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Alumni
Marcus Daniels #11 (Founder)
Graduation Date: December 1996
Current Whereabouts: Unknown
(See the Hall of Fame Section for memories of Marcus)
Andy Grusch #12 (Founder)
Age: 25
Major: Humanities
Graduation Date: May 1996
Current Whereabouts: Attending music school in Boston
Best USD Hockey experience - 7 to 1, we're losing with 12 minutes left in the 3rd period
and we rally to win 8-7. HUGE!!!
(See the Hall of Fame Section for memories of Andy)
John Lamey #3
Graduation Date: May 1998
Major: Economics
Current Whereabouts: Student, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota,
graduating May 2001
Work: Walsten, Walston, & Te Slaa P.A., Bloomington, Minnesota
Best USD Hockey Experience:
There are a lot of them during my four years at USD. The one that sticks out the most is
the 1995 year end banquet at Marcus and Thad's house. I was a freshman and Hauger and I
went to Marcus's bayside house to drink some beers and watch the awards ceremony. We all
started drinking early, and by the time the awards presentation came around, we all were
really wasted. Marcus was absolutely
hilarious. I can not remember the exact quotes from the night, but he had everyone
laughing and almost pissing their pants. He also had a six foot boa snake at his house but
I didn't believe him. I asked him where it was so he said he hasn't seen it in three days.
Marcus started looking for it and after about 20 minutes, he found it curled up underneath
the chair I was sitting in!
In any event, the night was just a great night, talking about the year and drinking beer.
(See the Hall of Fame Section for Memories about Johnny)
Jeff Haug #9
Age: 24
Major: Business Administration
Graduation date: May 1998
Current Whereabouts: I am working at Firstar Bank in Minneapolis, MN.
Best USD hockey experience:
Our team went to the regional championships in LA and we beat UCLA 5-4 in the last minutes
to go to the championship to lose to El Camino. That was the first year of USD hockey in
1994-1995.
When our team went to Vegas in 1996 for a tournament and everyone was drunk and gambling
away all of their money. We slept about 10 guys in one hotel room. Well we didn't sleep
much.
I would say when we had the keg in the stands in our 97-98 season and we beat Cal Poly San
Luis Obispo 11-10 and I got 4 goals and Ben Erickson got 3 or 4 too. That was so fun
because it was a large crowd and pretty rowdy because of the beer.
(See the Hall of Fame Section for memories about Hauger)
Matt Geiszler #34 (Cam) - The keeper of the website
Age: 22
Major: Business Admin.
Graduation Date: May 2000
Current Whereabouts: Marketing Manager at Western Scientific in San Diego
Best USD Hockey Experience: There are so many of them, it's hard to decide.
USD Hockey made my college career. However, our trip to Vegas in October 1999 for an
exhibition against Fresno State and UNLV has to rank up there. We kicked Fresno's
ass and then went to the bar in Crystal Palace for Happy Hour. The next game took
about two hours, and all the while were getting plastered on dollar drafts. By the
time we came out to play UNLV, we were all hammered. They beat us 8-3, but I made
about 50 saves and played the game of my life. Every time we play, the guys always
ask me if I've had anything to drink. Who says hockey players aren't superstitious?
Thad Martin
Age: 25
Graduation Date: December 1996
Current Whereabouts: Last we heard, he was attending a masters program in Spain.
Tim Kenney #55
Age: 25
Graduation Date: December 1997
Major: Finance
Current Whereabouts: Still in SD, working as a stock broker.
Best USD Hockey experience: Passing out the syllabus to Cammy on a nightly basis
John Simon #7
Age: 26
Major: Law
Graduation Date: May 1999
Current Whereabouts: Financial Analyst in San Diego.
Best USD Hockey Experience: Scoring the game winning goal in a shootout during my first
USD tournament.
Jared Machado #3
Age: 23
Major: Accounting
Graduation Date: May 1999
Current Whereabouts: Working as an accountant in San Diego.
Best USD Hockey experience: Playing in that Tourney in LA back in '98, then getting drunk
in the hotel that night.
Mike Rozak #8
Age: 23
Major: Political Science and Philosophy
Graduation Date: May 1999
Current Whereabouts: Attending law school at Boston College
Best USD Hockey Experience: Trying to pour beer on Matt's pants to make it look like he
pissed his pants when he was passed out after the tourney in LA in '98. Turned out
that he wasn't really passed out.
Jeff Collins #14
Age: 26
Major: Political Science
Graduation Date: May 1996
Current Whereabouts: I'm a political advisor for an elected official here in S.D.
Best USD Hockey Experience: Somehow getting several rookies to drink beer out of a shoe.
Paul Niebisch #66
Age: 25
Major: Business
Graduation Date: May 1997
Current Whereabouts: Owns his own business in San Diego: LaBoom, a DJ company.
Best USD hockey experience: Having Marcus, Andy, and Mark Wallbaum? head our practices up
the first year. It made USD Hockey seem more significant and made the teammates feel like
they were part of something special.
More recently, and more personally, my highlight was having the stars
aligned just right for me to be able to score 24 goals in a single day
college tournament.
Frank Cerisano (Notorious B.I.G.)
Age: 23
Graduation Date: May 1999
Current Whereabouts: In the army, paying off his loans.
Best USD Experience: We don't know where Frankie is right now, but he knocked me out
during practice last year. I came out of the net to clear the puck, and he floored
me. I think that everyone will agree that Frank was the craziest bastard that any of
us ever met.
Tom Palechek
Age: 24
Major: Business
Graduation Date: May 1999
Current Whereabouts: Living at the beach in SD, trying to get into USD law.
Best USD Hockey Experience: 1997 regionals. Stopped 37 of 40 shots against UCSB and
beat them in overtime.
Tom Lamey #17
Age: I am deuce deuce
Major: Accounting
Graduation Date: May 2000
Best USD Hockey Experience: Having Erickson work me every single practice. First practice,
Erickson is the guy no one knows and he talks shit to everyone. It was
cool.
Students
Russ Flynn #6 (Team President)
Age: 20
Major: Psych
Graduation Date: Spring 2002
Best USD Hockey experience: Flirting with the hot bartender at the Crystal Palace in
Vegas.
James Griffiths #21 (I didn't need to hear that)
Age: 21
Major: Political Science - going back for law
Graduation Date: December 1999 Undergrad - May 2003 Law
Best individual experience: Leveling that Jamie kid from Grossmont in the last game of the
last USD tournament in Corona. The penalty was well worth it.
Best team experience: Getting to know a great bunch of guys who defy the usual "all
roller hockey players are arrogant jackasses" stereotype.
Ben Erickson #88
Age: 21
Major: Accounting
Graduation Date: December 2000
Best USD hockey experience: Getting 5 kegs for the game vs.
Grossmont and then kicking the shit out of them complete with Palacek bloodying every man and their brother, then women flocking like the salmon
of Capistrano onto the floor after the game winner.
Jeff Zuanich #89
Age: 19
Major: Biology
Graduation Date: Spring 2002
Best USD Experience: He didn't give me one, but I would have to say that watching
"Raising Arizona" on Paul's laptop on the way to Vegas, while he was driving is
my favorite.
Rob "At least we're going back to SD" White
#91 (The Anti-Move)
Age: 21+3
Major: kicking ass (he's our corporate lawyer)
Graduation Date: no thanks, I already graduated once that's why I'm back in school, oh
yeah and to play hockey.
Best USD Hockey Experience: When James packed me the fattest, greenest, stoniest bong hit
I've ever had. Nobody knows how to smoke the kind like James.
Sean Nesbitt #69
Age: 20
Major: undeclared
Graduation Date: Spring 2002
Best USD Hockey Experience: The alumni game last spring
"I think the web site should have free porn on it to attract more visitors and to
give James something to do during the day."
Kevin Messer
Age: 27
Major: Law
Graduation Date: May 2002
Eric Wiepert
Age: 18
Major: Biology
Graduation Date: Spring 2003
Best USD Hockey Experience: When practices changed to when I have class.
Chris Zith
Age: 21
Major: Business Administration
Graduation Date: Fall 2001
Best USD Hockey Experience: He hasn't been with the team long enough to have one. |
