Three Elmira Notre Dame seniors received the school’s Athlete of the Year awards at its awards ceremony June 9.
Makenna Keough was named the Sal & Elizabeth Salafia Female Athlete of the Year. She earned all-state honors in soccer after helping Notre Dame to the Section 4 Class C title. Keough qualified for the state meet in both indoor and outdoor track & field.
Keough was also this year’s winner of the $15,000 Ernie Davis Scholarship. She was recognized for her contributions to the Ernie Davis Community Center.
The Ray Gavigan Male Athlete of the Year award was shared by Gabe Patterson and Luke Richards.
Patterson was Interscholastic Athletic Conference Large School South Division Most Valuable Player in boys basketball. He was an IAC first-team all-star in soccer during the fall.
Richards was a dominant pitcher who helped Notre Dame to the Section 4 Class D baseball title. He was named Co-MVP in the IAC South Large School Division and also played basketball and soccer.
Jackson Potter received the Male Scholar Athlete of the Year award. Isabella Mashewske was selected the Katie Cain Female Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Other awards:
Francis “Junker” Johnston Contribution Award: Ryan Mattoon.
Fr. Michael Reagan Accomplishment Award: Sue O’Connell.
Pat Quinn Courage & Commitment Award: Shannon Craig.
John & Virginia Mirando Memorial Award: Maggie Moore and Pat McCarthy.
Charles L. Brady Memorial Award: Caleb White and Molly O’Connell.
Joel Andrew Stephens 5C Award: Dylan Mattoon and Leah O’Connell.
Steve Bednarek Most Improved Female Athlete of the Year: Zoey McClelland.
Fran Essen Most Improved Male Athlete of the Year: Sebastian Capriotti.
Mike D’Aloisio Coach of the Year: Joe Picco.
John Cain Excellence In Coaching Award: Brad Bellinger.
Girls basketball: Most Valuable Player – Payton Sutryk and Kalysta DeMark; Most Improved Player (Mike Tobin Award) – Leah O’Connell; Coach’s Award – Jhamairah Maxwell.
Boys basketball: MVP – Gabe Patterson; MIP – Rocco Sayers; Wayne Moschetti Memorial Award – Henry O’Toole; Coach’s Award – Max O’Connor.
Modified football: E.J. Brewer Marine Detachment Award – Michael Sutryk; Peter Mehalick Courage Award – Luka Clark; Joe Dwyer Lineman of the Year – Bradly Brown; Biagio A. Maio Defensive Lineman Award – Morgan Kone.
Indoor track & field: MVP – Makenna Keough; MIP – Evan Parker; Coach’s Award – Zoey McClelland.
Cross-country: MVP – Gavin Meier; MIP – Trevor Agan; Coach’s Award – Marta Albaladejo.
Tennis: MVP – Fransisco Serrano Sostres; MIP – Fatuomata Coulibaly; Coach’s Award – Alex Shultz and Bunny Baldwin.
Girls soccer: MVP – MK Young; MIP (Delores “Dee” Batterson Memorial Award) – Ellie Green; Coach’s Award – Makenna Keough.
Boys soccer: MVP – Gabe Patterson; MIP – Matt Keough; Coach’s Award – Dylan Mattoon.
Swimming: MVP – Ella Cain; MIP – Sara Cupello; Coach’s Award – Isabella Mashewske and Alexis Collins.
Boys golf: MVP – Jackson Potter and Jacob Steed; Jack Flynn Memorial Award – Liam Ward; Coach’s Award – Henry O’Toole.
Girls golf: MVP – Evelyn Wheeler; MIP – Emma Steed; Coach’s Award – Sophie Sramek.
Baseball: MVP – Luke Richards; MIP (Robert Zeis Memorial Award) – Malachy Cain; Coach’s Award – Anthony Barkley.
Softball: MVP – Danasia Thompkins; MIP (Robert Zeis Award) – Sadie Potter; Frank Gush Leadership & Integrity Coach’s Award – Layla Sullivan.
Outdoor track & field: MVP – Maggie Moore; MIP – Amanda Araujo Vascao; Molly Huddle Determination & Dedication Award – Makenna Keough; Paul Margeson Phoenix Memorial Award – Matthew Keough; Coach’s Award – Antonio Campanella.
Boys lacrosse: MVP – Finn Schweizer; MIP – Dylan Mattoon; Coach’s Award – Dominic Caporiccio.
This article originally appeared on Elmira Star-Gazette: Elmira Notre Dame’s Keough, Patterson, Richards named school’s Athletes of Year
Reporting by Andrew Legare, Elmira Star-Gazette / Elmira Star-Gazette
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