhythm. All-American Shannon Turczyn established a great one during her Monmouth College career.Turczyn had a trio of fifth-place national finishes in the 100-meter hurdles and also placed seventh in that race, making her the only Monmouth woman with four All-American honors in the same event. In all, she qualified for nationals seven times and was a five-time All-American.Turczyn had a winning rhythm at Midwest Conference meets, too. For all four years, she was both the 55- and 100-meter hurdles champion, and each of her indoor and outdoor seasons included an MWC team title, eight in all. Along with her eight individual victories at conference meets, Turczyn was part of five relay wins. As a senior, she broke her own conference record in the 100-meter hurdles (14.29), and her best time of 14.18 remains the school record at the time of her induction.
CHELSEY WIDDOP '13
From her outside hitter position, Chelsey Widdop was perfectly comfortable blasting kills, doing so 1,354 times in her brilliant collegiate volleyball career, a total that ranks third in the history of Monmouth College's program. But she was equally adept at saving would-be kills from hitting the floor, making 1,620 career digs, which also ranks third all-time. It's no wonder Widdop made the All-Midwest Conference team four times, including a trio of first-team honors. One of Monmouth's best-ever all-around players, Widdop is one of only two Fighting Scots in the top eight in both kills and digs, leading the team in the former category all four seasons and in digs twice. Widdop, who at the time of her induction also ranked fifth in career solo blocks and ninth in career sets played, helped Monmouth to a 20-win season and first-place league finish as a sophomore, a runner-up finish as a junior, and 19 more victories as a senior.
JAMES WILSON '16
Run fast and jump far—that was the formula James Wilson used to win two national long jump championships and lead the Fighting Scots to two top four NCAA team finishes.Wilson had Monmouth's bestever overall performance at an NCAA meet, adding second-, third- and fourth-place finishes to his long jump title at the 2016 outdoor meet, accounting for 29 of the Scots' 32 points. Those other events were, respectively, the 400-meter dash, the 4x100 and the 4x400. That year, the Scots placed third nationally outdoors and fourth indoors, where Wilson also captured the long jump title, one of his 13 All-American honors. At the time of his induction, he held Monmouth's and the Midwest Conference's indoor long jump record (24 feet, 3 inches). Wilson ramped up for national success by dominating MWC meets. He was named a Most Outstanding Performer eight times, including both the track AND field honors at three meets. In all, he won 22 conference titles, 14 individually.
