Brooklyn, NY----The Brooklyn College Department of Athletics closed out the 2022-23 academic year at their 28th Awards Banquet hosted in the Maroon and Gold Rooms of the BC Student Center on Wednesday.
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Alex Lang (Associate Athletic Director) served as the master of ceremonies for the event that honored Brooklyn's student-athletes across 14 teams for the 2022-23 Academic Year. New Director of Athletics, Erik Smiles, gave the banquet's opening before presenting Lang with a Brooklyn College Athletics Legacy Award for his 20+ Years of Meritorious Service to the women's basketball team and athletics program.
Three major student-athlete awards were handed out on the day with the Ed Madden Memorial Award, the Tracy Ohrman Memorial Award, and the Joseph. The Ed Madden Memorial Award is given to one male and one female student-athlete that demonstrates courage and leadership while exemplifying the true spirit of sport. The Tracy Ohrman Award is given to a student-athlete that exemplifies personal strength and perseverance. For the second straight, an award was presented in the name of BC Men's Soccer Coach, Joseph R. Andre, who unfortunately passed away in 2020 to a student-athlete that displays outstanding dedication and sportsmanship in the sport of soccer.
The Ed Madden Memorial Award was given out to Kayin Olajide (Men's Basketball) and Gianna Gotti (Women's Basketball). Aleah Rafat (Women's Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Softball) and Motti Lev(Men's Tennis) would take home the Tracy Ohrman Award. The second-ever Joseph Andre Memorial Award would go to Jordi Hernandez (Men's Soccer), whom Coach Andre recruited and coached as a freshman in 2019.
This year's Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Award would be presented to Mujibur Shaad (Men's Tennis).
The various all-conference honorees from this past season were also recognized. In total, BC racked up 22 City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) All-Stars including Player of the Year winner Gianna Gotti - Women's Basketball, Performer of the Year winner Anastasia Kutuzov (Women's Swimming & Diving), CUNYAC Rookie of the Year winner Craig Pazarecki, and CUNYAC Sportsmanship Award recipient Priscilla Vixama - Women's Soccer. In addition, BC Head Women's Basketball Coach,
Alex Lang, earned conference Coach of the Year honors.
There were a total of 93 CUNYAC Scholar Athletes (GPA of 3.2 and above). Seniors Nancy Pham (Women's Basketball), Monica Prado Capon (Women's Tennis, Swimming and Diving, Softball), and Fidel Maldonado, Jr.(Men's Volleyball) were recognized as Michael Steuerman Scholar-Athletes.
To conclude the festivities, each head coach presented their Most Outstanding Player Award, as well as their BC Bulldog Coaches' Award.
Most Outstanding
Women's Soccer – Dionisia Payamps
Women's Basketball – Gianna Gotti
Women's Cross Country – Fatima Aftab
Women's Tennis – Veronika Tsiko
Softball – Danielle Guzzardi
Women's Swimming and Diving – Anastasia Kutuzov
Women's Volleyball – Tessa Winkleman
Men's Basketball – Elisha Park
Men's Cross Country – Azizjon Sharifov
Men's Soccer – Matthew Charniak
Men's Tennis – Ryan Sham
Men's Volleyball – Tommy Min
Men's Swimming and Diving – Christian Hoyek
Cheerleading - Crystal Alvarado
BC Bulldog Coaches' Award
Women's Basketball – Ericka James
Women's Cross Country – Alexis Nurse
Women's Soccer – Priscilla Vixama
Women's Tennis – Marah Mustafa
Softball – Zoey Van Vleet
Women's Volleyball – Amra Mulic
Men's Basketball – Kayin Olajide
Men's Cross Country – Jo Bipu
Men's Soccer – Anoh Boutin
Men's Tennis – Denis Redzematovic
Men's Volleyball – David Lema
Men's Swimming & Diving – Ronaldo Barrios
Women's Swimming & Diving – Julie Huang
Cheerleading - Evelyn Ariza
