SUNDAY EDITION 12/8

• Matt Morrison, Bear 2009, named a Captain of the Navy Lacrosse team.

• Hoops team wins while Hoops alumni are a collective 1-5; however, Joe McDonald leads A-10 in assist-to-turnover ratio and the Colonials won

• Sam Anas was named National College Hockey Player of the Month; led all freshmen in points (16), points per game (1.60) and tied for most goals (6) and assists(10)

• Malachi Bostic-Wattley had an impressive rookie indoor track meet for Bucknell. Jordan Marshall, another freshman,had his 1st meet.

• Jordan Gear nailed some dives for USC

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The leading scorer or the player with the most ground balls/caused turnovers is frequently the captain of his team; numbers get noticed. At a place like the United States Naval Academy where leadership is part of the institution’s explicit mission, the players are more conscious of and astute about this quality because their future achievement of career goals depends on this special talent. Navy annually picks a player “who leads by example, displays mental and physical toughness and shows dedication to his teammates”; they picked Matt as a Second Classman for the Lt. Brendan Looney Award. As a First Classman, Matt Morrison was elected Captain by his teammates. An unofficial tally of the numbers of Landon alumni, who have received this honor, has 24 names; the 25^th name is an impressive, well deserved addition.

WINTER SPORTS

Bears Hoops get a big win against Woodberry Forrest 56-47 with Matt Perlmutter scoring 13 and Keith Simms adding 11 (6 for 6 from the foul line. Riflery lost to Robinson 1065-1132. Varsity swimming and diving team has recorded two wins: 117-77 over The Heights and 93-92 over St. John’s College HS. Hockey is 2-1.

Bear Alumni HOOPS

BEAR	YEAR	POSITION  and #	GAME(S)	NOTES
Danny Rubin	‘14	BC3-5	Guard #31	L Purdue 88-67
Darion Atkins	‘15	UVa7-3	Forward #32	L Wisc 48-38;L Green Bay 75-72	Averaging
Joe McDonald	‘16	GWU6-1	Guard #22	W Rutgers 93-87“Sophomore	Started, 32 min, 6 points 9 Assists 9rebounds, 3 steals
Chris Hudnut	‘16	Colby4-3;	Center #42	L Bates 88-76L Bowdoin 82-64	Leads Mules in minutes played, points,rebounds

Bear Alumni HOCKEY

BEAR	YR	POSITION and #	GAME	NOTES
Max Greenwald	‘16	Middlebury3-3-2	D #20	L Amherst4-1L Hamilton4-3	1A
Sam Anas Full story re Sam named the National College Hockey Player of the Month http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/sports/mice/2013-14/releases/20131206ourpi2	’17	Quinnipiac7-1-2	F #7	T Providence3-3T RPI3-3	1G 1A1G
Jake Soffer	‘17	RPI8-5-2	G #1
Matt Coster		CornellClub3-1-7	D #24	3-5	11 games played1G 2A
Mike Anderson	‘16	PrincetonClub12-4	D #9		16 games played1 G10A
Orlando Arevalo	‘17	MITClu5-4	G#29	W Harvard3-1	60 min20 shots0.950 save %

Bear Alumni INDOOR TRACK

At the Bison Opener, Bucknell freshman Malachi Bostic-Wattley posted a 7.12 in the 60 meter dash for a 1^st in his section/8^th overall, a 22.59 in the 200m a PR and 3^rd in the meet placing him into the IC4As in March and ran the 4×400, establishing a baseline in that event. As noted by the school’s press release Malachi “made a significant impact in his first collegiate competition”.

Jordan Marshall ran a 7.47 for Davidson in the JDL College Classic Kick Off 60 meters.

Deion Wellington’s Coastal Carolina indoor track team’s first meet is in January.

Mac Hightower’s Claremont McKenna College track schedule starts in February; they must not have an indoor facility ;-).

Bear Alumni Swimming and Diving

Jordan Gear helped his USC team beat Arizona by posting a 3^rd place in both the 3meter and 1 meter diving; Trojans 172- Wildcats 128.

John Freeman’s Williams Ephmen are 2-1in the swimming season.

Likely there are other Bears who are competing for their colleges in winter sports. If you know of anyone who is playing, please send me (sandy_murdock@yahoo.com ) any leads! Thanks.