This is the second part of the Moynihan lumber awards to the outstanding student athletes of the Merrimack Valley held at Haverhill Country Club on June 9, 2016.
The female athlete of the year and winner of a one thousand dollar award from the sponsor of this yearly event Gerard Moynihan.
Liz Brady of Haverhil HS was a standout player of Lacross and she has ties to the Lawrence area. Her grandparents are Butch and Maureen Savastano both retired from the City he as the Director of the water Department and she from the school system. They attended the luncheon and were bursting with pride as Liz made a great acceptance speech.
The male student athlete recipient was John Ferri from Windham NH his sport was wrestling and his acceptance speech also showed he was not a dees and doos guy.
The two young student athletes had some tough competition and had all the guests readily applauding their handling their speaking chores.
I will now give you the monthly winners for this past year.
September
Morgan Sansing, Pinkerton, cross country
Arman Kou, Andover, football
October
Alley Collins, Timberlane, field hockey
Tom Regan, No Andover, football
November
Emma Johns, No Andover, field hockey
Jason Hughes, Timberlane, football
December
Tyler Goss, Pelham, track
Billy Wehring, Methuen, wrestling
January
Michaela Kane, Haverhill, hockey
Jon Ferri, Windham, wrestling
February
Lexi Lewis, Windham, track
Brennan Morris, Pinkerton, basketball
March
Liz Brady, Haverhill, lacrosse
Matt Vartanian, Salem, basketball
April
Kate Hoadley, Timberlane, softball
Liam Kimball, Timberlane, track
May
Michelle Poirier, No Andover, lacrosse
Kevin Vanderherst, Lawrence, volleyball
LIFETIME COMMITMENT AWARDS (community)
2004 Chris Samataro
2006 Bob Beauchesne & Anne Terbergh
2006 Bill McEvoy
2007 Rick Harrison/Larry Newman
2010 Bob Hughes
2011 Ray Pilat
2012 Dave Dyer
2013 Jock Lovett
2014 Hap Makin
2015 Dan Kelleher Sr.
2016 Bill Burt.
And finally, I must mention yours truly was the first recipient in 2003.
There will be many more award winners posted in future RUMBO editions. This is an award ceremony that should not be unnoticed because it is from one fine man’s giant heart.
