In the Scotlight: Kaley Corban

In the Scotlight: Kaley Corban

1. Three adjectives your friends would use to describe you are:

Energetic, organized, optimistic

2. What is something you’ve become involved in or experienced at Monmouth College that you didn’t expect to?

I participated in the Monmouth’s Got Talent show in the fall. I sang Something More by Sugarland. It was such a blast that I decided to sing American Honey by Lady Antebellum in the Scotlight Talent show this past spring.

3. What is something most people don’t know about you?
When I’m at school, I eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

4. Who is your favorite athlete (past or present)?
My favorite athlete is Derrick Rose. I saw him play in high school in a holiday classic tournament near my hometown and I’ve seen how much he has improved in the NBA.

5. What song would you pick as your anthem?
Little Miss by Sugarland

6. What is the last book you read?
Promise Me by Harlan Coben

7. What is your favorite movie?
Rush Hour 2

8. If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?
I would like to be able to read certain people’s minds in specific situations.

9. If you won $20 million in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
I would put a majority of it in my savings account. The other I would spend on vacation and shopping!

10. What’s it like to be a part of the Monmouth College women’s basketball program?
Being part of the women’s basketball program has benefitted me in so many ways. It has improved my social life here on campus and my team is like a second family to me. Our countless memories on and off the court made my freshman year so enjoyable. Our team has grown so close just after one year; I look forward to the following three years. I’ve learned a lot of life lessons through the basketball program as well. I now know what it takes to become a leader and I’ve learned that one must be able to bounce back from mistakes because they are going to happen. The basketball programs takes up a majority of my time when in season, but there is no doubt that I would have enjoyed college as much as I do if I wasn’t part of the basketball program.

In the Scotlight: Haley Jones

In the Scotlight: Haley Jones

1. Three adjectives your friends would use to describe you are:

Motherly, easy-going, fun

2. What is something you’ve become involved in or experienced at Monmouth College that you didn’t expect to?
Track

3. What is something most people don’t know about you?
I read a lot, especially James Patterson books.

4. Who is your favorite athlete (past or present)?
Derrick Rose

5. What song would you pick as your anthem?
Black and Yellow

6. What is the last book you read?
Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and Off the Court by John Wooden

7. What is your favorite movie?
Love & Basketball and Gladiator

8. If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?
To fly.

9. If you won $20 million in the lottery, what would you do with the money?
Pay off college loans, build my dream house, donate some to charity, repay my parents, and of course save some of it.

10. What’s it like to be a part of the Monmouth College women’s basketball program?
It’s like a second family. It’s great to be a part of because you know that 15 other girls are going to be there for you no matter what.

Women's Basketball Banquet

Team Honors:

2nd in Midwest Conference regular season (highest finish in school history)

2nd in Midwest Conference playoff tournament…in OT (highest finish in school history)

Tied school record for most wins in a season (16)

5 Consecutive Winning Seasons…seniors never had a losing season

Steals per game (13.2) 29th in the Nation
3 Point % Defense (25.4%) 13th in the Nation
School record 11 consecutive home wins
Blocked shots per game (5.3) 24th in the Nation
3 point field goal Percentage 19th in the Nation

Individual Honors/National Rankings:
Colleen Forrest school record 8 threes in one game
Justine Boone school record single season steals (85)

Colleen Forrest 3 Point Field Goal % (45.1%) 6th in the Nation
Justine Boone school record assists single season (119)
Colleen Forrest 2nd all-time in Midwest Conference with 72 threes in single season
Justine Boone career record steals (253)
Colleen Forrest school record 3-Pointers in single season (72)

Player of the Day: Haley Jones & Marla Willard

Beanie Baby Winners:

Assists: (Giraffe) Justine Boone 119
Charges: (Bull) Maddison Nieukirk 4
Deflections: (Spider) Justine Boone 90
Dives: (Dolphin) Marla Willard 20
Rebounds: (Kangaroo) Marla Willard 182
Steals: (Monkey) Justine Boone 90

All-Conference:

Justine Boone 1st Team

Haley Jones 2nd Team

Academic All Conference: Justine Boone

Speaking Captain 2011-12: Haley Jones 



Boone, Jones named All-Conference

Haley Jones                      Justine Boone

A record-setting year by the Monmouth College women’s basketball team has netted guards Justine Boone (Geneseo, Ill./Geneseo) and Haley Jones (Knoxville, Ill./Knoxville) All-Midwest Conference honors.
Boone, a senior business and economics major, was named to the first team after setting numerous Fighting Scots records. During the 2010-11 season, the point guard broke her own season assists record (119) and set the new standard for steals in a season (90). She also eclipsed the career mark for steals (253). Boone tied the records for games played in a career (92). Playing nearly 33 minutes each contest, she averaged 8.9 points per game and 3.3 rebounds per game during her senior campaign.
Jones, a junior business major, was named to the second team. She led the team in scoring, averaging 12.4 points per game, and was third in rebounding at 4.4 per game. Her 81 percent free throw shooting led the Scots.
The Fighting Scots (16-9) qualified for the conference tournament for only the second time in the history of the program. The team’s second-place finish was also the highest finish in Scots’ history and their 16 wins tied the school record for victories.
Story by Dan Nolan

Senior Night 2011

After our 58-44 victory over rival Knox College we gathered to celebrate our seniors Erica Puig, Justine Boone & Niki Sue Williams. It was great to honor their careers with family, friends and MCWB alum!

SCOTS’ FORREST ON FIRE, SETS SCHOOL SHOOTING RECORD

MONMOUTH, Ill. – When Deerfield’s Colleen Forrest entered Monmouth College, a Division III school in western Illinois, to play basketball, the Fighting Scots knew they were getting a pretty good shooter. What they didn’t know was how quickly she would be breaking records.

It’s only fitting that the 5-foot-5 guard with a quick release and gunslinger mentality is playing in Monmouth, the birthplace of Old West lawman Wyatt Earp. Forrest has been on fire this season and has already rewritten the Monmouth record book as a sophomore. Earlier this year, Forrest set the new in-game standard, making eight 3-pointers to break the record she tied as a freshman and shared with Tina Forth from the 1995 squad.

Forrest’s latest long range run has given her the school record for 3-pointers in a single season. Beloit College couldn’t see Forrest for the threes in an 80-64 Monmouth win last week when she made her school record 57th trey to break the mark that has stood since 1996.

The long range bomber’s 10.7-point average ties her for second in scoring for the balanced Monmouth attack that has rolled to a 12-6 record. She’s also fifth in Division III in 3-point accuracy, hitting nearly 48 percent of her shots from beyond the arc.

Monmouth will have to wait one more year for Forrest to chop down another Scots’ record. Her 105 career 3-pointers is closing in on that record as well, but with five more games left, she’ll likely have to wait until the 2011-12 campaign to eclipse the career mark of 169.

One thing is for certain, the Scots are glad Forrest has sprouted into one of the program’s best 3-point shooters.
Story by Dan Nolan

Greatest Practice Ever

The Monmouth College Women's Basketball team helped area Special Olympians with their basketball fundamental skills. We set up stations of passing, shooting, defense, rebounding and ball handling. As you can tell by the smiling faces, a great time was had by all! The Special Olympians will have an intersquad scrimmage during half time of the women's (5pm) & men's (7pm) basketball games February 9th.