Paying It Forward
Madieu Williams Hosted Free Youth Football Clinic & Adult Health Screening at Saturday’s Maryland Day
NFL standout and University of Maryland alumnus Madieu Williams hosted a youth football clinic and adult health screening as part of the annual Maryland Day celebration, held this past Saturday, April 25. Youth met at the School of Public Health Building and used the turf field at Comcast for the football event. Madieu, a graduate in Family Science, was honored as the 2009 Distinguished Alumnus from the School of Public Health.
For boys and girls ages 8-13, the event offered a chance to work their football skills, sportsmanship, and teamwork skills, all the while building their self-esteem. They also met Williams and other Terp Football players (Erin Henderson, Bruce Perry, JP Humber, Josh Allen). All participants received a t-shirt, water bottle and refreshments. Our sponsors included Chick-fil-A, Saval Foods, Vitamin Water, Under Armour, Health Solution Services, Dimensions Health Care, PG County Health Department, and STICC.
For adults, the event offered free blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol, carbon monoxide, and oral cancer screenings. While pre-registration was required for the football clinic, the health screenings were open to all. Dr. Jaime Flores, one time Terp football captain, 2009 UMD Alumni Association Humanitarian award winner and KNES graduate was on hand with colleagues from JHU Medical and UMB Medical for consultations with doctors. Mr. Kevin Clair, the 2008 Distinguished Alum for SPH, donated the services of his company, Health Services Solutions, to perform the glucose and cholesterol screenings. Dr. Robert Ord and his colleagues from the UMB Dental School performed oral cancer screenings. Students from the Department of Public and Community Health under the tutelage of Dr. Sharon Desmond had posters on hand on a variety of health topics. The Prince Georges Health Department had tables of information to disseminate to our attendees. Dimensions Health and Prince Georges Hospital offered giveaways and information in addition to seminars on Medicaid and Diabetes, while STICC - Sexually Transmitted Infection Community Coalition had 2 sessions: How to Talk to your Kids about Sex and Straight Talk for Teens About Sex.
See photos at this link.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Pre-Spring Game Presser Synopsis-like Twitter
HI everyone,
Here's a long Twitter like blog about today's presser.
Sitting here at the presser for the Spring practice review. Ralph is speaking about the events around this weekend including the Letterman's picnic on Friday and the Saturday parents gathering and spring game. We hopefuly will have a big crowd, we've emailed Pop Warner teams , HS teams. Weather looks good.
We have had a very good spring - young team - but very impressed about the hard work put in by our kids. Lots of progress over the last 4 practices. Concerned about lines - inexperience - need to get stronger. Skill people look good. Defense is impressive. Corner play very good - 4 safeties, Skinner, Perez, McCullough, Tate. Wiseman and Hughes coming on. Lbers - Gloster has had a good spring. Moten and Hartsfield doing very well. 5 Freshman should help, Murray and Drakeford, red shirts are doing well. Offense - Cannon had a great scrimmage, making plays, good catches. Torrey Smith also doing well. Kevin Dorsey made a bunch of plays. Logan, McCree, Dorsey playing with confidence. Making plays tough catches. Robinson and Turner playing well. D. Scott, Meggett, Morgan, and Douglas doing well. Special teams - Baltz excels at punter - Wallace and Barbour - good field goal kickers, waiting on Ferrara. Tony Logan good as PR; Torrey top kickoff in conference and expect the same for this year.
Very good practice this AM, next one Thursday and hopefully finish with a good game on Saturday. Good experience to have game like situation with people in the stands.
Questions-
Dinich - notable changes in defense? - Don Brown good addition - his D is diferent from many that we play - plays different typrese of cover 2 - and PRESS MAN - not sure we could do that - now we challenge every throw. QBs have to throw very accurately and receivers have to go up and make plays. Will need to consider some ramifications for pre-season practices. Don great teacher - works well with Lempa and Seamonson and Sollazzo. Players and staff have responded very well about Brown.
Cavanaugh - Freshman usage? - can't count on freshman; red shirt freshman - need to get Campbell and Armstrong eligible and they should make a difference. OL is like fine wine, takes time. But there is a desire to do well. Dill, Pinegar and Gilbert improving. Key will be guard - Young neds to be further along, Lewis has responded, Gonella doing well, Hampton struggling but working hard. Phil Costa at Center and doing great, leadership extraordinary and Danny Edwards playing the best football since he arrived.
Stevens - AJ Francis - competitor, smart, keeps fighting, never quits - that tells me alot about an individual. Must work on production. Right now he is starting NG, but he may become an OL. Need to get the best players on the field - don't need good players sitting on the bench.
? - significance of R/W game overall? - Game is a simplified version - don't want to show alot. Value is to calm nerves - how do the young players react to playing in front of a crowd. Coaches will go through all mechanics of a game situation, not from Tyser, but the sideline. We need to evaluate players in a game like situation. Last week's scrimmage helped. This team has had more reps in spring than any other time. Need to correct mistakes. Has been a fun team to coach; confidence growing; they joke with me. Monday in weight room was the best this spring according to Deege. Working hard in drills but problem working in "team" - have to assimilate lots of info - now they are getting the whole picture and things are starting to happen.
DB - Kenny Tate run at corner? - We talked about it but not sure who goes in on safety. Kenny is a good blitzer - big body - can play as LBer, made 8 tackles last week and 11 week before, 2 INTs. He will be on the field alot.
Keith - Jamar as QB? - Saturday he has made progress and in today's practice more progress. With 2 QBs still was making some mistakes as a #2 QB - he did talk to me today picking up hots - today he got his hots. Last 2 practices good improvement.
DB - Bankins kickoff return schemes - Known for his KO returns, we did have a return by Torrey last week. Punt protection should stay the same. He will have some flexibility in KO.
Dinich - Torrey? - Needs to make more plays as a receiver. As a punt returner, he can run and he is fast. He is a remarkable kid. Good student, leader, hard worker, well respected - will be a very good football player and moreover successful in life.
Keith - Dion? - Can he finish - he's improving.
End of Presser
Here's a long Twitter like blog about today's presser.
Sitting here at the presser for the Spring practice review. Ralph is speaking about the events around this weekend including the Letterman's picnic on Friday and the Saturday parents gathering and spring game. We hopefuly will have a big crowd, we've emailed Pop Warner teams , HS teams. Weather looks good.
We have had a very good spring - young team - but very impressed about the hard work put in by our kids. Lots of progress over the last 4 practices. Concerned about lines - inexperience - need to get stronger. Skill people look good. Defense is impressive. Corner play very good - 4 safeties, Skinner, Perez, McCullough, Tate. Wiseman and Hughes coming on. Lbers - Gloster has had a good spring. Moten and Hartsfield doing very well. 5 Freshman should help, Murray and Drakeford, red shirts are doing well. Offense - Cannon had a great scrimmage, making plays, good catches. Torrey Smith also doing well. Kevin Dorsey made a bunch of plays. Logan, McCree, Dorsey playing with confidence. Making plays tough catches. Robinson and Turner playing well. D. Scott, Meggett, Morgan, and Douglas doing well. Special teams - Baltz excels at punter - Wallace and Barbour - good field goal kickers, waiting on Ferrara. Tony Logan good as PR; Torrey top kickoff in conference and expect the same for this year.
Very good practice this AM, next one Thursday and hopefully finish with a good game on Saturday. Good experience to have game like situation with people in the stands.
Questions-
Dinich - notable changes in defense? - Don Brown good addition - his D is diferent from many that we play - plays different typrese of cover 2 - and PRESS MAN - not sure we could do that - now we challenge every throw. QBs have to throw very accurately and receivers have to go up and make plays. Will need to consider some ramifications for pre-season practices. Don great teacher - works well with Lempa and Seamonson and Sollazzo. Players and staff have responded very well about Brown.
Cavanaugh - Freshman usage? - can't count on freshman; red shirt freshman - need to get Campbell and Armstrong eligible and they should make a difference. OL is like fine wine, takes time. But there is a desire to do well. Dill, Pinegar and Gilbert improving. Key will be guard - Young neds to be further along, Lewis has responded, Gonella doing well, Hampton struggling but working hard. Phil Costa at Center and doing great, leadership extraordinary and Danny Edwards playing the best football since he arrived.
Stevens - AJ Francis - competitor, smart, keeps fighting, never quits - that tells me alot about an individual. Must work on production. Right now he is starting NG, but he may become an OL. Need to get the best players on the field - don't need good players sitting on the bench.
? - significance of R/W game overall? - Game is a simplified version - don't want to show alot. Value is to calm nerves - how do the young players react to playing in front of a crowd. Coaches will go through all mechanics of a game situation, not from Tyser, but the sideline. We need to evaluate players in a game like situation. Last week's scrimmage helped. This team has had more reps in spring than any other time. Need to correct mistakes. Has been a fun team to coach; confidence growing; they joke with me. Monday in weight room was the best this spring according to Deege. Working hard in drills but problem working in "team" - have to assimilate lots of info - now they are getting the whole picture and things are starting to happen.
DB - Kenny Tate run at corner? - We talked about it but not sure who goes in on safety. Kenny is a good blitzer - big body - can play as LBer, made 8 tackles last week and 11 week before, 2 INTs. He will be on the field alot.
Keith - Jamar as QB? - Saturday he has made progress and in today's practice more progress. With 2 QBs still was making some mistakes as a #2 QB - he did talk to me today picking up hots - today he got his hots. Last 2 practices good improvement.
DB - Bankins kickoff return schemes - Known for his KO returns, we did have a return by Torrey last week. Punt protection should stay the same. He will have some flexibility in KO.
Dinich - Torrey? - Needs to make more plays as a receiver. As a punt returner, he can run and he is fast. He is a remarkable kid. Good student, leader, hard worker, well respected - will be a very good football player and moreover successful in life.
Keith - Dion? - Can he finish - he's improving.
End of Presser
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Meet Our Coaches Wives: Stacey Donovan
Name: Stacey S. Donovan
Years married: 4 yrs in May 2009
Names and ages of your children: John Patrick 3 in May, Cate is over 14 mos.
Occupation: Mom
Hobbies: Running
Favorite Restaurant: Zebra In Rehobeth Beach a place i venture to with my friends and family... it is a fun special treat! Good food, drinks and atmosphere!
How did you meet your husband?: There was a hurrican that struck the DC area (and surrounding areas) lots of power was out all over, so at the time i lived in DC we went to dinner and a bar...and John had done the same thing...we met in a bar during a hurricane!
Describe a typical game day.: Oh gosh...it all starts the whole week before with tickets and who is coming and what are we eating and drinking!
The day of...wake up full of nerves, with kids, get dressed...pack the coolers, everyone comes to help pack the car,,caravan over to UMD 3 hrs before game, unload kids, unload guests, set up tables, unload cars, set up tailgate. pack up tailgate 15 min before game, game time...Nervous, excited, anxious and busy with guests and little kids. Spend the day waiting for the end to breath a victory and then celebrate with all of the wives, coaches and fans who join us at the tailgates. At the end of a long day, pack it all up and start back over a couple days later!!!
What’s the best part about being a coach’s wife? 2 really big parts, One part is seeing how passionate, dedicated, obsessed my husband is about the game, the kids, the teaching, so many dimensions of the career. The Second part is the adrenaline and excitement that as wives we feel just mostly because we live it daily in our lives. We become just as attached and dedicated and very emotional about a game. But to us it's not always just a game, it is our life!
What’s the worst part? The hours they work, they miss many moments in their children's and wives life!
Years married: 4 yrs in May 2009
Names and ages of your children: John Patrick 3 in May, Cate is over 14 mos.
Occupation: Mom
Hobbies: Running
Favorite Restaurant: Zebra In Rehobeth Beach a place i venture to with my friends and family... it is a fun special treat! Good food, drinks and atmosphere!
How did you meet your husband?: There was a hurrican that struck the DC area (and surrounding areas) lots of power was out all over, so at the time i lived in DC we went to dinner and a bar...and John had done the same thing...we met in a bar during a hurricane!
Describe a typical game day.: Oh gosh...it all starts the whole week before with tickets and who is coming and what are we eating and drinking!
The day of...wake up full of nerves, with kids, get dressed...pack the coolers, everyone comes to help pack the car,,caravan over to UMD 3 hrs before game, unload kids, unload guests, set up tables, unload cars, set up tailgate. pack up tailgate 15 min before game, game time...Nervous, excited, anxious and busy with guests and little kids. Spend the day waiting for the end to breath a victory and then celebrate with all of the wives, coaches and fans who join us at the tailgates. At the end of a long day, pack it all up and start back over a couple days later!!!
What’s the best part about being a coach’s wife? 2 really big parts, One part is seeing how passionate, dedicated, obsessed my husband is about the game, the kids, the teaching, so many dimensions of the career. The Second part is the adrenaline and excitement that as wives we feel just mostly because we live it daily in our lives. We become just as attached and dedicated and very emotional about a game. But to us it's not always just a game, it is our life!
What’s the worst part? The hours they work, they miss many moments in their children's and wives life!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
MGN has it going on!
So many events..., so little time!
Hope to see everyone at the Spring Update next Wednesday, April 22nd, at 6PM in the Gossett Team House.
Maryland Day on April 25th is the day of our Spring Game. Autograph seekers should be on hand at 12:30 on the mezzanine when players and coaches are available for signings. The game kicks off at 3:30PM.
May 1st marks the 9th year of the MGN Gold Cocktail Party at the Friedgen's. If you are a Gold member and did not receive an EVITE, please contact gsf@umd.edu.
Looking for an evening of great bargains, delicious food and drink, and dancing up a storm, as well as mixing with our football coaches and staff, then you need to come to the MGN Gala and Auction. Details can be found at this link.
The Ralph Friedgen Invitational will be held once again at the beautiful Woodmont Country Club in Rockville on June 1st. If you are interested in entering a foursome contact the football office at 301-314-9057.
Looks like a very busy Spring!! Wish it would stop raining!!
Hope to see everyone at the Spring Update next Wednesday, April 22nd, at 6PM in the Gossett Team House.
Maryland Day on April 25th is the day of our Spring Game. Autograph seekers should be on hand at 12:30 on the mezzanine when players and coaches are available for signings. The game kicks off at 3:30PM.
May 1st marks the 9th year of the MGN Gold Cocktail Party at the Friedgen's. If you are a Gold member and did not receive an EVITE, please contact gsf@umd.edu.
Looking for an evening of great bargains, delicious food and drink, and dancing up a storm, as well as mixing with our football coaches and staff, then you need to come to the MGN Gala and Auction. Details can be found at this link.
The Ralph Friedgen Invitational will be held once again at the beautiful Woodmont Country Club in Rockville on June 1st. If you are interested in entering a foursome contact the football office at 301-314-9057.
Looks like a very busy Spring!! Wish it would stop raining!!
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