More than 150 high school students from Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School were honored at the school’s Spring Sports Awards Night. The evening, sponsored by the Booster Club, was filled with praise for members of the track, baseball, softball, and lacrosse teams for their commitment to teamwork, school, and themselves.
In addition to honoring the Most Valuable and Most Improved Players, as well as giving out the Coaches Award for each team, the Daniel O’Connell and
Jarred Pennington Memorial Awards were presented to one member of the Baseball and Lacrosse teams, respectively. The winners of the awards were baseball player Anthony Giordano and lacrosse player Damien Hicks.
The Section XI Gold Key Award, the highest Section XI honor that an athlete can receive, and Golden Eagle Awards were also presented at the ceremony. The Gold Key is awarded to student athletes who letter in eight Junior Varsity or Varsity seasons in grades 10-12. This year’s recipients were Druscilla Dickson, Randy Fernandez, Julia Flamenco, Paul Lopez, Leslie Morgan, Javon Nunes, Rolando Rowe, Terrick Simms, and Maxwell Woelk.
The Golden Eagle Award is given to the student on each team who had the highest cumulative grade point average for the season. For the spring season, Maxwell Woelk (Boys Track), Gregory Lane (Baseball), Diane Lam (Girls Lacrosse), Ashley Simon (Girls Track), George Scales (Boys Lacrosse), and Emily Clark (Softball) received the Golden Eagle.
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