New Haven, Conn. – On Wednesday, May 4, in the newly-renovated Hubert Campus Center/Behan Community Room, the Albertus Magnus College Department of Athletics held its annual end of the year awards banquet, which the department re-named "Falcon Fest", to honor its student-athletes and coaches as well as to celebrate the success from this past academic year.
The Albertus Magnus Department of Athletics had a successful 2021-22 campaign with six teams making a postseason appearance, including one team making a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship. Over the fall and winter campaign, 14 student-athletes were recognized by the GNAC as All-Conference selections as well as Head Men's Soccer Coach Pete Hamasian, who was named GNAC Coach of the Year.
The Falcons also recognized 121 student-athletes who made the Dean's List for the fall 2021 semester.
Members of the college community, including staff, administration, and faculty, were invited guests to the awards night and were among the crowd to honor the Albertus Magnus student-athletes.
The athletics department gave out seven major awards, while the student-athletes voted on Top Male and Female Performance of the Year and Moment of the Year.
The list is as follows:
- Iron Falcon
- David Flynn, Baseball
- Male Athlete of the Year
- Alex Gagnon, Men's Ice Hockey
- Female Athlete of the Year
- Ivy Geloso, Softball
- Male Newcomer of the Year
- Jonathan Stein, Men's Ice Hockey
- Female Newcomer of the Year
- Jakara Murray-Leach, Women's Basketball
- Betsy Fahy Award
- Alan Stinson, Baseball
- Coach of the Year
- Ed Emielita, Softball
- Top Male Performance of the Year
- Davon Warner, Men's Basketball
- Top Female Performance of the Year
- Haley Andrews, Women's Soccer
- Moment of the Year
- The women's soccer team defeated conference powerhouse Lasell University for the first time in program history.
Leading up to "Falcon Fest", each program announced on social media its team awards for the 2021-22 season.
The list is as follows:
Men's Soccer
- Falcon Award Winner – Abdoul Aremu (West Haven, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Johan Stagnaro (East Hartford, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Kelvin Cortez (Meriden, Conn.)
Women's Soccer
- Falcon Award Winner – Aimee Diverniero (East Haven, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Erina Ismaili (Middlebury, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Haley Andrews (Prospect, Conn.)
Women's Tennis
- Falcon Award Winner – Giana Cagna (Meriden, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Bailey Mitchell-Warren (Stratford, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – JuJu Oliver (New Britain, Conn.)
Women's Volleyball
- Falcon Award Winner – Taina Vargas (Bridgeport, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Nathalie Wallace (Rocky Hill, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Jaiden Williams (Orange, Conn.)
Field Hockey
- Falcon Award Winner – Jesly Cortez (Nowalk, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Alexis Pendziwater (East Haven, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Alexis Duranluea (Wheelock, Vt.)
Men's Golf
- Falcon Award Winner – David Aquavia (Oakville, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Devin Hines (West Haven, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Ryan Sember (Branford, Conn.)
Men's Ice Hockey
- Falcon Award Winner – Lucas Ehrlich (Stamford, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Tim Manning (Concord, Ohio)
- Most Valuable Player – Logan Bateman (Ottawa, Ontario)
Swimming & Diving
- Falcon Award Winner – Sabrina Accioly (West Haven, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Crisnelly Martinez (Stratford, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Maria Estrada (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
Men's Basketball
- Falcon Award Winner – Terry Dawkins (Bronx, N.Y.)
- Most Improved Player – Davon Warner (New Haven, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Tyreek Perkins (New Haven, Conn.)
Women's Basketball
- Falcon Award Winner – Caitlyn Scott (White Plains, N.Y.)
- Most Improved Player – Natasha Rivera (Ansonia, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Jakara Murray-Leach (Norwalk, Conn.)
Baseball
- Falcon Award Winner – Joe Matthews (Anaheim, Calif.)
- Most Improved Player – Matt Lewczyk (Windsor, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Ike Flannery (Wethersfield, Conn.)
Softball
- Falcon Award Winner – Kayla Resto (Shelton, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Madison LaBossiere (Griswold, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Ivy Geloso (Beacon Falls, Conn.)
Men's Lacrosse
- Falcon Award Winner – Andrew Luzzi (East Haven, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Matthew Bouchard (Berlin, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Dane Walsh (Bethany, Conn.)
Women's Lacrosse
- Falcon Award Winner – Keegan Riccio (West Haven, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Isabella Antonucci (Orange, Conn.)
- Most Valuable Player – Alexandra Barrett (Northford, Conn.)
Men's Tennis
- Falcon Award Winner – Nick Tagliaferri (Hamden, Conn.)
- Most Improved Player – Julien-Jean Baptiste (Montreal, Quebec)
- Most Valuable Player – Zak Levine (Hamden, Conn.)
