Missouri S&T won the Great Lakes Football Conference championship in 2008 and the league's all-conference team was a reflection of that, as the Miners had 13 selections to the squad and won six additional awards for their performance.

Of the 13 players named to the All-GLFC team, 10 were first team selections. In addition, Miner head coach Kirby Cannon was selected as the GLFC's "Coach of the Year", senior wide receiver Mike Greaving (St. Louis, Mo./St. Mary's) was named as the league's "Offensive Player of the Year" and he along with five of his teammates were named as the top players at their respective positions.

Six of the Miners' 10 first team picks were on the offensive side of the ball, including three from the offensive line. Senior guard Justin Hansen (Overland Park, Kan./Shawnee Mission West) was named as the league's top offensive lineman and was joined on the first team by a pair of juniors, center Dan Hickman (Louisburg, Kan./Louisburg) and guard John Krumme (Mineral Wells, W.Va./Parkersburg South). The line set the tone for an offensive unit that set new school records for points scored (408) and offensive yards (4,945) during the season.

Quarterback Jason Schlueter (Lafayette, Ind./McCutcheon), a junior who started the bulk of the games for the Miners this year, was named as the first team quarterback after a year where he broke the S&T school record for completion percentage. Schlueter completed 161-of-235 passes (68.5 percent) for 1,848 yards and 17 touchdowns.

Greaving, a senior, finished the season with 46 receptions for 618 yards and 11 touchdowns as he was one of five receivers with at least 44 catches on the year. The Miners' second-leading receiver, junior Bryan Crider (Jefferson City, Mo./Helias), was named as the first-team tight end after catching 53 passes for 549 yards and five scores.

S&T had two players on the defensive side of the ball named as the top players at their positions, as sophomore defensive tackle Justin Philpy (McKinney, Texas/McKinney) as the top lineman and senior safety Robbie Woodard (Tulsa, Okla./Holland Hall) was named as the top defensive back.

Philpy finished the year with 31 tackles from his interior line spot, including six for a loss and five quarterback sacks. Meanwhile, Woodard was the Miners' second-leading tackler with 72 and had five tackles for a loss and an interception.

Both were first team selections along with senior defensive end Matt Loula (St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North), who led S&T with 8.5 sacks and 15.5 tackles for a loss and senior linebacker Justin Butler (Tulsa, Okla./Holland Hall), the Miners' top tackler on the season with 80 stops.

The Miners also had three second team selections in running back David Shields (Florissant, Mo./Cardinal Ritter), who led S&T with 800 yards and a school record 13 rushing touchdowns; defensive end Loren Severs (Macomb, Ill./Macomb), who had three sacks and six tackles behind the line of scrimmage this season; and linebacker Brett Hanten (Peoria, Ariz./Ironwood), who finished the year with 60 tackles including 9.5 behind the line.

Missouri S&T finished the 2008 season with a 7-4 record and won a conference title for the first time since 1983.