Dartmouth football held a virtual banquet celebrating the 2019 Ivy League champions Sunday afternoon and presented the following awards:
Earl Hamilton Freshman Award – Presented to the member of the freshman team who has been selected by the coaching staff as the player who has made the most outstanding contribution to the team: Quinten Arello
Jake Crouthamel Award – Presented to the member of the varsity offense who is an underclassman and who, by the vote of the coaching staff, has made the most significant contribution to the success of the team: Evan Hecimovich
Kenneth T. Young Award – Presented to the member of the varsity defense who is an underclassman who, by vote of the coaching staff, has made the most significant contribution to the success of the team: Darren Stanley
Doten Award – Presented to a member of the sophomore class who has made a significant contribution to the success of the team: John Paul Flores
Earl Hamilton Senior Award – Presented to the senior football player who has displayed a sincere friendliness and sense of humor plus appreciation of the outdoors that were the late Mr. Hamilton's characteristics: David Chalmers
Offensive Scout Award – Noah Roper
Defensive Scout Award – Shane Cokes
Special Teams Award – Connor Davis
John M. Manley '40 Award – Presented to the member of the football team who has demonstrated the most improvement through his efforts in the weight room: Niko Lalos
12th Man Award – Presented to the member of the football team who has demonstrated hard work and dedication regardless of playing time: Jake Pallotta
Lester R. Godwin Award – Presented to the senior team member who, through extraordinary perseverance, has risen above personal disadvantage to contribute measurably to the team. The award is a wristwatch, suitably inscribed: Seth Simmer
The Hewitt Award – Presented to the player who best epitomizes athletic performance with academic achievement: Jack Traynor
Gordon P. Bennett Award – Presented to the member of the team who has been selected by the coaching staff as the outstanding offensive or defensive lineman and who exemplified the high degree of performance, sportsmanship and character exhibited by Gordon P. Bennett '37: Jackson Perry
Frank Hershey Award – Presented to the senior player who possesses a genuine zest for life, has maintained a strong, positive attitude and has displayed a sincere desire to win, which were the qualities of the late Coach Hershey: Isiah Swann
The Coach Bob Blackman Trophy – Presented to the member of the varsity team selected by the football coaching staff who has contributed most to the success of the team: Jared Gerbino
Stubby Pearson Award – Presented to an underclassmen on the team whose character, leadership on campus, high academic standing and performance on the playing field most resembles that of Charles (Stubby) Pearson '42, captain of the 1941 football team who died while serving in the U.S. Navy in World War II. He also was captain of basketball and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and valedictorian of his class: Niko Mermigas
Manners Makyth Man Award – Presented to the member of the team who, in the judgment of his teammates, has best conducted himself to the advantage of the college and displayed good manners in the sense of William Wickham's phrase, "Manners Makyth Man:" Ryan Roegge
Reggie Williams Award – Presented to the member of the football program who through leadership in action and word has made Dartmouth a better place: Drew Estrada
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AWARDS (Previously announced)
Alfred E. Watson Award – Presented to Dartmouth’s top male student-athlete: Isiah Swann
Timothy Wright Ellis 1955 Memorial Award – Given to the man showing extracurricular and scholastic drive, spirit, loyalty and amiability as nominated by and voted by captains of the men’s teams: Brandon Hester
GAME BALLS
Jacksonville
Offense: Drew Estrada
Defense: TJ Simpson
Special Teams: Tanner Cross
Colgate
Offense: Zach Sammartino
Defense: Ryan Roegge
Special Teams: John Pupel
Penn
Offense: Jared Gerbino
Defense: Jack Traynor
Special Teams: Davis Brief
Yale
Offense: Hunter Hagdorn
Defense: Nigel Alexander
Special Teams: Connor Davis
Marist
Offense: Connor Rempel
Defense: Jordan McGriff
Special Teams: Landon McDermott
Columbia
Offense: Anders Peterson
Defense: Isiah Swann
Special Teams: Drew Estrada
Harvard
Offense: Masaki Aerts/Derek Kyler
Defense: Jackson Perry
Special Teams: Connor Davis
Princeton
Offense: Caylin Parker
Defense: Niko Lalos
Special Teams: Grant Jaffe
Brown
Offense: Vito Penza
Defense: David Chalmers
Special Teams: Jackson Yost
BOWLING PINS (Season consistency)
Offensive Big: Zach Sammartino
Offensive Skill: (QB and WR): Jared Gerbino
Offensive Mids: (RB, TE and QB): Derek Kyler
Defensive Bigs: Niko Lalos
Defensive Mids: (LB) Ross Andreasik
Defensive Skills: (Secondary) Isiah Swann
Special Teams: Connor Davis
Scout Offense: Noah Roper
Scout Defense: Shane Cokes
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EXTRA POINT
The temperature here last week hit 90 degrees and when it got stuffy in the house Griff the Wonder Dog and I headed down to the basement where it was a good deal cooler. I was working on my laptop trying to get comfortable when a thought occurred to me:
Whoever though a futon was a good idea?
We have a futon with a blue "mattress" in the finished part of our basement and as someone who worked as a furniture mover between college and grad school, I've got to tell you they are not my favorite things. With their solid wood frames they are surprisingly heavy, awkward to tie up and move, they munch on fingers when you try to angle them through a door, and wrestling those nasty mattresses is a pain. Futons aren't particularly comfortable to sit on, are worse to nap on as you roll down into the mattress crease, and when you pull them out they are like sleeping on a sack of potatoes. Yeah, I'm not a fan.
