Season Filled with Many Awards

 Our 2021 season concluded with many individuals earning some really impressive awards.  Now, we always like to recognize the Team effort whenever someone on that team is awarded an individual honor because we know they're enter-twined, but these individuals are very deserving of these nice awards.  We want to recognize them, while also saying we know among ourselves that "It's ALL about the TEAM!"

 

This year, we had two people who won MAJOR recognition:  Maggie Wise getting tabbed as an All-American for the FIRST time in MCVB history!  And, Gabbie O'Toole became the 4th overall player to be named NESCAC Rookie of the Year in MCVB history!  Here are the rest of the NESCAC Awards:

First Team All-NESCAC--Maggie Wise

2nd Team All-NESCAC--Corley Doyle, Gabbie O'Toole, and Kelly Ferrero.

And, there’s a very special NESCAC award where one member of each NESCAC team is honored on the NESCAC ALL-Sportsmanship Team, and our team selected Ali Wheeler!!

Next, we had other National AVCA Awards, in addition to Maggie's record setting All-American honor!  Both Corley Doyle and Gabbie O'Toole were Honorable Mention All-Americans, joining a small handful of previous Panthers with this special honor.

We also had some All-Region Honors, also through the AVCA, but broken down into our specific Region.  Not only was Gabbie the NESCAC Rookie of the Year, but she was also tabbed the Freshman of the Year for Region I (out of 10 regions across the country), and that's the first time in MCVB History that that's happened also.  Here's a run-down of the All-Region Awards for Region I:

Freshman of the Year--Gabbie O'Toole

All-Region--Maggie Wise and Corley Doyle

All-Region Honorable Mention--Kelly Ferrero

Coach of the Year--Sarah Raunecker

Now, for Coach of the Year honors, it's definitely all about the success of the team, as it should be, so it's always nice to be recognized for the efforts of the Team. 

The NEWVA awards are very similar, but are chosen among ALL teams in New England, whereas the Region I awards split New England into at least two different regions.  Those awards are as follows:

NEWVA All Region 1st Team, & Senior Classic—Maggie Wise

NEWVA All Region 2nd Team, & Senior Classic—Corley Doyle

NEWVA All Region 3rd Team, & All-Rookie Team--Gabbie O'Toole

NEWVA Senior Classic—Jane Nelson

I'm so proud of the entire team for coming together this year and having the season we did, especially coming off of the non-season last year during the height of Covid-19.  We had some re-entry pains this year, I think, but overall, we came together as a team behind some great leadership by the senior class and pulled together to have a fabulous season.  It's great to be back in the gym and together as a team and we all hope that the winter sports teams are fortunate enough to get that same opportunity to be together and play, compete and bond.