2009 was an up and down year for Miami University. While the men's hockey team went to the national championship and the female athletic teams won the Jacoby Trophy awarded to the most successful women's program in the MAC, men's basketball stayed home from the post-season once again and football had the most losses in a season in school history. With the turn of the calendar year comes new promise to the proud tradition of Miami athletics. The teams will look to start fresh, as we all will in the new year. Here are my Miami RedHawks New Year's Resolutions for the 2010. Feel free to come up with your own.

Miami hockey: Win a national championship. This team is even more talented than last year's squad that made it to the title game. The RedHawks were 13-2-5 the first half of this season. Only one of those losses was in regulation. When the team has looked sluggish or a game has looked potentially out of reach, the team has struck back to tie or win the game in the third period. With the leadership and no nonsense approach of captain Tommy Wingels, this team should be hoisting the national championship trophy in Detroit Saturday, April 10.

Miami football: Win three to five games. This year's 1-11 team was difficult to watch at times. However, there is plenty of talent on the roster that should lead to a much more successful campaign at Yager in 2010. The RedHawks are slated to play at Florida, Missouri and UC next season with a home game against Colorado State. That means the RedHawks will likely be 1-3 or 0-4 out of conference. But the MAC is a conference where everything can turn around in a year. Miami went from 2-10 in 2006 to 6-7 in 2007 and won the MAC East. Also Zac Dysert will have a lot of talent to throw to, and the young defense will have another year of maturity.

Miami men's basketball: Make the post-season. The end of 2009 was tough for the RedHawks. They went into winter break with a record of 3-9. And while that includes losses to Towson and Milwaukee, the Red and White have played extremely tough against ranked teams (as of the Jan. 4 polls) like Kentucky, Temple, New Mexico and teams receiving votes such as UC and Dayton. No team in the MAC has attempted an out of conference schedule as tough as Miami. As a result, if Miami has the talent and ability to erase its non-conference struggles and fare well in the MAC, Miami could still win the tournament to make the NCAAs. The MAC will more than likely only send its tournament champion to the field of 65, and Miami has the ability to be that team if it plays its best basketball for four days in March.

Miami women's basketball: Finish .500 in the MAC. The team has had a tough start at 2-11 in their non-conference schedule. But 12-year Head Coach Maria Fantanarosa knows how to win. While it will be difficult to score her 10th winning season since taking over the team in 1998, if Fantanarosa can get the most out of her very young RedHawk team, Miami could make a .500 or better MAC run. In any event, the main goal of this year is to develop the young talent on a roster featuring nine freshmen and sophomores including new guard Courtney Osborn who tallied 29 points against the University of Miami.

Miami women's volleyball: Return in the NCAA tournament. The RedHawks made consecutive NCAA tournament appearances before falling to 17-14 this season and exiting the MAC tournament early. Head Coach Carolyn Condit will have most of her team coming back as the RedHawks look to win the MAC. While Miami is graduating a strong senior class, the team has the depth to regain its MAC powerhouse form. If it is able to do this, the RedHawks may make an NCAA splash.

While there is not room to print resolutions for every Miami team, it is certain each squad has its list of goals for 2010. Let's hope each team is able to accomplish what it sets out to do, and here's to a successful year for Miami athletics.