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The Marian University M-Club and the Department of Athletics hosted the first M-Club Recognition Dinner on Saturday, November 14, 2009.

Director of Athletics and M-Club Co-Director Joe Haklin emceed the annual event, which is sponsored by the M-Club, which is the fundraising arm of athletics. Development officer and M-Club Co-Director Brad Edmondson was a featured speaker explaining what the M-Club does for athletics.

The men's cross country, women's cross country, men's tennis, and women's tennis teams were each honored for their contributions to Marian University athletics in the fall of 2009. It was a fall season that featured two Mid-Central College Conference Coaches of the Year (in these specific sports) which are: head men's cross country coach Dave Roberts and head women's tennis coach Cassie Lomison.

Below are the award winners and some highlights from the dinner.

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Men's Tennis
Most Valuable Player	Brice Fairchild
Most Improved Player	Joe Nelson
Rookie of the Year	Andrew Voss
Mental Attitude Award	Kyle Luckiewicz
Women's Tennis
Most Valuable Player	Paola Usina
Most Improved Player	Alyssa Richard
Bulldog Award	Dana Reynolds
Mental Attitude Award	Hillary Carpenter Hannah Ruegsegger
Men's Cross Country
Most Valuable Runner	Kyle Murray
Most Improved Runner	Derek Harris
Mental Attitude Award	Thomas Jeschke
Women's Cross Country
Most Valuable Runner	Adrienne Shepherd
Most Improved Runner	Brooke Meier
Mental Attitude Award	Emily Miller
Four-Year Awards
Kyle Murray	Men's Cross Country
Thomas Jeschke	Men's Cross Country
Ryan Strom	Men's Cross Country
Alan Nordholt	Men's Cross Country
Jill Kuntz	Women's Cross Country
Jeff Graf	Men's Tennis
Stedman Carmony	Men's Tennis

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Director of Athletics Joe Haklin	M-Club Co-Director Brad Edmondson
Head women's tennis coach Cassie Lomison	Head men's tennis coach Kris Looney
Head cross country coach  Dave Roberts with the MCC trophy	Coach Roberts with tickets to nationals
Senior Michael Foerster	The cross country parents are honored
The MVPs Senior Kyle Murray Junior Adrienne Shepherd Freshman Paola Usina Junior Brice Fairchild (missing)	The Four-Year Award winners Senior Stedman Carmony Senior Jeff Graf Senior Alan Nordholt Senior Jill Kuntz Senior Ryan Strom Senior Kyle Murray Senior Thomas Jeschke