The Northern Virginia Community College annual sports banquet took place on the evening of April 29 at the Springfield Hilton Hotel. It was organized by NOVA’s collegewide Student Activities Coordinator Brian Anweiler.

The event began with remarks by Dr. Peter Maphumulo, provost of the Alexandria campus. He discussed the importance of sports within the overall NOVA experience, and mentioned that NOVA would soon be considering whether or not to strengthen its sports program.

With the introduction of men’s lacrosse this academic year, NOVA now has six teams that engage in intercollegiate competition.

At the banquet, plaques were given to the team members and academic awards were given for the first time.

Special awards for various sports and the winners included the following:

Women’s Basketball

Player of the Year: Stella Holloway

Coach’s Award: Kristen Dukes

Men’s Basketball

Player of the Year: Jermaine Wright

Coach’s Award: Rich Waldron

Men’s Soccer

Player of the Year: Jean Pierre Kanashiro

Coach’s Award: Werner Brito

Women’s Volleyball

Player of the Year: Zoie Seay

Coach’s Award: Sima Azarani

Coed Ice Hockey

Player of the Year: Scott Johnson

Coach’s Award: Chris Altice

Men’s Lacrosse

Player of the Year: Kiel Cooke

Coach’s Award: C.J. Ward

By: Arch Scurlock

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