Lyndonville, VT - Vermont State University Lyndon held their annual Athletic Awards Banquet on Monday evening. The VTSU Lyndon Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the NVU-Lyndon Department of Athletics co-sponsored the event.
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VTSU Lyndon SAAC Student Government Association Representative Alberto Bustamante (Northridge, CA) welcomed student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and guests. He also served as master of ceremonies for the event.
VTSU Lyndon Director of Athletics Chris Gilmore, SAAC Advisor Megan Barnes, and Hornet head coaches also spoke and presented awards.
Several major department awards were presented:
Dudley Bell Most Outstanding Male and Female Athletes: freshman baseball player Evan Duncan (Little Elm, TX) and junior women's basketball player Sage Smith (Colebrook, NH)
Champions of Character Award: senior men's basketball player Tyrese Harris (Fort Benning, GA) and sophomore softball player Lindsey Gannon (Beverly, MA)
Green and Gold Awards (female and male athletes with the highest GPA): senior women's basketball and softball player Kerigan Disorda (Benson, VT), sophomore men's soccer player Quinn Bressler (Norton, MA), and sophomore men's cross country runner Nathan Moore (Norwich, CT)
SAAC Coach of the Year: women's basketball coach Brennen Morton
SAAC Fan of the Year: Zahi Rashid
Coaches for each of Lyndon's varsity athletic teams selected team awards. The list of athletes receiving team awards is as follows:
Softball
Queen Bee Award - Lindsey Gannon
Most Valuable Player - Blake Southworth
Women's Soccer
Most Improved Player - Victoria Fitih
Most Valuable Player - Malia Wilson
Autumn Fahey Award - Hannah Badertscher
Men's Soccer
Coaches Award - Robert McDonald
Coaches Award - Quinn Bressler
Frank Spears Award - Koltin LeDuc
Men's Tennis
Most Valuable Player - David Gratton
Most Improved Player - Gilbert Flores
Coaches Award - Jeffrey Blais
Women's Tennis
Most Valuable Player - Maachah Krull
Most Improved Player - Emily Sklodosky
Coaches Award - Renee Chaples
Women's Basketball
Most Improved Player - Kadienne Whitcomb
Player of the Year - Sage Smith
Men's Cross Country
Most Valuable Runner - Nathan Moore
Women's Lacrosse
Heart of the Team Award - Isabel Bourgeois
Most Improved Player - Thea Cooper
Volleyball
Most Valuable Player - Charlotte Morris
Most Improved Player - Emily Anderson
Men's Basketball
Most Outstanding Teammate - Nelly McDonald
Hornet Core Values Award - Tyrese Harris
Michael Tessier Award - Gregory Gonyea Jr.
Baseball
Mr. Hornet - Jack Holley
Buzz Buzz Award -Matt Gonyeau
Claude Piche Award - Tyler Murro
Strength and conditioning coach Ben Warstler presented the Strength & Conditioning Top Performers of the Year Awards. They included:
Team of the Year - Baseball
Female Performer of the Year - Lindsey Gannon
Male Performer of the Year - Matt Gonyeau
Director of athletics Chris Gilmore also presented several Skip Pound Service to Athletics Awards to the following individuals: Quinn Bressler, Tyrese Harris, Maachah Krull, Kiara Mack, Chloe McIntire, Mark Osorio, Zahi Rashid
Finally, several superlative awards were voted on by the student athletes:
Most Swagger: Cameron Curler
Most Sideline Energy: Zahi Rashid
Most Likely to Make Teammates Laugh: Chuck Gratton
Most Likely to Miss the Bus: Adam English
Best Play or Performance in a Single Contest: Sage Smith, 33 points including game winning buzzer beater at UMPI
