90th Annual Varsity C Celebration Honors Columbia's Student-Athletes
5/4/2011 7:55:00 PM | General
NEW YORK – Seniors Jacqueline Drouin of women's cross country/track and field and Clark Granum of men's golf were each presented the Connie S. Maniatty Outstanding Senior Student-athlete Award, to highlight the 90th edition of the Varsity C Celebration: Saluting our Student-athletes at Levien Gymnasium on Wednesday evening.
Granum finished his stellar career as the only Lion in school history to be named All-Ivy League in all four of their seasons. A GCAA All-American scholar, Granum finished third as a first-year at the Ivy League Championship to help Columbia to its first league title since 1999. The Lions would go on to win three straight Ivy League championships, with Granum playing a pivotal role in all of them. As a junior, the San Diego native fired a final-round 67 to help his team to a three-peat, and tied for the individual title through 54 holes. Over his career Granum played a school-record 102 rounds, with 99 of those used toward the team score.
The event, which honors all Columbia student-athletes, also featured the presentation of the Athletics Alumni Awards to Don Jackson '73CC (football and baseball) and Helen Doyle Yeager '85BC (women's basketball), and the watch award presentations for the Columbia senior student-athletes earning the highest cumulative grade-point averages and at least two varsity letters. Kathleen Barry (women's basketball) earned the Marion R. Philips Watch, while Nick Standish (wrestling) earned the Dwight D. Eisenhower watch.
In addition, the third-annual Lions Cup was awarded to the football 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, the football team accumulated 4,960 points to narrowly edge men's soccer by 200 points.
The women's squash team, in its first year as a varsity sport program at Columbia, 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.
Varsity C Celebration 2010-11 Awards
Alumni Athletic Award – Don Jackson '73CC (football and baseball) and Helen Doyle Yeager '85BC (women's basketball)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Watch – Nick Standish '11CC (wrestling)
Marion R. Philips Watch – Kathleen Barry '11CC (women's basketball)
Connie S. Maniatty Outstanding Senior Athlete Award
Male – Clark Granum '11SEAS (men's golf)
Female – Jacqueline Drouin '11CC (women's cross country/track & field)
Student Speakers – Lindsay Danielson '11CC (women's soccer) and Michael Weisbuch (track & field)
Fall Sports
Men's
Cross Country
Cross Country Award – Thomas Poland '11CC
Women's Cross Country
Kathy Shiels Memorial Award – Caroline McDonough '13CC
Field Hockey
Field Hockey Award – Caitlin Mullins '11CC
Lion Pride Award – Hannah Smith '11CC
Football
David W. Smyth Football Cup – Alex Gross '11CC & Andrew Kennedy '11CC
Phil Fusco Memorial Award – Alex Gross '11CC
Class of 1913 Football Cup – Bob Hauschildt '12CC
Women's Soccer
Ali Ahern Memorial Award – Ashlin Yahr '12CC
1994 Award – Lauren Cooke '11SEAS
Men's Soccer
Rocco Commisso Award – Mike Mazzullo '12CC
Soccer Alumni Award – Hayden Johns '11CC
Volleyball
Volleyball Award – Megan Gaughn '13CC
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball
Raymond
J. Fullerton Memorial Award – Noruwa Agho '12CC
Walter H. Bernson Memorial Award – Brian Barbour '13CC
Jason Wachob Award – Matt Johnson '12CC
Sheldon B. Preschel Basketball Memorial Award – Asenso Ampim '11CC
Women's Basketball
Most
Valuable Player Award – Kathleen Barry '11CC
Most Inspirational Player Award – Jazmin Fuller '12CC
Men's Fencing
James Murray Memorial Trophy – Mel Rodriguez '14CC
Kestler Award – Alen Hadzic '14CC
Women's Fencing
Women's Fencing Award — Sammy Roberts '12SEAS
Kestler Award — Lydia Kopecky '13CC
Men's Squash
Men's Squash Award - Theo Buchsbaum '14CC
Women's Squash
Women's Squash Award - Skylar Dickey '14BC
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Swimming Award — Katie Meili '13CC
Tina Steck Award - Abby Reilly '11CC
Men's Swimming & Diving
Herbert E. Vollmer Memorial Award — Adam Powell '11CC & Hyun Lee '11SEAS
Jim Stallman Memorial Award — Eric Traub '14CC
Edward T. Kennedy Memorial Prize — Kevin Zhai '12CC
Wrestling
Gus Peterson Memorial Trophy — Kyle Gilchrist '12CC
Jonathan P. Gross Memorial Award — Mike Pushpak '11CC
Spring Sports
Archery
Women's Archery Award — Sara Goshorn '10CC (2010)
Baseball
Lou Gehrig MVP Award — Dario Pizzano '13CC
Joseph P. Allen Memorial Award — Jason Banos '11CC
Golf
William Terminello Award
M - Clark Granum '11SEAS
F - Michelle Piyapattra '14CC
Women's Lacrosse
Adrian Walters Award — Gabrielle Geronimos '11CC
Men's Rowing
William Sanford Award — Sebastian Kirwan '11SEAS
Robert Harron Memorial Bowl — Bruno Salemme '12CC
Stephen M. Abbey Memorial Prize
Heavyweight — Forrest Anderson '11CC
Lightweight — Jesse Qualliotine '12SEAS
Richard Goodridge Jackson Memorial Prize — Jesse Qualliotine '12SEAS
Women's Rowing
Women's Crew Award — Alex Hammerberg '13SEAS
Edward C. Hewitt Award — Alexandra Angelo '11CC
Softball
Softball Award — Maggie Johnson '11CC
Carol Dodge Award — Anne Marie Skylis '11CC
Women's Tennis
Women's Tennis Award — Natasha Makarova '11CC
Men's Tennis
Jeremiah Courtney Tennis Cup — Mihai Nichifor '10SEAS & Jonathan Wong '10CC (2010)
Men's Track & Field
Harrison K. Bird Memorial Award
Indoors — Kyle Merber '12CC (2010)
Outdoors – Jeff Moriarty '11CC (2010)
Edgar “Dick” Mason Trophy — Mike Mark '10CC (2010)
Gustave A. Jaeger Memorial Trophy – Adam Behnke '12CC
Women's Track & Field
Women's Track and Field Award
Indoors — Sharay Hale '12CC
Outdoors — Kyra Caldwell '12CC & Sharay Hale '12CC
