The majority of former Farmington athletes competing in collegiate sports this fall have been football players, but Tiger alumni have also been active in other athletic endeavors on college campuses across the upper Midwest.
Katee Rotty and Mollie McMahon ran for the College of St. Benedict’s women’s cross country team while Kaitlin Mincke and Jackie Beckett, both state track meet performers for the Tigers last spring, ran for the University of Minnesota and Minnesota State, Mankato respectively.
A pair of former FHS golf standouts, Patti Serdar and Greg Werner, saw
fall action for Minnesota State, Mankato and ex-Tiger Kate Otten was a
hitter for the women’s volleyball team at Central Methodist University
in Missouri.
Former Tiger tennis standout Sam Shoberg not only had a productive
on-court season for the St. Catherine’s University women’s tennis team
but recently also received a 2009 Scholar-Athlete Award from the
Intercollegiate Tennis Association for attaining a minimum 3.50
grade-point average.
Here and There: It wasn’t that long ago that some ill-informed
Farmington fans questioned the authenticity of the credentials of Jim
Schreffler then the girls basketball coach at FHS. Schreffler left town
after two seasons and has since gone on to win Minnesota Assistant
Coach of the Year at Lakeville North. Last month he also learned that
he will be inducted into the Iowa High School Basketball Coaches
Association Hall of Fame next spring. Sounds like pretty good
credentials to me.
Mike Markuson, a 1979 FHS graduate, got plenty of television air time
last Saturday in Mississippi’s big win over Tennessee. Markuson is the
running game coordinator for Ole Miss who appears headed for another
major bowl game this holiday season.
Former FHS football assistant Sean McMenomy in his first year as head
coach at DeLaSalle led the Islanders to an undefeated regular season
and a state tournament appearance where they lost to Class 3A defending
state champion Glencoe-Silver Lake. … 1989 FHS male Athlete of the Year
Matt Walter, in his 10th season as head grid coach at Annandale, guided
the Cardinals to a 5-5 year, including a 4-4 run in the tough Wright
County Conference.
Former Tiger and Concordia University-St. Paul athlete Janet
(Brownawell) Smith coached the Faribault girls cross country team that
finished seventh in the 10-team Big Nine Conference this fall. …
Ex-Tiger Luke Sturm was an assistant football coach at Wadena-Deer
Creek where he will assist with girls basketball this winter.
FHS athletic director Jon Summer has three head coaching vacancies to
fill for the spring season, including girls golf, softball and boys
lacrosse. Recent appointments include Jon Holmes taking over for Gerry
Greupner in boys golf and Dan Pickens as the first-ever girls lacrosse
coach. Veteran Shawn Anderson has stepped down from his head girls golf
job to help Pickens with lacrosse.
With Prior Lake leaving the Missota Conference next fall, Farmington
and its state-of-the-art facility have been approved to host the Track
and Field Championships in 2011.
The Tiger football team will open its 2010 season with a non-conference home game against Hudson, Wis.
Pat Rupp is sports writer for Thisweek Farmington.
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