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Awards ceremony honors athletes and departing AD

Ransom Everglades bestowed awards on more than 20 athletes, teams and coaches during the 2018 varsity athletics awards ceremony on May 21 that also honored senior athletes, those committing to play sports in college, and departing Interim Athletic Director Andy De Angulo. Matt Simko '18 won Male Athlete of the Year, Erin Bakes '18 won Female Athlete of the Year and boys' golf won Team of the Year. Photo Gallery
The full list of awards can be found below.

The evening concluded with a video tribute to De Angulo, who will be leaving Ransom Everglades after 19 years to become Dean of Men at his alma mater, Belen Jesuit. Assistant Director of Athletics Pat Houlihan and Associate Athletic Director Christine Peluso presented De Angulo with a crystal award, and faculty member and coach Robert "Doc" Crabtree read a letter on behalf of De Angulo, who was too emotional to read it himself. At Ransom Everglades, De Angulo also served as assistant athletic director and boys' and girls' varsity swim coach.

"Thank you for your heart, leadership, passion, dedication and commitment that led our Ransom Everglades athletics teams to 19 years of excellence," Peluso said. "Your RE family will never forget you."

The event also recognized all of the senior athletes in attendance and honored 21 student-athletes who plan to continue playing sports in college: Josh Angel '18 (swimming/water polo, Worcester Polytechnic Institute); Erin Bakes '18 (lacrosse, University of Southern California); Sydney Bent '18 (volleyball, University of Notre Dame); German Giammattai '18 (soccer, Amherst College); Raleigh Goldberg '18 (football, Denison University); Falyn Goldstein '18 (rowing, Lehigh University); Matthew Jackson '18 (baseball, Illinois Institute of Technology); Isabel Malloy '18 (cross country/track and field, Wheaton College); Hunter Matson '18 (soccer, Bucknell University); Antonio Mora '18 (tennis, Emory University); Tiffany McBrayer '18 (soccer/softball, Sarah Lawrence College); Will Miller '18 (football, Chapman University); Jake Pearson '18 (water polo, Johns Hopkins University); Ines Pinilla '18 (rowing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Reece Ritzenthaler '18 (lacrosse, University of Colorado at Boulder); Madeleine Sharp '18 (sailing, Dartmouth College); Matthew Simko '18 (swimming/water polo, Brown University); Felipe Urrutia '18 (swimming, University of Chicago); Tucker Weed '18 (sailing, Brown University); Andrew Weissmann '18 (lacrosse, George Washington University); Julian Zighelboim '18 (soccer, Northwestern University).

The evening also featured a trio of videos that displayed the photographic excellence of former RE parent Carl Kafka, who captured every varsity sport except for cross country (those photos were provided by Suzanne Kores). Kafka also assembled the tribute video along with Ben Rosenthal '18, who won the RE Spirit Award.

Team of the Year

Boys' golf

Coach of the Year
Melissa Dusharm, softball

REACH Service Award
Kat Cochran '18, golf, sailing

Mike Stokes Award
Daniel Freedline '18, swimming, water polo

Penny Matthews Award
Calliste Skouras '19, swimming, lacrosse

Female Sportsmanship Award
Alina Pedroso '18, volleyball
Mia Schatz '18, swimming, basketball, water polo
Briana Pottinger '18, track and field

Male Sportsmanship Award
Wesley Cusack '19, cross country, track and field
Will Miller '18, lacrosse, football
Thomas Murphy '19, volleyball

Comeback Athlete of the Year
Zoe Tsoukas '20, track and field

Female Athletic Performance Award
Phoebe Beber-Frankel '20, golf
Sydney Bent '18, volleyball

Male Athletic Performance Award
Jake Beber-Frankel '20, golf
Antonio Mora '18, tennis
Felipe Urrutia '18, swimming

RE Spirit Award
Ben Rosenthal '18, manager

Female Scholar Athlete Award
Catherine Kolski '18, soccer, lacrosse

Male Scholar Athlete Award
Jordan Gould '18, water polo, swimming

Female Athlete of the Year
Erin Bakes '18, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball

Male Athlete of the Year
Matt Simko '18, water polo, swimming

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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.