Senior Andrew Perham and junior Charlotte Sofield were awarded the Father George Godley Trophy as the outstanding athletes of the year in multiple sports, highlighting an evening of honors at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria on May 28th. Mr. Rick Mondloch, class of 1978, was honored as the Bishop Ireton distinguished alumnus of the year for his work supporting the Cardinals and particularly boys’ basketball. Awards were presented by Head of School, Dr. Thomas Curry while Mr. Jarrod Wronski again was the evening’s master of ceremonies.
Dozens of most valuable players for each of the School’s 25 varsity sports were recognized as were the team’s Cardinal Award winners, those players whose intangible benefits to the team and their teammates personified what it means to be a Bishop Ireton Cardinal.
Coach Rick Sofield of the girls’ lacrosse team was the selection for coach of the year. His squad had a record setting campaign in 2014, winning the Virginia Independent Schools Division I championship over the 19-time champions, St Stephens/St Agnes School, upending defending WCAC champs, Good Counsel, 17-7 to earn the School’s first ever girls lacrosse conference title, and ended the year 20-4 and ranked as high as number 5 in many national polls of high school lacrosse.
Moses Webb, head coach of the JV football team was named the Chris Delaware Memorial Award winning assistant/JV head coach of the year. Coach Webb in his second season, led many new and inexperienced football players through a successful campaign where fun, hard work, and learning came together to spark a close-knit family atmosphere for the boys.
Perham, a first team, all WCAC goalkeeper in soccer and high jumper/800 meter runner for the track team was the School’s winner of the prestigious Godley Trophy while Charlotte Sofield, the lacrosse player of the year in the WCAC, first team, all VISAA, and first team all Met lacrosse player and varsity basketball player was selected for the girls.
The School named its Cardinals of the Year for boys and girls, Darren Roach and Heather Pearson. The Scholar-Athlete of the Year went to Phillip Thomas and Kendall Cunningham while Spencer Amarantides and Megan Sullivan were recognized as the honorable mention awardees for the prestigious award. The Father Edward Roszko Spirit Award was presented to Naval Academy-bound Dan Noe.
The manager of the year, recognizing the hardworking but unsung heroes of each team that do so much important work that normally is noticed only when not accomplished, was given to Kellen Phillips, a senior basketball player who managed the boys’ varsity lacrosse team in the spring.
The Service Award is presented annually to a member of the School community who unselflessly contributes their time and effort to improving Bishop Ireton athletics and their individual teams. The 2013-14 winner was Mrs. Gail Visgauss who tirelessly supported the varsity football team, wrestling team, boosters, worked within the Clover, College Park civic association to promote the School’s interests and positions within the community. She was a visible and vocal supporter; most recently driving students more than a 100 miles to Richmond to cheer on the girls lacrosse team at the state championship game at Collegiate School in May.
The complete list of awards and winners:
Fr. Godley Award – Andrew Perham, Charlotte Sofield
Cardinal of the Year – Darren Roach, Heather Pearson
Coach of the Year – Mr. Rick Sofield
Chris Delaware Memorial Award – Mr. Moses Webb
Distinguished Alumnus of the Year – Mr. Richard Mondloch
Service Award – Mrs. Gail Visgauss
Manager of the Year – Kellen Phillips
TEAM AWARDS
Football: MVP – Hudson Sullivan, Cardinal – Josh Ammon
Boys’ Soccer: MVP – Andrew Perham, Cardinal – Spencer Amarantides
Girls’ Soccer: MVP – Adrienne Maday, Cardinal – Kenza Mdari-Alaoui & Natalia Barrow
Field Hockey: MVP – Grace Fletcher, Cardinal – Kelly Mathews
Girls’ Tennis: MVP – Megan Sullivan, Cardinal – Kellen Phillips
Girls’ Cross Country: MVP – Maggie Lohrer, Cardinal – Maria Manzak
Boys’ Cross Country: MVP – Duke Roach, Cardinal – John Paul Ryan
Water Polo: MVP – Jimmy Grant, Cardinal – Tommy Reichelt
Volleyball: MVP – Stephanie Cabrera, Cardinal – Brittany Fisher
Boys’ Basketball: MVP – Patrick Moseh, Cardinal – Daniel Noe
Girls’ Basketball: MVP – Ileana Gutierrez, Cardinal – Isabelle Kendall
Ice Hockey: MVP – Stephen Gerke, Cardinal – Patrick Coyne
Boys’ Swimming: MVP – AJ Salvatori, Cardinal – Carlos Chiriboga
Girls’ Swimming: MVP – Emma Klein, Cardinal- Alexa Branham
Wrestling: MVP – Trey Lovisone, Cardinal – Conor Reilly
Boys’ Lacrosse: MVP – Phillip Thomas, Cardinal – Kevin Abbed
Girls’ Lacrosse: MVP – Kendall Cunningham, Cardinal – Kaitlin Luzik
Baseball: MVP – Kyle Delaney, Cardinal – Jimmy Swiger
Softball: MVP – Heather Pearson, Cardinal – Katie Reilly
Girls’ Track & Field: MVP – Isabelle Wilcox, Cardinal – Ileana Gutierrez
Boys’ Track & Field: MVP – Michael LoGrande, Cardinal – Andrew Perham
Boys’ Crew: MVP – Weston Birkett, Cardinal – Walter Lohmann
Girls’ Crew: MVP – Jessica Kammen, Cardinal – Audrey Sisel & Alexandra Mattoch
Golf: MVP – Dominic Wagner, Cardinal – Jordan Zelasko
Boys’ Tennis: MVP – Troy Baban, Cardinal – Matthew Pham
Cheerleading, Fall: MVP – Madeline Fortier, Cardinal – Madison Strano
Cheerleading, Winter: MVP – Frances Kruger, Cardinal – Madison Houser