Missouri Military Academy is currently entering its 121st year of distinction as one of the finest military boarding schools in the USA. Located in America’s heartland, MMA’s 288-acre campus serves as the ideal setting for a structured education
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- Location:
- Mexico, MO, 65265
- Phone:
- 573-581-1776
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- Homecoming 2009
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Friday, October 2 at 8:00am - Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton Alu...
The Hilton Deerfield Beach/Boca Raton
Wednesday, July 15 at 12:00pm - Graduation Weekend
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Thursday, May 21 at 8:00pm - April Admissions Open House
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Saturday, April 11 at 8:00am - KANSAS CITY AREA ALUMNI RALLY
Johnny's Tavern
Friday, April 3 at 5:30pm - Admssions Open House
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Saturday, March 7 at 8:00am - Washington DC Alumni Rally
The Offices of Nixon Peabody LLP
Monday, March 2 at 5:30pm - CHICAGO ALUMNI RALLY
The Racquet Club of Chicago
Friday, February 27 at 5:00pm - Admissions Department Open House
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Saturday, February 14 at 8:00am - Admissions Open House
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Saturday, January 17 at 8:00am
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Missouri Military Academy honored athletes from four sports at the Fall Athletics Banquet held Wednesday evening in the MMA Dining Hall.
After opening remarks by Academy President Maj. Gen. Robert M. Flanagan and Director of Athletics Capt. Brian Maher, Maj. Lawrence McClarey announced cross country award winners. Junio...r Jared Roberts was named Most Valuable Runner, Andres Portilla was recognized as Most Improved Runner on the young team, and junior Kyle Perkinson earned the captain’s medal.
Capt. Maher presented numerous football awards to members of the 3-7 Colonels, including senior James Schwank as Defensive MVP, junior Derek Kantorski as Offensive MVP, and senior Robert Carrillo as team Most Valuable Player. Senior Luis Gonzalez was named Most Improved Player, junior Josh Thomas won the Scout Team Player of the Year Award, and senior Joshua Armstrong was the Special Teams Player of the Year.
Football captains were seniors Ty Armer, Carrillo, Vonniah Rogers, Evan Buford and Schwank.
New swimming coach Capt. Richards Boyce presented swimming awards. Senior Xin Rui Zhao was named Most Valuable Swimmer and junior Nathan Kaag won the Most Improved Swimmer Award. Co-captains were Zhao and senior Luis Marcano.
The 11-6-1 district soccer champion Colonels received praise from head coach Capt. Ali Syed. Captains were seniors Sung Chan (Daniel) Lee, Juan Pablo De Esesarte, Roman Cepeda and Eduardo Benites.
Defensive MVP was Thomas Williams, Offensive MVP was De Esesarte, and team Most Valuable Player was Benites. Newcomer of the Year went to senior Orlando Ramos, Cepeda was Most Improved Player, Lee was named Most Dedicated Player, senior Gabriel Villasenor recorded the most assists and was the winner of the Goal of the Year for a shot against Linn in the district semifinals.
Capt. Maher announced 11 new members of the M-Club for two-sport letter winners, including Armstrong, senior Alejandro Cepeda, Buford, De Esesarte, Marcano, junior Jose Gutierrez, junior Steve Ortega, sophomore Jared Shaw, Ramos, Perkinson and senior Julian Montgomery.
Caption: From left, head coach Capt. Ali Syed poses with soccer award winners Eduardo Benites, Gabriel Villasenor, Roman Cepeda.
Missouri Military Academy Missouri Military Academy All District Soccer Players 1st Team Eduardo Benites--Forward Roman Cepeda--Sweeper Juan Pablo de Esesarte--Forward Daniel Lee--Midfielder Orlando Ramos--Midfielder 2nd Team Gabriel Villasenor-Midfielder Thomas Williams--L.Back
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The Missouri Military Academy Colonels swept their
season series against Southern Boone County in the District 1, Class 4 soccer
finals on Thursday in Ashland.
The Colonels pulled away from a scoreless first half to
post a 2-1 win.
The teams seemed to be equally match in the first half,
with neither able to score and the... battle waged between the
boxes.
Senior midfielder Sung Chan (Daniel) Lee passed to
senior left forward Juan Pablo De Esesarte who headed the ball into the goal to
put the Colonels in the lead, 1-0, about 10 minutes into the second half. SoBoCo
tied the game, and it remained so until six minutes were left, when senior right
forward Eduardo Benites headed a ball coming from De Esesarte directly into the
goal for the decisive score. A last-second goal by De Esesarte was waived
off.
“I’m very proud of the effort and determination of our
players,” said Capt. Syed. “The whole team stayed aggressive and refused to give
in.”
The Colonels of head coach Capt. Ali Syed improved to
11-5-1 on the season and 6-1 against district opposition with their second 2-1
win of the season over top-seeded Southern Boone. It was the fourth district
title in the last five years for the defending
champs.
MMA faces Whitfield next Thursday in the state
quarterfinals at 5:30 p.m.at Troy Buchanan High School.
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The Admissions department is hosting its Show Me MMA event on Nov 8th. If you know families who may be interested in learning more about the MMA experience, please pass along the information and encourage them to attend.
The schedule of activities begins at 12:30pm with registration in Barnard Hall. A 45-minute presen...tation begins at 1:00pm, group tours of campus follow the presentation. A final wrap up and question and answer session will conclude the event.
Contact an Admissions Counselor at 573.581.1776 or email them at info@mma.mexico.mo.us.
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Missouri Military Academy made it four soccer wins in a row with a 2-1 district victory over Southern Boone County on Monday afternoon at MMA.
Goal scorers for the Colonels were senior defender
Thomas Williams and senior left wing Sung Chan (Daniel) Lee.
Williams scored on a long, looping shot from outside the
box off a ...short pass from senior midfielder Gabriel Villasenor at 33:50 of the first half. Lee took a crossing pass from senior right forward Eduardo Benites and made it 2-0 with a shot into the corner of the net at the 23:40 mark, and the Colonels held that lead through
intermission.
“We did just enough in this game to secure a win. We had a lot of sick players, but the guys stepped up big-time and played relentlessly under tough conditions,” said MMA head coach Capt. Ali Syed.
“We scored two early goals in the first half, and that was enough for us to beat a very good Southern Boone team. Our team has been playing with a lot of confidence and we are undefeated so far this month.”
The 7-5-1 Colonels host Smithton at 5 p.m. Thursday in
another district contest.
Caption:
Senior right forward Eduardo Benites drives toward the goal in the Colonels’ 2-1 win over Southern Boone County on Monday afternoon at MMA.
Missouri Military Academy The Academy is teaming up with Audrain Medical Center to host the Family Health Fair and Diabetes Walk. This wonderful event begins at 9:00am on 31 Oct in the MMA Fieldhouse.
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Two retired longtime coaches at Missouri Military Academy were inducted into the MMA
Athletics Hall of Fame during halftime ceremonies at Saturday’s Homecoming football victory. Lt. Col. Ron Rosendahl and Maj. Richard Twells served MMA for
a combined 53 years as coaches, teachers and
mentors.
Lt. Col. Rosendahl served f...or 31 years as a biology
teacher and head swimming coach, 20 years as head baseball coach, 10 years as
Athletics Director and five years as an assistant football coach.
During his tenure as swim coach, he led MMA to more than
100 victories in dual meets. His 1983 team was undefeated and has been inducted
into the Hall of Fame.
He also had more than 100 baseball victories. One of his
players, Alumni Association President Dean Ahlstrand, Class of 1982, pitched in
the Houston Astros’ minor leagues system and is a member of the Hall of
Fame.
Lt. Col. Rosendahl also established and served as
Scoutmaster of MMA Boy Scout Troop 39 for eight
years.
Maj. Twells served for 22 years as an English teacher,
20 years as head wrestling coach and 13 years as head soccer coach.
As wrestling coach, Maj. Twells led his teams to more
than 100 dual meet victories, developed 50 state qualifiers, won a district
championship and had several second-place teams. Jary Dawson, one of his
wrestlers, placed second in the state as a heavyweight and is a current member
of the Athletics Hall of Fame.
As soccer coach, he led his teams to more than 120
victories, one state final four and two district titles. In 1999, he led the
Colonels to an undefeated regular season. One of his players, Tomas Gonzalez,
and his 1992 team are members of the Hall of Fame.
Caption:
From left, MMA Alumni Association
President Dean Ahlstrand, Class of 1982; MMA Athletics Hall of Fame inductees
Lt. Col. Ron Rosendahl and Maj. Richard Twells; Alumni Association
Preseident-elect Bob Ernest, Class of 1977; and Director of Athletics Capt.
Brian Maher participate in induction ceremonies Saturday me of the Colonels.
28-12 Homecoming football victory over Metro East Lutheran of Illinois on
Colonels Field.
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MMA junior Derek Kantorski utilized blocks from Felix
Navarette (7), Walker Allen (17) and Evan Buford to break into the clear and
score on the opening kickoff as the Colonels downed the Metrol East Lutheran
Knights, 28-12, Saturday afternoon on Colonels
Field.
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The Missouri Military
Academy swim team traveled to Ladue, Mo., to take on Westminster Christian
Academy in a rematch Wednesday, falling 113 – 56.
“We left encouraged because
this score was significantly better than in our first meeting,” said MMA head
coach Capt. Richards Boyce.
Outstanding performances of
the day for t...he Colonels were turned in by Xin Rui Zhao and Todd Minnett. Zhao
had two first-place finishes, winning the 200-meter individual medley in 2:42:09
and the 100-meter breast stroke in 1:11:63.
Minnett had second-place
finishes in the 200-meter freestyle 2:27:9) and the 500-meter freestyle
(6:47:22).
“The team, as a whole, had
many more third-place finishes than in our first meet, too,” said Capt.
Boyce.
Next meet for the Colonels
is 4:30 p.m. Friday in the MMA Natatorium against Hannibal to kick off Homecoming weekend
activities for the Colonels.
Caption:
Xin Rui Zhao swims to
victory in the 100-meter breast stroke Wednesday at Ladue.
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MMA won this past Saturday 26-6 beating Wentworth Military Academy for the third year in a row. "This was the best game by far that we have played all year," says Head Coach CPT Brian Maher. He continues,"We prepared very well this last week and I feel that it showed up during the game. I am very proud of our effort...s the entire game." Scoring for the Colonels was Derek Kantorski, rushing for 2 TDs and throwing for 2 more, Luis Gonzalez was on the receiving end of the two TD passesl. "Defensively we played our best game all year we forced 3 turnovers 1 interception, 2 fumbles and only holding Wentworth to 6 points. Overall it was a great weekend for MMA we were able to get our first win and we need to use this momentum into this weekend's homecoming match-up against Metro East Lutheran on Colonels Field starting at 2:30 on Saturday," concludes CPT Maher.
Photo: Derek Kantorski dives into the end-zone for the first of his 2 rushing TDs. Photo by: Cadet A.J. Boren
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The MMA Fighting Colonels take on arch-rival Wentworth Military Academy this Saturday. The team will travel to Lexington, hoping to add one more year to the three consecutive years we have lifted the Golden Football. CPT Brian Maher and his team are not ready to let go of the coveted prize. Kick off is at 14:00.
Th...e team would love to have the stands filled with MMA supporters. If you are in the area or are in need of a weekend road trip, we would love to see you out there.
GO COLONELS!!!! BEAT WENTWORTH!!!
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Homecoming 2009!
The Alumni Association Board, along with the Office of Alumni Relations, has planned a great celebration with highlights to include the dedication of the new academic building, Colonels Football game and Tailgate Picnic and the annual Dinner Dance. This year we will honor classes ending in 4 and 9. T...he silver anniversary class is 1984 and the golden anniversary class is 1959. Please contact Lt. Col. Jim Medley, Director of Alumni Relations, at jmed@mma.mexico.mo.us to find out more about all of the exciting events or visit us online at www.mma-cadet.org to download a homecoming brochure.
