Meghann Mulligan
2001
Coon Rapids, Minn.
Coon Rapids High School

Meghann Mulligan, a senior from Coon Rapids, Minn., was majoring in health and human performance with a minor in coaching and carried a 3.473 grade point average. She is a three-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll and was named to the River Falls Dean's List in two years. Mulligan also received the Marcell K. Lynum Scholarship for the 1998-99 academic year. In addition, she becomes the first student-athlete in the school's history to win the conference's women's tennis scholar-athlete award.

Mulligan, a two-year team captain, helped the Falcons to a fourth-place finish in the conference standings in 2001 with a pair of third-place finishes at the WIAC Tournament. She finished third at No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles. The fourth-place finish by the Falcons is their best since the 1991 season when they finished third.

Mulligan is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the Alcohol/Drug Program Committee, the Community/Educational Outreach Committee and the Chancellor's Coalition on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Committee. She has also worked as a tutor on campus and at River Falls area elementary schools.

Megan Knobloch
2005
Marshfield, Wis.
Columbus High School

Megan Knobloch had a great four-year career with the Falcons. She played No. 1 singles and doubles for the Falcons in 2005. She finished the season with a 12-4 overall record in singles and she placed third at the WIAC Championships. She teamed with Leah Baron at No. 1 doubles 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.