Alumni Connecti N - St. Vincent-St. Mary High School

Athletic News
“Red” Fassnacht Award — Scout Team Player: Cash Culver,
Dominique Mitchell, Brian Foster
Lifter of the Year: Kevin Kozlowski, Rhys Edwards
Cross Country
Senior Colleen Conrad once again led the runners with
some outstanding outings culminating with her efforts leading
her to All Ohio standing at the state meet. Colleen has finished
a brilliant running career for the cross country girls’ team and
bright promise for the future was shown by the efforts of
Maria Arnone, a freshman, who showed great promise along
with Jessica Durbin. It will not be long before the boys will be
sending more of our runners to Scioto Downs in Columbus
for the state meet in the near future. Dan Lancianese, a veteran
coach will bring his young runners along to continue the fine
tradition of St. Vincent–St. Mary cross country success. Tyler
Tomazic led the team as Most Valuable Runner while Ian
Walsh was the Most Promising Newcomer, Jacob Swords -
Most Improved, and Brian Raglow - Most Dedicated.
Boys Soccer
New head coach John Stavros led the Irish to a good season
before bowing out in the District Tournament to a very good
Highland team. Igor Ilibasic provided the offensive punch (in
addition to his football heroics) and the defense kept
opponents scoring to a minimum. Bryan McCausland,
graduating senior, has indicated he will be signing a letter of
intent with Division II Ashland University, while several others
are considering other colleges from various divisions that are
courting them. The future is bright for our young men as they
return several starters to continue the fine soccer tradition at
St. Vincent–St. Mary.
Girls Soccer
Change is in the air as veteran coach Don Haddox retired
from coaching the girls’ team. Coach Haddox had an
outstanding end to his coaching career at St. Vincent–St. Mary
as he won several well deserved awards. Coach Haddox was
named Coach of the Year by the Akron Touchdown Club,
League Coach of the Year, District Coach of the Year, Greater
Akron Coach of the Year, and State Coach of the Year in
Division II. Mari O’Neill, team MVP was named to the All
District Team along with Amanda Olszewski and Eleanor
Sovacool. Amanda, an outstanding goalie (10 shutouts),
garnered All State honors in this, her junior year. Mari and
Amanda were named Beacon Journal All Stars while Mari and
Eleanor were joined by Cassandra Manna, Natalie Freiss and
Shannon Phillips being named to the Senior All Star Team.
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