VW essay from freshman essay

Foodstamps came after moving out of the dorm

Jimmy Carter was US President. When living off campus, sophomore year, the money was tight. This happened one year. In fall 1980 I moved into The College Inn. Senior year, moved back off campus and there was not a way to get the foodstamps. 

Break from Athens Swim Club - dismissal letter

Fired. But they re-hired me some time later.

This one hurt. But, I was still coaching the OHIO U Men's Team. And, the next summer I'd be able to go to coach at Harvard and with BGSC.

Report Card from OU

GPA, 3.4

Philosophy of Sport course, BANG!

Sports in our Society, BANG again!

Report Card

Report Card

Winter quarter, 1978-79.

Introduction to Coaching as a course is sometimes needed to show for coaching certification. 

The UP courses were University Professors. Great classes. 

GPA = 3.457

Otters!

Preparation for Competitive Swimming is a preparation for Life -- What every parent should know about completive swimming.

More FAQs & As are at https:Read.SwimISCA.org.

Report Card, Freshman year, first quarter, 3.47 GPA

UP, Subtlety of Communications by Roger Bennit, best class. 

Freshman year

Aquatics plan for Athens, Ohio, Park Director from a new coach, Mark Rauterkus

This plan was sent to those in charge of the Athens City Pool. 

Plan in PDF

Letter to Admission for Mark Rauterkus to Ohio University

Admissions letter to Ohio University

Penn Hills Senior High School -- Class of 1977

Mom & Dad - Audrey & Leo - at Pheasant Drive in Penn Hills

My only technical foul. Not even a swimming DQ that I can remember.

I don't remember a DQ in swimming, but, I remember getting technical foul and tossed out of a CYO basketball game when a high school junior.

We were doing a full court press and my teammate was preventing the inbound pass and covering the guy taking the ball out of bounds. Before 5-seconds passed, guy with the ball whipped the ball at my teammate, Kevin M, right in the nuts. Ouch. Vicious. Still cringe worthy 45 years later.

A play or so later, the press was on again, and I matched up with the guy who made that ball-buster-in-bound-pass on the court. We were about the foul line, and I was guarding him, hand-checking, sorta, with one hand. The distinction was that my thumb and pinky finger was at this temples while my hand was held over his face. He wasn't getting open, nor moving much at all, but the ref saw it, and I went to the bench. Only about 4 people in the whole gym saw what I did.

Poem, "Us" -- for a school assignment, perhaps in 9th or 10th grade

Short story, You Got to Beat Two

A school assignment, fiction, creative writing done on a typewriter. Those were the days. Combination of white and pink paper too.

I used "D" as a middle initial as it was a picked name from Confirmation. David. Different. Didn't stick. 

Was in 9th or 10th grade. Not sure of the date. My love of a sports story and poor spelling shows itself.

Uncle Jerry

The Rauterki Family -- about when is unsure

St. Barts Letterman