1972 Basketball players make E Club memorial gift as Crusaders clash with Cardinals

See an interview with Doug Raftery and Joel Maturi and a slide show of the halftime induction event.

On Saturday, January 9, the Crusader Boys Basketball Team (8-1) will host the Middleton Cardinals (10-0) at 5:00 pm in the Wilke Gym. It should be an exciting match-up, made even more special by some of the people in attendance.

Prior to tip-off and the National Anthem (so arrive about 4:15-4:30 at the latest!), representatives from the members of the 1971-1972 Edgewood Basketball Team will be recognized for making the donation of a lifetime E Club membership ($10,000) in honor of two of their deceased teammates: John Green ’72 and Mark Stern ’72. The Green and Stern families will be receiving plaques in honor of the occasion.

Back Row: Kim Voss ’73, D. Geier ’72, David White ’73, D. Geier ’72, Douglas Raftery ’72, Richard Pertzborn ’72, John Green ’72, Greg Verhelst ’73, Kevin McGivern ’72.     Middle: Dan Nichols ’73, Bob Sweeney ’73, Thomas Ryan ’72, Mark Sweeney ’72, Jeff Woolen ’73, James Van Gemert ’72.     Front: John Kornell ’73, Jonathan Morgan ’72. 

In addition, Joel Maturi will be attending the game and presentation. The 1972 Crusaders team was Maturi’s first as head coach while at Edgewood. He later held posts as an administrator in the UW-Madison athletic program under athletic director Pat Richter and then as athletic director in his own right at the University of Denver (1996–1998), Miami University (1998–2002), and the University of Minnesota (2002–2012).