Ashley Winn, Cazenovia High School
Individual Female Athlete Award

Cazenovia High School’s Ashley Winn’s achievements this past season included placing 4th in the NUSPHSAA Championship in the 55mm Dash, competing in the New Balance National Championship in the 60m and 200m Dashes  and being chosen as NewsChannel 9 Athlete of the Week.  She lives by her philosophy “If you believe you can do something, you will be able to accomplish it and reach your goal.”

Romeo Kpolo, Sterling Lowry, Jefari David and Tayquon Hightower
Nottingham High School
Individual Male Athlete Award

These four young men from Nottingham High School accomplished a lot this past year highlighted by winning the state championship in the 4 x 200 relay.  Romeo, Sterling, Tayquon and Jefari achieved this by working hard, believing in themselves and never giving up.

Photo Courtesy of www.runnerspace.com

West Genesee High School Cheerleading
Barbara Henderson Female Team Award

The West Genesee Varsity Cheerleaders won back to back Section III Championships, placed 3rd at Nationals and won the first ever Western Invitational State Championship Title for Cheerleading.  Despite injuries throughout the season, they overcame obstacles, believed in each other and always pushed each other to work harder than they ever thought possible. 

CBA/JD Boys Hockey
Joe LaGuardia Male Team Award

The CBA/JD Boys Hockey Team had significant achievements this year that included winning the Section 3 Championship for the first time in 32 years and winning the State Championship game trailing 2-1 going into the 3rd period and scoring 3 goals to beat John Jay.  After starting the season 1-6, 1-4 in the Division, they turned their season around by staying in control and focused.

Pictured: Carol LaGuardria, Michael McKie (CBA Coach) and Lori Harrington (Carol's Daughter)

Tom Blackford, FM High School
Coach Award

The Varsity Boys Basketball Coach at Fayetteville-Manlius has had many highlights in his career and in this past season his team was state ranked most of the season, lead CNY in scoring averaging 71.4 points per game and the #1 NYS Scholar Athlete Team with a 96.26 grade point average out of 220 teams who qualified.  Tom goes by the “E” Motto – Effort, Energy, Enthusiasm, Every Day, Every Play.

Lennie Tucker
Reed Hawke Excellence in Sportsmanship

Lennie Tucker, a retired teacher, has experienced many high points in her career.  This past season, through her efforts, Felder Stadium achieved permission from SCSD Athletic Director Christian Hodge to hold a series of four summer track meets at Nottingham High School .  Lennie loves running, particularly cross country.  She has run in the Mountain Goat and coached children for the youth race early in her career.  Lennie’s motto is “Do everything you need to do to win, no matter how long it takes.”