105615 MAF 2007 OSA booklet

Twenty First AnnualMarin County High SchoolOutstanding Student Athlete

Awards Banquet

Embassy Suites Hotel, San RafaelMay 7, 2007

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Marin Athletic FoundationProviding Financial Support

For Interscholastic and Intramural Sports

The purpose of the Marin Athletic Foundation is to save and maintainhigh school sports programs in Marin County through communityfundraising.

The Board of Directors of the Marin Athletic Foundation believes that:

- High school sports are a vital part of the high school experienceand provide important and positive educational and develop-mental outcomes for students.

- School districts need community support to keep athletic pro-grams from being eliminated. Declining enrollment and statefinancial support often make it necessary for school boards to cutback in almost all school programs.

- To insure broad participation by all students both interscholasticand intramural programs should remain available.

- An aware community will make a commitment to provide theresources necessary to help the schools keep these programs inplace.

Selection Criteria

The student athletes being honored were selected by their schools inaccordance with the following criteria, developed with the involvement

of school athletic directors and adopted by the Board of Directorsof the Marin Athletic Foundation:

Athletic InvolvementLeadershipScholarship

School-Community InvolvementDeportment

These elements embody values that the Marin Athletic Foundationbelieves are vital in a comprehensive education for all young citizens.


Program

6:00 p.m. Reception

7:00 p.m. Dinner

WelcomeMike Daly

President, Marin Athletic Foundation Board of Directors

Student IntroductionsMary Jane Burke

Mistress of Ceremonies

Marin Athletic Foundationgratefully acknowledges:

Program PreparationGary Burns

Decorations Provided bySan Marin Florist - Steve Munson


Julia HerronThe Branson School

California, here I come!!! That’s the plan for this soft-ball and golf standout. To take her glove and clubsacross the bay to Berkeley and continue to achieve atthe same high level she did at Branson. JuliaHerron’s lofty goals don’t stop with playing sports,she intends to leave Berkeley and go into business.After what she accomplished at Branson who woulddoubt her. Her athletic career at Branson included arare four-year varsity stint in both softball and golf.She was a first team all-league selection in golf inboth her junior and senior years. She will graduatefrom Branson cum laude, is an AP Scholar with Honor and was a National MeritFinalist. Julia is as active in the community as she is on campus, volunteering at Mealsof Marin and Sustainable Seas. She also finds time to be a peer tutor at Branson. Hertutoring efforts carry over to her teammates. Golf coach Al Endriss credits Julia’s men-toring of the younger golfers as being a “huge reason for the success of the program.”

Branson

Morgan LivermoreThe Branson School

When Morgan Livermore was on the varsity playingfields and in the gyms at Branson his teams were acombined 91-8-13! That record includes two CIFState Championships in basketball and 30 shutoutsas a soccer goalkeeper. But sports are not whatMorgan is all about. He is also an executive memberof the student council, is the school spirit captain,was part of the school chorus for two years and wasthe coordinator for the Branson Holiday Toy Drive(Toys for Tots). Outside of school Morgan has partic-ipated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay forLife, is a San Francisco Zoofest volunteer and hasbeen a volunteer coach at Branson summer basket-ball camps. Morgan’s passion for soccer has garnered him many awards ranging from1st team all-league recognition his sophomore and senior years to being named cap-tain of the team the past two seasons. “Morgan was an exceptional captain, leading byhis actions and words,” coach Tom Ryan says. Morgan will attend Dartmouth Collegein the fall and will continue his soccer career in the Ivy League


Renee ChapmanDrake High

One of three institutions of higher learning, eitherU.C. San Diego, Cal Poly or Bryant University, willbe the lucky winner in the Renee Chapman sweep-stakes. Whichever school hits the lottery will be therecipient of a tremendously well-rounded student-athlete. In her four-year high school career, Reneehas managed to split her time equally betweensports and community activities. While at Drake,Renee has been a three-year varsity softball star anda two-year varsity water polo standout all the whilemaintaining a 4.02 GPA. She is currently the softballteam captain and has the team headed into the MCAL playoffs. Sports do not occupynearly all of Renee’s time. She is a member of Drake’s leadership class, is co-editor ofthe yearbook, is the student recognition commissioner and is also on the DrakeLeadership Council. Renee hopes to continue her softball career at whichever schoolholds her winning ticket.

Drake

Cullen HennessyDrake High

Very few athletes have dominated their sports theway Cullen Hennessy has in his four years of swim-ming and playing water polo at Drake. Although heis by no means a duck, he certainly takes to thewater like one. Cullen has accumulated eight varsi-ty letters thanks to his prowess in the pool – four inswimming and four for water polo. He holds theMCAL record in the 500 freestyle and is a three-timeAll-Northern California selection in water polo. Hiswater polo dominance goes beyond regional bound-aries as he was named a three-time All-Americaincluding being named to the first team in 2006. His scholastic achievements, includ-ing maintaining a 3.71 GPA, combined with his exploits in the pool landed Cullen ascholarship in water polo to UCLA. His plans include playing water polo at UCLA allthe while getting a great education and someday playing for the U.S. Men’s SeniorNational Water Polo Team.


Gabrielle JoffeMarin Catholic High

This nationally ranked cross-country skier will grad-uate from Marin Catholic as one of the school’sfinest all-around athletes. Gabrielle Joffe is anincredibly gifted student-athlete who is active in on-campus activities as well as within the greater com-munity. Gaby is a 4.13 student who scored a 2100 onher SAT and, oh by the way, is the varsity co-captainand all-league selection on the MCAL championwater polo team and in her spare time maintainsthat national ranking in cross-country skiing. Shegarnered a 3rd place finish in Nordic Skiing inCNISSF state championships. Outside of the Marin Catholic community, Gaby haschosen to give back to the sport she loves, skiing. She has devoted more than 100hours to helping teach the visually impaired how to Nordic Ski. Gaby will be attend-ing Williams College in Massachusetts in the fall of 2007, continuing her skiing careeron the varsity Nordic Ski team and hopes to play water polo at the club level.

Marin Catholic

Kevin GeckMarin Catholic High

Senator Kevin Geck. Has a certain ring to it, doesn’tit? A soon-to-be Cameron Crazie, Kevin has one ofthe most diverse student-athlete resumes at MarinCatholic in the last 10 years. His combination ofexcellence in the classroom and prowess on the ath-letic field will land Kevin at Duke University inNorth Carolina come fall with designs on the U.S.Senate. Kevin currently presides over his seniorclass as president while maintaining a 4.50 GPA. Hisinterest in politics will lead him to study politicalscience and economics at Duke but will not preventhim from becoming a blue-faced backer of Duke basketball. A baseball and basketballletterman, Kevin was part of the 2006 MCAL champion baseball team and is a mem-ber of the 2007 North Coast Section Scholar Athlete team. He also finds time to playpiano and electric guitar and contribute time to community service activities includ-ing Marin County Youth Court, Special Olympics and the Marin Catholic Camp ofChampions.


Ciara BreckenridgeNovato High

Ciara Breckenridge will be graduating with a 4.00GPA at the end of the school year. She has managedto maintain her high academic standard while par-ticipating in a multitude of extracurricular activities.Her strong leadership skills have helped her becomecaptain of both the lacrosse and basketball teams.Ciara’s lacrosse honors include four years as anMCAL all-leaguer, an All-America selection in 2006and a member of the 2006 Pacific Lacrosse team thatparticipated in the National Tournament. She wasalso invited to tryout for the Under-19 NationalLacrosse Team. In addition to athletics, Ciara has been a volunteer coach for a numberof basketball and lacrosse organizations, including the CASA Hoops for Children.After graduation Ciara will continue to play lacrosse at Division I St. Mary’s Collegein Moraga. She plans to major in history and eventually attend law school or major insports psychology and become a coach.

Novato

Michael NicoliniNovato High

Over the past several years Novato has establisheditself as a football powerhouse. Mike Nicolini hasplayed a huge role in continuing that legacy in histime at Novato High. The Hornets were MCALchamps in 2004 and 2006 and were North CoastSection Champs in 2005 and 2006. During thosechampionship seasons, Mike earned not only all-MCAL honors, but All-Metro, All-Section and All-State honors as a defensive back. His leadershipskills earned him the captaincy for football and bas-ketball where he also earned all-league recognition.But Mike is not just a football and basketball player. His other interests have led himto become a math tutor and youth football coach. He also helped his teammates outby participating in football study hall to keep players eligible academically and alsosubscribes to “Fitness for Life” to learn exercises and healthy habits to stay physicallyfit. Mike will attend the University of Redlands and plans on continuing his footballcareer while studying kinesiology or athletic training.


Emily TrautnerRedwood High

An equal passion for swimming and education haspropelled Emily Trautner to the top of the list in bothfields. She is without question an exemplary studentathlete. This statement is supported by her long listof swimming achievements, including 12 MCAL 1stplace finishes, six-time All-America, three-timeRedwood record holder and 2006 MCAL MVP. “Shehas won every MCAL swim final that she hasentered and for swimmers from other schools hername is a household term,” says assistant swimcoach Ann Jaime. In addition to her obvious passionfor swimming, Emily holds the same passion for education. Emily is a National MeritCommended Scholar, winner of the Harvard Book Award and an AP Scholar. Whennot focused on sports or study she enjoys teaching youth swimming. “All this praiseand success might have created an ego that would be difficult to coach, but Emily isthe most gracious and humble member of the team,” Jaime says. Next up – four yearsat Princeton

Redwood

Alex GannonRedwood High

Alex Gannon’s high school career is highlighted notonly with outstanding athletic achievements, butwith impressive academic and community acco-lades as well. Alex has been a varsity football playerand wrestler for the last two years and has receivedNCS Scholar Athlete Awards for both sports all fouryears. He has also been named a National MeritCommended Scholar and is a four-year CSF mem-ber. He also finds time to participate in “Athletes asAllies”, a community service organization thatoffers help to abused women and children in Marinand has been selected to participate in the “Peer Resource Group” at Redwood wherehe works with other students to educate the middle school population about drugs.“Alex has been a very important part of the Peer Resource team and is admired andrespected by his classmates,” says Tara Donoghue, Peer Resource advisor. Alex willbecome a Golden Domer in the fall as he will attend Notre Dame University and playclub sports.


Caitlin RuganiSan Marin High

Although being with friends in the final year of highschool and hanging out has been important, “schoolhas continued to be my top priority,” says varsitysoftball captain Caitlin Rugani. With athletic siblings6, 10 and 12 years older than her, she was destined toplay sports. Caitlin settled on volleyball and softballand excelled at both. However, it was not just sportsthat Caitlin excelled at. “At age five school becamean important part of my life,” she said. “I excelled atall of my classes and was able to join the Gifted andTalented Education program in middle school.” Herprowess in the classroom continued at San Marin where she took Honors andAdvanced Placement classes and focused in on her favorite subject, biology. Throughher love of science she has turned an internship at the Buck Institute for Aging into apart time job there. Caitlin plans on attending Sonoma State University, continuing toplay softball and working at the Buck Institute while striving for a PhD in Biology.

San Marin

Rhett CarlsenSan Marin High

The ultimate good guy. That’s how golf coach RobertLacy sums up his 2006 MVP, Rhett Carlson. Much asgolfer Hale Irwin did, Rhett has managed to com-bine football and golf. The one recurring theme inboth sports, as far as Rhett is concerned is sports-manship. He won the 2006 varsity football sports-manship award and excels at a sport that puts a pre-mium on sportsmanship. Off the golf course, Rhetthas participated in a trip to Mexico through AmorMinistries to build a house in Tecate and has donecommunity service work with the Marin AudubonSociety and at the National Guard Armory.Although he hasn’t decided on a major as yet, Rhett will be attending U.C. Santa Cruzin the fall and hopes to continue to play golf. He feels his high school experiences bothin sports and in the classroom have prepared him well for the future. Coach Lacy payshim the highest complement when he says, “I wish I was more like him.”


Denisha BrekkeSan Rafael High

There are those that are born to lead and there arethose that are born to follow. This volleyball, basket-ball, soccer, track and classroom star was definitelyborn to lead. Denisha Brekke has taken charge on theplaying fields, in the classroom and in communityactivities. She was named captain of the basketballteam, captain of the American Cancer Society Relayfor Life and captain of the Big Brothers/Big SistersBowl for Kids Sake. Her many community serviceactivities have taken her from Idaho to Mexico andfrom New Jersey to Central America. Along the wayshe was named a Bay Area All Star Scholastic Team Scholarship winner – for academ-ics, sports and service. Although the future is still somewhat up in the air, Denisha willbe taking her 4.47 GPA to either USC, University of Miami, UCSB or Cal Poly andapply it to either communications or international business. Wherever she studies andwhatever subject she chooses you know Denisha will be at the head of the class.

San Rafael

Edgar CamarilloSan Rafael High

Appropriately enough Edgar Camarillo is a “NextGeneration of Scholars” participant at San RafaelHigh. Edgar will be taking his scholarship andremain on the west coast when he chooses betweenUSC, U.C. Berkeley and Cal Poly to continue hiseducation. It wasn’t all classroom activity at SanRafael for Edgar. He also managed to pick up eightvarsity letters; three in football, two in basketballand three in lacrosse. While toiling on the athleticfields he picked up two Bulldog Awards for basket-ball and a North Coast Section Scholar Athleteaward. He was also a 1st team all-league guard. A rarity in today’s specialized era ofsports, Edgar not only participated but excelled in all three of his sports and still foundtime to post a 3.86 GPA. Along with his participation in the Next Generation Scholars,he was also in the U.C. Berkeley Academic Talent Development Program. His futureplans include his pursuit of a degree in architecture.


TamalpaisAoife DuffyTamalpais High

The answer is – at the top of her class. Question –Where does Aoife Duffy rank at Tamalpais High?That’s right. This 4.4 GPA student and three-timeMVP swimmer is also the top student in her gradu-ating class. Aoife also has a very impressive recordas a water polo player; a four-year varsity playerand all-leaguer for three years, team captain for twoyears and MVP this season. However, she might bea better swimmer, where she is also captain of theteam. Despite all her obvious success in the pool,Aoife may be even more accomplished in the class-room. Ranked No. 1 in her class, she is also a member of the California ScholarshipFederation. In her spare time Aoife is a member of the string orchestra and is a mem-ber of the Model United Nations where she has served as secretary for two years. Shealso finds time to tutor in the ESL program. Although she is undecided on where shewill attend college she would like to continue swimming wherever she goes.

Krister BarkovichTamalpais High

It’s no secret as to why local newspapers always findtime to write stories about young men who attainEagle Scout status. It is an extremely hard goal toattain. Hours and hours of community service arerequired as are a variety of skills and intelligence.Krister Barkovich is an Eagle Scout and has been onefor over a year. The same drive that propelledKrister to the pinnacle of scouting has also helpedhim to succeed as an athlete and student. He carriesa 4.3 GPA and has been on the principal’s honor rollseven semesters. He is also a member of the TamHigh orchestra. Krister has worked tirelessly at both baseball and basketball improv-ing on both sports since his freshman year and is currently a member of the Red-tailedHawks varsity basketball and baseball teams. Krister is also a pillar of the communi-ty, tutoring students and volunteering with the Redwoods Health Care Center. Heplans to attend a U.C. campus and become a doctor.


Lauren CookeTerra Linda High

With a 4.68 GPA, seven varsity letters and eightNorth Coast Section scholar athlete awards, LaurenCooke ranks among the top student athletes to evercome out of Terra Linda High School. Lauren hashad a stellar athletic career at Terra Linda starring insoccer and basketball. She is a three-time all leaguerin soccer achieving team captain and MVP honors inboth her junior and senior years. Lauren takes hersoccer skills outside the high school arena as wellplaying club soccer where her team won the U S clubnationals in 2004. This engineer-to-be will be attend-ing Columbia University in the fall where she hopes to continue playing soccer. Tocompliment her outstanding athletic endeavors, Lauren is also the school vice-presi-dent, attended the Junior State of America Conference and volunteers with the “Rootsof Peace” program. She is also a CSF member. Terra Linda’s loss will be Columbia’sgain as will the engineering profession.

Terra Linda

Ethan AndrianosTerra Linda High

There must be more than 24 hours in a day. That’sthe only way to explain how Ethan Andrianos doesall the things he does. Athletically Ethan is a rarethree-sport guy, excelling at football, basketball andtrack and field. Scholastically he is a member of theLink Crew Program that acclimates incoming fresh-man, is involved in the Terra Linda drama programand has taken courses at College of Marin andDominican University to supplement his education.He also finds time to do volunteer work at theYMCA where he is a childcare volunteer, a personaltrainer and helps with the youth shape-up program. With all this going on Ethan hasbeen able to maintain a 4.17 GPA while being the team captain in football for threeyears and being voted the most inspirational teammate twice in football and once inbasketball. He has been an NCS scholar-athlete every season he has participated in asport. Ethan plans on attending Cal Berkeley in the fall.


Chelsea BowmanTomales High

The University of California at Davis will be gettingone top student-athlete when Chelsea Bowmanarrives next fall. This volleyball-tennis star is alsothe varsity cheer captain and just happens to be theclass valedictorian. Chelsea collected a pile ofawards in her four years at Tomales including BestDefense Castleberry Award for volleyball, MostValuable Cheerleader and another CastleberryAward for cheerleading. She is a lifetime member ofthe California Scholarship Federation and finds timeto be the yearbook editor and business manager,participate in the mock trial, sit on the executive student council and was on the close-up to Washington D C trip. Chelsea appears to be on a lifetime sojourn of volun-teerism. She has devoted time at Lions Club events, volunteers at the office on cam-pus and plays piano at an elderly home on the weekends. She has also helped designand create sports media guides for her high school. Chelsea is definitely a good deeddoer if there ever was one.

Tomales

Stirling WeirTomales High

It’s going to be very tough for the Tomales HighBraves to find a replacement for Stirling Weir whenhe leaves for college at the end of the year. Stirlingexcelled at both football and basketball and evenhelped out the golf team for a season. He was recog-nized as an all-league football player in 2005 and2006, collected an All-Empire 2nd team award in2005 and a 1st team award in 2006. He was alsogiven the Best Lineman award in ’06. On the basket-ball court he was a premier defensive player pickingup the best defensive player award in his junior andsenior years. This 4.13 GPA student was not just an athlete though. He participated inthe mock trail, was active in the drama program and played in the school band.Stirling was also active in the community serving as a cabin leader at Walker CreekRanch and volunteering for the past four years at the Bodega Bay Fisherman’sFestival. It looks like Stirling will be headed south for college hoping for U. C. SanDiego.


The Local School Teams

School Principal(s) Athletic Director

Branson Peter Esty Tom Ryan

Drake Don Drake Chad Stuart

Marin Catholic Don Ritchie Rick Winters

Novato Rey Mayoral Jessica Peisch

Redwood Nancy Neu Desone Parker

San Marin Rod Hollander Keith Bergman

San Rafael Judith Colton Tony Bulter

Tamalpais Chris Holleran Gene Ng

Terra Linda Carole Ramsey Steve Farbstein

Tomales Trina Legacy Leon FelicianoKaren Moreda

Mistress of Ceremonies

MARY JANE BURKEMarin County Superintendant of Schools

Mary Jane Burke is a proud alumna of Dominican University where she received herB.A. in Education and M.A. in Special Education. She is currently President of theDominican University Alumni Board and serves on the Executive Committee of theBoard of Trustees. Her career in education began as an Instructional Assistant andvolunteer in Special Education classrooms. She has been a teacher of severelyhandicapped students, held various administrative positions and was elected MarinCounty Superintendent of Schools in 1994 and reelected in 1998 and 2002. Mary Janeis known as an enthusiastic champion for students in public and private education.She is the mother of two grown children and is currently involved in numerous localand statewide organizations and is the President-Elect of the California CountySuperintendents Educational Services Association. She has a monthly program onCOMCAST Cable entitled EducationMatters. TV.


Marin Athletic Foundation

Board of Directors Advisory BoardMike Daly, President Sharon Adams

Joe Ayoob Peter ArrigoniKasey Childs Briare Sandy Boyd

Jeff Brusati Mary Jane BurkeGary Burns Joan Capurro

Carney J. Campion Eugene ClahanJudith Colton Kit M. Cole

William L. Cope Dan ColemanCarl Cox Peggie Daly

Gary Frugoli William DanielsJohn S. Graham Ken DonaldsenJohn Heilmann Mario GhilottiRick Lafranchi Jim KingVicki McDill Thomas KnopfRichard Nave Walter Kosta

Lori Saia-Odisio Kenneth MacDonaldRobert E. Spain Matt MacPheeNata Tuatagaloa Terrel Mason

Chris Weber Marie McCarthyPeter MitchellJeff Pottorff

Robert TeasdaleSharon ValentinoJamie Williams

Executive Director: Patty Brusati

Join Us! We Need You!

Individual gifts are the backbone of our fund-raising to support high schoolathletics. Marin Athletic Foundation is pursuing, but has not yet attained, an

ambitious goal each year - to have 1,000 donors each giving $100.Please help us to make a truly significant difference in high school sports

programs by sending your tax-exempt donation in any amount to:

Marin Athletic FoundationP.O. Box 150930

San Rafael, CA 94915

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105615 MAF 2007 OSA booklet