Valpo High School Hosts the 2011 Spring Sports Awards

May 31 was the end of the season for most of the spring sports by attending the Spring Athletic Awards Program. Some of the highlights included Principal Jim Doane starting off the night by honoring Ann Nellison & Sam Rasmussen. Both received an honorary Varsity Letter "V" for their hard work and diligence to the athletic programs at Valparaiso High School. Sam Rasmussen is the Athletic Director for VHS with many years of dedication and hard work to show for it. Congratulations Ann Nellison and Sam Rasmussen on all your hard work for Valparaiso High School Athletics, you deserve it.

Spring sports honored at the ceremony were: Boys Baseball with Head Coach Dave Coyle, Boys Golf with Head Coach Wayne Lichtenberger, Girls Softball with Head Coach Tracy Corneil, Girls Tennis with Head Coach Tim Shideler, Boys Track & Field with Head Coach Brett Polizotto and Girls Track & Field with Head Coach Matt Snoeyink.

MVP Awards for Spring Sports went to Jerrick Suiter in Baseball, Allison Hauser in Tennis, Katelyn Devries in Track & Field, Jordan Romanov in Track & Field, Kyle Meihofer in Golf and Clarisse Fletcher in Softball.

Receiving the Academic Athletic Awards for having excellent grades and performing well in their sport were John Clymer participating in Baseball and Katherine Dalzotto participating in Softball.

Being selected for the NIAAA National Interscholastic Athletic Administration Association scholarship were Josh Bartusch participating in Tennis and Alyssa McDonald a Gymnast.

Being honored with watches for their participation in 3 sports for 4 years were Joel Bishop for Baseball, Basketball & Football and Jerrick Suiter also for Baseball, Basketball & Football.

Receiving Varsity Letters in:

Boys Baseball:
1st year
Joel Bishop, Joey Gallinatti, Tyler Ingram, Jordan Langrebe, Drew Schooler, Nick Simon, Greg Thome and Sterling Vulgrin.
2nd year: John Clymer, John Olejniczak, Greg Simms.
3rd year: Dominic Coatsolonia, Billy Timmerman and
4th year: Jerrick Suiter.

Boys Golf:
1st year: Andrew Gariup.
2nd year: Bobby Jacobs, Kyle Meihofer and
3rd year: JT Baldwin, Logan Bertalan, Tyler Blosfield, Pat Cowan, Jeff Lenz, Michael Gariup and Danny Sepiol.

Girls Softball
1st year: Natalie Girman, Alyssa Henke, Megan Krantz, Amber Timmerman.
2nd year: Olivia Allen, Victoria Clausen, Clarisse Fletcher, Susan Friedlander, Molly Grant, Natasha Holesinger, Maddie Shuta and
3rd year: Katherine Dalzotto.

Girls Tennis
1st year Kelly Kennedy, Caitlin Kennedy.
2nd year Lauren Hoffman, Sonya Schaefer, Amanda Stolarz, Katie Mcdonald.
3rd year Lauren Kammerer and 4th year Allison Hauser

Boys Track & Field
1st year Corey Alfredson, Taylor Bissachi, Zach Buchwalter, Jacob Chapman, Ari Coulopoulos, Jordan Galligan, Nick Hartman, Brandon Hays, Justin Hreha, Kevin Hickey, Andrew Jankowski, Mark Johnson, Cam Koenig, Angelo Madrigal, Evan Ouellette, Lonnie Pappas, Ben Pollok, Pat Reilly, Jeremy Robinson, Ricardo Rosario.
2nd year Pat Dalton, Quin Geans, John Halfman, Nik Jeftich, Nate Jorden, Andrew Kittridge, Nick Lamm, Dan Marchetti, Vincent Milton, Peyton Reed, Xavier Reed, Zack Steiner, Colin Stiscak, Adrijan Vukelic, Cody Zander.
3rd year Ahmad Aljobeh, Paul Andrie, Michael Bobos, Jake Grossnickel, Jordan Romanov, Adam Thoma, Alex Vasile and
4th year Jay Doane and Nick Violanti.

Girls Track & Field
1st year Colette Collins, Jordan Folke, Mary Gooding, Rachel Gilliam, Jamie Janiga, Tayla Kobitz, Angela Lassere, Katie Lichtenberger, Alania Martin, Amy Martin, Brittani Silva, Marilee Tullis, Andrea Violanti, Anna Walls, Chloe Williams,
2nd year Morgan Algozine, Tiffany Fortney, Sara Tumbas, Joleen Vincel.
3rd year Lauren Bigger, Katelyn Devries, Mariah Franz, Tricia Joll, Steffanie Long, Delaney McGinley, Jessie Nyiro, Halley Staples, Annaliese Trapp and
4th year Claudia Kalin, Blaney Keough, Kim Walker and Sarah Wallace

There were many other awards for individual achievements, senior plaques and honors as well as many JV winners in each sport. Congratulations to all! Looking forward to next years season!