Brendan Burke passes away

Posted by thechuck_2112 at 10:21 PM on Feb 5, 2010

Brendan Burke, student manager of the Miami hockey team, was driving back to Oxford from a visit to the Michigan State University law school, which he was considering applying to, on Friday night.  On U.S. 35 in rural Indiana, he lost control of his car in a snowstorm and ran into another car, head-on.  Brendan passed away at the scene.  The thoughts and prayers of MHT are with the Burke family, the Miami hockey team, and anyone else who is affected by Brendan’s tragic death.

We will update this post with more details as they become available.

UPDATE 1, 2/6/10:  The Toronto Maple Leafs, where Brendan’s father Brian serves as GM, have issued an official statement:

The Toronto Maple Leafs are saddened to report that Brendan Burke, the youngest son of Leafs President and General Manager Brian Burke, succumbed to injuries he suffered in an auto accident earlier today in Indiana.

Richard Peddie, president and chief executive officer of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, issued the following statement regarding the passing of Brendan Burke, son of Maple Leafs’ General Manager Brian Burke:

“On behalf of the entire Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment family, we extend our heartfelt condolences to the... [Read the entire story]

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Malarie Schmidt and Chris Heaton

Our new co-Hawks of the Week are women's senior swimmer Malarie Schmidt and men's senior diver Chris Heaton.  Both athletes set MAC and Miami records over the weekend at the Miami Invitational.

In racing to a second place finish, Malarie set a new Miami and Mid American Conference record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 55:07.  She also helped Miami's 400 medley relay team shatter another conference and school record with a winning time of 3:41.98.  Between individual and relay events, Malarie had five victories and one second place finish to help Miami win the Invitational by a whopping 943 points. 

Chris set a new MAC and Miami record in the three meter diving event with a total score of 406.85, shattering the old conference record by almost 50 points.  In addition to his winning performance in the three meter competition, Chris also finished second in the one meter event.  Overall, the men placed third at the event.

For the season, the women's team is 7-1, including 4-0 in the MAC while the men's team is 2-5.  Both teams next compete at a dual meet in mid-January against the University of Cincinnati.

Congratulations to Malarie and Chris on their outstanding meets and on being named our Hawk of the Week.

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