2012 Team Awards

This past week has been a veritable feast for the guy.  First their was steak (and chicken and a sweet desert) courtesy President Campbell.  You see the president takes each team that wins a conference title out to dinner at the Kenosha Country Club.  I don't want to say these are becoming commonplace but after our first title seven years ago we had to make a map to the KCC.  This year not a single guy even asked for directions.  President and Mrs. Campbell have been great supporters of swimming over the years and we presented them with a sweet gift - a pair of silicone racing caps signed by the teams (that's right, we got them the good ones).


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On Sunday we had our annual team banquet.  It's a little lower-key, but also a little more personal affair with just members of the team and parents (and in the case of Alex George, grandparents).   We recognized several award winners including:

Hardest Worker	Ben Coder
Chapman Family Red Men Award	Mike Moravek
Most Valuable Swimmer	Kyle Drake
Most Valuable Teammate	Eric Ross
Scholar Athlete	Adam Van Huis

Additionally, we also announced the following award-winners:

CCIW Swimmer-of-the-Year	Kyle Drake
CCIW Swimmer-of-the-Championship	Kyle Drake
Jack Swartz Academic All-Conference	Adam Van Huis
All-CCIW Team	Jake Carabelli - 200 Free, 200 Back
	Kyle Drake - 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Back, 400 Med Relay
	Connor McCurrie - 500 Free, 1650 Free
	Ryan Ortmann - 50 Free, 100 Free, 400 Med Relay
	Scott Pinter - 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 400 Med Relay
	Doug Schranck - 100 Fly, 400 Med Relay
	Teryn Solan - 500 Free, 1650 Free
	Adam Van Huis - 200 Breast

Additionally, we thanked our Seniors for their $900 donation to the Chapman Family Swimming Endowment.  Their donation brings the fund up over $33,000.  A big thanks to the Seniors for a sweet Brewers jersey.

Team Banquet

At the annual team banquet this past weekend we celebrated a great season and saw a SWEET video Amanda produced for us.  (As soon as we get it we'll post it).  The team awards were also handed out with the following individuals earning the following honors:

Hardest Worker	Adam Van Huis
Redmen Award	Eric Ross
Most Valuable Swimmer	Keyle Drake
Most Valuable Teammate	Ben Coder
Scholar Athlete	Doug Schranck

Also look for another award-winning announcement coming out of the CCIW office tomorrow.

Team Banquet

Thanks to all who made it back for this year's Team Banquet (Mother's Day Edition).  It's always nice to get a chance to see parents without the chaotic frenzy that surrounds a meet.  Additionally, while we like recognizing our team, having it on Mother's Day was also nice because it gave us a chance to recognize the people who help mold our guys into who they are.  There's a reason why I have parents hand out awards if their son wins an event at conference.  After all, they've done a lot more to get them on that podium than I have.

All that said, we present five awards each year.  They embody what is vital to our team - performance in the water and the classroom, hard work, and being a great teammate.  This year's Award Winners are:

• Most Valuable Teammate - Pat Alfes
• Most Valuable Performer - Mike Kozak Kyle Drake
• Scholar Athlete - Isaac Rothenbaum
• Hardest Worker - Eric Ross
• Red Man Award - Doug Schranck

Additionally, you can download a copy of the team booklet here.  Glad to hear people liked it!

Team Awards

This year's awards banquet took place yesterday in the beautiful new Tarble Arena. I'm not exactly one to really get into banquets and all (and am certainly not into planning them, so thanks go out to Guy) and typically I try to make them breeze by.

This year, however, I tried to be a little more reflective with an account of the season. It was really remarkable in so many ways, on so many different levels.

We present five different awards that center around what we strive for Carthage swimming to represent - performance in the pool, performance in the classroom, hard work, and team work. A year or so ago, we also added a fifth award - the Red Men award that aims to represent someone who combines all of these qualities.

Most Valuable Swimmer - Stephen Schranck
Most Valuable Teammate - Andy Bax
Hardest Worker - Nathan Ripley
Red Men Award - Andy Bax
Scholar Athlete - Alex Van Huis

Additionally, we recognized the following (included are some awards that we've just learned about)

• NCAA Sportsmanship Award - Isaac Rothenbaum
• NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship - Bryan Pelka
• Carthage Simmons Award - Stephen Schranck
• CCIW Most Outstanding Participant - Isaac Rothenbaum
• CCIW Merle Chapman Award - Bryan Pelka
• Fourth-Year Letterwinners: Andy Bax, Bryce Davis, Bryan Pelka, Stephen Scrhanck, Chris Steenrod
• Third-Year Letterwinners: Nathan Ripley, Alex Van Huis
• Second-Year Letterwinners: Pat Alfes, Blake Bendix, Buck Hoover, Bob Pellican, Isaac Rothenbaum, Derek Schneider, Tom Stowe, Chris Varner
• First-Year Letterwinners: Alex Boyer, Ben Coder, Adam Glover, Dan Jones, Mike Moravek, Ryan Ortmann, Eric Ross, Clinton Scheirer, Doug Schranck, Adam Van Huis, Kyle Winiecki
  

Team Banquet - April 5th or 19th

The Carthage Men's Swimming Team Banquet MAY be held at the Charcoal Grill in Racine on Sunday, April 19th at 11:00 am. We'd wanted to go April 5th, but couldn't get the two places we'd wanted. We're still exploring, want everyone to be able to make it and will post here as soon as we know.

A Time To Celebrate

Yesterday the Carthage swimming family celebrated a fantastic season by handing out its annual awards. The envelope please...

• Scholar-Athlete Award: Alex Van Huis
• Red Men Award (formerly Hardest Worker): Bryce Davis
• Most Valuable Swimmer: Stephen Schranck
  
• Most Valuable Teammate: Chris Trella
  
• All-Americans: Stephen Schranck (HM), Kyle Drake (HM)
  
• Academic All-American (All tentative, based on Spring Grades): Bryan Pelka, Stephen Schranck, Kyle Drake, Andy Bax, Bryce Davis, Blake Bendix, Paul Bussee, Nathan Ripley, Chris Varner
  
• CCIW Most-Valuable-Swimmer: Bryce Davis
  
• All-Conference: Andy Bax, Blake Bendix, Paul Bussee, Kyle Drake, Stephen Schranck, Chris Varner, Bryce Davis, Nathan Ripley, Bob Pellican
  

Team Banquet

Mark your calendars for the annual Carthage Men's Swimming Awards Lunch. The banquet it set for March 30th at 11:00 am at the Charcoal Grill in Racine. To attend, Please register online. The cost is a little less this year (and current swimmers are covered).