St. John's University Athletics
St. John's Announces Athletic Department Award Winners
5/12/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Fencing
May 12, 2004
Queens, N.Y. - St. John's University will be celebrating its 58th Annual Athletic Awards Dinner tonight at 7 p.m in Alumni Hall. The event is a special night in which the student-athletes, coaches and support staffs celebrate the hard work and effort put forth into the 2003-04 athletic seasons. The athletic award winners for each of their respective sports were announced earlier today and will be honored tonight as part of the festivities.
Highlighting the evening's events was the announcement of the Haggerty, Kaiser and McSwiney Awards.
Senior baseball player Mike Rozema (Fair Lawn, N.J.) and senior volleyball player Robyn Kurasaki (Mililani, Hawaii) were selected as the 2004 Richard F. McSwiney Award winner's. The McSwiney Award is given annually to the male and female student-athlete who best typifies the St. John's man and woman. Rozema is a hard worker who takes care of business both on and off the field. Last season, he batted .408, the second-highest batting average in St. John's history and earned third-team All-American honors. He is a natural leader and an inspiration to his teammates. Kurasaki leaves St. John's as the all-time assists leader, accomplishing this feat even after switching positions to better the team. She is also a tremendous success off the court; she is a member of the Presidents society and dedicates countless hours to many different charities and community service projects, helping those less fortunate.
Sophomore volleyball player Jackie Ahlers (Stony Point, N.Y.) was the recipient of the John W. Kaiser Award, which is given to the outstanding female student-athlete representing St. John's University. Ahlers is the first player in St. John's volleyball history to earn All-American honors. She set the BIG EAST conference and St. John's records for kills in a single season with 608. Ahlers was also named to the 2003 All-BIG EAST first team.
Senior soccer player Chris Wingert (Babylon, N.Y.) was presented with the 2004 Frank G. Haggerty Memorial award, which is given to the outstanding male student-athlete representing St. John's University. Wingert is a two-time first-team All-American, and is the first Division I player to win both the Hermann Trophy, given to the top player in men's soccer, and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar-Athlete Award in the same season. He will leave St. John's as one of the most decorated student-athletes in school history.
The following Athletic Awards were also given out:
The Susan Kearns Memorial Award: Jasmine Barreto, Women's Cross Country
Women's Track & Field MVP Award: Shernette Hyatt-Davis, Women's Track & Field
Marianne Viscovich-Powederly Award: Courtney Rett, Women's Soccer
Kenneth F. Perrone Memorial Award: Chris Wingert, Men's Soccer
The Kathleen Murphy Meehan Award: Robyn Kurasaki, Women's Volleyball
Dr. Margaret Mary Fitzpatrick Volleyball MVP Award: Jackie Ahlers, Women's Volleyball
Women's Fencing MVP: Christina Crane, Women's Fencing
Joseph J. Calcagno Award: Julia Gelman, Women's Fencing
The George Santelli Award: Arpad Horvath, Men's Fencing
The Excalibur Award: Sergey Isayenko, Men's Fencing
The Anna B. Stetz Memorial Award: Christine Myers, Women's Swimming
The Joseph J. Stetz Award: Pawel Sokolowski, Men's Swimming
The Richard J. Krempecki Award: Michal Szapiel, Men's swimming
The Marianne Noonan Memorial Award: Nora Gyuris, Women's Basketball
The Victoria Porter MVP Award: Kim MacMillan, Women's Basketball
The Peter Hassett Memorial Award: Curtis Johnson, Men's Basketball
The Christian L. Thomson Memorial Award: Daryll Hill, Men's Basketball
The Lawerence R. Thomsen Memorial Award: Kyle Cuffe, Men's Basketball
Women's Golf MVP Award: Christin Thomson, Women's Golf
John T. "Doc" Gimmler Golf MVP Award: Brian McArdle, Men's Golf
Women's Tennis MVP: Allison Davidson, Women's Tennis
The George Seewagen Award Memorial Award: Nick Stocker, Men's Tennis
The Community Service Award: Women's Soccer
The John DaSilva Memorial Award: Sherri Brown, Women's Basketball
Dr. Peter Vitulli Award: Matia Damiani, Men's Soccer
James Kevin Beatty Memorial Award: Billy Goodwin, Men's Soccer
Elizabeth Lapchick Award: Anthony DeRosa and Sherri Brown, Baseball and Women's Basketball
The Walter T. McLaughlin Award: Lizz Mancini
The Herbert V. Hess Award: Dave Masur, Men's Soccer