Suffolk County Girls Honored at Annual Awards Dinner
On Tuesday night, Nov. 8th, Suffolk County's high school girls tennis players, along with their families and coaches, came together at Villa Lombardi's in Holbrook for the 2016 Suffolk County Girls Varsity Tennis Awards Dinner, organized by the Suffolk County Girls Varsity Tennis Coaches Association.
The annual event is an evening when the shining stars of the local high school tennis scene are awarded and praised for all they put forth both on and off the court over the past season. Approximately 500 attendees came out to show their support for the local players. The dinner was a great opportunity for these scholar-athletes to set their rackets aside and befriend the girls who, in the weeks prior, were standing across the net in competition and become a family of tennis players.
Awards were distributed to All-Division, County and State recipients for their tennis playing, as well as Sportsmanship Awards for each team. Each Division crowned a Coach of the Year which honored those coaches who went above and beyond their responsibilities to take their team to the next level. Community service was also recognized and “Scholar-Athlete Community Service”-driven scholarships were awarded.
"The girl’s awards dinner is put together by Bob Davis, Neil Bernstein and Kevin Lewis and it had been run for many years by Dave Norman, who was a coach at Port Jefferson High School,” said Joe Arias, event coordinator. “I became involved a few years ago when I started getting involved with the Suffolk County Girls Varsity Tennis Coaches Association. We revived the Boy’s Suffolk County dinner. Last spring, we held our 6th Annual Boys Awards Dinner, and then I started to get involved with the girls dinner and we began using our resources to get more people to attend and have a bigger event. I think this event means a lot to the student-athletes. The girls have a certain pride in tennis, and not having an awards dinner for all their hard work would be denying them that pride. I know from my days in high school, I always enjoyed my awards dinner and I still remember them to this day. I know the coaches, parents and players have a great time."
Below is a list of all the award winners:
All-State
Jackie Bukzin Eastport South Manor
Lauren Cherkin Half Hollow Hills East
Ariana Malik Half Hollow Hills East
Alexis Huber Half Hollow Hills East
Gina LaRusso Half Hollow Hills East
Hailey Stoerback Smithtown East
Olivia Faulhaber Smithtown East
Kimberly Liao Commack
Katelyn Vetack Center Moriches
Garbrielle Vaillant Center Moriches
Denise Lai Ward Melville
Rose Hayes McGann-Mercy
Sportsmanship
Julia Kosches Half Hollow Hills East
Jessica Segal Elwood/John Glenn
Julianna Posner Smithtown East
Talia Nierman Half Hollow Hills West
Cammy Dondero Harborfields
Kimberly Liao Commack
Julia Diana Hauppauge
Leanne Daly Huntington
Sarah Panza Walt Whitman
Kristin Hazelton West Islip
Alexandra Poulin Connetquot
Rebecca SchreinerEast Islip
Taylor Kobel Sayville
Maddie Germano Islip
Geneieve Bryant Bay Shore
Gulsum Camlica Deer Park
Isabela Flores Brentwood
Marlene Guzman Central Islip
Katherine DelValle Copiague
Elizabeth Marge Patchogue-Medford
All-Counties
Division 1 Commack Emma Mangels/Andrianna Kaimis
4th Place
Division 2 Islip Nicole Arey/Grace Klomp
1st Place
Division 2 Bayshore Claire Spellman/Bryn Schlusser
2nd Place
Divison 2 East Islip Hanna Benardos/Rebecca Schreiner
3rd Place
Division 2 Connetquot Alexandra Poulin/Olivia Esposito
4th Place
Division 3 Ward Melville Anna Ma/Keren Collins
1st Place
Division 3 Longwood Samantha Saulino/Rebecca Blydenburgh
2nd Place
Division 3 Ward Melville Julia Hu/Dara Bermna
3rd Place
Division 3 Patchogue-Medford Julia Keiffert/Emily Potter
4th Place
Division 4 William Floyd Briana Gonzalez/Hailey Loughlin
2nd Place
Division 4 William Floyd Kasey Hammel/Sarah Mazzarella
3rd Place
Division 4 Westhampton Beach Rose Peruso/Juliet Tomaro
4th Place
Smithtown East Julianna Schulz
Hauppauge Andriana Zaphiris
Smithtown West Alex Chimenti
West Islip Rosa Lettieri
West Islip Kristin Hazelton
Islip Julia Hormann
Sayville Sarah Bunk
Bayport-Blue Point Olivia Ingrassia
Sachem Julie McGroarty
Middle Country Olivia Zhu
East Hampton Rebecca Kupperschmid
Mattituck Liz Dwyer
William Floyd Emily Fernandez
Southampton Cecilia Scheuer
Elwood Siobhan McPherson
Stonybrook Marta Bennett
Division 1 Commack Emily Tannenbaum 2nd Place
Division 1 Harborfields Lauren Hutton 3rd Place
Division 1 Smithtown West Daniela Tedoldi 4th Place
Division 2 Islip Maddie Germano 1st Place
Division 2 Connetquot Andrea Brazyte 2nd Place
Divison 2 Sayville Hannah Niggemeier 3rd Place
Division 2 Islip Ashley Mannetta 4th Place
Division 3 Ward Melville Jade Eggleston 2nd Place
Division 3 Patchogue-Medford Taylor Hanscom 3rd Place
Division 3 Port Jefferson Kyra Becker 4th Place
Division 4 William Floyd Brooke Fernandez 3rd Place
Division 4 McGann Mercy Sofia Anzalone 4th Place
All-Division
1 1 Brianna Eichenstein Half Hollow Hills West
1 1 Jessica Lustig Half Hollow Hills West
1 1 MaKenzie Udell Half Hollow Hills West
1 1 Mina Sarcevic Half Hollow Hills West
1 1 Victoria Pensiero Commack
1 1 Christine Kong Commack
1 1 Julia Kinalis Commack
1 1 Emma Matz Commack
2 3 Katelyn Reese West Islip
2 3 Jillian Rabin West Islip
2 3 Allison Tantone West Islip
2 3 Morgan Raible West Islip
2 3 Alexandra Michaluk West Islip
2 3 Miranda Paterno West Islip
2 3 Emily Berger Islip
2 3 Delaney Hardekopf Islip
2 3 Nora Sacco Bay Shore
2 3 Maggie Berbiero Bay Shore
3 5 Vivian Roussis Bayport-Blue Point
3 5 Lily Hooks Bayport-Blue Point
3 5 Morgan Voulo Ward Melville
3 5 Shannon Sartain Ward Melville
3 6 Kyra Bello Sachem
3 6 Vanessa Luutran Sachem
3 6 Emily Schatz Sachem
3 6 Sophie HanniganSachem
4 7 Kaitlyn Senetto William Floyd
4 7 Alyssa Drell William Floyd
4 7 Marcelina Kropiwnicka Southampton
4 7 Molly Squires Southampton
4 8 HANNAH TEBBENS Center Moriches
4 8 BRITTANY ROMANOFF Center Moriches
4 8 Angelika Osiniak McGann-Mercy
4 8 Brooke Kappenberg McGann-Mercy
All-League
Lauren Kornfeld Half Hollow Hills East
MadelineFryer Half Hollow Hills East
Melissa Chen Half Hollow Hills East
Julia Raziel Half Hollow Hills East
Caitlyn Svitek Elwood/John Glenn
Katherine McPherson Elwood/John Glenn
Audrey Leighton Elwood/John Glenn
Michaela Winkeler Smithtown East
Lauren Schiraldi Smithtown East
Sidney Davis Smithtown East
Najah Williams Half Hollow Hills West
Emma Gardy Half Hollow Hills West
Jillian Transport Half Hollow Hills West
Olivia Eichenstein Half Hollow Hills West
KatherineParadise Harborfields
Kelsey Fowle Harborfields
Kiley Roche Harborfields
Remi Berlent Harborfields
Kristen Chao Commack
Ana Vieytez Commack
Gabrielle Giaimo Commack
Lindsay Hohenberg Commack
GabrielaGlickstein Commack
Melody Cheng Hauppauge
Devin Giordano Hauppauge
Kira Giordano Hauppauge
Theresa Moreno Huntington
Gabriella DeLuca Huntington
Abigail Bellistri Huntington
Jackie Zambrotto Kings Park
ALLISON JENULIS Smithtown West
JUSTINE BOSTWICK Smithtown West
CIARA BURKE Smithtown West
Emma Coleman Walt Whitman
Kayla Soulias Walt Whitman
Katherine Gotard Walt Whitman
Marion Wegener West Islip
Jennifer Cox West Islip
Morgan Gaffney Connetquot
Juliana LoGiudice Connetquot
Courtney Cudia Connetquot
Victoria Specht Connetquot
Skyler Virginia East Islip
Megan Kim East Islip
Nicole Mueller East Islip
Jayla Iodice East Islip
Taylor Corwin Sayville
Abigail Creglia Sayville
Camryn Schilling Sayville
Alexa Villez Sayville
Mary Madigan Sayville
Kendall Delaney Islip
Erin O'hara Islip
Kate Berger Islip
Kristen Scheidel Islip
Darienne Rogers Islip
Abigail Spellman Bay Shore
Sarah Hickey Bay Shore
Abigail Cervera Bay Shore
Kaitlyn Barba Bay Shore
Brooke Williams Deer Park
Genevieve Ferguson Deer Park
Tara Hentze Deer Park
Dominique Riley Brentwood
Sofia Millan Brentwood
Sequoia McCray Brentwood
Haley Lomax Central Islip Senior
Akosua Amoa Central Islip Senior
Cameren Jackson Copiague
Shari Jackson Copiague
Kathrine Zeffer North Babylon
Madeline Davidson North Babylon
Marissa Yun Patchogue-Medford
Trinity Barberis Patchogue-Medford
Heather Holzer Patchogue-Medford
Shelby Kucera Patchogue-Medford
Wesleigh Zegel Bayport-Blue Point
Jillian Lessing Bayport-Blue Point
Catherine Gluchowski Bayport-Blue Point
Lauren Schroder Bayport-Blue Point
Carolyn Radle Longwood
Connie Lin Longwood
Vanessa Gironda Longwood
Jessie Biegel Longwood
Devin Rotunno Port Jefferson
Jillian Lawler Port Jefferson
Ibuki Iwasaki Port Jefferson
Amy Huang Ward Melville
Sarah Prokop Ward Melville
Jillian Shulder Ward Melville
Julia Saitta Ward Melville
Julia Hoffmann Ward Melville
Sarah Gunasekera Mount Sinai
Jackie Lindsay Sachem
Kristen Zito Sachem
Christine Shannon Sachem
Catherine Janda Sachem
Kiera Agic Miller Place
Shannon Brady Miller Place
Julianna Dolinski Miller Place
Francesca Manitta Middle Country
Autumn Novotny Middle Country
Annmarie Sima Middle Country
Clementine Talmage East Hampton
Ruby Talmage East Hampton
Pamela Pillco East Hampton
Lily Kot East Hampton
Isabel Peters East Hampton
Hope Biersach Eastport South Manor
Madeline Perez Eastport South Manor
Erica Sheludenko Eastport South Manor
Erica Johnson Bellport
Alexa Promutico Bellport
Angela Ariana Bellport
Jessica LeRoux Bellport
Jaime Senetto William Floyd
Chloe DeGrauw William Floyd
Jessica Jones William Floyd
Delaney Kane William Floyd
Emily Mowdy Mattituck
Jacey Lengyel Mattituck
Helena Jones Westhampton Beach
Rieve Delisle Westhampton Beach
Marin Vander Schaaf Westhampton Beach
Julia Kepczynska Southampton
Mariana Bento Bello Figueiredo Southampton
Madison West Southampton
Olivia Bruyn Southampton
KathleenGregory Riverhead
Natalie Cavaliere Riverhead
Taylor Marelli Riverhead
ERICKA KOSCINSKI Center Moriches
KAYLA HUJBER Center Moriches
Jillian Dinowitz Shoreham-Wading River
Jackie Colalillo Shoreham-Wading River
Kara Gately Shoreham-Wading River
Jackie Pitts Shoreham-Wading River
Juliana Gutierrez Hampton Bays
Ivana Ocampos Hampton Bays
Sarah Jannazzo Southold/Greenport
Willow Wilcenski Southold/Greenport
Daisy Rymer Southold/Greenport
Margaret Terry McGann-Mercy
Madison O'Connor McGann-Mercy
Kelsey Bundrick McGann-Mercy
Laura Blomberg McGann-Mercy
Credit all photos to Bryan Bongiovanni