Statesmen to Enter Summer 13th

Spring football practice is under way for the William Penn Statesmen

Oskaloosa–The William Penn football team remains quite visible on the NAIA radar as the Association’s spring top 25 poll was released Wednesday.

The Statesmen, who were 9-2 last fall (5-2 MWL), improved two spots from the last ranking to #13 in the NAIA with 182 points.

Defending national champion Saint Xavier (Ill.) is the spring’s #1 with 340 points and all 15 first-place votes, while Carroll (Mont.) is second. Marian (Ind.), Georgetown (Ky.), and MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) round out the top five.

St. Francis (Ill.) tops the Midwest League at #7, while Grand View is 16th and St. Ambrose is 20th. Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), unofficially 28th, also represents the league.

The Statesmen remain the second-highest team from the state of Iowa behind #8 Morningside.

William Penn opens its 2012 season on Saturday, August 25 by traveling to Mount Pleasant to face Iowa Wesleyan in MWL action at 6 p.m.