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Richard S. Lyon Career Athlete Award

Year Name Sport(s) Year Name Sport(s)
1976-77 Mike Carbone Football 1977-78 Don Armstrong Hockey
1978-79 Steve Petrie Swimming 1979-80 Steve Stoyanovich Hockey
1980-81 Mark Eisenmann Football & Lacrosse 1981-82 John Clark Football
1982-83 John Ecker Football 1983-84 Dan Rich Track & Field
1984-85 Adam Oates Hockey 1985-86 Mike Dark Hockey
1986-87 Tom Wood Football & Baseball 1987-88 Chris Sloan Swimming
1988-89 Rob Helmer Basketball 1989-90 Mike Rhodes Baseball
1990-91 Joe Juneau Hockey 1991-92 Tom Ronan Basketball & Football
1992-93 Rob Unruh Swimming 1993-94 Brandon Grabowski Football
1994-95 Sue Bator Soccer, Basketball & Lacrosse 1995-96 Alic Scott Football
1996-97 Jen Swiderek Soccer 1997-98 Dan McGovern Football
1998-99 Krishaun Gilmore Football & Track & Field Bridget LaNoir Field Hockey & Ice Hockey
1999-00 Laura Gregor Soccer & Softball Matt Vittengl Football & Lacrosse
2000-01 Julia Geer Swimming & Lacrosse Ben Terzulli Lacrosse
Tom Terzulli Lacrosse
2001-02 Kate Adams Cross Country, Ice Hockey & Track & Field Travis Teeter Baseball
2002-03 Benjamin Fell Swimming Allison Geer Swimming
2003-04 Flynn Cochran Football & Baseball Meghan Hartman Swimming
2004-05 Kaitlyn Saunders Basketball Trevor Tersmette Track & Field
2005-06 Jimmy Motzkin Football & Track & Field Rosina Schiff Ice Hockey
2006-07 Gregory Derevianko Diving Jen Dias Track & Field
2007-08 Marion Albert Track & Field Brendan McGowan Football
2008-09 Kristiina Baker Field Hockey & Track & Field Jimmy Robertson Football
2009-10 Whitney Coleman Basketball Patrick Reardon Baseball
2010-11 Jen Bach Softball Chase Polacek Hockey
2011-12 Sara Heller Hockey Tyler Hutchinson Lacrosse
2012-13 Michael Hermann Football Gillian McCarthy Softball
2013-14 Zac Borelli Football & Track & Field Grace Tilton Cross Country, Swimming & Track & Field
2014-15 Meg Colitz Lacrosse Andrew Franks Football
2015-16 Jamie Jackson Golf Taylor Ten Eyck Softball
2016-17 Stephanie Caudle Softball Ben Fazio Cross Country & Track & Field
2017-18 Shanny Lin Swimming Matt Vitagliano Track & Field
2018-19 Grant O'Connor Cross Country & Track & Field Lovisa Selander Ice Hockey
2019-20 Maggie Bond Cross Country & Track & Field Noah Falasco Cross Country & Track & Field
2020-21 Izzy Caplazi Cross Country & Track & Field Sebastian Castillo-Sanchez Tennis
2021-22 Patrick Mahoney Basketball Jessica Torch Softball
2022-23 Matt Lecky Cross Country & Track & Field Alex Mednikova Tennis