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BASEBALL
Game 30 | at UW-Platteville (6-22, 3-13) Game 31-34 | vs Central (20-11, 12-8)
Wednesday, April 23 ... 4:00 PM Friday, April 25 ... 3:30 PM Saturday, April 26 ... 1:00 PM
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SCHEDULE/RESULTS
MARCH 8 9 15 15 16 26 28 29
vs. North Central vs. North Central vs. UW-Platteville vs. UW-Platteville at Wabash vs. Dominican vs. North Central at Cornell at Simpson * at Simpson * at Simpson * at Simpson *
APRIL 1 5 6 8 11 12 16 17 19 21 23 25 26 29
at Univ. of Dubuque * at Univ. of Dubuque * Luther * Luther * Luther * Luther * Univ. of Dubuque * Univ. of Dubuque * Coe * Coe * Coe * Coe * at Augustana at Dominican at Wartburg * at Wartburg * at Wartburg * at Wartburg * at UW-Platteville Central * Central * Central *# Central * at Edgewood
MAY 2 3
at Buena Vista * at Buena Vista * at Buena Vista * at Buena Vista *
L, 6-2 L, 11-0 L, 8-7 W, 4-0 L, 9-3 L, 7-6 Cancelled W, 14-0 L, 3-0 W, 3-0 L, 5-4 L, 8-5 W, 9-4 W, 10-6 W, 6-5 W, 14-8 W, 3-2 W, 14-11 L, 13-4 W, 5-4 W, 6-3 W, 4-2 W, 6-5 L, 12-2 L, 8-4 W, 5-1 W, 2-1 L, 8-4 L, 2-0 L, 11-1 4:00 PM 3:30 PM Game 2 1:00 PM Game 2 6:00 PM
GAME 30
UW-PLATTEVILLE
Last Year’s Series ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������1-0 Loras Current Streak..............................................................................................Lost 5 Conference.....................................................................................................WIAC 2013 Record.......................................................................................... 10-30, 5-19
TEAM LEADERS
Batting Average........................................................................... Zach Demmon (.342) Runs Batted In.................................................................................Zach Demmon (22) Home Runs......................................................................................... Zach Demmon (5) Stolen Bases...............................................................................................Ryan Duva (4) Wins....................................................................................................... Austin Daniels (3) Earned Run Average....................................................................Kyle Reinhart (4.91)
PROBABLE STARTER - LORAS
Matt Kass ����������������������������������������������������������������������������1-0 / 3.86 ERA / 3 BB / 12 K
GAME 31-34
CENTRAL
Last Year’s Series ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������2-0 Loras Current Streak............................................................................................. Won 7 Conference........................................................................................................IIAC 2013 Record........................................................................................ 22-19, 12-14
TEAM LEADERS
Batting Average..........................................................................Jordan Judkins (.410) Runs Batted In...............................................................................Robbie Rushing (34) Home Runs.......................................................................................Robbie Rushing (4) Stolen Bases.......................................................................................... Adam Ariola (11) Wins............................................................................................................Two tied with 4 Earned Run Average..............................................................Judson McKown (1.40)
PROBABLE STARTERS - LORAS
Will Petrosky �����������������������������������������������������������������3-3 / 3.60 ERA / 20 BB / 39 K Patrick Walsh ������������������������������������������������������������������ 4-2 / 3.50 ERA / 8 BB / 29 K Adam Schwoebel ����������������������������������������������������������2-2 / 5.54 ERA / 12 BB / 33 K Jake Norton �����������������������������������������������������������������������0-3 / 3.51 ERA / 6 BB / 21 K
3:30 PM Game 2 1:00 PM Game 2
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MARK JABLONSKI
NATE EVEN
KYLE HOFFMAN
MIKE PUDLO
LUKE LEIBFORTH
CHAD CRABILL
NAPERVILLE, ILL.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA
GERMAN VALLEY, ILL.
GRAYSLAKE, ILL.
CHICAGO, ILL.
DUBUQUE, IOWA
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CONNOR SCHRECK
JAKE NORTON
ERIC DESOUSA
IOWA CITY, IOWA
BOLINGBROOK, ILL.
DYERSVILLE, IOWA
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SAN ANTONIO, TEX.
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NIKO ANDRIOTIS
JEREMY GERARDY
DES PLAINES, ILL.
DUBUQUE, IOWA
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MILES CANADY
KODY MASSNER
TONY HEISER
PATRICK WALSH
SPENCE BONNER
LUCAS JACQUE
FRANKLIN, TENN.
BURLINGTON, IOWA
LINCOLNSHIRE, ILL.
LOMBARD, ILL.
IOWA CITY, IOWA
DYERSVILLE, IOWA
COACHING STAFF HEAD COACH
ASST. COACH
CARL TEBON
NATHAN ROLING
376-282 at Loras
1ST SEASON
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NICK BATTALINI
ADAM KENNEDY
JUSTIN MONTALVO
DANNY FAHLGREN
WILL PETROSKY
ALEX RODRIGUEZ
SPRING GROVE, ILL.
DUBUQUE, IOWA
CHICAGO, ILL.
VILLA PARK, ILL.
HANOVER PARK, ILL.
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COLE REEG
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MATT KASS
CHAD FITZGERALD
ADRIAN NUNEZ
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BELLEVUE, IOWA
LOMBARD, ILL.
PEOSTA, IOWA
DUBUQUE, IOWA
JOLIET, ILL.
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ANTHONY FLATTERY FORT DODGE, IOWA
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THOMAS JOHNSON
ADAM SCHWOEBEL
KYLE JAGMINAS
NOLAN RITTER
KAUKAUNA, WIS.
O’FALLON, ILL.
MOKENA, ILL.
LA CROSSE, WIS.
COACHING STAFF ASST. COACH
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DON PIRKLE
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DUGOUT CHATTER PATRICK WALSH WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM ... After taking the first two games of the series against Coe College on April 11, the Duhawks were in for quite a roller coaster ride in the third game. The Duhawks were losing in the bottom of the seventh to Coe, but had bases loaded with sophomore Patrick Walsh up to bat. The “Lord of Lombard” then did the unthinkable and hit a walk off grand slam to give the Duhawks the win. This was such a huge play that it made SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays that night. PETROSKY LANDS IIAC HONORS ... Junior, Will Petrosky was named IIAC Pitcher of the Week for his performances last week. Petrosky came in relief in the loss against Augustana and pitched two innings, giving up a run on four hits and striking out two batters. He then got a win in his start against Wartburg in the series-opener. Petrosky earned the win, throwing six innings and giving up a run on five hits. CROSSING PATHS ONCE AGAIN ... Earlier this year, UW-Platteville and the Duhawks met twice. In the first game the Duhawks lost the game 8-7, but sophomore Patrick Walsh did some damage at the plate, going 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs. In the second game, Walsh pitched seven scoreless innings, leading Loras to a 4-0 win. CRUCIAL SERIES FOR LORAS THIS WEEKEND ... Both Central and the Duhawks both stand at 12-8 in conference and are tied for third place. So with only a handful of games left, this series stands as a big one on who grabs that third seed for the conference tournament. In the last two years, they are 3-2 against Central. In these five games, senior Mike Pudlo has batted .368 and driven in one run. CLICKING AT THE RIGHT TIME ... Since the beginning of April, Loras has gone 12-6, improving their overall record to 15-14. Some early season struggles left the Duhawks with a 3-8 record heading into the middle portion of the season, but thanks to consistent hitting and solid defense, Loras is now in position for their highest finish in the Iowa Conference since 2009, a year in which they earned the No. 1 seed a a share of the conference title. Coming into the month of April, the Duhawks had an overall record of 3-8. Since April 1, the Duhawks have improved their overall record to 15-14. This is because in the month of April, the Duhawks are 12-6. So one could say that they have definitely turned the season around. Like I said they now stand at 15-14 on the year and 12-8 in conference and tied for third. Hopefully the Duhawks can keep this trend of April going as the conference tournament rolls around. DUHAWKS KICK OFF SEASON OVERSEAS ... In January, Loras traveled to the Dominican Republic for six days. While there, they competed against the local professional teams as well as spent time in the community working with children.
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OVERALL STATISTICS The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Loras College (as of Apr 23, 2014) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)
Record: 15-14 Player
Spencer Bonner Patrick Walsh Niko Andriotis Eric DeSousa Nick Battalini Danny Fahlgren Anthony Flattery Mike Pudlo Alex Rodriguez Mark Jablonski Tony Heiser Cole Reeg -------------------Lucas Jacque Adam Kennedy Justin Montalvo Thomas Johnson Luke Leibforth Connor Reilly Chad Crabill Nolan Ritter Nate Even Totals Opponents
avg gp-gs 21-20 28-28 23-20 28-26 20-19 28-28 15-8 29-29 28-28 22-22 18-14 16-12
.354 .353 .317 .310 .293 .272 .269 .267 .253 .253 .200 .196 .231 .167 .067 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .273 .306
7-2 9-1 14-3 4-0 4-1 3-0 3-0 9-0 2-0 29 29
Home: 8-2
Away: 6-8
ab
r
h
65 102 60 84 58 81 26 105 79 87 50 46
9 17 14 12 12 11 4 19 9 19 6 9
23 36 19 26 17 22 7 28 20 22 10 9
2 6 8 3 5 2 0 6 3 8 2 3
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
5 21 11 12 10 15 2 15 11 10 5 5
25 45 30 38 27 29 7 38 23 33 12 15
13 12 15 4 4 2 2 1 0
1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0
3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
896 147 245 927 163 284
2b 3b hr
49 4 60 11
rbi
Neutral: 1-4
tb slg%
bb hp
Conference: 12-8 so gdp
ob% sf sh sb-att
.385 4 .441 7 .500 4 .452 11 .466 7 .358 14 .269 4 .362 10 .291 6 .379 3 .240 6 .326 2
1 1 5 1 0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0
7 10 8 12 22 12 5 15 11 22 4 7
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
.400 .400 .406 .392 .358 .371 .382 .339 .300 .301 .286 .224
0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 4 0 0 1
2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 4 0 0 1
5-9 1-2 0-0 1-1 2-4 0-0 0-0 8-9 1-4 4-6 1-2 4-4
4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
.308 .167 .067 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.286 .231 .222 .000 .333 .333 .000 .500 .000
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0-0 0-1 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1
9 129 329 4 144 378
.367 .408
85 18 148 91 26 185
3 17
1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0
.344 13 15 31-49 .379 15 11 23-33
po 87 66 21 68 29 175 9 40 57 39 10 28
a 7 40 0 19 1 16 16 68 50 1 2 2
e 0 4 1 6 1 3 4 10 9 3 1 2
fld%
10 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 672 260 676 312
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 65
1.000
1.000
.964 .955 .935 .968 .985 .862 .915 .922 .930 .923 .938
1.000
.833 .000 1.000
.000 1.000
.000 .000 .946 .938
LOB - Team (204), Opp (236). DPs turned - Team (21), Opp (10). CI - Team (1), Fahlgren 1. IBB - Team (0), Opp (1). Picked off - Fahlgren 1, Pudlo 1, DeSousa 1, Bonner 1, Walsh 1, Jablonski 1, Reeg 1.
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) Player
Kyle Jagminas Connor Schreck Patrick Walsh Jake Norton Will Petrosky Matt Kass Jeremy Gerardy Adam Schwoebel Zach Forkenbrock Miles Canady Kody Massner Nick Petruzzi Chad Fitzgerald
era
w-l
0.00 2.08 3.50 3.51 3.60 3.86 4.66 5.54 6.10 6.20 10.54 13.50 99.00
0-0 0-0 4-2 0-3 3-3 1-0 2-3 2-2 0-0 2-1 1-0 0-0 0-0
app gs
1 6 7 7 9 7 9 10 6 7 6 2 1
cg
sho
sv
ip
h
r
er
bb
so
2b
3b
0 0 6 5 6 1 2 6 0 1 2 0 0
0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0/0 0/3 0/2 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/2 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/0 0/0
0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
1.0 8.2 36.0 25.2 35.0 14.0 19.1 37.1 10.1 20.1 13.2 2.2 0.0
0 5 40 37 30 19 23 55 15 27 25 8 0
0 2 17 17 19 8 15 33 9 17 19 4 3
0 2 14 10 14 6 10 23 7 14 16 4 3
0 4 8 6 20 3 9 12 8 6 9 2 4
0 6 29 21 39 12 22 33 2 12 8 1 0
0 2 7 4 10 3 6 10 2 6 8 2 0
0 0 1 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0
hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
.000 .172 .278 .327 .229 .317 .299 .333 .341 .325 .391 .533
2 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 0 5
0 1 1 3 4 2 3 5 1 3 3 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 3 1 2 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
0 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 0 0
Totals
4.94
15-14
29 29
4
3/3
5
224.0
284
163
123
91
185
60
11
4
.306
24 26
1 15
11
Opponents
3.83
14-15
29 29
9
3/0
2
225.1
245
147
96
85
148
49
4
9
.273
25 18
4 13
15
PB - Team (7), Fahlgren 6, Jacque 1, Opp (7). Pickoffs - Team (2), Fahlgren 1, Gerardy 1, Opp (7). SBA/ATT - Fahlgren (21-29), Schwoebel (3-5), Gerardy (2-5), Petrosky (3-4), Forkenbrock (2-4), Kass (3-3), Norton (2-3), Canady (2-3), Jacque (2-3), Massner (3-3), Walsh (2-2), Petruzzi (1-1).
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SEASON RESULTS The Automated ScoreBook Game Results for Loras College (as of Apr 23, 2014) (All games)
Date
Mar 8, 2014 Mar 8, 2014 Mar 09, 2014 Mar 09, 2014 Mar 14, 2014 Mar 15, 2014 Mar 26, 2014 * Mar 29, 2014 * Mar 29, 2014 * Mar 30, 2014 * Mar 30, 2014 * Apr 01, 2014 * Apr 01, 2014 * Apr 05, 2014 * Apr 05, 2014 * Apr 06, 2014 * Apr 06, 2014 * Apr 08, 2014 * Apr 08, 2014 * Apr 11, 2014 * Apr 11, 2014 * Apr 12, 2014 * Apr 12, 2014 Apr 16, 2014 Apr 17, 2014 * Apr 19, 2014 * Apr 19, 2014 * Apr 21, 2014 * Apr 21, 2014
Opponent
vs North Central-1 vs North Central-2 vs UW-Platteville-1 vs UW-Platteville-2 at Wabash College vs Dominican Univ. at Cornell College at Simpson-1 at Simpson-2 at Simpson-1 at Simpson-2 at Univ. of Dubuque-1 at Univ. of Dubuque-2 LUTHER COLLEGE-1 LUTHER COLLEGE-2 LUTHER COLLEGE-1 LUTHER COLLEGE-2 UNIV. OF DUBUQUE-1 UNIV. OF DUBUQUE-2 COE COLLEGE-1 COE COLLEGE-2 COE COLLEGE-1 COE COLLEGE-2 at Augustana at Dominican Univ. at Wartburg College-1 at Wartburg College-2 at Wartburg College-1 at Wartburg College-2
L L L W L L W L W L L W W W W W W L W W W W L L W W L L L
Score
Inns
Overall
2-6 0-11 7-8 4-0 3-9 6-7 14-0 0-3 3-0 4-5 5-8 9-4 10-6 6-5 14-8 3-2 14-11 4-13 5-4 6-3 4-2 6-5 2-12 4-8 5-1 2-1 4-8 0-2 1-11
7 7 9 9 9 9 7 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 7 9 9 9 7 9 7 7
0-1-0 0-2-0 0-3-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 1-5-0 2-5-0 2-6-0 3-6-0 3-7-0 3-8-0 4-8-0 5-8-0 6-8-0 7-8-0 8-8-0 9-8-0 9-9-0 10-9-0 11-9-0 12-9-0 13-9-0 13-10-0 13-11-0 14-11-0 15-11-0 15-12-0 15-13-0 15-14-0
Conference Pitcher of record
0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 1-1-0 1-2-0 1-3-0 2-3-0 3-3-0 4-3-0 5-3-0 6-3-0 7-3-0 7-4-0 8-4-0 9-4-0 10-4-0 11-4-0 11-5-0 11-5-0 11-5-0 12-5-0 12-6-0 12-7-0 12-8-0
Petrosky (L 0-1) Schwoebel (L 0-1) Gerardy (L 0-1) Walsh (W 1-0) Petrosky (L 0-1) Gerardy (L 0-2) Walsh (W 2-0) Petrosky (L 0-3) Schwoebel (W 1-1) Norton (L 0-1) Walsh (L 0-1) Gerardy (W 1-2) Petrosky (W 1-3) Gerardy (W 2-2) Schwoebel (W 2-1) Walsh (W 3-1) Kass (W 1-0) Gerardy (L 2-3) Canady (W 1-0) Petrosky (W 2-3) Walsh (W 4-1) Canady (W 2-0) Norton (L 0-2) Canady (L 2-1) Massner (W 1-0) Petrosky (W 3-3) Walsh (L 4-2) Norton (L 0-3) Schwoebel (L 2-2)
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Time
18 18 44 44 56 79 55 107 137 50 65 87 71 73 66 56 76 90 87 95 115 38 60 150 100 100 100
2:00 2:00 2:26 2:00 2:22 3:02 2:33 1:28 2:23 1:45 1:58 1:50 2:30 2:04 2:25 1:45 1:59 2:10 2:10 1:40 1:40 1:50 2:00 2:06 2:08 1:42 2:00 1:19 1:38
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SEASON SUMMARY The Automated ScoreBook Games Summary for Loras College (as of Apr 23, 2014) (All games)
Score by innings Loras College Opponents
1 13 20
2 24 11
Record when ... Overall Conference Non-Conference Home games Away games Neutral site Day games Night games vs Left starter vs Right starter 1-Run games 2-Run games 5+Run games Extra innings Shutouts
3 15 21
4 27 27
5 17 24
15-14 12-8 3-6 8-2 6-8 1-4 14-14 1-0 2-1 13-13 5-3 1-1 3-5 0-0 3-3
Scoring 0-2 ....... 3-5 ....... 6-9 ....... 10+
runs runs runs runs
1-6 6-6 4-2 4-0
Opponent 0-2 ........ 3-5 ........ 6-9 ........ 10+
runs runs runs runs
7-1 5-2 2-7 1-4
Scored in 1st inning Opp. scored in 1st Scores first Opp. scores first
3-5 4-7 11-7 4-7
6 29 26
7 16 20
8 5 9
9 1 5
Total 147 163
After 6 leading ....... trailing ....... tied After 7 leading ....... trailing ....... tied After 8 leading ....... trailing ....... tied
14-1 1-13 0-0 8-0 0-7 0-0 8-0 0-6 0-1
Hit 0 home runs ... 1 home run ... 2+ home runs
8-12 7-2 0-0
Opponent 0 home runs ........ 1 home run ........ 2+ HRs
12-14 2-0 1-0
Made 0 errors .... 1 error .... 2+ errors
2-2 7-2 6-10
Opp. made 0 errors ......... 1 error ......... 2+ errors
1-3 3-4 11-7
Out-hit opponent Out-hit by opponent Hits are tied
12-4 3-9 0-1
Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 W-L 0-3 0-1 1-2 2-1
4 2-4
5 2-1
6 3-1
7 0-1
8 0-0
9 1-0
10+ 4-0
Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 W-L 3-0 2-0 2-1 1-1
4 2-0
5 2-1
6 1-1
7 0-1
8 1-4
9 0-1
10+ 1-4
Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 W-L 1-3 8-2 11-2 13-2
5 13-2
6 14-1
7 8-0
8 8-0
Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 W-L 2-5 1-6 1-10 2-11
5 2-12
6 1-13
7 0-7
8 0-6
5 0-0
6 0-0
7 0-0
8 0-1
Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 W-L 12-6 6-6 3-2 Current losing streak: 3 Longest winning streak: 6 Longest losing streak: 3
4 0-1
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LORAS COLLEGE QUICK FACTS NAME................................................................................................................... Loras College NICKNAME ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Duhawks CITY | ZIP..................................................................................................Dubuque, IA | 52001 FOUNDED ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������1839 ENROLLMENT �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Loras College SCHOOL COLORS ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Loras College CONFERENCE...................................................Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference PRESIDENT................................................................................................... Jim Collins (‘84) DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ���������������������������������������������������������������������Robert Quinn (‘86) SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR ���������������������������������������������������� Jim Naprstek (‘13)
CARL TEBON YEARS AT LORAS COLLEGE ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 19 RECORD AT LORAS COLLEGE ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 372-341-4 IIAC RECORD ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 168-181 CAREER RECORD ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������428-380-4 ALMA MATER................................................................................. Mount Scenario College
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