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U of D Jesuit Hockey
2009-10
U of D Jesuit Mission and Tradition
University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy is committed to providing the highest quality of Jesuit college preparatory education to young men in southeast Michigan.
U of D Jesuit, in collaboration with parents, will challenge its students to go beyond academic excellence, to be reflective, to be committed to the service of personal faith and the promotion of justice: to be "Men for Others."
U of D Jesuit will provide an atmosphere of learning and individual spiritual development that reaches into the larger community.
Since 1877, the Jesuits have been educating some of the finest young men in the Southeastern Michigan area. More than a century ago, the Jesuits established their college preparatory school on Jefferson Avenue in a small, yet growing city not far from Lake St. Clair.
The high school moved to its present location in 1930, and the school address of 8400 South Cambridge has been synonymous with academic excellence ever since. For over 130 years, the Jesuits have provided young men an outstanding high school education and since 1973, junior high students have had the same academic opportunities.
In 1995-96, hockey was reinstated at the “high” as a varsity sport after a 58 year absence. In 1998-99, a Junior Varsity Club team was added and in 2002 that was elevated to Varsity B status. The hockey program offers an average of 42 young men the opportunity to continue their hockey careers at the high school level. Both teams play out of City Sport Center in downtown Detroit, where they enjoy their own locker rooms, weight room, storage room and other skill enhancing equipment specific to the sport of hockey.
The Varsity B team is coached by Mike Evans. Mike continues to elevate the Varsity B program by competing in the MIJVHL and has added Mike Costello '79, Mike Siegrist and Joe Bongiovanni, all former head coaches, to his staff while upgrading the competition of the overall schedule to mirror that of the varsity team.
The hockey team at U of D Jesuit was a member of the Michigan Prep Hockey League for the first 7 seasons and is going into its 8th season as a member of arguably the finest high school hockey league in the state, the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League. The league is made up of Catholic Central, Brother Rice, Cranbrook, Port Huron Nothern, Grosse Pointe North, DeLaSalle. OLSM and U of D Jesuit. The non-league schedule is comprised of the finest competition available in Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin and will find the following teams as opponents for the 2010-11 season: 2 of the top teams in the state of Ohio (St. John’s and St. Ignatius, 2010 State Champion), Portage Central, Calumet, Muskegon Mona Shores, OLSM, Marquette, Notre Dame Prep, the MIHL Showcase in Trenton and the Catholic League Playoff (Divine Child, OLSM or DeLaSalle).
The hockey program strives to develop the whole person, incorporating the “magis”, doing more for Christ and a “cura personalis”, care of the person, approach. To help fulfill that, the team does several community service projects each year and attends a pre-school Mass once each week. They participated in the Detroit Thanksgiving Day Parade for 7 consecutive years, have adopted a section of 8 Mile through the MDOT Adopt a Highway Program and participate in the monthly summer Focus Hope food deliveries.
The hockey team prides itself in having been an Academic All-State team all 15 seasons and in 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 were the #1 academic team in the state. The Cubs also advanced to the state final four in 2005. The hockey team has graduated 8 valedictorians, 40 players have gone on to play College Club Hockey, 5 have played Division I college hockey with Cam Burt (junior at RIT) and Dom Recchia (junior at Johnson and Wales) still playing. Mac Olson '09 is playing in the NAHL with Witchita Falls and Evan and Matthew Moore '10 are playing in the EJHL with Green Mountain.
The Cub Varsity Coaching Staff is comprised of Rick Bennetts (Club Hockey at Northern Michigan University), Mike Costello '79, (Club Hockey at Marquette University), Tim Moore (Division I hockey at Miami/Ohio) and Terry Olson (Division I hockey at Western Michigan University).
Lastly, the hockey program would not have advanced beyond the first season, much less to the point where it is now, if it were not for the support it has received from the school administration, faculty, staff, alumni and students as well as from the players and their parents who took a chance and played for their school 16 years ago. Each year the hockey program has enjoyed tremendous support from its players and parents and this year is no exception, which makes the job of coaching much easier and very enjoyable.
Thank you for your support and “Here’s to U of D High School”.
A.M.D.G.
U of D Jesuit Hockey
| 1996 |
3.25 |
2004 | 3.42 | ||
| 1997 | 3.47 | #1 in the State | 2005 | 3.54 | |
| 1998 | 3.35 | 2006 | 3.34 | #1 in the State | |
| 1999 | 3.33 | 2007 | 3.67 | #1 in the State | |
| 2000 | 3.56 | 2008 | 3.75 | #1 in the State | |
| 2001 | 3.44 | 2009 | 3.62 | #1 in the State | |
| 2002 | 3.32 | 2010 | 3.68 | #1 in the State | |
| 2003 | 3.23 |
Academic All-State Players
(3.5 cumulative gpa)
| 1996 | |||
| Steve Sharp | Jim Khoury | Jason Dryja | Mike Herskovic |
| 1997 | |||
| Andrew Goodman | Brad Higgins | ||
| 1998 | |||
| David Spurlock | Nick Bayma | David Larabell | Brian Mooney |
| Andrew Cadotte | Andrew Shipton | Steve Dekovich | Pat Harte |
| David Siemion | John Pacini | ||
| 1999 | |||
| Vinnie Abatemarco | Jeff |
Chris Mellon | Tony Miller |
| Chris Karwacki | |||
| 2000 | |||
| Greg McLennan | Mike Cooper | Jason White | |
| 2001 | |||
| Ryan Anderson | Matt Hammer | Richard Siemion | Peter Gariepy |
| 2002 | |||
| Mike Kazmierski | |||
| 2003 | |||
| Kevin Vincent | Will Ryan | Chris Granger | David Stahl |
| 2004 | |||
| Chris Kenney | Dan Rieckhoff | ||
| 2005 | |||
| Brian Burke | Tim MacLean | Mike Van Tiem | |
| 2006 | |||
| Scott Granger | Grayson Heenan | David Kelly | Mike Fontichiaro |
| Cam Peralta | Dante Hargis | Kyle Gorka | Matt Paletta |
| 2007 | |||
| Blake Karapuz | Mike Raymond | Dan Reddy | Stephen Yackley |
| Stephen Harnadek | |||
| 2008 | |||
| Chris Eng | Tom Zelinski | ||
| 2009 | |||
| Mike Costello | Joseph Fazzio | Michael Makowski | Dan McAree |
| Mike Yanis | |||
| 2010 | |||
| Adam Bradley | Michael Eng | Justin Evans | Brian Gardner |
| Patrick Riedy | Jacob Siegrist | Alex Van Tiem |
Hockey Valedictorians
| Steve Dekovich | 1998 | Professor | University of Washington |
| Mike Cooper | 2000 | Investment Accountant |
Chicago, IL |
| Greg McLennan | 2000 | Resident Surgeon | Detroit, MI |
| Dave Stahl | 2003 | CPA | Novi, MI |
| Grayson Heenan | 2006 | Graduate | Boston College |
| Mike Fontichiaro | 2006 | Graduate | West Point |
| Stephen Yackley | 2007 | Student | University of Michigan |
| Dan McAree | 2009 | Student |
Michigan State University |
All State Players
2000 Ryan Anderson, Dave Gumbel, Greg McLennan
2001 Ryan Anderson
2002 Matt Cebula, Mikel Faccini, Will Ryan
2003 Scott Anderson, Sean Mitera, Will Ryan
2004 Scott Anderson, Sean Mitera, Teddy Theodoroff
2005 Tim MacLean, Bryan Murphy, Mike Van Tiem
2006 Grayson Heenan
2007 Pat Moran
2008 Mac Olson, Alex Van Tiem
2009 Justin Evans, Mac Olson, Mike Yanis
2010 Patrick Riedy, Ryan Walker, Evan Moore
Dream Team Players
2009 Mac Olson, Mike Yanis