BOOKSTORE XXXII: Dursi takes top honor
By: MATT LOZAR
Associate Sports Editor
He made the biggest shots at the end of the game and for that, Joe Dursi from Bookstore Basketball champion RBC was named the MVP of the 2003 Tournament.
For their four-year dedication to the tournament, Brian Ostick and Abbey Coons were named Mr. and Ms. Bookstore, respectively.
Chris Clevenger won the Hatchet Award which goes to the tournament's biggest fouler. Mike Pykosz claimed the Hoosier Award, given to the player who shoots the most and makes the least.
John Barnes of RBC was awarded the Iron Man Award after suffering an ankle injury in RBC's upset of defending champion and top seed AdWorks in their quarterfinal match.
On the first team was NDToday.com's and mens basketball team walk-on Dan Lustig, Steve Lickus of We Get Wet, Ben Nichol of 1/2 Man, 1/2 Amazing, Irvin Jones of Team Irvin Jones and Tommy Walz from La-Z-Boy.
"It's a nice honor to be recognized by the commissioners as some of the top basketball players on campus," Walz said.
The second team consisted of NDToday.com's Jim Kilroy, RBC's Jeff Wiltraut, We Get Wet's Greg Bosl, Daniel Spoon of Pound it Out and Dan Surrett from A lot of White and One Black Knight
Pogie Pogonis from 5 Jamonies, RBC's Jon Joyce, Brian Rush of NDToday.com, Future Welfare Recipients' Mike McGinn and Pykosz from S.P. Shockers III comprised the third team.
Making the all-Ty Team, or the top football players competing in the tournament, were Courtney Watson, Jerome Collins, Carlyle Holiday, Scott Raridon, Pat Nally, Anthony Fasasno, Ronnie Rodamer, Rhema McNight, Tim O'Neill, Justin Tuck and Brian Mattes.
With over 500 teams competing every year the tradition of Bookstore Basketball runs deep at Notre Dame and Walz knows how much it means to the campus community.
"You get to see all the varsity athletes to see how they compete, and I think it's great to compete and to see people cheering for you or against you out there," Walz said. "It's something that only Notre Dame has, and the tradition is just growing and other schools can't say they have it."
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