This month we will take a look back at the National Champions, Scholar-Athletes, GPAC Streaks, and National Award Winners within the GPAC. It's quite an amazing list for a league that is just 10 years old. I hope you enjoy this look back down memory lane in the Great Plains Athletic Conference.

For the first time since 2004 three GPAC teams are perparing themselves for the NAIA Football Championship Series.  Top ranked Sioux Falls (11-0), seventh ranked Morningside (9-1), and 13th ranked Hastings (9-2) are ready to take to the field as part of the 16 team field.  B. Lynn Fouts breaks down the matchups in the NAIA FCS First Round/College Fanz Preview this week.

The 2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Volleyball All-Conference Team has been selected. Randa Hulstein from Northwestern was the selected as the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Player-of-the-Year. Kyle Van Den Bosch from Northwestern was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year. Northwestern was the regular season champion for 2009 with a 16-0 league record. The GPAC All-Conference teams were selected by the league coaches.

The 2009 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Football All-Conference Team has been selected after a vote of the league coaches on Sunday, November 15, at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska.

Lorenzo Brown from Sioux Falls has been named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year, while Trevor Holleman from Sioux Falls was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Defensive Player-of-the-Year. Kalen De Boer from Sioux Falls was named the Hauff Mid-America/GPAC Coach-of-the-Year. Sioux Falls was the regular season conference champion for 2009. Sioux Falls (11-0), Morningside (9-1), and Hastings (9-2) have qualified for the NAIA Football Championship Series.