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The Marian College athletic department and the M-Club have partnered together in honoring our student-athletes for their contributions to Knight athletics. On November 18, 2006 this new tradition took shape with the first of two recognition dinners honoring the fall sports. The first dinner honored the student-athletes who participated in the sports of: men's golf, women's golf, women's tennis, men's tennis, and women's soccer.

Director of Athletics Joe Haklin emceed the proceedings along with M-Club Co-Director John Finke and M-Club Board Members Tom Egold ('65) and Mike Noone ('63). Each of the coaches from their respective sports honored their student-athletes with an M-Club Recognition certificate. The athletes voted on four awards for each sport from Most Valuable Player to the Hustle Award. The four-year student-athletes in each sport were also honored with a plaque listing some of their accomplishments. Below is a recap of the proceedings and photos of the Most Valuable Players for men's golf, women's tennis, women's soccer and men's tennis:

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Women's Golf
Freshman of the Year	Karli Shepherd
Mental Attitude Award	Kristen Welker
Most Improved Player	Brittany Craven
Most Valuable Player	Whitney Frame
Men's Golf
Most Improved Player	Elliot Elger
Mental Attitude Award	Jacob Murray
Best Newcomer Award	Nick Olsen
Most Valuable Player	Stephen Ford
Women's Tennis
Mental Attitude Award	Loye Kegley
Marian Award	Katrina Kroics
Most Improved Player	Roxanne Rose
Most Valuable Player	Loriann Laugle
Women's Soccer
Hustle Award	Jill Tonetti
Mental Attitude Award	Kim Hochgesang
Most Improved Player	Rebecca Hochgesang
Most Valuable Player	Lindsay Espel
Men's Tennis
Mental Attitude Award	Neal Knies
Most Improved Player	Jeff Graf
Marian Award	Jesse Miller
Most Valuable Player	Jesse Martin

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The MVPs Jesse Martin - Men's Tennis Stephen Ford - Men's Golf Lindsay Espel - Women's Soccer	The MVP Loriann Laugle - Women's Tennis