Xavier Student-Athletes Honored 

By Peter Barbieri ‘10

Xavier High School’s academic year has come to end, and so too has its spring sports programs. To mark the finish of another great season, Xavier recognized student-athletes from the baseball, rugby, track, lacrosse, tennis, and golf teams. Seniors Eamonn Matthews ’15 (rugby), Vincent Tozzi ’15 (tennis), Gianluca Milea ’15 (tennis), John Rice ’15 (cross country), Charlie Lambert ’15 (indoor track), and Oliver Moe ’15 (outdoor track) took home the Block X awards for Most Valuable Player in their respective sports, as did juniors Marc Bisogno ’16 (baseball), Drake Martin ’16 (golf), and Dario Marinzulich '16 (lacrosse).

See below for a full list of awards bestowed upon Xavier student-athletes:

Baseball 
Freshman
Most Valuable Player – Robert Fadel
Silver Slugger Award – Michael Petze
CY Young Award – Johnny Castro
Coaches’ Award – Gian Luca Bartoli

JV
Most Valuable Player – James Bartnett
Cy Young – Andrew Mattiello
Silver Slugger – Joseph Morelli
Golden Glove – Jonathan Pappanicholaou
Coaches’ Award – Francis Daly

Varsity
Block X MVP – Marc Bisogno
Silver Slugger – Marc Bisogno
Golden Glove – Liam Hibbits
Cy Young – Joseph Roperti
Most Improved – Matthew Rienzi
Best Offense – Pietro Giglio
Best Defense – Joseph Aguilera
Coaches’ Award – Nicholas Vitale

Golf
Block X MVP – Drake Martin
Most Improved Golfer – Patrick Devlin
Coaches’ Award – Justin Muccigrosso

Rugby
Freshman
Most Valuable Player – Patrick Dunne
Best Back – Francis Corrado
Best Forward – Nicholas Valentino
Most Improved – Christopher Schiavello
Coaches’ Award – Joseph O’Connor
Coaches’ Award – Anthony Cimino

JV
Most Valuable Player – Eoin Sansevero
Best Back – Damon Anderson
Best Forward – William Esposito
Most Improved Player – Ifaenyi Emeh
Coaches’ Award - Rahmel Beal

Varsity
Block X MVP – Eamonn Matthews
Best Forward – Ryan Fitzpatrick
Best Back – James Tweedy
Most Promising Player – Malik Fisher
Most Improved Player – Charles Platt
Club Man – Matthew Bergstol & Daniel McLaren

Tennis
Block X MVP – Vincent Tozzi & Gianluca Milea
Most Improved – Andrew Arabian
Coaches’ Award – Henry Michels

Lacrosse
JV
Most Valuable Player – Zachary Holuka
Most Improved Player – Francis Silvestri & Luke Erhard
Coaches’ Award – Anthony Costa

Varsity
Block X MVP – Dario Marinzulich
Most Improved Player – Thomas Kaufer
Coaches’ Award – Sean Drennan

Cross Country
Block X MVP – John Rice
MVP, JV Cross Country – Ben Karam
MVP, Freshman Cross Country – Josef Raphael Oettl
MIP, Varsity Cross Country – Garrison Schwer
MIP, JV Cross Country – Neil McEnerney
MIP, Freshman Cross Country – Alexander Vittarelli

Indoor Track
Block X MVP – Charlie Lambert
MVP, Sophomore Indoor Track – Andrew Defreitas
MVP, Freshman Indoor Track – Val Ferraro
MIP, Varsity Indoor Track – Henry Camacho
MIP, Varsity Indoor Track – Jon Chin
MIP, Sophomore Indoor Track – James Lunny
MIP, Freshman Indoor Track – Andrew Hernandez
MVP, Indoor Throws – Donovan Shanks
MIP, Indoor Throws – Kevin McMahon
MVP, Indoor Jumps – Matt Baker
MIP, Indoor Jumps – Stephanos Cocoves

Outdoor Track
Block X MVP – Oliver Moe
MVP, Sophomore Outdoor Track – Giancarlo Cipri
MVP, Freshman Outdoor Track – Dorian Ryan
MVP, Freshman Outdoor Track – Fergus MacDonnell
MIP, Varsity Outdoor Track – Isaac Parker
MIP, Varsity Outdoor Track – Christian Tiong-Smith
MIP, Sophomore Outdoor Track – Gian Angelo Tria
MIP, Freshman Outdoor Track: Jerardo Perez
MIP, Freshman Outdoor Track – Ethan Ramirez
MVP, Outdoor Throws – Michael Miskimmon
MIP, Outdoor Throws – Patrick Heaney
MVP, Outdoor Jumps – Joseph Santangelo
MIP, Outdoor Jumps – Jeremiah Onowubuya