The 2023 Missouri Military Academy Fall Sports Assembly was held in Memorial Chapel on November 15. Watch the video and scroll down for a recap of cadet-athlete honors.
Middle School Cross-Country
Middle School Winners: Cadets Jeffrey Clingenpeel, Rfred Cordero, Michael Emminger, John Farley, Ethan Gachuhi, Matthias Koester, Bryan O’Dwyer-Moore, and Ethan Winters
Middle School Best New Boy: Cadet Rfred Cordero
Middle School Most Improved: Cadet Bryan O’Dwyer-Moore
Middle School Most Outstanding: Cadet Matthias Koester
High School Cross-Country
Junior Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Braden Atterberry, Kennedy Barchigei, Tyler Bien, Khoa Duong, Josiah Emminger, Amarbayasgalan Enkhbaatar, Irmuun Ganbat, Tru Jones, Taylor Lafferty, William Larson, Joshua Miller, Marcus Miller, Sean Mumm, Erdembayar Munnkbolor, Justice Oberlohr, Jacob Pehle, Brody Ruckman, Brandon Semeliss, Khas-Erdene Sod-Erdene, Oliver Sparks, Ho Khoa Tran, John Trippe, Angelo Urdaneta, Liam Woolery, and Nicolas Yusim.
Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Dallas Grantz, Ryan Miles, Alexander Nikas, Michael Pfeifer, Gerardo Quiroga, Jesus Robinson, Jacob Stallone and David Trevino.
Best New Boy: Cadet David Trevino
Most Improved: Cadet Alexander Nikas
Most Valuable: Cadet Gerardo Quiroga
Coach Gifford and Cadet Quiroga
Football
Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Evan Batson, Pablo Belmonte, Dominick Brognano, Ian Carlson, Evan Corley, Tsog Dulguun, Ky-Mani Erskine, Emilio Jose Gomez, Ethan Kasper, Emiliano Loredo, Jayce Maeser, Joshua McCart, Andrew McCoy, Luis Carlos Ochoa-Chaveznava, Rogelio Sanchez, Adam Swenson, Zachary Tillock, and Luke Wolf
Defensive Player: Cadet Luke Wolf
Best Back: Cadet Jayce Maeser
Most Improved: Cadet Rogelio Sanchez
Best New Boy: Cadet Joshua McCart
Best Lineman: Cadet Andrew McCoy
Offensive Player: Cadet Luke Wolf
Best Defensive Lineman: Cadet Adam Swenson
Best Backer: Cadet Evan Corley
Best Receiver: Cadet Bradley Thumbi
MVP: Cadet Seydina Issa Diop
Coach Traevonne Smith, Cadet Diop, and Coach Rosenbaum
JV Soccer
Letter Winners: Cadets Daniel Bravo, Kyran Carter, Jianlang Chen, YiChen Chen, Alberto Cortes Ramirez, Juan Escobar, Jordan Johnson, Nicholas Kavalenka, Deonte Kerns, Michael Middleton, and Gihana Favour Nziza
Most Improved Player: Cadet Kyran Carter
JV Outstanding Leadership: Cadet Michael Middleton
JV MVP: Cadet Trey Rudolph
Varsity Soccer
This fall, the Missouri Military Academy Colonels soccer team achieved its most successful season since 2018, earning a team ranking of eighth in the state of Missouri. Learn more about the fall 2023 season.
Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Joseph Roach, Eric Shellabarger, Carlos Ontiveros, Mu Ye, Nathan Dempsey, Alvaro Gonzalez Farre, Gabriel Rodriquez Sanchez, Aaron Gonzalez Rodriquez, Jose Orozco Escudero, Jose Elizondo Villarreal, Maximo Castillo Torres, Juan Newlands, Alexander McBride, Trey Rudolph
Best New Boy: Cadet Carlos Ontiveros
Most Improved: Cadet Joseph Roach
Goal of the Year: Cadet Maximo Castillo Torres
Player’s Player: Cadet Carlos Ontiveros
Most Valuable Player: Cadet Avin Hernandez
MSHSAA Soccer All-District Honorable Mention: Cadets Eric Shellabarger and Alexander McBride
MSHSAA Soccer All-District Second Team: Cadets Joseph Roach, Aaron Gonzalez-Rodriguez, and Gabriel Rodriguez-Sanchez
MSHSAA Soccer All-District First Team: Cadets Jose Orozco, Carlos Ontiveros, and Avin Hernandez
MSHSAA Soccer All-State Second Team: Cadet Avin Hernandez
MSHSAA Soccer All-State Honorable Mention: Cadet Carlos Ontiveros
Coach Goodwin and Cadet Hernandez
Swimming and Diving
Middle Schoolers: Cadet James Aldendifer and Gavin Dooley
Junior Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Buyankhishig Batbold, Triet Bui, Alden Grossardt, Hayden James, Alexander Jones, Lucas Keen, Alexander Laszlo, Kam Ho Liu, Andrew McConnell, Stefanus Nzeyimana, Gabriel Ontiveros, Lijie Shan, Khuslen Turmunkh, Angelo Urdaneta, Hao Wang
Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Batbileg Bataa, Mason Brooks, Justyn Daigle, Aaron Elford, Matthew Hallam, Edward Keith, Gabriel Iglesias Osorio, River Punab-Mitchell, Miles Matthews, Paulo Pereira De Abreu Donnabella, Brayden Phelps, William Remshardt, Carlos Villarreal, Preston Vo, Zijie Zhou, and Tiago Ruas Deluca
Best New Swimmer: Cadet Mason Brooks
Best New Diver: Cadet Hayden James
Most Improved Diver: Cadet Carlos Villarreal
Most Improved Swimmer: Cadet Batbileg Bataa
Schmoller-Green Award (Most Valuable Swimmer): Cadet Tiago Ruas Deluca
Cadet Tiago Ruas Deluca also won fourth place in the 200-meter freestyle and was runner-up in the 100-meter butterfly at the MSHSAA State Championship. Cadet Ruas also earned first-team all-state. Cadet Paulo Periera also earned 12th place at state competition in the 100-meter breaststroke. Read about our Colonels swim team's trip to state competition — and our state medalist here!
Coach Webber, Cadet Pereira, Cadet Ruas De Luca, and Coach McManus