READING, Pa. – The Albright athletics department held its first in-person annual Awards Ceremony since 2019 at the Merner-Pfeiffer-Klein Memorial Chapel on Tuesday evening.
 
It was a memorable evening that had a different spin on it than years past. Along with honoring the top student-athletes with the traditional special awards, Albright athletics also introduced a series of new awards such as Play of the Year, sports medicine's R.O.A.R award, strength and conditioning's Locked In award, and team community service and GPA awards.
 
Men's and women's basketball swept the Abram Karlip Outstanding Senior Awards as Gabby Boggs, an All-Region second team honoree, earned the award on the female side and Sidney Brown, an All-MAC Commonwealth second team member garnered the male award.
 
Below are the rest of the special award winners:
Outstanding First-Year Female Athlete Award – Alex Pancu, Women's Tennis
Outstanding First-Year Male Athlete Award – Jack Burke, Men's Lacrosse
Neal Harris Academic Excellence Award – Shelby Woodard, Women's Tennis; Todd Shelley, Football
SAAC Sportsmanship Award – Massiel Del Orbe, Softball; Conner Miller, Men's Cross Country/Track & Field
Red and White Award – Stephanie Calafiore, Women's Soccer; Armon Jefferson, Football
NCAA Woman of the Year Award – Diza Hasanaj, Women's Soccer
Memorial Prize of the Class of 1926 – Autumn Bieber, Women's Soccer; Joseph Guiliano, Men's Swimming
Eugene Shirk Award – Shelby Woodard, Women's Tennis; Justin Negron, Men's Track & Field
Derek Kehoe Memorial Award – Allison Melahn, Softball
Abram Karlip Outstanding Senior Female – Gabby Boggs, Women's Basketball
Abram Karlip Outstanding Senior Male – Sidney Brown, Men's Basketball
Team GPA – Women's Swimming
Team Community Service – Women's Lacrosse
Sports Medicine's R.O.A.R Award – Nick Garofalo, Men's Soccer
Strength & Conditioning's Locked In Awards – Meredith Marstellar, Field Hockey; Antwan Rogers, Football
Play of the Year – Women's Lacrosse: Abbie Moist's twizzler goal against No. 22 Haverford
Moment of the Year – Women's Soccer: Gabby Rhoad's goal against Stevenson in the first round of the MAC Commonwealth playoffs.
 
Team MVP's announced:
Baseball: Nick Sklenarik
Women's Basketball: Gabby Boggs
Men's Basketball: Sidney Brown
Cheerleading: Bria Stapleton
Cross Country: Women's – Madison Show; Men's – Conner Miller
Esports: League of Legends – Benjamin Daniels; Overwatch – Harrison Bley; Rocket League – Logan Wintersteen
Field Hockey: Shannon Griffin
Football: Offensive lineman – Christian Jusino; Offensive back – Kevin Zehner; Defensive lineman – Eric Martin; Defensive back – Daniel Vital
Golf: Women's – Maddison Wagner; Men's – Ben Egin
Indoor Track & Field: Women's – Rehanna Holder; Men's – John Villano
Women's Lacrosse: Offensive – Lauren China; Defensive – Sydney Plunkett
Men's Lacrosse: Offensive – Jack Burke; Defensive – Ryan Janowski
Women's Soccer: Autumn Bieber
Softball: Allison Melahn
Women's Swimming: Laurel Gingrich
Men's Swimming: Joseph Guiliano
Men's Soccer: Yaniv Gonyoe
Volleyball: Brooke Franklin