RE Log Fall 2016

FALL 2016 Ransom Everglades LOG 37 The top athletics program in Miami-Dade. Again. And again. Ransom Everglades won top-program honors for the third straight year in Class 5A- 1A last spring – an achievement that reflects the depth and overall excellence of the school’s athletics program, and the commitment of students and coaches. RE also claimed Male Athlete of the Year ( Michael Colonna ’17 ) and Female Athlete of the Year ( Sofia Carrera-Justiz ’16 ), giving the school a stunning sweep of the top three awards in Miami-Dade County high school sports. RE took home 13 awards overall during the May 2016 Miami Herald ceremony that cemented the case that RE educates the whole student, producing disciplined student athletes who understand the value of hard work, personal sacrifice and teamwork. Because most students arrive as sixth graders and remain through graduation, RE builds all of its programs – academic, athletic and artistic – by teaching and training from the first day of sixth grade. RE’s success under Interim Athletic Director Andy De Angulo was on full display at the event at Jungle Island; Kyla Valls ’17 was named co-Swimmer of the Year with Gulliver’s Kelly Fertel; Doc Crabtree won Girls’ Cross Country Coach of the Year; Colonna won Class 3A-1A co-Soccer Player of the Year; and Dave Villano ’79 shared Boys’ Soccer Coach of the Year honors. Carrera-Justiz won Girls’ Water Polo Player of the Year; Eric Lefebvre, Girls’ Water Polo Coach of the Year; Erin Bakes ’18 , Player of the Year in girls’ lacrosse; and Bridgette Laskey, Girls’ Lacrosse Coach of the Year. Villano and Lefebvre were named finalists for the overall Class 5A-1A Coach of the Year. Erica Scott ’16 and Andrew Geraghty ’16 finished as finalists for Female and Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year. Departing AD Claude Grubair was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and girls’ volleyball coach Mauricio Diaz earned the Leo Suarez/Walter Krietsch Courage Award. Heather Boehm ’16 tennis Michael Holtmann ’17 tennis Antonio Mora ’18 tennis Debbie Ajagbe ’17 discus Anne Gutierrez ’17 pole vault Will Danon ’17 water polo Jason Gould ’17 water polo Sofia Carrera-Justiz ’16 water polo Isabela Reyes-Capo ’16 water polo Claire McDowell ’16 water polo Eli Ramos ’16 lacrosse Erin Bakes ’18 lacrosse Leticia Cohen ’17 lacrosse Bridget Turner ’16 lacrosse Calliste Skouras ’19 lacrosse Catherine Kolski ’18 lacrosse Michael Colonna ’17 volleyball First-team All-Dade RE Athletes Spring 2016