Four athletes, four coaches win major all-county awards
Four RE athletes and four coaches claimed major athletics awards for small schools during the Miami Herald's annual Miami-Dade County Athletic Awards Ceremony on May 23 as more than two dozen Raiders received recognition. Michael Colonna '17 won Male Athlete of the Year for the second straight year, and Kyla Valls '17 won Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and Girls' Co-Swimmer of the Year.
Erin Bakes '18 won Girls' Lacrosse Player of the Year and Jason Gould '17 won Boys' Water Polo Player of the Year. Debbie Ajagbe '17 and Valls were named finalists for Female Athlete of the Year. Miguel Lamar '17 was a finalist for Male Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Girls' golf coach Eric Salomatoff, girls' lacrosse coach Bridgette Laskey, boys' water polo coach Eric Lefebvre and boys' tennis coach Peter Lehmann all won or shared coach of the year honors in their indvidual sports.
Lefebvre was also a finalist for Male Sports Coach of the Year.
The banquet honored all of the Herald's first-team all-Dade athletes for 2016-17, and Ransom Everglades had more than two dozen of them. In fall sports, volleyball player Aryanah Diaz '19, golfers Jake Beber-Frankel '20 and Phoebe Beber-Frankel '20, cross country runner Beatriz Ruan '17 and Valls received recognition.
In winter sports, soccer players Colonna and Tiffany McBrayer '18 were recognized.
Nineteen RE athletes were recognized in spring sports, including six in girls' lacrosse and five in boys' water polo. Ajagbe (discus) and Anne Gutierrez '17 (pole vault) won first-team honors in track and field; Sam Rubell '19, John Michael Holtmann '17 and Antonio Mora '18 in tennis; Will Danon '17, Jason Gould '17, Jordan Gould '18, Matt Simko '18 and Lamar in boys' water polo; Carolina Carrera-Justiz '18 and Elle Futernick '17 in girls' water polo; Alex Kucera '18 in boys' lacrosse; Gabrielle Pena '20, Erin Bakes '18, Calliste Skouras '19, Lauryn Bausley '18, Catherine Kolski '18 and Helaina Harris '21 in girls' lacrosse; and Colonna and Ryan Peluso '22 in boys' volleyball.
Interim Athletic Director Andy De Angulo accepted the golf award on behalf of Salomatoff, who could not attend.
Read the Herald story here.
See the entire all-Dade listing for spring sports here.
See the Herald's photo gallery here.
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Girls' golf coach Eric Salomatoff, girls' lacrosse coach Bridgette Laskey, boys' water polo coach Eric Lefebvre and boys' tennis coach Peter Lehmann all won or shared coach of the year honors in their indvidual sports.
Lefebvre was also a finalist for Male Sports Coach of the Year.
The banquet honored all of the Herald's first-team all-Dade athletes for 2016-17, and Ransom Everglades had more than two dozen of them. In fall sports, volleyball player Aryanah Diaz '19, golfers Jake Beber-Frankel '20 and Phoebe Beber-Frankel '20, cross country runner Beatriz Ruan '17 and Valls received recognition.
In winter sports, soccer players Colonna and Tiffany McBrayer '18 were recognized.
Nineteen RE athletes were recognized in spring sports, including six in girls' lacrosse and five in boys' water polo. Ajagbe (discus) and Anne Gutierrez '17 (pole vault) won first-team honors in track and field; Sam Rubell '19, John Michael Holtmann '17 and Antonio Mora '18 in tennis; Will Danon '17, Jason Gould '17, Jordan Gould '18, Matt Simko '18 and Lamar in boys' water polo; Carolina Carrera-Justiz '18 and Elle Futernick '17 in girls' water polo; Alex Kucera '18 in boys' lacrosse; Gabrielle Pena '20, Erin Bakes '18, Calliste Skouras '19, Lauryn Bausley '18, Catherine Kolski '18 and Helaina Harris '21 in girls' lacrosse; and Colonna and Ryan Peluso '22 in boys' volleyball.
Interim Athletic Director Andy De Angulo accepted the golf award on behalf of Salomatoff, who could not attend.
Read the Herald story here.
See the entire all-Dade listing for spring sports here.
See the Herald's photo gallery here.
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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.