Senior Dinner Program (PDF)
Photo Gallery/ Mike Tannenbaum Keynote Speech
Staten Island, NY – Wagner College held its 29th annual Senior Awards Banquet at the Hilton Garden Inn on Tuesday night as the college recognized, honored and bid farewell to its 88 senior student-athletes.
Delivering the opening messages were Wagner College President
Richard Guarasci and Athletic Director
Walt Hameline.
The keynote speaker was longtime professional football executive and former New York Jets General Manager
Mike Tannenbaum. In his comments, Tannenbaum emphasized to the soon-to-be college graduates the importance of applying the leadership skills honed at Wagner, both in the classroom and on the playing field, into their careers in the work force. He also noted that the vast majority of CEO's are former athletes,
The award presentation portion of the program began with the ECAC Merit Awards which are granted to the male and female graduating Wagner student-athletes with the highest cumulative GPA. This year's winners were
Matthew McGuinness (West Caldwell, NJ/ Caldwell) of the football team, who earned a 3.9560 GPA majoring in business administration, and water polo's
Tatum Colitz (Wyomissing, PA / Wilson), who had a 3.963 GPA in English.
The teams with the highest GPA's were men's tennis, which accrued an average GPA of 3.485, and swimming & diving, which held the highest GPA of all women's teams at 3.489.
The winner of the third annual Hilton Garden Inn Community Service Award, presented by the owners of the Hilton Garden Inn, Lois and Richard Nicotra, was
Steve Ciocci (Royersford, PA / Spring-Ford / (Temple University) who has been involved in a myriad of civic program. Ciocci was one of just 22 football players from around the nation
named to the AFCA Good Works Team last September.
The Business Person of the Year award, sponsored by Bridge Financial, an Office of Met Life, is awarded annually to the top male or female student athlete with the highest GPA who majors in the business field. This year, the Business Person of the Year, with a GPA of 3.928 in business administration, was women's soccer player
Julie Vigliotti (Staten Island, NY/ Notre Dame Academy).
The 2012-13 Student Athlete Advisory Award (S.A.A.C.) goes to the student-athlete who demonstrated the most school spirit and support of his or her fellow student-athletes. This year's winner was softball player
Judy Betz (Ashburn, VA / Broad Run).
The awards for the Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year are sponsored annually by Con Edison and presented by Public Affairs Specialist Katia Gordon. The awards go to those two individuals who demonstrate the values of courtesy, concern, teamwork, honesty, and respect. The winners of the 2013 Con Edison Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards were Patrick O'Connor (Leominster, MA/ Leominster) of the football team and
Laura Karbach (Abington, PA / Germantown Academy) of the water polo team.
Each Seahawk head coach offered comments on his or her seniors. Among the Wagner coaches, three were specifically recognized for earning conference coach of the year honors;
Walt Hameline (
2012 NEC Football Coach of the Year),
Colin Shannahan (
2012-13 NEC Swimming Coach of the Year) and
Chris Radmonovich (
2013 MAAC Water Polo Coach of the Year).
The team with the largest number of seniors was football with 27. This group was led by senior captains
Nick Doscher (Staten Island, NY/ Moore Catholic), a record-setting four-year captain, linebacker #C.O. Prime# (Laval, Quebec/ The Kent School), who has
signed a free agent contract with the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, and defensive back Patrick O'Connor.
These 27 seniors l
ed Wagner to its first-ever NEC Football Title, a victory over Colgate in the first round of the FCS Playoffs and a top 25 ranking in both final major top-25 polls.
Annually at the senior dinner one student athlete addresses his or her fellow classmates. This year, the distinguished honor went to
Steve Ciocci.
Wagner Senior Student-Athletes
Baseball
Nick Alfano
Dakota Dvorak
Chase Gray
Jayson Keel
Men's Basketball
Josh Thompson
Jonathon Williams
Women's Basketball
Marie-Laurence Archambault
Veronick Fournier
Chanez Robinson
Cheer
Samantha Siderowitz
Laura Tetley
Dance
Christina Barclay
Kate Biernat
Karin Bryeans
Gia DeStefanis
Liz Faglio
Jamie Macchia
Katey Sabo
Football
Brendan Byrne
Steve Ciocci
Theodore Clohessy
David Crawford
Nick Doscher
Dan Ford
Chris Furner
Adams Issaka
Kenny Howard
Tom Klepper
Drew Ledet
Tom Lindley
Mike Lombardo
David Lopez
Matthew McGuinness
Jacob Meier
Mike Milone
Tyler Moyers
Patrick O'Connor
Kevin Orender
Sean Pearson
C.O. Prime
Darnell Sapps
Justin Sciarra
Joe Sidaras
Sidiq Soulemana
Jerome Williams
Men's Golf
Alex Carson
Lucas Grant
Women's Golf
Alyssa Kuhn
Keri Muse
Miko Page
Men's Lacrosse
Nick DePhillips
R.J. Derosa
Dustin Doty
Brian Faughnan
Krey Keller
Colin O'Rourke
David Szilezy
Women's Lacrosse
Erika Bulken
Jillian Maloney
Annie O'Connor
Women's Soccer
Alyssa Grecco
Katie Keown
Julie Vigliotti
Monica Zurich
Softball
Judy Betz
Brittany Huss
Carley Nicoletti
Swimming & Diving
Austyn Carolin
Tatum Colitz
Kelly Edmonds
Alanna Gibbons
Josephine Ieraci
Dana Samuel
Men's Tennis
Nikki Arnold
Aurora Brennan
Christian Rautenstrauch
Steve Nakajima
Taylor Santoro
Catharine Scavelli
Women's Tennis
Pierre Yuzon
Men's Track & Field/Cross Country
Alan Kopeloff
Zachary Spector
Women's Track & Field/Cross Country
Kelly Dennis
Taylor Fredrickson
Morgan Kaisershot
Water Polo
Katie Jordan
Laura Karbach
Leslie Poole
Wagner Most Valuable Performers
Marie-Laurence Archambault Basketball
Nikki Arnold Tennis
Abigail Beasley Softball
Alexis Bivona Cross Country
Tatum Colitz Swimmng
Gia DeStefanis Dance
Nick Doscher Football
Shea Gegan Lacrosse
Christian Grau Tennis
Jason Hopkins Golf
Ellen Huffman Golf
Josephine Ieraci Diving
Samantha Jensen Track & Field
Laura Karbach Water Polo
Alan Kopeloff Outdoor Track & Field
Shannen McLoughlin Cheer
Colin O'Rourke Lacrosse
Emily Periera Indoor Track & Field
Zachary Spector Indoor Track & Field
Julie Vigliotti Soccer
Jonathon Williams Basketball
Danny Zaccariello Cross Country
Note: Baseball has not named MVP yet as season is in progress.
