Student Athletes Honored at Athletics Awards Banquet

At the end of each year the Elms College athletics department recognizes its student athletes and their achievements from that season.

Athletics Department Award Winners
The Monsignor Timothy J. Leary Award is presented for demonstrating Monsignor Leary’s spirit, dedication, leadership and love of athletics.

-The 2014 winners are Kordel Latimer (Lynn, Mass.), of the men's volleyball team and Hayley Zisk (Baldwinville, Mass.), a member of the women’s soccer and softball teams.

The Dr. Joachim Froehlich Award is a well-rounded student athlete that achieves academic success as well as athletic, has a full understanding of the college’s mission and is an inspiration to their teammates and coaches.

-The 2014 winners are Henry Fall (Harpswell, Maine.) of the men’s golf team and Kerry Ashe (Springfield, Mass.) of the women’s cross country team.

The Senior Athlete of the Year Award recognizes the department’s most outstanding athlete in terms of athletic ability and accomplishment.  All senior student athletes who are in good playing and academic standing are eligible for this award.

-The 2014 male Senior Athlete of the Year is men's volleyball player Bryson Rainey (Brookline, Mass.) and the women’s Senior Athlete of the Year is Devon DeGrazia (Westport, Mass.) of the women’s cross country and swim teams. 

The Elms College athletics trainers also give out the Sports Medicine Awards to a male and a female student athlete. Their award is famously known as the Band-Aid Award and this year’s recipients are Tatiana Frizzell (Brattleboro, Vt.) of the field hockey team and DaQuian Youngblood (Brooklyn, N.Y.) of the men’s basketball team. 

The Bolt Awards were created by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in 2005-06 as a way for Elms College student athletes to recognize the accomplishments of their peers at the College's annual year-end athletics banquet.

2013-14 Bolt Award Winners
Iron Man – Bryson Rainey (men's volleyball)
Iron Woman – Devon DeGrazia (women’s cross country and swim teams)
Most Improved – Gianna Youngblood (women's basketball)
Best Upset – Men's Golf winning its second NECC Championship since 2010 and the program’s first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III Championship
Tommy Hurst – Craig Cowles (Head Golf Coach)
Inspiration – Craig Cowles (Head Golf Coach)