The Boston College Eagle Log: My classmates in the pros

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

My classmates in the pros

I'm adding a new widget to the side of the page, tracking all of my classmates (class of 2007 through class of 2013 [freshmen my senior year]) who went on to play professional sports. Obviously this list is probably very incomplete, so let me know if you have any more info for me.

I'll also include Olympians, if any BC athletes make it.

SPORT
Player - Years I was in school with them - Team(s)

Hockey
Brian Boyle - 2007 - Los Angeles Kings

Basketball
Jared Dudley - 2007 - Charlotte Bobcats
Sean Williams - 2007 - New Jersey Nets
Sean Marshall - 2007 - Karsiyaka (Turkish Basketball League)

Football
Josh Beekman - 2007 - Chicago Bears

Women's Basketball
Kathrin Ress - 2007 - Minnesota Lynx (WNBA)

Ultimate Fighting
Kenny Florian - BC soccer 2007 - UFC

Soccer
Charlie Davies - 2007 - Hammarby IF (Swedish League)

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The Trophy Case: BC's honors during my years at school

Men's Basketball
2006 - Commonwealth Classic Winner
2008 - Commonwealth Classic Winner
Women's Basketball
2008 - Caribbean Challenge Winners
2008 - Blue Sky Classic Winners
Sailing:
2008 - ICSA Women's National Champions
2008 - ICSA Co-Ed National Champions
Football:
2006 - Meineke Car Care Bowl Winner
2007 - Ireland Trophy
2007 - ACC Atlantic Division Champions
2007 - Champs Sports Bowl Winner
2008 - Ireland Trophy
2008 - ACC Atlantic Division Champions
Men's Soccer:
2007 - ACC Regular Season Champions
2007 - ACC Tournament Champions
Women's Soccer:
2006 - Sweet Sixteen
2008 - Sweet Sixteen
Women's Hockey:
2007 - Beanpot Champions
2007 - Frozen Four
2009 - Beanpot Champions
Men's Hockey:
2007 - Hockey East Tournament Champions
2007 - Frozen Four
2007 - Mariucci Classic Champions
2008 - Beanpot Champions
2008 - Hockey East Tournament Champions
2008 - Frozen Four
2008 - National Champions

Stadiums/Fields Seen 07-08

Total: 20
Conte Forum [BC] - (49)
Alumni Stadium [BC] - (8)
TD Banknorth Garden - (7)
Shea Field, Baseball [BC] - (6)
Newton Soccer Field [BC] - (6)
Walter Brown Arena [BU] - (4)
Shea Field, Softball [BC] - (4)
Matthews Arena [NU] - (3)
DCU Center [Worcester] - (3)
Schneider Arena [PC] - (2)
Ridder Arena [Minnesota] - (2)
UConn Hockey Arena [Conn] - (2)
Agganis Arena [BU] - (2)
Tsongas Arena [UML] - (1)
Whittemore Center [UNH] - (1)
Mariucci Arena [Minnesota] - (1)
Bright Arena [Harvard] - (1)
Harvard Stadium [Harvard] - (1)
Newton Field Hockey [BC] - (1)
Houston Field House [RPI] - (1)

Best Moments

Men's Hockey, 4/12/08 - National Champs.
Football, 10/26/07 - BC rallies with two touchdowns in the last 2:11 to win at Virginia Tech and maintain their #2 ranking. Students spill out of the dorms and have an impromptu celebration all over campus. What a night. WOW.
Men's Hockey, 3/30/08 - BC scores 3 goals in 1:58 to come from an 0-2 deficit to a 3-2 lead late in the 2nd against Miami in the NCAA regional final.
Men's Hockey, 3/30/08 - Joe Whitney's ridiculous diving goal sends BC to the Frozen Four, beating Miami 4-3 in OT.
Men's Hockey, 3/21/08 - Benn Ferriero's 3OT goal caps a comeback against UNH in the Hockey East semifinals at the Garden.
Men's Hockey, 2/11/08 - Nick Petrecki's OT goal wins the Beanpot for BC!
Football, 9/1/07 - BC scores a touchdown to tie the game at 21 right before half time against Wake. BC wins 38-28
Men's Hockey, 11/30/07 - BU goalie Karson Gillespie gets sent to the box by Benedetto for a swan dive... piss-your-pants laughter follows
Men's Hockey, 3/15/08 - Nate Gerbe's amazing penalty shot goal makes it 4-0 BC over PC in Game 2 of the HE QFs
Men's Hockey, 2/4/08 - Gerbe slays BU in overtime
Men's Hockey, 3/22/08 - BC cruises to another Hockey East title, beating UVM 4-0
Men's Hockey, 3/29/08 - BC gets past the Gophers 5-2 in the NCAA tournament.
Men's Hockey, 3/15/08 - BC sweeps the Friars with a pair of 5-1 wins in the HE QFs to advance to the TD Banknorth Garden.
Women's Hockey, 2/29/08 - Eagles top PC 4-2 in the season's penultimate game to keep their playoff hopes alive. Stack with the ENG to ice it with 4 seconds left.
Women's Hockey, 1/4/07 - BC kills off a 5-on-3, Lindsay Wright aka CANADA scores a sick goal, and BC upsets #4 SLU 5-2
Women's Basketball, 1/6/07 - BC stuns NC State with a thrilling 1 point come-from-behind victory
Men's Soccer, 11/9/07 - BC clinches ACC reg. season title with a win at home against VT.
Women's Hockey, 01/12/08 - MN native Allie Thunstrom's goal with 1:30 to go gives BC a tie @ #4 Minnesota
Men's Hockey, 3/14/08 - BC blitzes Providence early and often en route to 5-1 win in Game 1 of HE QFs at BC
Men's Basketball, 12/23/07 - Tyrese Rice knocks down a floater with less than 5 seconds to play to give BC the 57-55 win over Northeastern.
Men's Hockey, 1/19/08 - Carl Sneep's goal in the 3rd ties BU 2-2; pandemonium in the student section
Football, 11/24/07 - BC finally snaps the long losing streak against the U.
Women's Hockey, 2/10/08 - BC's Stack scores in the 2nd to tie UNH 1-1. We lost, but that was a great moment.
Women's Basketball, 12/31/07 - Picco nails back to back three pointers as BC wins a thriller against NU
Baseball, 5/13/08 - BC rallies from big early deficit to beat UConn.
Softball, 3/26/08 - Fence Girl crashes into the fence, Thunstrom scores winning run, BC downs HC 4-3
Women's Hockey, 11/29/07 - A clutch goal with under a minute remaining by Stack gives BC a much needed point @ UConn
Women's Hockey, 3/15/08 - UNH tops St. Lawrence 3-2 in OT to give Hockey East a representative in the Frozen Four.
Men's Hockey, 11/30/07 - BC explodes for a 3-0 1st period lead en route to a 6-2 win over BU
Football, 10/7/07 - BC scores 31 points in the 2nd quarter against Bowling Green and rolls to 55-24 win - up to #4 in the country!

Stadiums seen, '08-'09

TOTAL: 20
Conte Forum [BC] - 46
Alumni Stadium [BC] - 8
Newton Soccer Field [BC] - 7
TD Banknorth Garden [Boston] - 6
Whittemore Center [UNH] - 5
Appleton Arena [SLU] - 3
Matthews Arena [NU] - 3
Shea Field, baseball [BC] - 3
Madison Square Garden [NYC] - 2
Aitken Center [UNB] - 2
Agganis Arena [BU] - 2
Schneider Arena [PC] - 2
Shea Field, softball [BC] - 1
Campanelli Stadium [Brockton] - 1
Carnesecca Arena [St. John's] - 1
The Plex [BC] - 1
Alfond Arena [UMO] - 1
Frietas Forum [UConn] - 1
Power Gym [BC] - 1
Thompson Arena [Dart.] - 1
Newton Field Hockey [BC] - 1

Opponents seen in '08-'09

TOTAL: 44
UNH (9; Men's & Women's Hockey, Women's Basketball)
BU (9; Men's Soccer, Men's Hockey, Women's Hockey, Women's Basketball)
Northeastern (8; Men's Hockey, Women's Soccer, Women's Hockey, Baseball)
Maine (5; Men's & Women's Hockey)
Harvard (5; Women's Hockey, Men's Hockey, Men's Basketball)
Providence (5; Men's & Women's Hockey)
Clemson (4; Baseball, Men's & Women's Basketball, Football)
UMass (4; Baseball, Softball, Men's Hockey)
Notre Dame (3; Women's Basketball, Football, Men's Hockey)
Clarkson (3; Men's & Women's Hockey)
St. Lawrence (3; Men's & Women's Hockey)
UMass-Lowell (3; Men's Hockey)
Central Connecticut (2; Women's Soccer, Men's Basketball)
Vermont (2; Men's & Women's Hockey)
Dartmouth (2; Field Hockey, Women's Hockey)
University of New Brunswick (2; Men's Hockey)
Virginia Tech (2; Football, Men's Basketball)
Duke (2; Men's Soccer, Men's Basketball)
UNC (2; Men's Soccer, Women's Basketball)
St. John's (2; Women's Basketball)
NC State (2; Men's Tennis, Baseball)
USF (1; Women's Basketball)
Georgetown (1; Women's Basketball)
Minnesota-Duluth (1; Women's Hockey)
Florida State (1; Women's Basketball)
NJIT (1; Women's Basketball)
Miami (1; Women's Basketball)
Wake Forest (1; Men's Basketball)
FIU (1; Women's Basketball)
South Carolina-Upstate (1; Men's Basketball)
Maryland (1; Football)
Princeton (1; Women's Hockey)
Oklahoma (1; Men's Basketball)
Alabama-Birmingham (1; Men's Basketball)
Purdue (1; Men's Basketball)
Loyola (MD) (1; Men's Basketball)
St. Francis (PA) (1; Women's Basketball)
St. Francis Xavier (1; Men's Basketball)
Merrimack (1; Men's Hockey)
Bowling Green (1; Men's Hockey)
RPI (1; Women's Hockey)
Wisconsin (1; Men's Hockey)
URI (1; Football)
UCF (1; Football)
Stony Brook (1; Women's Soccer)
GA Tech (1; Football)
Brown (1; Women's Soccer)

Best Moments, '08-'09

3-14: Men's Hockey - BC takes over the Whit - drops UNH 1-0 to earn a sweep of the Hockey East quarterfinals.
10-10: Men's Hockey - BC raises the nat'l title banner; Cam Atkinson scores a late winner to give the Eagles a 5-4 win.
2-10: Women's Hockey - Stack SHG with 9 mins left sinks Harvard, 1-0; BC wins Women's Beanpot.
11-29: Football - Goin' to the Ship: Francois's pick-6 seals ACCCG berth w/ win over Maryland, 28-21.
2-28: Men's Hockey - BC comes from 0-3 down to win @ Providence, 4-3 in OT; Matt Price with the GWG.
2-15: Men's Basketball - Storming the court: BC upends Duke
3-13: Men's Hockey - BC blitzes UNH in game 1 of HE playoffs at the Whit; 5-3 victory.
10-18: Football - BC upsets Virginia Tech, 28-23.
11-15: Men's Hockey - BC goes on a 7-1 run after falling behind 3-0 to UNH, and wins 8-6. Hayes hat trick.
1-31: Men's Basketball - Rakim Sanders' put-back with 0.4 seconds left knocks off VT and gives BC their 4th straight win.
3-5: Baseball - BC roars back from down 10-2 to top NC State, 11-10, at Shea.
3-26: Women's Basketball - Thoman escapes SJU fouling attempts for a late layup, sealing BC's win in rd. 3 of WNIT, 68-64
1-25: Men's Hockey - Almeida tic-tac-tools on Maine, BC wins a wild one 4-1 w/ lots of extracurricular activity. BC sweeps Maine.
2-14: Women's Hockey - Mary Restuccia pots a shootout goal to give BC a 4-3 win over BU.
1-24: Men's Hockey - Price nets 2, Whit + Ferriero score; BC breaks Conte dry spell with 6-3 win over Maine
11-1: Football - 3 touchdowns in rapid succession put BC up on Clemson 21-17. Unfortunately, BC lost 27-21.
9-19: Men's Soccer - BC upsets #5 UNC, 4-1; Bedoya with two great goals en route to a hat trick.
11-8: Football: BC retains the Ireland Trophy.
1-10: Women's Hockey - Thunstrom's 2 goals help BC knock off #5 St. Lawrence, 4-1.
1-25: Men's Hockey - Nick Petrecki headbutts a Maine player. HAHA!
11-28: Men's Hockey - Brock Bradford nearly rips the back of the net off with a wicked goal to put BC up 2-1 on Harvard.
10-4: Women's Hockey wins opener against Clarkson 2-0 while BC tops NCSU 38-31 with a last minute drive.
2-9: Men's Hockey - Benn Ferriero's goal with 40 seconds left gives BC Beanpot 3rd place win over Harvard, 4-3.
1-14: Men's Basketball - Tyrese's 3 pointer cuts Wake's lead to 9, Conte erups; but Wake eventually puts BC away.
11-14: Women's Basketball - Corey Rusin makes a Sean Williams-esque block on St. Francis.
11-14: Women's Soccer - Caldwell and Knowlton power BC to 3-0 win over CCSU in first round of NCAA tourney in Newton.
9-20: Football - 2nd half catharsis against Central Florida. BC 34, UCF 7.
11-28: Women's Hockey - Restuccia's late goal salvages a 3-3 tie with Princeton.
10-11: Women's Hockey - Mary Restuccia nets her first career goal to put BC up 4-1 on RPI.

Things I have to experience at some point during my years as a student...

1. BC winning any national championship (CHECK... 4/12/08. BC 4, ND 1)
2. A Beanpot title (CHECK... 2/11/08. BC 6, Harvard 5, OT)
3. Road trip a FB game at Notre Dame
4. Road trip a FB game at Clemson
5. Be in the crowd at a deliriously awesome hockey win @ BU (CHECK...1/26/07. BC 5, BU 2)
6. Storm the field/court...ice? (CHECK... 10/18/08, BC 28 VT 23)
7. Road trip a BB game somewhere in North Carolina
8. Go to one of the following: Frozen Four, NCAA BB Tourn, BCS bowl game w/BC
9. Go to a national tournament game for a non-revenue sport (CHECK... 3/10/07 BC Women's Hockey 3, Dartmouth 2... 3/16/07 Minn-Duluth 4, BCWH 3)
10. Attend any BC football bowl game