Brooklyn, NY----The Brooklyn College Department of Athletics closed out the 2024-25 academic year with their 30th Awards Banquet hosted in the Maroon and Gold Rooms of the BC Student Center on Friday. 

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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 2024-25 sports seasons.  Third year BC Director of Athletics, Erik Smiles, provided the introduction for the afternoon's program and congratulated the entire department on a successful year and more to come in 2025-26! 

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 Aleah Rafat (Women's Volleyball/Basketball) and David Lema (Lema). Gabriel Barker (Men's Basketball) and Mary Dolgin (Women's Basketball) would take home the Tracy Ohrman Award.  The Joseph Andre Memorial Award would go to Sage Bernstein (Women's Soccer), who has been a two-year standout for the Bulldogs.  

This year's Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Award would be presented to Valentina Velez Valencia (Women's Cros Country).

The various all-conference honorees from this past season were also recognized. In total, BC racked up 43 City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) All-Stars including CUNYAC Runner of the Year, Frank Ferrante (Men's Cross Country), CUNYAC Rookie of the Year, Ameea Daniel (Women's Basketball), and CUNYAC Sportsmanship Award recipient, Nicholai Krylyuk (Men's Swim & Dive).  In addition, BC Head Men's Cross Country Coach, Eric Schrick, earned conference Coach of the Year honors. 

There were a total of 95 CUNYAC Scholar Athletes (GPA of 3.2 and above).  Seniors Aleah Rafat (Women's Volleyball/ Basketball), Dasha Goodman (Softball), Ryan Sham(Men's Tennis), and David Lema (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 – Chelsea Gonzalez 
Women's Basketball – Anna Kitch 
Women's Cross Country – Shirin Muratova 
Women's Tennis – Diana Rezk 
Softball – Danielle Guzzardi 
Women's Swimming and Diving – Anastasia Kutuzov 
Women's Volleyball – Aleah Rafat 
Men's Basketball – David McFadden 
Men's Cross Country – Frank Ferrante 
Men's Soccer – Yassin Hairane 
Men's Tennis – Ryan Sham
Men's Volleyball – Aaron Siu 
Men's Swimming and Diving – Michael Kravets 
Cheerleading - Aicha Barry 
 
 
BC Bulldog Coaches' Award
Women's Basketball – Aleah Rafat 
Women's Cross Country – Alexa Whyte 
Women's Soccer – Audrey Jane Young 
Women's Tennis – Natalia Urbaez 
Softball – Jenna Hood 
Women's Volleyball – Ruti Joshi 
Men's Basketball – Gabriel Barber 
Men's Cross Country –  Azizjon Sharifov 
Men's Soccer –  Navruz Asatullaev 
Men's Tennis – Dylan Augustin 
Men's Volleyball – Dion Csikortos 
Men's Swimming & Diving – Nicholai Krylyuk 
Women's Swimming & Diving –  Yara Shaik 
Cheerleading - Renisha Connor