Spring Sports Awards Recap

Maria Zecena and Alexa Baer

On Tuesday, June 9, Stamford High had its third annual Spring Awards ceremony in the large auditorium, honoring the varsity athletes of the 2015 spring season. The athletes walked into the auditorium and sat with their teams. Then the Star Spangled Banner was performed by the Madrigals (on tape) and the crowd was led in the Pledge of Allegiance by Athletic Director James Moriarty.

Moriarty introduced each of the head coaches, who then called up their seniors and announced the winners of the coaches’ award. After each head coach had spoken, Moriarty announced the FCIAC scholar athlete for each team. Once all the scholar athletes were recognized, Moriarty gave out the MVP award for each team. Moriarty then announced the Spring 2015 Most Outstanding Male and Female Athlete and awarded scholarships to some seniors. At the conclusion of the ceremony parents and athletes were invited to the cafeteria for refreshments.

The awards given are as follows:

Boys Lacrosse, coached by Michael Nazzaro
Coaches’ Award- Sam Berkrot
Scholar Athlete- Sam Berkrot
MVP- Tyequan Bonaparte

Girls Lacrosse, coached by Allie Davis
Coaches’ Award- Jenn Krupa
Scholar Athlete- Jenn Krupa
MVP- Caroline Ryan

Girls Tennis, coached by Matt Gladstone
Coaches’ Award- Rachel Wolff
Scholar Athlete- Swathy Shriram
MVP- Ellie Goldberg

Boys Tennis, coached by Fred Kelley
Coaches’ Award- Casey Hyman
Scholar Athlete- Matt Sieh
MVP- Matt Sieh

Boys Outdoor Track, coached by Allen Forsyth
Coaches’ Award- Zheyi Wu
Scholar Athletes- Greg Koszkul and Gilmar Barrios
MVP-Lucas Scarante

Girls Outdoor track, coached by Adam Scianna
Coaches’ Award- Laquisha McFarlane
Scholar Athlete- Sabina Pierre-Louis and Megan Rule
MVP- Queenie Watkins

Golf Team, coached by Billy Casolo
Coaches’ Award- Woody McGuiness
Scholar Athlete- Bryan Schwartz
MVP- Suhas Vishwa

Female athlete of the spring Sara Staley poses next to male athlete of the spring Shawn Urbano
Female athlete of the spring Sara Staley poses next to male athlete of the spring Shawn Urbano

Softball, coached by Tony Esposito
Coaches’ Award- Haley LaMotta
Scholar Athlete- Sara Staley
MVP- Brianna Arias

Baseball, coached by Rick Lacomis
Coaches’ Award- Michael White
Scholar Athlete- Mike Nunziante
MVP- Shawn Urbano

Most Outstanding Athlete
Male: Shawn Urbano
Female: Sara Staley

The scholarship winners were as follows:

MarcUS for change scholarship winners Haley Lamotta (left) and John Cascio (right)
MarcUS for change scholarship winners Haley Lamotta (left) and John Cascio (right)

MarcUS for Change Scholarship
Male- John Cascio
Female- Haley LaMotta

Track Scholarship
Sabina Pierre-Louis

Athletic Council Scholarship
Female: Megan Rule
Male: Mike Nunziante

Anonymous Scholarship
Nicole Pease

Athletic Department Scholarship
Brianna Arias