2017-2018 WINTER ATHLETIC BANQUET BASKETBALL BOWLING FEBRUARY 22, 2018 6:00 PM WHITE EAGLE BANQUETS
Welcome Prayer / Dinner Highlights of the Winter Season GCAC Awards Booster Club Presentation Individual Program Awards Season Recap by Coaches Presentation of Participation Awards, Letters and GCAC Certificates Presentation of the Team Awards Thanks for a great winter season!
WINTER SEASON HIGHLIGHTS BASKETBALL VARSITY GCAC Record: 7-1. (17-12 Overall) Finished 3 rd in the IC Catholic Prep Thanksgiving Tournament. Won the Regional Championship Won the GCAC White Division The team had an excellent season winning their League and a Regional. This team never backed down from any opponent, playing one of the toughest 3A schedules in the State. BASKETBALL JUNIOR VARSITY GCAC Record: 4-3 (11-5 Overall) The team finished second at the IC Tournament All players improved and blended as a team. The team fought through injuries to emerge successful. Everyone had fun and created great memories. BASKETBALL FRESHMEN GCAC Record: 2-4 Overall Record: 8-18 The freshmen basketball players learned to trust each other and work together as a team. The team had a successful run in the GCAC tournament. They defeated Fenwick on their way to finishing 4 th place overall.
BOWLING VARSITY The Varsity Bowling Team had a record of 9 wins and 1 loss in the GCAC regular season. The overall record when including non-conference matches was 11 wins and 1 loss. The team competed with great success this year: o GCAC Tournament 1 st Place Champions (This is the 11 th time in the last 12 years!!!) o IHSA State Regional 3 rd Place Overall o IHSA State Sectional 10 th Place Overall The Varsity bowlers had several successes as individuals: o Kathleen Serrano GCAC All-Conference GCAC Tournament 1 st Place Overall IHSA Regional 8 th Place Overall o Samantha Dahlstrom GCAC Tournament 2 nd Place Overall IHSA Regional 9 th Place Overall o Kayla Vargas GCAC All-Conference GCAC Tournament 11 th Place Overall IHSA Regional 13 th Place Overall o Mairead Dunne GCAC Tournament 4 th Place Overall
BOWLING JUNIOR VARSITY The Junior Varsity Bowling Team went 10-0 in GCAC League play, winning 47 of 50 games. The team won the 2017 GCAC JV Championship Tournament, bowling their two highest series all season at 2002 pins for the morning series and 2002 pins for the afternoon series. Samantha Stefanski placed 1 st at the JV GCAC Championships Individually averaging 163 for the day. Cassidy Yarwood was 2 nd, Becky Gawlinski was 7 th, Skylar Wilke was 18 th, and Valeria Colin was 19 th. It was a huge team effort and everyone contributed to the victory.
GCAC ALL-CONFERENCE ACADEMIC AWARD RECIPIENTS Recipients are upperclassmen who have maintained a GPA of 3.5 or higher at the varsity level of competition BASKETBALL Danielle LaSusa, Samantha Dias, Madison Van Horn, Gabriella O Hehir BOWLING Kathleen Serrano, Samantha Dahlstrom, Mairead Dunne, Janna George, Kayla Vargas GCAC ALL-CONFERENCE ATHLETIC AWARD RECIPIENTS The recipients of this award have been recognized and chosen by the coaches of the GCAC for their exemplary athletic ability at the varsity level BASKETBALL Veronica Kieres, Danielle LaSusa, Cori Thompson BOWLING Kathleen Serrano, Kayla Vargas, Janna George GCAC ATHLETE OF THE YEAR The recipients of this award have been chosen by the GCAC as the most outstanding athlete in the conference. BASKETBALL N/A BOWLING N/A
PRESENTATION OF THE TEAM AWARDS BASKETBALL-VARSITY MVP: Veronica Kieres Coaches Award: Cori Thompson Sportsmanship Award: Mary Quinn Spirit Award: Caroline Komosa BASKETBALL-JUNIOR VARSITY MVP: Annie Quinn Coaches Award: Kellie Forrestal Sportsmanship Award: Kaitlyn Jettner Spirit Award: Nicole Bendig BASKETBALL-FRESHMEN MVP: Madison Pronek Coaches Award: Christina Kinsch Sportsmanship Award: Katelin Cummens Spirit Award: Alexandra Bazianos BOWLING-VARSITY MVP: Kathleen Serrano Coaches Award: Samantha Dahlstrom Tori Neumann Sportsmanship Award: Janna George Spirit Award: Margaret Lovell BOWLING-JUNIOR VARSITY MVP: Samantha Stefanski Coaches Award: Cassidy Yarwood Tori Neumann Sportsmanship Award: Rebecca Gawlinski Spirit Award: Skylar Wilke
WINTER COACHING STAFF Basketball-Varsity Basketball-Varsity Assistant Basketball-Varsity Assistant Basketball-JV Basketball-JV Assistant Basketball-Freshman Basketball-Freshmen Bowling-Varsity Bowling-JV Athletic Trainer Jon Palicki Tom Kalleses Katie Bjerkness Carol Plodzien Brian Rybka Josh Wiechert Rebecca Hoffman Rick Clark Caryl King Brianne Schultz
BASKETBALL VARSITY BASKETBALL JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL FRESHMEN
BOWLING VARSITY BOWLING JUNIOR VARSITY
ADMINISTRATION President Principal Business Administrator Associate Principal Associate Principal Dean of Students Athletic Director Sr. Donna Marie Wolowicki, C.R. Richard Piwowarski Barbara Petrovich Joseph Lascon Kristine Owens Tamara Bernardin Eddie Kane SPECIAL THANKS A special thanks to the Athletic Booster Club for arranging the banquet! As an athletic program, we would also like to extend a sincere thank you to the student-athletes and their parents. Thanks for making it a great winter season!
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