Knobloch Named WIAC Tennis Scholar-Athlete

Oct. 23, 2005

Falcon tennis player Megan Knobloch earned the WIAC highest honor when she was named to the tennis Scholar-Athlete on Sunday at the WIAC Championships in Madison.

The WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award is presented to the most outstanding senior from each conference sport during the year who exhibits the greatest combination of performance and achievement in academics, athletics and leadership.

Knobloch had a great four-year career with the Falcons. She played No. 1 singles and doubles for the Falcons this year. She finished the season with a 12-4 overall record in singles and she placed third at the WIAC Championships held last weekend in Madison. She teamed with Leah Baron at No. 1 doubles this year and they finished fifth at the WIAC Meet and had a 5-8-1 season record. In 2004 she played the No. 1 singles spot and finished 8-7. She also teamed with Baron at No. 1 doubles and they finished the year with a 7-7 record. In 2003 she played No. 3 singles and finished the year with a 10-8 record. She played No. 2 doubles with several partners and finished with a 6-11 record. In her freshman season she played at No. 5 singles.

Knobloch has been one of the team's top performers in the classroom also. She has a perfect 4.0 grade point average and is majoring in elementary education with minors in reading and language arts. She has been named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Knobloch has been named to the UW-RF's Dean List in every semester. She was admitted to the UW-RF's School of Education last spring. She was named the WIAC Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 6-12, 2003 at No. 3 singles, and again for the week of Sept. 12-18, 2005 at No. 1 singles. She has been the team's captain in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. She was named the team's Player of the Week twice in each of the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 seasons.

Knobloch is the tennis representative to the UW-RF Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and is a member of Tomorrow's Educators, a campus organization for education majors and minors in both elementary and secondary education. She has worked at the University's C.H.I.L.D. Center.

She joins Meghann Mulligan as Falcon winners of the Scholar-Athlete award. Mulligan earned the honor in 2001.