APPENDIX B – AWARD RECIPIENTS - Cover Page



APPENDIX B

AWARDS PRESENTED BY WCOA or WOA

Life Member Awards

Bernabi Awards

Coach of the Year Awards

Official of the Year Awards

Ordiway Memorial Awards

Earl Fuller/ Frank Marotta Sportsmanship Awards

Special Awards Given by WOA

LIFE MEMBER AWARD – W.C.O.A. & W.O.A. OF SECTION 5

At the Fall Meeting in 1966, President Leo Bernabi proposed that the WCOA award Life Membership to those people who were not longer active in the association but had contributed to the association’s success over the years. The membership approved and the first Life Members, Tony Beisman, John McNab and Frank Reddy, were selected and were to be honored at the Spring Banquet in 1967. When the WCOA became the WOA, the practice was continued and the new WOA Constitution included a provision for Life Membership. Each Life Member has been presented the same type of plaque and has been invited as a guest at the annual banquet. Some have died or have not been heard from for many years, but each year, some have attended.

W.C.O.A.

1967 – Tony Beisman – Coach and one of the founders

John McNab – Official (deceased)

Frank Reddy – Official (deceased)

1968 – Bob Terbush – Coach & Official

Pete DeBottis – Section 5 Chairman & Official (deceased)

1973 – Bob Baker – Coach & Official

Leo Bernabi – Coach & Official and one of founders of WCOA (deceased)

1975 – Ron Smith – Official (deceased)

W.O.A. (since 1977)

1979 – John Spencer – Coach & Official

Gordon Gilfilian – Coach & Official

1983 – Bob Jones – (deceased)

1988 – Earl Fuller – Coach & Official – one of founders of WCOA

Al Gentile

1991 – Roscoe Hastings

Tom Trout

1992 – Len Hagberg

1994 – Joe Molino

1995 – Tony LaMonica

1996 – Mike Stackus

1999 – Mike Giagios

Jim Wild

2000 – Jeff DeRidder

Sam Linsner

2002 – Jim Berner

Don DeBadts

2003 – Joe Gugino

2010 – Joe Gustainis

Ray Watt

2011 – Ed Notebaert

2012 – Tom English

2013 – Tom Polsinelli

BERNABI AWARD WINNERS

This award is named after Leo Bernabi, one of the association’s founders, a past president and outstanding official who died in 1974. It is not an annual award. It is presented to a member of the association who has made outstanding contributions to wrestling.

Although Leo was known for starting the wrestling program at Spencerport and eventually becoming Superintendent of the district where one of the school’s bears his name, we remember him most as an outstanding official on both the high school and college levels. He was a very capable and energetic man. As the WOA of Section 5 President, he started the practice of more extensive training for new officials. We have made improvements, but he started us in the right direction. He was the first person from Section 5 to be elected President of our State Organization (NYSWOA) and his influence is felt to this day. He rescued the group from a small clique that controlled the state organization and laid the groundwork for the state presidency to rotate to different sections so that everyone in the state has the opportunity to be involved. Leo was inducted posthumously into the NY State Wrestling Hall of Fame and was the first person from our section to be selected. He as a great leader and mentor, so it is fitting that such a great award is named for him.

|1975 |Frank Marotta |

|1976 |Al Gentile |

|1977 |Earl Fuller |

|1978 |Len Hagberg |

|1979 |Al Feuz |

|1980 |Roscoe Hastings |

|1981 |Bob Jones |

|1982 |Tom Trout |

|1983 |None Awarded |

|1984 |Mike Giagios |

|1985 |None Awarded |

|1986 |None Awarded |

|1987 |Walt Teike |

|1988 |None Awarded |

|1989 |Don DeBadts |

|1990 |Joe Molino |

|1991 |Tony LaMonica |

|1992 |None Awarded |

|1993 |Jim Wild |

|1994 |Steve Dalberth |

|1995 |Ray Magee |

|1996 |None Awarded |

|1997 |Joe Gugino |

|1998 |Russ Tronolone |

|1999 |Sam Linsner |

|2000 |Dave Grazul |

|2001 |Jim Berner |

|2002 |Tom Polsinelli |

|2003 |None Awarded |

|2004 |Ray Watt |

|2005 |Don Delaney |

|2006 |David Goodwin |

|2007 |Steve Burton |

2008 Matt Smith

2009 None Awarded

2010 Leo Rhodes

2012 Joe Alvarez

2013 Gene Oberst

COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

|1973-74 |Joe Gustainis |Caledonia |

|1974-75 |Walt Teike |Spencerport |

|1975-76 |John Roselli |McQuaid |

|1976-77 |Pete Logan |Fairport |

|1977-78 |Marv Shimmel |York |

|1978-79 |Don Quinn |East Rochester |

|1979-80 |Weldon Canough |Canandaigua |

|1980-81 |Larry Reynolds |Canandaigua |

|1981-82 |Jeff Brown |Brockport |

|1982-83 |Bill Jacoutot |Spencerport |

|1983-84 |Don Quinn |East Rochester |

|1984-85 |Steve Habecker |Marion |

|1985-86 |Johnnie Jones |Sodus |

|1986-87 |Mark Hoyt |Brighton |

|1987-88 |John Grillo |Holley |

|1988-89 |Rich Romeo |Canandaigua |

|1989-90 |Ron Whitcomb |East Rochester |

|1990-91 |Fred Ciaburri |Pal Mac |

|1991-92 |Chris Bourne |Canandaigua |

|1992-93 |Rich LaPaglia |Brighton |

|1993-94 |Tom Notebaert |Geneva |

|1994-95 |Rob Thomas |Penfield |

|1995-96 |Bill Hadsell |Geneva |

|1996-97 |Bill Jacoutot |Spencerport |

|1997-98 |Mikey Marlowe |Rush Henrietta |

|1998-99 |Dean Salvaggio |Webster |

|1999-2000 |Dave Poulsen |South Seneca |

|2000-01 |Jim Sauberan |Kendall |

|2001-02 |James Cannon |Brockport |

|2002-03 |James Prentice |North Rose-Wolcott |

|2003-04 |Eric Romesser |Attica |

|2004-05 |Bob Gately |LeRoy |

|2005-06 |Neil Cook |Webster Thomas |

|2006-07 |Brian Quick |Pal Mac |

|2007-08 |Mike Kohl |Fairport |

|2008-09 Bill Jacoutot | Spencerport |

|2009-10 Mike Ferris | Brockport |

2010-11 Bill Hadsell Pal Mac

2011-12 Steve Howcroft Midlakes

2012-13 Craig Gross Hilton

OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR

Since the early 1990’s the “Official of the Year” Award has been presented by the Section 5 Friends of Wrestling to the official who ranked #1 in the overall ratings submitted by the Section 5 wrestling coaches. The following list includes officials who were ranked #1 prior to the designation of the award and since the WOA became more actively involved in the rating process. The WOA does not have official rating records for the years prior to 1974.

1974-1975 Len Hagberg

1975-1976 Len Hagberg

1976-1977 Len Hagberg

1977-1978 Tony LaMonica

1978-1979 Al Gentile

1979-1980 Jerry Everling

1980-1981 Jerry Everling

1981-1982 Jerry Everling

1982-1983 Tom Trout

1983-1984 Steve Dalberth

1984-1985 Ray Hartley

1985-1986 Tom Trout

1986-1987 Tom Trout

1987-1988 Steve Dalberth

1988-1989 Jim Wild

1989-1990 Jim Wild

1990-1991 Jim Wild

1991-1992 Steve Dalberth

1992-1993 Steve Dalberth

1993-1994 Steve Dalberth

1994-1995 Steve Dalberth

1995-1996 Steve Dalberth

1996-1997 Steve Dalberth

1997-1998 Mike Corcimiglia

1998-1999 Steve Dalberth

1999-2000 Mike Corcimiglia

2000-2001 Steve Dalberth

2001-2002 Mike Corcimiglia

2002-2003 Steve Dalberth

2003-2004 Guy Bowers

2004-2005 Guy Bowers

2005-2006 Guy Bowers

2006-2007 Guy Bowers

2007-2008 Matt Smith

2008-2009 Guy Bowers

2009-2010 Guy Bowers

2010-2011 Guy Bowers

2011-2012 Matt Smith

2012-2013 Leo Rhodes

ORDIWAY MEMORIAL AWARD WINNERS

This award is named after John Ordiway, an official who was a well known sports figure in Section 5 during the 1960’s when he was head football coach at Pittsford and an outstanding wrestling official. He died of leukemia in 1968. His personality, his concern for young people and his style of officiating made him one of the most popular and respected wrestling officials in this area. The coaches and wrestlers loved to have him referee their matches and his follow officials loved working with him.

He was such an outstanding man and his officiating colleagues wanted to be sure that he would never be forgotten, so the Section 5 Wrestling Officials Association decided to present an annual award to the Outstanding Wrestler at the Section 5 State Qualifier based on performance at that tournament. Now that we have 2 divisions, 2 awards are presented based on the votes cast by the officials who referee or attend the Qualifier.

The selections are based on the votes of the members of the Wrestling Officials Association who are present at the State Qualifier.

|Mike Duffy | |East Rochester |1968-69 |157 lb. |

|Don Jones | |Canandaigua |1969-70 |138 lb. |

|Dewight Cartwright | |Keshequa |1970-71 |177 lb. |

|Al Valieri | |Spencerport |1971-72 |145 lb. |

|Clayton Barnard | |Hilton |1972-73 |155 lb. |

|Brad Ahonen | |Victor |1973-74 |155 lb. |

|Frank DeAngelis | |Spencerport |1974-75 |138 lb. |

|Robert Hadsell | |Geneva |1975-76 |132 lb. |

|Dave Halladay | |Fairport |1976-77 |119 lb. |

|Don St. James | |Rush Henrietta |1977-78 |119 lb. |

|Matt King | |Canandaigua |1978-79 |119 lb. |

|Larry Kane | |Penfield |1979-80 |105 lb. |

|Bob Button | |Newark |1980-81 |215 lb. |

|Chris Kane | |Penfield |1981-82 |132 lb. |

|Angelo DeAngelis | |Spencerport |1982-83 |132 lb. |

|Marty King | |Canandaigua |1983-84 |126 lb. |

|Joel Lamson | |Waterloo |1984-85 |119 lb. |

|Rick Suhr | |Spencerport |1985-86 |155 lb. |

|Tim McKee | |Bath Haverling |1986-87 |91 lb. |

|Andy Antonucci | |Hilton |1987-88 |105 lb. |

|Jon Welch | |Canandaigua |1988-89 |167 lb. |

|Bryant Ranger | |Midlakes |1989-90 |112 lb. |

|Kenny Porter | |Alfred-Almond |1990-91 |138 lb. |

|Joe Barbera | |Spencerport |1991-92 |105 lb. |

|Sirrell Gissendanner | |Spencerport |1992-93 |167 lb. |

|Brian Aparo | |Victor |1993-94 |132 lb. |

|Charlie Voorhees | |Warsaw |1994-95 |105 lb. |

|Otto House | |Hornell |1995-96 |105 lb. |

|Jason DeBruin | |Spencerport |1996-97 |135 lb. |

|Keith Pittinaro | |East Rochester |1997-98 |130 lb. |

|Gary Borrelli | |Spencerport |1998-99 |112 lb. |

|Dan Chase | |Rush Henrietta |1999-2000 |160 lb. |

|John Ames | |North Star |2000-01 |152 lb. |

|Cory Lawrence | |Hornell |2001-02 |152 lb. |

|Steve Stulpin | |Spencerport |2002-03 |160 lb. |

|Trevor Chinn |Div. 1 |Canandaigua |2003-04 |145 lb. |

|Andrew Grillo |Div. 2 |Holley |2003-04 |135 lb. |

|Gregor Gillespie |Div. 1 |Webster Schroeder |2004-05 |145 lb. |

|Zac Condidorio |Div. 2 |LeRoy |2004-05 |112 lb. |

|Josh Patterson |Div. 1 |Wayne |2005-06 |171 lb. |

|Sammy Damthongmivanh Div. 2 |Pembroke |2005-06 |125 lb. |

|Bryan Bourne |Div. 1 |Spencerport |2006-07 |160 lb. |

|Alex Ekstrom |Div. 2 |Palmyra-Macedon |2006-07 |125 lb. |

|Bryan Bourne |Div. 1 |Spencerport |2007-08 |160 lb. |

|Alex Ekstrom |Div. 2 |Palmyra-Macedon |2007-08 |135 lb. |

|Christian Boley |Div. 1 |Brockport |2008-09 |189 lb. |

|Ian Paddock |Div. 2 |Warsaw |2008-09 |135 lb. |

|Bob Dierna |Div. 1 |Wayne |2009-10 |130 lb. |

|Colton Dalberth |Div. 2 |Marion |2009-10 |112 lb. |

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| |Div. 1 |Greece Olympia |2010-11 |140 lb. |

|Jon Miller |Div. 2 |Wayland Cohocton |2010-11 |130 lb. |

|Vincent DePrez |Div. 1 |Hilton |2011-12 |113 lb. |

|Quinton Murphy |Div. 2 |Holley |2011-12 |138 lb. |

|Frankie Gissendanner |Div. 1 |Penfield |2012-13 |126 lb. |

|Sean Peacock |Div. 2 |Midlakes |2012-13 |120 lb. |

EARL FULLER/FRANK MAROTTA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

PRESENTED AT STATE QUALIFIER BY WOA OF SECTION 5

The Wrestling Officials Association of Section 5 presents Sportsmanship Awards to 2 wrestling programs from Division 1 and from Division 2. Wrestling officials vote for the schools as having the best sportsmanship at all levels – Varsity, JV, Modified and fans during the season.

The Earl Fuller / Frank Marotta Sportsmanship Award is named after 2 men who place a high value on good sportsmanship. Earl Fuller, former wrestling coach at RIT for 47 years, was one of the founders of the Section 5 Wrestling Officials in 1956. He conducted wrestling clinics throughout the area that were instrumental in the early development of Section 5 wrestling.

Frank Marotta, who coached at the former Madison High, continues to serve as the Executive Secretary of the Section 5 Wrestling Officials and he also works with the state wrestling committee.

Both men have always placed the highest priority on wrestlers’ conduct and coaching ethics.

2008-09 Division 1 Rush Henrietta

Division 2 Palmyra-Macedon

2009-10 Division 1 Brockport

Division 2 Attica

2010-11 Division 1 McQuaid

Division 2 Midlakes

2011-12 Division 1 Honeoye Falls-Lima

(Tie) Pittsford

Division 2 Midlakes

2012-13 Division 1 Hilton

Division 2 Keshequa

ADDITONAL AWARDS PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL BANQUET

1990 – Frank Mielnicki - retired as City Catholic League Chairman

1992 – Mark Hoyt – contributions made to WOA

1997 – Frank Marotta – NY State Wrestling Hall of Fame

2001 – Jim Wild – Section 5 Wrestling Hall of Fame

2006 – John Spencer – contributions to wrestling

2008 – Don DeBadts – NY State Wrestling Hall of Fame

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