NEW YORK – Seniors Sophie Reiser of women's soccer and Jeff Spear of men's fencing were each presented the Connie S. Maniatty Outstanding Senior Student-athlete Award, to highlight the 89th edition of the Varsity C Celebration: Saluting our Student-athletes at Levien Gymnasium on Tuesday evening.

 

Reiser finished her sparkling career as Columbia's all-time leader in assists and became the first women's soccer player to earn first team All-Ivy League accolades three times in her career. As a first-year, she started 13 games and helped the Lions to their first ever Ivy League Championship. As a junior she became only the second player in program history to be named Ivy League Player of the Year. She capped her career with yet another first-team honor in 2009, and is currently pursuing a professional career after being drafted by the Chicago Red Stars of the Women's Professional Soccer league.

 

Spear was the 2008 NCAA national champion in the sabre, and was a second team All-American in both 2009 and 2010. The three-time first team All-Ivy League honoree went 143-46 throughout his Columbia fencing career and received the NCAA's Elite 88 award at the 2010 National Championships. Also a standout student, Spear was named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-America first team in 2009 and earned three consecutive Academic All-Ivy League honors.

The event, which honors all Columbia student-athletes, also featured the presentation of the Athletics Alumni Awards to Phillip Satow '63CC (baseball) and Lisa Landau Carnoy '89CC (track and field), and the watch award presentations for the Columbia senior student-athletes earning the highest cumulative grade-point averages and at least two varsity letters. Christine Kwon (women's rowing) earned the Marion R. Philips Watch, while Jeff Spear (men's fencing) earned the Dwight D. Eisenhower watch.

 

In addition, the second-annual Lions Cup was awarded to the women's basketball team. A competitive event for all Columbia University varsity sports programs that is a means by which student-athletes can compete on behalf of their teams for points in various categories, women's basketball  accumulated 3,970 points and narrowly edged the women's soccer team, which was vying for its second consecutive trophy.

 

Women's soccer was awarded the Paul E. Fernandes Community Service Award, given to the varsity sports program achieving the most significant contributions and notable service to the University and local communities during an academic year.

 

Also honored at the event were three members of the athletic department for their many years of dedicated service at Columbia. Associate Athletics Director for Administration and Finance Al Carlson, Associate Athletics Director for Sports Medicine and Head Athletics Trainer Jim Gossett, and Associate Athletics Director for Physical Education Dr. Ken Torrey were all recognized.

 

Varsity C Celebration 2009 Awards

Alumni Athletic Award – Phillip Satow '63CC (baseball) and Lisa Landau Carnoy '89CC (track and field)

Dwight D. Eisenhower Watch – Jeff Spear '10CC (men's fencing)
Marion R. Philips Watch – Christine Kwon '10CC (women's rowing)

Connie S. Maniatty Outstanding Senior Athlete Award

Male – Jeff Spear, men's fencing

Female – Sophie Reiser, women's soccer

Student Speakers – Carling Donovan '10CC (women's tennis), Clay Bartlett '10CC (baseball

 

Fall Sports
Men's Cross Country
Cross Country Award – Brendan Martin '11CC

 

Women's Cross Country
Kathy Shiels Memorial Award – Jacqueline Drouin '11CC

 

Field Hockey

Field Hockey Award – Christine Buszczak '10CC

Lion Pride Award – Jane Gartland '10CC

 

Football

David W. Smyth Football Cup – Austin Knowlin '10CC

Phil Fusco Memorial Award – M.A. Olawale '10CC

Class of 1913 Football Cup – Alex Gross '11CC

 

Women's Soccer

Ali Ahern Memorial Award – Ashley Mistele '10CC
1994 Award – Meggie Ford '10CC

 

Men's Soccer

Rocco Commisso Award – Alexander Aurrichio '12CC

Soccer Alumni Award – Brendan O'Hearn '13CC

 

Volleyball

Volleyball Award – Megan Gaughn '13CC

 

Winter Sports

Men's Basketball
Raymond J. Fullerton Memorial Award – Noruwa Agho '12CC

Walter H. Bernson Memorial Award – Niko Scott '10CC

Jason Wachob Award – Max Craig '11CC

Sheldon B. Preschel Basketball Memorial Award – Patrick Foley '10CC

 

Women's Basketball
Most Valuable Player Award – Judie Lomax '10BC

Most Inspirational Player Award – Kathleen Barry '11CC

 

Men's Fencing

James Murray Memorial Trophy – Jeff Spear '10CC

Kestler Award – Dwight Smith '10CC

 

Women's Fencing

Women's Fencing Award — Daria Schneider '10CC

Kestler Award — Alex Huber '10BC

 

Women's Swimming & Diving

Women's Swimming Award — Katie Meili '13CC
Tina Steck Award - Katie Omstead '10CC

 

Men's Swimming & Diving

Herbert E. Vollmer Memorial Award — Adam Powell '11CC

Jim Stallman Memorial Award — Sean MacKenzie '13CC & Jason Collazo '13CC

Edward T. Kennedy Memorial Prize — Adam Bulkley '10CC

 

Wrestling

Gus Peterson Memorial Trophy — Matt Dunn '10CC

Jonathan P. Gross Memorial Award — Nick Standish '11CC

 

Spring Sports

Archery

Women's Archery Award — TBA

 

Baseball

Lou Gehrig MVP Award — TBA

Joseph P. Allen Memorial Award — TBA

 

Golf

William Terminello Award

M - Clark Granum '11SEAS

F - Lynda Kwon '12CC

 

Women's Lacrosse

Women's Lacrosse Award — Brittany Shannon '10CC

 

Men's Rowing

William Sanford Award — Evan Cassidy '10CC

Robert Harron Memorial Bowl — Bob Duff '10CC

Stephen M. Abbey Memorial Prize

Heavyweight — Tom Eichler '10CC & Clement Huyghebaert '10CC

Lightweight — Oskar Zorrilla '10CC

Richard Goodridge Jackson Memorial Prize — Oskar Zorrilla '10CC

 

Women's Rowing

Women's Crew Award — Kasey Koopmans '11CC

Edward C. Hewitt Award — Anne Comfort-Cole '10BC & Francesca Crozier-Fitzgerald '10CC

 

Softball

Women's Softball Award — Kayla Lechler '12CC

Carol Dodge Award — Karen Tulig '11CC

 

Women's Tennis

Women's Tennis Award — Carling Donovan '10CC

 

Men's Tennis

Jeremiah Courtney Tennis Cup — Jon Wong '10CC & Mihai Nichifor '10CC

 

Men's Track & Field

Harrison K. Bird Memorial Award

Indoors — Kyle Merber '12CC

Outdoors – Jeff Moriarty '11CC

Edgar “Dick” Mason Trophy — Michael Mark '10CC

Gustave A. Jaeger Memorial Trophy – Adam Behnke '12CC

 

Women's Track & Field

Women's Track and Field Award

Indoors — Sharay Hale '12CC

Outdoors — Sharay Hale '12CC & Kyra Caldwell '12CC