Feast of champions

Junior and varsity basketball player Bryan Knapp embraces his coach, Dave McCloud, after receiving the Lion’s Award. This is the second straight year Knapp has won the award for the team.

photo by Bennett Bramson

Junior and varsity basketball player Bryan Knapp embraces his coach, Dave McCloud, after receiving the Lion’s Award. This is the second straight year Knapp has won the award for the team.

Bennett Bramson, Sports Editor

On Thursday, June 2 CESJDS students who participated in a winter or spring sport came together for the annual Winter and Spring Sports Banquet. At the banquet, students ate and listened to their coaches talk about the season. The coaches also handed out awards to whomever they thought were the most committed and important athletes to their respective teams.

Each team’s coach gives the Lion’s Award to the athletes who display the highest level of skill in their sport, as well as being a great teammate both on and off the field/court.

The Coach’s Award is given in each sport to the athletes who show a high level of dedication to their sport and team, always working and training to improve their skills.

Each team’s coach gives the Sportsmanship Award to the athletes who show great respect for their sport, team and opponents throughout the season.

Winter Sports Awards 

Varsity Dance

  • Lion’s Award: Alumna Elianna Bernstein (‘16)
  • Coach’s Award: Alumna Annie Rodney (‘16)
  • Sportsmanship Award: Freshman Mia Drexler

Boys Varsity Basketball

  • Lion’s Award: Junior Bryan Knapp
  • Coach’s Award: Alumnus Brian Shorr (‘16) and Junior Daniel Kuhnreich
  • Sportsmanship Award: Alumnus Aviv Assaraf (‘16)

Boys JV Basketball

  • Lion’s Award: Freshman Max Stravitz
  • Coach’s Award: Freshman Dani Offer and Freshman Zev Katz
  • Sportsmanship Award: Sophomore Oren Azar

Varsity Swimming

  • Lion’s Award: Sophomore Natalie Granader
  • Coach’s Award: Junior Ethan Josovitz
  • Sportsmanship Award: Alumna Elianna Bernstein (‘16)

Girls Varsity Basketball

  • Lion’s Award: Alumna Daphne Lerner (‘16)
  • Coach’s Award: Alumna Evie Kraner (‘16)
  • Sportsmanship Award: Sophomore Sophie Handloff and Sophomore Mira Rodney

Varsity Wrestling

  • Lion’s Award: Junior Eden Amewou-Atisso
  • Coach’s Award: Junior Eytan Layman
  • Sportsmanship Award: Junior Seth Kolmaister

Spring Sports Awards

Boys Varsity Baseball

  • Lion’s Award: Junior Gabe Cohen and Sophomore Matthew Landy
  • Coach’s Award: Junior Aaron Robinson and Sophomore Zach Gordon
  • Sportsmanship Award: Junior Bennett Bramson and Junior Joel Vardon

Girls Varsity Softball

  • Lion’s Award: Junior Arielle Weinstein
  • Coach’s Award: Junior Sophia Godin
  • Sportsmanship Award: Junior Maya Fontheim

Girls Varsity Track & Field

  • Lion’s Award: Sophomore Kaitlin Goodman
  • Coach’s Award: Junior Sara Hughes
  • Sportsmanship Award: Sophomore Rani Zimand

Boys Varsity Track & Field

  • Lion’s Award: Junior Reuben Winston
  • Coach’s Award: Junior Caleb Gershengorn and Junior Ethan Josovitz
  • Sportsmanship Award: Junior Jonathan Foldi

Boys Varsity Volleyball

  • Lion’s Award: Junior Aaron Weiss
  • Coach’s Award: Junior Noah Green and Sophomore Josh Myers
  • Sportsmanship Award: Junior Uri Kozlowski

Boys Varsity Tennis

  • Lion’s Award: Sophomore Nachi Drogin
  • Coach’s Award: Sophomore Jonas Drogin
  • Sportsmanship Award: Sophomore Ethan Jach

Varsity Golf

  • Lion’s Award: Freshman Cameron Diamond
  • Coach’s Award: Junior Alex Missner
  • Sportsmanship Award: Nathan Rodney

The banquet also recognized the student athletic trainers who provide medical aid to the high school sports teams. The student athletic trainers this year were junior Nathan Rodney, alumna Maital Meloul (‘16), alumna Sivan Shillo (‘16), alumna Noa Dahan (‘16) and alumna Allie Wolf (‘16).