Seniors Kerry Devitt and Wally Farris have been named as the "Most Valuable Performers" for the 2009 Illinois Wesleyan women's and men's cross country teams, respectively.

Devitt finished 74th at the 2009 NCAA Division III women's cross country championships and finished ninth with a time of 21:46 at the Midwest Regional. She was IWU's first-ever women's winner of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin meet (with a time of 23:15.3) and was chosen as the CCIW "Female Athlete of the Year" for cross country.

Farris was the Titans' lowest finisher in every meet this season and placed a team-best 12th at the CCIW meet, finishing with a time of 27:29.

In other team awards, the "Hardest Worker" honors went to senior Katelyn Draths and junior Mustafa Alavi while the "Best Newcomer" honors went to freshmen Elise Anderson and Kevin Kapolnek.

Women's Letterwinners

SENIORS - Mackenzie Clemens (Bloomington, Ill., Bloomington HS), Kerry Devitt (Tower Lakes, Ill., Carmel Catholic HS), Katelyn Draths (Glenview, Ill., Regina Dominican HS), Ashley Heilingoetter (Fox River Grove, Ill., Carmel Catholic HS), Kirsten Pufahl (Batavia, Ill., Batavia HS)
JUNIORS - Liz Ave Maria (Morton Grove, Ill., Regina Dominican HS), Lorin Biosca (Wheeling, Ill., Buffalo Grove HS), Maggie Byrne (Chicago, Ill., Lane Tech HS)
FRESHMEN - Elise Anderson (Wheaton, Ill., Wheaton Warrenville South HS), Katherine Filippo (Green Oaks, Ill., Libertyville HS), Mandy Kompanowski (Arlington Heights, Ill., St. Viator HS)

Men's Letterwinners

SENIORS - Wally Farris (Woodstock, Ill., Woodstock HS)
JUNIORS - Joe Campbell (Coon Rapids, Minn., Coon Rapids HS), Keith Lehuta (Lemont, Ill., Lemont HS)
SOPHOMORES -  Jim Fahey (Lomard, Ill., Glenbard East HS), Paul Kwak (Palatine, Ill., Palatine HS), T.J. Luby (Wheaton, Ill., Wheaton North HS), Max Lustick (Olivette, Mo., Ladue Horton Watkins HS), Tyler Saunders (Hudson, Ohio, Hudson HS),  Sam Welch (Glencoe, Ill., Winnetka New Trier HS)
FRESHMEN - Kevin Kapolnek (Niles, Ill., Loyola Academy)