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2026 HONOREE SPOTLIGHT
Rocco Salvitti from the University of Notre Dame Honoring Marine Corps Lance Corporal Ryan Kovacicek
Rocco, a senior at the University of Notre Dame will be honoring his godfather who was killed during the war in Iraq.
Marine Corps Lance Corporal Ryan Joseph Kovacicek, 22, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, based in Moundsville, West Virginia. He was killed July 10, 2005, by a mortar attack in Hit, Iraq.
LCpl Kovacicek graduated from Bishop Canevin High School in 2001, where he lettered in hockey. He continued playing hockey while studying criminology at Indiana University. LCpl Kovacicek enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve in 2003 Read More…
Sponsorship Opportunities
For the past 14 years, the west valley has hosted the annual Patriot All-America Invitational. Our first event in 2011 consisted of 84 male collegians. Over the years, in partnership with the West Valley Mavericks Foundation, it has grown to 84 men, 72 women playing 54 holes at the Wigwam and 75 men at Sterling Grove in Surprise.
The Mavericks have expanded the opportunities to engage the west valley. Things like an AM/AM, VIP viewing in various locations of the golf course; a Veteran’s Village sponsored by USAA ; the Red White and Tunes, a live performance in the Veteran’s tent.
This has all been accomplished through the generosity and support of the Litchfield Park and Surprise communitites. You know the term “it takes a village….”
A Patriot Story
This video capsulizes what the Patriot All-America is all about. These young athletes competing and honoring a soldier who gave his or her life for our freedom.
The Patriot Team
