All Sports Program 2026-27

ALL SPORTS PROGRAM 2026-27

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The All Sports Program is put together in order to promote the 13 athletic programs. Thanks to our designer, Anna Christello, for her help in producing this year’s program and to Almar Printing for printing this year’s publication. We also thank Ryan Kelley ’91, Nick Johnson ’03, Mateo Reynolds ’27, Jack McGovern ’28, and Justus Woods ’29 for providing many of the action photos.

The program can be enjoyed in both print and digital versions

(www.rockhursths.edu/asp)

We love working on this publication each year because of the visibility we are able to give to each program. All 13 of our programs deserve so much recognition for the work of Hawklet student-athletes and coaches, from the freshman teams to the varsity squads. Our coaches do so much to help mold these young men into champions in athletics and in life – and of course, the parents are instrumental in this process as well.

We hope you enjoy this year’s program, and thanks for your support! Rock State!

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CROSS COUNTRY

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BASEBALL

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FOOTBALL

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GOLF

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SOCCER

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LACROSSE

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SWIM & DIVE

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TENNIS

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BASKETBALL

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TRACK & FIELD

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HOCKEY

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VOLLEYBALL

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WRESTLING Any comments about the program can be sent to: All Sports Program Editor 9301 State Line Road Kansas City, MO 64114 allsports@rockhursths.edu (816) 363-2036

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WELCOME FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Rockhurst Community and Our Guests, Welcome to today’s athletic contest! We are so grateful to come together in the spirit of competition that serves the development of the young people we serve today. Of course, there is so much more than competition that takes place in the educational purposes of athletics. Students learn teamwork, self-sacrifice, perseverance, and dedication. They learn how to accept feedback and guidance. They learn how to handle themselves when things go well and when things do not. With an emphasis on virtue education, student athletes at Rockhurst can have action on virtue, as opposed to an idea they consider. Whether winning or losing, they learn how to be reflective in what went well and what did not in order to grow in continuous improvement.

The lessons are many and they can help one grow in virtue, but the purpose of today’s activities is rooted in the education and formation we are called to provide young people. We wish for all those participating to grow in what it means to practice sportsmanship.

It is for these deeper life lessons to be gained through athletic competition that we salute the dedication of our coaching staff. Our coaches spend countless hours planning practices, strategies, scouting, and directing in order for our studentathletes to be in the best position for competition.

But, beyond the coaching, they are working with young men to help them see themselves in

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relationship to their teammates, their opponents, the officials, and the results that come with competition.

It is in the modeling and formation coaches provide “beyond the game” that help young people move from something immediate, to something that can be life-long in its impact. Thanks to our coaches for their dedication to our student-athletes and managers.

And this is the appropriate context for those who cheer them on in competition. Whether we are classmates or teachers, siblings or parents, friends or alumni, we are here in support of the young men who play. May our support be reflective of the highest callings that ground the purpose that answer the question “why” we are here.

Thank you to our parents, friends, and benefactors who support the mission of Rockhurst and ensure our very ability to live out this aspect of our mission.

And finally, as a Jesuit Catholic school, we thank God - for the many gifts and talents of the studentathletes who share in competition today. We ask that God keep all young athletes competing safe from harm and call forth in all present today, our best selves for the greater honor and glory of God. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam. We are so glad to be with you today! Enjoy the game.

Go Hawklets! Rock State!

God Bless, David J. Laughlin President

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WELCOME FROM THE PRINCIPAL

Welcome to Rockhurst!

As one of 85 schools in the Jesuit Schools Network in the USA and Canada, Rockhurst is a Jesuit high school with a mission to form boys into good, virtuous, and strong young men.

Rockhurst fulfills its mission through cura personalis, caring for each student as an individual to guide them into becoming a good man, well-formed in body, soul, and mind. Through a wide range of extracurricular, cocurricular, and athletic activities, students receive the guidance and opportunities needed to grow into men of honor and character.

The mission of forming young men through Rockhurst’s athletic programming is carried out through the leadership of Athletic Director Mr. Tom Kruse, Associate Athletic Directors Mr. Kevin McGill and Mr. Billy Thomas, and our seasoned coaches, over 70% of whom are members of our full-time faculty and staff. Their guidance drives our student-athletes toward excellence on and off the field and in body, mind, and soul.

I am deeply grateful for our coaches, trainers, physicians, parents, volunteers, managers, and statisticians who inspire our student-athletes. Their invaluable efforts help our student-athletes move toward healthy development and competition and academic excellence. Perhaps most importantly, they uplift them through prayer in chapel and on the field.

I thank Mr. Robbie Haden ’09 and Mrs. Anna Christello for their tremendous effort in publishing this year’s edition of the All Sports Program.

On behalf of Rockhurst’s faculty, I offer prayers for the safety, excellence, and honorable competition of our student-athletes, coaches, families, and supporters.

May they compete well, finish the race, and keep the faith. (2 Timothy 4:7) Our Lady, Queen of Victories, pray for us.

Fr. Stephen Kramer, SJ Principal

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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

WELCOME FROM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

I want to personally welcome everyone to one of the greatest venues in Kansas City.

Rockhurst High School is rich with tradition and pride and it is an incredible honor to serve as the Director of Athletics here.

We welcome our visiting fans to the campus of Rockhurst High School for an exciting event. We ask that you always show respect to both the officials, and tonight's opponent, and their fans. I am grateful for all those who work behind the scenes to make this game possible.

I am grateful for the great coaches we have in place here, and the time commitment they put in for our young men. They care for our Hawklets as young men first and foremost, and then as student-athletes.

I am grateful for the alumni who continue to be invested in our programs. The “Rockhurst Brotherhood” is real, as at almost any sporting event you will run into many alumni that understand what competing for The Rock is all about. Our community support at Rockhurst is unlike any place I have been.

I’d like to thank Robbie Haden ’09, Director of Communications & Branding, for his work in putting together the All Sports Program this year and all that he does for Rockhurst.

I am excited for this school year to get underway, and see the many great things that will take place on the fields, courses, pools, gyms, and tracks throughout this year. We have so many opportunities for young men to develop in the areas of faith, service, leadership, and personal growth through athletics.

Athletics here at Rockhurst is simply an extension of the classroom. Our young men will hopefully learn that through competition, at the highest level, anything is possible.

Again, I want to thank you for being here and supporting Rockhurst High School. We ask you to show great sportsmanship tonight to our visiting team and their fans and a huge thank you to the officials working our great game. Enjoy the game!!

I am grateful for the partnership that our Athletic Department has with Rockhurst parents. I love seeing our parents' involvement in not only their sons' lives, but the friendships that develop with other families throughout their time here.

Tom Kruse Athletic Director

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ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT

ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTORS

Associate Athletic Director

Associate Athletic Director

Kevin McGill

Billy Thomas

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Director of Community Engagement

Martin Radosevic, Jr. '16

ATHLETIC TRAINER

Athletic Tranier

Paul McGannon brings 40+ years of athletic trainer experience and is a full-time member of Rockhurst’s staff. Previously he was at Sports Rehab doing athletic training coverage, and also was part owner of the company. A 1972 graduate of The Rock, Paul went on to earn his Bachelor of Science at Rockhurst University and his Masters of Science from the University of Central Missouri. His biggest sports influence was being part of the 1985 World Champion KC Royals. An avid hockey fan, Paul is part of NHL21 Civic Group, which attempts to bring NHL games and ultimately an NHL franchise to Kansas City. He was inducted into the Rockhurst Sports Hall of Fame in 2022. Paul and his wife have three sons: PT ’01, Brian ’05, and Kevin.

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HALL OF FAME

HALL OF FAME Inductees are listed in alphabetical order with graduation year. The year in parenthesis is their induction year.

Doug Albers ‘97 (2020) Paul D. Ammatelli ‘82 (2012) W. Robert Aylward ‘45 (2006) Louis Robert Bauers ‘63 (2003) Jon Benson ’10 (2025) Matt Benson ’10 (2025) Eric Berg - Coach (2012) Tony Blevins ‘93 (2018) Brad E. Budde ‘76 (2004) Ted Brooks ‘93 (2020) Peter C. Brown ‘76 (2012) Doug Bruce ‘67 (2008) Dan Boyd ’03 (2021) Patrick J. Caldwell ‘61 (2007) Michael Chonko ‘88 (2016) Aaron Clevinger ‘00 (2020) Jason Cole ‘99 (2019) David B. Cone ‘81 (2005) Sean Connelly ‘98 (2018) John Cooper ‘87 (2011) Jeffrey S. Crippin ‘76 (2004) Jerome C. Culver - Coach (2006) Chris Cummings ‘72 (2009) Chris Damico ‘89 (2015) ●Matt Darby ’00 (2024) Sam Davidson ’01 (2021) Alton Davis, Jr. - Coach (1998) Jim Doriac ‘88 (2018) Sean Doyle ‘99 (2017) Justin Dro ‘97 (2023) William H. Dunn, Sr. ‘40 (2018) Michael Ertz ‘85 (2013) Tom Freeman ‘83 (2010) Zach Frisch ’05 (2022) Robert Gamble ‘89 (2014) J. Randall Gardner ‘72 (2011) Merle Gardner ‘87 (2019) Christopher J. Garlich ‘75 (2004) Jim Gates ‘96 (2018) Ronald L. Geldhof - Coach (2004) Alex George ‘55 (1998) James Gleeson ‘29 (1991) Mark J. Goodspeed ‘75 (2004) Joseph B. Groner ‘64 (2004) Louise Grovenburg - Parent (2006) Eddie Halpin - Coach (1991) Mark Hanrahan ‘76 (2013) Chris Heller ‘89 (2014) Vince Hodes ’90 (2022) Chris Holmes ‘89 (2019) D.J. Hord ’05 (2022) Jim Houston ‘82 (2020) Travis Huenfeld ‘91 (2016) John Hungerford ‘84 (2014) Thomas W. Jantsch ‘77 (2004) Timothy C. Jantsch ‘77 (2004) Matt Jewett ‘00 (2020)

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Will John ‘03 (2020) Timothy G. Johnson ‘80 (2005) Kevin Kane ’02 (2021) John Kafka ‘68 (2019) Jeff Koons ’04 (2025) Kevin Kopp ‘93 (2018) Tom Knox ‘88 (2013) Jerry L. Krause ‘56 (2012) William J. Krizman ‘76 (2012) Matthew Krull ‘94 (2016) Chris Lawson - Coach (2020) Len LeCluyse ‘43 (1992) Jon Lecuyer ‘01 (2023) Bill Lillis ‘76 (2009) Helm W. Lillis ‘50 (2007) T. Michael Lillis ‘56 (2004) Thomas Lillis ‘49 (1998) Michael Long ‘84 (2014) Brad Martin ’02 (2025) Pat Mason ‘17 (1991) ●Tim Mauck ’90 (2024) John Mayberry, Jr. ‘02 (2020) Ken Mayer ‘65 (2009) Paul McGannon, Jr. ’72 (2022) Paul McGannon, Sr. ‘44 (2005) ●Michael McGee ’09 (2024) Raymond “Red” McKee ‘25 (1991) William J. McMahon ‘37 (2012) Edward Mehrer ‘56 (1998) Andy Metzler ‘00 (2017) Brian T. Meyers ‘72 (2012) Paul Migliazzo ‘82 (2008) Carelton “Mickey” Miller ‘81 (2013) Steven B. Mingori ‘62 (2007) Harold Mitchem ‘86 (2013) John Morris ’74 - Coach (2021) Christopher Muehlbach ‘73 (2003) Matt Muehlbach ‘87 (2014) Thomas F. Muehlbach ‘64 (2004) Sean Mulcahy ‘72 (2009) Owen Murphy ‘32 (1992) Mark Nusbaum - Coach (2023) Sean O’Donnell ’01 (2021) Thomas “Tay” Officer ‘94 (2019) Jon Osgood ‘97 (2020) Jerome C. Overton ‘55 (2006) Phil Poppa ‘70 (2015) David C. Poskin ‘78 (2005) Chris Powell ‘90 (2015) Rick Pribyl ‘66 (2008) Thomas M. Raimo ‘55 (2007) Kenyon Rasheed ‘87 (2011) Lester Ratcliff ‘84 (2023) Edward Reardon ‘33 (2003) Edward “Jay” Reardon ‘76 (2004) Jerome J. Reardon ‘69 (2012) Kerry Reardon ‘67 (2002)

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Jack Reichmeier ‘49 (1992) Ryan Reid ‘03 (2023) Tim Reidy ’02 (2021) Alonzo Robinson ‘53 (2005) Thomas Robinson ’06 (2022) Bert Roney ‘91 (2019) Matt Roney ‘93 (2016) Christopher Russell ‘87 (2017) James J. Ryan - Coach (1998) W. Stephen Ryan ‘59 (2007) Tim Ryan ‘87 (2010) ●Nathan Scheelhaase ’09 (2024) Todd Schieffer ‘90 (2015) Don Schilling ‘61 (2009) Shawn Schmelzle ‘88 (2011) Kevin Sears ’03 (2021) Tony Severino - Coach (2008) Brandon Shelby ‘00 (2017) Allan Smith ‘05 (2023) Guerin Smith ’05 (2025) McCasey Smith ‘98 (2015) Timothy “Ryan” Smith ‘96 (2016) Raymond Sonnenberg ‘30 (1992) Virgil D. Staponski ‘67 (2007) John A. Steck ‘40 (2006) Janet Cauley Stephenson Parent (2003) Thomas L. Stephenson ‘67 (2012) Mark Stipetich ‘71 (2010) Cecil Stockdale ‘76 (2004) Phillip Strozier ‘06 (2023) John “Red” Sullivan ‘26 (1991) Alex Sweetin ’09 (2025) Conner Teahan ’07 (2022) Mark Teahan ‘78 (2003) John Teasdale ’97 (2022) Joseph Teasdale ‘53 (2003) Tony Temple ’04 (2021) Pat Tierney ‘66 (2009) Beach Tuckness - Coach (2001) Carl Tutorino ‘74 (2019) Brad Tyrer ‘82 (2011) Jason Tyrer ‘88 (2018) Mark Van Keirsbilk ‘85 (2011) ●Nick Vigantelli ’06 (2024) Kevin E. Wall ‘70 (2012) ●Kevin Ward ’00 (2024) Derek Wathan ‘95 (2017) James Whitaker ‘63 (1998) William T. Whitaker ‘77 (2004) Mick White ’10 (2025) Bob Williams ‘48 (1992) John A. Williams ‘50 (2006) Paul Winkeler - Coach (2017) Kevin Wyatt ‘82 (2010) Vic Zahner ‘27 (1992)

HALL OF FAME 2026 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES The page now turns on the remarkable story of athletics at The Rock to this year’s class. Once again, the honorees represent a standard of excellence that sets Rockhurst High School apart from some of the top programs in the nation.

Kevin Hart ’74 - Football Brad Batz ’95 - Baseball Grant Ramsey ’96 - Tennis Michael Duschen ’05 - Track & Field Connor McDonough ’05 - Track & Field Seth Sinovic ’05 - Soccer Eric Sweetin ’05 - Soccer Matthew Margritier ’11 - Swim & Dive Ford McLiney ’11 - Swim & Dive To learn more about the Rockhurst High School Sports Hall of Fame, visit www.rockhursths/hof

HALL OF FAME The Rockhurst High School “Sports Hall of Fame” honors alumni, coaches, and friends who have had a major impact on the school’s athletic tradition.

Given The Rock’s storied heritage of sporting excellence in the Midwest, selection to the Sports Hall means recognition among the “best of the best” in Midwestern athletic history.

The Sports Hall was established in 1991 by legendary coach and athletic director, Al Davis, Jr., along with his devoted student and friend, Mike Lillis ’56. Since the Charter Class of five men was inducted, the Sports Hall has grown to 162 members, plus the 2026 class of nine inductees, for a total of 171 members.

Honorees were determined by a Selection Committee that carefully reviews nominations

by Alumni Class Captains, as well as recommendations from the public at large, before submitting a slate to David Laughlin, President of Rockhurst High School, for his blessing. Formal induction ceremonies occur each year during the Alumni Reunion Week.

Members of the Sports Hall have distinguished themselves in many ways and were considered for a variety of reasons to be honored. A breakdown of some of the categorical members is listed. Note that some will overlap between categories.

Category....................................... Members Alumni........................................................ 156 Baseball........................................................8 Basketball..................................................27 Coach............................................................ 11 Football........................................................79 Friend of the program.........................4 Golf..................................................................8 Lacrosse.......................................................4 Multi-Sport................................................47 Soccer..........................................................15 Swim & Dive...............................................7 Tennis............................................................13 Track & Field/CC...................................16 Wrestling.....................................................2

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Colleges & Universities Accepting Members of the Class of 2026 Arizona State UniversityTempe Auburn University* Babson College* Baldwin Wallace University* Baylor University Bellarmine University* Belmont University Benedictine College* Bentley University Boston College* Bucknell University* Butler University* Case Western Reserve University Clark University College of Charleston Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Concordia University, St. Paul* Creighton University* Davidson College Delaware State University DePaul University Drake University* Drury University* Elon University* Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach* Fairfield University Farmingdale State College Florida Institute of Technology Florida State University Fordham University Furman University* Georgetown University* Georgia Institute of Technology* Gonzaga University Hamline University* Hampton University Harford Community College* Howard University* Indiana University Bloomington* Iowa State University of Science and Technology Jackson State University John Brown University

Johnson County Community College* Kansas City Kansas Community College Kansas State University* Kent State University Knox College Lewis University Loras College* Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago* Marquette University Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City* Metropolitan Community College - Longview* Miami University-Oxford* Michigan State University* Missouri State University Missouri University of Science and Technology* Missouri Western State University Montana State University Morehouse College Morgan State University Morningside University North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Northwest Missouri State University Oklahoma State University* Oklahoma State UniversityOKC Olivet Nazarene University* Penn State University Park Pittsburg State University* Purdue University* Queens University of Charlotte* Regis University Rockhurst University* Saint Louis University* Santa Clara University Seattle University* Seton Hall University Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Southern Methodist University* Southern University and A & M College Southwest Baptist University* Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology, Tulsa* State Fair Community College State Technical College of Missouri* Stetson University Syracuse University* Texas A&M University Texas Christian University* The Catholic University of America The University of Alabama* The University of Arizona* The University of Iowa The University of Kansas* The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of Tampa The University of Tennessee* The University of Utah The University of the South Tuskegee University United States Navy (Enlisting)* United States Naval Academy* University of Arkansas* University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Cruz University of Central Missouri* University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Colorado Springs University of Connecticut* University of Dallas University of Dayton University of Denver* University of Florida University of Georgia*

University of Hawaii at Manoa* University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Kentucky University of Miami University of Michigan University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus University of Mississippi* University of MissouriColumbia* University of Missouri-Kansas City* University of NebraskaLincoln* University of North Dakota University of Notre Dame* University of Oklahoma* University of Oregon* University of Saint Mary* University of San Diego* University of Southampton University of St. Thomas, MN* University of WisconsinMadison University of Wyoming Valparaiso University Villanova University* Wake Forest University* Washington University in St. Louis* Washington and Lee University* Western Michigan University* Westminster College Fulton, MO Wichita State University Wichita State UniversityCampus of Applied Sciences and Technology William Jewell College Wofford College Xavier University Xavier University of Louisiana

* Colleges Attending

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Beyond Athletics...College Counseling As a college preparatory high school, Rockhurst is committed to helping students discover collegiate opportunities and programs that meet one’s academic, spiritual, and social needs. Each student who graduates from RHS has the ability to succeed in a college or university setting. The academic foundation instilled by our faculty is the greatest bridge afforded to our students as they make the transition into collegiate studies. Thanks to the context in which our students learn - both in the classroom and through co-curricular activities - each graduate is able to embrace new settings, relationships, and disciplines through a myriad of lenses.

The philosophy of the College Counseling Office is to understand and serve the specific needs of each student while enabling him to find a suitable and satisfactory match for his college experience.

Through comprehensive programming, which introduces students to the world of college early in their Rockhurst experience, our students receive personal interaction and educational opportunities throughout the year. Ownership of the college selection process belongs to each of the students, while we gladly assist with their exploration, application, and matriculation. With more than 3,200 colleges and universities in the United States, there is a suitable place for each and every graduate. Rockhurst students attend colleges all across the nation with the largest percentage concentrated in the Midwest. Fourteen percent of our 2026 graduates are attending a Jesuit college or university this fall.

4-Year ACT Average..................................26 Attending Catholic Institutions....... 20% National Merit Finalists............................... 7 National Merit Semifinalists..................... 7 National Merit Commended...................9 Advanced Placement Scholars.........50

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VISION STATMENT Rockhurst High School will be sought out and recognized for its ability to educate “men for others”.

Rockhurst High School will, in the Jesuit tradition, foster lifelong friendships based on enduring principles and Ignatian values. It will be nationally and locally recognized as the best value-added education because of its success in developing community leaders for an increasingly diverse world.

MISSION STATMENT Rockhurst High School serves the greater Kansas City area by educating Ignatian leader, “men for others”, in the Roman Catholic, Jesuit college preparatory tradition in the spirit of Saint Ignatius Loyola, its goal is the formation of the whole person within a diverse and disciplined environment, as one who is open to growth, strives for academic excellence, is religious, loving, and committed to justice through service.

SPORTSMANSHIP It is the desire of Rockhurst High School that good sportsmanship be practiced by students, players, coaches, and fans.

Acts such as throwing items on the playing surface, participation in vulgar cheers, participation in cheers against referees, etc., will be considered offensive to RHS as they don’t teach good sportsmanship.

Violators will be escorted from the game and could be banned from attending future Rockhurst activities.

Please support your school in a manner that will reflect positively on both you and your school.

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STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS The goal of each Rockhurst team is to earn a banner that will be hung and celebrated in either the performance gym (1st Place) or the Loyola Center (2nd and 3rd Place). Since the school’s first State Championship in 1932 (basketball), Rockhurst has placed in the top-three at State 172 times - almost all coming after the 1960s.

Baseball 2004 (2nd) 2010 (3rd) Basketball 1932 (1st) 1949 (2nd) 1970 (2nd) 1971 (3rd) 1986 (2nd) 1987 (1st) 1989 (1st) 2000 (3rd) 2005 (3rd) 2007 (2nd) 2013 (1st) 2026 (3rd) Cross Country 2011 (2nd) 2015 (2nd) 2016 (1st) 2018 (1st) 2023 (2nd) 2024 (1st) Football 1969 (2nd) 1971 (1st) 1973 (2nd) 1981 (1st) 1982 (2nd) 1983 (1st) 1986 (1st) 1987 (1st) 1989 (2nd) 1999 (2nd) 2000 (1st) 2002 (1st) 2007 (1st) 2010 (1st) 2014 (2nd) 2018 (2nd)

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Golf 1974 (1st) 1976 (1st) 1977 (3rd) 1978 (2nd) 1979 (3rd) 1984 (1st) 1991 (1st) 1993 (2nd) 1996 (2nd) 1997 (2nd) 1998 (1st) 1999 (1st) 2000 (1st) 2002 (3rd) 2003 (3rd) 2004 (2nd) 2005 (1st) 2006 (1st) 2007 (3rd) 2008 (1st) 2009 (1st) 2010 (1st) 2011 (2nd) 2012 (1st) 2013 (2nd) 2014 (3rd) 2015 (2nd) 2016 (2nd) 2017 (1st) 2018 (3rd) 2019 (3rd) 2022 (1st) 2023 (2nd) 2025 (3rd) 2026 (2nd)

Lacrosse 2001 (2nd) 2003 (1st) 2006 (1st) 2007 (2nd) 2008 (1st) 2009 (2nd) 2010 (1st) 2011 (1st) 2014 (1st) 2017 (1st) 2019 (2nd) 2021 (1st) 2022 (1st) 2023 (1st) 2024 (1st) 2025 (2nd) 2026 (2nd) Soccer 1987 (3rd) 1988 (2nd) 1989 (2nd) 1991 (3rd) 1994 (3rd) 1998 (1st) 1999 (1st) 2001 (3rd) 2002 (2nd) 2003 (3rd) 2004 (2nd) 2005 (3rd) 2006 (3rd) 2007 (1st) 2008 (1st) 2010 (1st) 2013 (1st) 2015 (3rd) 2016 (2nd) 2017 (1st) 2018 (3rd) 2021 (1st) 2022 (1st) 2023 (1st) 2024 (3rd) 2025 (2nd)

Swim & Dive 2005 (1st) 2006 (1st) 2006 (1st) 2007 (1st) 2008 (1st) 2009 (1st) 2010 (1st) 2011 (1st) 2012 (1st) 2013 (1st) 2014 (1st) 2019 (2nd) 2020 (1st) 2021 (1st) 2022 (1st) 2023 (1st) 2024 (2nd) 2025 (2nd) Tennis 1975 (1st) 1976 (1st) 1982 (3rd) 1983 (1st) 1986 (2nd) 1989 (3rd) 1995 (3rd) 1996 (1st) 1997 (1st) 1998 (1st) 1999 (1st) 2000 (1st) 2001 (1st) 2002 (1st) 2003 (1st) 2004 (1st) 2005 (1st) 2007 (1st) 2008 (2nd) 2009 (1st) 2010 (2nd) 2011 (3rd) 2012 (2nd) 2013 (1st) 2014 (1st)

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2015 (1st) 2016 (2nd) 2017 (3rd) 2018 (2nd) 2019 (3rd) 2021 (2nd) 2022 (3rd) 2024 (3rd) 2025 (2nd) 2026 (2nd) Track & Field 1975 (1st) 1976 (1st) 2025 (1st) 2026 (1st) Volleyball 2025 (3rd)

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Sophomore Standout Leads Surprising State Squad In 2024, Rockhurst put together arguably the best cross country team in Missouri state history. The Hawklets ran away with the State Title, putting four runners in the top-17, and then went on to finish 13th at Nike Nationals.

The problem for the 2025 team? Seven of the team’s top nine runners graduated. And those departures led to lots of outside doubt about the defending State Champs.

Heading into the season, projections had Rockhurst ranked around #30 out of the 70 teams in Class 5.

Most also had Rock outside of the top-four in its 18-team district, meaning a potential end to the program’s streak of 18 consecutive State Meet qualifications under Head Coach Mike Dierks ’91.

One thing that the 2025 team did not lack? A #1 runner.

In early-September, just a few weeks into the season, Jack McGovern ’28 went from a top runner in the country in his class to a top runner in the country, period. In 2024, McGovern turned in the best freshman season in Rockhurst history. He was the #3 runner for the State Champion Hawklets that went on to finish 13th at Nike Cross Nationals (NXN).

Individually, he placed 8th at State and his 5K PR of 15:17 ranked #11 among all freshmen nationally for the year.

sub-15:00 in mind. Not only would he break that iconic mark, he would shatter it. McGovern won the race in 14:44.70… the fastest 5K ever by a Missouri runner on a Missouri course, which also made him the fourth fastest runner in state history. But McGovern’s magic at Gans Creek wasn’t over.

Meanwhile, fellow sophomore Jack Morrison ’28 was also looking to build off of his stellar freshman campaign. Morrison was the #5 runner on the 2024 team and finished 43rd at State. His season PR of 16:13 made him the #6 freshman in Missouri.

Jake Bond ’26, most known for his middle distance prowess on the track (1:52.28 in the 800m as a junior) would step up to the varsity cross country ranks following the graduation of five of the team’s top seven runners from the 2024 squad.

Charlie Sullivan ’29 would carry the torch as a freshman who would quickly earn a varsity spot, and by mid-season he was in Rock’s top five. Ryne Hallier ’26, Josh Barney ’27, Alex Graziano ’27, Jack Grisolano ’27, Jack Neely ’27, John Henggeler ’28, and Crosby Pullins ’29 all contributed to the varsity group’s success throughout the year. Even in the program’s best years (i.e. 2024), the coaching staff still places a priority on the development of the top JV runners who will be the next in line.

The Hawklets began finding their groove at the KC XC Classic hosted at Ray-Pec. Rockhurst finished 2nd out

After starting his season with a runner-up finish at the Todd Warner Kick-Off (15:18) and winning Forest Park in St. Louis (15:05), he headed to Gans Creek with

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of 23 teams led by McGovern (1st), Morrison (10th), and Bond (32nd) all earning individual medals.

The following week, Rock won the Kearney Invitational as all seven runners were medalists, placing in the top-35. The team victory was a nice confidence boost heading into the State Series.

The District Championship Meet was held in Nixa, bringing additional logistical challenges and hotel stay before race day.

But the Hawklets made no excuses and ran great.

Out of the 18 teams, only the top four qualify for State.

Rockhurst finished 3rd with 86 points, just six behind 2nd; and four and ten points ahead of 4th and 5th, respectively, in a very competitive race.

McGovern was again the race champion, coming through in 14:52, and Morrison was 10th in 15:55. Bond (11th, 15:56) and Sullivan (27th, 16:26) both ran their best races of the season to round out Rock’s medalists as individual State qualifiers. Hallier’s PR of 16:48 made him the team’s fifth scorer and was a big reason Rockhurst edged out the two teams behind them.

As a team, Rockhurst finished in the middle of the pack as the Hawklets placed 8th out of 16 teams. The step back from the team’s State Championship in 2024 sparks a fire for the 2026 squad to return to the State podium.

McGovern will return as Missouri’s top runner. The end of his sophomore season ended with a 4th Place finish at the Nike Midwest Regional, becoming the seventh runner in Missouri history to earn a NXN qualification. Racing among the nation’s best in Portland, OR, McGovern was the top sophomore finisher as he placed 10th overall – he is just the second Missouri runner ever to earn Nike All-American status. Rockhurst is proud to boast both: McGovern and Herriott.

Coach Dierks expects a balanced and deep group to be ready to hit the course in 2026. More young runners poised to compete for varsity spots include Oliver Acorn ’28, Abram Bland ’28, and numerous other Class of 2029 runners.

“The 2026 squad is exciting as we return 13 of our top 15 runners, in addition to adding some talented and driven

With a 3rd Place finish, the Hawklets punched their ticket to State – the 19th consecutive State Championship Meet qualification under Coach Dierks.

That is the third longest streak in all of Missouri on the boys side, and the second longest streak in Class 5 (big class).

kids,” said Coach Dierks. “They are working toward putting their mark on the Hawklet distance legacy."

"Heading into the season we knew that a lot of fresh faces would have to step up, but that didn't deter their attitudes and efforts,” said Coach Dierks. “It ended up being a mixture of seniors and youth which steadied the seesaw season at times, showing those flashes of potential. Sharing in the jubilation with the team when they qualified for State was truly memorable.”

Rockhurst returned to Gans Creek for the team’s final race of the season. And McGovern shined again in Columbia. The sophomore outlasted an amazingly talented field to cross the finish line first in 14:52.2, beating the next fastest runner by 11 seconds. He became just the fourth sophomore to win Missouri’s big class since 1975. He was also the fourth individual State Champion in Rockhurst history, joining Zach Herriott ’12, Wes Porter ’20, and Henry Acorn ’25. This also marked the rare feat of a school having back-toback unique individual State Champs.

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2026 HEAD COACH

2026 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Alex Dobens Coach Dobens ’08 returned to Rockhurst and the cross country and track & field programs in 2020-21.

He graduated from The Rock in 2008 and earned several varsity letters in cross country and track; he is a member of the Cross Country All-Time Team.

Coach Dobens attended the College of the Holy Cross where he ran collegiately. He entered the teaching and coaching world in 2013 at Bishop Machebeuf High School in Denver before joining Rockhurst’s staff in 2020. He teaches Classical Languages classes, is the Head JV Cross Country Coach, and the Track & Field Distance Coach.

Head Coach

Michael Dierks Coach Dierks ’91 wore many hats during his 29-year full-time work at Rockhurst: Spanish teacher, Journalism teacher, Prep News adviser, Director of Alumni and finally as the Athletic Director. Alongside those roles, he has been involved with cross country and track & field and is continuing as the Head Cross Country Coach after retiring from other duties in 2024. In his 30 years as head coach, the program has qualified for the State Meet 21 seasons (including the past 19 in a row). They have also advanced past the District Meet in all but three of his seasons, and won State Titles in 2016, 2018, and 2024. As a runner at the University of Notre Dame, Coach Dierks has brought a strong pack running philosophy to the program. He relies upon his runners to be competitive, passionate and team-oriented.

He recognizes that it is a combination of the internal drive and running for the boys which must motivate endurance athletes. In 2025, Coach Dierks was inducted into the Missouri Track and Cross Country Coaches Association (MTCCCA) Hall of Fame. With more spare time, he enjoys traveling and time with his dog Murphy, while also cheering on his nephew, Connor (RHS ’27).

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Ryan McAnany Coach McAnany ’12 enters his 10th season at The Rock. He previously spent time as an Alumni Service Corps volunteer at St. Louis University High School in 2016. While a student-athlete at Rockhurst, Coach McAnany excelled in cross country as a three-year letterman and was selected as the 2011 Golden Spike Winner. He was also a varsity track & field letterman. He continued his running career at the University of Dallas. He teaches Scripture & English and serves as the Assistant Pastoral Director in addition to his coaching duties in cross country and track. He and his wife Moira have three young children, Beatriz, Patrick, and Molly.

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2026 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Alan Ratermann

Carl Nelson

Coach Ratermann is in his eighth season with the XC team after assisting in 2015 while he was with Rockhurst as part of the Alumni Service Corps.

During his time at The Rock, Coach Ratermann has taught English and is also the Director of Ignatian Service Programs. Coach Ratermann graduated from Rockhurst University in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Theology, and Nonprofit Leadership Studies. He ran cross country for SLUH (’11) and was a member of their State Championship season. He shares his passion for sport in general and working with anyone committed to excellence.

Coach Nelson ’13 returned to his alma mater as a cross country coach in 2024. A former college athlete, he enjoyed a successful four-year stint running at Regis University in Colorado. He is an accomplished marathon runner and brings that experience to all levels of runners. During the day, Coach Nelson is an accountant. He and his wife, Dr. Bridgett Nelson, returned to KC for her residency. In his free time he enjoys gardening and raising hens for their fresh eggs.

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Zander Haddad Coach Haddad begins his fourth season coaching cross country. He was raised in St. Louis and attended De Smet Jesuit High School where he ran cross country all four years. He continued his Jesuit education at Rockhurst University, earning his BA in Secondary Education and Spanish. Between his stint as a student teacher at Rockhurst and coming back, he worked at St. Thomas Aquinas as a teacher and assistant cross country coach. He teaches Spanish and is the Spanish Club Moderator, serves as the Head Moderator for the Student Government Association (SGA), and helps with the Pastoral Department.

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2026 VARSITY SCHEDULE Saturday, September 5

Tim Nixon Invitational

Cap Fed Sports Complex

Saturday, September 12

Forest Park XC Festival

St. Louis, MO

Saturday, September 19

Kris Solsberg Invitational

Lee’s Summit North HS

Friday, September 25

Gans Creek Classic

Columbia, MO

Saturday, October 3

Kansas City Classic

Raymore, MO

Saturday, October 10

Kearney Invitational

Jesse James Park

Saturday, October 31

District Championship

TBA

Saturday, November 7

State Championships

Columbia, MO

2025 SEASON RESULTS

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Todd Warner Kick-Off

2nd out of 11 teams with 65 points

Forest Park XC Festival

6th out of 24 teams with 199 points

Gans Creek Classic

7th out of 32 teams with 291 points

KC XC Classic

2nd out of 23 teams with 153 points

Kearney Classic

1st out of 26 teams with 57 points

District Championship

3rd out of 18 teams with 86 points

State Championship

8th out of 16 teams with 210 points

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ALL-TIME TEAM Tim Jantsch Tom Jantsch Matt Blake Jeff Bresette Stewart Gillin Patrick Fanning Hans Van Zanten Pat Robinson Hal Marsh Michael Schaefer Chris Brown Rory Donnelly Sean O’Donnell Chris Winger Brennan Metzler Brian Graham Patrick Tweedy Jeff Poskin Evan Daugherty Alex Dobens Michael Neisius Enrique Mejia Matt Neisius Zach Herriott Ryan McAnany Tanner Shuey Van Schloegel William Thompson Gray Ryan Sam Wilkerson John Luder Danny Toomey Peter Campbell Andrew Connor Luke Hupke Will Reboulet Tom Seitzer Wes Porter

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Cross Country 2026 Team Page & Schedule

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cross country 2025 SEASON STATS Top 15 5,000 meter times Name

Time

Course

*$# Jack McGovern

14:44.7

Gans Creek

* Jack Morrison

15:34.2

Gans Creek

* Jake Bond

15:56.0

Nixa

* Charlie Sullivan

16:26.4

Nixa

Jack Grisolano

16:34.8

Gans Creek

Ryne Hallier

16:48.4

Nixa

Jack Neely

16:56.8

Gans Creek

John Henggeler

17:06.8

Staley

Crosby Pullins

17:09.5

Gans Creek

Alex Graziano

17:21.6

Gans Creek

Guy Jacobs

17:24.2

Gans Creek

Benjamin Patt

17:25.9

Gans Creek

Landon Hochstein

17:28.1

Gans Creek

Henry Pfeifauf

17:32.0

Olathe North

Joshua Barney

17:32.7

Gans Creek

District Championship Inman Elementary School - Nixa, MO Name

5K Time

Place

Avg/Mile

*@$ Jack McGovern

14:51.9

1

4:47

*@ Jack Morrison

15:55.6

10

5:08

*@ Jake Bond

15:56.0

11

5:08

*@ Charlie Sullivan

16:26.4

27

5:17

Ryne Hallier

16:48.4

37

5:24

Jack Grisolano

17:29.4

59

5:38

Jack Neely

17:31.1

62

5:38

State Championship Gans Creek XC Course, Columbia, MO

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Name

Time

Place

Avg/Mile

*$ Jack McGovern

14:52.2

1

4:47

Jack Morrison

16:19.1

44

5:15

Jake Bond

16:30.1

57

5:19

Charlie Sullivan

16:47.1

73

5:24

Crosby Pullins

17:11.9

102

5:32

Ryne Hallier

17:16.4

105

5:33

Jack Grisolano

18:26.8

146

5:56

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cross country 2025 SEASON TEAM AWARDS All-District

All-Metro KCMO Runner of the Year

Jake Bond ’26 Jack McGovern ’28 Jack Morrison ’28 Charlie Sullivan ’29

Nike All-American Jack McGovern ’28

Jack McGovern ’28

Academic All-State

All-State

Jake Bond ’26 Ryne Hallier ’26 Jack Grisolano ’27 Jack Neely ’27 Jack McGovern ’28 Jack Morrison ’28 Crosby Pullins ’29 Charlie Sullivan ’29

Jack McGovern ’28

1st Team All-Metro Jack McGovern ’28

All-Metro Honorable Mention Jack Morrison ’28

Gatorade Missouri XC Runner of the Year Jack McGovern ’28

Nike 1st Team All-Region & NXN National Qualifier Jack McGovern ’28

The John Grier Memorial Award

The John Grier Memorial Award is named after a past runner (1978-1982) who passed away. The criteria for the award is a sophomore or junior who best exemplifies Johnny’s spirit, which was a hard worker who took running seriously but was also the one who somehow still made things fun.

Team members vote for who best represents these ideals Noah Schloegel Peter Campbell Luke Hupke Tom Seitzer Wes Porter Joe Seitzer

2015 2016 2017 2017 2018 2019

Brian Humphrey Brian Humphrey Henry Acorn Henry Acorn Jake Bond Jack McGovern

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Golden Spike Award

At the conclusion of each cross country season, team members and coaches vote for the senior who has best exemplified the following criteria for the Golden Spike Award: Faith, Scholarship, Leadership, Athletics Brian Armstrong Rick Grady Patrick Fanning Hans Van Zenten Patrick Robinson Dustin King Hal Marsh Justin Deeken Vince Roebel David Wood Mike Schaefer Andrew Coughlin Chris Brown Chris Winger John Dollerschell

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Brennan Metzler Patrick Tweedy Jeff Poskin Matt Clifford Gallager Ring Jack Fletcher Evan Daugherty Michael Neisius Enrique Mejia Blake Campbell Ryan McAnany Zach Herriott Van Schloegel Charlie Smith Carson Bode

2002 2003 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 2014

Sam Wilkerson John Luder Peter Campbell Tom Seitzer Wes Porter Joe Seitzer Will Wooden Brian Humphrey Drew McGalliard Henry Acorn Kai Somasegaran Jake Bond

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VARSITY CROSS COUNTRY

Front row, from left: Tyler Bell, Jack McGovern, Charlie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Jack Grisolano, Abram Bland, Oliver Acorn, Jack Morrison; second row: Liam Welzenbach, Jack Sullivan, Owen McGovern, Ford Pullins, Crosby Pullins, Jack Neely, Alexander Graziano, Joshua Barney; third row: William Lueke, Benny Patti, Henry Pfeifauf, John Henggeler, Maddox Hillmer, Harvest Ott, Finnegan Fuhrman, Knox Williams, Ben Walsh; fourth row: Coach Zander Haddad, Coach Ryan McAnany, Coach Colton Ellingsworth, Coach Mike Dierks, Coach Alan Ratermann, Coach Carl Nelson, Coach Alex Dobens, Coach Alex Soileau

RETURNING LETTERMEN

Front row, from left: Joshua Barney, Jack Neely, Jack McGovern, Crosby Pullins, Jack Morrison, Tyler Bell; second row: John Henggeler, Henry Pfeifauf, Benny Patti, Alexander Graziano, Charlie Sullivan; third row: Maddox Hillmer, Guy Jacobs, Jack Grisolano, Harvest Ott

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JV CROSS COUNTRY

Front row, from left: Brennan Berg, Cole Cress, Remy Des Marteau, Thomas Caroll, DJ White, Joe Castagno, William Meyers; second row: William Lueke, Luke Rando, Michael Pouche, Damien Schwaller, Teddy Noland, Joe Wickenhauser, Simon Fendler, Ben Walsh; third row: Parker Finigan, Jack Bosco, Thomas Brackett, Alex Goodwin, Charlie Monaco, Connor VanSickle, Giles Short; fourth row: Guy Jacobs, Ethan Wohletz, Konsta Myrick, Wyatt Baughman, Akuei Akuei, Colin Murphy, George Gates; fifth row: Coach Zander Haddad, Coach Ryan McAnany, Coach Colton Ellingsworth, Coach Mike Dierks, Coach Alan Ratermann, Coach Carl Nelson, Coach Alex Dobens, Coach Alex Soileau

FRESHMAN CROSS COUNTRY

Front row, from left: Manny Grabs, Truitt Sullivan Anthony Linares, Wyatt Kinyon, Emmett Unruh, Noah Vricella, Knox Ganson; second row: William Lueke, Jack Flowers, Matthew Wilson, Garin Zeiler, Miles Brownlee, Hank White, Luke Bodde, Ben Walsh; third row: Noah Smith, Joseph Nguyen, Chase Smith, Truman Bradley, Will Schletzbaum, Sam Novotny, Bobby Mudd; fourth row: Coach Zander Haddad, Coach Ryan McAnany, Coach Colton Ellingsworth, Coach Mike Dierks, Coach Alan Ratermann, Coach Carl Nelson, Coach Alex Dobens, Coach Alex Soileau

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CROSS COUNTRY CAPTAINS

From left: Henry Pfeifauf, Guy Jacobs, Jack McGovern, Jack Grisolano, Jack Morrison, Joshua Barney

CROSS COUNTRY MANAGERS

From left: William Lueke, Ben Walsh

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FOOTBALL

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Last-Second Play Ends Season; Provides Plenty of Drive for 2026 Opening the season in front of a sold-out crowd in a renewed rivalry game has become the new norm for the Football Hawklets. And they’ve enjoyed the results.

For the second straight year, The Rock started the season with a late-August game against St. Pius X. The two teams played at Rockhurst in 2024 in the first meeting of the schools since 1974; Hawklets came out on top, 24-12. This year, the Warriors got to host the highly-anticipated matchup – but the Hawklets were again ready for the challenge and came away with a 49-19 statement win.

Rockhurst outgained Pius 414-279, led by Garret Miller ’27 calmly completing 13/15 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns in his first varsity start. Cash Lewandowski ’27, an All-State-level running back and linebacker, rushed for 146 yards and three scores to go along with seven tackles. Ben Hayes ’28 had a 42-yard pick-six that was Rockhurst’s first defensive touchdown since 2020.

The defense scored twice more a week later on a fumble return and a pick-six in a 33-3 home opener against Ray-Pec. Blake Thomas ’27 had 107 yards on just three catches, and two of them resulted in touchdowns. Thomas would go on to have the second most receptions in a season by a Hawklet (52) with 710 yards and 10 touchdowns.

Rock’s D stepped up again at Olathe North in a 35-14 win. Henry Coppinger ’26, an eventual 1st Team AllState linebacker, had 14 tackles and a sack. Hawklets intercepted three passes, including an 88-yard picksix from Cruz Lewandowski ’29. By week three, the

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freshman linebacker had played his way onto the field and had 11 tackles along with his defensive score.

The offense continued to produce through Miller, Cash Lewandowski, and Thomas. Rockhurst outlasted Lee’s Summit West 42-28 as Cash and Thomas shined on both sides of the ball. Cash found the end zone four times and had nine tackles, while Thomas had 76 receiving yards, a touchdown and two interceptions.

The Hawklets blanked Bishop Miege 35-0 to move to 5-0 on the year. Rock gave up just 111 total yards of offense to the Stags, as Coppinger had two sacks and a pick-six. Offensively, a new wide receiver broke out as defenses focused on Thomas. Tristan Johnson ’28 had seven receptions for 115 yards and a score as the sophomore quickly became another prime target for Miller.

Rockhurst suffered its first loss of the year to Blue Springs in a 38-29 game that was much closer than the final score. But Head Coach Kelly Donohoe used that defeat against his former team as a motivator as the Hawklets moved on to St. Thomas Aquinas.

For the third straight year, Rock versus Aquinas went to overtime in a game decided by one point. This year, a two-point conversion toss from Miller to Warren Robertson ’27 gave the Hawklets a 36-35 victory that ended the Saints’ 23-game winning streak.

Rockhurst split the final two games of the regular season, losing at Liberty North but rebounding with a 21-point win against SLUH to head to the playoffs with a 7-2 record and #2 seed in Districts.

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Just before the 2025 season had started, Rockhurst learned that it would be moved down to MSHSAA Class 5 for the 2025 season (football only). That was a result of lower-than-usual enrollment in the junior and senior classes. The Hawklets took advantage of the drop to Class 5 and handled William Chrisman and Fort Osage to advance to the District Championship.

The downside of going to Class 5 in 2025 was having to play Platte County – arguably the best team in Missouri regardless of class – and also face them in Districts.

Rockhurst would have to travel to Platte to take on the Pirates and their own 24-game win streak, with most of those coming by 50+ points.

Rockhurst stifled Platte County and held a 12-0 lead at halftime. But the Pirates’ senior-heavy, experienced roster regrouped as a younger group of Hawklets – many playing both ways – began to run out of gas.

Miller left it all on the field as he stood in the pocket on 4th & 10 and took a bruising hit while throwing a strike over the middle to Robertson who sprinted past the secondary for a 69-yard touchdown to put Rock ahead 22-21 with under two minutes to go.

recent history. The Lewandowski Brothers, Thomas, Johnson, Peter Nickson ’27, Elijah Curtis ’28, and Carter Mullen ’28 should match any offense that lines up opposite of the Hawklets.

Come late-August, they will find out if those opponents will be from Class 5 or 6 in the postseason.

“Every fall season brings a lot of excitement for a new year,” said Coach Donohoe. “A year ago we were a heavy junior and sophomore team, which gives us reason to believe we could be a special team if our guys continue to understand the importance of daily improvement and being there for each other.”

But Platte County responded with a championship drive that resulted in a QB sneak touchdown with two seconds left to snatch back a 29-22 win. Despite losing in Districts, Rockhurst still earned the #3 state ranking in Class 5 at the end of the year.

And those final two minutes of going from pure joy to agony have fueled the Football Hawklets all off-season.

And Rock has the talent to match the drive.

A monstrous offensive line features returning starters in James O’Farrell ’27, Jackson Sallee ’27, Jack Sprague ’27, and Reece Fisher ’28 to protect Miller, who set the program record for completion percentage (67%) in his junior season. He will have plenty of speedy weapons in Thomas, Cash Lewandowski, Hayes, and Johnson.

The defensive line will boast explosiveness off the edges from Sheldon Kight ’27 and Mariaun Peterson ’28, who will need to fill a void left by an unfortunate summer team camp injury to Declan Sullivan ’27, who would have been a three-year starter in the trenches.

The second and third levels of the defense have as much speed and athleticism as any Rockhurst team in

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2026 HEAD COACH

Coach Donohoe enters his seventh season at The Rock. He grew up playing football in Harrisonville before playing quarterback at the University of Kansas from 1986-89 and earned his BS in Communications and Masters in Education from KU; he then received his Specialist degree in Administration from UCM. Coach Donohoe began his coaching experience in 1993 as an assistant coach at Blue Springs South and had his first head coaching job at Raytown South in 1997. He then had a great 20-year head coaching career at Blue Springs High School, winning four State Championships and being inducted into both the Missouri Football Coaches Hall of Fame and Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2019; he then came to The Rock in 2020 and was inducted into the Kansas City Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2022. Coach Donohoe also works in Rockhurst’s P.E. Department, teaching Lifetime Sports and weight classes. He and his wife Jennifer have a daughter (Taylor) and a son (Chase).

Head Coach

Kelly Donohoe

COACHING RECORDS Year 1916 1917 1918 1919-25 1926-35 1936-40 1941-45 1946-48 1949-50 1951 1952-75 1976-82 1983-2019 2020-2025

Coach Charlie Alan Louis Gainey Doc Nigro Pat Mason Ed Halpin Martin O’Keefe Godfrey Kobets Ralph Cormany Gerry Connelly Dick Deitchman Al Davis* Jerry Culver* Tony Severino* Kelly Donohoe*

Totals

Years at RHS 1 1 1 7 10 5 5 3 2 1 24 7 37 6

W 5 2 1 27 52 27 34 20 12 5 153 63 345 40

L 2 3 1 17 21 10 6 6 4 4 67 16 92 23

T 0 2 1 6 6 3 1 1 1 0 13 0 1 0

Winning % 71.4% 28.6% 33.3% 54.0% 65.8% 67.5% 82.9% 74.1% 70.6% 55.6% 65.7% 79.7% 78.9% 63.5%

109

786

272

35

71.9%

*Denotes member of the Missouri Coaches Hall of Fame

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2026 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Tom Kruse

Stephen Charbonneau

Coach Kruse begins his seventh year at The Rock, but his 34th year patrolling a sideline – bringing years of football experience to our Hawklet offense. He’s enjoyed stops at Harrisonville, Park Hill, Park Hill South, and then at Raymore-Peculiar where he was the head coach for 20 years and won State Titles in 2004, 2005, and 2006. Coach Kruse was inducted into both the Missouri Football Coaches and Greater Kansas City Football Coaches Halls of Fame in 2020.

In his playing days, Coach Kruse was a quarterback at Northwest Missouri State. In the spring of 2020, he retired from public education and was named Rockhurst’s Athletic Director in 2024. Coach Kruse and his wife, Kim, have two children: Cole (wife, Darby) and Cassie. Coach Kruse also became a grandpa in 2025.

Assistant Coach

Coach Charbonneau rejoined the Hawklet Football staff in 2010 after a tenure from 2000-02.

He coordinates the special teams and coaches defensive backs. Competing in football, wrestling, and track at Bishop Ward High School, Coach Charby then went on to be a three-year starter and captain of the football team at Benedictine College (KS). After earning his degree in Social Science, he coached at several schools including Bishop Sullivan, De Smet Jesuit, Seton Hall Prep, Delbarton, and Rockhurst. All-in-all he brings 34 years of experience to the staff. He is a Theology teacher, as well as the Theology Department Chair. Coach Charbonneau is married to Joan and they have two children: Cecil (RHS ’23) and Nila.

Assistant Coach

Vinny Careswell

Mike Garrett

Coach Careswell joined the veteran Rockhurst staff in 2024 as the Defensive Coordinator after successfully coaching in the public system for 29 years with stops at Excelsior Springs and Lee’s Summit West, where he retired as the head coach. He is a graduate of Missouri Western University, where he played in 42 football games. Coach Careswell loves the way football teaches life lessons and toughness. During the day he is a Physical Education teacher at St. Peter’s Catholic School. Coach Careswell has two adult children, Cam and Boston.

Coach Garrett begins his ninth year of volunteer coaching at Rockhurst. He continues his work with the running backs, fine-tuning their technique and teaching the nuances of running the ball. Coach Garrett is a graduate of the University of Southern California where he was a standout in baseball and football, winning the 1965 Heisman Trophy.

Choosing football as his professional sport, he played his first four years with our own Kansas City Chiefs and then spent another four with the San Diego Chargers. After a lengthy career in business and collegiate athletics administration, Coach Garrett moved back to Kansas City to bring his family closer to long-time friends and extended family. His sons John and Michael graduated from The Rock in 2022.

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2026 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Van Marshall

Chance May

Coach Marshall ’08 was a 1st Team All-State defensive lineman on the undefeated 2007 State Championship team. He went on to the United States Naval Academy and then graduated from Drake University. He rejoined Rock Football in the summer of 2022 as the Strength and Conditioning Coach and Assistant Varsity Football Coach, and is currently the Defensive Line Coach. With his fitness background and passion, Coach Marshall runs his own training business in the Kansas City area with an emphasis on working with youth, and spearheads Rockhurst’s Sports Performance Academy for grade school athletes in the summer. He also spends time teaching kids at Operation Breakthrough. Coach Marshall joined the track & field staff in 2023 and will continue to coach shot put and discus. He got engaged to his fiancée Kelli Krtek in the spring of 2026 and their wedding is planned for April 2027.

Coach May ’17 was an addition to the varsity coaching staff in 2024. He is back for his third year coaching the linebackers. As a senior at The Rock, Coach May was selected as a 1st Team All-State Athlete, recognized as both a standout quarterback and linebacker. He was also noted for his leadership as a two-time captain and one of just four Hawklets ever named junior and senior captains under Coach Tony Severino. He went on to play linebacker at Mizzou and won the Brick Squad Award (hardest worker) and was an Honorary Captain as a senior. Coach May graduated with his degree in Business Finance and is currently a Sales Manager with Hanson Sports.

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Nick Johnson Assistant Coach

Jordan Chrisman Coach Chrisman joined the Rockhurst coaching staff in 2024 after having served at both Winnetonka and Staley for nine seasons. He had a stellar high school career at Blue Springs High School, earning 1st Team All-Metro honors and the prestigious Buck Buchanan Award in 2009. He went on to Northwest Missouri State and was a member of their 2013 DII National Championship team. Here at The Rock, he leads the offensive line. In the spring, he works with the throwers on the track & field team. Coach Chrisman is a high school ELA educator, and married his wife, Jadyn, in 2025.

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Coach Johnson ’03 returned to the Rock Football sidelines in 2025 as an assistant coach working with varsity wide receivers and special teams, as well as the sophomore team, while also offering his multimedia expertise in photography, videography, and graphic design to the program. He is a former running back for the Hawklets, helping Rockhurst win State Titles in 2000 and 2002, and was named to the All-Sectional Team in 2002. He went on to play at Central Missouri State University and earned Academic All-Conference honors. Following his time playing at CMSU, Coach Johnson joined the staff as a grad assistant; and had coaching stops at Ruskin and Kipp Legacy High Schools before coming back to The Rock’s staff. In 2026, Coach Johnson also joined Rockhurst faculty & staff as the school’s Digital Media Specialist in the Communications Office. Coach Johnson has two sons, Tristan ’28 and Kaiden.

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2026 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Nick Janes

Jim Monteil

Coach Janes will be starting his third season at Rockhurst coaching on the offensive side of the ball.

He is a former Blue Springs Wildcat in football and basketball (playing for Coach Donohoe) and also worked with Coach Kruse at Raymore-Peculiar. He won a Class 6 State Championship as the Offensive Coordinator at Ray-Pec in 2020. This will be Coach Janes’ 15th year coaching football, currently working alongside Coach Garrett with the running backs. He and his wife Aubri have two children: son, John David (5), and daughter, Brynlee (2).

Assistant Coach

Coach Monteil enters his 10th year coaching football and track & field at The Rock. He spent 29 years coaching at O’Hara High School, where he was Offensive Coordinator and Assistant Head Coach for 21 years; he also spent time with the golf and wrestling programs. He works with freshman football along with the javelin throwers in track & field. Coach Monteil teaches in the Math Department. He and his wife, Shelley, have two daughters: Abby and Riley.

Assistant Coach

Andrew Kayhill

Troy Harding

Coach Kayhill joined the Hawklets’ staff in 2024 after a four-year career playing football for Emporia State University as a defensive back. He also works with the varsity defensive backs. Outside of coaching for the Hawklets, Coach Kayhill is an EXOS trainer.

Coach Harding joined the football program in 2024 as a coach of the freshman team. He also begins his ninth year as the Head Track & Field Coach since joining the program in 2019. For the 25 years prior to Rockhurst, Coach Harding taught Math and coached track & field and football at Blue Springs South High School – 19 years as Head Track & Field Coach and 18 years as Head Cross Country Coach.

While a student-athlete at Carthage High School, Coach Harding competed in football, basketball, and track & field all four years. His senior year (1988) he earned All-State honors in both hurdle events. He continued his track & field career at the University of Central Missouri, specializing in the decathlon, and earned All-American honors in 1992.

Coach Harding and his wife, Kimberly, have two boys: Emerson and Coleridge.

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Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Luke Denney

Matt Perry

Coach Denney joined the Rockhurst community beginning in the 2025-26 year. He is the Head Wrestling Coach and helps with the freshman team. Coach Denney was a three-sport athlete at Central High School in Omaha, NE where his efforts earned him multiple All-State accolades, as well as Metro Receiver of the year, Athlete of the Year, and Gatorade Player of the Year. He played football at the University of Nebraska and was a member of the 1997 National Championship team. Coach Denney then transferred to Rock U to play soccer and became a two-time MVP, All-Region, and All-American Goalkeeper to lead the Hawks to a Midwest Regional Championship. After graduating with degrees in both English and Secondary Education, Coach Denney has continued to inspire student-athletes for the last 20 years through sports and organizations such as Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Coach Perry begins his 33rd year of coaching football, but his first with the Hawklets where he will work with the freshman teams. He has been the head coach at four different high schools (OtisBison, Stockton, Lyons, and William Chrisman) and held a combined record of 113-80 with eight playoff appearances, a State Runner-Up finish, and a State Championship. Coach Perry played at Axtell High School before being a two-year starter and team captain at Benedictine College. He earned a Social Science degree from Benedictine and later a masters in Educational Counseling from Fort Hays State University. He is a decorated educator and counselor, and joins Rockhurst’s Counseling Department starting in the 2026-27 school year.

Coach Perry is married to Cindy and they have three adult children and three grandchildren.

Assistant Coach

Breyon Dennis Coach Dennis ’14 returns to Rockhurst Football as a former player now helping on the sidelines.

He joined the staff ahead of the 2026 season as a sophomore coach. Coach Dennis was a twoyear starting linebacker for the Hawklets. He then continued his playing career as a walk-on at Northwest Missouri State and played his way onto the field on two National Championship teams. His professional work is in project management. Coach Dennis also writes scouting reports for upcoming NFL prospects.

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2026 VARSITY SCHEDULE Friday, August 28

St. Pius X

Home

7:00 p.m.

Friday, September 4

Manhattan

Away

7:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 10

Shawnee Mission East

Away

7:00 p.m.

Friday, September 18

Kearney

Home

7:00 p.m.

Friday, September 25

St. Thomas Aquinas

Home

7:00 p.m.

Friday, October 2

Bishop Miege

Away

7:00 p.m.

Friday, October 9

Blue Springs

Away

7:00 p.m.

Friday, October 16

Blue Springs South

Home

7:00 p.m.

Friday, October 23

St. Louis University High School

Home

6:00 p.m.

Friday, October 30

District Quarterfinals

TBD

7:00 p.m.

Friday, November 6

District Semifinals

TBD

7:00 p.m.

Friday, November 13

District Championship

TBD

7:00 p.m.

Friday, November 20

State Quarterfinals

TBD

7:00 p.m.

Friday, November 27

State Semifinals

TBD

7:00 p.m.

December 4/5

State Championship

MO Western

TBA

2025 SEASON RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 9-3 @ St. Pius X

Won 49-19

Ray-Pec

Won 33-3

@ Olathe North

Won 35-14

@ Lee’s Summit West

Won 42-28

Bishop Miege

Won 35-0

Blue Springs

Lost 38-29

@ St. Thomas Aquinas

Won 36-35 (OT)

@ Liberty North

Lost 21-12

St. Louis University High School

Won 35-14

District Quarterfinals vs. William Chrisman

Won 42-6

District Semifinals vs. Fort Osage

Won 41-13

District Championship @ Platte County

Lost 29-22

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ALL-TIME TEAM In 1970, Rockhurst and DeLaSalle played their 50th and final football game. A select committee from each school named an All-Time Football Team.

Twenty years later, during the celebration of Rockhurst’s 75th year of football, the All-Time Team was updated. Rockhurst coaches have reviewed the many years of football teams and individual players and then honored additional players, naming them to the All-Time Hawklet squad yearly with the school criteria of having graduated five years ago.

Dick Flucke 1924 Jim Hogan 1925 Red McKee 1925 Duck Scanlon 1925 Red Sullivan 1926 Ed Henke 1927 Vic Zahner 1927 Jim Gleeson 1929 Ray Sonnenberg 1930 Ritchie Sullivan 1930 Owen Murphy 1932 John Scanlon 1938 John Steck 1940 Joe Fagan 1941 Len LeCluyse 1943 W. Robert Aylward 1945 Thomas J. O’Brien 1946 Shad Garnett 1947 Bob Williams 1948 Jack Reichmeier 1949 John A. Williams 1950 Arlen Staab 1951 Joe Bukaty 1953 Alonzo Robinson 1953 Joseph Teasdale 1953 Alex George 1955 Joe Moore 1955 Jerry Overton 1955 Tom Raimo 1955 Pat Keating 1956 Mike Lillis 1956 Ed Mehrer 1956 Tim Gardner 1960 Don Schilling 1961 John McCambridge 1963 Jim Whitaker 1963 Charlie Elmer 1964 Joe Groner 1964 Thomas Muehlebach 1964 Kenneth Mayer 1965 Joe Spinello 1965 Pat Tierney 1966 Kerry Reardon 1967 Virgil Staponski 1967 Pete Santoro 1968 Mike Meyers 1969 Vince Nowak 1969

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Jerry Reardon Phil Poppa Mike Fagan Chris Cummings Brian Meyers Sean Mulcahy Kevin Hart Chris Garlich Mark Goodspeed Brad Budde Jeff Crippen Bill Lillis Cecil Stockdale Mike Lombardo Bill Whitaker John Hiatt Tim Johnson David Cone Wayne Evans Tony Fritz Jim Houston Paul Migliazzo Brad Tyrer Kevin Wyatt Tom Freeman Jim Davis Mike Long Mark VanKeirsbilck Dan Baker Merle Gardner Chris Russell Tim Ryan Jim Dorlac Kenyon Rasheed Pat Ryan Shawn Schmelzle Jason Tyrer Robert Gamble Chris Holmes Vince Hodes Mike McGlinn Chris Powell Travis Huenfeld Tony Blevins Kevin Kopp Ted Brooks Kerry Scanlon

1969 1970 1971 1972 1972 1972 1974 1975 1975 1976 1976 1976 1976 1977 1977 1979 1980 1981 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1982 1983 1983 1984 1985 1987 1987 1987 1987 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988 1989 1989 1990 1990 1990 1991 1993 1993 1993 1994

Jim Tuso Matt Krull Shalom Tolefree Wes Kuechler Dan Adams Ryan Cummings Justin Dro Jeff Severino Sean Doyle T.J. Mandl Brandon Severino Brandon Shelby Mike Frey Nick Boyd Jason Dunsworth Scott Edmonds Geoff Brown Kevin Kane Dan Boyd James Griffin Andrew Paterini Kevin Sears Kyle Teahan Jeff Koons Bryan Murphy Tony Temple DJ Hord Allan Smith Mike Walczuk David Belfonte Andrew Brooks Sal Capra Derek Hall Phillip Strozier Joey Camarata Conner Teahan Ivan Charbonneau Drew Temple Jack Euston Van Marshall Matt Mavec Nathan Scheelhaase Keith Langtry Joe Geha Chris Castelluccio Sal Belfonte Dexter McDonald

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1994 1994 1994 1995 1996 1996 1996 1996 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010

Jalen Montgomery Shane Lillis Mark Boushka Cooper Kerns Noah Pearl Dan Tapko Michael Rose Christian Eatherly Trey Randle Kevin Berg Alex Bales Jordan Walker Griffin Bins Joe Gibson Zach Hannon Jordan Willis Luke Arbanas Will Bazzle Lance Boehm TJ Green Jacob Kerns Luke Ritter AJ Taylor Ross Elder Chance May Cameron Reller Brady McCanles Jacob Sykes Luke Boehm Sawyer Crawford Danielson Ike Michael Johnson Cooper Krezek Josh Moore Andrew Stafford Tucker Atwood Luke Beshoner Tommy Eckels Owen Lawson Brett Harris Cashius Howell Johnny Pascuzzi Wilson Selzer

2010 2010 2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020 2021 2021 2021 2021

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2025 SEASON STATS

Rushing

Kick-Off Returns

Name

Atts

Yds

Avg

TDs

Name

*#Cash Lewandowski

185

1,023

5.5

19

Ben Hayes

25

189

7.6

1

Tristan Johnson

12

80

6.7

Garret Miller

35

77

Luke Brewster

10

Henry Coppinger

Atts

Yds

Avg

TDs

Blake Thomas

9

211

23.4

23.4

Cash Lewandowski

7

185

26.4

26.4

1

Tristan Johnson

2

86

43.0

43.0

2.2

1

Elijah Curtis

2

28

14.0

14.0

53

5.3

1

Quinn Walsh

1

21

21.0

21.0

15

49

3.3

1

Ben Hayes

2

9

4.5

4.5

Blake Thomas

5

40

8.0

1

Sam Volker

3

16

5.3

0

Cruz Lewandowski

1

13

13.0

1

Joe Pitzl

6

13

2.2

0

Name

Atts

Yds

Avg

TDs

Quinn Walsh

6

7

1.2

0

Cash Lewandowski

6

92

15.3

0

Tommy Hendricks

2

6

3.0

0

Blake Thomas

6

43

4.8

0

Luca Sano

4

4

1.0

0

Johnny Reardon

1

3

3.0

0

Luke Connell

1

1

1.0

0

Receiving Name

Rec

Yds

Avg

TDs

*#Blake Thomas

52

710

13.7

10

Tristan Johnson

38

606

15.6

7

Cash Lewandowski

32

345

10.8

1

Warren Robertson

14

328

23.4

5

*Kevin Sullivan

10

107

10.7

1

Henry Coppinger

4

37

9.3

0

Quinn Walsh

4

34

8.5

1

Ben Hayes

4

17

4.3

0

Tommy Hendricks

1

15

15.0

0

Elijah Curtis

2

13

6.5

0

Max Moylan

1

6

6.0

0

Liam Conway

2

3

1.5

0

Punt Returns

Punting Name

Atts

Yds

Avg

Tommy Hendricks

25

889

35.6

Kicking Name

FGA

FGM

XPA

XPM

PTs

*Connor Devereux

8

8

39

43

63

Henry Tsevis

1

0

1

1

1

Joe Teasdale

0

0

1

1

1

Passing Name

Atts

Comp

Yds

TDs

INTs

*Garret Miller

244

163

2,221

25

4

*All-District

#All-State Blue indicates returnee

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Name

38

Tackles

Solo

Asst.

Sacks

TFL

INT

FF

FR

TD

*#Henry Coppinger

106

38

68

3

3

2

0

0

1

Cash Lewandowski

72

31

41

1

5

1

0

0

0

Cruz Lewandowski

52

21

31

0

3

1

0

0

1

Peter Nickson

52

25

27

0

3

2

0

0

0

*Declan Sullivan

44

16

28

3

5

0

1

0

0

Colin Powell

38

16

22

0

0

1

0

0

0

Brennan Murphy

37

12

25

0

2

0

0

2

1

Luke Connell

33

18

15

0

0

0

1

1

0

*Pierce Fisher

32

10

22

0

0

1

0

0

0

Carter Mullen

31

17

14

0

0

2

0

0

1

Kevin Sullivan

30

14

16

3

6

1

0

0

0

Blake Thomas

28

20

8

1

2

3

0

0

0

Sheldon Kight

24

11

13

0

0

2

0

0

0

Jackson Sallee

20

4

16

1

1

0

0

0

0

Reece Fisher

18

7

11

1

2

1

0

0

0

Ben Hayes

17

9

8

0

0

1

0

0

1

Matt Monroe

15

5

10

0

1

0

1

0

0

Xavier Clemons

15

7

8

0

1

0

1

0

0

Gabe Moore

14

2

12

0

0

0

0

0

0

Elijah Curtis

13

10

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tristan Johnson

11

5

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

Quinn Walsh

10

1

9

0

0

0

0

1

0

JP Stegall

9

1

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

Luke Brewster

5

2

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

Tommy Hendricks

4

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

Warren Robertson

4

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Johnny Reardon

3

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

James Schoenfeld

3

2

1

0

1

0

0

1

0

Campbell Luzar

3

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Max Moylan

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Pierce Williams

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Jackson Price

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Ty Williams

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Charlie Bernstein

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Luca Sano

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Nick Pizzichino

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Liam Conway

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cooper Frey

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

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football 2025 SEASON TEAM AWARDS All-District

Academic All-State

Henry Coppinger ’26 (LB) Pierce Fisher ’26 (DB) Kevin Sullivan ’26 (TE) Cash Lewandowski ’27 (RB) Garret Miller ’27 (QB) Jackson Sallee ’27 (OL) Declan Sullivan ’27 (DE) Blake Thomas ’27 (WR) Connor Devereux ’28 (K)

All-Simone Team

Cash Lewandowski ’27 (DEF ATH)

All-State

Henry Coppinger ’26 (LB - 1st Team) Cash Lewandowski ’27 (OFF ATH - 1st Team) Blake Thomas ’27 (WR - 2nd Team)

Charlie Bernstein ’26 Liam Conway ’26 Henry Coppinger ’26 Pierce Fisher ’26 Campbell Luzar ’26 Gabe Moore ’26 Max Moylan ’26 Joe Pitzl ’26 Henry Tsevis ’26 Luke Connell ’27 Henry Hahn ’27 Tommy Hendricks ’27 Owen Hughes ’27 Matt Monroe ’27 Peter Nickson ’27 James O’Farrell ’27 Warren Robertson ’27 Jack Sprague ’27 Declan Sullivan ’27 Blake Thomas ’27 Quinn Walsh ’27 Luke Brewster ’28 Connor Devereux ’28 Tom Koetting ’28 Carter Mullen ’28

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football 2025 SEASON TEAM AWARDS Edward F. Bukaty Award

The Edward F. Bukaty Award was given to Rockhurst by Alex George, Sr., in memory of Edward Bukaty. Mr. Bukaty was an avid supporter of Rockhurst. He suffered a heart attack and died while watching his son, Joe, play in the 1952 Lillis/Rockhurst football game. Every season since the Bukaty Award was established, a senior is selected by the football coaches and players as the recipient of this prestigious honor.

The criteria, set by Mr. George and former head football coach Mr. Al Davis, Jr., is to honor the individual player displaying the greatest leadership both on and off the field. The award criteria also state that the individual should lead by example and should have the respect of both players and coaches.

Since that time, 72 young men, including Joe Bukaty ‘53, have been selected for this special honor.

Joseph Bukaty Peter Dougherty Joseph Moore Edward Mehrer Michael Messina Richard Corrigan Frank Duke Thomas Browne Don Schilling Howell Fancher Richard Brewster Charles Elmer Kenneth Mayer Patrick Tierney Tom Stephenson Patrick McMahon William Schoonover Phillip Poppa Mike Fagan Fred Nachbar Paul Kies Michael Park Chris Garlich Michael Orscheln John Welsh Pat Sanders Michael Raimo

1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

Timothy Johnson Carlton Miller Brad Tyrer Patrick Coppinger Mark Reintjes David Lewis Anthony Hodes Chris Russell Pat Ryan Chris Holmes Tim Mauck Chris Sexton Mike Sonnenberg Tony Blevins Greg Bauer Brad Batz Michael Reardon Justin Dro Ben Capoccia T.J. Mandl Mike Frey Ryan Anderson Kevin Kane Marcus Perry Jeff Koons Terry McMahon David Belfonte

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Steve Jones Ivan Charbonneau Nathan Scheelhaase Sal Belfonte Mark Boushka Alex Bales Henry Mascaux Luke Arbanas TJ Green AJ Taylor Chance May Jacob Sykes Luke Boehm Tommy Eckels Wilson Selzer Isaac Koch Conor Sexton Thomas Coppinger Jeb Koetting Henry Coppinger

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Anselmo Special Teams Award

Started in 2011, this award is given in memory of Brian Anselmo, Class of 1999, who was a gifted athlete that used his powerful legs to become a kicker.

Luke Arbanas Austin Ritter Nick Romano Luke Ritter Martin Radosevic Ross Elder Eric Angrisano

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2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Jaxson Wentworth Owen Lawson Jack Kelly Ryan Dierks George Donnelly Logan Kuechler Robert Purcell

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023

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Bud Fallon Xavier Clemons Blake Thomas

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Mike Lillis Award

Instituted in 1997 after the untimely death of graduate and long-time supporter, the Mike Lillis Award is voted on by players to recognize the most outstanding lineman.

Pat Kane Tim Hanrahan Mike Frey Nick Boyd Eric Vossman Dan Boyd Bryan Murphy Mike Walzcuk Sean Kitts Blaine Balderston Doug McFarland Clarke O’Dowd Jalen Montgomery Cooper Kerns Kyle Murphy Joseph Gibson Tommy Sciara Andrew Grindstaff Claudio Martin Kevin Crawford Joe Glaser Joe Kelly Michael Kuklenski Johnny Pascuzzi Ben Drouin Andrew Sprague Andrew Sprague Jack Manning Declan Sullivan

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Scholar-Athlete Award

The Scholar-Athlete Award for a football player has been in effect since 1999. The award goes to the player that not only excels on the field, but also in the classroom.

The award emphasizes the importance of academics throughout all Rockhurst programs.

Mike Griffin Mike Day Rich Whitney Mark Munninghoff Jeff Koons Josh Karlin Sean Kitts Joe Camarata Alex Schoeck Chris Castelluccio Kyle Smith Ryan Karlin Alex Bales Tom Keller Andrew Krieger Jimmy Dixon Ivor Vinsant Carter Selzer Brady McCanles Joe Kelly Nick Carollo AJ Frazier Luke Bailey Simon Connor Trey Gunnoe Grant Haake Manuel Mascote Charlie Bernstein

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 2024 2025

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The Coach Eric Berg and Coach John Morris Leadership Award

The varsity football staff confers this award to the senior player who, in seeking the Magis, has demonstrated the leadership qualities of Humility, Dedication, and Passion.

Tim Glaser Jack Scanlon Will Gormsen Tate Scanlon Mitch Forbes Micah Oder Charlie Loose Beau Neuburger Pierce Fisher

2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2023 2024 2024 2025

Severino Find a Way Award Given to the athlete that displays tremendous tenacity and will always Find a Way. Will Eckels Colton Wemhoff Ethan Hansen Aidan Ryan Drew Mozena Van Pham Brennan Murphy Cash Lewandowski

2021 2022 2023 2023 2024 2024 2025 2025

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VARSITY FOOTBALL

Front row, from left: Cash Lewandowski, Mariaun Peterson, Sheldon Kight, Elijah Curtis, Blake Thomas, Darian Davis, Cruz Lewandowski, Tristan Johnson, Elias Taylor, Cole Kearney, Carter Mullen, Lucca Abreu, Mason Anderson; second row: Ben Booker, Luke Bolch, Jackson Harris, Andrew Hoolehan, Henry Switzer, Trey Boling, Adam Hartman, Liam Martin, Garret Miller, Will Staszak, Wes Nieland, Braedon Tunley, Evan Coffin, Vince Sorenson; third row: Paddy Cullan, Peter Nickson, Nicholas Hoban, Ben Hayes, Burke Gassen, Luke Brewster, Gabe Lanter, Thomas Nickson, Griffen Swoboda, Quinn Walsh, Aiden Ellis, William Steiner, Jaden Johnson; fourth row: Max McCormick, Anthony Tarantino, JP Stegall, James Schoenfeld, Aaron Hernandez, Johnny Reardon, Samuel Volker, Isaac Hollins, Marco McGill, Landon Watson, Austin Riscoe, Luke Connell, Luke Rogge, Jack Berghoff; fifth row: Connor O’Brien, Tommy Hendricks, Seamus Root, Henry Hagenhoff, Tommy Mohn, Dominic Corley, Chance Schnieders, Max Baker, Enzo Montalto, Henry Hahn, Charlie Kenny, John O’Connor, Mayson McCarthy, Jack Sprague; sixth row: Jamison Murphy, Nick Vallejos, Luke Clemons, Reece Fisher, Liam Still, Graham Kenny, Kevin Novel, Henry Creal, Henry Giffen, Tom Koetting, Ashton Poynter, Alex Moore, Donovan Glavin, James Bland, Weston Roberts; seventh row: Xavier Labrado, Ethan Erwin, Brandon Shackleford, Graham Darby, Edward Pacheco, Ryan Lewellen, Aiden Lawler, James O’Farrell, Maison Miller, Jackson Sallee, Greg Egan, Larson Robinson, Mitchell Earnest, Paddy Ryan, Will Mayhew; eighth row: Ty Williams, Josh Borchert, Beau Scanlon, Griffin Milbert, Mikey Coleman, Grant Henderson, Max Murray, Will Powers, Matt Monroe, Taylor Teahan, Connor Devereux, John Taylor, Jose Mendoza, Jonathan Homant; ninth row: Kyle Maher, Connor Roth, Coach Vinny Careswell, Coach Chance May, Coach Breyon Dennis, Coach Andrew Kayhill, Coach Nick Johnson, Coach Tom Kruse, Coach Kelly Donohoe, Mr. Paul McGannon, Coach Jordan Chrisman, Coach Van Marshall, Coach Nick Janes, Coach Mike Garrett, Coach Stephen Charbonneau, Liam Winslow, Chip Renz

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Front row, from left: Cash Lewandowski, Sheldon Kight, Elijah Curtis, Blake Thomas, Cruz Lewandowski, Garret Miller, Tristan Johnson, Peter Nickson, Carter Mullen, Luke Connell; second row: Luke Brewster, Tommy Hendricks, JP Stegall, Ben Hayes, Kevin Novel, Quinn Walsh, Jack Sprague, John O’Connor, James O’Farrell; third row: Ty Williams, Connor Devereux, Henry Hahn, Reece Fisher, Johnny Reardon, Tom Koetting, Jackson Sallee, Matt Monroe

OFFENSIVE BACKS

Front row, from left: Tommy Mohn, Cash Lewandowski, Ben Hayes, Cruz Lewandowski, Garret Miller, Tristan Johnson, Elias Taylor, Luke Brewster; second row: Paddy Ryan, Seamus Root, Lucca Abreu, Will Staszak, Luke Rogge, Ashton Poynter, Gabe Lanter; third row: Landon Watson, Paddy Cullan, Connor O’Brien, Tommy Hendricks, Johnny Reardon, Quinn Walsh, Mason Anderson

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football RECEIVERS

Front row, from left: Ben Booker, Jackson Harris, Elijah Curtis, Blake Thomas, Paddy Ryan, Trey Boling, Andrew Hoolehan; second row: Isaac Hollins, Jose Mendoza, Liam Martin, Tristan Johnson, Cole Kearney, Darian Davis, Mikey Coleman, John Taylor; third row: Anthony Tarantino, Will Powers, Luke Bolch, Jonathan Homant, Burke Gassen, Cash Lewandowski, Luke Brewster; fourth row: Max McCormick, Grant Henderson, Evan Coffin, Griffin Milbert, Braedon Tunley, Wes Nieland, Will Mayhew

LINEMEN

Front row, from left: Sheldon Kight, Quinn Walsh, Mariaun Peterson, Matt Monroe, Ty Williams, Tom Koetting, Reece Fisher, Jack Sprague, Jackson Sallee, James O’Farrell; second row: Liam Still, Luke Clemons, Henry Hahn, Ethan Erwin, Ryan Lewellen, Kevin Novel, Greg Egan, Enzo Montalto, John O’Connor, Donovan Glavin; third row: Graham Kenny, Graham Darby, Grant Henderson, Xavier Labrado, Aiden Lawler, Brandon Shackleford, Henry Creal, Charlie Kenny, Josh Borchert, Maison Miller, Aiden Ellis; fourth row: Beau Scanlon, Nick Vallejos, Edward Pacheco, Taylor Teahan, Weston Roberts, Max Murray, James Bland, Mayson McCarthy, Mitchell Earnest, Alex Moore, Marco McGill

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Front row, from left: James Schoenfeld, Tommy Hendricks, Cash Lewandowski, Carter Mullen, Luke Connell, Samuel Volker; second row: Tommy Mohn, Landon Watson, Seamus Root, Paddy Ryan, Mason Anderson; third row: Connor O’Brien, Jamison Murphy, Chance Schnieders, William Steiner, Henry Giffen, Max Baker

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Front row, from left: Cruz Lewandowski, Burke Gassen, Tristan Johnson, Ben Hayes, Blake Thomas, Elijah Curtis, Jaden Johnson, Vince Sorenson, Thomas Nickson; second row: Nicholas Hoban, Henry Hagenhoff, Peter Nickson, Carter Mullen, Dominic Corley, Ben Booker, Luke Brewster, Jack Berghoff, Aaron Hernandez; third row: Henry Switzer, Paddy Cullan, Anthony Tarantino, Will Mayhew, Larson Robinson, JP Stegall, Adam Hartman, Darian Davis, Griffen Swoboda

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FRESHMAN TEAM

Front row, from left: Khonor Bogart, Cam Dunn, Honor Mason, Lorenzo Varela, Victor Kohout, Jack Ellsperman, Landyn Jones, Luke Boling, Whit Koetting, Tyler Murphy, David Thomas, Nico Knopke, Jaxson Portillo; second row: Charlie McGill, Wells Marien-Brovont, Edward Volker, Kage Williams, Jack Accurso, Austin Ganzy, Miles Baughman, Jackson Ostendorf, D’Marcus Williams, Palmer Jackson, Liam McDonald, Andrew Monning, Beau Eils, Graham Robertson; third row: Ellis Briley, Matthew Hoolehan, Benjamin Krull, Pwen Ruemker, Jack Lonergan, Noah Ghavami, Bo Lemons, Nate Greenhalgh, Gabe Berbel, Patrick Fitzgerald, Parker Ogilvie, Sean McGilley, Rowan Silvey, Ford Booth; fourth row: Jack Haynes, Johnny O’Brien, Jacoby Crocker, Eli Singletary, Roland Balthazor, Cooper Comfort, Ryan Crocker, Griffin Switzer, Archer Pruitt, Lou Creal, Cal Sears, Isaac Talbert, Finn Young; fifth row: Frankie Porto, Evan Granich, Miles Lockton, Ben Cooper, Klay Welsh, Ryan Fitzgerald, King Stone, Brody Thomas, Sayers Jones, Henry Fadler, Jack Smith, Knox Starr, Colt Dunn, Luke Swan; sixth row: Henry Smith, Fred Yonker, Blaine Holliday, Hudson Stabler, Simon Henggeler, Jackson Moore, Myles Jeffries, Tommy Martin, Shane Raydo, George O’Laughlin, Declan Root, Hank Dean, Jack Busenhart, Abe Eubank, Elias Arganbright; seventh row: Cole Thomas, Benson Craig, Oliver Henak, Jude Pesek, Simon Lawler, Ethan Loo, CJ Dimond, Henry Holmes, Luke Powell, Joe Wright, Sullivan Murray, Kevin Osuala, Griffin Bowen, Ethan Oakes; eighth row: Charlie Judy, James Flanagan, Cruz Childers, Rowan DeGreef, Connor Still, Winston Phelps, Tommy Lynn, Grayson Roth, Maden Patel, Gibson George, Andrew Duke, Hudson Towlsey, Teddy Johnson, Charlie Creveling; ninth row: Coach Jim Monteil, Coach Matt Perry, Coach Jesse Thomas, Coach Luke Denney

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34-26-0 32-13-5 28-15-0 26-2-0 26-3-5 27-8-1 26-18-3 23-6-0 23-11-2 22-9-0 18-7-0 17-0-0 16-1-1 16-6-0 13-0-0 13-2-0 13-6-0 13-7-1 12-1-0 12-3-0 12-3-0 12-1-0 11-1-0 11-2-1 10-0-0 10-1-0 10-3-0 9-0-0 9-0-3 9-1-0 9-1-1 9-1-1 10-4-0 9-6-0 8-1-0 8-5-3 8-7-1 7-0-0 7-2-0 7-3-0 7-3-0 6-0-0 6-0-0 6-0-0 7-1-0 7-1-0 6-2-0 5-0-0 5-0-0 5-1-0 5-1-0 6-3-1 5-2-0 6-6-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 5-0-0 4-1-0 4-1-1 4-4-0 4-6-0 4-6-1 3-0-0 3-0-0 3-4-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0

Fayetteville, AR Gulf Shores Acad., TX Hickman Mills KC Lincoln Lincoln East, NE Minnetonka Park Hill South Rosemount, MN SM South, KS Warrensburg Wichita Northwest, KS Lincoln Southeast, NE E. St. Louis Lincoln, IL Rosedale St. James Academy Edmond Santa Fe, OK Becker, MN Center DeSoto Dowling, IA Edina, MN Harrisonville Haskel Henderson Basic, NV Hopkins, MN JC Harmon Joliet Catholic, IL KC Sumner, KS Lathrop Lindbergh Manuel Nixa Osawatamie, KS Pattonville Poplar Bluff Smithville Waterloo West, IA Francis Howell Pomona Fort Osage Blue Valley Ctry. Club Dist. AC Higginsville Mehlville Mullen, CO Springdale Har-Ber De Smet Jesuit Springdale, AR CBC KCKU Prep Norborne Odessa Abilene, TX Excelsior Springs Evangel Christian, LA Gardner Hazelwood East Joplin Parkwood Kirkwood Marshall McCluer McLouth Overland Aurora, CO Richmond Webb City Liberty North Platte County *Manhattan *Kearney

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2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-0-0 2-1-0 2-1-0 2-1-1 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-0-0 1-1-0 1-1-1 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 1-2-0 1-6-0 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 0-6-0 0-1-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

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VARSITY FOOTBALL SEASON BY SEASON Charley Allen - 1 yr.

1916 K.C.KS. Cath Pem-Day Argentine Ctry.Cl. Dist. AC Lathrop St. Joseph Cath.

Pem-Day

5-2-0 26 - 0 24 - 0 30 - 6 31 - 2 21 - 6 0 - 21 0 - 12

Louis Gainey - 1 yr.

1917 Olathe Central AC Gardner Central AC Excelsior Springs Ctry.Cl. Dist. AC Ctry.Cl. Dist. AC

2-3-2 0-0 6-0 6 - 20 12 - 0 0-2 0-0 2 - 13

Dr. D.M. Nigro - 1 yr.

1918 K.C.KS. Catholic Pem-Day DeLaSalle

1-1-1 0 - 26 43-14 6-6

Pat Mason - 7 yrs.

27-17-6

1923 Rosedale Pem-Day Topeka Catholic Odessa Warrensburg Lee’s Summit Carrollton St. Mary’s

7-0-1 13 - 0 26 - 0 95 - 0 6-6 95 - 0 110 - 0 55 - 13 20 - 2

1930 St. Mary’s KC East Westport Southwest DeLaSalle Paseo Christian Bros.

Northeast

7-1-0 0-6 35 - 0 25 - 12 31 - 0 13 - 7 26 - 7 25 - 0 14 - 0

1924 Central Rosedale Argentine Olathe Warrensburg Carrollton DeLaSalle

3-4-0 7 - 19 20 - 14 0 - 26 3-0 7-6 0-6 0 - 14

1925 Marshall Carrollton Christian Bros.

Olathe Southwest Argentine DeLaSalle

4-3-0 6 - 12 0-6 69 - 0 19 - 6 39 - 6 6 - 12 25 - 0

1931 Northeast KC East Christian Bros.

Ward Southwest Paseo DeLaSalle Liberty

5-2-1 7-0 6- 6 7 - 13 20 - 0 12 - 0 25 - 7 56 - 0 6 - 12

1932 Paseo KC East Liberty Christian Bros.

Richmond Ward Northeast DeLaSalle

2-5-1 12 - 19 7 - 18 6-7 7-7 0 - 26 0 - 13 29 - 7 13 - 0

1933 Paseo Central Immaculata Christian Bros.

Ward Northeast Liberty KC East DeLaSalle

7-1-1-A 18 - 0 2- 7 39 - 0 14 - 0 0-0 20 - 6 7-0 13 - 7 28 - 7

1934 Paseo Immaculata Christian Bros.

Northeast Liberty Ward Central

2-4-1 0-7 14 - 0 0-0 6 - 20 0 - 20 0 - 12 12 - 6

1935 Paseo Southwest Ward Northeast Liberty DeLaSalle Central Immaculata Christian Bros.

7-1-1-A 9-6 13 - 0 13 - 7 19 - 0 0-6 32 - 12 20 - 0 13 - 6 7-7

Ed Halpin - 10 yrs.

52-21-6 1926 Smithville Olathe Southwest Paseo Carrollton DeLaSalle Christian Bros.

5-2-0 47 - 0 6 - 12 6-0 20 - 7 13 - 6 0 - 13 20 - 10

1919 Lee’s Summit Liberty Pem-Day Carrollton Olathe K.C.K.U. DeLaSalle

3-3-1 18 - 0 0 - 27 14 - 12 6 - 12 0 - 27 6-6 6-2

1920 Higginsville Argentine DeSoto Lee’s Summit Carrollton Liberty DeLaSalle

4-2-1 77 - 7 0 - 10 20 - 14 21 - 7 0 - 27 21 - 19 7-7

1927 Rosedale Southwest St. Benedict’s Paseo K.C.KS. Catholic Christian Bros.

Argentine DeLaSalle

7-1-0 0-4 13 - 6 39 - 7 6-3 27 - 0 44 - 0 13 - 0 20 - 7

1921 Lee’s Summit Carrollton Pem-Day Chrisman Argentine DeLaSalle

3-2-1 33 - 0 13 - 0 76 - 0 6-7 0 - 13 7-7

1928 Southwest Paseo St. Benedict’s K.C.KS Catholic St. Mary’s DeLaSalle

4-2-0 0-6 25 - 12 0-6 32 - 0 21 - 6 12 - 7

1922 Pem-Day McLouth Olathe Rosedale Higginsville Harrisonville St. Mary’s Norborne

3-3-2 21- 0 6-7 0-7 0-0 7- 21 23 - 6 7-6 6-6

1929 Paseo Manuel Argentine Westport K.C.KS. Catholic Southwest St. Benedict’s St. Mary’s DeLaSalle

6-2-1 0 - 13 32 - 6 13 - 0 12 - 0 6-0 7- 7 31 - 0 16 - 0 6-0

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VARSITY FOOTBALL SEASON BY SEASON Martin O’Keefe - 5 yrs.

27-10-3 1936 Immaculata Northeast DeLaSalle Ward Central Christian Bros.

Liberty

4-2-1 20 - 6 25 - 0 21 - 6 0-7 7-7 7 - 14 24 - 7

1937 Chrisman Immaculata Liberty DeLaSalle Northeast Christian Bros.

Ward Central

5-3-0-A 6 - 13 25 - 7 13 - 6 13 - 0 19 - 6 7-0 6 - 13 0-6

1938 Paseo Southeast Immaculata Northeast Central Christian Bros.

Ward DeLaSalle

5-2-1-A 6-7 20 - 7 14 - 6 12 - 6 0 - 20 12 - 0 7-7 13 - 0

1939 Paseo Osawatamie Central Immaculata DeLaSalle Maur Hill Northeast Christian Bros.

Ward

8-0-1-A 6-0 32 - 6 33 - 0 25 - 0 28 - 0 23 - 0 20 - 0 39 - 6 14 - 14

1940 Paseo Central Immaculata Southwest Northeast Southeast DeLaSalle Ward

5-3-0 13 - 0 0 - 14 7 - 13 13 - 0 21 - 0 28 - 0 47 - 0 6-7

Godfrey Kobets -5 yrs 34-6-1 1941 Paseo Argentine DeLaSalle Immaculata Northeast Maur Hill NKC Central Ward

7-2-0-A 31 - 7 25 - 0 20 - 6 24 - 6 25 - 7 42 - 7 0-7 0 - 13 13 - 0

1942 Paseo DeLaSalle St. Peter Maur Hill NKC Central Ward 1943 Paseo Hogan Glennon Redemptorist St. Peter NKC Lillis Chrisman DeLaSalle

7-0-0 37 - 12 26 - 12 25 - 13 26 - 6 12 - 7 33 - 6 12 - 0 6-2-1 12 - 12 34 - 6 26 - 13 18 - 6 26 - 0 7-0 28 - 12 8 - 34 0 - 19

1944 Paseo Glennon Redemptorist Hogan NKC DeLaSalle Lillis Chrisman

6-2-0-B 13 - 0 34 - 6 26 - 6 52 - 6 6 - 12 54 - 12 7-0 0 - 31

1945 Paseo Glennon Redemptorist Hogan NKC DeLaSalle Lillis Ward

8-0-0-B 14 - 6 32 - 0 35 - 0 37 - 0 27 - 12 46 - 0 19 - 0 32 - 6

Ralph Cormany -3 yrs.

20-6-1 1946 Paseo Ward Redemptorist Hogan NKC DeLaSalle Lillis Shawnee Mission Glennon

7-2-0-B 14 - 0 6 - 26 47 - 0 30 - 0 13 - 19 19 - 7 19 - 18 21 - 7 31 - 13

1947 Paseo Haskell Glennon Redemptorist Hogan St. Peter Maur Hill Lillis DeLaSalle

9-0-0-B 25 - 6 34 - 12 25 - 6 52 - 7 26 - 13 26 - 12 13 - 12 13 - 6 20 - 0

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1948 Christian Bros.

Paseo Glennon Hogan St. Peter Maur Hill Lillis De LaSalle Pem-Day

4-4-1 7 - 28 7 - 12 2 - 13 13 - 8 31 - 12 13 - 19 0-0 39 - 6 18 - 0

Gerry Connelly -2 yrs.

12-4-1 1949 Paseo Christian Bros.

Glennon Pem-Day Redemptorist Maur Hill Hogan Lillis DeLaSalle

7-1-1-B 26 - 0 12 - 26 34 - 7 25 - 0 13 - 7 26 - 14 6-0 19 - 19 26 - 2

1950 Paseo Northeast Glennon Redemptorist Hogan Maur Hill Lillis DeLaSalle

5-3-0 6 - 22 6 - 12 27 - 6 30 - 0 19 - 6 13 - 0 14 - 13 14 - 15

Dick Deitchman - 1 yr.

1951 Paseo Glennon Redemptorist Hogan Ward Northeast Lillis Pem-Day DeLaSalle

5-4-0 6 - 13 7-0 0-6 19 - 6 0-7 14 - 7 20 - 14 21 - 7 7 - 33

Al Davis - 24 yrs.

154-67-13 1952 Paseo Glennon Redemptorist Hogan Ward Pem-Day Lillis DeLa Salle (C)Northeast

6-2-1-B 13 - 13 33 - 7 14 - 0 32 - 0 0 - 18 12 - 7 25 - 7 20 - 6 3 - 14

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1953 Paseo Redemptorist Hogan DeLaSalle Ward Lillis Glennon Pem-Day (C) Southeast

5-3-1-B 12 - 13 15 - 14 26 - 6 26 - 6 3 - 21 20 -20 45 - 0 32 - 0 13 - 48

1959 Southwest Ward Raytown Maur Hill Paseo Pem-Day Hayden DeLaSalle Miege

6-2-1 17 - 14 7 - 21 19 - 19 27 - 13 34 - 6 34 - 7 21 - 0 33 - 6 13 - 14

1965 Westport St. Pius X Ward Miege DeLaSalle Ruskin SM East Sumner Kapaun

5-4-0 27 - 0 20 - 0 0 - 28 26 - 27 0 - 14 21 - 7 27 - 35 20 - 12 34 - 14

1954 Paseo Hogan DeLaSalle Lillis Ward Glennon Redemptorist Pem-Day Southeast

9-0-0-B 34 - 0 43 - 0 20 - 13 39 - 6 20 - 14 47 - 0 39 - 0 40 - 0 41 - 6

1960 Paseo Southwest NKC Hayden Ward Maur Hill Raytown DeLaSalle Miege Westport

8-2-0 26 - 6 6-7 6-0 58 - 0 20 - 0 19 - 0 0 - 14 45 - 27 13 - 6 18 - 14

1966 Southwest Chrisman Kapaun Ward Miege Raytown South Ruskin NKC DeLaSalle

6-2-1 6-6 34 - 0 42 - 19 0 - 20 40 - 0 14 - 0 19 - 13 13 - 7 13 - 19

1961 Miege NKC Maur Hill Ward Raytown DeLaSalle Paseo Kapaun Southwest

4-3-2 6-2 6-0 6-6 6-7 0 - 47 0 - 41 33 - 6 28 - 26 13 - 13

1967 Southwest Chrisman Kapaun Ward Miege Raytown South Ruskin NKC DeLaSalle

5-4-0 13 - 0 42 - 0 34 - 12 20 - 25 0 - 14 19 - 6 13 - 26 19 - 0 6 - 13

1962 Paseo NKC Ward Miege Raytown DeLaSalle Sumner Kapaun Southwest St. Pius X

6-4-0 31 - 13 6 - 20 6-7 14 - 0 13 - 6 0 - 13 31 - 0 7 - 12 18 - 7 19 - 0

1963 Paseo St. Pius X NKC Ward Miege DeLaSalle SM East Hogan Southwest

8-1-0 6 - 13 26 - 7 18 - 0 7-0 27 - 0 27 - 0 6-0 32 - 0 14 - 6

1964 Westport St. Pius X NKC Ward Miege DeLaSalle Ruskin SM East Southwest Kapaun

3-7-0 13 - 20 6-7 13 - 14 13 - 12 0 - 14 14 - 31 0-7 0-7 18 - 13 14 - 12

1955 Raytown Paseo Southeast Pem-Day Westport KC East Ward DeLaSalle Lincoln

6-2-1 7 - 26 0-6 19 - 6 26 - 0 55 - 6 26 - 0 34 - 19 6-6 18 - 0

1956 Westport Paseo Pem-Day Southeast Ward Central Raytown DeLaSalle Lincoln

5-4-0 31 - 12 27 - 13 27 - 12 12 - 40 32 - 19 7 - 20 6 - 26 13 - 16 34 - 12

1957 Westport Paseo Pem-Day Ward Raytown DeLaSalle St. Agnes Kapaun

3-4-1 12 - 0 12 - 20 13 - 13 7 - 21 20 - 33 12 - 6 26 - 13 13 - 19

1958 Southwest Paseo Pem-Day Hayden Ward Maur Hill DeLaSalle Miege Central Raytown

7-3-0 40 - 6 21 - 13 33 - 22 19 - 6 6 - 13 34 - 13 28 - 7 14 - 35 20 - 13 18 - 19

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1968 Southwest Chrisman Kapaun Ward Miege Raytown South Ruskin Truman NKC DeLaSalle

4-4-2 7-7 6 - 21 14 - 7 13 - 8 31 - 7 9 - 25 19 - 6 14 - 26 14 - 33 0- 0

1969 Southwest Chrisman Van Horn Ward Miege Raytown South Ruskin Truman NKC DeLaSalle * Central ** McCluer

9-3-0 13 - 7 20 - 0 28 - 3 12 - 0 28 - 6 7- 8 14 - 0 14 - 0 27 - 0 27 - 34 33 - 14 0 - 21

1970 Southwest Chrisman Van Horn Ward Miege Raytown South Ruskin Truman NKC DeLaSalle

7-2-1 7-7 7 - 13 35 - 0 20 - 0 9-8 12 - 0 0 - 24 31 - 0 24 - 21 34 - 0

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VARSITY FOOTBALL SEASON BY SEASON 1971 Southwest Westport Van Horn Ward Ruskin Miege Truman Raytown South O’Hara * Col. Hickman ** Beaumont 1972 Southwest Westport Van Horn Ward Ruskin Miege Truman Raytown South O’Hara Col. Hickman

11-0-0 14 - 13 21 - 0 21 - 0 33 - 0 20 - 6 31 - 13 50 - 7 41 - 21 44 - 8 21 - 0 20 - 14 6-3-1 7 - 21 16 - 12 20 - 14 13 - 9 26 - 13 14 - 16 17 - 14 14 - 12 7- 7 7 - 33

1973 Southwest Ward Van Horn O’Hara Miege Junction City St. Pius X Wyandotte Col. Hickman Raytown South * Oak Park ** St. Louis Sumner

10-2-0 14 - 0 14 - 12 14 - 12 28 - 0 27 - 7 40 - 7 20 - 6 38 - 7 6 - 14 35 - 6 28 - 18 7- 12

1974 SM North SM West Ward O’Hara Miege Col. Hickman St. Pius X Southwest Wyandotte Raytown South

7-2-1 27 - 7 26 - 0 40 - 0 28 - 0 6-6 13 - 14 35 - 21 28 - 13 62 - 7 0 - 28

1975 Raytown South SM North SM West Ward O’Hara Miege Col. Hickman Southeast SM East Southwest * Joplin Parkwood

7-4-0 34 - 8 19 - 14 14 - 15 27 - 0 26 - 13 25 - 16 21 - 44 38 - 6 6-7 40 - 6 28 - 41

Jerry Culver - 7 yrs.

63-16-0 1976 Raytown South SM North SM West Ward Southwest Miege Col. Hickman Southeast SM East O’Hara * Jefferson City 1977 Raytown South SM North SM West Ward Southwest Miege Col. Hickman Southeast SM East O’Hara

8-3-0 13 - 0 20 - 7 0-7 35 - 7 28 - 6 30 - 3 7-0 32 - 7 12 - 7 7 - 10 3 - 12 5-5-0 0 - 13 0 - 28 18 - 20 9 - 12 40 - 6 19 - 15 7 - 12 15 - 0 22 - 15 21 - 0

1978 Raytown South SM North SM West Ward Southwest Miege Col. Hickman Southeast SM East O’Hara

8-2-0 7 -14 16 - 19 7- 6 20 - 2 49 - 0 27 - 10 10 - 9 14 - 3 13 - 7 28 - 6

1979 SM North SM West SM East Southwest Miege Southeast Grandview Col. Hickman O’Hara

8-1-0 41 - 0 13 - 15 7-6 21 - 0 36 - 0 31 - 0 14 - 6 17 - 6 10 - 0

1980 Raytown SM North SM West SM East Southwest Miege Grandview Southeast Col. Hickman O’Hara State District Raytown Raytown South

9-3-0 6 - 17 24 - 7 29 - 7 36 - 9 36 - 8 14 - 7 16 - 6 28 - 0 6 - 30 34 - 9 24 - 7 0 - 14

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1981 Raytown Oak Park SM Northwest SM East Southwest Miege Blue Springs Col. Hickman O’Hara Winnetonka Raytown South Col. Rock Bridg Hazelwood Central 1982 Raytown Oak Park SM Northwest SM East KC East Miege Blue Springs Col. Hickman Dowling Park Hill Lee’s Summit Grandview Jefferson City St. Louis Sumner Tony Severino - 36 yrs.

345-92-1

12-1-0 44 - 6 32 - 6 7-0 27 - 0 47 - 0 7-0 0 - 20 16 - 13 42 - 0 7-6 27 - 0 7-3 35 - 14 13-1-0 21 - 0 21 - 13 10 - 7 34 - 14 69 - 14 48 - 12 24 - 7 34 - 7 24 - 21 47 - 22 21 - 0 28 - 3 36 - 0 22 - 32

1983 Raytown Oak Park SM Northwest Lincoln East SM West Miege Blue Springs Col. Hickman St. Joe Central Park Hill State District *Lee’s Summit State Quarterfinals *Grandview State Semifinals *St. Louis U. High State Finals ***Hazelwood Central

12-2-0 27 - 0 13 - 0 13 - 6 29 - 7 0-3 11 - 0 28 - 0 7 - 12 54 - 0 44 - 0

1984 Springdale, Ark Oak Park SM Northwest Lincoln East SM West Miege Blue Springs Col. Hickman Lee’s Summit State District Blue Springs

8-2-0 3-7 14 - 0 23 - 0 14 - 7 3-0 26 - 0 6-3 31 - 0 14 - 6

22 - 0 14 - 3 13 - 10 13 - 7

17 - 18

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1985 Oak Park Lee’s Summit Wyandotte Blue Springs Center SM West Southeast Col. Hickman Poplar Bluff Jefferson City

6-4-0 35 - 12 0-7 26 - 8 10 - 14 21 - 0 0-6 44 - 0 7 - 12 34 - 7 28 - 7

1986 Oak Park Lee’s Summit Wyandotte Blue Springs Kapuan/Mt. Carmel SMWest Col. Hickman Jefferson City State District Lee’s Summit State Quarterfinals Grandview State Semifinals Jefferson City State Finals Hazelwood Central

11-1-0 35 - 0 23 - 0 28 - 7 28 - 0 42 - 0 28 - 8 35 - 0 7 - 20

1987 Ft. Smith Northside Lee’s Summit SM Northwest Blue Springs Springdale, Ark. SM West SM South Col. Hickman Lincoln E.St. Louis State District Lee’s Summit State Quarterfinals Hickman Mills State Semifinals Jefferson City State Finals Hazelwood Central

12-1-0 25 - 20 17 - 0 24 - 7 41 - 7 15 - 22 14 - 0 24 - 0 35 - 3 59 - 0

1988 Ft. Smith Northside Lee’s Summit SM Northwest Springdale, AR SM West SM South No. Kansas City Winnetonka St. Joseph Central State Sectional Ruskin State Quarterfinals Park Hill State Semifinals Jefferson City

10-1-1 29 - 29 34 - 12 35 - 0 41 - 21 41 - 6 34 - 13 28 - 0 29 - 3 52 - 6

35 - 6 33 - 0 20 - 7 13- 10

42 - 10 42 - 0 18 - 16 7-0

19 - 0 47 - 15

1989 Ft. Smith Northside Lee’s Summit Springfield Kickapoo Fayetteville, Ark. SM West Jefferson City NKC Winnetonka St. Joe Central State Sectional Hickman Mills State Quarterfinals Park Hill State Semifinals Jefferson City State Finals Hazelwood East

10-3-0 3 - 28 31 - 0 33- 17 26 - 0 46 - 0 7 - 10 49 - 0 64 - 7 55 - 26

1990 Ft. Smith Northside Springfield Kickapoo Fayetteville, AR SM West Jefferson City Van Horn Raytown South Raytown Grandview State Sectional Blue Springs

7-3-0 0-9 27 - 0 41 - 0 49 - 7 0 - 14 56 - 0 46 - 6 35 - 6 20 - 7

1991 Ft. Smith Northside St. Thomas Aquinas Springfield Kickapoo Blue Springs Waterloo, IA., West Lincoln, NE, SE Jefferson City Raytown South Raytown Grandview State Sectional Blue Springs

6-5-0 17 - 23 42 - 21 35 - 0 21 - 28 21 - 14 0 - 14 0 - 13 36 - 14 26 - 20 28 - 7

1992 Ft. Smith Northside St. Thomas Aquinas Springfield Kickapoo Blue Springs Chrisman Lincoln Southeast Jefferson City Raytown South Raytown Grandview State Sectional Blue Springs

9-2-0 38 - 13 45 - 0 49 -0 17 -0 63 - 6 21 - 17 14 - 21 31 - 0 29 - 9 36 - 0

41 - 0 35 - 3 34 - 31 14 - 28

8 - 11

21 - 28

0-3

0 - 36

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1993 Ft. Smith Northside St. Thomas Aquinas Lincoln SE, Neb. Blue Springs Chrisman Jefferson City Raytown South Raytown Grandview State Sectional Blue Springs State Quarterfinals Liberty State Semifinals Jefferson City

9-3-0 13 - 16 49 - 12 16 - 14 14 - 3 33 - 3 6 - 22 64 - 18 34 - 6 39 - 12

1994 Ft. Smith Northside St. Thomas Aquinas Southwest Wichita Northwest Rosemount, MN Jefferson City Blue Springs Lee’s Summit Truman

6-3-0 7 - 24 19 - 0 42 - 0 24 - 0 27 - 26 21 - 27 24 - 40 25 - 7 21 - 7

1995 Ft. Smith Northside St. Thomas Aquinas Southwest Rosemount, MN Wichita Northwest Aurora, CO, Overland Jefferson City Blue Springs Lee’s Summit Truman State Sectional Blue Springs South

8-3-0 27 - 14 35 - 6 57 - 14 27 - 12 35 - 0 28 -31 0-7 7-6 19 - 16 39 - 7

1996 Ft. Smith Northside St. Thomas Aquinas Blue Springs Liberty St. Louis Sumner Garden City, KS Jefferson City KC Central Lee’s Summit No. Raytown State Sectional Blue Springs State Quarterfinals Oak Park

8-4-0 12 -21 35 -14 30 -37 42 -10 42 - 8 41 -42 35 -28 44 - 6 42 -12 48 - 0

1997 Ft. Smith Northside St. Thomas Aquinas Blue Springs Liberty St. Louis Sumner Garden City, KS Jefferson City KC Central Lee’s Summit No. Raytown State Sectional Blue Springs

8-3-0 26 -23 37 - 6 18 -25 14 -17 56 - 0 47 -13 30 -17 49 - 0 27 -21 49 -21

21 - 6 49 - 22 6-7

7 - 10

42 - 7 7 - 17

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VARSITY FOOTBALL SEASON BY SEASON 1998 St. Thomas Aquinas Blue Springs Lee’s Summit Olathe North, KS St. Louis Sumner Garden City, KS Jefferson City Lee’s Summit No. North Kansas City Raytown State Sectional Blue Springs So. State Quarterfinals Columbia Hickman State Semifinals Jefferson City

12-1-0 37 - 3 31 -13 42 - 0 21 - 0 29 - 0 45 - 6 35 -14 31 -14 37 - 7 46 - 8

1999 St. Thomas Aquinas Blue Springs Lee’s Summit Olathe North, KS St, Louis Sumner Garden City, KS Jefferson City Lee’s Summit No. North Kansas City Raytown State Sectional Blue Springs South State Quarterfinals Liberty State Semifinals Jefferson City State Finals Mehlville

12-2 48 -13 52 -35 40 - 6 28 - 0 41 -18 34 - 6 21- 27 30 - 6 43 - 0 56 - 16

2000 Oak Park Blue Springs White Bear Lake, MN Henderson Basi, NV St. Louis Sumner Garden City, KS Jefferson City Park Hill South North Kansas City Southeast State Sectional Liberty State Quarterfinals Blue Springs State Semifinals Springfield Kickapoo State Finals Pattonville

14-0 27 - 6 21 - 14 36 - 30 44 - 0 49 - 0 24 - 8 24- 14 35 - 0 42 - 6 35 -14

49 -14 43 -16 21-28

36 - 6 28 - 7 34 - 0 7 - 15

20 - 17 20 - 16 26 -14 23 - 7

2001 Oak Park Blue Springs Hopkins, MN St. Louis Sumner Garden City, KS Jefferson City Park Hill South North Kansas City KC Southeast State Sectional Oak Park State Quarterfinals Blue Springs

9-2 19 - 14 7 - 21 45 - 0 71 - 0 40 - 3 24 - 0 43 - 3 42 - 0 64 - 14

2002 Blue Springs So. Blue Springs Gulf Shores Acad., TX Joliet Catholic, IL Edina, MN Dallas Jesuit, TX Jefferson City Lee’s Summit Lee’s Summit No Joplin State Sectional Blue Springs State Semifinals Rock Bridge State Finals Lindbergh

13-0 34 - 7 24 - 14 42 - 7 28 - 9 35 - 22 28 - 9 49 - 7 43 - 14 42 - 7 49 - 13

2003 Blue Springs So Blue Springs Gulf Shores Acad., TX Evangel Christian, LA Liberty Dallas Jesuit Jefferson City Lee’s Summit Lee’s Summit No Joplin State Quarterfinals Blue Springs

8-3 42 - 35 31 - 37 48 - 6 19- 20 52 - 6 45 - 23 21 - 7 24 - 0 47 - 0 37 - 16

2004

Blue Springs Columbia-Hickman Blue Springs South Oak Park Jefferson City Liberty Lee’s Summit Lee’s Summit North Joplin State Sectionals Blue Springs State Quarterfinals Col. Hickman

9-2 9 - 29 14 - 7 41 - 13 48 - 10 28 - 10 24 - 6 44 - 0 31 - 0 39 - 14

34 - 14 16 - 31

21 - 7 46 - 13 41 - 7

7 - 24

28 - 0 7 - 10

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2005 Blue Springs Col. Hickman Blue Springs South Abilene, TX Oak Park Jefferson City Liberty Lee’s Summit Lee’s Summit North Joplin State Quarterfinals Liberty State Semifinals DeSmet

10-2 37 - 17 37 - 6 27 - 0 14 - 33 42 - 7 47 - 12 47 - 7 49 - 6 34 - 0 48 - 8 19 - 12 39 - 59

2006 Becker, MN Blue Springs Liberty Jefferson City Columbia Hickman Columbia Rock Bridge Joplin Lee’s Summit North State Sectionals Blue Springs South

6-3 28 - 14 7 - 24 34 - 21 41 -32 44 - 6 14-21 37 - 14 35 - 7

2007 Edmond Santa Fe Blue Springs Liberty Jefferson City Columbia Hickman Columbia Rock Bridge Minnetonka Joplin Lee’s Summit North Blue Springs South Blue Springs State Semifinals DeSmet State Finals Mehlville

13-0 21-7 21-14 47-21 55-21 37-0 56-13 21-13 35-0 35-0 27-21 42-17

2008 Blue Springs So. Hutchinson Blue Springs Mullen, Colo.

Jefferson City Col. Hickman Minnetonka Lee’s Summit L. S. North Joplin State Sectionals Blue Springs State Quarterfinals Blue Springs So.

10-2 42-14 28-21 21-28 31-21 35-27 41-0 38-7 35-0 56-14 68-7

7 - 27

67-7 28-9

48-0 9-14

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Blue Springs South Hutchinson, Kans.

Blue Springs Mullen, Colo.

Jefferson City Col. Hickman Jefferson City Lee’s Summit Lee’s Summit North Joplin State Sectionals Liberty State Quarterfinals Blue Springs

9-3 35-13 27-55 17-3 7-17 20-13 27-14 33-19 42-20 46-14 49-19

2010 Blue Springs Hutchinson, Kans.

Blue Springs South Liberty Col. Rock Bridge Col. Hickman Jefferson City Raymore-Peculiar Lee’s Summit North Joplin State Sectionals Blue Springs South State Quarterfinals Blue Springs State Semifinals Ft. Zumwalt West State Finals Hazelwood Central

14-0 7-6 29-28 24-17 41-0 40-21 34-13 34-10 14-6 35-7 41-0

2011 Blue Springs Hutchinson, Kans.

Blue Springs South Liberty Col. Rock Bridge Col. Hickman Jefferson City Raymore-Peculiar Lee’s Summit North Joplin State Sectionals Columbia Rock Bridge State Quarterfinals Blue Springs South

10-2 35-20 35-20 16-3 34-14 35-6 21-0 30-33 34-0 71-10 38-7

2012 East St. Louis Bentonville, Ark. Blue Springs Hutchinson, Kans.

Blue Springs South Liberty Col. Rock Bridge Jefferson City Col. Hickman First Round Playoff Lee’s Summit Second Round Playoff Raymore-Peculiar District Championship Blue Springs

9-3 20-12 7-24 24-38 35-31 28-0 30-0 38-21 16-6 34-7

35-14 21-23

31-23 7-0 42-6 10-7

10-9 7-28

37-7

2013 East St. Louis Bentonville, Ark. Blue Springs Hutchinson, Kans.

Blue Springs South Liberty Col. Rock Bridge Jefferson City Col. Hickman First Round Playoff Blue Springs South

6-4 19-14 21-24 7-22 41-7 27-6 24-34 47-28 20-16 21-6

2014 Columbia Rock Bridge Webb City Bentonville, AR Springdale Har-Ber Blue Springs South Blue Springs Columbia Hickman Helias Jeff City First Round Playoff Lee’s Summit North Second Round Playoff Kickapoo District Championship Blue Springs State Semifinal Francis Howell State Championship CBC

12-2 49-14 14-40 17-16 46-22 42-0 14-13 42-6 40-10 34-17

8-11

43-14 41-0 34-29 25-20 24-31

2015 Columbia Rock Bridge Webb City Bentonville, Ark. Springdale Har-Ber Blue Springs South Blue Springs Columbia Hickman Helias Jefferson City First Round Playoff Raymore-Peculiar

4-6 26-7 20-49 13-24 21-49 27-37 39-21 50-0 35-25 20-55

2016 Columbia Rock Bridge Blue Springs South Bentonville, Ark. Raymore-Peculiar SM East Blue Springs CBC Jefferson City First Round Playoff Park Hill Second Round Playoff Kickapoo District Championship LS West State Semifinal Kirkwood

9-3 41-6 14-7 24-21 21-0 26-20 7-24 3-10 49-6

21-24

21-14 26-3 27-17 17-24

38-7 11-14

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2017 Columbia Rock Bridge Blue Springs South Bentonville, Ark. Raymore-Peculiar SM East Blue Springs Pomona CBC Jefferson City First Round Playoff LS North Second Round Playoff LS West District Championship Park Hill

8-4 14-17 27-7 35-8 41-14 21-17 14-21 40-28 3-28 30-12

2018 Columbia Rock Bridge Blue Springs Raymore-Peculiar Blue Springs South Blue Valley Bishop Miege Battle CBC Jefferson City First Round Playoff Lee’s Summit Second Round Playoff LS West District Championship LS North State Semifinals Blue Springs State Championship CBC

11-3 21-33 17-0 31-10 35-0 42-7 14-13 28-0 7-45 41-8

2019 Columbia Rock Bridge Blue Springs Raymore-Peculiar Blue Springs South Blue Valley Bishop Miege Battle CBC Jefferson City First Round Playoff Lee’s Summit Second Round Playoff Liberty North

7-0 20-17 14-28

45-7 38-14 10-3 14-13 21-45 7-4 16-14 16-17 17-9 35-0 14-21 7-35 29-0 31-14 37-19 17-14 14-17

Kelly Donohoe - 4 yrs.

25-16-0 2020 5-3 Raymore-Peculiar 34-42 Park Hill 24-3 Bentonville 17-21 Blue Springs South 36-14 Bishop Miege 49-28 Lee’s Summit West 24-27 St. James Academy 44-29 Blue Springs 42-20 District Quarterfinals: Joplin Forfeit loss

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VARSITY FOOTBALL SEASON BY SEASON 2021 Raymore-Peculiar Park Hill Bentonville Blue Springs South Bishop Miege Lee’s Summit West DeSmet Jesuit CBC Blue Springs District Quarterfinals: Park Hill

4-6 14-20 23-24 7-35 21-7 24-21 21-10 14-28 10-41 10-3

2022 Raymore-Peculiar Blue Springs South Liberty North Bentonville (Ark.) Bishop Miege St. Thomas Aquinas Blue Springs St. Louis University High School

5-5 26-33 48-14 7-10 7-30 21-28 32-11 35-21 1714 (OT) 41-0

JC Harmon Park Hill

District Quarterfinals:

13-21

2025 9-3 St. Pius X 49-19 Ray-Pec 33-3 Olathe North 35-14 Lee’s Summit West 42-28 Bishop Miege 35-0 Blue Springs 29-38 St. Thomas Aquinas 36-35 (OT) Liberty North 12-21 St. Louis University High School 35-14 District Quarterfinals William Chrisman 42-6 District Semifinals Fort Osage 41-13 District Championship Platte County 22-29 W:786 L:272 T:35

42-49

2023 Raymore-Peculiar Blue Springs South Liberty North Bentonville (Ark.) Bishop Miege St. Thomas Aquinas

11-2 31-0 47-10 7-35 24-21 21-14 45-44 (OT) Blue Springs 14-10 St. Louis University High School 4022 Oklahoma City Patriots Homeschool 13-0 Forfeit District Semifinals Lee’s Summit West 31-9 District Championships Lee’s Summit North 24-21 State Quarterfinals Nixa 38-14 State Semifinals Liberty North 27-28 (OT) 2024 St. Pius X Ray-Pec Olathe North Lee’s Summit West Bishop Miege Blue Springs St. Thomas Aquinas Liberty North St. Louis University High School District Semifinals Lee’s Summit

6-4 24-12 34-14 42-25 38-17 20-3 13-30 13-14 (OT) 13-16 21-11 14-17

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Historic Group of Seniors Leads Team to State Final Rockhurst Soccer opened the 2025 season the same way it ended 2024: with a commanding win over a talented Liberty North team.

The Hawklets took 3rd Place in 2024 with a 6-1 victory over the Eagles. It was a strong finish to another great season under Head Coach Matt Darby ’00, but the returning players set their goal of playing in the other, higher-stakes Final Four game in Fenton in 2025.

The tone was set from the opening match, a 4-0 home win over Liberty North that confirmed Rock’s #1 preseason state ranking. Two weeks later, the Hawklets were 6-0 with a résumé that included wins of 3-0 over St. Thomas Aquinas, 4-1 over Shawnee Mission East, and 5-1 over Blue Valley Southwest, the #3 ranked team in the country, which had handed Rock its only regular season loss in 2024.

Through the six matches, Asende Welongo ’26 was unsurprisingly on an offensive tear with 11 goals and two assists. That included breaking the program’s career goal record in just the third game of his senior year, netting his 67th goal in 69 games played. The sensational striker was an All-American as a junior, scoring 26 goals with seven assists. Welongo was likely to become the first Rock Soccer player ever to be a four-time All-State selection, and was also closing in on the career points records.

The Hawklets’ seventh game of the season was the first of only three matches all season in which Welongo did not score a goal. Rock’s second-leading scorer on the year, Michael Gary ’27, had the lone goal in a 1-0 Jesuit Classic win over Marquette (WI). The following day, Rockhurst had its only tie of the season, a 3-3 draw against Gonzaga (D.C.).

fellow All-State selections in Will Hunter ’26 and Liam Dean ’26. And Tanner Hollenbeck ’26, Ethan Guenther ’26, Collin Leary ’26, and Connor Williams ’27 were All-District players who also stacked the backline.

Gary (15 goals, 11 assists), Calvin Schieffer ’26 (13 goals, 19 assists), and Aidan Poynter ’26 (7 goals, 11 assists) proved that the offense was not just a oneman show. All three were All-District players, and Schieffer also made 1st Team All-State.

Sitting at 10-0-1 on the year, Rockhurst faced Park Hill South – a top team in Missouri the Hawklets would later see in the playoffs. Welongo scored twice and had an assist, breaking Rock Soccer’s program record for career points while passing the legendary Will John ’02. Midway through his senior campaign, Welongo had 179 points to his name: 77 goals and 25 assists in 77 games.

Rockhurst closed out the regular season with eight more consecutive victories, including seven by shutout. The Hawklets scored 42 goals (15 courtesy of Welongo) and conceded one.

With a record of 18-0-1, the Hawklets claimed the top seed in the District Tournament. They cruised to first and second round victories and then fought past a stingy Lee’s Summit North squad in the District Championship behind goals from Welongo and Poynter.

That draw also marked the only time in 2025 that a team would score more than one goal against Rockhurst’s dominant defense. In net was Luke Strueby ’26, who had earned the starting job as a freshman. He was All-State as a junior and would again as a senior, as well as U.S. All-Central Region honors alongside Welongo. In his four-year career as the most decorated keeper in program history, Strueby recorded as many shutouts (47) as goals allowed across his 89 matches played.

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Two more Welongo goals plus another clean sheet from the defense guided Rock past Glendale in the State Quarterfinals, punching the group’s fifth consecutive ticket to the Final Four.

With two goals and an assist, Gary was the offensive catalyst in a 4-0 win over Park Hill South. That set the stage for a Jesuit matchup in the State Championship, Rockhurst versus SLUH. The Jr. Bills were the defending State Champs.

An evenly-matched game was ultimately decided by a controversial penalty that resulted in a successful PK for SLUH in the 33rd minute. The Jr. Bills took the advantage and set up their defense for the remainder of the match en route to a 1-0 win.

Rockhurst finished the season with a record of 23-1-1.

Hawklets peaked at the #3 national ranking.

The seniors in the great Class of 2026 will go down as one of the winningest groups in history.

Across their four seasons, Rock Soccer combined for a record of 89-5-3 with two State Titles, a State Runner-Up, and a 3rd Place finish. Several players also played big roles on the undefeated National Championship team in 2023.

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Welongo was named the Missouri Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season, and also became the second Soccer Hawklet ever to be a two-time All-American. He was one of just four players in the country to be named an All-American in 2024 and 2025. He leaves The Rock as the leader in single season goals (37), career goals (99), and career points (228) across his 91 games played.

While the departure of multiple four-year starters will be difficult to replace, Coach Darby and his staff have grown accustomed to tailoring game plans to the strengths of that year’s team. That’s how to hold an 87.5% winning percentage across seven seasons as head coach.

“The legacy that the Class of 2026 created is second to none. We will forever be grateful for their dedication and contribution to the soccer program, and, even more importantly, to the Rockhurst community,” said Coach Darby, “The coaching staff is excited to see how this year’s team adds to the legacy of Rockhurst. It should be a great year!”

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2026 HEAD COACH

2026 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Jeremy McElduff

Head Coach

Matt Darby Entering his 23rd year at Rockhurst, Matt Darby ’00 is also in his eighth season as head coach of the soccer team. Coach Darby led the 2023 Hawklets to not only a third consecutive State Championship, but also an undefeated season (24-0-0) and 2023 National Championship. This was the first sport at Rockhurst that earned such distinction – but it is not a surprise if you walked through the locker room to see the motivational reminders or watched all the practice plans and film review. As a player, he was a three-year starter and an All-Time Team member for the Hawklet soccer program, and was a part of the back-to-back State Championship teams in 1998 and 1999. He was named the Missouri Defensive Player of the Year in 1999. Coach Darby went on to continue his academic and athletic careers at Marquette University where he was a team captain in 2003 and led the team in assists his junior and senior seasons. Since returning to Rockhurst in 2004, Coach Darby has worn several hats including JV soccer coach, English teacher, Assistant Athletic Director, Assistant Principal/Dean of Students, and now Head Soccer Coach. He was named the Midwest Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2017 at Sion, as well as in 2021 and 2022 at Rockhurst; he was also inducted into Rockhurst’s Hall of Fame in 2024. He and his wife Carolyn were the varsity soccer coaches at Notre Dame de Sion for 15 years where they won three State Titles, three 2nd Place finishes, and two 3rd Place finishes. They have three sons: Finn ’28, Cole, and Ryan.

Coach McElduff, or “Técnico”, has 30+ years of coaching experience and is starting his 27th year at Rockhurst. He spent 17 years coaching at St. Teresa’s Academy where they won five State Championships, two 2nd Place finishes, and one 3rd Place finish. He was the 2014 Midwest Coach of the Year. After a twoyear break, he returned to The Rock as a coach in 2019 and in 2023 was the Missouri Assistant Coach of the Year. Técnico has been a Spanish teacher at RHS since 2000. A Columbia Hickman High Kewpie, he stayed in Columbia to earn his Bachelor’s in Classics and Master’s in Spanish. A two-year soccer letterman at Hickman, Técnico was the team leader in yellow cards.

Among his hobbies are reading fantasy and mystery novels, and spending time with his family. Técnico is married to Becky and they have two children: a daughter, Audrey Kay, and a son, Lemuel.

Assistant Coach

Jon Feder

Coach Feder ’10 is in his ninth year on the faculty at Rockhurst and his eighth season as the goalkeepers coach, after spending 2018 with the freshman soccer team. He played in the soccer program from 200609 before graduating from The Rock in 2010. During a year of volunteer teaching with the Alum Service Corps at Arrupe Jesuit High School in Denver, he served as the interim head coach of the boys’ soccer team and assistant coach of the girls’ team. Coach Feder teaches Theology here at Rockhurst.

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2026 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Dan Shaver

Scott Huber

Starting his 12th year, Coach Shaver serves as the head coach of RHS’s JV soccer team and remains a member of the Math Department. He is a product of Jesuit education including both St. Louis U. High and Rockhurst University. After graduating from Rock U with degrees in Math, Secondary Education, and Philosophy, Coach Shaver taught math and served as the varsity head soccer coach at Bishop Ward High School in KCK. Outside of school, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Claire, and sons, James and William. Coach Shaver is also moderator of the Yell Leaders and serves as an assistant varsity soccer coach at St. Teresa's Academy.

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Dan Calderon

Matthew Martel

Coach Calderon ’99 came back to The Rock in 2019 after spending 10 years as a practicing attorney. As a faculty and staff member, he teaches English and Film classes, and heads the sophomore soccer team.

He grew up in Kansas City and was part of the fabled 1998 Rock soccer team that logged an unprecedented undefeated season on its way to Rockhurst’s first State Championship in the sport. He was named to the Rockhurst Soccer All-Time Team. He then went on to Marquette University and the University of Kansas School of Law. Coach Calderon and his wife, Katie, have two children: Charlie ’29 and Isabel.

Assistant Coach

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Coach Huber and his wife, Lori, reside in Leawood.

They have two sons, Kyle ’10 and Brett ’12. He was born and raised in St. Louis and graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in STL. Coach Huber played collegiate soccer at Avila University from 1980-84. He then became an assistant coach for the Avila men’s team until 1990. After a few years off, he served as JV Head Coach at St. Teresa’s Academy from 2016-2025 and is currently an Assistant Varsity Coach at Notre Dame de Sion after joining for the Storm for the 2026 season. Coach Huber is i his 12th season with The Rock’s freshman team.

Coach Martel ’15 graduated from William Jewell College, where he studied Mathematics and Physics.

He was part of the Rockhurst HS varsity team for three years, going to the Final Four each season and being part of the 2013 State Championship team. He is a member of the Rockhurst Soccer All-Time Team. At Jewell, an NCAA Division II school, he was a member of the men’s soccer team all four years. Of his family of five, his older brothers (Phillip ’08 and Andrew ’11) also graduated from The Rock. He has been part of the coaching staff since 2019 and works with Coach Huber on the freshman team. During the day Coach Martel works at Kansas City Life Insurance as an actuarial analyst.

Coach Jantsch ‘10 is in his second stint coaching for Hawklets soccer. He begins his ninth season coaching soccer for The Rock and St. Teresa’s Academy. During the day, Coach Jantsch works in commercial real estate. He, along with his brother, Kevin ’12 and his dad, Tom ’77 were stellar Rockhurst athletes, and all three were State Champions in their time as Rockhurst student-athletes.

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2026 VARSITY SOCCER SCHEDULE Tuesday, September 1

Park Hill South

Away

6:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 3

Lee’s Summit West

Home

7:00 p.m.

September 7-12

Shawnee Mission East Tournament

Away

TBA

Thursday, September 17

Jesuit Classic vs. Regis (CO)

Home

4:00 p.m.

Friday, September 18

Jesuit Classic vs. Marquette (WI)

Home

1:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 22

Lee’s Summit North

Home

7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 29

Liberty North

Home

7:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 1

Lee’s Summit

Away

6:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 3

St. Thomas Aquinas

Home

6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 6

Pembroke Hill

Home

6:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 8

Lincoln College Prep

Home

6:30 p.m.

Monday, October 12

Liberty

Away

7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 13

Northeast (KC)

Home

6:30 p.m.

Friday, October 16

Glendale

Away

4:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 17

Ozark

Away

12:00 p.m.

Tuesday, October 20

St. James Academy

Home

7:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 22

East (KC)

Away

6:30 p.m.

Monday, October 26

Blue Springs South

Away

6:30 p.m.

October 31- November 5

Districts

TBD

TBA

Saturday, November 14

State Quarterfinals

TBD

TBA

Friday, November 20

State Semifinals

TBD

Fenton, MO

Saturday, November 21

State Championship

TBD

Fenton, MO

2025 SEASON RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 23-1-1 Liberty North

Won 4-0

Lee’s Summit North

Won 3-1

@ Lee’s Summit West

Won 2-1

@ KC East

Won 8-0

St. Thomas Aquinas

Won 3-0

Glendale

Won 4-0

SM East Tourney vs. Olathe Northwest Won 4-0

Ozark

Won 8-0

SM East Tourney vs. Blue Valley Southwest

Won 5-1

@ Blue Springs South

Won 6-0

@ St. James Academy

Won 1-0

SM East Tourney vs. SM East

Won 4-1

District Quarterfinals vs. Neosho

Won 8-0

Jesuit Classic vs. Marquette (WI)

Won 1-0

District Semifinals vs. Carthage

Won 6-1

Jesuit Classic vs. Gonzaga Prep (D.C.)

Tied 3-3

Lincoln Prep

Won 8-1

District Championship vs. Lee’s Summit North

Won 2-1

Lee’s Summit

Won 3-0

State Quarterfinals vs. Glendale

Won 3-0

Park Hill South

Won 4-0

State Semifinals vs. Park Hill South

Won 4-0

KC East Christian Academy

Won 8-0

State Championship vs. SLUH

Lost 1-0

@ Pembroke Hill

Won 4-0

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2025 SOCCER SEASON STATS Player

Goals

Assists

Points

*^#!Asende Welongo

37

10

84

*^Calvin Schieffer

13

19

45

*Michael Gary

15

11

41

*Aidan Poynter

7

11

25

*Connor Williams

3

16

22

*Tanner Hollenbeck

4

13

21

Connor Dierks

5

6

16

*^Will Hunter

5

2

12

*^Liam Dean

4

3

11

Isaiah Ford

5

1

11

*Ethan Guenther

2

5

9

*Collin Leary

1

3

5

Sam Hafner

2

0

4

Rex Olivas

1

1

3

Cruz Garcia

0

3

3

Owen Thomas

1

1

3

Jack Meyer

0

2

2

TJ Schieffer

0

2

2

Jack Richter

1

0

2

Goalkeepers Name

GP

GA

Saves

Shutouts

*^#Luke Strueby

25

10

87

16

Quinn Condon

8

1

2

4

Cole Farinelli

4

0

0

3

*All-District ^All-State #All-Midwest !All-American Blue indicates returnee

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2025 VARSITY SOCCER AWARDS Each year the soccer team awards athletes for their performances on the field, as a teammate, and in the classroom.

The Solid As A Rock Award

Leadership Award

The Solid As A Rock Award goes to the top defensive-minded player.

Started in 2020.

Rocco Deppe Ryan Thompson Ryan Thompson Connor Gaarder Teddy Franke Luke Strueby Calvin Schieffer

2020 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Golden Boot Award

The Golden Boot Award is given to the best offensive player.

Brendan Matthews Charlie Peters William John Robby Borchardt Eric Sweetin Jordan Raybould Peter O’Neill Justin Koehler Peter O’Neill Alex Sweetin Bryan Jantsch Doug Stevenson Derek Schrick Jim Brazeal Kyle Mclagen Robert Dewitt Jordan Evans C. McLagan K. Schieffer Gianni Catenacci Kyle Ruark Thomas Gansner Thomas Gansner Grant Peters Ryder Barrett Baka Kante Baka Kante Asende Welongo Asende Welongo

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Jarrett Devereaux Matt Ferguson Mike Comiskey Seamus McLaughlin Cole Mayer Dan Kovac Drew Pavlovich Kelly Mercer Justin Koehler Alex DeZeeuw Austin Trees Felipe Navarro Danny Cunningham Bret Raybould Kyle Huber Jon Feder Grant Wilson John Mehl Brendan Marquart Robert Kelly Ben Seitzer Ryan Lewis W. Boatman Michael Rall Camden Schieffer George Marty Jake Hiss Kyle Ziegler Max Goodwin Ryder Barrett Josh Pileggi Grant Anielak Dylan Grojean Henry Mullen Liam Dean Tanner Hollenbeck Will Hunter

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2025 SEASON TEAM AWARDS Bryan R. Bolden Award

The Bryan R. Bolden Award goes to the top role player.

Nick Taylor John Molle Kyle Fitzgerald Scott Ferguson Michael Wiggins Miguel Mejia Matt Betterman Joe Madden Nick Simcox Alex Higbie Conor Lewis Danny Riesmeyer Michael Murphy Garret Carman

2000 2001 2001 2002 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008

All-District

Liam Dean ’26 (1st Team) Tanner Hollenbeck ’26 (1st Team) Will Hunter ’26 (1st Team) Calvin Schieffer ’26 (1st Team) Luke Strueby ’26 (1st Team) Asende Welongo ’26 (1st Team) Michael Gary ’27 (1st Team) Connor Williams ’27 (1st Team) Ethan Guenther ’26 (2nd Team) Collin Leary ’26 (2nd Team) Aidan Poynter ’26 (2nd Team)

All-Region (Districts 5 & 6) Liam Dean ’26 Will Hunter ’26 Calvin Schieffer ’26 Luke Strueby ’26 Asende Welongo ’26

Region 3 Player of the Year Asende Welongo ’26

Region 3 Goalkeeper of the Year Luke Strueby ’26

Region 3 Private School Coach of the Year Coach Matt Darby ’00

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Paul Pisani Adam Stingo Brad Miller Brandan Krueger Andy VanBuskirk Sam Joseph Alex Caffrey Sam Joseph Lukas Kenney Jack Saladino Eric Smith Donovan Siro Alex Siro Mitchell Roberts

2009 2010 2010 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016

All-State

Liam Dean ’26 (1st Team) Calvin Schieffer ’26 (1st Team) Luke Strueby ’26 (1st Team) Asende Welongo (1st Team) Will Hunter ’26 (2nd Team)

Class 4 Offensive Player of the Year Asende Welongo ’26

United Soccer Coaches All-Central Region Luke Strueby ’26 Asende Welongo ’26

United Soccer Coaches All-American Asende Welongo ’26

High School Soccer All-American Game Selection Asende Welongo ’26

Academic All-State Liam Dean ’26 Ethan Guenther ’26 Will Hunter ’26 Luke Strueby ’26

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Ben Tranberger Jackson Merckens Andrew Valdivia Liam Bailey Braydon Tomasic Noah Higbie Andrew Maldonado Liam VerMeer Max Hafner Calvin Schieffer Liam Dean

2017 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2024 2025

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ALL-TIME TEAM Rick Pribyl Joe Hilboldt Chip Corrigan Tom McKay Jim Mosqueda Jeff Johnson Mike Chonko Tom Knox Todd Riley Chris D’Amico Keith Jarmusch Chuck Reid Todd Schieffer Brett Darby Scott Siegel Kevin Charcut Nick Finn Matt Benben Bryan Charcut Sean Walker Jason Cole Michael Robards Dan Watson Matt Herald Brian Siegel Matt Jewett Joe Burns Jason Woods Matt Darby

1966 1974 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1988 1988 1989 1989 1989 1990 1994 1995 1995 1996 1997 1997 1998 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000

Jim Davey Brett Coppage Lance Snodgrass Brendan Matthews Ryan Raybould Jarrett Devereaux Charlie Peters Will John Mike Comiskey Robbie Borchardt Daneil Kerley Cole Mayer Seth Sinovic Eric Sweetin Drew Pavlovich Jordan Raybould Alex DeZeeuw Justin Koehler Peter O’Neill Tom Sorrentino Alex Sweetin Christian Krueger Austin Trees Luke Snyder Alex Male Tj Lawless Felipe Navarro Bryan Jantsch Dustin Abnos

2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2002 2003 2003 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2006 2006 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2011

Nick Lewis Doug Stevenson Adam Stingo Grant Wilson Derek Schrick John Mehl Brendan Marquart Jim Brazeal Sam Joseph Robert Kelly Kyle McLagan Ben Seitzer Robert DeWitt, III Matthew Martel Keaton Schieffer Cole McLagan Will Boatman Gianni Catenacci Nick Moyer Frank Barry Kyle Ruark Camden Schieffer Jake Hiss Kyle Ziegler Liam Bailey Thomas Gansner Max Goodwin Caden McLagan

2011 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020

COACHING RECORDS Year 1963-1966 1966-1968 1968-1969 1969-1970 1970-1973 1973-1974 1974-1993 1994-2018 2019-2025

Coach Mark McKenzie, SJ Len McCabe, SJ Roger Jackson Joe Stehno Jim Salter Woody Boian, SJ Ron Geldhof Chris Lawson Matt Darby

Totals

Years at RHS 3 2 1 1 3 1 17 25 7

W 13 12 14 7 27 9 270 550 147

L 4 2 2 1 6 3 75 150 17

T 4 0 0 2 5 3 39 25 4

Winning % 61.9% 85.7% 87.5% 70.0% 71.0% 60.0% 70.3% 75.9% 87.5%

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1049

251

82

75.9%

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Front row, from left: Elliott Williamson, Harry Cornell, Easton Vacanti, Jack Richter, Ian Kabianga, Andrew Boehmer, Luca Vricella, Cole Farinelli; second row: Axel Marquez, Connor Dierks, Paul Malone, Cruz Garcia, Owen Thomas, Aiden Coleman, Sam Hafner; third row: Ronan Ursick, Nic Bautista, Jackson Staszak, Isaiah Ford, Connor Williams, TJ Schieffer, Michael Gary, Caleb Doyle; fourth row: Coach Jon Feder, Coach Matt Darby, Coach Jeremy McElduff

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soccer RETURNING LETTERMAN

Front row, from left: Easton Vacanti, Ian Kabianga, Isaiah Ford, Sam Hafner, Cole Farinelli, Owen Thomas, Jack Richter; second row: Jackson Staszak, TJ Schieffer, Connor Williams, Elliott Williamson, Michael Gary, Connor Dierks, Cruz Garcia

FORWARDS

From left: Harry Cornell, Isaiah Ford, Sam Hafner, Michael Gary, Jack Richter

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From left: TJ Schieffer, Nic Bautista, Ian Kabianga, Connor Williams, Connor Dierks, Axel Marquez, Easton Vacanti

DEFENDERS

Front row, from left: Aiden Coleman, Paul Malone, Luca Vricella, Andrew Boehmer; second row: Jackson Staszak, TJ Schieffer, Cruz Garcia, Owen Thomas

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MANAGERS

GOALIES

From left: Elliott Williamson, Cole Farinelli

From left: Ronan Ursick, Caleb Doyle

JUNIOR VARSITY TEAM

Front row, from left: Trey Knapp, Anthony Sang, Asa Snoddy, Kamden Burns, Justus Woods, Aiden Williams, Finn Darby, Ryland Sebus, Grae Barrett; second row: Lucas Olivas, Ellias Lauderdale, Landon Hollenbeck, Kristian Vipond, Topher Underwood, Cohl Meraz, Ahmed Hamid, Jackson Reed; third row: Coach Dan Shaver, Charlie Calderon, Dayton Farwell

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soccer C-TEAM

Front row, from left: Dom Gronberg, Sutton Passanisi, Teddy Hagenhoff, Logan Gates, Zach Hafner, Solomon Ceu; second row: Tanner Turley, Martin Bouillette, Samuel Saidi, Dietrich Snyder, Luke Arnett, Ryan Reidy; third row: William Lemon, Josh Twyman, Brennan Leary, Ryder Burns, Charlie Palmer, Colin Euston, Lawson Muller; fourth row: Sam Schwaller, Coach Dan Calderon, Valentino Touch

FRESHMAN TEAM

Front row, from left: Alex Gampper, Andrew Ridenour, Alex Davis, Gael Rojas, Cole Williams, Palmer DeWitte, Fritz Neuer, Chance Henry; second row: Liam Feyerabend, Benny Acorn, Wes Schultz, Mac Underwood, Connor Hilson, Briggs Kyger, Max Menghini; third row: Ethan Valentine, Frank Terrell, CJ Lee, Miles Copaken, William McDole, Liam Comeau, Durham Snyder; fourth row: Coach Scott Huber, Coach Matthew Martel

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Rockhurst Repeats as Runner-Up; Ready to Rise As the AquaHawks entered the St. Peters Rec-Plex for the second day of the Class 2 State Championship Meet, Rockhurst was in unfamiliar territory. Following the diving competition, Chaminade held a 41-point lead after the Red Devils grabbed three of the top-four podium spots and added another five points from 12th Place.

Rock’s top divers, Charlie Klumpp ’27 and Declan Griggs ’27, performed well and combined for a respectable 15 points – but Chaminade’s dominance on the board put The Rock in a big hole to start finals day in the pool.

But for Head Coach Paul Winkeler, the winningest swim coach in Missouri history with 15 State Titles, it just made for a new challenge on “Day 2”, the favorite mantra of the Hall of Fame coach.

He knew that his team had the talent to catch up to Chaminade. They had an entire season of success to prove it. The AquaHawks competed in 12 varsity meets leading up to the State Meet. They won 11 of them.

And they had won in any number of ways. To open the season at the 13-team SouthRock Invitational, Rockhurst swept the three relays while Reilly Eagan ’26 and Aaden Lutman ’27 went 1-2 in the 100 Fly. In the 100 Back, Josh Battison ’26 was the champion, and Lutman and Eagan were 3rd and 4th, respectively.

Battison and Lutman, both All-State in three events as juniors, were the top returners from the 2024 team that was the State Runner-Up, having come up 34 points short of SLUH. Eagan was finally able to compete on the varsity; he had to swim JV his junior year after transferring to Rockhurst.

A few weeks later, the AquaHawks won the North KC Invitational thanks to the efforts of the divers. Rock didn’t win any events in the pool, but Klumpp, Griggs, Rawley Anderson ’28, and Tyler Nana ’29 dove their way to enough points to earn the team victory.

The only regular season meet where the AquaHawks did not come out on top was the COMO Invitational at Mizzou. But this has become commonplace for Coach Wink’s teams, as Rockhurst continues to focus on tapering for the postseason while other teams go all out for a shot at winning the most competitive meet of the year outside of State.

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Rock took 4th at the meet, finishing behind Chaminade, Liberty, and SLUH. Along with Rockhurst, those four teams would eventually take home the four State trophies – all separated by fewer than 95 points.

AquaHawks wrapped up the regular season on a high note in Springfield, which is always used as a twoday prep for State three weeks before the big meet.

On Friday, Rockhurst won the seven-team Glendale Invitational and then won the 23-team Springfield Invitational on Saturday.

At Springfield, Rockhurst won all three relays, including breaking the meet and pool record in the 200 Free Relay. Jonah DeWilde ’28 was the man of the meet. The sophomore standout won the 100 Free and 200 Free, and anchored both the 200 Free and 400 Free Relays. Eagan was champion of the 200 IM and 500 Free, while all four divers placed in finals.

Following the team’s performance, Coach Winkeler noted “It was a good day. I actually smiled.”

That smile eventually turned into pure intensity for Day 2 of the State Meet. The AquaHawks began closing the gap on Chaminade with a 2nd Place finish in the 200 Medley Relay as Battison, Lutman, Miles Tomsic ’28, and Kemper Roberts ’27 swam a time fast enough for All-American consideration. Battison, DeWilde, and Beau Harmon ’26 all finished top-eight in the 200 Free to continue chipping away.

Then Lutman became the State Champ in the 200 IM, winning the race by more than a second. Eagan finished 4th as the duo combined for 35 points; however, Chaminade swimmers tied for 2nd and placed 5th, scoring 30.5 points. That back-and-forth

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action became familiar for Rockhurst and Chaminade across the next several events.

The 100 Fly was huge for the AquaHawks as Walker Newell ’29 turned heads as just a freshman, finishing 3rd in the event. That was the highest individual finish for any freshman at State. Right behind him was Tomsic in 4th, and Matthew Warren ’26 tied for 9th as Rock scored 39 points to Chaminade’s nine.

The Red Devils opened their lead back up with a 16-point advantage in the 500 Free. The teams were then neck-and-neck for 2nd Place in the 200 Free Relay, but Chaminade came out ahead by 0.29 seconds. Battison and Tomsic grabbed 29 points in the 200 Back by finishing 3rd and 6th, respectively, and Chaminade only scored 17 due to a disqualification in the final.

The last individual event was the 100 Breast, which featured four AquaHawks – two in the championship race and two in the consolation. Lutman was the State Runner-Up and Roberts finished 5th, while Jacob Kendall ’26 was 10th and Warren was 11th. That added up to 44 points for Rockhurst, whereas Chaminade had no swimmers in that event’s finals.

The AquaHawks had climbed all the way back and trailed by just 1.5 points heading into the final event, the 400 Free Relay.

Unfortunately, Chaminade was a heavy favorite in the relay, especially after beating Rockhurst by 2.69 seconds in prelims. The Red Devils swam one of the fastest times in state history, clearing the field by three seconds as Rock finished 3rd; giving Chaminade a final score of 344.50 points to Rockhurst’s 337.

The 7.5-point difference was one of the closest finishes in State Meet history and will be a point of emphasis as the team prepares for the 2026 season.

“Our team stepped up in every way they possibly could at the moments they were asked to – they were tremendous. It was not the outcome we wanted, but I feel we competed as well as any team at State,” said Coach Winkeler. “The State Meet this past year was an investment for the upcoming season… fuel for the future.”

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2026 HEAD COACH

2026 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Matthew Margritier

Head Coach

Paul Winkeler A 19-time Coach of the Year, Coach Winkeler is entering his 25th season as Head Swim Coach. During that span the program developed into the winningest program in Missouri boys’ swimming history, coaching 15 State Championships. A graduate of DeSmet Jesuit in St. Louis, Coach Winkeler earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Chemistry from Rockhurst University and a Master’s from Webster University. At Rockhurst High, he teaches Chemistry and AP Environmental Science and is the Chair of the Science Department. In addition to his classroom work, Coach Wink is a Kairos Director, Freshman Baseball Coach, Moderator of the Conservation Club and Zookeeper, and the Director of the Rockhurst Hall of Fame. During his time coaching swimming at Rockhurst, Coach Wink has been a finalist for National Coach of the Year four times and has coached numerous individual State Champions and All-Americans. In 2017 he was inducted into the Rockhurst Hall of Fame, and in 2022 he was named the National Coach of the Year. He has also earned the highest level of certification through the American Swim Coaches Association, Level 5. Coach Wink is married to Margaret and they have three children: Mary Ellen, Amelia, and John ’28.

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Coach Margritier ’11 is in his 10th year coaching at his alma mater. While an AquaHawk himself from 200710, he was a 16-time medalist at the Missouri State Swimming & Diving Championships, and captain of the AquaHawks his senior season. During his time at The Rock, he set four school and state records, was twice chosen as the KC Metro Swimmer of the Year by the Kansas City Star, and was selected as the Missouri Male High School Athlete of the Year in 2011 by the Kansas City Sports Commission. Coach Margritier went on to become a two-time NCAA Division I AllAmerican at the University of Missouri. Following college, he returned to Kansas City as a CPA with Deloitte and now works for Mead Lumber Company.

He is a member of Rockhurst’s Sports Hall of Fame 2026 class, selected in his first eligible year.

Assistant Coach

David Knopke Coach Knopke ’16 rejoined the AquaHawk dive team in 2025 as one of the program’s most decorated athletes.

He was a two-time State Champ and two-time State Runner-Up while at The Rock. From ages 8-18, he was ranked in the top-25 of divers nationally each year. He graduated from SLU with a BA in Chemistry and currently works as an R&D Chemist for Tnemec Company, Inc. Coach Knopke began his coaching in 2016 with the Country Club of Leawood and after graduating college joined the staff at Notre Dame de Sion High School, where he has been the Head Dive Coach since 2021.

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2026 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Andra K. Bessenbacher Coach Bessenbacher joined the AquaHawk staff in 2024, but was no stranger to the program. She married into the community (Steve ’86) and sent three boys through Rockhurst (Patrick ‘16, Michael ’20, and Brian ’23). Her swim experience is varied with high school competitive swimming experience in Virginia and summer clubs. She is also a triathlete. Coach Bessenbacher also joined the Rockhurst faculty/staff in 2025, serving as a Theology teacher.

Assistant Coach

Sayf Nabulsi Coach Nabulsi is in his third year of coaching the AquaHawks, and his second season as a full-time coaching staff member after working as a volunteer coach in 2024. He swam for The Rock from 2018-20 before going abroad during his senior year. Coach Nabulsi’s philosophy in the sport and coaching is that it can help develop boys into men due to the discipline required and how the individual sport has a team component.

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2026 VARSITY SWIM & DIVE SCHEDULE Saturday, August 29

SouthRock Invitational

Blue Springs Pool Plex

8:30 a.m.

Friday, September 4

Glendale Quad

John H. Foster Natatorium

4:30 p.m.

Saturday, September 5

Ozark Invitational

John H. Foster Natatorium

9:00 a.m.

September 11-12

Belton Invitational

Belton High School

TBA

Tuesday, September 15

Blue Springs South Dual

Blue Springs Pool Plex

4:00 p.m.

September 18-19

North Kansas City Invitational

Gladstone Comm. Center

TBA

Tuesday, September 22

Park Hill South Dual

Park Hill Aquatic Center

4:30 p.m.

September 25-26

COMO Invitational

Mizzou Aquatic Center

TBA

Wednesday, September 30

Belton Dual

Belton High School

4:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 8

Eubank Invitational

Raytown High School

TBA

October 16-17

Blue MO Invitational

Blue Springs Pool Plex

TBA

Friday, October 23

Glendale Quad

John H. Foster Natatorium

4:00 p.m.

Saturday, October 24

Springfield Invitational

John H. Foster Natatorium

TBA

November 2-3

ILCs

Central High School

TBA

Saturday, November 7

District Diving

TBA

TBA

November 12-13

State Championships

St. Peters Rec-Plex

TBA

2025 SEASON RESULTS

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SouthRock Invitational

1st out of 13 teams with 442 points

Glendale Friday Fights

1st out of 7 teams with 496 points

Ozark Invitational

1st out 19 teams with 603 points

Belton Invitational

1st out of 19 teams with 545 points

Blue Springs South Dual

Won 224-89

North Kansas City Invitational

1st of 26 teams with 321 points

Belton Triangular

1st out of 3 teams with 822 points

COMO Invitational

4th out of 35 teams with 193.5 points

Park Hill South Dual

Won 112-74

Blue MO Invitational

1st out of 15 teams with 397.5 points

Glendale Meet

1st out of 7 teams with 500 points

Springfield Invitational

1st out of 23 teams with 577 points

ILCs

1st out of 11 teams with 517 points

State Championship

2nd out of 28 teams with 337 points

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2025 SEASON TEAM AWARDS All-State Individuals Josh Battison ’26 Reilly Eagan ’26 Beau Harmon ’26 Charlie Klumpp ’27 Aaden Lutman ’27 Kemper Roberts ’27 Jonah DeWilde ’28 Miles Tomsic ’28 Walker Newell ’29

Honorable Mention All-State Individuals Jake Kendall ’26 Matthew Warren ’26 Declan Griggs ’27

All-American Individuals Aaden Lutman ’27

All-State Relay Members Josh Battison ’26 Reilly Eagan ’26 Beau Harmon ’26 Aaden Lutman ’27 Kemper Roberts ’27 Jonah DeWilde ’28 Miles Tomsic ’28

All-American Relay Members Josh Battison ’26 Aaden Lutman ’27 Kemper Roberts ’27 Miles Tomsic ’28

Academic All-State Josh Battison ’26 Reilly Eagan ’26 Jake Kendall ’26 Nick Metzner ’26 Micah Moncrieffe ’26 Leo Claxton ’27 Declan Griggs ’27 Charlie Klumpp ’27 Kemper Roberts ’27 Will Townsend ’27

Academic All-American Josh Battison ’26 Reilly Eagan ’26 Jake Kendall ’26 Nick Metzner ’26 Micah Moncrieffe ’26

State Champion

Aaden Lutman ’27 (200 IM)

ALL-TIME TEAM This list will grow quickly as the swim team’s top performers during this State Championship streak become eligible for the All-Time team (must be five years from graduation). The team has a young history, and this list represents pioneers who helped establish the sport to the point where it is feared across the KC Metro area and the state of Missouri.

Submission for membership to the squad can be submitted to the Athletic Director or head coach, with credentials as to why their high school swim & dive career warrants consideration.

Matt Reintjes Trey Bowen Michael Reardon Michael Hess Charles Rhoades Kevin Teasdale Chris Clement Matt Neenan Jason Benson Matt Jones Chris Kearney Thomas Robinson Kevin Webster Drew Arensberg Steve Nelson Jonathon Benson Matthew Benson Mick White

1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1998 1999 2002 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2010

Jacob Gansert 2010 Jack Rund 2010 Matthew Margritier 2011 Ford McLiney 2011 Neil White 2011 William Bredar 2012 Jacob Fisher 2012 Nick Foster 2012 Kevin Nelson 2012 Zach Pierce 2012 Matt Rusgis 2012 Andrew Swetnam 2012 Collin Thompson 2012 Louis Behnen 2013 Alex Lombardo 2013 Tim Richards 2013 Jake Scovell 2013 Grant Byers 2014

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Drew Hagedorn Pete Stanley Alex Albracht Zach Cook Trevor Weinrich AJ Iseman David Knopke Collin Nill Joey Pennington Henry Kasyjanski Jack Murphy Reece Manning Dylan Nill Kyle Eskew Reece Manning

2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2016 2016 2017 2017 2019 2019 2020 2020 2021 2021

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2025 SEASON STATS Relays

*#200 Medley Relay - 1:33.44 Josh Battison Aaden Lutman Miles Tomsic Kemper Roberts (2nd at State) *200 Freestyle Relay - 1:25.80 Beau Harmon Kemper Roberts Jonah DeWilde Aaden Lutman (3rd at State) *400 Freestyle Relay - 3:10.55 Reilly Eagan Beau Harmon Jonah DeWilde Josh Battison (3rd at State)

Individual Events

50 Freestyle *Kemper Roberts (13th at State) - 21.93 Will Townsend - 22.36 100 Backstroke *Josh Battison (3rd at State) - 50.75 *Miles Tomsic (6th at State) - 53.63 100 Breaststroke *#Aaden Lutman (2nd at State) - 55.90 *Kemper Roberts (5th at State) - 57.89 *Jake Kendall (10th at State) - 59.22 *Matthew Warren (10th at State) - 59.71 100 Butterfly *Walker Newell (3rd at State) - 51.23 *Miles Tomsic (4th at State) - 51.78 *Matthew Warren (9th at State) - 53.65 100 Freestyle *Beau Harmon (6th at State) - 47.32 *Jonah DeWilde (10th at State) - 48.07 200 Freestyle *Josh Battison (5th at State) - 1:42.02 *Beau Harmon (8th at State) - 1:44.34 *Jonah DeWilde (7th at State) - 1:45.03 200 IM *!Aaden Lutman (State Champion) - 1:52.05 *Reilly Eagan (4th at State) - 1:54.22 500 Freestyle *Reilly Eagan (7th at State) - 4:43.27 *Walker Newell (13th at State) - 4:59.15

Diving

*Charlie Klumpp (7th at State) - 392.65 *Declan Griggs (14th at State) - 345.70

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2025 SEASON TEAM AWARDS The Rockhurst Swim & Dive program recognizes many different levels in its team awards. Self-evident in the purpose are the following: Rookie of the Year, Diver of the Year, MVP, Team Spirit, Leadership, Most Improved, and JV Swimmer of the Year. The Aquahawk Award of Excellence is the only award solely voted on by the swimmers/divers and recognizes the person who best represents the program. The Ironman Award is given to someone who had to really push himself to achieve something special.

Rookie of the Year Andrew Robinson Keaton Knott Vito Cammisano Jon Benson Griffin Peavey Ford McLiney Brian Tucci Alex Lombardo Pete Stanley Alex Albracht Louis Behnen Zach Cook AJ Iseman David Knopke Collin Nill Bobby Freeman Paul Homuth Dylan Nill Tommy Tietjen Reece Manning Sayf Nabulsi Adam Hawn Caden Francois John Tietjen Blake Francois Andy Baklanov Joseph Douglas Josh Battison Peter Claxton Donnie Evangelidis Miles Tomsic Walker Newell

MVP

Thomas Robinson Kevin Webster Matthew Margritier Mick White Nick Foster Louis Behnan David Knopke

JV Swimmer of the Year

2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 2018 2018 2019 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 2023 2023 2024 2025

John Fritzlen Patrick McGannon Clay Stanley Tyler Stanley Eric Jurgeson Jordan Pierce Trevor Weinrich Joe Green Danny Thompson Brian Hennessey AJ Nardella Mark Holewinski Andrew Murphy Tyler Wolf Gus Brandmeyer Tate Slaymaker Taumr Sutton Ian Kennedy Micah Moncrieffe Hanks Horn

Drew Arensberg Ford McLiney Willy Bredar Matt Rusgis Zach Pierce David Knopke Joey Pennington Jack Murphy Michael Douglas PJ Axtell Owen Stuckey Joseph Douglas Charlie Klumpp

2006 - 07 2008 - 10 2011 2011 2011 2012 - 15 2016 2017 - 18 2019 2020 2021 - 22 2023 - 24 2025

2004 - 06 2006 2007 - 08, 10 2008 - 09 2011 2012 2012 - 13

Alex Albracht AJ Iseman Collin Nill Dylan Nill Caden Francois Andrew Baklanov Aaden Lutman

2013 - 14 2015 2016 2017 - 19 2020 - 22 2023 - 24 2025

Top Diver

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swim and dive 2025 SEASON TEAM AWARDS Aquahawk Award of Excellence Pat Laughlin Ben Morrison Phil Linville Thomas Robinson Andrew Robinson Michael Wytock Stephen Nelson Matt Benson Matthew Margritier Jacob Fisher Alex Lombardo Pete Stanley Alex Albracht David Knopke Cullen O’Dear Bobby Freeman Levi Banes Henry Kasyjanski Dylan Nill Tommy Tietjen Joey DeVreugd John Tietjen Evan Crim Andrew Baklanov Josh Battison

Ironman

Joey Martin Mick White Richie Enright Stephen Nelson Cal Bayer Jake Scovell Noah Steilen Jordan Pierce Collin Nill Joe Green Colin McCann Dylan Nill Caden Francois Jake Walker John Tietjen Reece Manning Jack McAnany John Tietjen George Rebman Charlie Penner Noah Plunkett Gunnar Zinn

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Team Spirit 2004 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

2006 2007 2007 2008 2009 - 10 2011 - 12 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Phil Linville Chris Crawford Justin Brown Joe Roh John Fritzlen Chris Jury Joe Fritzlen Eric Jurgeson Neil White Tyler Stanley Mitch Morrison Noah Ries Joe Green Mitch Orf Danny Thompson Kevin Marshall Ryan Mackey Reece Manning Jacob Metzner Brian Bessenbacher Jude Sojka Taumr Sutton Nick Metzner

2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2009 2010 2011 2012 - 13 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2023- 25

Trevor Weinrich Leadership Thomas Wytock Phil Linville Jason Benson Kevin Webster Joe Vandenboom Steve Sharp Mick White Matthew Margritier Eric Jurgeson Tim Richards Alex Daly Grant Byers Zach Cook Sam Daly

2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014

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Chris Crawford Nick Vignatelli Kevin Webster Drew Arrensberg Patrick Dyer Stephen Nelson Jack Rund Neil White Collin Thompson Tim Richards Max Allen Alex Hawn Joey Pennington Caden Gabel Jack Murphy Chase Auman Ryan Mackey Sammy Brisch Nicholas Salido George Rebman John Switzer Charlie Penner Andy Baklanov Beau Harmon Aaden Lutman Jonah DeWilde Miles Tomsic

Trevor Weinrich Tommy Vopat Kyle Kidder Levi Banes Chris Angles Tabor Hunt Jack January PJ Axtell Nicholas Salido Brendan Lillis Carson Smith Blake Francois Charlie Huber Reilly Eagan

2004 2004 2005 - 06 2006 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 - 11 2012 2013 2014 2014 2015 - 16 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2022 2022 2023 2024 2025 2025

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2021 2022 2022 2023 2024 2025

swim and dive SWIM AND DIVE TEAM

Front row, from left: Ryan Reed, Tyler Anderson, Will Edmondson, Brett Howard, Ben Rupp, John Winkeler, Tyler Nana, Curtis O’Laughlin; second row: Trevor Sifers, Maxwell Robinson, Grant Sayers, Brayden Rowland, Julian Suarez, Ian Gonzalez, Jimmy Bahr, Davis Foster, Rawley Anderson; third row: Rogan Hodes, Tommy Bohnen, Drew Krull, Sawyer Bland, Declan Griggs, Charles Klumpp, Jacob Moyer, Dominic Cara; fourth row: Jack McDonald, Hanks Horn, Andrew Schoenfeld, Will Townsend, Jack Messick, Walker Newell, Brendan Cowan, Warwick Kearns, Xavier Gaul; fifth row: Owen Bland, Miles Tomsic, Noah Johnson, Jonah DeWilde, Brady Braselton, William Bell, Gunnar Zinn, Leo Claxton, Aaden Lutman, Kemper Roberts; sixth row: Coach Andra Bessenbacher, Coach Matthew Margritier, Coach Paul Winkeler, Coach Sayf Nabulsi

DIVERS

Front row, from left: Ben Rupp, Maxwell Robinson, Tyler Nana, Tyler Anderson, Rawley Anderson; second row: Charles Klumpp, Declan Griggs, Rogan Hodes

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Front row, from left: Rawley Anderson, Jimmy Bahr, John Winkeler, Drew Krull, Davis Foster, Brayden Rowland, Trevor Sifers, Declan Griggs, Tyler Nana; second row: Miles Tomsic, Dominic Cara, Owen Bland, Jack Messick, Walker Newell, Xavier Gaul, Charles Klumpp, Hanks Horn; third row: Jonah DeWilde, Gunnar Zinn, Aaden Lutman, Kemper Roberts, Leo Claxton, William Bell, Will Townsend

FRESHMEN

Front row, from left: Grant Sayers, Julian Suarez, Will Edmondson, Ryan Reed, Tyler Anderson, Brett Howard, Ian Gonzalez; second row: Sawyer Bland, Jacob Moyer, Jack McDonald, Warwick Kearns, Tommy Bohnen, Maxwell Robinson

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swim and dive CAPTAINS

From left: Charles Klumpp, Aaden Lutman, Kemper Roberts, Leo Claxton, Declan Griggs, Will Townsend

MANAGERS

From left: Jimmy Bahr, John Winkeler

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Historic Season Takes Hawklets Back to Final Four It was a season four years in the making. Led by a core group of six seniors who had helped build a foundation of sustained success, Rockhurst Basketball rose from an 11-14 record in their freshman season to a combined record of 43-13 as sophomores and juniors with back-to-back District Titles and State Quarterfinal appearances.

But they needed to take that next step and get Rockhurst back to the State Final Four.

From the season’s opening tip-off on Dec. 2, the Basketball Hawklets proved they had what it takes to get to Columbia.

Rockhurst set a new program record by winning its first 21 games of the season, breaking the previous streak of 17 held by the 2018-19 team. While starting 21-0 and jumping atop the Missouri Class 6 State rankings, the Hawklets defined themselves by balanced scoring and relentless defense.

During the historic streak, seven different players led The Rock in scoring. For the season, Kevin Sullivan ’26, Cohen Robinson ’26, Hueston Saunders ’26, and Kemper Roberts ’27 all averaged between 9.6 and 11.4 points per game – a testament to Head Coach Billy Thomas and his philosophy of not relying on one player to win games.

Highlights from the 21-game run included a 101-point performance in the Blue Valley Shootout, the most points by a Hawklet team in 15 years. That was followed by a 59-58 tournament win over Olathe South as Cohen Robinson ’26 scored a career-high 24 points. Rock went on to beat Lee’s Summit by 17 points in the championship game in the teams’ second of three meetings on the season.

In another thriller, Rockhurst defeated Lee’s Summit North 68-66 in what Coach John Morris ’74 noted as “the best high school game I’ve watched in 20 years.” Sullivan led the way with 16 points and seven rebounds, Saunders scored 15 points on 7/8 from the field with eight rebounds, Robinson tallied 15 points and five assists, Roberts went for 13 points with seven assists, and Max Moylan ’26 added nine points and four boards.

Robinson, Sullivan, and Moylan were all four-year varsity players, while Saunders was playing his first varsity games for Rockhurst after transferring in as a

junior. Roberts, also an All-State swimmer in the fall, was a key piece off the bench as a sophomore and took on a much bigger role as a junior.

For the second straight year, the Hawklets hit the road between Christmas and New Years to win the Jesuit Classic. The 2025 edition was held at Tampa Jesuit as Rock beat Regis (NY), St. Xavier (OH), and St. John’s (OH). Robinson, Saunders, and Sullivan made the All-Tournament Team and Sullivan was named the Tournament MVP after averaging 17 points and six rebounds.

A matchup that had been circled heading into the season was a Jan. 13 home game of #1 Rockhurst against #3 Oak Park, the defending Class 6 State Champs. The Northmen had handed Rock a 30-point loss in the 2024-25 season and the Hawklets wanted to return the favor. They did so in the form of a 64-27 drumming.

That performance came right after a 74-27 victory over Ruskin that saw 11 Hawklets in the scoring column.

Roberts posted a career-high 22 points in a 75-47 win over St. Thomas Aquinas, and then Rock parlayed it into two more runaway wins: 73-39 over St. Pius X and 78-33 over Truman. That marked five straight victories of 28+ points for Coach Thomas’ crew.

Another highly-anticipated night was the Rock vs.

S.M. East game, and this one would be extra special.

It was the first of a two-year agreement to play the rivalry game at Municipal Auditorium. More than 4,000 fans packed the lower bowl of the historic arena in downtown KC as the Hawklets and Lancers battled it out. In a low-scoring affair, Rock won the fourth consecutive State Line Showdown as Roberts, Saunders, Robinson, and Sullivan combined for 51 of the team’s points.

In the next game, a 20-point win at Columbia Rock Bridge, Robinson broke the program’s career assist record with his 308th assist; he would go on to finish his Rock career with 338. The 21st win of the season came in a 15-point victory over Pembroke Hill.

The team’s incredible streak came to an end on Feb. 14 in Omaha, NE as a long bus ride left the Hawklets flat against Creighton Prep. A bad shooting afternoon paired with a desperation three-pointer at the buzzer by the Jr. Jays finally put Rock in the loss column.

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basketball But as great teams do, Rockhurst moved past the defeat quickly and closed out the regular season with two more wins. The regular season finale featured Robinson also breaking the program’s career steals record with his 175th; he would finish with 182.

The Hawklets entered the postseason with a 23-1 record with the expectation of winning a third consecutive District Championship. And for just the third time in school history, the basketball team got a District three-peat. Sullivan, a KU football signee to play tight end, hit a new career-high of 28 points on 11/17 field goals plus eight boards as Rock took down a talented Lee’s Summit team for the third time.

Coach Thomas’ team was back in the State Quarterfinals for the third year in a row. After taking losses in the previous two seasons, Rockhurst dominated Kickapoo on the road in Springfield and led 41-21 when the starters were pulled. With tenacious defense, the Hawklets held the Chiefs 36 points under their season average.

regrouped the next day and handled Cardinal Ritter behind 23 points from Saunders to take home 3rd Place honors. Sullivan narrowly missed a triple-double, recording 19 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists.

The year ended with a 28-2 record, good for the second most wins in Rockhurst history. Robinson and Sullivan were named All-State, marking just the third time in 40 years that multiple Hawklets earned All-State honors in the same season. Robinson was also among the 10 players in Class 6 selected to the High School on SI All-State Team. Sullivan became the first Hawklet to be a three-time All-District player since 2007. Coach Thomas also won his third consecutive District Coach of the Year honors.

“This past season was my 16th as a head coach and was one of the more special seasons of my career. The everyday grind of working toward a Final Four berth, joined by my staff and a special core of seniors, made the journey less like work and more like plain old fun,” said Coach Thomas. “As we turn the page to a new cast

For the first time since 2013, Rock had punched its Final Four ticket in Columbia. But the matchup would pit the clearly two best teams in Class 6 against each other in the semifinals and De Smet would come out ahead 64-52.

of leaders and personalities for this upcoming season, our standards and expectations remain unchanged.”

Fuled by wanting a banner on the wall to commemorate a memorable season, the Hawklets

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2025-26 VARSITY BASKETBALL RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 28-2 @ Lee’s Summit West

Won 64-42

Lee’s Summit

Won 55-49

Blue Valley Shootout vs. Sumner Academy

Won 101-40

Blue Valley Shootout vs. Olathe South

Won 59-58

Blue Valley Shootout vs. Lee’s Summit

Won 61-44

@ Lee’s Summit North

Won 68-66

Blue Valley

Won 57-37

Jesuit Invitational vs. Regis (NY)

Won 77-34

Jesuit Invitational vs. St. Xavier (OH)

Won 41-40

Jesuit Invitational vs. St. John’s (OH)

Won 56-34

@ Blue Springs

Won 62-57

Ruskin

Won 74-27

Oak Park

Won 64-27

St. Thomas Aquinas

Won 75-47

@ St. Pius X

Won 73-39

North KC Inv. vs. Truman

Won 78-33

North KC Inv. vs. Park Hill South

Won 63-52

North KC Inv. vs. North Kansas City

Canceled

@ Bishop Miege

Won 57-50

@ Shawnee Mission East

Won 56-51

@ Columbia Rock Bridge

Won 65-45

Pembroke Hill

Won 59-44

@ Creighton Prep

Lost 41-38

Center

Won 60-25

@ SLUH

Won 38-26

District Quarterfinals vs. Carthage

Won 74-43

District Semifinals vs. Summit Christian Academy

Won 52-35

District Championship vs. Lee’s Summit

Won 60-46

State Quarterfinals vs. Kickapoo

Won 42-29

State Semifinals vs. De Smet

Lost 64-52

State 3rd Place Game vs. Cardinal Ritter

Won 68-55

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2026-27 HEAD COACH

2026-27 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Matt Gore

Coach Gore enters his sixth season on the Rockhurst staff. He grew up in Edina, MO where he played basketball and ran track for Knox County High School before attending Missouri Valley College and playing basketball there. Coach Gore, like Coach Thomas, spent time with the basketball program at The Barstow School, in addition to coaching AAU basketball. He serves as the Head Varsity Assistant Coach here at The Rock. Coach Gore is married to Nikki and they have three children: Brooklyn, Connor, and Grayson.

Head Coach

Billy Thomas Coach Thomas begins in his sixth season leading the Hawklets after joining Rockhurst in 2021-22 as the Head Basketball Coach, as well as a member of the athletic administration and faculty. Coach Thomas was a basketball star at Loyola College Prep in Shreveport, LA, averaging more than 24 points per game in his high school career. He then went on to play at the University of Kansas and became an All-Big 12 player who still ranks third in KU history for three-pointers made (269).

Coach Thomas enjoyed an 11-year professional career in the NBA, D-League, CBA, IBL, and leagues overseas. He then served as head coach of The Barstow School from 2010-2021, earning a record of 203-80 with four Final Four appearances; Barstow won the 2015 State Championship. In addition to his head coaching duties, Coach Thomas works as an Associate Athletic Director and Physical Education teacher. He is married to Raquel and they have two children: Zion and Leyland.

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Assistant Coach

John Morris Coach Morris ’74 has patrolled the sidelines, court, and track since he has been at Rockhurst. After retiring as the offensive line coach in 2023, Coach Mo continues into his 43rd year as a basketball coach. Coach Mo was inducted into the Rockhurst Sports Hall of Fame in 2021. His education after RHS included a BA from St. Louis University and an MA from Loyola-New Orleans.

A member of the Theology Department, he teaches Catholic Faith in Practice I & II. He and his wife, Katy, have three children: Kevin ’04, Clare, and Dan ’11.

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2026-27 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Josh House

Jeff Crowe

Coach Crowe ’86 begins his fifth year coaching Sophomore Basketball. He also served on the Rockhurst Football staff for over 25 years. Coach Crowe is happily married with six kids: Jeff Jr. ’11, Mary, Joey ’14, Carolyn, William (Wally) ’18, and Rose; and is a grandfather to Charlie and Tripp. His interests outside of parenting include golf, tennis, waterskiing, wine, and food. His grandfather was the class president of Rockhurst’s third graduating class. Coach Crowe is also on Rockhurst’s faculty as an Economics teacher.

Coach House joined the staff in 2024 to coach the freshman team after taking a hiatus from coaching. He previously worked alongside Coach Thomas at The Barstow School for eight years. Coach House played at Barstow and then William Jewell College, and is currently an Art Teacher at Maplewood Elementary in the North Kansas City School District. He and his wife Alex have two young children, Bradley and Lena.

Assistant Coach

Damion Brown Assistant Coach

Sean Adams Coach Adams returns for his fifth season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Basketball Hawklets.

His background includes being a four-year varsity letterman in basketball and cross country in high school and now 12 years of coaching elementary, middle school, and junior high AAU ball. Coach Adams attended Florida A&M University where he earned his BS and MBA in Finance, and is now retired from his professional career. He enjoys traveling around the world and is currently working on a book on African history. Coach Adams is married to Kathy and they have two children, Sierra and Luke.

Assistant Coach

Lawrence Brown

Coach Brown enters his second season on staff for Rock Basketball as a varsity assistant coach.

“Coach D” brings more than 20 years of coaching and player-development experience, working with athletes from the youth level through college and elite competition. He is a former collegiate twosport athlete in football (at UTK) and basketball at Johnson University and was a member of their 2007 Basketball Regional Championship team.

Coach D is the Co-Founder and CEO of Triumph Performance Institute and Co-Founder and Chief of Staff of Myndset, an AI-powered mental-strength, coaching, and accountability platform.

Coach Brown joined the staff in 2023 after a four-year playing career in Division I basketball at Mercer University in Georgia. In high school he was an All-District and All-State Honorable Mention player at Barstow. He takes what he learned as a player and tries to model accountability and trust in building up our Hawklets. Outside of basketball he works in Technical Communications.

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basketball COACHING RECORDS Year 1918-28* 1929-36 1937-41 1942-46 1947-49 1950-51 1952-65 1966-74 1975-78 1979-91 1992-99 2000-13 2014-21 2022-26

Coach Years at RHS Pat Mason 10 Eddie Halpin 8 Martin O’Keefe 5 Godfrey Kobets 5 Ralph Cormany 3 Gerry Connelly 2 Jim Ryan 14 Marion Nickel 9 Craig Cummings 4 Doug Bruce 13 Mark Bubalo 8 Mark Nusbaum 14 Pete Campbell 8 Billy Thomas 5

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W 97 91 42 40 56 25 213 150 39 244 122 284 116 97

L 41 38 41 47 20 21 138 76 45 106 95 110 96 40

Winning % 70.3% 70.5% 50.6% 45.9% 73.7% 54.3% 60.7% 65.8% 46.4% 67.9% 56.2% 72.1% 54.7% 70.8%

1616

914

63.9%

*Missing 1922

ALL-TIME TEAM First created in 1992, the Rockhurst Basketball All-Time team was formed to help celebrate 75 years of organized basketball. The team is now reviewed yearly for potential inclusions.

Submission for membership to the squad can be submitted to the Athletic Director or head coach, with credentials as to why their high school basketball career warrants consideration.

George Korty Irving Damon Jim Hogan Jim Lamb Red Sullivan Dick Hale John Sheridan Jim Gleeson Al Nemecek Owen Murphy Les Spurck Jack Mulvihill Bill Hardy T. Michael Walsh Bob Williams Tom Lillis Helm Lillis John Williams Joe Teasdale

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1918 1923 1925 1926 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1932 1934 1938 1943 1944 1948 1949 1950 1950 1953

Alex George Alex Himmelberg John Gorton Jim Selzer Pat Caldwell George Kopp Bob Bauers Ken Mayer John Hill John Kafka Kevin Wall Mark Stipetich Tom Bosilevac Mark Teahan Bill Pruett Anthony Augmon David Cone Steve Schmitz Joe Karl

1955 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1965 1967 1968 1970 1971 1971 1978 1980 1981 1981 1982 1983

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Harold Mitchem John Cooper Matt Muehlebach Chris Heller Patrick Hernandez Shawn Winn David Frey Tay Officer Mark Schloegel Mike Day Tom Komoroski John Mayberry Conner Teahan Kyle Wolf Cartier Dean Xavier Rhodes Darrius Hughes Glen McGlintock Tyler Nelson

1986 1987 1987 1989 1991 1991 1993 1994 1996 2001 2001 2002 2007 2013 2015 2018 2019 2019 2019

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2025-26 SEASON TEAM AWARDS All-District

Cohen Robinson ’26 Kevin Sullivan ‘26

District Player of the Year Cohen Robinson ’26

All-District Coach of the Year Coach Billy Thomas

All-State

Cohen Robinson ’26 Kevin Sullivan ’26

High School on SI All-State Cohen Robinson ’26

GKCBCA Missouri Co-Coach of the Year Coach Billy Thomas

Attitude & Effort Award

This award recognizes a varsity basketball student-athlete who best displays positive attitude and tremendous efforts throughout the season. The recipient is an “energy-giver” and shows his passion for the game and his team by his actions in practice and in games.

The recipient puts himself second and his teammates first.

Charles Winkelbauer Aiden Demark Eli Rourke Gus Sorenson Thomas Coppinger Ethan Hansen Aiden Weinheimer Nathan Lamley

2021 2022 2023 2023 2024 2024 2025 2026

Hold The Rope Award

This award recognizes a varsity basketball student-athlete who best demonstrates leadership on and off the court. The recipient is the type of player who always works hard, makes big plays, and elevates the play of others while performing at a high level himself.

Mason Thompson Miles White Thomas Coppinger Max Moylan Kemper Roberts

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2025-26 SEASON STATS Team Stats Points Per Game

61.4

Rebounds Per Game

31.5

Assists Per Game

16

Steals Per Game

8.3

Blocks Per Game

2.3

2 PT Field Goal Percentage

55.4%

3 PT Field Goal Percentage

32.2%

Individual Stats #

Name

GP

PPG

2PT %

3PT %

FT %

RPG

APG

TO/G

STL/G

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*#Kevin Sullivan

30

11.4

49.8

37.8

50.7

5.5

2.9

2.0

1.1

0

*#Cohen Robinson

29

11.1

50.0

38.2

77.3

3.2

3.5

1.6

1.8

5

Hueston Saunders

28

10.1

56.8

0.0

62.9

4.4

2.3

1.5

1.0

21

Kemper Roberts

27

9.6

58.9

31.9

77.8

5.4

1.7

1.2

0.6

14

Carson Green

30

5.6

66.3

27.7

73.3

3.1

1.4

0.7

0.9

2

Max Moylan

28

5.2

47.3

26.6

66.7

2.8

1.8

1.0

1.0

24

Elijah Curtis

29

4.0

51.3

30.4

58.0

1.3

0.8

0.9

0.4

13

Brock Hoban

21

3.2

59.5

46.2

0.0

1.6

0.2

0.3

0.6

3

Jack Hoover

23

2.1

73.9

33.3

60.0

1.5

0.6

0.2

0.3

1

Nathan Lamley

26

1.7

58.3

23.5

66.7

1.1

0.9

0.7

0.8

12

Tristan Johnson

13

2.1

75.0

33.3

0.0

1.3

0.6

0.5

0.5

20

Jack Browne

15

0.4

37.5

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.9

0.4

0.7

42

Leo Claxton

6

1.8

100.0

33.3

50.0

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.5

33

Darian Asaeli Davis

2

1.0

100.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.5

4

Jackson Raney

9

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

0.2

0.2

0.0

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Hockey Hawklets Build Momentum; Top Players to Return The trajectory of the Rockhurst Hockey program is upwards following a new regime taking over in the 2025-26 season.

In the prior season, the Hawklets took their bruises through a 2-22-0 season in the MidAmerica High School Hockey League (MAHSHL). And on top of that, all five players who earned All-Conference honors were seniors.

So the late-fall of 2025 would feature many new faces on the ice and on the bench behind the boards. Head Coach Jared Manzella joined the Hockey Hawklets with aspirations of simply building participation and momentum within the program, while knowing that results would follow.

The inexperience of the squad showed itself at first, as Rockhurst lost its first four games of the MAHSHL regular season by a combined score of 27-1. But Coach Manzella and his staff stressed the importance of continuing to work extra hard during practice to develop the on-ice chemistry.

That perseverance led to the group’s first win in the next game. Jack Korentager ’27 found the net four times as Rock defeated the St. Joseph Griffons 4-2.

The next day the two teams squared off again, and although the Griffons evened the series behind a 5-3 win, the Hawklets showcased more offensive ability as Korentager had another goal, while freshman Caden Callahan ’29 netted two of his own. The duo would pace the Hawklet offense all season.

A week later, Rockhurst and St. Joe met for the third straight time, and this one would be memorable for the team in blue and white. The game was tied 2-2 with under a minute remaining in the third period, and St. Joe was on a power play. But in the final seconds, The Rock took possession and Korentager scored the game-winner with 11 seconds left on the clock.

Despite a loss the next day to the KC Saints, Rockhurst had another three goals; two courtesy of Korentager and Callahan.

The final games of 2025 pitted Rockhurst against the Mid-Missouri Tigers at Washington Park Ice Arena in Jefferson City in mid-December. The Hawklets grabbed the Friday night victory by a score of 4-3 as four different Hawklets all recorded their first goals of the season in Connor Cowan ’27, Daniel Alibrando ’28,

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Enzo Riccardi ’28, and Henry Christian ’29.

Refusing to return to Kansas City with a loss, the Hawklets pulled out a tie in Saturday’s matchup behind two goals from Korentager and an assist from Alibrando. Rockhurst closed out the first half of the season with a 3-8-1 record, already surpassing the win total from the previous season.

The start of 2026 was a tough stretch as The Rock lost eight of nine games, managing a 2-2 tie against the Springfield Spirit. But the team was able to get back in the win column with a 2-0 shutout over the Griffons, avenging a 4-2 loss from the day before. Teddy Houlehan ’27 recorded his first shutout of the season, blanking St. Joe on 16 shots.

The regular season came to a close with Rockhurst at 4-17-2, good for the #8 seed in the nine-team playoffs.

The highlight of the season came in the first round game against the Griffons – the team Rockhurst faced the most throughout the year.

With a 4-4 tie after regulation, the game went to overtime. Michael McTavish ’27 advanced Rockhurst with a short-handed game-winner. The memorable victory resulted in the Hawklets having to face Northwest Arkansas, which would finish the year as MAHSHL Champions with a 23-0-1 season.

But the future is bright for Coach Manzella’s team, as each of its six All-Conference selections were underclassmen and will be back for the 202627 season. Rock will again look to Callahan and Korentager to lead the scoring after they netted 14 and 10, respectively. Houlehan will return between the posts.

Another exciting aspect was a solid JV season that featured an 8-8-6 record with a handful of players that will look to be varsity contributors this winter.

“We have laid the foundation for building something very special with Rockhurst Hockey,” said Coach Manzella. “We have a great group of players coming back this year to continue building on what we started and we’re looking to make some noise in the league this year.”

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2026-27 HEAD COACH

Head Coach

Jared Manzella Coach Manzella enters his second season leading the Hockey Hawklets. He has an extensive background in both playing and coaching the game.

He hails from Eagan, MN where he earned AllConference goalie honors at Eagan High School.

Coach Manzella went on to play for two years at the University of Utah and then three years at BYU; as a Cougar he was named an All-American and helped lead BYU to a Mountain West Conference Championship. Following his playing career, Coach Manzella was the assistant coach for Utah Valley University; he also has experience as a youth head coach and a private goalie coach. He works as an Operations Manager for Waste Management and also serves in the U.S. Navy Reserves as a Hospital Corpsman, Petty Officer 3rd Class. Coach Manzella is married to Victoria and they own a custom hockey jersey manufacturing company together.

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2026-27 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Henry Nelson

Rob Brown

Coach Nelson ’12 joined the coaching staff prior to the 2024-25 season, but he is quite familiar with the Rock Hockey program. He was a four-year member of the team during his time as a Hawklet, which included being voted as captain during his senior year. The Hawklets won the league championship when he was a freshman in the 2008-09 season.

Coach Nelson had coached in the youth hockey ranks for over 10 years.

Assistant Coach

Mike Holmes Coach Holmes officially joins the hockey program for the 2026-27 season. He is a longtime baseball coach, entering his 12th season with Rock Baseball this spring; he’s coached baseball for more than 50 years.

He teaches English to juniors and seniors at Rockhurst. He is married to Jill, a recently-retired life-long teacher. Coach Holmes has a son, a step-son, and a step-daughter, as well as three grandchildren. His oldest grandson (Henry) is a member of Rockhurst’s Class of 2030.

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Coach Brown joined the Rock Hockey staff in 202526. He grew up in Michigan and started playing hockey at age four. He played his youth hockey in Lansing, MI, progressing up to AAA in Detroit, MI as a Bantam, played on Team Michigan in the USA Junior Olympics and won the National Championship as a Midget with Compuware AAA. Following one year of Junior at St. Michael's College School in Toronto, Coach Brown played four years at the University of Michigan, earning Rookie of the Year in his freshman season and was the team's leading scorer in his second year. Playing in all 164 games in his four years, Coach Brown set a record of consecutive games played that survived over 20 years. He played six years professionally in Sweden, leading two teams to championships. Coach Brown has coached at all levels from high school in Ann Arbor, MI to U8 in Kansas City and has over 20 years of summer skills camps instruction experience. He is also the Director of National Accounts for Lennar Homes and has three children (Lilly, Vivian, Ethan) with his wife, Briana.

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2025-2026 SEASON RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 5-18-2 @ KC Stars

Lost 5-1

KC Knights

Lost 9-0

NWA Ice Hogs

Lost 7-0

NWA Ice Hogs

Lost 6-0

@ St. Joseph Griffons

Won 4-2

St. Joseph Griffons

Lost 5-3

St. Joseph Griffons

Won 3-2

KC Saints

Lost 7-3

@ KC Saints

Lost 9-1

@ KC Stars

Lost 8-2

@ Mid-Missouri Tigers

Won 4-3

@ Mid-Missouri Tigers

Tied 2-2

Wichita Jr. Thunder

Lost 8-2

Wichita Jr. ThunderLost 8-2

Lost 2-1

Springfield Spirit

Lost 7-3

Springfield Spirit

Tied 2-2

@ Wichita Jr. Thunder

Lost 6-0

@ Wichita Jr. Thunder

Lost 6-0

Mid-Missouri Tigers

Lost 9-4

@ KC Stars

Lost 5-1

St. Joseph Griffons

Lost 4-2

St. Joseph Griffons

Won 2-0

Mid-Missouri Tigers

Lost 5-2

MAHSHL Playoffs vs. St. Joseph Griffons

Won 5-4 (OT)

MAHSHL Playoffs vs. NWA Ice Hogs

Lost 9-1

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2025-26 SEASON TEAM AWARDS All-Conference

Jack Korentager ‘27 (2nd Team) Michael McTavish ’27 (2nd Team) Connor Cowan ’27 (Hon. Men.) Teddy Houlehan ’27 (Hon. Men.) Carson Kress ’28 (Hon. Men.) Caden Callahan ’29 (Hon. Men.)

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ALL-TIME TEAM David Ward Cam McCulley Mitch McMonigle Ryan McMonigle Andrew Campbell Chad Maple Michael King Henry Crowe Colin McKay Daniel Connor JT Watt Parker Collins Collin Beischel William Dufresne Billy Powers Tommy Rasmussen Daniel Powers Sam Marso

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2025-26 SEASON STATS Individual Stats Player

Goals

Assists

Points

*Caden Callahan

14

4

18

*Jack Korentager

10

3

13

Bennett Coleman

2

8

10

Henry Christian

4

4

8

Daniel Alibrando

2

3

5

Spencer Robinson

4

1

5

*Carson Kress

3

0

3

Truett Latz

2

1

3

*Michael McTavish

3

0

3

Riley Teeven

1

2

3

*Connor Cowan

1

1

2

Enzo Riccardi

1

1

2

George Blasdel

0

1

1

Charlie Klumpp

1

0

1

Goaltending Stats Player

*Teddy Houlehan

*All-Conference Blue indicates returnee

Minutes

Shots

Saves

Save Percentage

950

683

165

90%

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WRESTLING

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Wrestlers Display High-Level Potential, Eager to Take Next Step “OOOSSS!” This rallying cry could be heard constantly in the Rockhurst wrestling room from the first day that Head Coach Luke Denney took over the program in July 2025.

It’s a common phrase in martial arts associated with grit, perseverance, and respect. These were all qualities that Coach Denney wanted to bring to a Hawklet program that had been building momentum.

In the season before Coach Deney arrived, four Rock wrestlers qualified for the State Meet – the most since 2016.

However, only one of those four would be returning to the mat for the 2025-26 season.

That was Chase Quinn ’27, who had placed fourth in his weight division at Districts as a sophomore. Coming into the next season, he would be looked at as a leader of the team even as a non-senior.

Cooper Clemons ’26, Declan Fallon ’26, Zach Novotny ’26, and Nigel Shipley ’26 were all seniors who had spent several years in the program and would help establish the next chapter of Rockhurst Wrestling. Joining them was a first-year senior wrestler who became the emotional leader of the squad in Xavier Clemons ’26. His impact on the team’s chemistry and morale was so strong that he would be selected for the Beach Tuckness Award, the top honor within the program, following his lone season with the team.

The season started slower than the group had hoped with bottom-half finishes in both the Lee’s Summit North and Lee’s Summit Invitationals; the best individual performances were 5th place finishes by Xavier Clemons and Quinn.

The Hawklets wrestled well in the first dual of the season, a home match against Lee’s Summit North. In the head-to-head matches, Rockhurst trailed by five points. However, RHS did not field a varsity wrestler in five weight divisions and those forfeits led to a 53-18 loss.

The next competition was a different story. At the 16team Shawnee Mission South Invitational, Rockhurst

put seven wrestlers on the podium with top-five individual finishes. John O’Connor ’27 was the champion of the 285 lb. division after going 5-0 in his matches.

Quinn also won his division, while Xavier Clemons (2nd), Novotny (3rd), Cooper Clemons (4th), Shipley (5th), and Cole Cress ’27 (5th) were all medalists. Dargin Gunnoe ’28 placed 6th to just miss out on the podium.

Those efforts were good for a 3rd Place finish as a team.

That marked the first top-three finish for Rockhurst in a tournament since the 2016-17 season.

Next up was a streak of six consecutive dual competitions. The Rock went 3-3, and each of the defeats came by less than 14 points.

The Hawklets showed well at the next two tournaments, placing 11th at Blue Valley Northwest and 7th at Blue Springs South. Xavier Clemons was Rock’s top finisher at both, earning silver and bronze medals, respectively.

A particularly special match of the year was the regular season finale in which Rockhurst took down Bishop Miege 52-24 on the Stags’ Senior Night as the Hawklets went an even 4-4 in duals in 2025-26.

Faced against a stacked District, Rockhurst was able to get three of its wrestlers into position for a top-four finish and State qualification. Unfortunately, Xavier Clemons and Shipley both finished in 5th/6th to come up just short. On the other end, Quinn posted a 3-2 record in his District matches to earn 4th Place in his 190 lb. division and punch a second straight ticket to Columbia for the Class 4 State Meet.

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The bracket would be unkind to Quinn, as he was forced to wrestle the eventual State Champion in the opening round and then dropped his first round consolation match as well. But Quinn finished his junior season with a record of 28-15 and became just the second Hawklet wrestler since 2017 to advance to State in back-to-back seasons. And he will look to make it a third in his final year at The Rock.

“We approached this past season with the mindset

Quinn was one of Rockhurst’s seven District wrestlers who will return for 2026-27, bringing back a strong core for year two under Coach Denney and his staff.

we have the mental and physical fortitude to meet

of ‘Progress not Perfection’ – a wheel always moving forward regardless of the terrain. And we did just that. Whatever the situation, we always had another teammate ready to step up and help any way they could,” said Coach Denney. “Last year proved that any challenge we face. We are ready to embrace the challenge.”

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2026-27 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Mike Denney

Head Coach

Luke Denney Coach Denney joined the Rockhurst community beginning in the 2025-26 year. He is the Head Wrestling Coach and helps with the freshman team. Coach Denney was a three-sport athlete at Central High School in Omaha, NE where his efforts earned him multiple All-State accolades, as well as Metro Receiver of the year, Athlete of the Year, and Gatorade Player of the Year. He played football at the University of Nebraska and was a member of the 1997 National Championship team. Coach Denney then transferred to Rock U to play soccer and became a two-time MVP, All-Region, and All-American Goalkeeper to lead the Hawks to a Midwest Regional Championship. After graduating with degrees in both English and Secondary Education, Coach Denney has continued to inspire student-athletes for the last 20 years through sports and organizations such as Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Coach Denney is a very familiar name in wrestling.

He has been coaching for 56 years. He was the head coach at the University of Nebraska Omaha for 32 years; UNO finished in the top-10 of NCAA D-II in all but one season. He then spent 12 years as head coach at Maryville University. During his 44 years as a college head coach, he worked with 35 NCAA Division II National Champions, 209 All-Americans, and 293 National Qualifiers.

His teams have won seven NCAA D-II National Championships. Coach Denney compiled a 386164-5 dual record and was a three-time NCAA D-II National Coach of the Year. Soon after retiring from the collegiate ranks in 2023, he joined Rock Wrestling ahead of the 2025-26 season when his son Luke was named the head coach. Coach Denney and his wife Bonnie have been married for 57 years. They have three children who all had very successful high school and collegiate athletic careers, and all have been or are currently coaches. They also have seven grandchildren.

Assistant Coach

Zach AndersonBoland Coach Anderson-Boland ’05 returns for his 12th year assisting the wrestling program, having coached every season since 2015. He was a standout wrestler for the Hawklets while he was a Rockhurst student, winning a State medal in his senior season. He is a member of the program’s All-Time Team. Following his time at The Rock, Coach Anderson-Boland attended the Missouri S&T and earned his BSN in Biology and then a BSN in Nursing at UMKC. He works as a registered nurse. Coach AndersonBoland and Juliane have a son, Benjamin, and a daughter, Emery.

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2026-27 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

John Reyna

Adrian Rinas

Coach Reyna brought his fitness background to the mat for the Hawklets starting in 2022. His passion for wrestling started as a youth wrestler in Iowa and extended through Ellsworth College. He went on to earn his BS degree from the University of Iowa.

His past coaching experience comes in the form of parochial league cross country and track & field for 10 years. Coach Reyna works as a scientist with the Environmental Protection Agency. He and his wife, Susan, have two sons: Samuel ’25 and Will ’28.

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Coach Rinas ’98 is back for his fourth season in his second stint on the Rock Wrestling staff. He was an exceptional wrestler himself for the Hawklets, as he was a District Champion and State qualifier his senior year. He continued his career as a student-athlete at the University of Oklahoma and was a member of the Big 12 Championship wrestling team in 1999.

Professionally, he has worked at the Kansas City Assembly Plant since 2002. He got into coaching at the youth level before rejoining The Rock in 2012 and then again in 2022. Coach Rinas’ younger brother, Alex ’10, was a Hawklet team captain and former coach; his son, Tyler ’20, was a State-qualifying Hawklet wrestler. Coach Rinas also has a daughter, Abbie.

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wrestling 2025-26 RESULTS Overall Dual Record: 4-4

Lee’s Summit North Invitational

11th of out 16 teams

Lee’s Summit Invitational

18th out of 26 teams

Lee’s Summit North

Lost 53-18

Shawnee Mission South Invitational

3rd out of 16 teams

@ St. Joseph Central

Lost 39-32

vs. KC Central

Won 78-6

vs. Marion Kauffman Charter

Won 84-0

@ Summit Christian Academy

Lost 47-33

@ Ruskin

Won 54-28

@ Fort Osage

Lost 42-34

Blue Valley Northwest Invitational

11th out of 21 teams

Blue Springs South Invitational

7th out of 10 teams

@ Bishop Miege

Won 52-24

District Championship

12th out of 16 teams

State Championship

T-51st out of 51 teams

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wrestling 2025-26 SEASON TEAM AWARDS Beach Tuckness Award

All-District Chase Quinn ’27

Given to the wrestler who best exemplifies characteristics of the first head coach, Mr. Beach Tuckness.

OOOSSS Leadership Award Cooper Clemons 2026 Zach Novotny 2026 Outstanding Wrestler Nigel Shipley 2026 Chase Quinn 2026 Iron Man Award Declan Fallon

2026

Most Improved Award Jonas Deeken 2026 Cal Dingley 2026

Workhorse Award

Recognizes a wrestler that day-in and day-out comes to practice and conditioning and works harder than anyone in the room and on the mat.

This individual is always working to improve. A workhorse never gives up, never cuts corners, always does an extra rep and does so with a positive attitude.

Andrew Shipman Bobby Clemons Anthony Totta

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Kevin Barth Brady Poskin Chris Mueller Steven Yanda Robert Tait Lou Groff Doug McFarland Alex Wurtz A.J. Gassman Chandler Smith Luke Tripp Evan Rainen Drew Daniels Thomas Peterson Ben McCausland Carson Meek Cameron Valdiviez Colin Valdiviez Travis Triplett Judson Dull Judson Dull Luke Tyrer Eli Franklin Robert Purcell Robert Purcell Kade Tholen Xavier Clemons

2023 2024 2025

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wrestling ALL-TIME TEAM Chris Garlich David Poskin Jim Paolozzi Mark Hickey Scott Johnson Travis Huenfeld Justin Rogers Greg Ford Zach Anderson-Boland Tyler Reed Doug McFarland Alex Wurtz Chandler Smith Luke Tripp Ben Boyd Drew Daniels Charlie Lipford Thomas Peterson Vince Spalitto Cameron Valdiviez Colin Valdiviez

1975 1978 1984 1987 1989 1991 1996 2004 2005 2005 2008 2009 2011 2011 2012 2013 2014 2014 2016 2017 2017

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Baseball Hawklets Win State Trophy; Core Returns for 2027 Coming off of a season with a winning percentage below 30%, most would think that the expectations for the upcoming year would be low.

That was not the case for the 2026 Baseball Hawklets.

After grinding through 2025 with a 10-24 record in the first season under Head Coach Will Gorden, Rockhurst had something to prove. The returning players committed themselves to turning those 24 losses into 24 wins. A turnaround that was only possible through a talented roster and the fortitude to battle through adversity.

The 2026 Hawklets brought both to the plate.

The KC Metro Lead-Off Classic marked the start of the season, and Rock opened with a dramatic 12-11 walk-off win over Kearney. Davis Long ’26, one of 14 seniors on the team, had his first of several clutch hits throughout the year, including multiple game-winners.

That was followed by a 9-1 victory over Platte County led by Matthew Gillespie ’27 tossing six innings of one-hit baseball with eight strikeouts. The junior would lead the staff in strikeouts and was second in innings pitched.

Bodie Arthur ’26 and Owen Hughes ’27 made up the rest of a high-end starting pitcher rotation. All three were All-District selections with 3.1 ERAs or better.

The Hawklets showed more late-game heroics in a 6-5 win over Ray-Pec in which Rock trailed 5-1 going into the bottom of the seventh and final inning. Carter Scott ’27 and Warren Robertson ’27 both blasted home runs to keep the rally going. The duo, both with 40+ hits on the season, finished with matching OPS numbers of .875 and All-District honors. Scott was also one of three Hawklets to be named to the All-State team as a utility player.

Joining him as All-Staters were Peter Nickson ’27, a switch-hitting shortstop who batted leadoff, and Hughes, a flamethrowing lefty who would also showcase his hitting ability. Hughes held a WHIP of 1.310 across 47.1 innings and also led the team with an OPS of 1.052.

Through the first chunk of the season, Rockhurst owned a record of 9-8 after testing itself with a

schedule loaded with top teams from Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Chicago, and New Jersey.

The 18th game marked the exactly halfway point of the regular season – and it was one that swung the momentum for the rest of the year. Rock traveled to Staley to take on the State Runners-Up from 2025 who would again be contenders for the title in 2026. The Hawklets put the state on notice with a 12-1 spread rule win as Robertson, Nickson, and Hughes combined to go 6/10 at the plate with 8 RBIs, 5 runs, 3 walks, and 6 stolen bases. Meanwhile, Robby Teasdale ’28, the lone sophomore on varsity, bolstered the pitching rotation with his six-inning, one-run performance.

Two days later, Rock verified its case for the top team in the city. Gillespie’s 5.2 innings with 10 strikeouts led the Hawklets to a 12-3 win over Blue Springs South, the defending State Champs and top-ranked team in KCMO. Rockhurst tallied 13 hits in six innings; Long was 3/3 with 3 RBIs and a walk.

That statement win preceded four more over Blue Springs, Bishop Miege, Shawnee Mission Northwest, and Lawrence. A constant theme during that stretch: stolen bases. The Hawklets swiped 15 bags against Blue Springs, and the next game went for 17 in a 9-2 victory over Miege.

In a four-week span between April 13 and May 4, Rockhurst went 11-3. Two of those losses were to Blue Valley and Olathe East, which were the top two teams in Kansas at the time.

The highlight of the stretch was the first game of an April 30 doubleheader against Shawnee Mission East. Rock trailed 6-4 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. Jack Karl ’27 led off with a single, followed by a Long single, an RBI-double by Nickson, and then Hughes’ single knocked in two runs for the walk-off. The energy carried right into game two as Rock won 9-0 behind six innings of shutout ball from Hughes.

The bats stayed alive in a 14-2 road win over Gardner Edgerton with Xavier Ritchie ’26 having his best game at the plate, going 3/5 with 5 RIBs with a three-run homer.

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Hawklets then had to battle through a three-game skid, all in close games: a 10-inning loss to Fayetteville (AR), one-run loss to Har-Ber (AR), and a 4-1 loss at Blue Valley Southwest plagued by three errors. But the positive of that bump in the road was the return of Charlie Bernstein ’26, who had missed a month with injury. The senior outfielder had 4 RBIs with a threerun blast against Her-Ber and then went 2/2 with a triple and a walk against Southwest.

Rockhurst saved its most memorable regular season game for last. On the road at St. Thomas Aquinas, the Hawklets trailed 8-3 going into the top of the seventh inning as the Saints began planning their celebration. But The Rock had other ideas, as the Hawklets exploded for nine runs in the final frame to steal the victory with a 12-8 result and take all of the momentum into the playoffs.

Despite being the top seed, Rockhurst had to travel to Carthage for the District Tournament. The team fortunately had a quarterfinal bye and then used a 2-RBI double from Karl in the sixth inning to grab a 4-2 win over Lee’s Summit North. In the Championship against Lee’s Summit, Rock had to deal with two lightning delays to pull out a 5-0 win for the title.

Hughes was the best player on the field, going 5.0 innings on the mound with seven strikeouts along with 2/4 at the plate with a double and a run scored.

The teams returned Saturday and Rockhurst would have to win both. Arthur showed his composure as a senior, throwing five innings of one-run ball and Rock won 6-1 to force a game three. It was all Hawklets with Hughes at the helm. The junior put together a complete game with six strikeouts and allowing just three hits en route to an 11-0 Rock win.

For the first time since 2010, Rockhurst was back in the State Final Four.

Rock hit the road again, this time to Ozark. Hawklets were matched up with Blue Springs South, a program very familiar with the big stage. Rockhurst led 4-2 late in the game, but the Jaguars rallied to tie it up and then eventually won on a walk-off in the eighth inning.

The season ended in a 7-3 defeat to Vianney, as Rock was still able to bring home just the third State trophy in program history.

The team’s 26 wins matched the most in program history, and marked a new barometer for success for the Baseball Hawklets, especially with five returning All-District players – three of whom were also AllState, the most for Rockhurst since 2015.

“The 2026 team set the table for the 2027 season.

The 15 seniors came together and showed the entire

In 2025, MSHSAA changed the playoff format so that State Quarterfinal matchups would be a best-ofthree series. As Rockhurst headed back to Staley for a chance to make the Final Four, that change was a benefit to The Rock. On Friday, a 1-0 pitchers’ duel went to Staley despite Gillespie tossing a six-inning gem.

program what it means to play for the name on the front of the jersey,” said Coach Gorden. “The 2027 team will look to build on the success of the prior season and the returning varsity players are ready to add to the legacy established before them.”

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2027 HEAD COACH

2027 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Ben Calvano Coach Calvano joined both the baseball staff and the Math department for the 2024-25 year. As a Bishop Miege graduate of 2013, he went on to play at Johnson County Community College, earning conference and regional recognitions before finishing up his playing career at Campbell University. Along his way to The Rock, he coached at the University of St. Mary (KS) and then at Shawnee Mission East for a total of six years.

Coach Calvano is married to Krista.

Head Coach

Will Gorden Coach Gorden returned to The Rock in 2024-25 as the Head Baseball Coach after stints at Shawnee Mission East and Bishop Miege locally, and teaching the game in China, Taiwan, and India. He was a varsity assistant coach for Rockhurst from 2006-11, including for the program’s 3rd Place finish in 2010 to start off his career in education.

He brings with him not only 24 years of coaching but a strong understanding of being an Ignatian educator. He played for Rockhurst University and graduated with a teaching degree in 2006. He continues to teach P.E. and weightlifting at The Rock. Coach Gorden and his wife, Ashley, have two children: Foxx and Poppy

Assistant Coach

Mike Walczuk Coach Walczuk ’05 is back for his third season on the varsity coaching staff. A former standout player himself, Coach Walczuk is a member of the baseball All-Time Team after helping Rock to back-to-back District Championships in 2004 and 2005; he led the team hitting .461 as a junior while the Hawklets went 26-3 and were the State Runner-Up, marking the best finish in program history. Coach Walczuk is also a member of Rock Football’s All-Time Team. He went on to play collegiate baseball at Rockhurst University and also earned an MBA from the school. He began his coaching career with Building Champions in 2010 and has remained involved while also serving as a Fleet and Business Sales Coordinator for Reed Automotive Group. Coach Walczuk is married to Rachel and they have a daughter.

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2027 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Ryan Kisner

Martin Radosevic, Sr.

Coach Kisner ’00 returned to Rock Baseball in 2026 as a varsity assistant coach. He was a two-year varsity player for Rockhurst before he continued his baseball career at El Camino College in Torrance, CA. That’s also where he began coaching; he was on El Camino’s staff for two years and then made his way back to Kansas CIty to coach at Rock U for a year, where he coached Will Gorden and Mike Walczuk., He spent three seasons as an assistant in the Ban Johnson League.

Coach Kisner has nine years with Building Champions Baseball Academy as a high school level coach and private instructor. He is also the Director of Facilities for Homefield. He and his wife Meranda have a daughter, Sloane.

Assistant Coach

Coach Radosevic will coach the Baseball C Team for the fifth year, after the team was established in 2023.

He brings more than 20 years of youth coaching in baseball, football, basketball, and track & field. He was also the Rockhurst pole vault coach for four seasons.

Raised in Havana, IL, he played football at Urbana University in Ohio and was an Academic All-American while earning degrees in Math and Business, followed by a Masters in Business Administration from Baker University. Coach Radosevic teaches Math at The Rock.

From 1999-2018 he was a KC Royals statistician. He is married to Lori and all three of their sons are Rockhurst graduates (Martin, Jr. ’16, Maguire ’17, and Maddux ’23).

Assistant Coach

Mike Holmes

Paul Winkeler

Coach Holmes enters his 12th baseball season at Rockhurst with the same enthusiasm he’s had for more than 50 baseball coaching years. Energetic and passionate about the game of baseball are the best ways to describe him. His coaching experiences range from tee ball to summer collegiate players and beyond. He has played in and/or coached in seven amateur adult National Championship games with five championships. Coach Holmes also previously “enjoyed” a 20+ year career as an umpire, including collegiate and high school levels. He teaches English to juniors and seniors at Rockhurst. He is married to Jill, a recently-retired life-long teacher. Coach Holmes has a son, a step-son, and a step-daughter, as well as three grandchildren. His oldest grandson (Henry) is a member of Rock’s Class of 2030.

Coach Winkeler returns for his 21st overall season, currently in his second stint with the Rockhurst baseball program. He has taught and coached at The Rock since 1999, and is most known as the head coach of the swim & dive team (the AquaHawks), which he has led to 15 State Titles, making Rockhurst the winningest swim & dive program in Missouri.

He returned to coaching both the swim & dive and baseball teams in 2018 after a hiatus to focus on Rockhurst’s STEAM initiatives. Coach Wink teaches Chemistry in the Science Department and serves as the Department Chair. He and his wife Margaret have three children, including John ’28.

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2026 VARSITY BASEBALL RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 26-17 KC Metro Leadoff vs. Kearney

Won 12-11

@ Bishop Miege

Won 9-2

KC Metro Leadoff vs. Platte County

Won 9-1

@ Shawnee Mission Northwest

Won 9-0

KC Metro Leadoff vs. Liberty North

Lost 7-4

River City Classic vs. Lawrence

Won 6-2

KC Metro Leadoff vs. Liberty

Lost 10-1

River City Classic vs. Olathe East

Lost 5-2

Lee’s Summit West

Won 13-3

River City Classic vs. Olathe Northwest

Won 6-4

@ Joplin

Won 7-2

@ Blue Valley

Lost 6-0

vs. Washburn Rural

Lost 8-1

St. Pius X

Won 5-1

vs. Wyandotte

Won 15-0

Shawnee Mission East

Won 7-6

Ray-Pec

Won 6-5

Shawnee Mission East

Won 9-0

@ Lee’s Summit

Won 11-8

@ Gardner Edgerton

Won 14-2

vs. Carthage

Lost 11-4

Fayetteville (AR)

Lost 5-1 (10 innings)

Creighton Prep (NE)

Lost 7-4

vs. Har-Ber (AR)

Lost 8-7

Creighton Prep (NE)

Lost 7-5

@ Blue Valley Southwest

Lost 4-1

@ Blue Valley Northwest

Lost 7-6

Odessa

Won 12-2

Jesuit Classic vs. St. Peter’s Prep (NJ)

Won 5-4

@ St. Thomas Aquinas

Won 12-8

Jesuit Classic vs. SLUH

Lost 4-2

District Semifinals vs. Lee’s Summit North

Won 4-2

Jesuit Classic vs. St. Ignatius (IL)

Won 7-3

District Championship vs. Lee’s Summit

Won 5-0

@ Staley

Won 12-1

State Quarterfinals vs. Staley (Game 1)

Lost 1-0

Lee’s Summit North

Lost 6-3

State Quarterfinals vs. Staley (Game 2)

Won 6-1

Blue Springs South

Won 12-3

State Quarterfinals vs. Staley (Game 3)

Won 11-0

@ Blue Springs

Won 13-6

State Semifinals vs. Blue Springs South

Lost 6-5 (8 innings)

State 3rd Place Game vs. Vianney

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baseball 2026 SEASON STATS Hitting Stats Name

GP

AB

H

RBI

2B

3B

HR

BB

SB

AVG

OPS

*Warren Robertson

42

129

40

23

36

9

3

1

26

27

.310

.875

*#Peter Nickson

41

136

44

25

37

15

2

0

24

26

.324

.893

*#Carter Scott

41

135

47

27

26

7

1

1

27

13

.348

.875

Jack Karl

39

113

27

22

16

3

2

0

13

2

.239

.659

Michael LaSala

39

81

21

10

28

2

0

0

14

10

.259

.718

George Meysenburg

35

94

30

15

19

3

1

1

10

2

.319

.828

Isaac Pesek

33

35

4

4

19

1

0

0

2

13

.114

.305

*#Owen Hughes

32

81

32

22

30

8

0

2

10

21

.395

1.052

*Davis Long

30

88

31

23

3

1

0

0

13

0

.352

.796

Xavier Ritchie

30

78

26

14

6

6

0

1

5

2

.333

.860

Will Robertson

29

65

16

12

10

5

0

0

11

3

.246

.690

Will Stephenson

23

35

8

10

13

1

1

0

10

5

.229

.731

Liam Conway

23

16

2

2

14

1

0

0

2

1

.125

.438

Charlie Bernstein

21

66

15

12

11

2

1

1

7

2

.227

.662

Dillon Darby

11

16

7

6

8

1

0

0

1

1

.438

.974

David Prier

5

14

4

2

3

0

0

0

3

0

.286

.730

Pitching Stats

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Name

GP

IP

BB

SO

ERA

WHIP

*Bodie Arthur

14

54.1

9

48

2.706

1.286

*Matthew Gillespie

12

52.1

30

56

2.809

1.433

*#Owen Hughes

12

47.1

31

50

3.106

1.310

*Robby Teasdale

13

38.0

4

23

1.658

1.000

Trip Kratofil

13

29.0

19

28

4.828

1.724

Joe Jones

11

17.2

14

12

1.189

1.528

Jack Karl

5

16.1

15

13

4.286

1.837

Michael LaSala

7

8.0

5

7

4.375

1.875

Xavier Ritchie

3

6.1

6

10

4.421

2.368

Warren Robertson

4

5.1

3

8

5.250

1.312

Dom Margherio

1

4.0

0

2

1.750

0.750

Carson Lucido

3

3.0

1

3

7.000

1.000

Larson Robinson

1

1.0

1

0

0.000

2.000

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*Denotes All-District #Denotes All-State Blue indicates returnee

baseball 2026 SEASON STATS Fielding Stats Name

TC

PO

A

E

F PCT

Jack Karl

224

206

14

4

.982

*#Peter Nickson

178

57

104

17

.904

*#Carter Scott

127

105

16

6

.953

Xavier Ritchie

124

114

8

2

.984

Michael LaSala

105

48

48

9

.914

*Davis Long

88

77

8

3

.966

*Warren Robertson

80

73

7

0

1.000

George Meysenberg

61

27

29

5

.918

*#Owen Hughes

51

32

14

5

.902

Will Stephenson

36

12

15

9

.750

Will Robertson

32

28

4

0

1.000

David Prier

17

17

0

0

1.000

Isaac Pesek

17

17

0

0

1.000

Liam Conway

16

10

6

0

1.000

*Matthew Gillespie

15

4

10

1

.933

Trip Kratofil

12

3

7

2

.833

*Bodie Arthur

6

1

4

1

.833

*Robby Teasdale

6

3

3

0

1.000

Dillon Darby

2

2

0

0

1.000

*Denotes All-District #Denotes All-State Blue indicates returnee

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SEASON TEAM AWARDS Jim DeGraw “Blue Collar” Award

All-District

Started in 2024, this award recognizes one outstanding member of the Hawklet Baseball Program, distinguished by his commitment to Rockhurst Baseball, investment in his teammates’ improvement, and a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done – all attributes of Coach DeGraw, who led Rockhurst Baseball from 1996 through 2024.

Bodie Arthur ’26 Davis Long ’26 Matthew Gillespie ’27 Owen Hughes ’27 Peter Nickson ’27 Carter Scott ’27 Robby Teasdale ’28

All-State

Owen Hughes ’27 (2nd Team UT) Peter Nickson ’27 (Hon. Men. IF) Carter Scott ’27 (Hon. Men. UT)

Cooper Westra Evan Damario George Meysenburg

2024 2025 2026

Academic All-State

Bodie Arthur ’26 Charlie Bernstein ’26 Liam Conway ’26 Dillon Darby ’26 Trip Kraotfil ’26 Carson Lucido ’26 George Meysenburg ’26 Isaac Pesek ’26 David Prier ’26 Xavier Ritchie ’26 Will Robertson ’26 Owen Hughes ’27 Peter Nickson ’27 Carter Scott ’27 Robby Teasdale ’28

ALL-TIME TEAM Alex George Ed Mehrer Steve Mingori Joe Groner Joe Spinello Joe Fahey Pat Tierney Rex Hein Doug Bruce David O’Keefe Travis Huenfeld Derek Wathan Mark Alexander David Manning Raymond Chang Ryan Anderson Steve Murphy John Mayberry Jr. Adam Pummill

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1955 1956 1962 1964 1965 1965 1966 1966 1967 1989 1991 1995 1999 2001 2001 2001 2002 2002 2002

John Sweeney Kevin Sears Brandon Doherty Jeff Koons Ryan Bennett Derrick McKinney Kelly Quirk Mike Walczuk David Belfonte Aaron Meade Jerry Mancuso Jake Doller Sal Belfonte Nate Goodwin Joey Mancuso David Wiedeman Andy Cheray Mitch Degraw Henry Weiler

2002 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012

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Todd Czinege 2013 Logan Grey 2013 Jack Benninghoff 2014 Trey Vickers 2014 Luke Ritter 2015 Ben Whetstone 2015 Tyler Benninghoff 2016 Dalton Lanpher 2016 Christian Franklin 2018 Luke Schafer 2019 Jaxson Wentworth 2019 Sam Brady 2020 Stone Hewlett 2020 Chuck Ingram 2020 Will Walsh 2020 John Michael Gyllenborg 2021 Ben Walsh 2021

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Weather Changes State Format; One Stroke Motivates Golfers The Hawklets’ quest for its first State Championship since 2022 continued this past spring.

Calling a multi-year gap without a State title a “drought” is perhaps unfair, but that’s what happens with a program as historically successful as Rockhurst Golf. Since 1998, the longest time between the team’s championships is four years.

Those “droughts” were from 2001-04, 2013-16, and 2018-21 (no 2020 season). And in those 11 seasons, Rockhurst still placed in the top-three at State nine times. Likewise, the Hawklets finished 2nd in 2023, 4th in 2024, and 3rd in 2025.

Historical success.

The pursuit to return to the top of Missouri Class 5 began some 1,500 miles west in Palm Springs, CA, the site of the Champions Invitational where Rockhurst has competed in March/April for the last five years. Among 48 teams composed of some of the best players in the country, the Hawklets tied for 19th Place, with Rock’s best-ever three-round score of 876. Conner Vickers ’26 led the way shooting a steady 219 (74, 73, 72) across three rounds. Henry Mayor ’27, George Besch ’26, and Hank Homsey ’27 all shot 220, while Charlie Homsey ’28 was just behind at 224.

Vickers, Mayor, Besch, and Hank Homsey were each All-District players in 2025, and Mayor and Hank Homsey were also All-State medalists. The duo would also finish as Rock’s top two golfers in average scores in 2026.

The team’s first win of the season came in the Joplin Invitational with Hank Homsey being runner-up after a two-hole playoff. Cash Jones ’27, one of several golfers who battled for varsity spots all season, took 3rd after making the tournament’s playoff as well. Patrick Mayor ’29 and Charlie Rome ’29, both freshmen, were also in the varsity mix and held 18hole averages of 75.5 and 75.7, respectively, in their season of high school golf.

Vickers was the individual champion of the 23-team EKL Invitational as Rockhurst also took the team title in the cross-state tournament against some of Kansas’ best squads. Vickers’ 68 was a career best for the three-year letterman.

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Midway through the season, the Hawklets found themselves in a back-and-forth with Summit Christian Academy, a local team making a push for top honors in Kansas City in 2026. Rock beat SCA by one stroke in the St. Pius X Warrior Invitational, a two-man best ball tournament. And then four days later the Eagles bested the Hawklets by one stroke at the Helias Invitational. Individually, behind the best round of his young career, Charlie Homsey’s 69 (-3) made him the individual champion at Helias among 121 competitors.

But a true rivalry has to have history, and that’s exactly what Rockhurst and Shawnee Mission East have in golf. For the last decade-plus, the schools have met for a duel of each team’s best players. Played at Oakwood again this year, the Hawklets added to its winning record in the matchup. With a 7-5 victory, Rock moved to 8-2-1 in the last 11 meetings with the Lancers.

The final big tournament of the regular season was set to be the Jefferson City Invitational, but it was canceled due to rain. That would not be the last of the bad weather in mid-Missouri.

So the Hawklets wrapped up the regular season with an easy victory at the Liberty North Triangular, in which Rockhurst shot 292 and took four of the top six spots.

Besch was the winner at 71 (-1), with Charlie Homsey in 2nd (72), Vickers in 3rd (73), and Mayor in 6th (76).

Mayor would nearly flip that score in the District Championship. His 68 (-4) was the best round of his junior season and earned him the title of District Champ. Rock’s four other golfers would also place in the top-15 to win All-District recognition and automatic qualifications for the State Meet. Rockhurst beat out the runner-up by seven strokes, good for the Hawklets’ 12th consecutive District Title as a team.

The aforementioned poor weather returned the morning of Monday, May 18 in Columbia. Pouring rain delayed the start of the two-day tournament several times before MSHSAA was forced to cancel Monday’s round and change State to a one-day, 18-hole tournament.

One shot would be the difference as Rockhurst and SLUH, the defending State Champs, continuously

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switched off atop the leaderboard in the final holes.

Rockhurst’s 296 was one stroke behind the Jr. Bills’ 295 when the 18 holes concluded.

Charlie Homsey was the top finisher for The Rock, as his 71 (-1) tied for 3rd Place. He earned All-State honors in both his freshman and sophomore seasons.

Vickers tied for 11th to close out his Rockhurst career in an All-State effort. Mayor also tied for 11th, matching his finish as a sophomore, to grab All-State in back-to-back years.

Championship their résumé as the winningest golf program in Missouri high school history, boys or girls.

“Our program is built around the leadership of the seniors, and George Besch, Cole Ketchum, and Conner Vickers were outstanding representatives of Rock Golf,” said Head Coach Mark Nusbaum. “They left their mark on the program and we now look to the next group to lead in 2027.”

The Homseys and Mayor will lead the charge in 2027 as the Hawklets aim to add a 16th State

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2027 HEAD COACH

2027 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Ron Huska

Head Coach

Mark Nusbaum Coach Mark Nusbaum will be back for his 13th year as Head Golf Coach, and has led the Golf Hawklets to two State Championships and nine top-3 finishes in those 12 seasons (2020 season was canceled). As a former State Championship basketball coach for the Hawklets, he retired from the program in 2014 with a record of 284-110, and retired from teaching in 2015. He says that he missed the kids, and many former players (golfers and basketball players) know what he brings to the table in terms of attitude and effort. Coach Nusbaum was a four-sport, nine-time letterman at Marshalltown High School in Iowa. He taught and coached locally at O’Hara and Liberty before coming to The Rock and teaching Math. While he didn’t play golf in high school, he has plenty of experience in managing the game, both the mental side and the team dynamics. Coach Nusbaum now teaches at St. Thomas Aquinas. He and his wife, Kris, have two sons (Drew and Jameson) and one daughter (Carly). Coach Nusbaum was inducted into the Rockhurst Sports Hall of Fame as a coach in 2023.

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Coach Huska returns for his third season with the Golf Hawklets. He joined the program as a coach in 2025, but previously spent nearly two decades at The Rock in the Maintenance Department before retiring in 2024. Coach Huska is from Kansas City, and was an All-Metro basketball player at Center High School who went on to play at Longview Junior College. He has coached various levels of basketball and baseball for over 30 years, and now has added golf to his résumé.

Coach Huska is married to Joyce and they have four kids: Shannon, Brian, Jessica, and Jason ’12, who was the 2012 individual State Champion for Rockhurst. Coach Huska and Joyce are also grandparents to 11 grandkids.

Assistant Coach

Kevin McGill Now in his 20th year at The Rock, Coach McGill is in his 10th year as an Assistant Golf Coach and also serves the school as the Associate Athletic Director. He grew up in Fremont, NE where he played four years of football, basketball, and baseball, and was a two-time All-State player in basketball. He then went on to play four years of hoops at Midland Lutheran College. Coach McGill and his wife, Sara, have two boys: Charlie ’30 and Keegan.

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2026 GOLF RESULTS Champions Invitational (CA)

20th out of 48 teams, shooting 876 (3 rounds)

Mill Valley Invitational

3rd out of 21 teams, shooting 309

Joplin Invitational

1st out of 19 teams, shooting 294

Park Hill South Quad

1st out of 4 teams, shooting 153 (9 holes)

EKL Invitational

1st out of 23 teams shooting 290

Laker Invitational

2nd out of 22 teams, shooting 290

Warrior Invitational

1st out of 5 teams, shooting 213 (two-man best ball)

Helias Invitational

2nd out of 22 teams, shooting 296

Shawnee Mission East Dual

Won 7-5

Jefferson City Invitational

Canceled

Liberty North Triangular

1st out of 3 teams, shooting 292

District Championship

1st out of 15 teams, shooting 292

State Championship

2nd out of 9 teams, shooting 296

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2026 SEASON TEAM AWARDS All-District

George Besch ’26 Conner Vickers ’26 Hank Homsey ’27 Henry Mayor ’27 Charlie Homsey ’28

All-State

Conner Vickers ’26 Henry Mayor ’27 Charlie Homsey ’28

Academic All-State George Besch ’26 Conner Vickers ’26 Charlie Homsey ’28

ALL-TIME TEAM Bud McGovern James Haake Robert Goulet Wayne Pence Jerry Krause Mark Hanrahan John Howell Robert “Chip” Toth Pat Hanrahan Matt Holmes Gary Riani John Sinovic Bert Roney Matt Roney Michael Hoehn Jim Gates Doug Albers Jason Hobick Fred Loeb Brent Kriegshauser

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Josh Polsinelli Kevin Ward Kirk Wood Mitch Kelly Ryan Davis Alex Nordholm Patrick Roth Tyler Trout Jason Schulte Matt Ledom Michael McGee Jason Huska Patrick Byrne Peter Dierks Rob Enright Ethan Packel Jack Dwyer Michael Bessenbacher Liam Coughlin

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2026 SEASON STATS Best Rounds Conner Vickers, Henry Mayor

68

Charlie Homsey

69

Charlie Homsey

70

Henry Mayor (2x), George Besch, Cole Ketchum, Charlie Homsey

71

Hank Homsey (2x), Charlie Homsey (2x), George Besch, Conner Vickers, Cash Jones, Patrick Mayor

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Competition Averages Per 18 Holes

Score

To Par

*#Henry Mayor

73.5

1.70

*#Charlie Homsey

73.6

1.80

*#Conner Vickers

74.8

3.04

*George Besch

75.2

3.46

*Hank Homsey

75.2

3.52

Charlie Rome

75.7

4.14

Patrick Mayor

75.5

4.16

Oliver Ciminieri

77.4

5.84

Cash Jones

77.1

6.00

Cole White

78.5

6.72

Cole Ketchum

78.3

7.08

Freddy Collins

78.6

7.14

Charlie Palmer

78.8

7.24

Lucas Francois

78.7

7.28

Connor Roth

78.9

7.28

Peter Menghini

79.1

7.62

Connor Dierks

79.1

7.64

Talyn Gates

80.0

8.28

Sam Cummings

79.8

8.36

Hudson Hild

82.2

9.64

*All-District # All-State Blue indicates returnee

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LACROSSE LACROSSE

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Season Leads to Another Dramatic Finish; Rock Ready to Reclaim Title For the Lacrosse Hawklets, the spring of 2026 opened with a bad taste still in their mouths.

The final minute of the previous season had resulted in Rockhurst not retaining the Lacrosse Association of Kansas City (LAKC) trophy for the first time in five years, following an unprecedented four-peat over 2021-24.

So the first two games of the new year were a nice palate cleanser. Rockhurst started with a 23-0 shutout of Bishop Miege and then a 19-2 win over St. Michael the Archangel. Sixteen different players scored against Stags and nine scored against the Guardians.

From the jump, James Bundy ’27 emerged as the top offensive threat for the Hawklets. The junior attackman was the top returning scorer from the 2025 team that went 14-2 and fell just short of the team’s ultimate goal in the 7-6 LAKC Championship loss to Lancer Lacrosse. Bundy’s 29 goals as a sophomore were the second most on the team, and 16 more than any other player back for 2026.

Quinn Scanlon ’27 also had a breakout year as a sophomore and was tied for second on the team in assists with 19.

But first, Jesuit Dallas traveled north to Rockhurst and returned to Texas with a 14-4 win. Then the Hawklets found their groove.

Over the next five games, Rock outscored its opponents 74-14. Bundy totaled 11 goals across two wins over Blue Valley Southwest. In a home game against Pembroke Hill, it was tied 1-1 after the first quarter. The Hawklets turned it on in the final three quarters en route to a 15-4 victory. Bundy had four more goals on the night while Hayden Fielder ’26 had two goals and two assists. Fielder would finish his senior season third on the team in goals with 19.

Brooks starred in a 19-5 road win at Lee’s Summit West with his four goals and three assists. Beau Scanlon ’28, a varsity newcomer in 2026, had seasonhighs in goals and assists with three each.

Sitting at 7-4 but undefeated in league play, Rockhurst had its first shot at Lancer Lancer in 2026. The Hawklets trailed 4-3 at halftime, but outscored the Lancers 5-1 in the third quarter to help secure a 10-7 win and take control of the top spot in the LAKC standings. Brooks was the man of the match with five goals in this edition of the rivalry game.

In the following game, Rock had to again erase an early deficit after trailing Northland 4-3 at the end

Along with Spencer Brooks ’27, the trio of juniors would lead the Rock offense in 2026.

The defense had plenty of experienced talent as well, highlighted by Draden Torline ’26 in goal. As a junior, Torline set new Rockhurst and LAKC records in save percentage (66.7%) and was selected as an All-American. Levi Mason ’26 and Jackson Sallee ’27 were returning All-Metro defensemen who made it harder for teams to get shots to Torline in the first place.

Torline would go on to be the first Rock Lacrosse goalie ever to be selected as a two-time All-American after allowing just 2.9 goals per game in league play.

Over spring break, the Hawklets headed to Tampa, FL for the Jesuit Classic to gain some valuable experience against fellow Jesuit schools. Although Rockhurst went 0-3 in the tournament with losses to Tampa Jesuit, Belen (FL), and Fordham Prep (NY), the team came back better prepared for the stretch ahead with better LAKC competition.

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of the first quarter. Torline and his defense held Northland to just one goal the rest of the way, while Connor Swords ’29 continued to make an offensive impact as a freshman scoring two of his 13 goals on the season.

Brooks’ six goals in the regular season finale, a 12-6 win over Mill Valley, closed out an undefeated regular season in the LAKC for Rockhurst and supplanted the #1 seed in the playoffs.

After a 24-1 sleeper against St. Michael the Archangel in the quarterfinals, Bundy and Brooks split scoring duties in an 18-7 win over Pembroke Hill as both netted three goals, and Bundy and Quinn Scanlon both had three assists.

And as it was setting up to be all year, Rockhurst and Lancer Lacrosse would meet again in the LAKC Championship for the third straight year. The Hawklets won in 2024, the Lancers in 2025.

quarter, but the Lancers found the net with 17 seconds left to force overtime. In the sudden-death period, the Lancers gained possession and snuck a shot between the pipes to seal a second straight league title.

The gut-wrenching defeats in back-to-back finals will motivate a talented, and hungry, Rockhurst group in 2027 – as only the seniors who made varsity as freshmen have been part of a championship Hawklet team. Five returning All-Metro players will push the team to do what it takes to bring the LAKC trophy back to The Rock.

“There’s a hunger with this group because they know how close we’ve been the last two years,” said Head Coach Tim Reidy ’02. “They understand how small the margin is between winning a championship and coming up short. The mentality this year is simple: put in the work, take care of business and leave no doubt.”

The 2026 tiebreaker would be even more intense than last season. Rock held a one-goal late in the fourth

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2027 HEAD COACH

2027 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Mark Bayhylle

Head Coach

Tim Reidy Coach Tim Reidy ’02 is in his 16th season at his alma mater. As a Hawklet, he was a defender and was named the first lacrosse All-American in school history. He played collegiately at Mount St. Mary's University. Coach Reidy holds an MEd from the University of Notre Dame and BA in History & American Studies from the University of Kansas. At Rockhurst, he serves as the School Archivist, teaches AP Human Geography, AP World History, and Kansas City History, and is the Chair of the Social Studies Department. During his time at Rockhurst, Coach Reidy has been named U.S. Lacrosse Coach of the Year three times (2014, 2017, 2023) and is a 2021 inductee into the Rockhurst Sports Hall of Fame. He has also coached football, basketball, track & field and volleyball at Rockhurst, Resurrection Catholic (MS) and St. Peter’s & Paul (OK). Coach Reidy and his wife, Heather, have twin sons (Padraig ’29 and Ryan ’29) and a daughter (Frances Grace).

A Glastonbury, CT native, Coach Bayhylle attended Xavier High School before heading to the Midwest to enroll at the University of Kansas.

At KU, he played club lacrosse and continued his love of the game by coaching at RHS before he got a job at the school. In 2006 he was hired to work in the Computer Services Department at The Rock and has been coaching lacrosse ever since.

In 2009 Coach Bayhylle was named the Missouri Division I Lacrosse Assistant Coach of the Year, and in 2019 was the U.S. Lacrosse Assistant Coach of the Year. He also coached freshman football and cross country over his tenure at Rockhurst.

He and his wife, Kate, have three boys: Jackson, Logan ’23, and Tommy ’25.

Assistant Coach

Tim Hannon Coach Hannon has been part of the lacrosse coaching staff at Rockhurst since the program began in the spring of 1995. A former lacrosse player and graduate of the University of Missouri, Coach Hannon has been heavily involved with the development of youth lacrosse. In 2014, Coach Hannon was voted the Assistant Coach of the Year for the Lacrosse Association of Kansas City (LAKC).

In May 2015, Coach Hannon was inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Great Plains Hall of Fame. Outside of coaching lacrosse, Coach Hannon is a Vice President, Sr. Acquisition Business Relationship Banker for JPMorgan Chase Bank. He and his wife, Deborah, have a son, Zach ’13.

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2027 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Joe Vasta

Patrick Schmitt

Coach Vasta is in his ninth year as an assistant lacrosse coach. He was previously the head coach of the Blue Valley Titans High School women’s team, where he led them to two consecutive championships in 2011 and 2012. In 1993, Coach Vasta was named the Texas High School Men’s Lacrosse Coach of the Year while leading Central Catholic High School in San Antonio to the State Quarterfinals. As a player at Air Force, he was a four-year All-Conference attackman and named All-American in 1986. Coach Vasta was a top scorer in D1 lacrosse all four years, and from 1986-2007 held the all-time NCAA D1 college career scoring record of 343 points. After graduating from the Air Force, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant and served on active duty as an F16 fighter pilot with combat time over Iraq. After 22 years of service, he retired from the Air Force and is now a captain with FedEx. He and his wife Pennie have a son, Mason ’20, who played for the program.

Coach Schmitt came to Rock Lacrosse in 2026 after spending two seasons as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Benedictine College and four seasons as the Head Coach for Lancer Lacrosse.

Coach Schmitt is a product of Jesuit education, having attended Creighton Prep in Omaha, NE before playing four years of lacrosse at Benedictine. In 2015, he was named Benedictine’s first captain in program history, and ranks second in career assists. Coach Schmitt is an Analyst Relations Manager at Otka; he is married to Emily and they have a daughter, Addie, and a son, Charlie.

Assistant Coach

Ethan Walker

Assistant Coach

Matt Ruemker Coach Ruemker enters his eighth season with the Lacrosse Hawklets, and holds a long history of lacrosse experience. He was a standout at St. John Vianney High School in St. Louis, earning 2nd Team All-American honors, and then played at Kansas State University. His coaching background includes stops at Lansing High School and Blue Valley West High School. Coach Ruemker works at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and he and his wife, Brooke, have five children.

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Coach Walker joined the lacrosse staff in 2026 with a wealth of playing experience. Originally from Canada, Coach Walker attended Culver Military Academy and was named USA Today’s National Player of the Year. After Culver, he went to the University of Denver where he was a threetime All-American and still holds the program record for career points. In 2021, Coach Walker was drafted to the Premier Lacrosse League by the Philadelphia Waterdogs and was a 2022 PLL Champion with the team. He was also drafted 10th overall in the National Lacrosse League and currently plays for the Albany Firewolves and is an Assistant Captain. Off the field, he works for College Coaches Skills Camps (CCSC) as the GM for Lacrosse. Coach Walker is married to Jenna, who was also a professional athlete; she played soccer in the NWSL and USL Super League.

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2027 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Kevin McLiney

Wade Muller

Coach McLiney ’15 rejoined Rock Lacrosse in 2026.

He was a four-year player in the program, and part of the first class that played under Coach Reidy all four years. Coach McLiney was a member of the 2014 LAKC Championship team, and as a senior captain he was named to the All-Metro Team and won Rockhurst’s Hannon Award, given to the team’s offensive MVP. He is also a member of the RHS Lacrosse All-Time Team. After The Rock, Coach McLiney went to KU where he earned his Bachelors in Finance and currently works in enterprise tech sales with a focus in digital assets and cybersecurity.

His coaching experience includes the Olathe Lacrosse Club and inner-city lacrosse clinics through KCMO Parks & Rec. Fun fact about Coach McLiney: in 2022 he set off to break the world record for most consecutive days eating Chick-Fil-A, and went 160 days including Sundays.

Coach Muller ’01 returned to the Hawklets in 2026, exactly 25 years after his senior season at The Rock.

He was a three-year letterman and two-time All-State selection as a long stick midfielder. Coach Muller went on to play at SLU where he was named AllConference twice. He graduated from SLU and then received his MBA from Rockhurst University. Postcollege he began his coaching career in Kansas City, coaching at both the youth and high school levels; he has also been an NCAA referee for the last 15 years.

Coach Muller is the President of OA Finance, and along with his wife, Rebecca, has two kids: Lawson ’29 and Clara.

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2026 SEASON TEAM AWARDS 1st Team All-Metro

McGilley Award

Draden Torline ’26 Jaxton Torline ’26 Spencer Brooks ’27 James Bundy ’27 Joe Durkin ’27 Camden Lemon ’28

The Matthew C. McGilley Award is given annually in memorial of Matt McGilley, Class of 1995, one of the founders of Rockhurst Lacrosse, who was killed by a drunk driver in 2000. The McGilley Award is given to a senior lacrosse player who exemplifies the spirit of Rockhurst Lacrosse both on and off the field.

2nd Team All-Metro Bobby Buckley ’26 Levi Mason ’26 Quinn Scanlon ’27

All-Metro Honorable Mention Hayden Fielder ’26 Beau Scanlon ’28

USA Lacrosse All-American Draden Torline ’26

Connelly Award

The Connelly Award is given to the Defensive Most Valuable Player.

Mark Olshefski Joe Ferber Michael Reintjes Greg Meyer Crawford Collins John Schmidtlein Brooks Elder Andrew Dakan Charlie Naylor Jake Enenbach John Riley Jake Sullivan Thomas Finn Danny Thompson Tommy Eckels Michael Kuklenski Josh Pickett Zach Giangreco Charlie Gormsen Charlie Gormsen Draden Torline Levi Mason

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Phil Duncan Collin Koranda Cole Dimond Mike Euston Pete Jokisch Cory Vandyke Peter Hannapel Peter Hannapel Carl Novick Jason Coleman Reilly Hannapel Chad Maple David Herring Connor Flanagin Peter Muehlebach Daniel Connor Emerson Hodes Alex Lackey Connor Prochnow Henry Bins Connor Law Cole Smith Jack Eckels William Muehlebach Jack Scanlon Will Gormsen Brock Narciso Colin Komenda Liam McGilley Draden Torline

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2026 SEASON TEAM AWARDS Hannon Award

The Hannon Award is given to the Offensive Most Valuable Player.

Addison Degen Joe Faerber Kevin Mcliney Reed Slaymaker Harrison Donnelly Reed Slaymake Brady Guck Michael Nulton Fisher Roy Luke McNamara Luke McNamara Luke McNamara Sam Komenda James Bundy

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Bayhylle Award

The Mark D. Bayhylle Award is given to two underclassmen (one from C Team and one from the JV Team) who best represent the ideals of the Rockhurst Lacrosse program on and off the field.

Reid Moshier Connor John Burke Hakes Finn Roy Tom Fimmen Burke Hakes Michael Mason Levi Mason Frankie Garcia Maddox Hillmer Harry Komenda Jimmy Lynch

2021 2021 2022 2022 2023 2023 2024 2024 2025 2025 2026 2026

ALL-TIME TEAM The program was a club sport initially before becoming a varsity sport in 1997. Submission for membership to the squad can be submitted to the Athletic Director or head coach, with credentials as to why their high school lacrosse career warrants consideration.

Matt McGilley Patrick McGilley Sean Connelly Ryan McLaughlin Peter McGilley Aaron Clevinger Pat Connelly Jon Lecuyer Tim Reidy Pete Jokisch Andrew Elmer Cory Van Dyke Brendan Arthur Michael Adkins Matt Gotschall Peter Hannapel Carl Novick Chris Rhoades Jason Coleman

1995 1997 1998 1998 1999 2000 2000 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2006

Schaffer Degen Brent Sear Spencer Walsh Colin Looby Kevin Looby Paul Reintjes Terry Smith Joe Faerber Chad Maple Evan O’Brien David Herring Brendan Surface William Tilson Connor Flanagin Scott Brown Crawford Collins Peter Muehlebach Emerson Hodes Addison Degen Robbie Healy

2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010 2011 2011 2012 2013 2014

Connor Prochnow Andrew Dakan Joe Faerber Jake Enenbach Kevin McLiney Liam Ryan Harrison Donnelly Sam Mohajir John Riley Jake Sullivan Reed Slaymaker Brady Guck William Muehlebach Tommy Eckels Michael Kuklenski Mason Vasta Wheaton Jackoboice Fisher Roy Jack Scanlon

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2026 SEASON RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 12-5 Bishop Miege

Won 23-0

St. Michael the Archangel

Won 19-2

Jesuit Classic vs. Tampa Jesuit (FL)

Lost 14-4

Jesuit Classic vs. Belen Jesuit (FL)

Lost 12-4

Jesuit Classic vs. Fordham Prep (NY)

Lost 16-6

Jesuit Dallas (TX)

Lost 14-4

Blue Valley Southwest

Won 13-2

@ Olathe East

Won 8-3

Blue Valley Southwest

Won 19-3

Pembroke Hill

Won 15-4

@ Lee’s Summit West

Won 19-5

Lancer Lacrosse

Won 10-7

Northland

Won 8-5

Mill Valley

Won 12-6

LAKC Quarterfinals vs. St. Michael the Archangel

Won 24-1

LAKC Semifinals vs. Pembroke Hill

Won 18-7

LAKC Finals vs. Lancer Lacrosse

Lost 7-6 (OT)

2026 SEASON STATS Goaltending Name

GA

SOG

SVs

SV%

W-L

*#Draden Torline

84

212

128

60.4%

12-4

Tim Truebner

17

38

21

59.6%

0-0

*Indicates All-Metro #Indicates All-American Blue Indicates Returnee

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Scoring and Defense Name

GP

GBs

SOG

Goals

Goal %

Asst.

Points

*James Bundy

16

21

108

48

44.4%

13

61

*Spencer Brooks

13

19

74

30

40.5%

13

43

*Quinn Scanlon

13

22

45

18

40.0%

23

41

*Hayden Fielder

13

13

38

19

50.0%

7

26

*Beau Scanlon

15

17

42

15

35.7%

9

24

Logan Filing

12

10

29

9

31.0%

10

19

Connor Swords

13

7

23

13

56.5%

5

18

Corbin Williams

13

13

27

12

44.4%

3

15

*Levi Mason

12

35

17

8

47.1%

4

12

*Camden Lemon

13

61

11

6

54.5%

2

8

Henry Dold

13

3

10

4

40.0%

2

6

Padraig Reidy

7

12

10

3

30.0%

3

6

Teddy Houlehan

10

5

5

2

40.0%

3

5

Kipton Clifft

7

7

10

4

40.0%

0

4

Harry Komenda

2

0

5

4

80.0%

0

4

Max Buerge

13

17

5

1

20.0%

2

3

Maddox Hillmer

5

2

8

3

37.5%

0

3

JP Stegall

5

23

7

1

14.3%

2

3

Ryan Reidy

7

3

3

1

33.3%

2

3

Liam Winslow

4

2

3

1

33.3%

2

3

James Hoenig

9

2

6

2

33.3%

0

2

Conlan Hogue

11

6

8

1

12.5%

0

1

Dallas Black

9

2

7

0

0.0%

1

1

*Jaxton Torline

13

20

0

0

0.0%

1

1

*#Draden Torline

16

11

3

0

0.0%

1

1

Leighton Effertz

4

2

2

1

50.0%

0

1

Lawson Muller

11

28

3

0

0.0%

1

1

Selvin Braddock

12

20

1

0

0.0%

1

1

Jackson Sallee

13

13

1

0

0.0%

0

0

Jackson Harris

5

5

1

0

0.0%

0

0

Michael Mason

11

5

1

0

0.0%

0

0

*Joe Durkin

13

35

1

0

0.0%

0

0

*Bobby Buckley

13

22

0

0

0.0%

0

0

Mason Majors

13

13

0

0

0.0%

0

0

Teddy Brown

15

9

0

0

0.0%

0

0

George Kennedy

9

7

0

0

0.0%

0

0

Connor Devereux

8

6

0

0

0.0%

0

0

Evan Coffin

8

3

0

0

0.0%

0

0

Charlie Kenny

8

3

0

0

0.0%

0

0

Tim Truebner

8

2

0

0

0.0%

0

0

Mason Anderson

5

2

0

0

0.0%

0

0

Enzo Montalto

5

1

0

0

0.0%

0

0

Jimmy Lynch

5

1

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Hawklets Work to State Championship Match; Will Hunt Elusive Title in 2027 “Epic battle.”

Those were the words used by Head Coach Rich Sullivan to describe Rockhurst Tennis’ Class 3 State Quarterfinal match against Pembroke Hill.

Although the Hawklets had handled the Raiders 7-2 in the regular season matchup, everything can change in the State Tournament when higher stakes are on the line. In the postseason meeting, Rock’s #1 doubles team of Luke Johnson ’26 and Hunter Stout ’27 earned a victory, but the Hawklets trailed 2-1 after the doubles competition.

Johnson, Cooper Clifft ’26, and Ben Bautista ’28 grabbed wins on the singles side to even the match at 4-4 with one match remaining. Declan Griggs ’27 and his Pembroke opponent were the only ones left playing as both teams’ players gathered on the side of the court to hold their breath with every shot.

And after nearly four hours of the two teams fighting to advance to the Final Four, a backhand from Griggs forced an errant shot. As it sailed past the baseline, Rockhurst players sprinted onto the court to celebrate with Griggs before shaking hands with the Pembroke team for a memorable match.

That grit and team-first mentality defined the 2026 version of the Tennis Hawklets, which was coming off of a State Runner-Up finish to John Burroughs. Rock wanted another shot at the Bombers, who would again be the team to beat in Class 3.

The season started on a perfect note with a 9-0 blanking of St. Joseph Central. For the second year in a row, the Mid-Missouri Invitational was canceled due to weather, ruining the opportunity to see how Rockhurst stacked against teams across the state.

The first real test came in a road match against Blue Valley Northwest, which had finished 3rd in Kansas 6A in 2025. Clifft, Stout, and Griggs won their singles matches while Clifft and Johnson won doubles, but the Hawklets came up short in a 5-4 defeat to the Huskies who went on to place 4th in 6A. Back on the Missouri side, Rock beat Park Hill 8-1 with a sweep of singles courtesy of Clifft, Johnson, Griggs, Stout, Bautista, and freshman Berke Somasegaran ’29.

The Hawklets then faced dynastic Blue Valley West, which by the end of the season would be winners of four consecutive Kansas 6A State Championships.

The match started on April 15 and was suspended with BVW leading 2-1 after doubles. Singles weren’t played until the 29th, which resulted in a sweep for the powerhouse Jaguars.

Each Rock player recorded a win in singles and/or doubles in the 7-2 victory over Pembroke that was a big boost for the Hawklets.

The annual Kansas City Invitational featured the top singles players and doubles teams from throughout the area, and Rockhurst took 5th out of 16 teams.

Clifft and Bautista both earned runners-up finishes in B-Singles.

The match against Barstow had been scheduled for April 1, and following two different postponements the Hawklets eventually got their 9-0 sweep over the Knights three weeks later led by Abhi Joseph ’28 coming into form as the team’s #1 singles player as just a sophomore.

Holding a 4-2 record, Rockhurst headed east to St. Louis for the typical trip of the MICDS match on Thursday and the Tournament of Champions on Friday.

The Hawklets defeated the two-time defending State Champs in Class 2 by a score of 7-2. However, rain found Rock yet again and the next day’s tournament was canceled.

The final regular season competition was the duel with Shawnee Mission East. After getting shut out 9-0 in 2025, the Hawklets returned the favor with an emphatic 8-1 victory over the Lancers. Clifft, Johnson, Bautista, and Joseph each won their singles and doubles matches to springboard Rockhurst into the District Tournament as the top seed.

But first was the individual tournament. Griggs in singles and the double duo of Clifft and Bautista placed 3rd, just missing out on State qualifications.

Meanwhile, Joseph was the District Champion in singles and Johnson and Stout were Champs on the doubles side.

As a team, Rock cruised to a District Title behind 5-0 sweeps over Barstow and Lee’s Summit North. Four

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days later came the epic State Quarterfinal win over Pembroke to get the Hawklets back to the Final Four for the third straight season.

Johnson and Stout were both familiar with the State Doubles Tournament; Johnson had competed as a freshman and Stout had placed 6th as an AllState sophomore. In 2026, the team advanced to the semifinals and went to a third set against John Burroughs’ top team. The third set was a nail-biter that eventually ended 13-11 in favor of the Bombers.

Johnson and Stout again went to a third set and finished with a 4th Place finish and All-State honors.

Joseph, who had also made the State Singles Tournament as a freshman, lost his Sectional singles match but bounced back with two consolation bracket wins. He worked his way to an All-State performance with a 7th Place medal in his sophomore campaign as Rock’s top singles player.

The season came down to the final two matches. In the semifinals, Rockhurst avenged the previous year’s loss to Marquette in the same spot as the Hawklets

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pulled out a 5-2 win. The prize was facing Burroughs again in the State Championship. The Bombers showed why they went a perfect 17-0 on the year with a 5-1 win over Rock.

Looking to 2027, the seniors, led by Griggs and Stout, will chase the State Title they’ve been after since their freshman year. They’ve helped ROck to 3rd, 2nd, and 2nd Place finishes and want to go out on top.

“Last year's team had some big shoes to fill after losing three All-State players, and everyone stepped up. We had two freshmen who showed tremendous potential, two sophomores who solidified their roles on the team, two juniors who took on leadership roles,” said Coach Sullivan. “We did lose two seniors who will be hard to replace, but I am confident that new faces will emerge and make us very competitive again this year.”

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2027 HEAD COACH

2027 ASSISTANT COACH

Assistant Coach

Max Dunmire Coach Dunmire ’18 begins his fifth season at his alma mater coaching tennis. He was a three-year player for the Hawklets, helping the team to two State RunnerUp finishes and a 3rd Place trophy. As a senior, he posted a singles record of 13-0 and doubles record of 14-4. Coach Dunmire and his doubles partner (Nate Bodde ’19) placed 4th in doubles at State in 2018. He went on to graduate from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a minor in Business Management. Coach Dunmire currently works for Growth Industries in Grandview, MO.

Head Coach

Rich Sullivan Coach Sullivan is back for his fourth season leading the tennis program. Previously he was a long-time cross country coach, but he picked up the game of tennis and immediately became enthralled with what the game can teach you about character formation and managing the emotions. Between his first two seasons, he was able to celebrate individual State Titles in singles (Bobby King ’25) and doubles (Bobby King ’25 & Henry Stevens ’25). In the classroom, Coach Sullivan has taught history for the last 27 years and is also the Ignatian Identity Director, helping adult faculty/staff in their spiritual journeys. Coach Sullivan and his wife, Barb, have three adult children: Katie, Jamie ’18, and Nate ’22.

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2026 SEASON RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 10-3 @ St. Joseph Central

Won 9-0

Mid-Missouri Invitational @ Rock Bridge

Canceled

@ Blue Valley Northwest

Lost 5-4

Park Hill

Won 8-1

Blue Valley West

Lost 8-1

Pembroke Hill

Won 7-2

Barstow

Won 9-0

Kansas City Invitational

5th out of 16 teams

@ MICDS

Won 7-2

Tournament of Champions @ MICDS

Canceled

Shawnee Mission East

Won 8-1

District Semifinals vs. Barstow

Won 5-0

District Championship vs. Lee’s Summit North

Won 5-0

State Quarterfinals vs. Pembroke Hill

Won 5-4

State Semifinals vs. Marquette

Won 5-2

State Championship vs. John Burroughs

Lost 5-1

2026 SEASON STATS Singles Record Match Play

Doubles Records

Name

Name

Record

*#Abhi Josheph

Record

8-9

*#Luke Johnson

17-7

Luke Johnson

9-1

*#Hunter Stout

13-8

Hunter Stout

4-9

Abhi Joseph

8-3

Ben Bautista

8-3

Ben Bautista

16-4

Cooper Clifft

9-3

Cooper Clifft

11-3

Declan Griggs

13-5

Declan Griggs

1-0

Berke Somasegaran

1-0

Berke Somasegaran

10-2

*All-District #All-State Blue indicates returnee

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2026 SEASON TEAM AWARDS All-District Singles

Ron Gelfhoff Award (*previously the Rock Award)

Abhi Joseph ’28

Charlie Duethman Nick Koca Caleb Bridges Bobby King Bobby King Luke Johnson

All-District Doubles Luke Johnson ’26 Hunter Stout ’27

All-State Singles

2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Abhi Joseph ’28

All-State Doubles Luke Johnson ’26 Hunter Stout ’27

Academic All-State

Cooper Clifft ’26 Luke Johnson ’26 Declan Griggs ’27 Ben Bautista ’28 Abhi Joseph ’28 Berke Somasegaran ’29 Graham Rapelye ’29

ALL-TIME TEAM Tennis is the most successful sport at Rockhurst in terms of State Championships (18 1st Place finishes), including a 10-year streak, so members on this All-Time team have dominated courts all over. Some include state record holders as well. Submission for membership to the squad can be submitted to the Athletic Director or head coach, with credentials as to why their high school tennis career warrants consideration.

Robert Riley Lonnie Taylor Joe Ruysser Pete Brown Bill Krizman Tom Grier Fred Azar Jim McPhilliamy Mark McLiney Pat Looney Warren McDonald Grant Ramsey Ryan Smith

1953 1974 1975 1976 1976 1983 1983 1983 1983 1986 1986 1996 1996

Jon Osgood Casey Smith Scott Martin Andy Metzler Ryan Osgood Sam Davidson Brad Martin Ryan Reid Zach Frisch Jose Guerra Reid Martin Guerin Smith Patrick Tooey

1997 1998 1999 2000 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2005 2005 2005 2007

Jack O’Flaherty Andrew Edmonds Sam Crawford Alex Koca Jacob Moore John Nogalski Joe Ibarra Jack Evans Joe O’Connor Justin Nogalski Sinjin Nair Donovan Walsh

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Jumpers Lead Heroic Effort in Hawklets’ Repeat Championship Even as the defending State Champs, expectations for the 2026 Track & Field Hawklets were tempered – especially outside of the Rockhurst locker room.

Coming off a historic 2025 season as the most dominant team in Missouri and winning the program’s first State Title in 49 years, the 2026 Hawklets were working to replace the best middle/long distance group in Rockhurst history that had guided the Hawklets to greatness.

The team would look for leadership and production from returning All-Staters Jake Bond ’26, Jack Meyer ’26, and Jack McGovern ’28. And the trio would deliver.

In the first weeks of the season, Bond clocked 1:56.60 in the 800m to again solidify himself as a top middle distance runner in the region, McGovern broke the school record in the 3200m by becoming the first Hawklet ever to break 9:00 – also breaking the sophomore state record by over six seconds, and Meyer marked one of the best long jumps in Missouri history at 7.58m (24-10.25), narrowly missing the Rock record (25-1) that has stood for 50 years.

In early-April, the three Hawklet standouts accepted invitations to compete in the prestigious Arcadia Invitational in California. Among some of the best high schoolers in the nation, Meyer took 3rd in long jump with a best of 23-8.50 and Bond ran a low-1:55 in the 800m. Despite finishing 20th overall in the 3200m – a testament to the incredible level of competition – McGovern crossed the finish line in 8:49.10. That made him the #4 sophomore in U.S. high school history, as well as #3 for any grade in Missouri high school history.

team turned heads with its victory in 1:28.87. The same four (Brewster, Gassen, Brewster, Thomas) also placed 2nd in the 4x100 in 42.29. Reece Fisher ’28 continued to improve in the shot, finishing 3rd with a nearly-50-foot throw. Jack Sprague ’27 was also closing in on the 50foot mark.

After 102 years, the Kansas Relays came to an end in 2026. Rockhurst replaced the meet with the KC Relays, a 50-team invitational hosted by Blue Springs South.

The Rock earned a 4th Place finish, highlighted by the Sprint Medley Relay team of Brewster, Thomas, Bailey, and Bond winning in 3:36.78, breaking the school record by five seconds. But the meet came at a cost, as Thomas tore his hamstring in the 100m and would be out for the season.

The Hawklets were runner-up at their home meet, the Al Davis/Mike Lillis Invitational. Meyer won both the long jump (23-6) and high jump (6-3) and was awarded with the meet’s inaugural Jay Reardon Outstanding Jumper Award. Jay Reardon ’76, the most decorated Rockhurst Track & Field athlete in program history, was on-hand to watch Meyer compete and present him with the award.

McGovern also won two events, running a new PR of 4:15.42 in the 1600m and then 9:17.15 in the 3200m.

Maurian Peterson ’28 was the 110m hurdle winner in 15.73, while Fisher and Sprague took the top two spots in shot put with throws over 49.5 feet.

Meanwhile, other athletes were also building on potential shown in the previous season. Blake Thomas ’27 returned as the top 100m and 200m sprinter and was also a strong long jumper. Tristan Johnson ’28 and Elijah Curtis ’28 rounded out the best long/triple jump group in the state. Ben Hayes ’28 was among the fastest sophomores in Missouri after running 10.70 in the 100m as a freshman. He was joined on the sprint relays by Pierce Williams ’26, Luke Bolch ’27, Luke Brewster ’28, and Burke Gassen ’28. Julian Bailey ’28 was coming on as a long sprinter and hurdler.

Rockhurst showed well at the Bill Summa Invitational, taking 4th out of 27 teams. Curtis won the triple jump with a new best of 13.89m (45-7) and the 4x200 relay

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At the final regular season meet, the Shawnee Mission North Relays, Meyer tied the long jump record in the 74th year of the meet with a jump of 24-6. Hayes clocked a new best in the 100m at 10.66, good for runner-up. Led off by a 1:54 split from McGovern, the 4x800 relay took 2nd in 7:56.29 with strong efforts from freshman Tyler Bell ’29, Ryne Hallier ’26, and Bond.

The 4x100 relay, which now had Williams in for the injured Thomas, nearly broke 42 seconds in a runnerup finish.

Rock finished 2nd in Districts with Meyer (long jump, high jump), McGovern (1600m, 3200m), and Curtis (triple jump) all earning District Champion honors.

Bond, Sprague, Hayes, and Johnson all placed topfour to advance to Sectionals, as did the 4x100, 4x400, and 4x800 relays.

Nine individuals or relays competed in the Sectional meet. All nine earned top-three finishes to advance to State as the Hawklets were again the runner-up. As Sectional Champion in 10.51, Hayes broke the school record in the 100m as just a sophomore. The 4x100 team also broke the school record in a new Rock best of 41.47. McGovern repeated as winner of the 1600m and 3200m races. Meyer had an off-day jumping, but still finished 2nd in long and 3rd in high. Sprague had a monster throw of 51-2 to take 2nd. Bond ran 1:54.49 to finish 3rd, as did Curtis in triple jump (45-0) and Johnson in long jump (22-6).

Heading back to Jefferson City, the defending State Champs were projected to finish outside of the topfour as a team. And perhaps as an advantage to The Rock, rain forced the two-day meet to be moved to just Saturday.

Williams, Gassen, Brewster, and Hayes blazed to 2nd Place in the 4x100 in 41.55.

By evening, the only remaining event of the State Meet was high jump. Rockhurst was guaranteed a top-three finish regardless of how Meyer would fare in the final event of his illustrious high school career. And coming in with a career-best of 6-4, he wasn’t predicted to go very far in the competition.

But he cleared 6-5 to ensure Rockhurst would at least finish 2nd as a team as he was among the final six jumpers remaining. Then he cleared 6-7 and was one of four left.

On his first attempt at 6-8, Meyer soared over the bar.

And with it, Rockhurst cleared Lee’s Summit West with Meyer as the State Runner-Up in high jump with an incredible PR performance. Meyer’s 18 points, and a total of 31 from Rock’s jumpers, pushed the Hawklets to 60 points and a second straight State Title… in the team’s first – and only – meet win of the 2026 season.

“The way our athletes showed up and competed at the biggest stage was so fun to watch, especially when no one outside of our locker room thought we had a chance. That performance highlighted the talent, grit and competitiveness these guys have,” said Head Coach Troy Harding. “Our coaches did a wonderful job training them and preparing them for this moment. I have never felt more proud of a group of kids and coaches in my coaching career."

The Hawklet jumpers gave Rockhurst the start it needed. Meyer was State Champion in the long jump by a foot with his best of 23-7.25 in wet conditions, while Johnson moved up from 6th to 4th on his final attempt of 22-5.75. Then on his own final attempt in triple jump, Curtis moved from 3rd to 2nd with a new PR of 45-9.75.

On the track, McGovern’s 2nd Place in the 3200m (8:55.45) kept the momentum going. Hayes was then the top sophomore finisher in the 100m with a 4th Place finish in 10.66. McGovern returned to the track just a few hours after his first race and was runner-up again, this time with a new PR of 4:11.23 in the 1600m.

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2026 SEASON RESULTS Ron Ives Invitational

12th out of 18 teams with 26 points

McCullough-Douglass Invitational

No team scores

Lee’s Summit North Dual

No team scores

Shawnee Mission South Relays

6th out 23 teams with 52.5 points

Arcadia Invitational (CA)

No team Scores

Bill Summa Invitational

4th out of 24 teams with 67 points

Fort Osage Invitational

Canceled after six events

KC Relays

4th out of 50 teams with 43 points

Ken Peek Invitational

5th out of 26 teams with 49 points

Al Davis/Mike Lillis Invitational

2nd out 12 teams with 129.5 points

Shawnee Mission North Relays

No Team Scores

District Championship

2nd out of 10 teams with 100 points

Sectional Championship

2nd out of 19 teams with 82 points

State Championship

1st out of 52 teams with 60 points

ALL-TIME TEAM From several individual state champions and relay teams to the glory years of the 1970s, the track & field program continues to develop disciplined, passionate and talented athletes. Formed in 2009, the list below and in the future represents the best of the best at Rockhurst where the sport draws more than 100 participants yearly.

Don Schilling Jim Mayer Thomas Muehlebach Chris Muehlbach Mark Goodspeed Chris Garlich Jay Reardon Cecil Stockdale Thomas Franke Tim Jantsch Tom Jantsch Lester Ratcliff Tim Ryan Rob Haake Pat Murphy Chris Holmes Tim Mozee Mark Nuebauer Michael Dierks Jonathan Macklin Justin Dro

1961 1961 1964 1973 1975 1975 1976 1976 1977 1977 1977 1984 1987 1988 1988 1989 1990 1990 1991 1994 1997

Rob Reiter Rory Donnelly Sean O’Donnell Dan McDonough Jack Jones Jed Burey Patrick Tweedy D.J Hord Connor McDonough Michael Duschen Ivan Charbonneau Robbie Haden Nathan Scheelhaase Jack Shuss Jamal Jones Noah Pearl Zach Herriott Tanner Shuey Sam Maassen Kevin Jantsch Alex Lombardo

1997 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2008 2009 2009 2009 2011 2011 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013

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Chaz Trujillo Max Linscott Dylan Stoetzer Tommy Seitz Curtis Goldman Montae Spiller Carson Bode William Thompson Matt Schell Jimmy Dixon Patrick Bowen John Luder Danny Toomey Tom Seitzer Micah Nelson Wes Porter Brendan Safley Erick Hill

2013 2013 2013 2013 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2016 2017 2017 2019 2019 2020 2020 2021

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track and field 2027 HEAD COACH

2027 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Mike Dierks

Head Coach

Troy Harding Coach Troy Harding begins his ninth season as the Head Track & Field Coach since joining the program in 2019. He led the team to back-to-back State Championships in 2025 and 2026, the program’s first State Titles in 49 years. He was named the Missouri Track & Cross Country Coaches Association’s Track & Field Coach of the Year in 2025. For the 25 years prior to arriving at The Rock, Coach Harding taught Math and coached track & field and football at Blue Springs South High School - spending 19 years as the Jaguars’ Head Track & Field Coach. He has a strong background in hurdles but truly knows all events and is an excellent multi-event coach. At BSS, he coached four State Champions in the hurdles, and was also the Head Cross Country Coach for 18 years. While a student-athlete at Carthage High School, Coach Harding competed in football, basketball, and track & field all four years. His senior year (1988) he earned All-State honors in both hurdle events. He continued his track & field career at the University of Central Missouri, specializing in the decathlon, and earned AllAmerican honors in 1992. Coach Harding and his wife, Kimberly, have two boys: Emerson and Coleridge.

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Coach Dierks ’91 continues his work with Rockhurst’s middle and long distance runners. He was an assistant coach from 1996-2001 before becoming the Head Track & Field Coach from 2002-2004 and again from 2009-2013. After stepping down from head coach duties, he has remained an integral part of the coaching staff since 2014 as the middle distance program has consistently been a strong point for the Hawklets. Among many highlights, Coach Dierks guided the 4x800 Relay to back-to-back State Championships in 2024 and 2025; the group also won the 2025 Penn Relays and was Runner-Up at New Balance Nationals after running 7:32.44, which was the 12th fastest in U.S. high school history to that point.

Coach Dierks has also been the Head Cross Country Coach since 1997, leading the program to three State Titles and three Runner-Up finishes. In 2025, Coach Dierks was inducted into the Missouri Track and Cross Country Coaches Association (MTCCCA) Hall of Fame.

Assistant Coach

Jim Monteil Coach Monteil enters his 10th year coaching football and track & field at The Rock. He spent 29 years coaching at O’Hara High School, where he was Offensive Coordinator and Assistant Head Coach for 21 years; he also spent time with the golf and wrestling programs. He works with freshman football along with the javelin throwers in track & field. Coach Monteil teaches in the Math Department. He and his wife, Shelley, have two daughters: Abby and Riley.

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Assistant Coach

Christopher Melton Coach Melton heads into his fifth season coaching jumpers for the Track & Field Hawklets and his third year as the Principal’s Assistant. He was a Statequalifying jumper in high school and private coach for track and field. Coach Melton also moderates the Coffee Club. He is married to Danielle, who owns a private practice as a Mental Health Counselor.

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Ryan McAnany Coach McAnany ’12 enters his 10th season at The Rock. He previously spent time as an Alumni Service Corps volunteer at St. Louis University High School in 2016. While a student-athlete at Rockhurst, Coach McAnany excelled in cross country as a three-year letterman and was selected as the 2011 Golden Spike Winner. He was also a varsity track & field letterman.

He continued his running career at the University of Dallas. He teaches Scripture & English and serves as the Assistant Pastoral Director in addition to his coaching duties in cross country and track. He and his wife Moira have three young children, Beatriz, Patrick, and Molly .

Alex Dobens Coach Dobens ’08 returned to Rockhurst and the cross country and track & field programs in 2020-21.

He graduated from The Rock in 2008 and earned several varsity letters in cross country and track; he is a member of the Cross Country All-Time Team. Coach Dobens attended the College of the Holy Cross where he ran collegiately. He entered the teaching and coaching world in 2013 at Bishop Machebeuf High School in Denver before joining Rockhurst’s staff in 2020. He teaches Classical Languages classes, is the Head JV Cross Country Coach, and the Track & Field Distance Coach.

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Jordan Chrisman Coach Monteil enters his 10th year coaching football and track & field at The Rock. He spent 29 years coaching at O’Hara High School, where he was Offensive Coordinator and Assistant Head Coach for 21 years; he also spent time with the golf and wrestling programs. He works with freshman football along with the javelin throwers in track & field. Coach Monteil teaches in the Math Department. He and his wife, Shelley, have two daughters: Abby and Riley.

Assistant Coach

Van Marshall Coach Marshall ’08 was a 1st Team All-State defensive lineman on the undefeated 2007 State Championship team. He went on to the United States Naval Academy and then graduated from Drake University. He rejoined Rock Football in the summer of 2022 as the Strength and Conditioning Coach and Assistant Varsity Football Coach, and is currently the Defensive Line Coach. With his fitness background and passion, Coach Marshall runs his own training business in the Kansas City area with an emphasis on working with youth, and spearheads Rockhurst’s Sports Performance Academy for grade school athletes in the summer. He also spends time teaching kids at Operation Breakthrough. Coach Marshall joined the track & field staff in 2023 and will continue to coach shot put and discus. He got engaged to his fiancée Kelli Krtek in the spring of 2026 and their wedding is planned for April 2027.

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2026 SEASON TEAM AWARDS Leadership Award

All-District

Brian Humphrey Bill Hayes Bill Hayes Jake Bond

Jake Bond ’26 Ryne Hallier ’26 Jack Meyer ’26 Pierce Williams ’26 Jack Sprague ’27 Julian Bailey ’28 Elijah Curtis ’28 Luke Brewster ’28 Burke Gassen ’28 Ben Hayes ’28 Tristan Johnson ’28 Jack McGovern ’28 Tyler Bell ’29 Jack Richter ’29

Most Valuable Player

Each year the coaching staff votes to recognize the Track & Field’s most Outstanding Athlete of the Year, “Honoring those who gave their all.”

All-State

Jack Meyer ’26 Pierce Williams ’26 Elijah Curtis ’28 Luke Brewster ’28 Burke Gassen ’28 Ben Hayes ’28 Tristan Johnson ’28 Jack McGovern ’28

State Champion

Jack Meyer ’26 (Long Jump)

Academic All-State: Jake Bond ’26 Ryne Hallier ’26 Langston Humphrey ’26 Benjamin Margherio ’26 Jack Meyer ’26 Caleb Doyle ’27 Jack Sprague ’27 Julian Bailey ’28 Luke Brewster ’28 Jack McGovern ’28 Jack Morrison ’28 Tyler Bell ’29 Jack Richter ’29 Charlie Sullivan ’29

Nike All-American

Jack Meyer ’26 (1st Team - Long Jump) Jack McGovern ’28 (2nd Team - 1600m, 2nd Team - 3200m)

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2023 2024 2025 2026

Adam Flack Sean O’Donnell Dan McDonough Dan Cooper Jack Jones Brennan Metzler Jed Burey Chris Fencl D.J. Hord Michael Duschen Andrew Bush Ivan Charbonneau Robbie Haden Michael Williams Zach Herriott Zach Herriott Alex Lombardo Mitch Koeppen Carson Bode Patrick Bowen John Luder Austin Wike John Luder Ross Elder Tom Seitzer Tom Seitzer Wes Porter Max Hill Jordan Campbell Kene Okpareke Andrew Davis Henry Acorn Jack Meyer Jack McGovern

2000 2001 2002 2003 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2018 2019 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2026

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2026 SEASON TEAM AWARDS Track Events (season bests)

Field Events (season bests)

100 Meter Dash *#$B. Hayes B. Thomas

Time 10.51 10.77

Discus B. Margherio J. Sprague

Distance 37.22m (122-1) 36.86m (110-11)

200 Meter Dash B. Hayes B. Thomas

Time 22.51 22.54

Shot Put *J. Sprague R. Fisher

Distance 15.60m (51-2) 15.13m (49-7.5)

400 Meter Dash B. Gassen L. Brewster

Time 51.60 52.03

Javelin C. Doyle C. Roushka

Distance 43.13m (141-6) 42.86m (140-7.25)

800 Meter Run *J. Bond J. McGovern

Time 1:54.32 1:55.33

1600 Meter Run *#%J. McGovern C. Sullivan

Time 4:07.07 4:19.23

Long Jump *#!%J. Meyer *#T. Johnson E. Curtis

Distance 7.58m (24-10.25) 6.87m (22-6.25) 6.86m (22-6)

3200 Meter Run *#$%J. McGovern J. Morrison

Time 8:49.10 9:34.65

Triple Jump *#E. Curtis I. Ford

Distance 13.96m (45-9.5) 12.73m (41-9)

110m High Hurdles M. Peterson L. Humphrey

Time 15.42 17.32

High Jump *#J. Meyer T. Johnson

Height 2.03m (6-8) 1.73m (5-8)

Pole Vault J. Fadler

Height 2.90m (9-6)

300m Int. Hurdles J. Bailey L. Humphrey

Time 41.17 44.07

*#$4x100m Relay P. Williams, B. Gassen, L. Brewster, B. Hayes

Time 41.47

4x200m Relay L. Bolch, B. Gassen, L. Brewster, B. Hayes

Time 1:27.90

4x400m Relay B. Gassen, L. Brewster, J. Bond, J. Bailey

Time 3:23.77

4x800m Relay J. Bond, T. Bell, J. Richter, J. McGovern

Time 7:52.05 *Denotes State qualifier #Denotes All-State performance !Denotes State Champion $Denotes school record %Denotes Nike All-American Blue indicates returnee

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volleyball Comeback Playoff Wins Lead to Another State Trophy For decades, boys’ volleyball in Missouri had revolved around St. Louis. Rockhurst didn’t officially start its program until 2019, and through 2022 only played in a Kansas City league.

In 2023, after an undefeated league season, Rock played in the Missouri State Tournament for the first time and lost in the quarterfinals to Parkway South.

Boys volleyball became a MSHSAA sport in 2024, but the Hawklets lost in the District Championship.

The Hawklets were ready for the big stage in 2025 and became the first KC team to win a match in the Final Four as Rockhurst brought home the 3rd Place State trophy.

The task became even tougher this past spring as boys’ volleyball had grown popular enough to separate Missouri into two classes, and Rockhurst would be in the large class. Add in the graduation of four All-District players, two of whom were also AllState, and the Hawklets really had their work cut out for them.

But Rock Volleyball looked ready from the opening set of 2026. Back-to-back wins led into the Rockhurst Invitational, in which the host Hawklets took 2nd by going 3-1-1. SLUH, which had defeated Rockhurst in the 2025 State Semifinals, won the tournament with a 2-0 victory (25-20, 25-16).

Next was a 3-1 win over St. Joseph Central, which would prove to be the second best team in Kansas City in 2026, as shown by the team’s second meeting in the playoffs.

Sitting at 6-1-1 through the first third of the season, Rockhurst went on a monumental run. Head Coach Mike Sullivan ’84 and his Hawklets rallied off 14 consecutive sweeps, going 3-0 in every match.

And they weren’t just beating up on local teams. The Rock traveled to St. Louis for the annual Jesuit Classic and handed De Smet, the defending State Champions, its first loss of the season. In fact, it snapped the Spartans’ 38-match winning streak that had spanned two seasons. The loss was the first in a three-match skid for De Smet, which lost its best player for part of the season.

There was no letdown spot in the second match of the day, as Rockhurst then defeated Regis Jesuit (CO) by a 3-0 score as well.

The Hawklets’ sustained success came from being an extremely balanced team that limited mistakes and constantly put the pressure on opponents. Gabe Moore ’26 and Jack Reed ’28 were both physical presences at the net who went on to earn All-State honors. They were aided by Nico Glover ’27 who led the squad with 60 blocks. Philip Pfeiffer ’28 took over the setter role and as just a sophomore was also an All-State selection with 729 assists and the team’s best serving percentage at 94.5%.

Rock’s sweep streak sat at 12 heading into Senior Night, celebrating the team’s six senior players. Lincoln College Prep, which later advanced to the Class 1 Final Four, did their best to spoil Senior Night but Rockhurst was able to hold off the Tigers and tally another sweep with the final two games finishing 26-24 and 29-27.

The regular season wrapped up with what would be the 14th and final consecutive sweep, this time over Ray-Pec. The two teams matched up again a week later in the District Semifinals and the Panthers were hot out of the gate. Ray-Pec stunned The Rock by winning the opening set 25-23. But Rockhurst reset after the scare and owned the following three sets 25-19, 25-14, 25-19.

In the District Championship, the Hawklets grabbed the first set but disaster struck in the second when Moore went down with a torn ACL, ending the high school career of the three-year starter. Lee’s Summit then tied the match 1-1. But Moore’s teammates rallied behind their senior leader and won the final two sets to hoist a third straight District Title.

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Rockhurst would then head to St. Joe Central without its three-time All-District middle/outside hitter. The Indians’ home court advantage helped them to win the first two sets and put the Hawklets on the ropes.

But Rock’s fortitude would persevere as the Hawklets flipped the script and evened the match at 2-2. In the fifth set, played to 15, Rockhurst continued its momentum to finish the job in a 15-8 effort. The Rock was headed back to State.

When Rockhurst and De Smet played earlier in the season, the Spartans didn’t have their best player.

Now it was the Hawklets’ turn to be down an All-State player. Although Coach Sullivan’s team made the first move with a 25-23 win in the opening set, De Smet showed why it would be the eventual State Champs again by handling Rock in the next three sets.

But heads held high, Rockhurst returned to Kansas City with a State trophy for the second consecutive season. And four returning All-District players (Glover, Pfeiffer, Reed, and Louis Kirchner ’29) will try to lead The Rock to a third in 2027.

“We’ve been blessed to have great leadership from our seniors over the past two years that has led to our success,” said Coach Sullivan. “What really has me excited about this upcoming year and our future is that our younger players that have learned from those seniors are now stepping up. That will hopefully help continue our runs to State.”

The final match of the season would be against Liberty (Wentzville) for 3rd Place in Class 2. Another first set victory disappeared as Liberty also won the next three.

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2026 SEASON RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 23-3-1 @ Grain Valley

Won 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 25-20, 25-13)

Park Hill

Won 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-16)

Rockhurst Invitational

2nd out of 12 teams, going 3-1-1 in matches

St. Joe Central

Won 3-1 (25-13, 20-25, 25-18, 25-20)

@ Lee’s Summit North

Won 3-0 (25-23, 25-18, 26-24)

@ North Kansas City

Won 3-0 (25-22, 25-10, 25-11)

Staley

Won 3-0 (25-17, 25-11, 25-18)

Jesuit Inv. vs. De Smet

Won 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-20)

Jesuit Inv. vs. Regis (CO)

Won 3-0

@ St. Michael the Archangel

Won 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-13)

@ Columbia Hickman

Won 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-14)

@ Lee’s Summit

Won 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-15)

Lee’s Summit West

Won 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-20)

St. Pius X

Won 3-0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-15)

@ Park Hill South

Won 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-18)

@ Northland Christian

Won 3-0 (25-23, 25-10, 25-15)

Lincoln College Prep

Won 3-0 (25-17, 26-24, 29-27)

Ray-Pec

Won 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-19)

District Semifinals vs. Ray-Pec

Won 3-1 (23-25, 25-19, 25-14, 25-19)

District Championship vs. Lee’s Summit

Won 3-1 (25-21, 21-25, 25-18, 25-22)

State Quarterfinals vs. St. Joe Central

Won 3-2 (22-25, 20-25, 25-21, 25-22, 15-8)

State Semifinals vs. De Smet

Lost 3-1 (25-23, 9-25, 22-25, 13-25)

State 3rd Place Match vs. Liberty (Wentzville)

Lost 3-1 (25-21, 22-25, 27-29, 15-25)

Volleyball 2027 Team Page & Schedule

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2027 HEAD COACH

2027 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Pete Campbell

Head Coach

Mike Sullivan Coach Sullivan ’84 enters his ninth season as the Head Volleyball Coach at Rockhurst. His résumé has also included Head Track & Field Coach, Assistant Football Coach (Running Backs), and Assistant Golf Coach. Volleyball was started by Coach Sully in 2019 and was a club sport through 2023. In those four seasons (2020 was canceled), the Hawklets won the KC League Championship three times and were runners-up the other year.

Beginning in 2024, boys volleyball became a MSHSAA varsity sport, and in those three seasons the Hawklets have gone a combined 68-14-1. In 2025, Rockhurst finished 3rd at State, bringing home the program’s first State banner, followed by another State trophy in 2026 with a 4th Place finish. A former athlete himself, Coach Sullivan led the Football Hawklets in rushing on the 1983 State Championship team and went on to play at KU before suffering a career-ending knee injury.

He’s now in his 27th year at The Rock teaching AP, College, and Concepts of Chemistry while maintaining his coaching duties. He married his wife Beth in 2008 and has two step-daughters: Sarah and Mary Kate, along with two labs, Scout and Harper.

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Coach Campbell ’89 begins his sixth season with the Volleyball Hawklets, and has plenty more experience in his athletic playing and coaching background.

He was a member of the 1989 Basketball State Championship as a senior before earning his degree at Mizzou (and playing one season of club volleyball) and deciding to get into education and coaching. He returned to Rockhurst in 1996. For the last 30 years he has taught Math, mostly to freshmen, while also serving as a basketball coach for 25 years (one year Sophomore Coach, 16 years Varsity Assistant, eight years Varsity Head Coach), and also worked as Athletic Director for eight years. Coach Campbell and his wife Cara have three children: Catelyn, Emma, and Will ’25 (an All-State volleyball selection in 2025). He also serves as one of the Voices of Hawklets doing the PA at Rockhurst sporting events.

Assistant Coach

Anthony Kammerer Coach Kammerer ’18 came back to the Rock to help coach volleyball in 2023, and is currently the Junior Varsity Head Coach. Before volleyball was a varsity sport at Rockhurst, Coach Kammerer was involved in club volleyball and even brought the Mission Week volleyball game into existence. He is a Civil Engineer with Affinis Corp. Coach Kammerer places an emphasis on the team aspect of the sport.

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2027 ASSISTANT COACHES

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Paul Meyer

Chris Peters

Coach Meyer ’84 is no stranger to the volleyball court, as he is beginning his 17th season coaching the sport between Rockhurst and St. Teresa’s Academy. His son, Topper ’19, was also a member of Rockhurst’s inaugural team in 2019, and Topper the first member of Rockhurst Volleyball’s All-Time Team. Coach Meyer works in Home Health Rehabilitation and he and his wife, Kala, have a daughter, Delaney, along with Topper.

Coach Peters brings a wealth of diverse coaching experience to the Rockhurst program, where he has spent the last three years developing student-athletes.

Prior to joining RHS, Chris built a strong foundational coaching career across multiple competitive levels, including 20 years of coaching both boys and girls at the club level, leading the JV program at Notre Dame de Sion High School, and coaching youth athletes in the Parochial League of Kansas City. Off the court, Coach Peters works as the Assistant Vice President of Mortgage at Hawthorn Bank. He is the proud father of two grown daughters.

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2026 SEASON TEAM AWARDS All-District

ALL-TIME TEAM The Volleyball All-Time Team began in 2024, noting the official start of volleyball as a Rockhurst varsity sport in 2019.

Gabe Moore ’26 (1st Team) Nico Glover ’27 (1st Team) Philip Pfeiffer ’28 (1st Team) Jack Reed ’28 (1st Team) Louis Kirchner ’29 (1st Team) Atticus Carlson ’26 (2nd Team)

Topper Meyer

All-State

Gabe Moore ’26 Philip Pfeiffer ’28 Jack Reed ’28

Topper Award

Awarded for promotion of excellence and outstanding leadership in the RHS Volleyball Program.

Joe Leggio Barrett Brewer Will Campbell Liam Daly Gabe Moore

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2026 SEASON STATS Hitting Kills

*#Jack Reed

Hitting %

303

*Nico Glover

33.8%

Blocks *Nico Glover

60

Assists *#Philip Pfeiffer

729 assists in 1,729 attempts

Digs *#Jack Reed

174

Serving Best %

*#Philip Pfeiffer

94.5%

*#Jack Reed

64

Most Receive Attempts

Logan Smith

370

Best Receive Rating

*#Gabe Moore

2.27

Most Aces

Serve Receiving

Team Stats Total

Match Avg.

Aces

206

7.6

Serve Attempts

1973

73.1

Serve %

86.1%

Serve Receive Attempts

1380

Serve Receive Rating

2.05

Kill Attempts

2387

88.4

Kills

993

36.8

Hitting %

22.8%

Blocks

139

5.1

Assist Attempts

2263

83.8

Assists

912

33.8

Digs

882

32.7

51.5

*All-District #All-State Blue indicates returnee

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