On Monday, May 5, the Albertus Magnus College Department of Athletics held its annual banquet to honor its student-athletes and coaches as well as to celebrate the success from the 2013-14 academic year.

The Albertus Magnus Department of Athletics had a very successful 2013-14 campaign, producing a GNAC Tournament Championship team as well as a Sweet 16 competitor, two All-Americans and 23 All-Conference Team selections.

This list (click here) highlights the 2013-14 major accolades from throughout the year.

The Falcons also awarded six department-wide honors at the banquet as well.

Male Athlete of the Year
Darius Watson (New Britain, Conn.), Men’s Basketball

Co-Female Athlete of the Year
Shannon Skidmore (Terryville, Conn.), Women’s Soccer

Co-Female Athlete of the Year
Lianna Carrero (Hamden, Conn.), Women’s Basketball

Male Rookie of the Year
Alexis Garcia (West Haven, Conn.), Men’s Soccer

Female Rookie of the Year
Alexis Mack (Meriden, Conn.), Women’s Soccer

Betsy Fahey Award Winner
Nicole Acerra (East Haven, Conn.), Women’s Basketball


Each program gave out its team awards at the end-of-the-year banquet on Monday as well.

The list is as follows:

Men’s Cross Country

2014 Most Valuable Runner: Castel Jean-Francois (Orange, N.J.)

Women’s Cross Country
2014 Most Valuable Runner: Rebecca Weinberger (New Haven, Conn.)

Men’s Soccer

2013 Falcon Award Winner: Dan Dwyer (Hamden, Conn.)
2013 Most Improved Player: Nick Riccio (West Haven, Conn.)
2013 Most Valuable Player: Donato Piroscafo (Naugatuck, Conn.)

Women’s Soccer

2013 Falcon Award Winner: Meghan Loughman (Trumbull, Conn.)
2013 Most Improved: Meaghan Skidmore (Terryville, Conn.)
2013 Most Valuable Player: Shannon Skidmore (Terryville, Conn.)

Women’s Tennis

2013 Falcon Award Winner: Stephanie Thy (New Haven, Conn.)
2013 Most Improved: Malika Grant (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
2013 Most Valuable Player: Zaida Velazco (Dominican Republic)

Women’s Volleyball

2013 Falcon Award Winner: Leanna Velez (Waterbury, Conn.)
2013 Most Improved: Amy Seliga (East Haven, Conn.)
2013 Most Valuable Player: Melissa Manning (Milford, Conn.)

Men’s Basketball

2013-14 Falcon Award Winner:  Eian Davis (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
2013-14 Most Improved:  Lemar Larsen (Waterbury, Conn.)
2013-14 Most Valuable Player:  Darius Watson (New Britain, Conn.)

Women’s Basketball

2013-14 Falcon Award Winner: Kelsey Proctor (Guilford, Conn.)
2013-14 Most Improved: Olivia Sutherland (Wallingford, Conn.)
2013-14 Most Valuable Player: Lianna Carrero (Hamden, Conn.)

Baseball

2014 Falcon Award Winner:  Patrick Dornfried (Berlin, Conn.)
2014 Most Improved:  Brian Levchuk (Branford, Conn.)
2014 Most Valuable Player:  Zak Sokolis (Meriden, Conn.)

Men’s Lacrosse
2014 Falcon Award Winner:  Brandon Scicchitano (Norwalk, Conn.)
2014 Most Improved:  Greg Buck (Berlin, Conn.)
2014 Most Valuable Player:  Mike Choiniere (Bethany, Conn.)

Women’s Lacrosse

2014 Falcon Award Winner:  Kelsey Proctor (Guilford, Conn.)
2014 Most Improved:  Ashley Guerrera (Watertown, Conn.)
2014 Most Valuable Player:  Erika Blechert (Durham, Conn.)

Softball

2014 Falcon Award Winner:  Rachel Cataudella (Shelton, Conn.)
2014 Most Improved:  Jessica Schlauder (Milford, Conn.)
2014 Most Valuable Player:  Carli Matrisian (Milford, Conn.)

Men’s Tennis

2014 Falcon Award Winner:  Dan Constantinidi (North Branford, Conn.)
2014 Most Improved:  Mathew Mezzei (Wallingford, Conn.)
2014 Most Valuable Player:  Pete Zacharias (North Haven, Conn.)

Men’s Volleyball

2014 Falcon Award Winner:  Justin Tharau (Burlington, Conn.)
2014 Most Improved:  Connor Filkins (Wallingford, Conn.)
2014 Most Valuable Player:  Raymond Torres (Catano, Puerto Rico)