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News Archives June – September 06
September 21st - Chuck Nweke Named VMI Athlete of the Week
September 13th - Karen Bill Earns Conference and VMI Player of the Week Honors
Richmond Times-Dispatch - "Awards"
September 6th - Erin Squires Shares VMI Athlete of the Week Honors
August 23rd - We Just Added a New Link: VMI FOOTBALL PHOTOS
We just found this new “unofficial” site that is loaded with high quality photos of the VMI Football Team.
August 20th -VMIKeydets.com: Women's Soccer Holds Intra-Squad Scrimmage
August 20th - 15 Keydet Soccer Players Named to 2005-2006 Big South Presidential Honor Roll
To be named to the Honor Roll, students must maintain a 3.0 GPA for the academic year. Congratulations to the following Keydets who made this years list:
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Vanessa Berrios |
Kyle Braun |
Austin Keller |
Steven Phillips |
Megan Strand |
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Gia Bichara |
Kyle Fricke |
Anastasia Kovarik |
Raevon Pulliam |
Josh Van Cleef |
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Karen Bill |
Shawn Graham |
Mike Lloyd |
John Sollock |
Celine Ziobro |
August 20th - Former VMI Asst. Coach Craig Roberts Named Head Women's Coach at UT Martin
It may be old news, but we just found out about it.
August 18th - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Jackson's Horse Back in VMI Museum
August 14th - VMIKeydets.com: Men's Soccer Announces the Signing of Final Two Recruits
Learn all about Daniel Welsh and Lincoln Splettstoesser.
August 11th - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Former Richmond Coach Tackles Tall Challenge at VMI
A nice article about the other football team at VMI.
July 27th - VMIKeydets.com: Men's Soccer Announces a Pair of In-State Recruits to Incoming Class
Article is chock full of info on two new recruits, Tyler Suttenfield and Will Quarles.
July 23rd - Additional Rat Update
Kathleen “Kat” Underwood, from Courtland High in Spottsylvania, VA earned 2nd team All-Battlefield District high school honors this past spring leading the Cougars to a 15-4-2 record before bowing out in the Region I Semi-Finals, earning 8 shutouts with a GAA of 1.05 over the 21 games of her senior season. A member of the National Honor Society, Kat graduated from Courtland with distinction and plans to study mathematics at VMI.
July 9th - Update: Incoming Rats
We found out a little more about our newcomers. VMI Keydets.com has posted 2006 Women's Soccer Quick Facts. This includes a roster with two new names on it. JD Collins from Varina High School in Richmond and Beatrice Charles from James Robinson Secondary school in Fairfax. We found this article on Beatrice: Delta Sigma Theta - In The Community. We also read that Alexi Staton from Roanoke won Blue Ridge District Player of the Year honors. Audrey Falconi's Tabagator club team won the Nevada State Cup this spring, defeating Chrissy Beach's Las Vegas Soccer Club in the semi-finals.
On the Men's side, we read that Tyler Suttenfield from Chester was voted All Academic VHSL Central Region and VHSL All Region Second Team. He was also named to the Richmond Times-Dispatch's All-Metro second team.
Please let us know if you are aware of any more honors.
June 13th - North American Sand Soccer Tournament June 10-11, Virginia Beach, VA
Charles Nweke, Parker Thurman, and Tony Nweke played together. They also took time out to pose for a picture with a hot ocean front life guard that came over to take in the match during her break. She also happens to be Ed Mills Sister, Valerie!
June 11th -VMIKeydets.com has posted the 2006 Men's Roster
Six Rats top the list. We have also heard that Parker Thurman will be back for his final year at VMI. The incoming Rats look pretty impressive. Here are the honors we managed to find:
Tony Nweke – Princess Anne HS – Virginia Beach, VA
Waiting for Beach area honors to be released.
Will Quarles – John Handley HS – Winchester, VA
2006 All Northwestern District
2006 All Region II – Second Team
Lincoln Splettstoesser – Lemoore HS – Lemoore, CA
Waiting for California honors to be released.
Daniel Welsh – Westerminster Schools – Evans/Augusta, GA
2005-2006 Honorable Mention Augusta Chronicle's All Area Team
Westminster was 2000, 2001, and 2004 GISA Boys State Champions
Tyler Suttenfield – Thomas Dale HS – Chester(Richmond), VA
2005 All Central District Second Team
2005 All Academic Central District
2006 All Central District
2006 All Academic Central District
Waiting for Region Honors to be announced
Tyler's Thomas Dale Knights just won their second consecutive VHSL AAA State Championship defeating Gar-Field 2-1 in triple overtime. The win was Thomas Dale's 48th consecutive victory (yes 48th).
June 8th- Construction of the New Soccer Field is Underway
Bulldozer is spreading out the last bit of topsoil on the new field
Lookin pretty Sweet!
June 8th – Mens 2006 Schedule has been finalized- Check it out at vmikeydets.com
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