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Physics & Chemistry Field Day Results

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Physics Team Takes 1st at Creighton University Physics Field Day
Pictured are Sung Ha Park, Sebastian Winters, Jackie Kure, Abbot Michael, Junho Ho, Armel Mignondje, John Kuhry, Lucas Williams, Jihwan Shin, Nolan Huetter, Nick Huettter, Eric Zhang, Ian Kim, Kyeong Min Kim, Mr Michael Williams.
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Chemistry Team Results: 
Team Nihonium Photo by Nguyen/Kalkowski

  • Advanced Team Americium-Am: 3rd Place, 
    • Alex Earsley, Ian Price, Matthew Winters, Jeff Kim
  • Primary Team Nihonium-Nh: Wins Balancing Chemical Equations
    •  Kevin Zhang, Max Nguyen, Daniel Davies, Cole Kalkowski
Other Teams participating for Mount Michael:

Advanced Team Iridium-Ir : Oscar Dong, Alvin Ming Hint, Leo Li, Jack Sun Matthew Thiele
Primary Team Technetium-Te: Trevin Detwiler, andrew Shellberg, Chaemin Lee, Zan Li
Primary Team Seaborgium-Sg: JP Jensen, Levi Kicken, Skyler Davis, Allen Cheg
Primary Team Californium-Cf: Shin Fujita, Norman Tran, Riley Goddard, Andrew Wilson.


Photo by Nguyen/Kalkowski



New Head Football Coach

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Coach Greg Wunderlich
Mount Michael has hired Greg Wunderlich as the new head football coach. Coach Wunderlich currently teaches physical education at Upchurch Elementary in the Millard Public Schools. He coached Legion Baseball at Millard West in 2014 and 2015, and he coached Freshmen Basketball at Mount Michael for the past two seasons.

Coach Wunderlich was born and raised in Naperville, IL, where he played football, basketball and track at Naperville North High School. He was a two time First Team All-State Quarterback in Illinois Class 8A. He then continued his football career at University of Nebraska at Omaha as quarterback under Coach Pat Behrns. He was teammates with current NFL players Zach Miller (Chicago Bears tight end) and Greg Zuerlein (Los Angeles Rams kicker). Wunderlich broke several single season records at UNO in 2009 including yards in a season, completions in a season, completions in a single game and completion percentage in a season. He graduated from UNO with a Bachelor of Science in Education with the endorsement area of Physical Education K-12. He also coached as an offensive assistant working with quarterbacks in 2010 at UNO under Coach Behrns. “Greg brings a lot of experience, heart and enthusiasm to the head football coach position here at Mount Michael Benedictine School,” said Dr. David J. Peters, Ed.D. “We are excited about what he has to offer and the direction in which he is going to take the Knights!”

S.A.M.E Competition

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The 23rd annual Society of American Military Engineers Competition was held at the Walter Scott Conference Center at the University of Nebraska Omaha.  There were 20 area high school teams involved this year.  Mount Michael sent both a senior and junior team.

The Senior team's project was to design an enclosed pedestrian walkway that would connect the original school building to the new D J Sokol Learning Center.  The Senior Team won 3 gold and 2 silver metals giving them an Award of Distinction.  This Award includes a $500. check from a sponsoring engineering firm to be used in the Drafting Program.  The Senior Team was Dylan Herrmann, Sam Clements, Nathan Carpenter, Peyton Hottovy, Jack Straka, Joe Coldiron and Ian Price.

The Junior Team project was to renovate Camp Mount Michael by moving it out of the school building and centering it around the pond in the northeast corner of campus.  The Junior Team was made up of Colin Lakeman, Riley Kruse, Thomas Janecek, Lucas Rief, Will Fleissner, Nolan Gottsch, Luke Van Haute, John Hudson, Grant Pavlik, Nolan Huetter and Jeff Kim.




Le Cirque Du Mont Michel

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Ringmater: J.P. Jensen

Agape Brothers: Jacob Benes & Taylor Davis

JJET: Jack Blaser, Joey Recker, Ed Wilberding, Trevin Detwiler

Jazz Band:

  • Winds: Ian Kim, Armel Mignondje, Addison Cousin-Hardrick, Levi Kicken, Broden Kaps, Andrew Ahn.
  • High Brass/Winds: Dylan Herrmann, Chad Duerfeldt, Jacob Gathje, Chaemin Lee, Donovan Kaelin
  • Low Brass: Trevin Detwiler, Daniel Davies, Josh Davies.
  • Rhythm: Jack Blaser, Kyeongmin Kim, Max Swiniarski
  • Director: Noelle Kunkel
Directed and Produced by Br. Roger Mangels, OSB




National Honor Society Induction 2017

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Mount Michael's Edward Malone chapter of the National Honor Society has added 35 new members.

Nick Carson, Jean-Marie Djidjoho, Jack Straka, Dustin Hartwell, Jacob Idra, Thomas Janecek, Hanool Kim, Armel Mignondje, Ross Nicholas, Nolan Reynolds, Nicholas Snyder, Matthew Thiele, Temi Adeyemo, Jacob Benes, Caleb Burbach, Andrew Carleton, Jarrett Cline, Daniel Davies, Sebastian deMayo, Trevin Detwiler, Sam Eberle, Sebastian Esquivel, Patrick Fayad, J.P. Jensen, Cole Kalkowski, Levi Kicken, Carson Leahy, Colin Mallisee, Quinton Mohr, Quan Nguyen, Sam Peters, Gerald Righter, Andrew Shellberg, Nolan Zeger, Bokai Zhang  

Robotics Team Places 3rd at U.S. Open National Robotics Tournament.

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Left to Rights: Dr. David Peters, Nolan Gottsch, Nick Huetter, Reilly Jackson, Nolan Huetter, Lukas Williams, Drew Goddard, Coach Michael Williams

Congratulations to the Mount Michael Robotics team, Knight Shift 1970K.  At this year's CREATE U.S. Open National Robotics Tournament, April 6-8, with 175 high school teams from the U.S., Canada, and as far as China, the team placed third in the national event.  Next stop is the VEX Worlds Robotics Tournament in Louisville, KY later this month.  Go Knights!

Easter Triduum at Mount Michael

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The Triduum celebration at Mount Michael began on Holy Thursday in the Monastery with a very nice dinner of steak or salmon served by Abbot Michael. Afterwards the community gather in the chapel for the Eucharist and washing of feet.

At 3:00pm on Good Friday the community gathered for the adoration of the Cross and  communion.

The Easter Vigil included the reception into the Catholic faith of Ashley Stinebaugh wife of alum Brian Stinebaugh '05. Along with Ashley the sacrament of Confirmation was conferred on students Colin Lakeman '18, Sebastian Allegrett '18, and Ian Miller '20.





Spring Concert

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The Mount Michael Choir and Band recently presented "Sounds of Spring" to the Mount Michael Community.



Download a compressed mp3 music file via your Sycamore account in the News Section. 


The choir sang Rest Not!, Music's Echo and Stand by Me

Choir Members: 

Tenors: Cole McNally, Joshua Snyder, Nicholas Snyder, Blake Worsham.

Basses: Jack Blaser, Skyler Davis, Jean-Marie Djidjoho, Kyeongmin Kim, Trenton Sedlacek, and  Jimmy Severa.

The Band played Blues in Hoss' Flat featuring trumpet soloist Jacob Gathje '20 on trumpet, Imagine, and It's Only a Paper Moon featuring soloists Trevin Detwiler '19 on trombone and Dylan Herrmann '17 on trumpet. 

Band Members:

Sax/High Winds:
Armel Mignondje-alto, Addison Cousin-Hardrick-alto, Cole McNally-alto, Levi Kicken-tenor, Broden Kaps-Tenor, Andrew Ahn-baritone, Ian Kim-flute.

Low Brass:
Trevin Detwiler-trombone, Daniel Davies-trombone, Joshua Davies-trombone, Trenton Sedlacek-trombone, Joseph Niemerg-tuba.

Trumpet/Clarinet:
Dylan Herrmann, Chad Duerfeldt, Jacob Gathje, Chaemin Lee, Donovan Kaelin.

Rythmn:
Jack Blaser-bass guitar, Kyeongmin Kim-vibes, Max Swiniarski-trap, Ian Price-piano

Alum Named 30 under 30 Asia by Forbes

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Tony Gao '13
Cofounder, Easy Transfer
Tony Gao co-founded Easy Transfer in 2013. The Beijing-based startup helps China's outbound students pay their tuition fees more quickly and at cheaper foreign exchange rates. It is also branching into student services such as home rentals and used car sales. Gao, a graduate of the University of Southern California, started Easy Transfer in his undergraduate years after seeing that tuition transfers from China could take several days and incur thousands of dollars in bank service fees. Easy Transfer partners directly with Chinese and American banks, bypassing the complex network of international payments.

Forbes Website Article


Academic Decathlon & Robotics Wrap-up Seasons

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Last week Mount Michael's Academic Decathlon and Robotics teams competed at their national and international tournaments in Madison, Wisconsin and Louisville, Kentucky with great results.

The Academic Decathlon team finished in 3rd place in the small school division and 2nd in the Quiz Bowl.  They also earned 14 individual medals.  The team also received the Rookie of the Year award for the highest team score among teams who where first time attendees at the event.

The Mount's robotics team, Knight Shift was eliminated in the quarter finals.  They went 10-2 at the tournament and were 1 of 7 teams to go undefeated in  the qualifying round out of 564 high school teams participating.


Congratulations Knights on your great seasons!

Knight Writers 4th @ State

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Mount Michael's Journalism Team came in 4th out of 24 teams in Class B at the State Tournament held in Norfolk.

16 of Mount Michel's 19 journalism team members qualified for the state competition.

Medalists

Group Entries: 
5th Yearbook Theme Development - Nash Kelly Nick Orr, Michael Ecker.
3rd In-depth News Coverage - Nick Orr, Joey Recker
4th In-depth News Coverage - Andrew Ahn, Miles Hock, Hudson Hohman, Joey Recker, Ben Bies.


Individual Medals:
1st Nick Orr - News Writing
2nd Ben Murray - Entertainment Writing
2nd Jack Avilla - News Writing
3rd Dan Jewell - Sports News Writing
4th Dan Jewell - Headline Writing
4th Kyeongmin Kim - Editorial Cartooning
5th Homer Xu - Photo Illustration
6th Homer Xu - News/Feature Photography



Congratulations Knights!

93 Knights Win Medals on National Spanish Exam

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Level 1: 
49.4% of Nebraska State Medalists
65% of Mount Michael Level 1 Students were medalists.

Gold Medalists: Seth Carpenter, Jacob Gathje, Benjamin Goetz, Kolton Koubsky,  Quan Nguyen, Alexander Payne, Tharein Potuhera, Benjamin Quinlan, Alexander Schrier, Evan Schroder, Richard Thornton, Brayden Whitaker.
Silver Medalists: John Ackerman, Joseph Bazata, Calvin Benson, Chi Ming Hint, Joshua Davies, Jack Gottschalk, Logan Hock, William Janecek, Zachary Kahler, Andree Kakish, Seth Kuhn, Joe Lytle, Robert Masek, Joseph Niemerg, Jackson Ramold, Trenton, Sedlacek, Henry Storbeck
Bronze Medalists: Nick Arkfeld, Ben deMayo, Callan Farrell, Gregory Gonzalez, Donovan Kaelin, Ian Kim, Mason Matukewicz, Ethan Meduna, Connor Murphy, Joshua Snyder, Keaton Stec, Sean Stumpff.

Level 2: 
32.4% of Nebraska State Medalists
55% of Mount Michael Level 2 Students were medalists.

Gold Medalists: Sid deMayo, Matthew Draper, J.P. Jensen, Colin Mallisee.
Silver Medalists: Laken Beller, Caleb Burbach, Jarrett Cline, Alex Crnkovich, Trevin Detwiler, Sam Eberle, Cole Kalkowski, Hanool Kim, Sam Peters, Gerald Righter, Santiago Santa-Maria, Nolan Zeger.
Bronze Medalists: Nick Akers, Yichen Cao, Sebastian Cardenas, James Crotty, Erik Degener, Riley Goddard, Joe Hitzemann, Cole McCoy.

Level 3: 
27.6% of Nebraska State Medalists
64% of Mount Michael Level 3 Students were medalists.

Gold Medalists: Ben Arkfeld, Garrett Gloeb, Lucas Rief, Matthew Theile, Lukas Williams.
Silver Medalists: Jack Avilla, Nolan Huetter, Lorcan Jamal, Adam Orr, Nicholas Orr, Keyton Pappas, Nicholas Snyder, Lucas Van Haute, Dash Wedergren.
Bronze Medalists: Sebastian Esquivel, Nicholas Lorensen, Paul McCaslin.

Level 4: 
38.7% of Nebraska State Medalists
63% of Mount Michael Level 4 Students were medalists.

Gold Medalists: Broden Kaps, Ryuta Kure.
Silver Medalists: Zachary Cairney, Alexander Earsley, Michael Ecker, Caiden Groff, Nicholas Huetter, Benedict Murray.
Bronze Medalists: Nicholas Carson, Peyton Hottovy, Nash Kelly, Henry O’Callaghan.


Breineig Selected for Shrine Bowl

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Cameron Breinig
Congratulation to Mount Michael's #68 Cameron Breinig for being selected to play for the North Team in the Nebraska Shrine Bowl on June 3 at the University of Nebraska Kearney. Cameron was a 6'3" 285 Lineman for the Knights.  Cameron will play for the University of Nebraska Kearney next fall where he received an athletic scholarship.

Cameron attended Saint Patrick's grade school in Elkhorn and  is the son of Patrick and Denise Breinig of Omaha.

Academic Decathlon Team Wins Regional

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On Saturday January 21st the Knights Academic Decathlon team won the regional competition held at Midlands University in Fremont, Nebraska.   They now are in preparation for the state competion to be held at Creighton University February 17-18, 2017.

Standing: Henry O'Callaghan, Donovan Clements, Broden Kaps, Jackie Kure, Luka Mixan, Kevin Arul, Joe Coldiron
Kneeling: J.P. Jensen, Cole McCoy, Cole Dorfmeyer, Gerald Righter. Not pictured: Jackson Panzer
 Medals from the regional competition

Honors:
Henry O’Callaghan: 1st Econ, Lit, Math, Music; 2ndArt & Science; team high score
Gerald Righter: 1st Art & Science; 2ndEcon, Lit, & Music
Alternate Honors:
J.P. Jensen: 1st Econ, Music & Science; 2ndArt, Lit, & Math
Broden Kaps: 1st Art, Lit, & Math; 2ndEcon, Music, & Science

Scholastic:
Joseph Coldiron: 1st Art, Econ, Math, Music, & Science; 3rd Lit
Donovan Clements: 1st Art & Lit; 2ndEcon & Science; 3rd Math & Music
Alternate Scholastic:
Jackie Kure: 1st Art, Econ, Lit, Math, & Music; 2nd Science
Cole McCoy: 1st Science; 2nd Lit & Math; 3rd Art, Econ, & Music

Varsity:
Kevin Arul:  1st Art, Math, & Music; 2ndLit; 3rd Econ & Science
Luka Mixan: 1st Econ, Lit, & Science; 2ndArt; 3rd Math
Alternate Varsity:
Cole Dorfmeyer:  1st Econ, Lit, Math, Music, & Science; 3rd Art
Jackson Panzer:  2nd Art, Econ, Math, & Science; 3rd Lit

Team:
Regional Champions
First place in Super Quiz

Awards Night

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This year’s Awards Night is notably the 50th celebration of the many accomplishments of the Knights!

Athletes of the Year
Caiden Groff, Coach Jon Borer, Peyton Hottovy
As every year, there are to many awards and honors to mention them all but here are a few highlights.

Every year the Mount Michael athletic department selects a Mount Michael athlete of the year.  With so many good athletes to choose from it is difficult to narrow it down to one person. This year for the 6th time in history the coaches were unable to do so and selected 2 athletes to share the 2016-2017 honor. They are seniors Caiden Groff and Peyton Hottovy. Caiden attended St. Patrick’s grade school in Elkhorn and is the son of Aaron and Melissa Groff of Bennington. Peyton was homeschooled before he came to the Mount and is the son of Troy and Lisa Hottovy of Waterloo, Nebraska.

In Journalism Ms. Fosco presented Ben Murray with Mount Michael’s Key Staffer award which is sponsored by the Omaha World Herald. Ben attended St. Roberts’s grade school and is the son of Steve ’80 and Barb Murray of Omaha.

Mount Michael Award
Broden Kaps, Abbot Michael Liebl OSB
Mr. Charles Dudek noted honors for two sophomores. The Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Award went to Trevin Detwiler. Trevin attended Holy Cross grade school is the son of John and Caralee Detwiler of Omaha.  The Omaha Exchange Club/Sophomore of the Year award went to Gerald Righter. Gerald attended Mary Our Queen grade school and is the son of Christopher and Margaret Righter of Omaha.

The evening concluded with the presentation of the coveted Mount Michael award which is presented to the student who most epitomizes the values and character of a Mount Michael Knight.  This year the faculty selected senior Broden Kaps for this honor.  Broden attended St. Vincent de Paul grade school and is the son of Ronald and Darci Kaps of Omaha.

Congratulations to these and all the young men honored at this year’s Awards Night.


Mixan Receives Full Ride ROTC Scholarship

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At the recent awards night two United States Army Sargents presented Luka Mixan with a giant $132,000 check representing his full ride scholarship to Creighton University where Luka will be in the Army ROTC program.


Luka is the son Joe and Suzana Mixan of Papillion, NE. Before becoming a Knight, Luka attend Saint Columbkille grade school.

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2017 National Spanish Exam Results:
Mount Michael Student State Ranking
Level 1:Level 2:
Regular
1st -Jacob Gathje and Brayden Whitaker
2nd -Tharein Putuhera
3rd - Alexander Schrier
4th - Max Nguyen
5th -Drew Thorton
6th - Seth Carpenter
7th - Kolton Koubsky
9th - Alexander Payne
10th - Benjamin Goetz


Outside Experience
2nd Joseph Johansen
Regular
4th - JP Jensen
7th - Colin Mallisee

Experienced

4th - Jean Marie Djidjoho
5th - Jacob Benes
Level 3Level 4
Regular
2nd - Ben Arkfeld
3rd - Garrett Gloeb
4th - Mathew Thiele
6th - Lucas Rief
8th - Lucas Williams

Bilingual:
2nd - Sebastian Esquivel
Regular
3rd - Broden Kaps
7th - Jackie Kure
9th - Nicholas Huetter
10th – Benedict Murray

Experienced
1st - Alexander Earsley
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NATIONAL PERCENTILE RANKINGS



Gold Category- 95th -100th National Percentile:

Seth Carpenter
Jacob Gathje
Benjamin Goetz
Kolton Koubsky
Quan Nguyen
Alexander Payne
Tharein Potuhera
Benjamin Quinlan
Alexander Schrier
Evan Schroder
Richard Thornton
Brayden Whitaker
Sid Demayo
Matthew Draper
John Jensen
Colin Mallisee
Ben Arkfeld
Garrett Gloeb
Lucas Rief
Matthew Thiele
Lukas Williams
Broden Kaps
Ryuta Kure


Bronze Category- 75th -84th National Percentile:

Nick Arkfeld
Ben Demayo
Callan Farrell
Gregory Gonzalez
Donovan Kaelin
Ian Kim
Mason Matukewicz
Ethan Meduna
Connor Murphy
Joshua Snyder
Keaton Stec
Sean Stumpff
Nick Akers
Anna Bppr
Yichen Cao
Sebastian Cardenas
James Crotty
Erik Degener
Riley Goddard
Joe Hitzemann
Cole Mccoy
Sebastian Esquivel
Nicholas Lorensen
Paul Mccaslin
Nicholas Carson
Peyton Hottovy
Nash Kelly
Henry O'Callaghan


Silver Category- 85th -94th National Percentile:

John Ackerman
Joseph Bazata
Calvin Benson
Ming Hint Chui
Joshua Davies
Jack Gottschalk
Logan Hock
William Janecek
Zachary Kahler
Andree Kakish
Seth Kuhn
Joe Lytle
Robert Masek
Joseph Niemerg
Jackson Ramold
Trenton Sedlacek
Henry Storbeck
Laken Beller
Caleb Burbach
Jarrett Cline
Alex Crnkovich
Trevin Detwiler
Sam Eberle
Cole Kalkowski
Hanool Kim
Sam Peters
Gerald Righter
Santiago Santa-maria
Nolan Zeger
John Avilla
Nolan Huetter
Lorcan Jamal
Adam Orr
Nicholas Orr
Keyton Pappas
Nicholas Snyder
Lucas Van Haute
Dash Wedergren
Zachary Cairney
Alexander Earsley
Michael Ecker
Caiden Groff
Nicholas Huetter
Benedict Murray


6 Knights Win in Essay Contest

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Mount Michael has 6 student winners in the Archdiocese of Omaha's Center for Family Life Formation Pro-Life Essay Contest.

The contest was open to 7th-11th grades students. Cash prizes were awarded for each grade level. 1st place winners entries are also submitted to the Knights of Columbus fall 2017 statewide contest.

Sister Carol Jean Vandenhemel OSB and Mrs. Amy Masek are Mount Michael's Theology teachers. Congratulations to them and all their students who took part in the contest!

9th Grade












1st Place Kolton Koubsky

Parents: Ken and Kristen Koubsky.
Parish: Mary Our Queen

10th Grade












1st Place Patrick Collins
Parents Charles and Kara Collins
Parish: Saint Margaret Mary













2nd Place Jacob Benes
Parents: Vernon and Michelle Benes
Parish: Saint Wenceslaus

11th Grade












1st Place Ben Arkfeld

Parents: Mike and Kelly Arkfeld
Parish: Saint Wenceslaus













2nd Place Sebastian Alegrett
Parents: Ernesto Alegrett and Leonor Morreo













3rd Place Jack (Ming Kai) Sun
Parents: Shuhong Sun and Rongle Wang

Wayne State Math Competation

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Left to Right: Ian Kim, Max Nguyen, Jacob Gathje, Brayden Whitaker, Joey Chen, Jerry Fan, J.P. Jensen

The Mount Michael math team recently participated in the final contest of the year and achieved great results. This is the first competition without our seniors who have finished school, except for AP Exams.

Geometry: 1st Place Joey Chen, 3rd Place, Jerry Fan
Algebra 2: 10th  Place Jacob Gathje
Pre-Calculus: 1st Place J.P.  Jenson, 4th Place Brayden Whitaker
Calculus: 1st Place Max Nguyen, 2nd Place Ian Kim

Congratulations Knights!

Baseball: All Conference Team

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All River Cities Conference Baseball:

Seniors: Caiden Groff & Ryan Riddle

All Conference Honorable Mention:

Sophomores: Patrick Collins & Sid DeMayo
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