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The 2025 Missouri Military Academy Fall Sports Assembly was held on Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Memorial Chapel. Cadets, coaches, faculty, staff and families gathered to honor the dedication, discipline and accomplishments of MMA’s fall athletes across cross country, football, soccer, and swimming & diving.
Scroll down for a full recap of cadet-athlete recognitions. Feature image: Soccer coaches Rodrigo Padilla and Will Allen (left) and Academy President Brigadier General Richard V. Geraci, USA (Ret) (right) present the Soccer Goal of the Year award to Cadet Fernando Puebla.
Cross Country
The evening opened with the presentation of cross-country letter winners and special awards.
Middle School Letter Winner: Cadet Cole Hager
Junior Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Liam Woolery, Michael Emminger, Josiah Emminger, Oliver Sparks, Matthew Effron, William Creighton, Aiden Martin, Omar Diaz and Owen French.
Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Jacob Stallone, David Woodcock, Lucas Bergman, James Grace, Peter Jokiel, Jeremiah Senty, Suniel Tike, Nyamdavaa Buyanjargal and Spencer Davenport.
Special Awards
- Most Outstanding Middle School Cross Country Athlete: Cadet Cole Hager
- Best New Boy: Cadet Lucas Bergman
- Most Improved: Cadet Jesus Robinson
- Most Valuable Runners (MVP): Cadets Christopher Song and Jesus Robinson
Both Cadet Song and Cadet Robinson represented MMA at the MSHSAA State Championships.
Cadet Jesus Robinson receives cross country honors during the 2025 Fall Sports Assembly, joined by coaches LT/0-3E Schuyler Werner USN (Ret) and Jeffrey Lycett and MMA President BG Richard V. Geraci, USA (Ret).
Football
Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Bryce Mcllwain and Mark Corley (team captains), Levi Foster, Tyler Ball, Wesley Ball, Elbegbayar Batbayer, Munkhtsog Bartjargal, Batsuuri Batnasan, Seth Bolte, Samuel Book, Brexton Castillo, Tegan Compton, Callahan Evans, John Farley, Holden Goosey, Gustavo Granados Zaragoza, Elijah Lagers, Dante Cohen, Robert Voyitenko and Lukas Joiner
Manager: Cadet Santiago Maes
Special Awards
- Defensive Player of the Year: Cadet Mark Corley
- Most Improved Player: Cadet Elbegbayar Batbayer
- Offensive Player of the Year: Cadet Callahan Evans
- Most Outstanding Player: Cadet Levi Foster
- Most Valuable Player (MVP): Cadet Bryce Mcllwain
Coach Traevone Smith, Cadet Tyler Ball and Coach Robert Rosenbaum
Soccer
Junior Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Emilio Anaya, Alejandro Issa, Angel Gerardo Zamudio, Braulio Perez, Daniel Martinez, Daniel Garcia, Drake Reid, Eli Ruyenzi, Issac Farnell, Oscar Carbajal, Phuc Ngo, Thuan Nguyen, Tristan Lewis, Din Hieu Nguyen, Dustin Nguyen, Kelvin Nguyen and Michael Reboucas
Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Mateo Eaton and Fernando Puebla (team captains), plus Janos Shelemba, Aden Bado, Alvaro Orendain, Diego Escalante, Dominic Roberts, Emiliano De La Garza, Emiliano Martinez, Emilio Perez, Enrique Briseño, Eric Shellabarger, Glauco Iwakami, Javier Jimenez, Joaquin Bours, John Sadonix, Leonardo Morales, Lian Haddad, Lijie Shan, Long Bui, Luis Manuel Ray, Nguyen Minh Duc Ho, Nicholas Kavalenka, Valentino Ramirez and YiChen Chen
Managers: Cadets Eli Mumm, Viraj Malik, Christopher Phelan, Seeley Wagner and Omar Diaz
Special Awards
- Best New Boy: Cadet John Sadonix
- Most Improved Player: Cadet YiChen Chen
- Goal of the Year: Cadet Fernando Puebla (vs. Battle)
- Players’ Player of the Year: Cadet Emilio Perez
- Most Valuable Player (MVP): Cadet Fernando Puebla
MSHSAA All-District Team
- Cadet Fernando Puebla
- Cadet Emilio Perez
- Cadet Eric Shellabarger
Coaches Rodrigo Padilla and Will Ann present Cadet Emiliano De La Garza with his soccer letter award during the 2025 Fall Sports Assembly.
Swimming & Diving
Team captain Trey Burle led the recognitions for the 2025 swim and dive program.
Middle School Swimmers: Cadets Bryson Guillory, Christian Mathews, Dean Mitchell-Hilsinger and Liam Ruyenzi.
Junior Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets Dinh Chen, Justin Li, Talal Alshamari, Laureano Amaro Carrillo, Batbayasgalan Bat-Erdene, Huy Hoang Dang, Lian Haddad, James Heddell, Jonathan Liberman, Santiago Lopez, Leonardo Morales, Dario Rodriguez and Yulong Xu.
Varsity Letter Winners: Cadets James Aldendifer, Enk-Ireedul Altangeral, Enkhtangeral Altangeral, Ian Arrendondo, Joaquin Garza, Alden Grossardt, Ethan Levey, Kim Ho Liu, Gihanna Neza, Maxwell Stuehmer, Manuel Obregon, Iker Valles and Daniel Vazquez.
Special Awards
- Best New Boy: Cadet Manuel Obregon
- Most Improved: Cadet Alden Grossardt
- Most Valuable Swimmer (Schmoller-Green Award): Cadet Trey Burle
Cadet Burle broke the 100 breaststroke and 200 IM MMA school records and placed 15th in the 100 breaststroke and 13th in the 200 IM at the MSHSAA State Championships.
Cadet Trey Burle is recognized with a swimming and diving letter award during the 2025 Fall Sports Assembly.
Academy President BG Richard V. Geraci, USA (Ret), delivered remarks recognizing the resilience, teamwork, and determination shown throughout the fall sports season. Following the conclusion of the assembly, Cadet Punab-Mitchell dismissed the corps.
Congratulations to all cadet-athletes on an outstanding fall season!
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