The PSAL hosted its annual Wingate Awards dinner Monday night in Brooklyn to celebrate the top senior athletes in each sport. The banquet had a new more luxurious home this year as it moves from St. Francis College to the Brooklyn Marriot. Former New York Giants wide receiver Amani Toomer was the guest speaker before the athletes were honored.
Here is the list of the award winners:
FALL
Girls bowling: Cara Ann Spoto, New Dorp
Boys bowling: Gary Pacheco, South Shore
Girls cross country: Alexis Panisse, Benjamin Cardozo
Boys cross country: Konrad Surkont, Stuyvesant
Boys fencing: Justin Haim, Hunter
Football: Wayne Morgan, Erasmus Hall
Girls golf: Bianca Mintz, Tottenville
Girls soccer: Jackie Bruno, McKee/Staten Island Tech
Boys soccer: Danny Bedoya, Francis Lewis
Girls swimming: Annie Zhu, Brooklyn Tech
Girls volleyball: Ashley Grubler, Cardozo
WINTER
Girls basketball: Kaitlyn Astel, McKee/Staten Island Tech
Boys basketball: Leroy (Truck) Fludd, Boys & Girls
Girls gymnastics: Jane Guo, Bronx Science
Boys gymnastics: Eric Blum, Bronx Science
Girls indoor track & field: Alexis Panisse, Benjamin Cardozo
Boys indoor track & field: Strymar Livingston, Christopher Columbus
Boys swimming: En Wei Hu Van Wright, Stuyvesant
Wrestling: Jorje Jimenez, Grand Street Campus
Transfer league boys basketball: Steven Stephenson, Queens Academy and Stanley Cespedes, Satellite Academy
SPRING
Baseball: Ernesto Lopez, Grand Street
Co-ed cricket: Amarnauth Persaud, Martin Van Buren
Double dutch: Janesha Matthews, Teachers Prep/FDA VII
Girls fencing: Michelle Potestio, Tottenville
Boys golf: James Edgeworth, Tottenville
Girls handball: Samantha Feng, Brooklyn Tech
Boys handball: Micheal Zhan, Francis Lewis
Girls lacrosse: Taylor O’Gara, Curtis
Boys lacrosse: Chris Fiore, New Dorp
Girls outdoor track: Alexis Panisse, Cardozo
Boys outdoor track: Konrad Surkont, Stuyvesant
Boys volleyball: Ricky Myint, Academy of American Studies
Softball: Gina Gerone, Madison
Flag football: Shantana Kanhoye, John Adams
Girls tennis: Becky Shtilkind, Leon Goldstein
Boys tennis: Christopher Jou, Stuyvesant
Girls rugby: Diamond Bryant, Canarsie
Boys rugby: Tajay Evans, Canarsie
Transfer league girls basketball: Robyn House, Queens Academy and Cyntara Way, Edward Reynolds Westside