2008 Banquet
The 2008 season came to a conclusion on Saturday, January 31, 2009 with the celebration of the 2008 Maroon Football Team.  Chicago’s seniors were greeted and thanked for all their efforts by the 225 in attendance.  Tri-captains Frank Chor, John Kiernan, and Todd Young and fellow seniors Patrick Davis, Chuck Little (not pictured), and Jim McAnelly were presented their game jerseys by Head Coach Dick Maloney and his staff.


The evening continued by introducing the Chicago players who were received UAA All-Academic Recognition by earning an overall minimum 3.30 grade point average:

Seniors
Frank Chor, John Kiernan, Jim McAnelly

Juniors
Bryan Dedeker, Evan Dreyer, John Emerson, Mike Emerson,
Zach Evans, Steve Green, Chris Leamy, Jay McGovern,
Joe Stoner, Cory Swaim, Ryan Verissimo

Sophomores
Pat Kacsur, Dex McAuley, Marshall Oium, Tommy Parks,
Joe Steelman.


UAA and D3football.com Player of the Week selections were congratulated for their achievements:

Francis Adarkwa vs. Washington and Macalester

Clay Wolff vs. Carnegie Mellon

Ryan Verissimo vs. Washington

John Kiernan vs. Macalester

John Emerson vs. Washington


All-UAA First Team Selections
Francis Adarkwa (Fr.), Joe Stoner (Jr.)
Clay Wolff (So.), Jason Kaderabek (So.)


All-UAA Second Team Selections
Nate Williams (Fr.), Clay Wolff (So.), Danny Polaneczky (Fr.),
Jon Cotchen (Fr.), Bryan Dedeker (Jr.), Chris Leamy (Jr.),
Jim McAnelly (Sr.), John Kiernan (Sr.), Matt Sargent (Fr.)
Jared White (So.) 


All-UAA Honorable Mention Selections
Cory Swaim (So.), Ryan Verissimo (Jr.), Mike Emerson (Jr.),
John Emerson (Jr.), Frank Chor (Sr.)


UAA Rookie of the Year
Francis Adarkwa with Running Back Coach Mike Nutall

The 2008 Highlight DVD was a giant hit.  Some believed it to the best ever seen on the Midway.  It was produced by assistant coach Tony Hardie.  A huge thank you goes to Coach Hardie on a job well done.

The evening concluded with Head Coach Dick Maloney addressing the gathering with the challenges facing the 2009 Maroons.  Coach Maloney noted that continued physical development -- being bigger, faster, and stronger -- would be tremendously important this off-season and challenged the squad to report in better than “ready to play” condition than in August 2009. 

Coach Maloney commented that the Maroons have 16 returning players that garnered All-UAA honors, which is a great nucleus, but compared to Case (17 returning All-UAA players) and Washington (16), other UAA squads have experienced and talented underclassmen as well. 

Coach Maloney challenged each returner to be fully invested in the program in order to do their personal best in the team’s quest for excellence in 2009.  

“Raise the Bar” in 2009!


 
 
 
 
 


   
 
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