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| Banquet table awaiting the guests |
So
you thought I was retired? Ha! Still have at least one more email to
send, or maybe a few more before someone else picks up the reins.
The
2018-19 Awards were given out at the Banquet Saturday night following a
delicious dinner of jumbo shrimp, twice baked potatoes, chicken, beef
and all the trimmings.
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| dinner in the Club |
The
first Awards were handed out by "The FALL" Club President Reynold
Gardner. FALL Club Volunteers of the Year were Brett Waner and Jack DeAngelis.
These two husbands of Board members are often pressed into service,
usually in the background where no one sees what they do, but it is all
much appreciated!! I can vouch for Jack, he's been helping me with
computers and other technical issues, as well as hauling boxes, for years!
Next up, the Wrestling Awards, presented by Coaches Taylor Meeks and Ian Miller:
Coaches Appreciation - Joseph DeMatteo, Kegan Calkins
Highest GPA - Aaron Olmos (3.6)
Hardest Worker - Josh Reyes
Joe Wells "Team Impact" - Grant Willits
Chad Flack "Most Improved" - Bob Coleman
LenKauffman/Larry Bielenberg "Most Pins" - Connor Noonan (12 this year - Connor has an 83% pin ratio for his career)
Bill Brickey "Most Dedicated" - Amar Dhesi
Dale Thomas "Hustle" - Hunter Willits (the Hustle award is based on a calculation of GPA and wins, a combination of scholarship and athleticism.)
Robin Reed "Outstanding Wrestler" - Amar Dhesi and Ronnie Bresser
The Awards were followed by short speeches by our seniors, Bob Coleman, Joseph DeMatteo, Zach Evens, Rodney Williams, Josh Reyes, Kegan Calkins and Ronnie Bresser. Amar Dhesi
has already moved back to Canada, so he was not present for the
Banquet. I will be posting videos of their speeches to YouTube and
including the links in this email when it becomes a post to the blogsite.
Once the seniors had finished their say, there was a short video recap
of the season. The team was boisterously enjoying the video, providing
sound effects to the on-screen efforts when the video suddenly hung-up.
Unfortunately, the video couldn't be revived there until the program
moved on. If you would like to watch that video, you can see it here.
Kegan Calkins followed up with a short tale that amused the audience before giving way to Head Coach Jim Zalesky
who gave his traditional wrap-up report. Coach Zalesky admitted the
year started slow and just a few more wins, or even points, would have
changed the entire picture. He challenged the team to aim high and make up
the difference. He's already looking forward to next year (as most of
us are.)
That
brought the evening to a close, with a few more remarks by retiring
FALL Club President Reynold Gardner reminding everyone that with four retirements from the Board - Reynold & his wife Jennifer Gardner, Craig Scharer and myself,
The FALL Board is looking for some good people with some time to spare.
The FALL Fan Club works hard to win more fans for the sport of
wrestling at Oregon State and to make things fun for the fans that are
there. Anyone with any ideas to share or a desire to work for the
benefit of wrestling, contact me, Michael Denison or Jana Iwasaki. Thank
you!
Thank you to those folks who donated extra to help put on the Banquet -
Darryl Christian & Gary Westfjord, who offered $500 in memory of Ron Finley
And -
Ron & Linda Iwasaki
John & Bonnie Dustin
Bob & Denise Tomasovic
Craig Scharer
Jana Iwasaki & Brett Waner
Jo Overton
Chancy Ball & Mary Bliven
Thank you for your generosity!
Thank you to all who came and helped us celebrate our 2018-19 Oregon State Wrestling team!
One
request, if you took any photos you would like to share through The
FALL's blog, please send them and I will post them, you'll get photo
credits. If you happened to be one of those who got the group picture of
the guys in the back of the room after the event, I'd really like to
get a copy to share on the Blogsite!
One other item from the OSU newsroom, Aaron Olmos was named one of the Student Athletes for the month of April, along with Halli Briscoe of Gymnastics. Congratulations, Aaron!
Coming
up - a group of Beavers will be heading to Las Vegas for the Nationals
in Freestyle and Greco. When I learn more about that, I will pass it
along.
Happy Easter! Go Beavs!
Elizabeth DeAngelis
"The FALL"
Official Fan Club of OS Wrestling
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