2008 Athletic Awards Banquet
Leicester, MA - Becker College athletic director Frank Millerick hosted the annual athletic sports banquet at the Leicester Gymnasium on Wednesday May 30th. The night celebrated all 16 varsity teams and raised two banners for the 2007 North Atlantic Conference Champions Women's Tennis team and the 2007-08 NAC Champions Women's Basketball team.
Millerick also announced the institution of four individual awards. Each year the Becker College athletic department will now recognize one scholar athlete of the year, a sportsmanship award and a men's and women's athlete of the year. The surprise of the evening was when Millerick revealed that the sportsmanship award would be named after veteran associate athletic director Gene Alley.
The 2007-08 team recipients are as follows:
Male Athlete of the Year: Jeremy Rivers, men's basketball
Female Athlete of the Year: Brittany Evans, women's basketball, soccer
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kelly Rossitto, Volleyball, Softball
Gene Alley Award: Amanda Murphy, women's soccer
Football Team Awards
MVPs - Jacques Faublas / Gary Clark; Sportsmanship - Julian Turner; Most Improved - Acie Johnson; Coach's Award - Joshua Hougasian
Field Hockey Team Awards
MVP - Ciara Lawrence; Sportsmanship - Kristal Swiderski; Most Improved - Natkita Gosslin & Carrie Ann Hart; Coaches: Jessica Provencher
Men's Soccer Team Awards
MVP - Dircilino DeBrito; Sportsmanship - Jared Silva; Most Improved - John Gilbert; Coaches - Alie Samura
Women's Soccer Team Awards
MVP - Helena Lamptey; Sportsmanship - Caitlin Faunce; Most Improved - Amanda Murphy; Coaches Award - Kim Pino
Volleyball Team Awards
MVP - Kelsey Laubenstein; Sportsmanship - Christine Clevesy; Most Improved - Laura Shallow; Coaches - Kelly Rossitto
Women's Tennis Team Awards
MVP: Catie Sivret; Sportsmanship: Danielle Stryker; Coaches: Krissy Drabkowski & Allison Flynn; Most Improved: Mandy Kennedy
Golf Team Awards
MVP - John DiNardi; Coaches - Ben Malone; Most Improved - Jack Collins
Equestrian Team Awards
MVP - Heather Mrzyglod; Sportsmanship - Jen Garner; Most Improved - Jessica McKinley; Coaches - Katie Diederich
Men's Basketball Team Awards
MVP - Travis Suber; Sportsmanship - Emmanuel Masumbuko; Most Improved - DJ Exum; Coaches Award - Jeremy Rivers & Tom Bowzer
Women's Basketball Team Awards
MVP's: Beth Pion & Kristin Karat; Sportsmanship: Ciara Lawrence; Coaches: Brittany Evans; Most Improved: Courtney Fiske
Ice Hockey Team Awards
MVP's - Jared Kersner & Tony Stoehr; Coaches - Anthony Libonati & Mike Herbert; Sportsmanship - Jim Ceglarek
Baseball Team Awards
MVP - Karrone Stanley; Coaches Award - Roger Graham; Most Improved - Chris Reilly; Sportsmanship Award - Geoff Sinnott
Softball Team Awards
Coaches Award - Cassandra Ward & Jessica Daniels; Most Improved - Morgan Podliesky; Sportsmanship - Kristen Cammuso
Men's Lacrosse Team Awards
MVP - Josh Fask & Peter Fellows; Sportsmanship - Aaron Fill; Coaches - Alex Petrie; Most Improved - Eric Sweet
Women's Lacrosse Team Awards
MVP - Tammy Mullen; Sportsmanship - Samantha Surner; Most Improved - Jennifer Ouellette; Coaches - Nicole Kosinski
Men's Tennis Team Awards
MVP - Corey Sherman; Coaches - Scott Medeiros & Charles Heard; Most Improved - Snjezan Telebak
