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JOHN VITONE AWARD strikeouts. He had a 3.89 cumulative
GPA in political science with a minor in
Jacob Wittig, a junior on the men’s legal studies. He was elected to Phi Beta 2018 Garnish
basketball team, was selected as the Kappa, belonged to the Keidaeans Senior
winner of the John Vitone Award for Honor Society, was a member of the Award Winners
2017–2018. The award is given to the Golden Key National Honors Society, was
male sportsman of the year. He has been designated a Garnish Scholar, a member
the starting point guard in all three of his of the University’s Alumni Networking
seasons. As a junior, he earned Second Platform Board, the Undergrad Political The Garnish Scholars Award program
Team UAA honors and was Honorable Science and International Relations recognizes senior student-athletes
Mention All-UAA as a sophomore. Wittig Council, the Undergraduate Curriculum who represent the ideal of the scholar-
was ranked among Division III’s top point Reform Committee for Political Science athlete. “They lead our teams on the
guards in assist-to-turnover ratio and in and International Relations, and a Peer field of play, while doing outstanding
total assists. He ranked in the top 25 in Advisor for Undergraduates in Political work in the classroom” said George
four UAA categories—assist-to-turnover Science. VanderZwaag, Executive Director of
ratio, assists per game, steals per game, Athletics. The Garnish Program was
and scoring average. A native of Manlius, TERRENCE L. GURNETT ’77 created in honor of Lysle “Spike”
New York, he was a representative to AWARD Garnish, coach and mentor to many
Rochester student-athletes from 1930 to
the Varsity Student-Athlete Advisory 1948. He became a trainer and assistant
Committee for the past two years. There were two recipients for the basketball coach in 1931 and was named
He was a teaching assistant in social Terrence L. Gurnett Award for 2018. an assistant baseball coach in 1932.
psychology and a mentor for Advocates, Olivia Denny and Haberly Kahn were Spike was an assistant football coach
Inc. He earned First Team Academic awarded as the women’s Scholar- from 1945 to 1948. The 2018 Garnish
All-District honors in basketball from Athletes for academic excellence. Denny, Award Winners are
the College Sports Information Directors a Barker, New York, native, earned four
of America. He is majoring in business varsity letters as a starter for field hockey. Kylee Bartlett, women’s track
with concentrations in finance and She earned All-Liberty League honors
accounting. as a senior and her teams made three Christina Feller, women’s soccer
consecutive appearances in the NCAA Eric Feirouz, men’s swimming
PETER DIPASQUALE ’52 Division III playoffs, winning the Liberty
AWARD League title in fall 2017. The National Aiden Finch, baseball
Field Hockey Coaches Association named
Luke Meyerson, a senior pitcher who her to its national academic squad in Bryce Ikeda, men’s soccer
helped Rochester claim the regular each of her four seasons. She was elected Harleigh Kaczegowicz, softball
season baseball title in the Liberty to Phi Beta Kappa, was a Provost’s Circle
League, received the Peter DiPasquale Scholar, and a Garnish scholar as a Miranda Lakis, field hockey
Award as the male scholar athlete of senior. She had a cumulative GPA of 3.87, Benjamin Martell, men’s cross
the senior class. He is a native of Rye, majoring in microbiology with a minor
New York. The award honors a male in American sign language. Kahn, from country/track
member of the senior class who has Newton, Massachusetts, was a four- Courtney Vidovich, volleyball
shown excellence in the classroom year member of the softball program
and serves as a role model for fellow and starter since her sophomore year. Jacob Wittig, men’s basketball
students. Meyerson was the number She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and
one conference starter and appeared was secretary of the engineering honor
in 10 games (eight starts) with a 4-3 society Tau Beta Pi. She interned with
record and a 3.45 ERA. He led the team NASA and the University’s Department of
in complete games with four. In 57.1 Chemical Engineering. She had a GPA of
innings pitched, he allowed 59 hits, 25 3.98, majoring in chemical engineering.
runs (22 earned runs), 16 walks, and 46

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