On Thursday, May 31st, the CBA Athletics Department held its annual Spring Awards Convocation in the varsity gym. The night honored the nine spring varsity sports teams: baseball, crew, golf, lacrosse, outdoor track, rugby, sailing, tennis and volleyball.
Not surprisingly, CBA performed excellently in each of those nine sports, qualifying for national championships, winning state and conference championships, and demonstrating the brotherhood that comes with being CBA athletes.
The night gave due to the accomplishments of each team, while also presenting new letter winners their CBA varsity letter. Returning letter men received a commemorative item, acknowledging another year of varsity sport participation. Each team chooses superlative awards, including a Most Valuable Player and one or more Coaches Award honors.
The athletics department also honored 36 senior scholar-athletes with special plaques. These seniors maintained a 92 GPA throughout their four years at CBA and earned one or more varsity letters. The following seniors were named scholar-athletes:
Here are the spring awards:
BASEBALL (Coached by Marty Kenney, Marty Kenney Jr.)
SILVER SLUGGER AWARD: JACK HARNISCH
CY YOUNG AWARD: BLAISE VENANCIO
CREW (Coached by Scott Belford, Brenin Ford, Mike Sparta, Joe Wawryzynski)
SPEAKER: KYLE WICKLUND
GOLF (Coached by Tim Sewnig, Ted McCulloch)
MVP: JACK WALL
COACHES AWARD: MICHAEL PADUANO
SPECIAL AWARD: JACK WALL
LACROSSE (Coached by Dave Santos, Kevin Dugan, Jack Wilson)
MVP: CHRISTOPHER DOWNEY
COACHES AWARD: LUKE GROVER
COACHES AWARD: ROBBIE HERMANSEN
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: RYAN TIERNEY
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: HUNTER CONNELLAN
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: THOMAS CONVERY
US Lacrosse Academic All-American: HUNTER CONNELLAN
US LACROSSE ALL-AMERICAN: MICHAEL CARROLL AND CHRISTOPHER DOWNEY
OUTDOOR TRACK (Coached by Karl Torchia, Sean McCafferty, Andrew Cusick, Jarrett Sanderson, Mike Mazzacarro)
MVP: ANDREW CANALE
MVP: DAN MEAD
COACHES AWARD: WILL FOLEY
COACHES AWARD: JACK LOTOSKY
RUGBY (Coached by Pat Moroney, Rick Sullivan)
MVP: CAMERON DiGIORGIO
COACHES AWARD: DOMINICK GANGEMI
COACHES AWARD: CHRIS LARSON
VARSITY UNDERCLASSMEN OF THE YEAR: ANDREW WHITE
TEAM HEART AWARD: NICK DROSOS
INTENSITY AWARD: ALEX HALPIN
SAILING (Coached by Jason Lutz, Jody Lutz)
MVP: MICHAEL EHNOT
MOST OUTSTANDING CREW: JUSTIN MODIN
COACHES AWARD: RODNEY WOTTON
TENNIS (Coached by Courter Smith, Mary Mottola)
COACHES AWARD: MATTHEW JAWORSKI
COACHES AWARD: CHRISTIAN PACIFICO
VOLLEYBALL (Coached by Monica Slattery, Shannon Drummond)
MVP: CHRISTOPHER SMALLWOOD
BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYER: ED MANGANIELLO
BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER: CHRIS MANGANIELLO
COACHES AWARD: ROBERT MAHALA
MOST IMPROVED: MICHAEL WERTHMULLER
