On Thursday, May 30th, 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 26 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:
Arthur Baker, Jack Bodgan, Brian Closkey, Brian Conway, Rafael Coppola, John Crilly, Anthony Crivello, Patrick Devin, Matthew Downey, Peter Ferraro, John Gill, David Ham, Nick Hanlon, Jake Heath, Will Heidelberger, Alexander Kobylowski, Randall Lazzaro, Evan Mahns, Matthew Mojares, Paul Retterer, Evan Smith, Trevor Smith, Vincent Sobal, Bryan Soler, Joseph Sorrentino, Eric Wnorowski
Here are the spring awards:
BASEBALL (Coached by Marty Kenney, Marty Kenney Jr.)
MVP: Tommy DiTullio
CY YOUNG AWARD: Joe Escandon
CREW (Coached by Scott Belford, Brenin Ford, Mike Sparta, Joe Wawryzynski)
Awards given out at team banquet.
GOLF (Coached by Tim Sewnig)
MVP: Jack Wall & Brendan Hansen
COACHES AWARD: Randall Lazzaro
MOST IMPROVED: Bryan Soler
LACROSSE (Coached by Dave Santos, Jake Beneke)
MVP: Connor Macrae, Tommy Gray
COACHES AWARD: Mason Rudolph, Timmy Murray
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: Max D'Andrea, Matt Downey, Hunter Clark
OUTDOOR TRACK (Coached by Karl Torchia, Sean McCafferty, Andrew Cusick, Jarrett Sanderson, Mike Mazzacarro)
MVP: Miles Enstrom, Charlie Ciarolo
COACHES AWARD: Ethan Arce, Tanner Crochet
RUGBY (Coached by Pat Moroney, Rick Sullivan)
MVP: Christian Larson
COACHES AWARD: Patrick Dowd
UNDERCLASSMAN OF THE YEAR: Tom Izzo
SAILING (Coached by Jason Lutz, Jody Lutz)
MVP: Joseph David
COACHES AWARD: Patrick Cashin
TENNIS (Coached by Courter Smith, Bob O'Connor)
COACHES AWARD: Vito Mazza, Neil McAlarney, Connor Nelson
VOLLEYBALL (Coached by Monica Slattery, Shannon Drummond)
COACHES AWARD: Will Heidelberger
MOST IMPROVED: Brian Closkey