Three Honored With Senior Scholar-Athlete Awards
BOSTON, Mass. – Three graduating student-athletes who
combined excellence on the fields and ice with excellence in the
classroom have been honored as the 2011 recipients of the Wentworth
Athletic Department Senior Scholar-Athlete Awards. Men’s
soccer defender Anthony
Berntsen (Portland, Maine) and ice hockey defenseman
Kyle Richardson (San Jose, Calif.) took home
the Carl A. Swanson Senior Scholar-Athlete Award, while softball
catcher Bridget Souza (Medford, Mass.) was
named the recipient of the Eugenia Louise Sweeney Senior
Scholar-Athlete Award.
The awards were voted on by the Wentworth Athletic Policy Board
earlier this month and presented as a part of the Leopards’
Senior Ring Ceremony which was held today at the Watson Hall
Auditorium. The ceremony, held the day before commencement, honors
four year student-athletes and contributors to the program with a
ring, symbolizing their commitment to the Athletic programs at
Wentworth during their careers.
Berntsen, a four-year letterwinner and a two-year captain of the
Leopard men’s soccer team, was named the 2010 The Commonwealth
Coast Conference Men’s Soccer Senior Scholar-Athlete
of the Year and an Honorable Mention All-TCCC selection. This
season he played in 17 of the team's 18 games, helping the Leopards
to a 9-8-1 record with seven shutouts and two other games in which
Wentworth held the opposition to just one goal. In November he
became the first Wentworth men’s soccer player to earn Academic
All-America honors, as he was named to the prestigious first
team.
A Computer Engineering Technology major, Berntsen started 53 of
the 68 games he played in during his career. A stalwart on defense
throughout his time wearing the Black & Gold, he was often been
called upon to shut down the opposing team's top scorer. During
last two seasons he started every game he has played in (37 of
team's 39) and during the 2009 season he helped the team post
second-most shutouts (eight) in school history. For his efforts, he
was named Second Team All-TCCC and First Team NSCAA All-New
England.
During both his freshman and junior seasons, Berntsen and his
teammates played in both TCCC and ECAC New England championship
games and in 2009 the Leopards won the ECAC Division III New
England title.
Richardson arrived on the Wentworth campus in the fall of 2008
after spending his freshman year at Wayne State University and wore
the Black & Gold for the past three seasons. One of the top
defensemen on the often nationally ranked ice hockey team, he
served as a captain during the last two seasons.
A management major, Richardson played in 78 games during his three
seasons at Wentworth and scored 48 points, which came on eight
goals and 40 assists. Five of his eight goals came on the power
play, while two of his eight career markers were game-winning
goals. As a sophomore he posted a career-high 19 points, coming on
three goals and 16 assists. As a junior, three of his four goals
came on the power play and helped the Leopards finish first among
Division III schools in power play percentage. That season
Wentworth won 20 games for the first time since 2003 and the 20
wins were the third-most in program history.
This past season he scored a goal and added 13 assists and during
both his sophomore and senior seasons he helped the Leopards reach
the ECAC Northeast championship game. In the 2009 ECAC Northeast
Championship Game, he assisted on a goal in the Leopards’ 4-3
setback to Nichols.
A four-year letterwinner for Wentworth’s softball team,
Souza served as a captain of this year's squad, where, while
starting all 37 contests, she batted .337 (31-for-92) with three
doubles, four home runs, and 21 runs batted in, en route to being
named First
Team Academic All-District. Her academic all-district honor was
the first for a Wentworth softball player since 1996.
Souza earned Honorable Mention All-The Commonwealth
Coast Conference honors as a sophomore (2009) and for her
career she started 133 of the 134 games in which she played –
both of which rank second in program history – while batting
.319 (117-for-367) with 22 doubles, 13 home runs, 47 runs scored,
and 87 RBI. On Wentworth's career list, her 22 doubles and 178
total bases rank second, while her 117 hits, 13 home runs, and 87
RBI rank third.
A Civil Engineering Technology major, Souza was a recipient of the
President's Award for outstanding achievement in the classroom and
in co-curricular activities as a part of Wentworth’s annual
awards program in April.
Carl A. Swanson Scholar-Athlete Award
First given in 1985, this award originally honored a male
and/or female student-athlete who has excelled, both athletically
and academically, while showing exemplary character. The recipient
of this award must have exhausted his and/or her athletic
eligibility in the year they are honored. Beginning in 2002, this
award, named after the longtime Dean of Students at Wentworth,
became eligible to male student-athletes only.
Year |
Student-Athlete |
Sport(s) |
1985 |
Irene McSweeney |
Basketball |
|
Mike Tompkins |
Volleyball |
1986 |
Eric Krohto |
Hockey |
1987 |
Kim Boosahada |
Basketball/Softball |
|
Paulo Matos |
Volleyball |
1988 |
Michael Kesler |
Rifle |
1989 |
John Bolivar |
Baseball |
1990 |
Diane Jolliffe |
Cross-Country/Tennis |
1991 |
Rico Lepore |
Baseball |
1992 |
Jeffrey Garriga |
Volleyball |
1993 |
Deborah Woodger |
Basketball/Tennis |
1994 |
Christine Graziani |
Basketball |
1995 |
Matthew Bouchard |
Baseball |
1996 |
Elizabeth Harman |
Rifle |
1997 |
Kevin Kelly |
Hockey |
|
Angel Basselet |
Softball |
1998 |
Ryan Hutchins |
Hockey, Lacrosse |
1999 |
Erin Moore |
Volleyball |
2000 |
Kevin Hanlon |
Basketball |
|
Lindsay Kist |
Basketball, Soccer |
|
Adrienne St. Germain |
Volleyball |
2001 |
Crystal Stratton |
Soccer, Softball |
2002 |
Lincoln Potwin |
Baseball |
2003 |
Jamie Weiss |
Hockey |
2004 |
Raj Bhangoo |
Hockey |
2005 |
Bryce McFadden |
Hockey |
2006 |
Joe Marcel |
Lacrosse |
2007 |
Ryan Singer |
Hockey |
2008 |
Nick Lambros |
Lacrosse |
2009 |
Brad Bryant |
Basketball |
2010 |
Pete Oggeri |
Baseball |
2011 |
Anthony Berntsen |
Soccer |
|
Kyle Richardson |
Hockey |
Eugenia Louise Sweeney Scholar-Athlete Award
First given in 2002, this award annually honors a female
student-athlete who has excelled, both athletically and
academically, while showing exemplary character. The recipient of
this award must have exhausted her athletic eligibility in the year
she is honored. The award is named after Mrs. Sweeney, who with her
late husband, Myles Elliott '28, have been tremendous benefactors
to Wentworth and the field which Wentworth's soccer, lacrosse, and
softball teams bear their name.
Year |
Student-Athlete |
Sport |
2002 |
Tara Cargill |
Tennis |
2003 |
Margo Ney |
Soccer |
2004 |
Sarah Bearse |
Soccer |
2005 |
Rachael Kelley |
Soccer |
2006 |
Jena Beauregard |
Softball |
2007 |
Rachel Gallagher |
Soccer |
2008 |
Jacquie Bronhard |
Volleyball |
|
Ivana Manobianco |
Tennis |
2009 |
Margo Ward |
Basketball |
2010 |
Michelle Fauci |
Basketball |
2011 |
Bridget Souza |
Softball |