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Stay Focused: Scouting for the Vikes Ryan Monnens ’98 has worked for the Minnesota Vikings for 13 years, the past nine in the scouting department. As a pro scout, he evaluates players and opposing teams. He travels frequently but also watches hours of film in the office. He always focuses on the work, even when there’s unrest in the organization. When Leslie Frazier replaced Brad Childress, he became the fourth Vikings coach since Monnens joined the team. But scouts concentrate on what happens on the field, no matter what takes place off of it. “It’s important for us to not get too high with the highs or too low with the lows because our job doesn’t change,” Monnens says. “We go into the office and grind whether we’re 3-7 or if we’re 7-3. We’re still trying to put the same scouting report together, we’re still trying to find good football players.” Monnens was a pretty good player himself at Saint John’s, where he was a wide receiver. “I was extremely fortunate to be able to play for John [Gagliardi] and play with a great group of guys.”
Ryan Monnens ’98 ’98 Jen (Loos ’98) & Eric Schneider ’98, boy, Zachary, Mar. ’10 ’99 Shannon (Speidel ’99) & Randy Braaten ’99, girl, Liv, July ’10 ’99 Amy & Chase Bryson ’99, boy, Ashton, May ’10 ’99 Theresa (Hanish ’99) & Charlie Covert ’99, boy, Thomas, Sept. ’10 ’99 Karey & Scott Frieler ’99, girl, Hannah, Sept. ’10 ’99 Mary (Anderson ’’00) & Travis Jenniges ’99, girl, Hailey, May ’10 ’99 Shannon (Roers ’99) & Ross Jones ’99, girl, Katherine, May ’10 ’99 Meagan (Sauder ’99) & Eric Ricard ’99, girl, Mara, March ’10 ’99 Moriya (McGovern ’99) & Sam Rufer ’99, girl, Marielle, Mar. ’10
’99 Angela & David Rust ’99, twin boys, Alex and Charles, Oct. ’09 ’99 Rebecca (Maly ’99) & Chris Schimming ’99, girl, Maren, Apr. ’10 ’99 Sally (Koering ’99) & Andrew Zimney ’99, girl, Harper, Mar. ’10 ’00 Melissa (Grange ’00) & Benjamin Fogal ’00, boy, Samuel, Sept. ’10 ’00 Celine (Vanderkelen ’00) & Michael Garcia ’00, girl, Onya, July ’09 ’00 Holly & Larry Hosch ’00, boy, Gavin, Oct. ’10 ’00 Johanna (Steffen ’01) & Mike O’Malley ’00, boy, Leo, Aprl. ’09 ’00 Angela & Adam Rushmeyer ’00, boy, Emmett, May ’10 ’00 Sara (Pedersen ’04) & Adam Sagedahl ’00, girl, Sophie, July ’10 ’00 Sara & John Soma ’00, boy, Jackson, Mar. ’10
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’01 Angela (Sinner ’01) & Joe Begnaud ’01, girl, Grace, July ’10 ’01 Suzanne (Kuboushek ’01) & Ben Britton ’01, girl, Molly, Jan. ’10 ’01 Kristi & Brad Dingman ’01, boy, Dylan, June ’10 ’01 Theresa & Luke Ferkinhoff ’01, boy, Tucker, Aug. ’10 ’01 Valerie & Blair Folkens ’01, boy, Landry, Apr. ’10 ’01 Beth (Pribyl ’04) & Aaron Johnson ’01, girl, Eleanor, July ’10 ’01 Jessica (Zellmer ’03) & Nathan Kirschner ’01, girl, Charlotte, Oct. ’09 ’01 Katie & Kevin Kohnen ’01, twin girls, Keeley and Finley, Sept. ’10 ’01 Lindsey & Bryon Krause ’01, girl, Avery, Sept. ’10