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Well, the president of the college and his wife were present and sent me this picture they took of us. When the boys visited Otero in the spring of the high school senior year, they were supposed to meet with the president. He was detained in a meeting. While eating lunch at a taco stand, he rolls in and sits down to join us for tacos and say hello to the boys. That’s the kind of school Otero is.

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Posts for 12/11

velez1991 — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 06:53:19 +0000

2010 Final Numbers for Velezians
(click on the player’s name for all relevant posts)

College	Name	GP-GS	G	A	Pts
BU	Irvine,Nick	0-0	0	0	0
Vassar	Seltzer,Evan	15-10	4	3	11
Penn	Dolezal,Jonny	13-2	0	0	0
Hopkins	Lawson,Pat	20-8	0	1	1
Amherst	Aoyama,Julien	18-15	2	2	6
Richmond	Breezatl,Paz	4-0	0	0	0
Carnegie-Mellon	Tassano,Max	16-5	7	1	15
Brown	Escalona,Voltaire	4-0	0	0	0
Elon	Lovitz,Daniel	18-17	0	6	6
Wake Forest	Ibikunle,Tolani	18-16	0	2	2
Babson	Israel,Kevin	0-0	0	0	0
Temple	Jannelli,Peter	12-3	0	0	0
Princeton	O’Neil,Patrick	18-16	2	0	4
Catholic	Smith,Ian	21-11	10	1	19
Richmond	McIntyre,Sean	4-0	0	0	0
RIT	Sullivan,Sean	6-0	0	0	0
Temple	Carroll,Dalton	12-0	1	2	4
Otero	Kollie,Emmanuel	18-13	7	8	22
Otero	Howard,Charles	19-18	0	1	1

Accolades and Articles
(please send me links to missing articles)

Evan Seltzer Liberty Player of the Week #1 | #2

Jonny Dolezal Article #1 | #2

Julien Aoyama Article #1 | #2 | #3

Max Tassano UAA Honorable Mention | Article #1 | #2

Milton Rico - Ambassador | Philosopher | Politician

Daniel Lovitz SoCon All Freshman Team | Article #1

Zac Arch Article #1 | #2

Patrick O’Neil Rookie of the Week #1 | #2 | Articles #1 | #2

Ian Smith Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year

William Chalfant Lancaster / Lebanon MVP and All -State Nominee

Michael Markovitz - Scholar | Team Leader | All Southeastern PA

Michael Lemonick Honorable Mention on ESPN Rise

Gogo got Athlete of the Week and Gogo and Charles All Conference 2nd Team and Honorable Mention

Other Links

D I Interactive Bracket

D III Interactive Bracket

NJCAA National Championship Bracket

Pennsylvania High School AAA Championships

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Posts for 11/28

velez1991 — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 05:10:27 +0000

All Velezians finish their 2010 campaigns tonight with Brown losing to California 2-0.

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Posts for 11/19 – 11/21

velez1991 — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 21:15:59 +0000

Friday

Gogo Kollie and Charles Howard fell in the consolation bracket 4-1 in the NJCAA championships. The coach was playing the bench and trying new formations.

Saturday

Babson eliminated by Middlebury 1-0

Julien Aoyama and Amherst fall to Bowdoin in PK’s 1-1 in regulation to end season

Lawson and Hopkins fall to Ohio Wesleyan 1-0 ending season

This concludes the Velezians run in the NCAA D III tourney which saw five players in the opening round and three in the sweet 16. Congrats boys.

Sunday

Brown beat U Conn to advance to sweet 16

Jonny Dolezal and Penn fall to Maryland 4-0. Got to see this one. Jonny was put in early as Penn went down 2-0. Changed the game again playing some really beautiful balls over the top. The quality of his service was impeccable. His 1 v 1 defending against some of the best players in America was also impressive. The refereeing was typical for what we get in Maryland with the local team getting all of the calls. Unfortunate as the referee played a very large part in the outcome.

This leaves Voltaire as the lone Velezian whose team is still alive in the tournament.

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Posts for 11/18

velez1991 — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:15:23 +0000

Otero knocked out of NJCAA Nationals

Julien and Alums - Click on Photo

Julien Aoyama profiled in Mainline paper

O’Neil grabs last Ivy League Rookie of the week for the year. 2 total

Velezians in Action

O’Neil and Princeton eliminated by UMBC 2-1

Penn defeats Bucknell 1-0

Brown defeats Boston College 2-1

Gogo Kollie and Charles Howard lost in their bid for a National Championship 1-0. The goal against came in the form of a PK. Really exciting with both teams playing excellent soccer. Unlucky for the boys but they played a team of men as the average Monroe player seemed to be in their mid 20′s. They are still playing for fifth place tomorrow and possibly Sunday.

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Posts for 11/15

velez1991 — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 22:49:56 +0000

Max Tassano - Click on Photo

Max Tassano profiled by Carnegie Newspaper (click on Photo)

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Posts for 11/12 – 11/14

velez1991 — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:01:17 +0000

Updated Lawson Video

Ivy Champs - O'Neil - Click on Photo

Friday

Lawson and Hopkins upset Richard Stockton 3-2

Saturday

Julien Aoyama scores game winner as Amherst defeats St. Lawrence 2-0

O’Neil scores as Princeton beats Yale 2-1 and goes undefeated in Ivy League

Once again, is it a coincidence or is it cosmic? Both Julien Aoyama and Patrick O’Neil have scored two goals on the very same nights. Way to go Velez captains.

Velez Captains

Babson defeats Salem St. 4-1

Ian Smith and Catholic fall to Ohio Wesleyan 2-1

Lawson and Hopkins into Sweet 16 with 2-1 over Christopher Newport. I was there for that game. Incredibly well played. Lawson was awesome.

Rochester falls to Medaille 1-0 and knocks them out of D3 NCAA tourney

Brown Falls to Dartmouth 1-0 jeopardizing NCAA bid.

Penn falls to Harvard 2-1 in 2OT jeopardizing NCAA bid

Sunday

Julien Aoyama has two assists propelling Amherst 3-2 of top ranked St. Lawrence advancing to the sweet 16 D3 NCAA Tourney two assists and no mention of Julien in the wrap-up. Come on now!

Babson upsets Williams 2-1 in 2OT to advance to sweet 16 De NCAA Tourney. Yeah Kev!

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