
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.
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).