HAVERFORD, Pa. – The Haverford College Athletic Department hosted its annual Sr. Award Ceremony on Tuesday, May 8, presenting several awards to student-athletes from the Class of 2012.
After opening remarks from Director of Athletics Wendy Smith '87 and then Martha Denney, Dean of the College, the program was handed off to senior class speaker Josie Ferri, selected by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), of the women's lacrosse team.
Smith and Denney began the awards portion of the program recognizing those seniors who have had their names etched into Haverford's record books. The administrative duo then began to announce the senior award presenters and recipients.
The A.W. "Pop" Haddleton Award is presented for perseverance, dedication and loyalty, recognizing senior student-athletes for outstanding contribution to an athletic team but who may have not received the recognition that, for example, a regular starting players does. Baseball's Daniel Maddy-Weitzman and women's soccer's Lindsay Ryan shared the 2012 award.
Josie Ferri of women's lacrosse was presented with the Stephen G. Cary '37 Award which is given to the senior who made the greatest overall impact on the Haverford athletic program during a collegiate career through some combination of athletic participation and achievement, leadership, sportsmanship, off-field athletic department involvement or other athletically-related contributions.
Ferri became Haverford's first women's lacrosse All-American since 2000 with her honor in 2011. A two-year executive council member of Haverford's SAAC, Ferri was also a chair member of the Centennial SAAC during her senior year. She is a four-time selection to the all-Centennial team and finished her career ranked third in the program in points and goals and first in draw controls.
The Gregory Kannerstein '63 Award, formerly the Alumni-Varsity Club award, was presented to men's lacrosse goalkeeper Joe Banno. The award is given to an individual whose combination of outstanding athletic achievement and leadership has been a significant factor in a team's competitive success, and whose level of performance has brought distinction not only to the individual and team but also the entire athletic program.
A four-year starter for the Fords, Banno was a third-team all-American selection in 2011 and honorable mention selection in 2010. He is a two-time all-conference goalie and finished his career at Haverford with program records in goals-against average and wins, and ranks third in saves and saves per game. His 13 wins between the pipes in 2009 were the most in a single season by any keeper in program history.
The final award of the night went to Tim Schoch who was named the Varsity Cup awardee, presented annually to the outstanding athlete in the senior class. Schoch raced at the NCAA Division III cross country championship for the fourth time in the fall and was a member of the 2010 national championship squad. He won 11 individual Centennial Conference track titles (indoor and outdoor) -- more titles than the 2009 through 2012 classes combined -- and is a three-time track All-American with the 2012 outdoor NCAA championship still ahead.
Also recognized at the ceremony was Jacob Olshansky '12, the recipient earlier in the spring of the William W. Ambler '45 Award presented annually to the graduating student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average.
The senior Fords recognized early in Tuesday's ceremony as owners of school records were: Jenine Abbassi (volleyball), Eric Arnold (track & field), Banno (men's lacrosse), Jake Chaplin (baseball), Erin Delaney (softball), Ferri (women's lacrosse), Andrew Golato (track & field), Ian Goldberg (men's basketball), Bryan Henrick (baseball), Roxanne Jaffe (field hockey), Kylie Lipinski (women's track & field), Juliana Morgan-Trostle (field hockey), Alexa Pesce (women's lacrosse), Schoch (track & field), Katie Van Aken (women's soccer).