Prince George’s Intercollegiate Athletics Holds Annual End of Year Banquet
On Monday, May 1st the Intercollegiate Athletics & Intramurals department held its annual end of year banquet to reflect on the year that was, while honoring the student athletes for their success on and off the field of play.
In attendance alongside student athletes and the athletics department staff were the following special guests: Dr. Falecia D. Williams, President of Prince George's Community College; Dr. Tyson Beale, Vice President of Student Affairs; Cathy Camp, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs; Barbara McCreary, Director of Transportation, Distribution and Logistics; Paulett McIntosh, Program Director for Student Engagement and Leadership; and other distinguished members of the college community.
During the banquet, department wide awards were announced while each coach revealed their team's Unsung Hero and Most Valuable Player below:
Men's Soccer – Coach Cedric Mansaray
MVP: Jonathan Diaz
Unsung Hero: Eric Hernandez
Baseball – Coach Jordan Martinez
MVP: Santiago Jimenez
Unsung Hero: Colin Jackson
Men's Track & Field – Coach Adrion Webb
MVP: Rashid Blackmon
Unsung Hero: Jayden Socka
Women's Track & Field – Coach Adrion Webb
MVP: Serena Prince
Unsung Hero: Blessing Nwoke
Women's Basketball – Coach Devin May
MVP: Vanessa Schwarzmann
Unsung Hero: Sonia Chofong
Men's Basketball – Coach Terrell Harris
MVP: Deonte Cooke
Unsung Hero: Elijah Crawford
Following team honors were the Academic Excellence Awards for exceptional performance in the classroom and Owl Dedication Awards which goes to student athletes who participated in two years for their sport at the college.
Academic Excellence:
Men's Soccer – Jonathan Diaz, Bilal Odeh, Francis Ogbankwa, Iremitide Oyewole, Gabriel Tello, Anderson Umana, Chris Gbakinro (dual sport athlete in Track & Field)
Baseball - Tevin Anderson, Joseph Kline, Isandel Ramos
Men's Track & Field – Chris Gbakinro
Women's Track & Field – Blessing Nwoke
Women's Basketball – Sonia Chofong, Danielle Ellerbee, Vanessa Schwarzmann
Men's Basketball – Deonte Cooke, Elijah Crawford, Deven Dowdie, Reed Rebstock, Jasir Tremble
Owl Dedication:
Men's soccer - Jonathan Diaz, Eric Hernandez, Juan Lainez-Cardenas, Ire Oyewole, Anthony Urrutia
Baseball - Jose Acevedo, Jose Alvarez, Tevin Anderson, Santiago Jimenez, Adonis Mesa, Elias Nurideen, Isandel Ramos, Elijah Tyler, Hector Vargas
Women's basketball: Sonia Chofong, Alicia Jones, Vanessa Schwarzmann, Tori Tolson, Kelsey Vallair, Janiah Williams
Men's basketball: Anthony Byrd, Deonte Cooke, DaJuan McMillan, Andreas Muten, Anthony Perry, Reed Rebstock, Jahari Simon
Headlining the department awards were the Male and Female Outstanding Owl which were awarded to Reed Rebstock and Vanessa Schwarzmann of the men's and women's basketball teams, respectively.
Both Rebstock and Schwarzmann wrapped up their two-year playing career in a Prince George's uniform with a trip to the NJCAA National Championship in March which put a spotlight on the college and its basketball programs. Rebstock, who will be attending Salisbury University in the fall where he will continue his playing career, mainly came off the bench last year and even initially to begin this season, but worked his way into the lineup as a starter and was a massive part of their historic success this year.
Schwarzmann will be attending Hampton University in the fall where she will also continue her playing career as a member of the Lady Pirates basketball team which competes as an NCAA Division I program in the Colonial Athletic Association. Schwarzmann was the Owls leading scorer this past year and was named an Honorable Mention All-American selection following the season.
The final department awards included the Athletic Partnership Award and Hype Man/Woman of the Year. The partnership award goes to an employee of the college outside the athletics department who has worked with us throughout the year to help assist our student athletes and programs on campus. This year's award was given to Barbara McCreary for her efforts to secure classrooms for each team to hold their mandatory study hall hours in her previous role as Continuing Education Coordinator. The final Hype Man/Woman award was new this year and was given to men's basketball head coach Terrell Harris for always lifting up the student athletes and being their number one fan throughout the year, regardless of the sport.
