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The Presidents:
* 1998-1999: Tom
Sy
Co-founder and first president of the club, Tom graduated from
the university with a PhD in organizational psychology and currently
works for a consulting firm splitting his time between Texas
and Michigan.
* 1999-2000:
Josh Greenbaum
Originally the club's treasurer, Josh assumed the role of president
when the position was vacated by Tom Sy. Josh established the
initial funding for the club with RecSports and also the MSA.
During his tenure the first true instructor (Rodrigo Nunes) was
brought in to lead sessions. The soon-to-be-married Josh has
a masters degree from the university and currently works as a
consultant with Creative Solutions, an accounting software company.
* 2000-2001: Francis
Garcia
Co-founder and first vice-president of the club, Francis created the competition
team, organized the first annual in-house tournament, hosted the first
annual club party, created the end-of-year awards, conceptualized club
clothing, added Jason Clarke to diversify the jiu-jitsu class and sought
out Quincy Rice to add submission wrestling instruction to the club's
curriculum.
* 2001-2002: Nick
Pezda
Nick was a member of the original club as a freshman in 1998. In his senior
year, Nick became the first undergraduate president of the club. His experience
with club policy, long-standing membership, and excellent administrative
skills made him a natural for the position. Nick is currently a student
at Wayne State University's School of Law.
* 2002-2003: Matt
Jubera
Matt is the first undergraduate junior to hold the position of club president.
His interest in the club, familiarity with club policy and administrative
duties, as well as his grappling skill and reputation made him a capable
president.
* 2003-2004: Jason
May
Jason had an excellent background in grappling as well as other forms
of martial arts. His organizational skills, decisiveness and innovations
in administrative duties made him an excellent figurehead that lead the
club for a year and a half. His tenure saw the first Wolverine Classic open tournament. Jason also brought in Sean Bansfield, a Saulo Ribiero brown belt, to come and instruct for the club.
The Competiton Team
Captains:
* 1999-2001: Evan
Locey
By virtue of
his outstanding grappling skill and eagerness to enter competitions, Evan
was appointed the first competiton team captain. The competition team
flourished during his tenure, with several members medaling in several
events.
* 2001-2004: Glenn
Hauk
Following in
the tradition of the team captain also being an accomplished grappler,
Glenn brought years of wrestling experience, success in submission wrestling
matches as well as tournament wins in sport jiu-jitsu to the post as competition team captain.
* 2004-2005: Tirmizi Mandeng Yew
Mandeng followed his predecessors as team captain by showing a ferocity in competition that was evident to all racking up medals in all tournaments entered. Following in the early team member traditino of fighting up in weight class, Mandeng often won in higher weight divisions and also absolute divisions.
The Social Chairs:
* 2002: Courtney
Harkness
Because of her
enthusiasm for the sport, and the club, and her ability to have members
gravitate towards her, Courtney was made the club's first Social Chair
and helped to organize the first ever End-of-Fall-Semester party.
* 2003-2004: Oliver Stauffer
Also a member of the university of Michigan snowboarding team, Oliver knew how to throw a good party. Under him numerous club parties and event viewings were hosted. Oliver also created the first ever club ski/snowboard trip in northern Michigan.
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