CAMDEN, NJ (May 1, 2017) – Sophomore track star Cameron Dobbins and senior soccer player Aubrey Andrews captured Male and Female Athlete of the Year honors, track coach Ian Chrzanowski was named the Edward C. Cialella Coach of the Year, graduating multi-sport athlete Millie Hample earned the Wilbur W. Wilson Scholar-Athlete Award and senior soccer player Dan Gilbert was honored with the William P. Carty Memorial Award as the Most Courageous Athlete to highlight the annual Rutgers University-Camden Athletic Awards Banquet Monday night at the Adventure Aquarium.

Banquet photos
 
The school also recognized athletes honored as the Most Valuable Players and Most Dedicated Players in 17 sports, as well as 34 Senior Award winners. The Senior Awards are given to student-athletes who have either exhausted their eligibility in a particular sport or are graduating.
 
Senior Awards
 

Out of the 34 Senior Awards presented. 13 of them came from two programs. The seniors included seven from the baseball team – Doug Carter Jr., Frank Cerami IV, Brandon Cornelius, Zach Ellin, Paul Haynes, Jon Theckston and Zach Welsher – and six from the golf program – Zach Arsenault, Robert Carbone, Pete DeStefano, Ryan Dick, Kevin Sarlo and Michael Siddall.
 
The women's soccer program featured five seniors, including Andrews, Sara Bockius, Catherine Fiore, Stephanie Rodriguez and Kylee Schairer, while the cross country and indoor/outdoor track programs combined for a trio of seniors in Leo Impagliazzo, James McCarvill and Alisha Singleton.
 
There were two seniors apiece on the men's soccer, volleyball, men's tennis, women's tennis and softball programs. Gilbert and Mike Naylor represented the men's soccer team, Melanie Kaiser and Caitlin Marchlowitz were volleyball seniors and Jalene Garcia and Megan Goodspeed were the senior duo from softball. In tennis, the women's seniors were Christine Abacan and Hample, while the men's tennis seniors were Ryan Christopher and Anthony Gendin.
 
The lacrosse program and both basketball programs featured one senior apiece. Victoria Heifet was the lacrosse senior, Caroline Santiago was honored for women's basketball and Dior Johnson was the men's basketball senior.
 
Most Valuable Players
 
Seniors Andrews and Naylor captured MVP honors for their respective soccer programs, with Andrews winning the women's soccer MVP honor for the second straight year. Five other seniors earned MVP honors for their programs, including Sarlo in golf, Goodspeed for softball, Theckston for baseball, Kaiser for volleyball and Heifet for lacrosse. Sarlo's MVP honor was his fourth, as he was named the golf team's Most Valuable Player every year of his collegiate career, in addition to being the school's Male Athlete of the Year as a junior.
 
Winning the men's cross country MVP for the second straight year was junior Richard Campolungo, while a trio of freshmen captured team MVP honors in women's cross country and with both tennis programs -- Olivia Rocks won for cross country and Danielle Lemma and Jason Mehta earned the honors in women's and men's tennis, respectively.
 
The basketball program MVP honors went to junior Michelle Obasi and sophomore Isaac Destin.
  
For the first time, the indoor and outdoor track programs combined MVP honors for track performers and field athletes, instead of naming a separate single MVP during both indoor and outdoor season. The women's track MVP honors went to Singleton, who had senior eligibility during indoor season and junior eligibility in outdoor season, and to Dobbins on the men's side.
 
The track program's MVP honors for field athletes went to freshman Jordan Erskine on the women's side and sophomore Drew Harper for the men.
 
Most Dedicated Players
 
The Borda-Sheehan Memorial Award, which is given to the Most Dedicated Soccer Players, went to junior goalie Katie Gurba on the women's team and to junior forward Shane Guyer for men's soccer.
 
The Samuel Strauss Memorial Award, which goes to the Most Dedicated Basketball Players, was given to women's junior center Michelle McCarthy and to men's sophomore guard Elijah Robles.
 
The Billy Carty Memorial Award, handed out to the Most Dedicated Baseball and Softball Players, went to sophomore outfielder Lauren Glaze in softball, while Ellin captured his second honor in three years as the baseball Most Dedicated Player. He also won it as a sophomore.
 
The Barry M. Millett Memorial Award as the Most Dedicated Golfer went to Arsenault for the second consecutive year.
 
Junior attack/midfielder Elizabeth Giordano was recognized as the Most Dedicated Player with the lacrosse program.
 
Marchlowitz earned honors as the Most Dedicated Player with the volleyball program, while Hample earned the award for women's tennis and junior Jake Collette-Nippins was named the men's tennis Most Dedicated Player.
 
Most Dedicated honors for cross country went to freshman Gus Gyamfi with the men's program and sophomore Courtney Childress on the women's side. The Most Dedicated honors for the indoor and outdoor track programs went to sophomore Tom Meyer and freshman Nicolette Stafford.
 
 
Female Athlete of the Year
 

A leader on and off the soccer field, Andrews not only earned her second straight Most Valuable Player honor for the women's soccer program, but she also was named Rutgers-Camden's recipient in the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year program.
 
Andrews was a two-year member of the women's soccer program after transferring to Rutgers-Camden from The College of New Jersey. An anchor both in the midfield and the back during her time with the Scarlet Raptors, she captured New Jersey Athletic Conference Honorable Mention recognition in 2015 and earned NJAC Second Team honors as a senior.

Andrews served as a team co-captain during the 2016 season, started all 16 games and helped guide the Scarlet Raptors through the toughest schedule in program history. Rutgers-Camden played six teams ranked in the national Top 25.
 
During her two seasons at Rutgers-Camden, Andrews started all 32 of her games either in the midfield or the back, while producing four goals and two assists for 10 points. Her lone Rutgers-Camden goal in 2015 was a game winner, and she earned honors as the school's Raptor of the Week on Oct. 26, 2015.
 
A Nursing major who plans to become a Trauma Nurse, Andrews was a member of the first three Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director's Honor Rolls that were ever named, ones for the 2015 fall semester, the 2016 spring semester and the 2016 fall semester. She also was a leader in the athletic department as a member of Rutgers-Camden's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
 
 
Male Athlete of the Year
 
Only halfway through his Rutgers-Camden career, Dobbins capped his sophomore year as Rutgers-Camden's Male Athlete of the Year.
 
Dobbins is still in the midst of his outdoor track season, where he will compete in the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships this weekend and the ECAC Division III  Outdoor Track and Field Championships May 17-18. In six meets this spring running the 100-meter dash, Dobbins has posted five ECAC qualifiers. He also has run the 200-meter dash at four meets, earning ECAC qualifiers three times.
 
During indoor season, Dobbins ran five ECAC qualifiers in the 60-meter dash and three in the 200-meter dash, but an injury kept him from running in the ECAC Indoor Championships.
 
Dobbins captured a pair of NJAC First Team honors as a freshman during indoor season, winning the conference title in the 200-meter dash and with the 4x200 team. He was a four-time NJAC Rookie of the Week and a two-time ECAC Metro Rookie of the Week during his freshman indoor season, then added four more NJAC Rookie of the Week and two more ECAC Rookie of the Week honors during outdoor season. He also earned NJAC Second Team honors on both the 100-meter dash and with the 4x100 team as a freshman last spring.
 
During his sophomore indoor season, Dobbins captured NJAC Second Team honors in both the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes. This spring, he was named the NJAC Track Athlete of the Week on March 27 and added ECAC Metro Track Athlete of the Week honors the next day.
 
Dobbins already holds three program records with both the indoor and outdoor track teams. He is the indoor record-holder in the 60-meter dash (6.99, Feb. 20, 2017 at the NJAC Championships) and with the 4x160 relay team (1:19.30, Jan. 27, 2017 at the Widener Invitational) and the 1600-meter sprint medley team (3:48.71, Dec. 9, 2016 at the Wagner Seahawk Shootout).
 
During outdoor season, Dobbins has set program marks in the 100-meter dash (10.70, April 16, 2016 at the Greyhound Invitational) and a pair of records at the Larry Ellis Invitational on April 23, 2016: the 200-meter dash (21.68) and the 4x100 relay (42.00).
 
Named the Most Valuable Player of the indoor/outdoor track programs this year, Dobbins also was named the MVP of the indoor track program as a freshman.
 
Dobbins also has earned 10 honors as Rutgers-Camden's Raptor of the Week during his brief collegiate career.
 
 
Coach of the Year
 

The Coach of the Year Award is presented in honor of Dr. Edward Cialella, who retired in December, 2002, after five years as the school's athletic director. He joined the faculty in 1969 as a member of the physical education department and over the years he coached Rutgers-Camden programs in both men's and women's basketball and tennis. From 1969-97, he served as the school's director of recreation and intramurals and he chaired the physical education department from 1994-98. The Coach of the Year Award is presented to one coach nominated by the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Department who has displayed responsibility, integrity, sportsmanship and excellence, both on and off the field.
 
In only his second season as the head coach of the Rutgers-Camden indoor and outdoor track programs, Chrzanowski's tireless recruiting efforts have expanded the Scarlet Raptors' rosters to unprecedented levels. Rutgers-Camden will take its largest teams ever to the New Jersey Athletic Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships this weekend.
 
A former Rutgers-Camden athlete who still holds the outdoor track program's discus mark, Chrzanowski served two seasons as an assistant coach with the track programs during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 scholastic years. Since returning to Rutgers-Camden as a coach, Chrzanowski has been involved with 24 All-NJAC performers and relay teams. In his four years as an assistant and head coach, Rutgers-Camden athletes have established 30 program records over the indoor and outdoor seasons, some of them broken several times.
 
 
 
Most Courageous Athlete
 

The William P. Carty Memorial Award is given annually to Rutgers-Camden's Most Courageous Athlete. It is presented in memory of the late Billy Carty for his courage, fortitude and dedication as a member of the baseball program despite struggling to overcome a fatal illness.
 
Gilbert not only captures the essence of courage, but is the epitome of an unselfish, caring person as well.
 
Prior to his senior year on the soccer pitch, Gilbert's father, Charles, took a bad turn in his lifelong struggle with hepatitis C, a disease he contracted when infected by a blood transfusion at birth. In June, 2016, Dan Gilbert underwent surgery to donate part of his liver to his father, a sacrifice he gladly made despite risking his final season of collegiate soccer eligibility. Not only did his generous gift save his father's life, but the Rutgers-Camden tri-captain recovered in time to play 14 games before his senior season ended with an injury. He collected two goals and one assist, while starting 13 games as a defender.




 
 Scholar Athlete
 

The Wilbur W. Wilson Scholar Athlete Award is presented in honor of the late Athletic Director, Wilbur "Pony" Wilson, whose dedication, integrity and accomplishments guided the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Department for 28 ½ years. The award is a testimony to his resolve to have athletes display excellence not only on the playing field, but also in the classroom. The recipient of this award is the senior athlete with the highest accumulative academic average of 3.25 or above, while meeting a two-year academic criteria.
 
Hample, the 2017 award winner, personifies all of the best attributes of a student-athlete. She has compiled a 3.851 GPA while tackling the difficult academic combination of a Pure Mathematics major with a minor in Computer Science. An Honors College, Dean's List and Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director's Honor Roll student, she was named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic First Team during the 2014-15 scholastic year. She also has served on Rutgers-Camden's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
 
Athletically, Hample established herself as one of the top runners in the history of the Rutgers-Camden cross country program before being sidelined with injuries. Running under her maiden name as Millie Kipp, she earned cross country team MVP honors during her freshman, sophomore and junior seasons (2013-15) and she captured NJAC Second Team honors in 2014, her last fully-healthy season, when she finished 14th of 87 runners at the NJAC Championship. She also earned NJAC Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week recognition on Oct. 14, 2014 and added ECAC Division III Metro Women's Runner of the Week the following day.
 
Hample also was a member of the Rutgers-Camden indoor track program during the 2013-14 winter and the outdoor track team in the spring of 2014. She still holds program records as part of the indoor 4x400 relay team and the outdoor 4x800 team.
 
Returning to athletic competition for her senior year, she joined the women's tennis team for the first time and was named the squad's Most Dedicated Player. This spring, she rejoined the outdoor track program and has competed in the 1,500-meter run.