QU SOCCER ALUMNI NEWS

July 2010…to keep up with Hawk soccer throughout the year use either of these options:www.quincy.edu or www.quhawksoccer.blogspot.com.

Also…If you would like to receive “blast e-mail” updates on current Hawk Soccer events please e-mail me at mackejb@quincy.edu so I can add your e-mail address to our blast list and you will be notified when newsworthy events occur to keep you informed. We will post a brief summary recap of all our Fall games on our blogsite.


Dear Soccer Alum,


I hope you are having a great summer, and that you enjoyed watching the World Cup games as much as I did.


Once again the 2010 Soccer Hawks showed that they are a great bunch of very creditable student-athletes with their outstanding performance in the classroom. The team GPA of the ’10 Soccer Hawks is 3.3 with 16 of the 24 players having a GPA above 3.0 and 9 of those having a GPA above 3.5. Two Hawks, Abe Dirnberger and Zach Venvertloh had perfect 4.0’s. Our Men’s Soccer Team has the highest GPA of all male teams on campus and higher than the general male student population. Since our Athletic Director instigated the Team Academic Achievement Award the Soccer Hawks have won it in 8 of the last 9 years. Likewise, the Soccer Hawks have been recognized with the NSCAA’s Team Academic Award in 8 of the past 9 years. Our graduates continue to move on to the business and professional world extremely well qualified. I think this is something everyone should be proud of.


Recruiting for 2010 went well as we have 6 new players joining us. Four of our newcomers hail from the general St. Louis area: Tim Berra (Vianney/Scott Gallagher); Drew Duncan (CBC/Scott Gallagher); Ryan Seifert/St. Dominic/Scott Gallagher); Sam Lund (Brentwood/Metro Strikers). Dylan Mook joins us from St. Ignatius HS in the Cleveland area (coached by former Hawk Mike McLaughlin), and Jake Darnell will make the short move across town from Quincy Notre Dame HS to also become a Hawk. Former Hawk standouts Bob Radice and Josh Woodworth were instrumental in introducing the Scott Gallagher players to my attention.


Our 7th Annual QU Soccer Alumni Golf Shootout on May 21, 2010 was another success.

Thirty foursomes played and had a great time. Most of our regular attendees were there except for those who had children graduating from various schools that weekend. To offset their absence we had several former players join us for the first time (Bill Weckback; Dennis Klosterman; Rick Gibson; Scott Koester; plus John Nava; and Wally Gawrych who were on the Championship team in our Top Flight. I’m pretty sure all our newcomers had a good time, and I expect them back again next year. Bill Weckback was also a very welcome addition to our Golf Committee this year and helped out immensely in planning and staging our event. I want to sincerely thank him, and long–time



Committee members Jim Eagan, Bob Hanson, Bill Fann, Craig Hingle, Paul Geerling, and Mike Gallo for another outstanding job. And once again let me say that new members are always welcome. How about YOU joining the committee for 2011?



FOREST PARK GOLF COURSE in St. Louis MO will be the site of our 8th Annual QU Soccer Alumni Golf Shootout on May 6, 2011! We hope that bringing the event into the heart of St. Louis will be both a benefit and an attraction for the large number of you living in this area. Besides the change in venue look for some other new ideas that our committee has come up with to spice up our event even more. May 6th…BE THERE!


Congratulations to the members of the 1981 Hawk soccer team on your upcoming induction to the Quincy University Hall of Fame. This event, under the sponsorship of the Athletic and Alumni Offices, will take place on the September 24-26 weekend in 2010. Information on this should be forthcoming from the Alumni Office. Even though this event is not under my leadership I am hopeful that all squad members will be able to come back to receive your honor and recognition. The actual induction (I believe) will take place on Saturday 9/25 at the Hall of Fame Banquet. If you are going to be here for this weekend I’d like to know in advance because we play So. Indiana at 7:30 PM on Friday 9/24 and UMSL at 2:30 PM on Sunday 9/26. If you are present at either or both matches I’d like to introduce you at halftime of these games. Please e-mail me at mackejb@quincy.edu to let me know which game or games you will attend so I can have you on our gate list for free admission, and also know to introduce you at halftime. The 1981 HAWKS (21-3-1)…the squad that won QU’s 5th consecutive NAIA National Championship. Come back and celebrate. For more information on the weekend you can contact Alumni Director Bill O’Donnell at billo@quincy.edu.


Congratulations to Mike DiRaimondo on his upcoming induction into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame. I believe this takes place on October 21 if I’m not mistaken. Hopefully many of his teammates and friends will make the banquet to share in the evening with him. Mike was a tri-captain for us in 1978 and was an important player on our 1975-77-78 NAIA National Championship teams and the NAIA 3rd Place team in 1976.


Our Alumni Game will be held on Saturday, August 21 at 6 PM at North Campus Field.
If you want to play please e-mail me and let me know that (mackejb@quincy.edu). I’ll have a uniform for you to use, and will help with a post game Alumni party.


For those of you living in the greater St. Louis area we will be playing an exhibition match at Lindenwood Univ. on Monday August 30 at 7:30 PM, and a regular season match at Maryville on Friday 9/17 at 2:30 PM. I’ll attach our full schedule so all might find a date they can see us play.