2000 FB, VB, Soccer Team Awards announced

December 14, 2000

2002 Banquet awards voted upon by the team.

Father Lavin Award - Andrew Hilliard
Jerry Pugsley Award - Logan Kane
Defensive MVP - Sean O'leary
Offensive MVP - Jake Barkley
Team MVP - Jake Barkley

Oil Can Man - the guy who keeps the parts of the team working
Brent Kleffman
Paul Cullen
Mark Detviler



We recognized 25 players with above a 3.35 GPA highest we have had.Four St. Thomas fall sports teams have announced post-season award winners at their respective banquets:

Football

---Offensive MVP & Team MVP:
Jake Barkley

---Defensive MVP:
Andy Kaiser

---Fr. Lavin Award (Christian approach, service, dedication):
Brian Brenberg

---Jerry Pugsley Award:
Nick Johnson (Team-oriented, unselfish, hard worker)

---2001 Team Captains:
Andy Kaiser, Bob Hannah, Brian Brenberg, Nick Ambrasas

---2000 All-MIAC First Team: Mike Westland (FB), Andy Kaiser (DT), Brent Nelson (DE), Jake Barkley (RB), Andrew Hilliard (WR)

---2000 All-MIAC Honorable Mention:
Brett Gjovik (DB), Bob Hannah (LB), Rick Joslin (LB).

---2000 Academic All-American:
Jake Barkley, 1st Team

---2000 Academic All-District First Team:
Jake Barkley, Andy Kaiser, Andrew Hilliard

---2000 FB Gazette All-West Region:
Jake Barkley, 1st team; Andy Kaiser, 3rd Team

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Men's Soccer
Varsity
---Best Offensive Player:
Peter Lefebrve

---Best Defensive Player:
Matt Raplinger

---Most Improved Player:
Nick Wendland

---Most Valuable Player:
Jason English

---Coach Joe Flood Award (leadership and teamwork):
Kor Xiong, Mike Percic

---First-Team All-MIAC:
Kor Xiong

---Honorable Mention All-MIAC:
Matt Raplinger, John Matejcek

Junior-Varsity Awards
---Most Improved Player:
Sean Marshall

---Offensive Player of the Year:
Tom Hart

---Defensive Player of the Year:
Adam Rymer

---Best "Team Player":
Paul Ashenfelter

---Most Valuable Player:
Nick Wendland

---Most Coachable Player:
Nate Sacho

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Volleyball
---Most Valuable Teammate:
Steph Blanda

---Most Improved Player:
Kristen Pins

---2001 Captains:
Katie Reynolds, Michelle Domeyer, Jane Gibbs

---First-Team All-MIAC:
Katie Reynolds, Jane Gibbs

---Honorable Mention All-MIAC:
Steph Blanda

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Women's Soccer
---Most Valuable Player:
Molly Grahn, Gretchen Vogel

---Tommie Award (Spirit, teamwork):
Amy Ginsburg

---Rookie of the Year:
Jenny Murray

---Most Improved Player:
Amy Bestul

---First-Team All-MIAC:
Jenny Murray, Molly Grahn, Tessie Thompson

---Honorable Mention All-MIAC:
Gretchen Vogel, Katie Thompson

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