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Charles Kerr

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...will begin this weekend.

Notification will be made on rec.sport.disc once everything has been
setup.

2002 Men's Division Candidates

1 Mike Whitaker, Stanford University
2 Albert Wu, University of Washington
3 Johnathan Goupell, Hope College
4 Rhett Nichols, North Carolina
5 Sam Chatterton, UC Santa Cruz
6 Paul Klenk, Duke University
7 Mike Shiel, Notre Dame
8 Michael 'Junior' Zalisk, Tufts
9 Joshua Greenough, Oregon
10 Jeffrey Graham, University of Massachusetts
11 Eitan Goldberg, Boston University
12 Ross Dick, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
13 Kevin Spindt, University California San Diego
14 Patrick Hard, North Carolina State University
16 Alec Foster, New Collge of Florida
17 Matt Goupell, Michigan State University
18 William Brotman, University Of Pittsburgh
19 Ben Johnson, Towson University
20 Matt Goupell, Michigan State
21 Jimmy Budnik, Purdue University
22 Max Cook, Texas A&M
24 Cummings Jonathan, Miami University
25 Mark Slivka, Wentworth Institute of Technology
26 Aaron Sparrow, Princeton
29 Brad Hertzler, Millersville University
30 Brian Heaton, Wake Forest University
31 Eric Hines, University of Richmond
32 Dan Heimel, Chico State University
33 Matt Christie , Skidmore College
34 Brian Boardman, Humboldt State University
35 Brandon Rice, Kansas
36 Dan Chirlin, Cornell
37 Fred Sieling, Case Western Reserve University
40 Dusty Rhodes, N.Y.U.
41 Thomas Perry, Humbodlt State University
42 Gay Pat Rabenold, James Madison University
43 Jason Simpson, Georgia State
44 Jay Hammond, University of Georgia
45 Shankle Jeff, Liberty University
46 Dan Miller, LSU
47 Nathan Bosscher, Calvin College
49 Thor Martin, Indiana University
50 Xtehn Titcomb, University of Chicago
51 Daniel Bjorkman, East Carolina University
52 Robbie Gillies, Syracuse University
53 Thor Martin, Indiana
54 Inselmann Jared, University of Pennsylvania
55 Jeremy 'Badger' Slezak, Swarthmore College
56 Matthew Kreitzer, Gettysburg College
57 Todd Owens, St. Cloud State
58 Rook Wilken, University of Michigan
59 Isaac Goldstein, Trinity College
60 Jeffrey Eastham, University of California Davis
61 Will Meade, Occidental College
62 David Kallin, Harvard
63 Steve Gunderson, Northwest Nazarene University
64 Mathew Snyder, Linfield College
65 Kevin Reichert, Ohio State
66 Alvin Wang, Illinois
67 Mike Samuelson, University of Delaware
68 Robert St. Aubin, University of British Columbia
69 Danny Clark, Salisbury University
70 Jason Bernhard, US Naval Academy
71 Andrew Saeman, Marquette
72 Shawn Miller, Northeastern University
73 Jakob von Moltke, Dartmouth College
74 Thomas Shields, George Washington
75 Trey Snow, UNC-Wilmington
76 Mickey Madzinsky, University of Colorado
77 Adam Currier, University of Southern California
78 Tom Hartwell, Bucknell
79 Daniel Marsh, University of Arkansas
81 Jason Brooks, William and Mary
82 Justin Wall, Columbia University
83 Josh Stafford, University of Virginia
84 Roy Hodgman, Johns Hopkins University
85 David Bohnsack, University at Buffalo
86 Yue Hann Chin, M.I.T.
87 Todd Krumpe, Connecticut College
88 Bo Rankin, Georgia Tech
89 Matt Pankratz, Wisconsin-Madison
90 Will Hall, Lehigh University
91 Jason Cawrse, Virginia Tech
92 Ian McClellan, Penn State*

2002 Women's Division Candidates

1 Erin Percival, Stanford University
2 Melissa McLaughlin, University of Redlands
3 Sarah Lima, Indiana University
4 Stacy Berger, University of California San Diego
5 Emily Merkel, Boston University
6 Lisa Kim, University of California Davis
7 Sara KatesChinoy, Swarthmore
8 Tali Avery, Tufts
9 Anne Marie Wissman, University of Washington
10 Kree Cappello, UMASS Amherst
11 Annika Walters, Princeton
13 Pauline Lauterbach, Brown
14 Isabel Stohler, University of Oregon
15 Tatiana Kalb, Emory
16 Maura Rockcastle, Cornell University
17 Caroline Scully, University of Notre Dame
18 Maureen Slattery, Purdue University
19 Karen Lee, Stern Business at NYU
20 Alice Hill , Rice University
21 Mieke Strand, UC Berkeley
22 Nicole Cook, Penn State University
23 Crouch Cara, The University of Texas at Austin
24 Erin Herzog, Salisbury University
25 Alison Joynt, University of Delaware
26 Anna Palazij, Johns Hopkins University
27 Colleen Duffy, Northeastern University
28 Katy Cagle, Bucknell University
29 Marisa Cohn, Columbia University
30 Michele Stockham, University of Colorado
31 Elizabeth Willetts, University of Pennsylvania
32 Kate Milhausen, U.B.C.
33 Anna Thomas, University of Georgia
34 Willets Liz, University of Pennsylvania
35 Cora Kosanke, University of Arizona
36 Casi Alexander, TAMU
37 Erin Peck, UNC - Chapel Hill
38 Amy Preszler Prince, University of Iowa
39 Allison Sanchez, Smith College
40 Shelly Peyton, Northwestern
41 Morley McBride, Middlebury College
42 Tiffany Bloomfield, Harvard
43 Megan Insco, Duke University
44 Shelly Peyton, Northwestern
45 Sara Gifford, Bucknell*

* nominated by Regional Coordinator.

7 of the 8 regional tournaments are finished -- does that help
determine who the top 10 candidates from these list are?

Charles Kerr
2002 Callahan Award

Daag Alemayehu

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May 1, 2002, 12:37:21 AM5/1/02
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In the order listed from Charles' email..

1 Mike Whitaker, Stanford University

4 Rhett Nichols, North Carolina

8 Michael 'Junior' Zalisk, Tufts
9 Joshua Greenough, Oregon

14 Patrick Hard, North Carolina State University

43 Jason Simpson, Georgia State

58 Rook Wilken, University of Michigan

65 Kevin Reichert, Ohio State
66 Alvin Wang, Illinois

degs

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May 1, 2002, 1:28:38 AM5/1/02
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I thought Peter Washington was nominated.

Charles Kerr <cke...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> ...will begin this weekend.
>
> Notification will be made on rec.sport.disc once everything has been
> setup.
>
> 2002 Men's Division Candidates

> [big long list]

Kyle_Weisbrod

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May 1, 2002, 9:07:32 AM5/1/02
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5 Sam Chatterton (Sam C-K), UCSC,

Sam more than deserves to be on that list. He did what 5 of those guys
couldn't in the last two weeks - lead his team to Nationals. And, he did it
out of the toughest region in the country. From what I heard, he played every
point of the final two games.

Just trying to keep the Callahan voting true,

Kyle

In article <aanrdr$27s$1...@news-int.gatech.edu>, gte...@prism.gatech.edu says...

Mike Gerics

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May 1, 2002, 10:04:50 AM5/1/02
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top 12????????????

> 1 Mike Whitaker, Stanford University
> 2 Albert Wu, University of Washington

> 4 Rhett Nichols, North Carolina
> 5 Sam Chatterton, UC Santa Cruz

> 8 Michael 'Junior' Zalisk, Tufts
> 9 Joshua Greenough, Oregon
> 10 Jeffrey Graham, University of Massachusetts

> 36 Dan Chirlin, Cornell


> 43 Jason Simpson, Georgia State

> 58 Rook Wilken, University of Michigan

> 66 Alvin Wang, Illinois

Mike Gerics

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May 1, 2002, 10:06:43 AM5/1/02
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> 1 Mike Whitaker, Stanford University--best team.
> 4 Rhett Nichols, North Carolina--best with rookie team
> 8 Michael 'Junior' Zalisk, Tufts--?
> 9 Joshua Greenough, Oregon--
> 14 Patrick Hard, North Carolina State University--?
> 43 Jason Simpson, Georgia State--good callahan type
> 58 Rook Wilken, University of Michigan--?
> 65 Kevin Reichert, Ohio State--disappointing year start to finish
> 66 Alvin Wang, Illinois--might be a good choice
> 76 Mickey Madzinsky, University of Colorado---hopefully at Nationals
MamaBird will do more with him


Mike Gerics

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May 1, 2002, 10:08:29 AM5/1/02
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> 5 Sam Chatterton (Sam C-K), UCSC,
lead his team to Nationals

he played every
> point of the final two games.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

played every point in the final two games is cool.
but....Trey Snow, John Boling and Daniel Quaranta did that for 47 games this
year!

oh...not taking anything away from Sam or giving anything to the above 3

Daag Alemayehu

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May 1, 2002, 10:13:30 AM5/1/02
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What do you mean I left off Sam Chatterton? Didn't you see him in there?
Ha ha.. woo..

(yes, that does make 11)

"Daag Alemayehu" <gte...@prism.gatech.edu> wrote in message
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> In the order listed from Charles' email..
>
> 1 Mike Whitaker, Stanford University
> 4 Rhett Nichols, North Carolina

> 5 Sam Chatterton, UC Santa Cruz

david

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May 1, 2002, 10:17:28 AM5/1/02
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how can anyone not include Sam C-K on this list. If you have seen
santa cruz play this year, you know that he is a huge part of their
team, and although I did not watch NW regionals, I am willing to bet
that his play on sunday was one of the main reasons that they are
going to nationals. I am not going to say he carried their team past
UW, berkley and oregon, because I wasn't there, but from what I heard,
he played most, if not all of the points on sunday, and they did get
the second bid from the NW. It is unfortunate that cruz tends to stay
in california, because if they had travelled more this year, Sam would
be at the top of this list.

Peter Washington

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May 1, 2002, 12:59:28 PM5/1/02
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Kyle_Weisbrod wrote:
>
> 5 Sam Chatterton (Sam C-K), UCSC,
>
> Sam more than deserves to be on that list. He did what 5 of those guys
> couldn't in the last two weeks - lead his team to Nationals. And, he did it
> out of the toughest region in the country. From what I heard, he played every
> point of the final two games.

My guess is, more than that. And the four that did "lead their team to
Nationals" had a lot more help than Sam did. Take away Whit from
Stanford or Mickey from Colorado, I'd put money on them winning their
regions anyhow. Rook and Wang might be slightly more important to their
respective teams, but I bet they still would have been up there. Take
Sam away from Santa Cruz and I think they lose in quarters, and again
sometime soon after that. I don't mean to suggest it's all Sam and
Jeremy, but it's a whole lot Sam and Jeremy.

Pete

Mike Gerics

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May 1, 2002, 1:11:54 PM5/1/02
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Rook and Wang might be slightly more important to their
> respective teams,


well...this is obviously NOT a criteria for being the best athlete in mens
college ultimate....or...as we all know...Rhett Russ would have won last
year.

russ

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I don't get it... didn't you make Nats handily this year without him?

russ


bang james thomas

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May 1, 2002, 1:30:15 PM5/1/02
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> 66 Alvin Wang, Illinois

Sometimes hard to see the stuff he does because, as has been posted
before, so many people on Illinois make solid contributions. But... If
you're not from the midwest and haven't seen him from Big Tens on, you
missed a LOT. He brought back one of the greatest greatests I've seen vs
Purdue in Champaign. He can burn his man deep for the huck or cut back
and be on the throwing end of a huck score. Either way. On defense he
has been the single most dominating player for Illinois, especially at
regionals when it counted. He demanded the challenge of guarding Rook as
much as possible, especially when Joe preferred he not and save himself
for O. Then, at 14-13 Illinois he baited Rook up the line and D'ed
away the potential tying upwinder for Michigan, when Illinois' sideline
seemed sure that Rook had just burned him up the line for the score.

Clutch.

cash

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May 1, 2002, 1:39:06 PM5/1/02
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Based on who I've seen on this list...it should either going to Sam
C-K or Rook. Those two guys are the man for their team and play very
similar offensively and (great) defensively. It would be a difficult
choice, but I would still probably go with Rook and if you haven't
seen him play, you'll know why at Nationals.

note: i have not seen anyone from the NC, GA or Tufts play, but they
better be superstars in order to hang with those 2.

just my 2 cents

$

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Mike Gerics

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May 1, 2002, 1:45:23 PM5/1/02
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> > Rook and Wang might be slightly more important to their
> > > respective teams,
> >
> >
> > well...this is obviously NOT a criteria for being the best athlete in
mens
> > college ultimate....or...as we all know...Rhett Russ would have won last
> > year.
>
> I don't get it... didn't you make Nats handily this year without him?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
handlily...that's nice.
well...this year the Seamen had the addition of a fella that was not in
school last year(John Boling=Ringo)...and another experienced first
timer(vassar)

Idris Nolan

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May 1, 2002, 1:44:39 PM5/1/02
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"Mike Gerics" <des...@digitizing4embroidery.com> wrote in message
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that either means...

1) uncw has only 7 players or

2) uncw was never beating a team by enough in all those 47 to give anyone of
those 3 players a single point of rest (not exactly a 5 seed at nationals
are they?) or

3) you're lying

-idris


Robin

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May 1, 2002, 1:58:18 PM5/1/02
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>
> 7 of the 8 regional tournaments are finished -- does that help
> determine who the top 10 candidates from these list are?
>

If you were at the Northwest Regionals you saw Stanford Superfly roll,
and leading the way was Erin "Peedoo" Percival. She's a defensive
specialist and her layout blocks and skying d's were in full effect
this weekend. Her offense was flawless too-- got open at will and
assisted at least half of Stanford's points. No doubt Percival is at
the top of that list.

--Robin Knowler
Stanford Superfly

Idris Nolan

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May 1, 2002, 2:52:26 PM5/1/02
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ok, 2nd tier callahan nominess are getting their shit blown by their
respective teammates and/or coaches, time to do my duty for the guy i think
has been the best player in college ultimate the last... 2 years (sorry
alex, feel free to kick my ass at practice).

every point in the last two games at regionals? try every point of every
game that ever meant anything this year (but mike, like uncw i'm sure, santa
cruz also has a few other players who fall into this category). at regionals
that meant leading his team who was down at half in 4 out of 6 games to a
5-1 record and the 2nd spot out of the northwest (playing ~140 of 145
points). of course only those who were there can truly appreicate what that
meant, but as a black tide alum said to me after the final game... "that was
the toughest regionals i've ever seen". to get an idea, the scores for all
sunday games were, 15-11, 15-11, 15-11, 15-10, 15-11, 15-13, 15-13, 15-13,
15-12 (might be a point off in 1 or 2 games).

no need to get into details of what he can do, everyone can do everything
right?

all the top canidates are awesome players, no doubt.

i've seen 7 of the "top 11" play... when its all said and done, only 2-3
guys are legitimate contenders, sammy c-k is one of those guys.

-idris

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Mike Gerics

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MG wrote:
> > but....Trey Snow, John Boling and Daniel Quaranta did that for 47 games
> this
> > year!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
someone replied:

> that either means...
>
> 1) uncw has only 7 players or

-------well...it could mean that they have 30...but that the top 3 play
every point no matter what.
but it certainly does not mean that they have only 7...or all 7 would have
been listed as playing each point of every game.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


> 2) uncw was never beating a team by enough in all those 47 to give anyone
of
> those 3 players a single point of rest (not exactly a 5 seed at nationals
> are they?)

---well...maybe...except i guess when beating Carleton 15-2....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 3) you're lying

---nope...sitting.

Joe Bis

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Just a bit of trivia. Back in '91 Sam C-K and Nord were in the same
middle school class of 50 students (total 150 in the school) at a
school where they learned to play on the asphalt parking lot cause
there wasn't a stitch of grass. If Tufts can come out of the East
there will be 6 former NOMS students in Spokane (3Carleton, 2 Santa
Cruz and 1 Tufts)

Mercer

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"Idris Nolan" <idris...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> i've seen 7 of the "top 11" play... when its all said and done, only 2-3
> guys are legitimate contenders, sammy c-k is one of those guys.
>

which begs the question.... who would those other legitimate contenders be?


David Kallin

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May 1, 2002, 4:05:40 PM5/1/02
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Few competitive players manage to be both one of the best players on the
field as well as one of the most fun to play against. Mike Zalisk is
both one of the most competitive and one of the most spirited players
in the northeast.

Zalisk not only makes big plays, he creates them. If anyone was watching
the Tufts/Colorado semi at Easterns, you got to see Zalisk and Pallaver
putting together a two man highlight reel. Mike can be counted on, not
just to come up big when he needs to, but to create plays with both his
puts and his legs. Few players that I have ever played agains are able
to shift their mass around as quickly as Zalisk can- this makes him one
of the best cutters I have seen, as well as a damn hard defender to get
open on.

Most importantly though, Zalisk makes the players around him play better.
His presence brings his team up to a higher level. This is a big reason
why last year Tufts stomped on both Harvard and Brown during sectionals
and regionals, but after losing Mike to an injury in parctice, couldn't
put it together for nationals. It's also one of the main reasons that
Tufts, despite losing a good deal of their talent from last year, is one
of the top teams in the northeast and the country this year.

Tufts and Harvard have had their differences in the past, but Zalisk
certainly has my vote. Frankly, if you've been around northeast ultimate
for long, I don't see how your vote can go anywhere else.

Dave Kallin
Harvard Ultimate


Daag Alemayehu <gte...@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
: In the order listed from Charles' email..

higher

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still missing a few...cental...

Joe Bis

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May 1, 2002, 5:34:41 PM5/1/02
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Just a bit of trivia. In '91 Sam C-K and Alex Nord were learning to
play ultimate together on asphalt (no grass at the school) at a small
(150 students) middle school in Seattle. Could it be that one middle
school (NOMS) will produce back to back Callahan winners??
If Tufts qualifies out of the east there will be 6 NOMS players in
Spokane. (2 UCSC, 3 Carleton and 1 Tufts)

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Mike Gerics

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point in the last two games at regionals? try every point of every
> game that ever meant anything this year (but mike, like uncw i'm sure,
santa
> cruz also has a few other players who fall into this category)


---hopefully every team does.
heck uva lot better than just seeing the top athletes every 3rd point or so,
which was the case with the top two teams' athletes last year!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Philip Burkhardt

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May 1, 2002, 8:23:22 PM5/1/02
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As an old friend and avid supporter of Samuel Clemens Kirchmeyer I
would like talk him up a little. That's what rsd is for this time of
year. I have had the pleasure of playing with Sam since 7th grade.
We've played Juniors Nationals, Worlds and many a Potlatch together
and I can honestly say that there is no one I would rather have on any
team I'm playing on. He's in better shape than the other guy (by the
other guy I mean 99.9% of ultimate players), he's faster than the
other guy, he's quicker than the other guy, he's smarter than the
other guy and he smells like roses after a tournament.

Having seen most of the other contenders for the Callahan play, I can
say without reserve and with only minor bias, that Sam deserves this
award. He is without a doubt one of college ultimate's players (in
the capitalized PLAYER sense of the word). He has led his team out of
the hardest region in the country (honestly...who thought Cruz would
make it out over Oregon?) and although his last name doesn't rhyme
with Slow'brien, he's got my vote and should have yours.


Philip

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mike ferg

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> handlily...that's nice.
> well...this year the Seamen had the addition of a fella that was not in
> school last year(John Boling=Ringo)...and another experienced first
> timer(vassar)


i think greg 'fister' vassar played for the SEAMEN in 2000???


icyhotfrisbeeguy

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May 1, 2002, 10:13:37 PM5/1/02
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you are rong. I played in 1999. but you couldn't really call what I did
"playiing".

catch me (fister) at the hot tub this year in spokane. if there is no hot
tub, i will make the pool into one.

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Mike Gerics

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> you are rong. I played in 1999. but you couldn't really call what I did
> "playiing".
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

no crap...that's why you were labeled as a first timer.
99 was NOT playing


Slivak

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May 2, 2002, 1:14:24 PM5/2/02
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Nicely put Dave.
I agree, Zalisk is a great candidate for Callahan 2002. Coming from
the newest team in the Boston Metro Section, (Wentworth Institute of
Technology) Mike and the guys from Tufts have been quite nice and
accomidating to us. I played against him last fall during the Beanpot
league game (even though I doubt that he remembers since we were such
an easy win) but the times I was matched up against him, I found it
very hard to read his cuts. and his puts.....nothing short of perfect
placement... coming only second to myself (personal plug :) )
anyway... even on the sideline, he is such a presence among his
teamates. always trying to step up his peers.
ok...i think that might be enough to help him out.... like dave said
in his post, if you are in the northeast, your vote should be going to
Zalisk.. (or myself)

one quick note... I would like to thank the Tufts B-Men for forfeiting
their games at sectionals to let me play with them. i know a few read
rsd and will pass the thanks onto the rest of the team...(fat ass)
The Northeast is fun and spirit.....with a twist if intensity

Mark Slivka
Wentworth Ultimate


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Jeff Brown

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Junior is gonna be pissed, but I'd like to show my support for his
callahan nomination.

I've coached Zalisk for 4 years. I know him well. I've coached many
excellent players, and played with some of the best players ever to
play the game. Mike has all of the attributes of a top-level ultimate
player: great throws, field sense, cutting, defense, and poise. Above
all, he's a great TEAMmate and a great leader. He is the heart of the
Tufts TEAM, but never wants to be its focus. He's always asking how to
improve his game and how he can help the TEAM.

He's the real-deal. No question. Junior. Callahan. 2002.

Coach
Tufts

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Dave Rosenberg

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May 3, 2002, 6:05:26 PM5/3/02
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Dito what everybody has said about Mikey Zalisk.

I was his captain for 2 years (after which he was my captain for one
year), and Mikey is perhaps the best teamate I've had on any team
ever. He always puts in 100%, helps his teamates, never loses his
temper, and usually produces especially in the clutch. The first big
win Tufts had during our period of sucess in recent years was when we
beat Harvard in the finals of sectionals in 99. Mikey was a freshmen,
played every point, scored about half our goals, and had a few key
blocks as the middle middle of our cup.

Since then Mikey has improved in all aspects of his game. His once
shaky forehand now gets ripped upwind for a 70 yard put to a deep cut.
His cuts have always been great, but now I'd say they are unstopable.

Nobody works as hard as Mikey either. Everytime he makes you fall
over with a sharp cut, just remember that he spent his entire sophmore
year, and nationals of his junior year on crutches. One does not
rebound from those type of injuries without a great deal of hardwork.

If you've seen or played against Mike, I'm sure you're considering him
for your Callahan vote, if you haven't, than you should.

-Dave Rosenberg (aka vag)
Tufts E-men 98-01

allen

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May 9, 2002, 3:05:19 PM5/9/02
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Sam should definately win the Callahan Award, no matter what happens
at Nationals. (However, if SC gets blown out this time it will really
put a crimp on the Northwest Region AGAIN, so make sure it doesn't
ahppen Sam, Jeremy and co. The NW region deserves more bids, everyone
knows that, now go out and prove it.)

One thing I noticed this year both playing against SC and watching
them play against other teams is that Sam CK always plays as hard and
as fast as he can. His supporting crew, aside from Jeremy Cram, was
far more inexperienced thatn the other competitive NW teams, and yet
they are going to Nationals. Sam plays every point, and he plays
every point well. If he doesn't win Callahan, it will be no less
dissapointing than Jason Kidd not winning MVP. You have to look at
what he's done, how he has played, and where his team is going.

I have played against Sam my entire carreer, and I can say humbly that
I cannot guard him. When we played them at Sectionals, the only way
we finally were able to beat them were to put either Me and Kevin, Me
and Jeff, or Jeff and Kevin on him going up for the discs with him
sandwiched, while he still caught every other. He is just at a higher
level than anyone else out there.

Good luck Sam and rest of Slugs, it was fun battleing for those 5 long
years. Enjoy the callahan award cause you deserve it.

Allen

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