At the annual football banquet yesterday Dartmouth football players received their Ivy League championship rings and 2021 season awards were announced. First, the rings:
EARL HAMILTON FRESHMAN AWARD – Presented to the member of the freshman team who has been selected by the coaching staff as the player who has made the most outstanding contribution to the team: PAINTER RICHARDS-BAKER
JAKE CROUTHAMEL AWARD – Presented to the member of the varsity offense who is an underclassman and who, by the vote of the coaching staff, has made the most significant contribution to the success of the team: NICK HOWARD
KENNETH T. YOUNG AWARD – Presented to the member of the varsity defense who is an underclassman who, by vote of the coaching staff, has made the most significant contribution to the success of the team: QUINTEN ARELLO
DOTEN AWARD – Presented to a member of the sophomore class who has made a significant contribution to the success of the team: PAXTON SCOTT
EARL HAMILTON AWARD – Presented to the senior football player who has displayed a sincere friendliness and sense of humor plus appreciation of the outdoors that were the late Mr. Hamilton's characteristics: SETH WALTER
OFFENSIVE SCOUT AWARD – RJ BRANDON, TYLER GREEN
DEFENSIVE SCOUT AWARD – DERRELL SMITH-PORTER
SPECIAL TEAMS AWARD – CONNOR DAVIS
JOHN M. MANLEY '40 AWARD – Presented to the member of the football team who has demonstrated the most improvement through his efforts in the weight room: ISAIAH JOHNSON
12TH MAN AWARD – Presented to the member of the football team who has demonstrated hard work and dedication regardless of playing time: MAX TELEMAQUE
LESTER R. GODWIN AWARD – Presented to the senior team member who, through extraordinary perseverance, has risen above personal disadvantage to contribute measurably to the team. The award is a wristwatch, suitably inscribed: TANNER CROSS, ZACK BAIR
THE HEWITT AWARD – Presented to the player who best epitomizes athletic performance with academic achievement: CAL ATKESON
GORDON P. BENNETT AWARD – Presented to the member of the team who has been selected by the coaching staff as the outstanding offensive or defensive lineman and who exemplified the high degree of performance, sportsmanship and character exhibited by Gordon P. Bennett '37: EVAN HECIMOVIC
FRANK HERSHEY AWARD – Presented to the senior player who possesses a genuine zest for life, has maintained a strong, positive attitude and has displayed a sincere desire to win, which were the qualities of the late Coach Hershey: JAKE GUIDONE
THE COACH BOB BLACKMAN TROPHY – Presented to the member of the varsity team selected by the football coaching staff who has contributed most to the success of the team: DEREK KYLER
STUBBY PEARSON AWARD – Presented to an underclassmen on the team whose character, leadership on campus, high academic standing and performance on the playing field most resembles that of Charles (Stubby) Pearson '42, captain of the 1941 football team who died while serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He also was captain of basketball and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and valedictorian of his class: SHANE COKES
MANNERS MAKYTH MAN AWARD – Presented to the member of the team who, in the judgment of his teammates, has best conducted himself to the advantage of the college and displayed good manners in the sense of William Wickham's phrase, "Manners Makyth Man:" NATE BOONE
REGGIE WILLIAMS AWARD – Presented to the member of the football program who through leadership in action and word has made Dartmouth a better place: ROBBIE MANGAS
GAME BALLS for the nine wins:
VALPARAISO
Offense: Evan Hecimovic
Defense: Marques White
Special Teams: Cam Baller
SACRED HEART
Offense: Zack Bair
Defense: Tanner Cross
Special Teams: Jamal Cooney
PENN
Offense: Robbie Mangas
Defense: Niko Mermigas
Special Teams: Bobby Crockett
YALE
Offense: JP Flores
Defense: Jalen Mackie
Special Teams: Connor Davis
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Offense: Nick Howard, Noah Roper
Defense: Luca Di Leo
Special Teams: Josh Betts
HARVARD
Offense: JJ Jones
Defense: John Pupel
Special Teams: Jaylin Rainey
PRINCETON
Offense: Derek Kyler
Defense: Isaiah Johnson
Special Teams: Grant Jaffe
CORNELL
Offense: Don Carty, Jake Guidone
Defense: Seth Walter
Special Teams: Thomas Hennessy
BROWN
Offense: Keegan McHugh
Defense: Landon McDermott
Special Teams: Josh Greene
BOWLING PINS (Season consistency)
Offensive Big: Evan Hecimovic
Offensive Skill: (QB and WR): Derek Kyler
Offensive Mids: (RB, TE ): Robbie Mangas
Defensive Bigs: Shane Cokes
Defensive Mids (LB) Jalen Mackie
Defensive Skills (Secondary) DJ Terry
Special Teams; Connor Davis
Scout Offense: Zion Carter, Jackson Proctor, Devon Lingle
Scout Defense: Reese Spence
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A reminder that Dartmouth kicks off its 12 spring practices tomorrow at 5 p.m.. As always, BGA Premium will be there and a story will be posted that night. Given that practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays are an hour later than in the fall (and the BGA World Headquarters is 25 or so miles north of campus) stories will still be posted the same night as the practice but might go up later than during the fall.
The guess here is a lot of you have forgotten your password since the end of the 2021 season, but you are in luck because BGA Premium has a "forgot" password functionality. When you click on it you'll be walked through getting going once again. Access BGA Premium HERE.
Sign-up for the 2022 BGA Premium cycle will begin in early July.
If you intend to sign up at that point but would like access now, drop me an email via the contact form over to the right and I'll get you going.
A reminder, practices are slated for Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings with the spring "game" on May 7.
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With major league baseball starting this week one of two former Dartmouth pitchers in the big leagues is on the move. From the Associated Press (LINK):
The Miami Marlins solidified their bullpen by acquiring left-hander Tanner Scott and right-hander Cole Sulser from the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday night for two minor leaguers, a player to be named later and a draft pick. . . .
Sulser, 32, went 5-4 with a 2.70 ERA last season. He struck out 73 in 63⅓ innings and had eight saves for Baltimore.
Sulser '12 is joined in the big leagues by classmate Kyle Hendricks '12, the Chicago Cubs right-hander. Hendricks will get the ball for the ball Thursday as the Cubbies' opening-day starter for the third year in a row. (LINK)
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EXTRA POINT
Twice when I was assistant sports editor at the local daily I had the opportunity to cover the Masters at Augusta National. Once I worked the internet and arranged with a local business to rent out a parking spot for my '84 VW Westfalia camper in their lot almost directly across Washington Road from the main entrance to the club and used that as both my overnight accommodations and office. It was a long drive down but made for quite an adventure.
The VW is out of hibernation but won't be heading to Georgia this week. In fact, it's not heading anywhere until the weather warms and we slap the insurance back on it. In the meantime, it's a reminder both of a memorable trip to Augusta and of summer adventures yet to be had.
