COACH RUTSCHMAN QUOTE

Photos taken in Linfield Bookstore 7/23/2018. Next time you are in store, admire/re-admire Coach Ad Rutschman quote high on wall behind cash register counter.

Quote reads:

“#1 job is to develop people. If you do that, winning takes care of itself.”

(Quote photo brightened so easier to read.)

Link to story from 2013:

http://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2013/08/ad-rutschman-develop-people-quote-on.html?m=1

Wilkie Moody, a former McMinnville College student, played in earliest days of the NFL/National Football League

Note: Every effort make to assure what’s posted here is accurate. However, it isn’t. Your corrections/updates welcome. Please email them to Wildcatville (at) gmail (dot) com. Thank you.

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A story https://bit.ly/2zvALAQ about Howard Glenn, who played football for Linfield in the late 1950s, indicates Paul Durham, his Linfield head football coach, believed Howard Glenn to be the first Linfield football player to go on to play professional football. In this case, Howard Glenn played in 1960 for the New York Titans of the American Football League.

Howard Glenn has that distinction, but Wilkie Moody, a former McMinnville College (which became Linfield College in 1922) student, who transferred to Denison University in Ohio, also played professional football, 1920-1925.

Howard Glenn played pro football after playing football at Linfield. Wilkie Moody never played football at Linfield, but played for Denison.

Even if Wilkie Moody had wanted to play football at McMinnville College he could not have. During his time in McMinnville, the college didn't compete in football. McMinnville College had no football in the 1906 through 1921 seasons.

Read about Wilkie Moody as a football player. Story by Kevin Bennett in fall 2011 edition of The Historic Times of the Granville, Ohio, Historical Society. Scroll to pages 10, 11 and 12 to read story about Wilkie Moody:

http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/1475044/26711869/1449108481227/HistTimes201104.pdf?token=1yISW9TwZgmkdAIgOewYqyJRujo%3D

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Wilkie Osgood Moody was born May 12, 1897, in Belgian Congo, a Belgian colony in central Africa in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He was the son of Baptist missionaries -- the Rev. Thomas Moody and Elizabeth Wilkie Moody -- who served in the Belgian Congo.

Wilkie, whose name sometimes appeared as W.O. Moody, attended Grand Island (Neb.) Academy and graduated from Colby Academy, New London, N.H. He also attended McMinnville Academy, the college preparatory (high school) part of McMinnville College, which is now Linfield College, McMinnville, Ore.

He attended McMinnville College during the 1914-1915 academic year and was a member of Adelphic (spelling is correct) Fraternity. In that academic year, his father, Rev. Moody, on furlough from missionary duties in Africa, was a McMinnville College chapel service speaker.

Wilkie transferred from McMinnville College to Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and graduated from Denison in 1920. At the time Denison was Baptist affiliated. It is now non-sectarian.

Some source says Wilkie Moody attended Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia) and transferred to Denison from Emory. However it may be that he did not attend Emory or studied there briefly. The papers of his wife, novelist, journalist and poet Minnie Hite Moody, are in the Emory Archives. They married in Nov. 9, 1918, in the Fort Jackson, S.C., chapel while he was serving as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

A Denison publication says Wilkie took part in class basketball apparently in his second and third years at Denison and football in his third year.

His time as a student at Denison (Class of 1918) was interrupted by service in the U.S. Army during World War I. In 1917, he enlisted as a private and in 1919 was honorably discharged as a lieutenant.

One source/some sources say Wilkie played football for Linfield and Denison. Assuming he attended McMinnville College 1914-15 that would not have been possible. McMinnville College did not compete in football 1906-1921. In 1922, McMinnville College became Linfield College.

The Denison University football media guide shows W.O. Moody lettering in the university's 1916 season.

The NFL/National Football League was founded in 1920. A story issued in 1981 and headlined, "The First NFL Game(s)," says the first NFL game was one of two games played on Oct. 3, 1920. In one of those games, the Dayton Triangles beat the Columbus Panhandles, 14-0, at Dayton; W. O. Moody was a substitute for Columbus in that game.

A different story says between 1920 and 1925, Wilkie played for three Ohio professional football teams, the Columbus Panhandles, Dayton Triangles, and Columbus Tigers.

One source shows him playing for the 1920 Columbus Panhandles, 1921 Dayton Triangles and 1924 and 1925 Columbus Tigers. Apparently he did not play in the 1923 season. (The Columbus team was originally called the Panhandles, later changing its name to Tigers.)

Other information about Wilkie, he:

--was 5-foot-7 and 179 pounds.

--played on the offensive line and as a running back. Another source says he played fullback, guard, halfback and tackle.

--was, “The first Africa born player to play in the NFL.”

--died at age 78 on Feb. 23, 1976, in Newark, Ohio.

His obituary in the Feb. 23, 1976 (page 16) edition of the Newark, Ohio, Advocate:

Wilkie Osgood Moody

"Private graveside services for Wilkie Osgood Moody, 78, of 635 Newark Rd., Granville, will be Wednesday in Welsh Hills Cemetery, Granville, with the Rev. John Woodson Baker officiating. Mr. Moody died Sunday morning in Licking Memorial Hospital. He was born May 12, 1897, in Irabo, Congo Beige, Southwest Africa, to the late Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Moody. He attended Grand Island (Neb.) Academy; graduated from Colby (N.H.) Academy; attended McMinnville (Ore.) College; and graduated from Denison University in 1920, his diploma deferred from the class of 1918, because of WWI service. He served as athletic director and coach at Altoona (Pa.) High School; Clanon (Pa.) College; Warren G. Harding High School, Warren Ohio; Columbus-Bartholomew County High School, Columbus, Ind.; and from 1929 until retirement in 1961, he served as coach and athletic director with the Atlanta, Ga., high schools. He was a member of Phi Kappa Alpha graduate fraternity, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.; the Disabled American Veterans, and the Disabled Emergency Officers WWI." Mr. Moody and his wife, Minnie Hite Moody, had two daughters, Elizabeth Moody and Mary Lou Moody Prieto.

NOTES:

--Thanks for assistance of Linfield College Archives including the work of Maia Patten and to Sasha Griffin of Denison University Archives.

--Much of this story compiled using information found on the Internet. One of those sources is an issue of The Historic Times of the Granville, Ohio, Historical Society. Another is information about Wilkie Moody’s military service posted online by the Licking County Library of Newark, Ohio:

http://lclibrary.pastperfectonline.com/photo/95A07929-A292-49FE-91F8-871829353690

-- Oval photo from 1925, Clarion University, Clarion, Pa. Rectangular photo from 1929 Columbus, Ind., High School Log yearbook. Also a photo of Denison football player (“first eligible year”) Wilkie Moody from Dec. 8, 1916, football edition of The Denisonian student newspaper. A story in the same edition about the university’s men’s basketball team mentions Moody as a guard on that team.

--The Adytum 1920 for Denison University includes biographic information about Denison Class of 1920 members including Grace B. Moody, sister of Wilkie Moody. She was Class of 1920 vice president, and Wilkie O. Moody. He would have graduated in 1918 and she in 1920, but his studies were interrupted by World War I service. Thus, they both graduated from Denison in 1920. Her bio info shows she attended "McMinnville College Prep" and that he attended "McMinnville Academy" and "McMinnville College (1)." ("McMinnville Academy" or the Academy of McMinnville College also known as McMinnville College prep was a preparatory school.)

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Late 1950s: Howard Glenn, Linfield football player/Linfield track & field athlete

Photos from late 1950s Linfield Oak Leaves yearbooks: Howard Glenn,  Linfield football player/Linfield track & field athlete

Read more about Howard Glenn:
http://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2018/07/howard-glennfootball-player-louisville.html

Cropped section of a Linfield football team photo shows #41 Dwight "Yogi" Umbarger, #40 Luther Strong, #27 Lou Littlejohn and #55 Howard Glenn. Umbarger played football at Grays Harbor College (GHC) in Aberdeen, Wash., and Linfield with Glenn. Name another famous person who played football at GHC: John Madden, who went on to fame as an NFL coach (Oakland Raiders) as a TV football commentator.

Section cropped from a Linfield football team photos shows #41 Dwight "Yogi" Umbarger, #55 Howard Glenn and #43 Howard Morris. 

LINFIELDER (grad, former player, former coach) SCOTT BROSIUS OF SEATTLE MARINERS COACHING STAFF FEATURED IN PORTLAND TRIBUNE STORY

Brosius doing his job

By Kerry Eggers, Portland Tribune,   Thursday, July 12, 2018

SEATTLE — It didn't take Scott Brosius long to move from a nondescript position into the eye of the storm in the Seattle Mariners organization.

Now in his third season with the Mariners, Brosius has gone from assistant coach at Triple-A Tacoma in 2016 to hitting coach with Seattle in 2017 to third-base coach with the big club this season.

Suddenly, thousands of fans have their eyes on the job Brosius is doing.

"Coaching third is like umpiring," the Putnam High grad and former Linfield player and coach says. "Your goal is to go unnoticed. If you do that, you're probably making the right decisions. They only notice you when things go wrong."

Things have gone mostly right for Brosius, who turns 52 on Aug. 15, since he left his post as Linfield's head coach in 2015 to join the Mariners. The former major league third baseman went 270-96 in eight years as head coach at his alma mater, winning the NCAA Division III championship in 2013 and reaching the finals in '14. After Jerry DiPoto was named as Seattle's general manager after the 2015 season, he brought Brosius into the organization.

Brosius is a name major league fans recognize. He played 11 years in the big leagues with Oakland and New York, helping the Yankees win three straight World Series championships from 1998-2000. He was on top of the world in '98, when he hit .300 with 19 homers and 98 RBIs through the regular season, then claimed the trophy as World Series MVP.

After retiring following the 2001 campaign, Brosius returned to McMinnville, where he, wife Jennifer and their three children had made their offseason home for many years.

"I didn't retire with a specific, 'This is where I hope to be in 10 or 15 years,'" Brosius says. "But it didn't take long before I realized I wasn't going to stay away from the game. It's just too much in my blood."

Brosius served as a volunteer assistant at Linfield under his college coach — Scott Carnahan — from 2002-06, then flipped with Carnahan, taking over the program in 2007.

"It was great balance for me, to be able to coach at Linfield all those years, but still be at home in McMinnville with the kids and in my own bed," Brosius says. Then came the offer from the Mariners.

"Being in the college ranks for so long, you don't know if that professional opportunity would be there," Brosius says. "With the kids out of the house, it was a good time to get in it if I was going to try it."

Brosius spent only a year coaching in the minors before the call-up to serve on manager Scott Servais' staff in Seattle.

"I've enjoyed the process of being in different roles," Brosius says. "Last year, I worked primarily with the hitters. You're in the cage. You're with the guys all the time. You're building relationships with them. You're in the trenches with them as they swing the bat. When they struggle, you struggle. I enjoyed that."

When Servais offered what was, in effect, a promotion this season, Brosius embraced the new role. It's the first time, however, he has coached third base. Brosius always coached from the dugout at Linfield.

"It felt good they trusted me with this job," he says. "They knew I'd work real hard to get a handle on it. Spring training was important. I was probably the only guy in camp who wanted all 30 games. I needed every game to get to know our runners, to get a feel for positioning and those sorts of things.

"I've really enjoyed it. I like the idea of having a role during the game. As hitting coach, once the game starts, your day is pretty much over. Now, I'm involved in decision-making on the field."

Servais appreciates the work Brosius has done.

"Coaching third is a hard job," the third-year Mariners manager says. "Scott has done an outstanding job getting the signs from me to relay to the players, and with decision-making on the field. Game situations, where we're at in the lineup — a lot of things figure into it, and everything happens very fast. But I've been really happy with him. He and Chris (Prieto, the first-base coach) have done a really good job on the bases."

The Mariners (57-34 through Monday) have been one of the surprise teams of major-league baseball this season after going a disappointing 78-84 in 2017.

"Winning is fun," Brosius shrugs. "Last year, we felt like we had a good team going in, but we had so many injuries, it was hard to get things on track. This year, we've had some injuries, but it's been a strong, resilient group. They've continued to play well. The thing that's impressed me is how the guys have a fight about them. In the games we lose, you have to play 27 outs to beat us."

Would Brosius like to manage in the big leagues?

"I mull that over," he says. "I've always taken things year to year. There are things I love about what I'm doing right now. Would I love managing more or less? I'm not sure.

"There are things I loved about the college side, too. You get to impact kids. You're like the GM and the manager. Right now, I'll continue to do this and see where it goes."

Brosius has kept his home in McMinnville, choosing to rent a place in Seattle.

"It has worked out great," he says. "When I'm in Seattle, Jennifer is here. When we go on the road, she goes back home. It's an easy drive. Last week, we had a day game before an off day. We drove home after the Sunday game and had Sunday night and Monday at home. I played golf Monday (at Michelbook Country Club) and drove back to Seattle Tuesday morning."

Brosius' two daughters, Allison and Megan, are married and live in the Northwest — Allison in Myrtle Point, Megan in Port Angeles, Washington. The youngest child, David, is at Linfield after transferring from Oregon State. 

A left-handed pitcher, David underwent Tommy John elbow surgery in 2017, then had a second surgical procedure done a month ago to "move the nerve," his father says. "His goal is to get back on the field next year" for the Wildcats.

Brosius retains warm feelings for McMinnville.

"It's still home," he says. "It was a tough decision to leave Linfield. My roots there are pretty deep. I felt like if there were going to be a time to test the waters professionally — I wasn't getting any younger — now is the time. I'm really enjoying this, but I love the college game, and Linfield is a place that's dear to me."

Celebrating the life (1936-2018) of Marilyn van Dyk on 7/11/2018 at FBC McMinnville

Howard Glenn/football player: Louisville, Mississippi to Vancouver, Washington to Clark College (Vancouver, Wash.) to Grays Harbor College (Aberdeen, Wash.) to Linfield to NFL (New York Giants) to CFL (Hamilton Tiger-Cats) to NFL (New York Giants, again) to AFL (New York Titans). First former Linfield football player to play pro football, said Paul Durham, his Linfield head football coach.

=Photos from late 1950s Linfield Oak Leaves yearbooks: Howard Glenn,  Linfield football player/Linfield track & field athlete:
http://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2018/07/late-1950s-howard-glenn-linfield.html

He was the first former Linfield football player to play professional football, said Paul Durham, his Linfield head football coach.

Several years ago, researching Howard Glenn, a Linfield alumnus who became a professional football player, I got in touch with Ernie Barnes.

Howard Glenn and Ernie Barnes (born in Durham, North Carolina.) were teammates when they played together for the New York Titans of the American Football League.

(These Titans went on to become the New York Jets. Don’t confuse them with the Tennessee Titan of the National Football League.)

June 29, 2018, through March 3, 2019, the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, North Carolina, is having an exhibition showcasing paintings by Ernie Barnes (died in 2009) and artifacts from his life.

An online story (May 21 2015, 9:34am) by Alan Siegel said after Ernie Barnes was cut by the National Football League’s Baltimore Colts he didn’t join its taxi squad. Instead he signed with the New York Titans.

But, says the Alan Siegel story, Ernie Barnes was miserable with the Titans “and with good reason.”

“After all, the world of pro football could be horrifying,” wrote Siegel.

“During a road loss to the Oilers on a sweltering day in October of 1960, he watched distressed (New York Titans) teammate Howard Glenn stagger off the field. In the locker room after the game, Barnes saw Glenn sitting naked holding a towel to his chest. As members of the Titans desperately called for a doctor, the 26-year-old offensive guard fell from his chair.

" ‘He sprawled flat on his back, staring toward a ceiling’ Padwe. ’I didn't think he could see. Quickly, I went to his side. All around him, the other players had gathered, water from the shower dripping from their bodies.’

“An ambulance took Glenn to a local hospital, where he died. According to an Associated Press article, the Harris County Texas medical examiner determined that Glenn's death wasn't heat-related but rather ‘accidental’ and ‘caused by a broken neck.’ Barnes didn't buy it. Temperatures reportedly topped 90 degrees the day his teammate died in Houston, and Glenn never appeared to sustain a neck injury. The poor medical treatment Glenn received disturbed Barnes, and he told an assistant coach as much. The Titans soon released Barnes, who was happy to go.”

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=See side-by-side photos. Both show Howard Glenn. On the right hand side photo he’s seen wearing New York Titans uniform #66.

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Howard Glenn was born in Louisville (Winston County), Mississippi, and played high school football in Louisville. He moved to the Pacific Northwest joining family members and lived in Vancouver, Washington.

He attended two 2-year colleges in Washington state, Grays Harbor in Aberdeen and Clark in Vancouver. He competed in football for Grays Harbor in 1954 and track & field for Clark in 1955. Thus, in one academic year (1954-1955), he played two sports for two different 2-year colleges about 135 miles apart in the state of Washington.

=See Grays Harbor College football team photo. Howard Glenn: Third row, fourth from the left. #20: Dwight "Yogi" Umbarger. Both transferred to/played football for Linfield.

At Linfield, Howard Glenn played several football positions and was the team's PAT kicker. He was a 1957 All-Northwest Conference football first team selection at end. He competed in track & field for Linfield in shot put, discus, high jump and broad jump.

He began his professional career in 1959 with the New York Football Giants of the National Football League. Cut by the Giants, he went to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He returned to the Giants in the 1960 season. Cut again by the Giants, he joined the 1960 New York Titans in the first year of the American Football League.

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Posted on Dec 13, 2012, “The Tragedy of Howard Glenn” …

http://talesfromtheamericanfootballleague.com/the-tragedy-…/

…includes that Howard Glenn and Ernie Barnes, both Titan linemen, “found a common thread of interest … Both … shared an interest and talent in art. Barnes … would go on to accomplish great things in (art), but Glenn was remembered as quite an artist himself and would often sketch teammates. Glenn and Barnes became fast friends bonded by art and football.”

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Posted by Bill McCurdy on Oct. 12, 2013, “More on Howard Glenn’s Death in Houston”

https://bill37mccurdy.com/tag/howard-glenn

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HOWARD GLENN, FIRST FORMER LINFIELD FOOTBALL PLAYER EVER TO PLAY PRO FOOTBALL SAID PAUL DURHAM, HIS LINFIELD HEAD FOOTBALL COACH

See Oregonian sports column of Aug. 27, 1959, posted here. Sadly, as a member of the New York Titans of the American Football League, Howard Glenn died of football-related injury/injuries on Oct. 9, 1960, in Houston, Texas. The Titans played the Houston Oilers on that date. More info here:

http://talesfromtheamericanfootballleague.com/the-tragedy-of-howard-glenn

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Ex-Linfield gridder (Howard Glenn) died after AFL tilt

Oregon Journal, Portland, Oct. 10, 1960

Neck Hurt Kills (NFL) Titan Howard Glenn in Houston

Oregon Journal, Portland, Oct. 11, 1960

Baseball card for a grandson of Coach Ad Rutschman

Oregon State's 2018 championship season, in baseball cards in Oregonian online or in real newspaper print edition on Sunday July 9 2018 includes this card ...

https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/index.ssf/2018/07/oregon_states_2018_championshi.html#incart_river_index

Ad Rutschman radio interview 7/6/2018 about grandson Adley Rutschman

OSU Baseball Adley Rutschman’s Grandfather Ad Rutschman interviewed by Dwight and Aaron on Portland’s 620 AM Rip City Radio 7/6/2018

“Ad Rutschman, Former Linfield Head Coach (Adley Rutschman’s Grandfather) came on the show to talk about Adley Rutschman’s growth into becoming the baseball player he is now. •He talked about how Adley was not very widely recruited. However, Adley was around the Oregon State program as a fan since he was around 8 years old. So, the Beavers were kind of the program he wanted to go to early.”

https://ripcityradio.iheart.com/featured/dwight-and-aaron/content/2018-07-06-adley-rutschmans-grandfather-with-dwight-aaron/#.W0UIBdkHB14.mailto

RUTSCHMAN DNA N-R ARTICLE

Story below by Linfielder Rusty Rae in 7/6/2018 McMinnville N-R. 

Rusty quotes Linfielder Ad Rutschman, who was a Linfield baseball ⚾️ player as a student and led Linfield to 1971  NAIA World Series title as Linfield head baseball coach. Ad attended all OSU home baseball games in Corvallis during the 2018 season.

An N-R photo of Ad appeared with this story in N-R. For this posting is a different photo. Provided by Ad and taken in Corvallis in late June 2018, photo shows (l-r) AJ Rutschman, Ad and Adley. Grandson

AJ lives in McMinnville. Grandson Adley’s hometown is Sherwood.

The Rutschman DNA: Beavers’ Adley Rutschman brings glow to grandfather Ad

By Rusty Rae, sports editor 

July 6, 2018

McMinnville 

News-Register/N-R

You’ll have to pardon Ad Rutschman’s glow these days.

As most know who follow Oregon sports – and Beaver baseball – the Beavers won the NCAA College World Series last week. 

Rutschman’s grandson, Adley, named MVP of the series, earned the honor with stellar play as his team returned from the brink of elimination to capture the title. Adley is also the son of Randy Rutshman, the former Grizzly and Wildcat standout catcher.

“We (Oregon State) gave them the first game, and they gave us the second game, and the Beavers came out and won the third game,” he said.

“Going into the series, I didn’t see it quite the way it ended,” Rutschman added.

The Beavers lost the opening game of the series, 4-1, but battled back, winning the second of the three-game series, 6-3. They next slammed the door on the Razorbacks in the third game, 5-0, behind the brilliant pitching of freshman Kevin Abel.

Ad observed, “Early in the season, Kevin had trouble finding home plate. He’d look good and then get wild. 

Toward the end of the season he found the consistency needed to win games. Before the CWS series with Arkansas, I said, ‘If this series goes to a third game, OSU will win,’ because I thought Abel would be better than Arkansas’ third pitcher.”

But Abel surprised Rutschman, as well as the Razorbacks, throwing a complete-game shutout after winning the second game with an inning of relief.

“I wasn’t sure how long Abel would last in the third game – but he just kept going. He hadn’t pitched a ton of innings during the season, so it wasn’t like his arm was worn out – still, it was a remarkable performance,” Rutschman said.

During the fateful second game, the Beavers trailed 3-2 in the top of the ninth inning, down to their last out. The Razorback defense was unable to make the final out on a pop fly in foul territory.

While that may have appeared a routine play, Rutschman said the error opening the door to OSU’s 5-3 win was more difficult than it looked on television.

“There is no question in my mind that the Arkansas second baseman called the ball. I’m not sure what actually happened, but most of the time there was a pretty good wind blowing at the field in Omaha – and that can really move the ball around.

“And perhaps the second baseman misjudged it – and then maybe he lost the ball. Perhaps he took his eye off the ball for a second just to see how close he was to fence. The ball will do strange things at times,” he said.

With the dropped third out fly, the Beavs went on to strike for three runs with two outs capturing the second game.

Added Rutschman, “Baseball is a game where you can do everything right and still be unsuccessful.”

The retired Linfield Athletic Director credited the Beaver team and its coaching staff for the inspirational success.

“To me, it seemed this was the team where everyone liked each other and were rooting for each other to be successful.

“And I think this is a team that continually demonstrated mental toughness. They were tough competitors – an intangible quantity for the team and something I credit to Pat Casey (OSU Head baseball coach),” he said.

As for his grandson, Rutschman, like most, feels astonished at his transformation from his freshman season, particularly as a hitter.

“Last year, among the starters on the team, Adley probably had one of the lowest batting averages. And to go from that to this year leading the team in hitting and having the top batting average of players in the PAC 12 – that amazes me,” he said.

Indeed, Adley set a CWS record with 17 hits, to accompany 13 RBIs. The proud grandfather added, “To have had that kind of success against the best players in the country – that blows my mind.”

Even so, according to all around Adley, he has remained true to his Rutschman DNA – a team first guy – whom Ad notes, “With all his success, he’s still a very humble kid – everything he does is team-oriented.”

Just another reason the senior Rutschman radiates the glow of his grandson’s success.