FFCS High School Sports Awards: Highlights, Recognition and more….

On Monday, June 6, FFHS student-athletes, families and coaches gathered to celebrate and recognize FFHS student-athlete achievements at the FFCS High School Sports Awards. Each year, the FFCS Athletic Department hosts this special evening of recognition and this year was no different. We would like to thank all of our student-athletes that participated in their respective sports this school year. A special thank you for making this a year to remember!

With that being said, here are the FFCS High School Sports Award Winners for the 2021-22 school year. Congratulations to you all!

Football

FFHS Football team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Football team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

John L. Jackson Memorial MVP – Giovanni DiCaprio
John J. Furman Award (football-academics)  – Ashton Glasser
Visscher Memorial Best Offensive Back – Jackson Cusack
Kimball Award Best Offensive Lineman  – Derek Duval
Michael J. Mongin Best Defensive Lineman  – Tyler Schmidtmann
John West Best Newcomer Award  – Logan Miller & Peyton Webber
Mancini Award – Best Defensive Back  – Owen Hicks

Boys’ Soccer

FFHS Boys' Soccer team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Boys’ Soccer team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

James C. Lippie Memorial MVP – Allen Booth
Best Offensive Player – Michael Carpenter & William Hernigle                          Coach’s Award – Nick Hastings
Best Defensive Player – Connor Harding                            

Girls’ Soccer

FFHS Girls' Soccer team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Girls’ Soccer team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Avis E. Lippie Memorial MVP – Carly Atty & Emma Crahan
Best Offensive Player – Nadia Buanno
Coach’s Award – Quincy Lake
Best Defensive Player – Jill Sandel
Most Improved – Kaitlyn Birkholz                 

Volleyball

FFHS Girls' Volleyball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Girls’ Volleyball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Laura Gage Memorial MVP  – Marilyn Whitcavitch
Most Improved – Alex Nordby and Kieonna Christmas 
Best Defensive Player – Samara Hunt
Best Offensive Player – Amber Cole
Most Versatile – Maddy Mott

Girls’ Cross Country                                   

FFHS Girls' Cross Country team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Girls’ Cross Country team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Most Valuable Runner – Isabella Miller
Most Improved – Kaylee Freeman
Most Dedicated Runner – Evelyn Yun
Most Productive Newcomer – Kassandria Holloway

Boys’ Cross Country

FFHS Boys' Cross Country team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Boys’ Cross Country team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Most Valuable Runner – Bennett Melita
Most Dedicated Runner – Ty Sanges & Matheu Dettenrieder
Most Productive Newcomer – Michael Carpenter
Most Improved – Allen Booth

Golf

FFHS Golf team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Golf team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

MVP – Colin Kowalski
Coach’s Award – Alex Saltsman
110% Award – Noah Moran

Cheerleading                 

FFHS Girls' Cheerleading team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Girls’ Cheerleading team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Most Valuable Cheerleader – Hailie Downing
Team Spirit Award – Emma Bowler
Coach’s Award – Cosette LaPlant

Swimming

FFHS Girls' Swim team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Girls’ Swim team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Most Valuable Swimmer – Scout Huckans
Most Improved – Molly Kowalczyk
Most Dedicated – Delaney Grady
Coach’s Award – Harper Huckans

Boys’ Basketball

FFHS Boys' Basketball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Boys’ Basketball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

James C. Lippie Memorial MVP – Nicholas Hastings
Coach’s Award – Colin Kowalski & Connor Weaver
Leading Rebounder    – Nicholas Hastings
Most Improved – Allen Booth
110% Award   – Jackson Cusack
Best Newcomer – Nate Mycek                                                      

Girls’ Basketball

FFHS Girls' Basketball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Girls’ Basketball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Jennifer Freeman Memorial MVP – Kyla Smith
Coach’s Award – Carly Atty
Top Defender – Kyla Smith
UBUNTU Award – Kami Walton
Top Rebounder – Kieonna Christmas
Moment of the Year – Quincy Lake                          

Wrestling

FFHS Wrestling team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Wrestling team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

MVP  – Owen Hicks
Coach’s Award – Jonathan Cranker
Most Dedicated – Zenmatsu Myles
Most Improved – Logan McCoy
Fastest Pin – Owen Hick – 20 seconds

Girls’ Indoor Track

FFHS Girls' Indoor Track team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Girls’ Indoor Track team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Avis E. Lippie Memorial Most Valuable Performer  – Jill Sandel
Best Sprinter    – Amelia Petersen
Best Distance Runner – Isabella  Miller
Best Field Performer – Talia Anderson
Best Newcomer – Emma Crahan                                                              

Boys’ Indoor Track

FFHS Boys' Indoor Track team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Boys’ Indoor Track team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

FFCS Track & Field Alumni Most Valuable Performer  – Alex Saltsman & Carter Petersen
Best Sprinter   – Landon Rose
Best Distance Runner – Bennett Melita
Best Field Performer – Giovanni DiCaprio
Best Newcomer – Jonah Bluvas

Boys’ Bowling

FFHS Boys' Bowling team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Boys’ Bowling team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

MVP – Ethan Auspelmyer
Coach’s Award – Noah Moran & Tomek Kowalczyk
Most Improved – Devin Humphrey
Leadership Award – Hayden Auspelmyer

Cheerleading

Most Valuable Cheerleader – Morgan Knapik
Most Dedication – Faith Retell
Coach’s Award – Kaylee Freeman

Boys’ Swimming

MVP- Connor Harding
Coach’s Award – Rory McGrattan

Boys’ Outdoor Track

FFHS Boys' Outdoor Track team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Boys’ Outdoor Track team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

James F. Minicki Memorial MVP  –  Allen Booth, Carter Petersen, Alex Saltsman
Best Distance Events – Bennett Melita & Ty Sanges                                            Best Sprinting Events – Landon Rose
Best Field Events – Brady Melious
Most Improved – Matheu Dettenrieder, Adam Saltsman, Ashton Glasser                                 

Girls’ Outdoor Track

FFHS Girls' Outdoor Track team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS Girls’ Outdoor Track team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

James C. Lippie Memorial MVP – Elinor Slezak
Best Distance Events – Isabella Miller & Caroline Young
Best Sprinting Events – Amelia Petersen & Jill Sandel
Best Field Events – Emma Crahan & Talia Anderson
Most Improved – Allison Cranker & Adrianna Wojcik

Softball

FFHS softball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS softball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Avis E. Lippie Memorial MVP – Emma Crahan
Coach’s Award – Scout Huckans
Best Newcomer – Emma Powers
Best Defensive Player – Talor Ferrucci
Offensive Player of the Year – Kamryn Walton                              

Baseball

FFHS baseball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.
FFHS baseball team members at the FFCS High School Sports Awards on Monday, June 6.

Higgins Plaque (MVP)  – Tyler Daus & Derek Duval
Coach’s Award – Giovanni DiCaprio & Zenmatsu Myles
Best Newcomer – Jackson Croucher & Joey Susi
Best Defensive Player – Derek Duval
Batting Title – Tyler Daus – .528

Athletes of the Year 

FFCS Athletes of the Year Alex Saltsman and Marilyn Whitcavitch.
FFCS Athletes of the Year Alex Saltsman and Marilyn Whitcavitch.

Male – Alex Saltsman
Female – Marilyn Whitcavitch