James Caldwell High School seniors Emily Cannavale and Lorenzo Roselle are the recipients of the fifth annual Colonel John McHugh Memorial Award.
Selected by team members, the awards, which recognize one male and one female athlete who represent the highest levels of service, putting the team first, leadership, soccer ability, dedication, and work rate, were awarded at the annual Colonel John McHugh Soccer Saturday event on September 19.
“The award is based solely on the input from fellow student athletes,” said Richard Porfido, Director of Athletics at JCHS. “Each student anonymously nominates two athletes that they feel best exemplify the criteria, and specify to what degree each of the criteria is met.”
A 1982 graduate of JCHS and captain of the state championship soccer team that year, McHugh attended West Point where he was the starting goal keeper and captain of the West Point Soccer Program. He served our nation for many years and became the highest ranking member of the military to be killed in action in May of 2010.
In 2011, to honor his dedication and sacrifice, the annual soccer event was renamed to Colonel John McHugh Memorial Soccer Saturday.
Past winners of the award include Lauren Gray and Cooper Milano in 2013, William Evers and Emily Banasynski in 2012 and Henry McCoy and Annie Mergner in 2011. For more information on the JCHS athletics program, please visit the district website at www.cwcboe.org/athletics.
