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News Archives – May 2005
May 27th - Check out the "Coed" VMI Club Soccer Website http://vmiclubsoccer.tripod.com/index.html
May 25th - JSU Names Julie Davis New Head Soccer Coach
May 25th – THANK YOU JULIE – Mission Accomplished
Once every true blue moon, God graces VMI with a truly great coach. One with an assignment so daunting that few sane individuals would dare attempt the mission. In the early 70's, it was Bob Thalman, who was called to start rebuilding an athletic department that had been ravaged by the Vietnam War. It took him only a few short years to bring the VMI football program to championship class in the Southern Conference. Bob was followed by Bill Blair, who led the basketball program into the national spotlight, whose highlight was a moment in the second half, against a strong University of Kentucky, when the national TV audience was thinking, “wow, these guys from Lexington might be going to the Final Four.”
The new millineum brought new challenges to the VMI athletic department. A new athletic program needed to be built from scratch, a daunting task for any individual at any NCAA Division I school. The state of the Institute at that time made this task even more incredible. This time, God sent an Angel named Julianna. She started with a handful of students playing at the club level. She began recruiting, and slowly brought in some truly talented athletes. The program began competing at the Division I level with great success. But her successes were not limited to the playing field or the won/loss column. Her greatest accomplishment occurred in barracks. Today, VMI stands poised to excel in women's athletics.
As is the case with all great coaches that rgace VMI with their presence, her stay was only temporary. Our Angel has been called to Jacksonville State University for her next assignment, whatever that may be. We wish her luck and thank her for her accomplishments. While she may reside in Alabama, her presence will be felt in Lexington for many years to come. Thank you Julie. Mission Accomplished. Thank You.
May 22nd - VMI Baseball Team finishes regular season on a Killer Hot Streak and finishes above .500
Details of this streak and of the upcoming Internet Radio Broadcasts of their tournament appearance can be found at www.VMIKeydets,com Congratulations to the Bat Boys. We now have two winning teams. Number three is coming soon.
May 18th – BOSS ROSS is Bringin' the BOYS to Richmond!!!!!!!!
May 16th -The Alumni welcome their 10 newest members. Congratulations on being able to say:
"I am from VMI":
Back row-
Lance Bourassa, Logan Manning, John Leacock, Rory Page, Nathan
Johnson
Front row- Kyle Clark, Lawton Way, Ryan King,
Austin Williams, Greg Shakespeare
And congratulations to Stephen Ross for helping 10 rats become alumni together. That is one record that may never be broken.
10 Men’s
Soccer Players – First Classmen 2005: They will all be
missed!
Lawton says that he will be teaching in the Mississippi Delta next year. He will be in an assigned to an impoverished school district through Teach for America. He will be teaching secondary English. Good Luck Lawton and keep in touch. Lawton will still have family at VMI as his brother is a rising 3rd. Lawton’s dad is also a VMI Alum from the class of 1975!
Nathan is going into the Air Force. He will be commissioning this summer after a 4 week OTC at Tyndall AFB near Panama City. He will be stationed at Vandenburg on the California coast in the Space and Missile program. Nathan’s parents have relocated from Roanoke to Travelers Rest, SC and will always be happy to get anyone in touch with Nathan or his older brother, who is VMI 2001 and VMI Soccer as well.
Please let us know what the rest of the guys are doing! Please give us your email addresses as you get them. Send updates and pictures too!
May 10th - The VMI Club of Richmond's Annual Spring Golf Tournament
Sunday May 1, 2005 - Roanoke Times - Mission Plausible? -The Institute Shall Never Die!
Read about this spring's recruiting success:
Men's Recruits
-Coming off of one of the
best seasons in school history, the VMI men’s soccer program
has announced their initial 2005 signing class. The class includes
Keith Simpson of Katy, Texas, Austin Keller of Midlothian, Va., Lance
Otzmann of Danville, Calif. and Stephen Anderson of Yorktown,
Va.
Women's Recruits
-The
VMI women’s soccer program has announced the signings of four
players that will join the team next season. The signings include
defender Celine Ziobro (Henderson, Nev./Green Valley), midfielder
Megan Strand (Fredericksburg, Va./Stafford), goalkeeper Kate Kelly
(Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington) and goalkeeper Julie Bauerle
(Walton, Ky./Ryle).
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