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Mark Rypien

Former All-Pro NFL Quarterback


Career Highlights:Mark Rypien won the inaugural Celebrity Golf Championship at Edgewood Tahoe in 1990 on rounds of 78-71-71…Rypien is a two-time National Football League Pro Bowl quarterback and Super Bowl MVP who played for 12 seasons…The first Canadian born quarterback to start in the NFL, Rypien enjoyed his best years playing for the Washington Redskins for seven seasons from 1987 to 1993 as he led the team to the playoffs in three consecutive seasons (1990-92)…Rypien pioneered the Redskins to a victory in Super Bowl XXVI by passing for 292 yards and two touchdowns in Washington’s 37-24 win over the Buffalo Bills where he was named the game’s MVP…His style of play made him a great pick for the “All-Madden Team” in 1991…Rypien finished his career with stints with the Cleveland Browns (1994), St. Louis Rams (1995 and 1997), Philadelphia Eagles (1996) and after three seasons away joined the Indianapolis Colts (2001)…Rypien completed 1,466 of 2,613 passes for 18,473 yards and 115 touchdowns, with 88 interceptions in his career…While in college at Washington State, he was named All-Pac 10 first-team quarterback in 1984…In addition to his 1990 Celebrity Golf Championship title, his other top finishes include third (2004), fourth (2007), fifth (2005), sixth (1999 and 2010) and eighth (2008)…He won the 2003 Kiawah Island Pro-Celebrity Challenge with partners Hank Kuehne and Billy Joe Tolliver…Introduced to the game by his father, Bob, at age 10, Rypien began playing the game seriously his first year in the NFL…Rypien had a brief stint in NASCAR racing as a team owner, and was the original owner of the 2004 Sprint Cup championship-winning #97 team, having sold it to Jack Roush Jr. in 1998.

Bret Saberhagen

Former Major League All-Star Pitcher


Career Highlights:Bret Saberhagen was considered among the top pitchers in major league baseball in his 16-year professional career that spanned from 1984 to 2001…In his second year in the league in 1985 with the Kansas City Royals, the 21-year-old known as “Sabes” established himself as the ace of the staff, going 20-6 with a 2.87 ERA and winning his first of two Cy Young Award…He led the Royals to a World Series Championship over cross-state rival the St. Louis Cardinals that 1985 season…Saberhagen was named MVP of the Series after hurling two complete-game victories, allowing just one run in 19 innings and out dueling St. Louis ace John Tudor in an 11-0 Game 7 win…In eight seasons in Kansas City, he won 110 games and racked up two Cy Young Awards (1985 and 1989)…A three-time All-Star, Saberhagen also played with the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Boston Red Sox…An American League Gold Glove Award winner in 1989, he led the American League in ERA (2.16) and wins (23) that same season…He pitched a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox in 1991...Saberhagen had four 15-win seasons (1985, 1987, 1989 & 1998) and two 20-win seasons (1985 & 1989)…Saberhagen won numerous other awards including the Tony Conigliaro Award (1998), Sporting News Pitcher of the Year (1985, 1989), Babe Ruth Award (1985) and was a two-time American League Comeback Player of the Year (1987 & 1998)…He was inducted into the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame in 2005.

Joe Sakic

Former NHL All-Star Center, Colorado Avalanche


Career Highlights:Considered one of the NHL’s most talented players of all time, Joe Sakic led the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise for 20 years...Sakic is known for having won two Stanley Cups, various NHL trophies and being named to play in 13 NHL All-Star Games, as well as being one of the strongest team leaders in the game of hockey…He played his entire career with the Avalanche franchise, and served as team captain for 17 consecutive seasons…One of the most productive forwards in the game, Sakic twice scored 50 goals and earned at least 100 points in six different seasons…He was honored with the Conn Smythe Trophy as Most Valuable Player of the 1996 Stanley Cup Playoffs in helping Colorado to the NHL title that season…When the Avs won the Cup again in 2001, Sakic was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL’s MVP, the Lester B. Pearson Award as league MVP in a vote of his fellow players and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for gentlemanly conduct...He served as captain of the 2006 Canadian Olympic hockey team and scored two goals and added two assists in Team Canada’s win over Team USA in the gold medal game of the 2002 Winter Olympics…He was also voted the tournament’s most valuable player…Sakic has represented the team in six other international competitions, including the 1998 and 2006 Winter Olympics…Sakic is one of 22 members of the Triple Gold Club, described for players who have won an Olympic Gold medal, a World Championship Gold medal and the Stanley Cup...Sakic was selected by the Quebec Nordiques in the first round of the 1987 NHL Entry Draft with the 15th overall pick…The Nordiques were sold in 1995 and moved to Denver and were renamed the Colorado Avalanche…Sakic retired in July 2009 and his jersey was retired by the Avalanche prior to the 2009-10 season opener…Sakic recently joined the Colorado Avalanche front office as Executive Advisor/Alternate.

Matt Schaub

NFL Quarterback, Houston Texans


Career Highlights:NFL quarterback Matt Schaub is known for being the strong armed, smart quarterback for the Houston Texans…Schaub had a breakout season for the Houston Texans in 2009 when he led the league in passing yards (4,770), completions (396), yards per game (298), and passing attempts (583), while compiling a quarterback rating of 98.6…Schaub was selected to his first Pro Bowl and won the MVP honors…He led the Texans to a 9-7 record, the first winning record in team history…Last season, Schaub started slower as Houston developed its game on the ground with Arian Foster, but he finished the season strong with four 300-yard performances in the final five games…He finished the season with 4,370 yards, 24 touchdowns and a 92.0 quarterback rating…After spending three seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, Schaub joined the Texans in a trade in March 2007…He has thrown for 15,204 passing yards with 1,270 completions on 1,965 attempts…Schaub has thrown 81 career touchdowns, including 29 alone in the 2009 season and ended the year with a 98.6 quarterback rating…In 2008, Schaub completed 24 of 28 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns versus Cincinnati to set a Houston Texan franchise record with a passer rating of 144.0 and completed a franchise-record 85.7 percent of his passes…In 2007, he led the Texans to a 8-8 record, their first .500 season in the team’s short history…Despite starting 0-4 in the 2008 season, the Texans played well down the stretch and finished 8-8 again…Schaub finished his outstanding collegiate career at the University of Virginia with at least 22 school records…Schaub played in a record 40 games at quarterback and finished his career as one of the most accurate passers in Atlantic Coast Conference history with a .670 career completion percentage…His Virginia statistics include school career records for yards passing (7,502), touchdown passes (56), completions (716), attempts (1,069), completion percentage (,670), 300-yard games (8), and 200-yard games (20)…Schaub was the 2002 ACC Player of the Year, 2002 ACC Offensive Player of the Year, and First-Team All-State Virginia Sports Information Directors Association as a senior…Publicized in 2003 as a Heisman candidate, Schaub suffered a shoulder injury and missed several games…He was MVP of the 2003 Continental Tire Bowl and was twice selected to the All-Academic Football Team…His UVA awards include the John Acree Memorial Trophy, given to the football player with the highest qualities of leadership and unselfish service, and the Ben Wilson Award as the team’s most outstanding offensive player.


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