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Hobart honors its top student-athletes
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Peter Cooke '02 |
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Brian Schiele '02 |
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Adam Lavelle '05 |
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Kevin Haggerty '02 |
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Brennan Coon '02 |
April 30, 2002
GENEVA, N.Y.-The Hobart College Athletics Department and the Statesmen Athletic Association
honored the Colleges top student-athletes last night at the 37th annual Block H Awards Dinner. Senior Peter H. Cooke (Jamesville-DeWitt/Fayetteville, N.Y.) was named the Francis L. Babe Kraus 24 Memorial Award winner, presented to the Hobart senior athlete of the year.
A two-sport athlete, Cooke is a two-time captain of the Hobart soccer team and a four-year letterwinner for the lacrosse team. One of the top defenders in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association, he scored six goals and assisted on five others during his soccer career, earning second-team All-UCAA honors in 2001. An attackman on the Division I lacrosse team, Cooke has recorded five goals and three assists during his career. This evening he also earned the soccer teams Stephen R. Murphy 77 Memorial Award and the lacrosse teams Crook Family Award.
A charter member of the Hobart Athletic Hall of Fame, the Kraus Award is given in memory of Babe Kraus 24, lacrosse All-American, captain of the Hobart football team, coach of Hobart lacrosse from 1925-66, and director of athletics from 1932-63.
Senior guard Brian Schiele (St. Anthonys/Seaford, N.Y.) garnered the William C. Stiles Memorial Award. A true gentleman, Bill Stiles served Hobart College as coach, professor, and athletic director until his death in 1979. Presented annually to the Hobart College senior whose leadership, determination, and character most reflect the traits and value of Bill Stiles.
Schiele is a four-year letterwinner for the Hobart basketball team. He holds the school free throw percentage records for a single season (.922) and a career (.855). He led the team in steals in each of the past two season, and assists this past season. Schiele averaged a career-high 8.8 points per game during the 2000-01 season, the same year Hobart won the UCAA Championship and earned the programs first berth in the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament.
Senior Brennan Coon (Fairport/Fairport, N.Y.) received The Coach Bill Maxwell Memorial Award. The manager for the lacrosse and a student athletic trainer, he is also a member of the Hobartones, an a cappella group, the Druid Society, Hobarts senior honor society, and Chimera, Hobarts junior honor society.
During his tenure as head coach of football at Hobart College (1990-94), Bill Maxwell earned the respect and affection of his players, their families, Hobart alumni, the staff and faculty of the Colleges. Players and colleagues alike came to know and appreciate Coach Maxwell for his tough love. Presented for the first time in 2001, The Maxwell Award will be presented periodically to a student, alumnus, friend, parent, staff, or faculty member whose contributions to Hobart College reflect the values of our friend and mentor, Coach Bill Maxwell. While sustaining the memory and legacy of Bill Maxwell, the award presents Hobart College with a meaningful manner in which to recognize worthy individuals whose sportsmanship, courage, teamwork, and or service to our campus community are truly outstanding and may be above and beyond the call of duty.
The Abe Solomon Memorial Rookie Award winner was first-year Adam Lavelle (Bridgton Academy/Chelmsford, Mass.). The goalie set Hobart records for saves in a season (795) and wins in a season (10), while leading the Statesmen to their best record since 1992-93. He boasted an .891 save percentage and a 4.17 goals against average, including an .895 save percentage and a 3.75 GAA in league play. Lavelle recorded a season-high 48 saves in just his second collegiate game against ECAC West Champion RIT. This evening he also earned the Boswell Award (Hockey MVP) and the Hockey Rookie Award.
The Abe Solomon Award is presented annually to the Hobart athlete competing in his first season of varsity intercollegiate athletics and whose performance and contributions to his team warrant the recognition of Rookie-of-the-Year.
The Joseph N. Abraham Memorial Training Award was presented to senior offensive lineman Kevin Haggerty (St. Francis/West Seneca, N.Y.) for perseverance through injury. A three-year letterwinner, he missed more than half of the 1999 season due to injury, but returned the following season to help lead the Statesmen to their first NCAA Division III Championship Tournament appearance.
The award honors the life of Joseph N. Abraham, professor, athletic trainer, and athletics director from 1946 through 1981. He was inducted into the Hobart Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988.
Senior Amber M. Kling (West Seneca, N.Y.) received the Joseph N. Abraham Prize, presented to a student in recognition of his or her outstanding service to the athletics programs of Hobart College. Kling served as a student athletic trainer for four years.
Hobart and William Smith Colleges are coordinate, private, liberal arts institutions, located in Geneva, N.Y. Hobart College for men and William Smith College for women share faculty, facilities, and curriculum, but maintain separate deans offices, athletics programs, student governments, and traditions. Hobart and William Smith field 21 intercollegiate varsity teams. Over the past 30 years, the Colleges have captured 20 national championships and dozens of conference championships.
The following is a complete listing of the team awards and the recipients:
Team Awards
Cross Country
The John L. Brown 32 Award -- Drew J. Mosher 05 (Harrisville, N.Y.)
The Charles P. McCoy 68 Award -- Stephen T. Chabot 02 (Keene, N.H.)
The Dr. Augustus H. Gus Hillman 26 Memorial Award -- Justin Suita 02 (N. Tonawanda, N.Y.)
The Rookie Award for Cross Country -- Scott H. Thoms 05 (W. Chatham, Mass.)
Football
The Tryon Football Award -- Adam N. Tumilowicz 03 (Norwich, N.Y.)
The Shirley A. Zornow WS 47 Memorial Award -- David C. Szentesy 04 (Lackawanna, N.Y.)
Mike Roberti 90 Memorial Award -- William J. Kamery 02 (Portville, N.Y.)
The Michael Theodore Silver 39 Memorial Award -- Jesse P. Aquilino 02 (Bedford, N.Y.)
The Harter Family Award -- Matthew R. Daley 03 (Rutland, Vt.)
The Robert L. Cullen 37 Memorial Football Award -- Eric B. Ampuja 05 (Brockton, Mass.)
The Bill Middleton Memorial Football Award -- Timothy A. Booth 03 (Waterloo, N.Y.)
The Rookie Award for Football -- Ty J. Godinho 05 (Lancaster, N.Y.)
Golf
The A.H. Beretta Memorial Golf Award -- Joshua T. Allen 04 (Lowville,
N.Y.)
The Stan Chizinski 49 Award -- James A. Starr 02 (Douglas Manor, N.Y.)
The Most Improved Player Award -- Ryan D. Malet 05 (Rockville, Md.)
The Rookie Award for Golf -- Matthew R. Cotι 05 (Montreal, Quebec)
Soccer
The Ray Demuth Award -- Matthew R. Catterson 03 (Clinton, N.Y.)
The Stephen R. Murphy 77 Award -- Peter H. Cooke 02 (Fayetteville, N.Y.)
The Geoffrey S. Perselay 75 Award -- Bryan L. Bome 03 (Syracuse, N.Y.)
The Rookie Award for Soccer -- John C. Buestad 05 (Orinda, Calif.) and Juan M. Vargas 05 (San Antonio, Texas)
Basketball
The Ford-Butler Basketball Award -- Davidek K. Herron 03 (Schenectady,
N.Y.)
The Statesmen Basketball Award -- Michael J. Gambino 02 (Hyde Park, N.Y.)
The Butler-Ford Basketball Award -- Joseph R. Corbett 03 (Philadelphia, Pa.)
The Rookie Award for Basketball -- Joseph L. Flacke 05 (Schenectady, N.Y.)
Ice Hockey
The Boswell Award -- Adam F. Lavelle 05 (Chelmsford, Mass.) and R. Christopher
Schmidt 04 (Buxton, Maine)
The D. Michael Hazelton 85 Memorial Award -- Jesse A. Desper 05 (W. Kennebunk, Maine)
The Holden Award -- Daniel R. Bush 02 (Wallingford, Conn.)
The Rookie Award for Hockey -- Adam F. Lavelle 05 (Chelmsford, Mass.)
Squash
The Dr. Frank P. Smith 36 Award -- C. Reed Harwood 02 (S. Dartmouth,
Mass.) and Andrew R. Hunt 02 (Pomfret Center, Conn.)
The Most Improved Player Award -- Henry O. Clutsam 05 (New Vernon, N.J.)
The Squash Trophy -- Frederick H. Cook 05 (Greenwich, Conn.)
The Rookie Award for Squash -- Tejvir S. Rathore 05 (Indore M.P., India)
Crew
The Most Valuable Rower -- Daniel K. Morris 02 (Katonah, N.Y.)
The Most Improved Rower -- Andrew R. Webb 04 (Falls Chruch, Va.)
The Charles Chip Hart 90 Award -- Vaughan M. Washco 05 (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
The Rookie Award for Crew -- Drew J.M. Bradylyons 05 (Sharon, Mass.)
Lacrosse
The Lt. John Vandeverg 50 Memorial Award -- R. Scott Harvey 03 (Cornwall,
N.Y.)
The Crook Family Award -- Peter H. Cooke 02 (Fayetteville, N.Y.)
The Kent W. Marbury 62 Memorial Award -- Nicholas A. Musso 03 (Auburn, N.Y.)
The C.R.A.G.Outstanding Defensive Player Award -- Michael A. Borsz 03 (Camillus, N.Y.)
The Van Arsdale Award -- David S. Spratlen 02 (Littleton, Colo.)
The William H. Dobbin 40 Memorial Award -- Timothy A. Booth 03 (Waterloo, N.Y.)
The Rookie Award for Lacrosse -- Nathaniel C.T. Hill 05 (Hamburg, N.Y.)
Sailing
The Most Valuable Sailor Award -- Samuel D. Rogers 03 (Excelsior, Minn.)
The Most Improved Sailor Award -- Lee C. Sackett 05 (Mentor, Ohio)
The Class of 1994 Award -- Robert J. Storck 03 (Northport, N.Y.)
The Michelle Torisi Memorial Award -- Oscar J.D. Barney 04 (Coos Bay, Ore.)
The Rookie Award for Sailing -- John Storck, III 05 (Huntington, N.Y.)
Tennis
The Myron V. Jacobs 37 Award -- Andrew R. Hunt 02 (Pomfret Center, Conn.)
The William A. Walley 61 Tennis Award -- A. Cooper Schmidlapp 02 (Oyster Bay, N.Y.)
The Rookie Award for Tennis -- Peter Pinι 05 (Princeton, N.J.)