turning on the jets I MIAA l e a d i n g r u s h e r T i m Elzinga ('11) left Albion in t h e d u s t with 131 y a r d s r u s h i n g in their mid-season m e e t i n g . Elzinga d o m i n a t e d o p p o s i n g d e f e n s e s with 1,038 total r u s h i n g y a r d s a n d 13 r u s h i n g touchdowns.
under center I N e w starting q u a r t e r b a c k C h r i s t o p h e r Feys ('11), left, started his varsity c a r e e r in impressive fashion t h r o w i n g two t o u c h d o w n s while c o m p l e t i n g 28of-43 passes for 301 yards. Eeys h a d plenty of w e a p o n s with All-MIAA h o n o r e e s Elzinga a n d wide reciever Kyle Dietrich ('11), far right.
c a p t a i n s corner Tight-end D a v i d D e B o e r (10), w h o pulled in 313 yards receiving, reflects on w e a r i n g the blue a n d o r a n g e tor the last time.
Q: W h a t will you r e m e m b e r most? A: T h e c a m a r a d e r i e a n d f r i e n d s h i p s I made. Seeing a t e a m m a t e that I h a d n ' t seen since f r e s h m a n year o r h a n g i n g o u t with s o m e of my best f r i e n d s w h o m I m a d e t h r o u g h t h e t e a m will always b e t h e most i m p o r t a n t gift. Q: W h a t did you l e a r n as a co-captain? A: A l t h o u g h w i n n i n g m i g h t b e t h e ultimate goal, t h e r e a r e m a n y o t h e r goals. T h i s year, we f o c u s e d o n t e a m chemistry. As a t e a m , we may not have w o n m a n y games, b u t we f o u g h t t h r o u g h every o n e a n d o v e r c a m e adversity b e t t e r t h a n any team I h a d ever b e e n a p a r t of.
Ihe team I Front row; Scott Snyder, Jon Rodriguez, Brett Cain, Chris Batterbee, Andy Johansen, Dave DeBoer, Tim Dixon, Alex Deschaine, Jordan Moore, Taylor Fox, Peter Doom. Second row: Bryan Dekoekkoek, Neil Droppers, Allen Taylor, John DeVries, Kevin Slusher, Tim Wahmhoff, Matt Larson, Adam Loveless, Matt Klaus, Nick Goulooze. Third row: Aaron Szarowicz, Matt Day, Zach Jones, Garret Szantner, Dan Karam, Alex Doman, Kyle VandenBosch, Mike Schatz, Ryan Koon, Jared Hudson, Nate Jazwinski. Fourth row: Nate Rock, Travis Martin, Adam Diver, Stephen Burgett, Josh Droppers, Jordan Morse, Chris Feys, Kyle Dietrich, Byron Patton, Tim Elzinga, Shane Kwapis, Steve Hazekanip. Fifth row: Christopher Schmelz, Garrett Stier, Ryan Richter, Ross Heneveld, Trent Schuring, Dan Whelan, Nick Wozniak, Tim Dixon, David Boothe, Tony Mucciante, Eddie Thornton, Kyle Coins, Dane Roach. Sixth row: Nick Davros, Nick Boeve, Jared Kimber, Kiefer Mack, Court Ziegler, Josh Echtinaw, Rodney Cofield, Earl Schumake, Andrew Schofield, Tim Dyer, Jon Hagan, Mark Meyer, Ryan Christenson. Seventh row: Kurt Burmeister, Luke Peterson, Mike Blauw. Cameron Alvesteffer, Jake Hall. Dezmon Fulton, Charles Gamble, Alex Garrod, Sean Squires, Cody Hartman, Reuben Salinas, Kykle Warren, Steve Maas. Eighth row: Paul Brucker, Tyler Pike, Ben Kain, Jordan Meyers, Zach Anderson, Greg Lameti, Ben VanAusdall, Nate Erber, Jack Droppers, Chad Buchholz, Zach Riepema, Matt Ekdahl, Nate Greenwell. Ninth row: Jake Ridsdale, Nathan Barnes, Brian Lynn, Nolan Howes, Andrew McCubbin, Grant Robb, Marrek Lacey, Danny Ackert, Justin Warren, Nick Rodriguez, Steve Van Hoven,JT VanLaan, Ken Wedgood. Tenth row: Austin Cross, Ray Hicks, Ben Erickson. Kevin Kandow, Kelly Lepley, Joey Czapek, Alex Porter, Mark Karam, Jake Cooke, Matt Grimm, James Brutsche, Ben Grasmeyer, Ryan Yonkman. Eleventh row: Wes Blackwood, Mark Soisson, Kyle Mill, Ben Wilson, Dan Rispens, Matt Purtee, Jake Fallon, Marcus Bradstreet. Mike LaCroix. Back row: equipment manager Gordon VanderYacht, assistant coach Joe Knapp, defensive coordinator Mike Ricketts, assistant coaches Stu Fritz and Chad Miller, head coach Dean Kreps, assistant coaches Doug Smith, Curt n. Copeland, Andy Keller, Jim VanderMeer, Joe Nelson.
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