M-Club Recognition Dinners

M-Club Student-Athlete Recognition Dinners

During each season of the academic year, the Marian College M-Club sponsors a series of recognition dinners honoring the student-athletes who put forth their time and effort for Marian College athletics.

Each dinner consists of a short reception and a full meal as well as a program recognizing the student-athletes on each team with a Certificate of Participation, recognizing the top athletes with a quartet of awards for each sport, and recognizing the student-athletes who have devoted four years to Marian College athletics.

Fall 2008 M-Club Recognition Dinner
Men's and Women's Tennis and Men's and Women's Cross Country

The first dinner of 2008 was on November 15, 2008, and the M-Club recognized the men's and women's tennis and men's and women's cross country teams. Director of Athletics Joe Haklin emceed the dinner and M-Club Co-Director John Finke gave the keynote address.

Each team awards a Most Valuable Player and a Most Improved Player award alongside two awards designated by the sport coach. Each coach also awards a plaque to their four-year award-winners. The awards were given to the following student-athletes:

	Women's Tennis	Men's Tennis	Women's Cross Country	Men's Cross Country
Most Valuable Player	Michele Sizemore	Brice Fairchild	Kyle Murray	Adrienne Shepherd
Most Improved Player	Alyson O'Connor	Stedman Carmony	Kyle Hinkle	Brooke Meier
Award #3	Bulldog Award Dana Reynolds	Leadership Award Brad Mustin	Freshman Award Corey Kimball Nick Sefton	Freshman Award Audra Gehlhausen
Award #4	Mental Attitude Brice Fairchild	Mental Attitude Roxanne Rose	Mental Attitude Shawn Murray	Mental Attitude Amanda Frey
Four-Year Awards	None	Michele Sizemore	Kyle Hinkle Matt Cummins	Julia Konopasek


Tennis and Cross Country MVPs	Tennis and Cross Country Four-Year awards

Fall 2008 M-Club Recognition Dinner
Men's and Women's Soccer and Volleyball

The second dinner of 2008 was on November 22, 2008, and the M-Club recognized the men's and women's soccer and women's volleyball teams. Each coach also awards a plaque to their four-year award-winners. Director of Athletics Joe Haklin emceed the dinner and M-Club Co-Director John Finke gave the keynote address.

Each team awards a Most Valuable Player and a Most Improved Player award alongside two awards designated by the sport coach. The awards were given to the following student-athletes:

	Men's Soccer	Women's Soccer	Women's Volleyball
Most Valuable Player	Don Oldham	Mallory Burrows	Bethany Dulle
Most Improved Player	Zach Sipes	Leeann Pels	Brittany Miller
Award #3	Diesel Award Benton Schafer	Hustle Award Jessica Willoughby	Front Court Player of the Year Carrie Sherman
Award #4	Mental Attitude Matt Stoner	Mental Attitude Rebecca Hochgesang	Back Court Player of the Year Bethany Dulle
Four-Year Awards	Benton Schafer T.J. Rauch David Case	Allison Arth Jessica Willoughby Lindsay Espel Brittney Knies Mallory Burrows Rebecca Hochgesang Holly Hammond Casey Williams Monica Tobolski Katie Long Elisabeth Crosby	None


Soccer and Volleyball MVPs	Soccer and Volleyball Four-Year Players

Fall 2008 M-Club Recognition Dinner - Football

The third dinner of 2008 was on November 23, 2008, and the M-Club recognized the football team. Director of Athletics Joe Haklin emceed the dinner and Dave Jongleux gave the keynote address.

The team has nine awards that are handed out including a Most Valuable Player and Academic Award. Each position coach awarded their student-athlets a plaque commemorating their accomplishment. The awards were given to the following student-athletes:

	Football
Most Valuable Player	Dustin Craig
Most Improved Player	Clay Coomer
Scout Offense Player of the Year	Kevin Humphrey
Scout Defense Player of the Year	Robert Alderman
Offensive Player of the Year	JaQuan Patilla
Defensive Player of the Year	Dustin Craig
Special Teams Player of the Year	Bryan Quackenbush Richard Parrish
11 Links Award	Brock Caraboa Paul Washington
Academic Knight Award	John Pfifer
Four-Year Awards	None


MVP and Defensive POY Dustin Craig	Offensive POY JaQuan Patilla

Special teams Co-POY Bryan Quackenbush	Special teams Co-POY Richard Parrish

Scout Offense POY Kevin Humphrey	Scout Defense POY Rob Alderman

Most Improved Player Clay Coomer	11 Links Award Brock Caraboa Paul Washington

Academic Knight award John Pfifer