RE honors top teams, athletes, coaches
Ransom Everglades honored its top teams, coaches and athletes at the 2016-17 varsity athletics awards ceremony at the Lewis Family Auditorium on May 15, and offered special recognition to retiring baseball coach Steve Howlan. Photo Gallery
Interim Athletic Director Andy De Angulo served as emcee, distributing major awards to more than two dozen teams and athletes at the event that drew hundreds of students and their parents. He opened the night by recognizing the 17 athletes who have agreed to play sports in college. Those athletes signed ceremonial or formal letters of intent.
The bulk of the evening was spent celebrating the year's biggest successes on RE's playing fields, courts, bay and pools. The boys' state-champion tennis and water polo teams shared the Team of the Year honors with the sailing team. Michael Colonna '17 and Debbie Ajagbe '17 won Athlete of the Year honors, and Anne Gutierrez '17 and John Mistele '17 were named Scholar Athletes of the Year.
The night concluded with a special presentation from cross country coach Doc Crabtree to Howlan, who has stepped down from coaching after 30 years at RE. The evening also featured videos for each athletics season – fall, winter and spring – compiled by photographer Carl Kafka, a former RE parent who has chronicled RE's athletics achievements for years.
Here's a complete list of the award winners:
Team of the Year
Boys' water polo
Boys' tennis
Sailing
Coach of the Year
Mike Becker (track and field)
Eric Lefebvre (water polo)
REACH Service Award
Lala Cohen '17 (lacrosse, basketball)
Mike Stokes Award
Franklin Civantos '17 (football)
Penny Matthews Award
Beatriz Ruan '17 (cross country, soccer and track and field)
Female Sportsmanship Award
Camryn Grussmark '17 (swimming)
Mia Schatz '18 (swimming, basketball, water polo)
Male Sportsmanship Award
Sarthak Chakravarty '17 (basketball, volleyball)
Comeback Player of the Year
Jake Rivlin '17 (volleyball)
Max Fuster '17 (football, lacrosse)
Female Athletic Performance Award
Kyla Valls '17 (swimming)
Anne Gutierrez '17 (cross country, soccer, track and field)
Erin Bakes '18 (volleyball, soccer, lacrosse)
Male Athletic Performance Award
O'Jhonte Armstrong '17 (football, track)
Shawn Harvey '17 (sailing)
John Michael Holtmann '17 (tennis)
RE Spirit Award
Ben Rosenthal '18 (manager)
Female Scholar Athlete
Anne Gutierrez '17 (cross country, soccer, track and field)
Male Scholar Athlete
John Mistele '17 (volleyball)
Female Athlete of the Year
Debbie Ajagbe '17 (volleyball, track and field)
Male Athlete of the Year
Michael Colonna '17 (football, soccer, volleyball)
Special Award
Steve Howlan
College Commitments
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The bulk of the evening was spent celebrating the year's biggest successes on RE's playing fields, courts, bay and pools. The boys' state-champion tennis and water polo teams shared the Team of the Year honors with the sailing team. Michael Colonna '17 and Debbie Ajagbe '17 won Athlete of the Year honors, and Anne Gutierrez '17 and John Mistele '17 were named Scholar Athletes of the Year.
The night concluded with a special presentation from cross country coach Doc Crabtree to Howlan, who has stepped down from coaching after 30 years at RE. The evening also featured videos for each athletics season – fall, winter and spring – compiled by photographer Carl Kafka, a former RE parent who has chronicled RE's athletics achievements for years.
Here's a complete list of the award winners:
Team of the Year
Boys' water polo
Boys' tennis
Sailing
Coach of the Year
Mike Becker (track and field)
Eric Lefebvre (water polo)
REACH Service Award
Lala Cohen '17 (lacrosse, basketball)
Mike Stokes Award
Franklin Civantos '17 (football)
Penny Matthews Award
Beatriz Ruan '17 (cross country, soccer and track and field)
Female Sportsmanship Award
Camryn Grussmark '17 (swimming)
Mia Schatz '18 (swimming, basketball, water polo)
Male Sportsmanship Award
Sarthak Chakravarty '17 (basketball, volleyball)
Matias Junghahn '17 (swimming and soccer)
Comeback Player of the Year
Jake Rivlin '17 (volleyball)
Max Fuster '17 (football, lacrosse)
Female Athletic Performance Award
Kyla Valls '17 (swimming)
Anne Gutierrez '17 (cross country, soccer, track and field)
Erin Bakes '18 (volleyball, soccer, lacrosse)
Male Athletic Performance Award
O'Jhonte Armstrong '17 (football, track)
Shawn Harvey '17 (sailing)
John Michael Holtmann '17 (tennis)
RE Spirit Award
Ben Rosenthal '18 (manager)
Female Scholar Athlete
Anne Gutierrez '17 (cross country, soccer, track and field)
Male Scholar Athlete
John Mistele '17 (volleyball)
Female Athlete of the Year
Debbie Ajagbe '17 (volleyball, track and field)
Male Athlete of the Year
Michael Colonna '17 (football, soccer, volleyball)
Special Award
Steve Howlan
College Commitments
Debbie Ajagbe, Track & Field, University of Miami
O’Jhonte Armstrong, Football, Tufts University
J.J. Arteaga, Soccer, Washington University in St. Louis
Marina Ayuso, Track & Field, Johns Hopkins University
Michael Colonna, Volleyball, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Antonio Ferrer, Football, Princeton University
Anne Gutierrez, Track & Field, Johns Hopkins Univeristy
Shawn Harvey, Sailing, Yale University
John Michael Holtmann, Tennis, University of Connecticut
Paul Kalandiak, Water Polo, Brown University
Jackie Kirk, Track & Field, Tufts University
Miguel Lamar, Water Polo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eddie Montalvo, Football, Rhodes College
Gabriel Paniagua, Soccer, Princeton University
Nico Ramos, Football, Princeton University
Beatriz Ruan, Track & Field, Johns Hopkins University
Kyla Valls, Swimming, University of Virginia
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Raider Report 2016-17 Varsity Athletics Awards, College Commitments and Senior Recognition
O’Jhonte Armstrong, Football, Tufts University
J.J. Arteaga, Soccer, Washington University in St. Louis
Marina Ayuso, Track & Field, Johns Hopkins University
Michael Colonna, Volleyball, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Antonio Ferrer, Football, Princeton University
Anne Gutierrez, Track & Field, Johns Hopkins Univeristy
Shawn Harvey, Sailing, Yale University
John Michael Holtmann, Tennis, University of Connecticut
Paul Kalandiak, Water Polo, Brown University
Jackie Kirk, Track & Field, Tufts University
Miguel Lamar, Water Polo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eddie Montalvo, Football, Rhodes College
Gabriel Paniagua, Soccer, Princeton University
Nico Ramos, Football, Princeton University
Beatriz Ruan, Track & Field, Johns Hopkins University
Kyla Valls, Swimming, University of Virginia
Photo Gallery
Raider Report 2016-17 Varsity Athletics Awards, College Commitments and Senior Recognition
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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.