Illinois Wesleyan

JOHN MUNCH, Football, Genoa (Sycamore HS), Elementary Education - Earned four football letters at IWU an was chosen as the team's "Defensive Most Valuable Player" for the third consecutive year... A linebacker, he was named to the first team of all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin squad ans was chosen as the "Most Outstanding Defensive Player" in the league for the second straight year... First team All-American in 1997 on Hewlett-Packard squad... First team All-American in 1996 on Hewlett-Packard squad and second team in Don Hansen's Football magazine, The Sporting News, Don Hansen's Football Gazette... Preseason "Defensive Player of the Year" in Bob Griese's Football annual... First team All-American in 1996 on Hewlett-Packard squad and second team in Don Hansen's Football Gazette... Honorable mention preseason All-American, Don Hansen's Football Gazette and College Football Preview... All-American track in 1996 with in 1996 with his eighth-place javelin finish in national meet... He is the son of Steve amd LuAnne Munch, Genoa.