Swimming Banquet a Success
Underclassmen Awarded MVPs

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.—Lycoming’s men’s and women’s swim teams held a banquet this past weekend to celebrate their 2006-2007 season. Head coach Jerry Hammaker welcomed the guests and honored this year’s seniors.

After dinner, senior captains Jessica Gough (Berwick, PA) and Chris Dempsey (Newtown, PA), and sophomores Nichole Zoller (Colonia, NJ) and Sean Berrier (Hughesville, PA) were awarded the Teammate Award, voted on by their fellow teammates for leadership, dedication and camaraderie.

Sophomore Milvana Ban (Harrisburg, PA) and freshman John Dougherty (Mountain Top, PA) took home Lycoming’s Most Valuable Player honors. The award recognizes that these swimmers could be counted on to score points whenever needed in multiple events.

The Coaches’ Award went to sophomores Jessie Gallagher (Cheltenham, PA) and Brian Fausel (Burdett, NY) for their high level of dedication to performance and improvement.

Finally, senior women’s co-captains Gough and Amanda Scholwinski (Philadelphia, PA) were honored with the prestigious Mort Rauff Award, for overall individual excellence and team spirit.

At this year’s Middle Atlantic Conference championships, Ban and senior Amy Gatehouse (Bethel Park, PA) took first team All-Conference. Eighteen individuals or relays took second team honors. Earlier this semester, fourteen Lycoming swimmers were named to the Conference’s Academic Honor Roll.