Sean Vizzard Awarded BIG EAST Michael Tranghese Postgraduate Leadership Award

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Seton Hall males’s swimming and diving standout Sean Vizzard (Mount Laurel, N.J) was named the male recipient of the 2024-25 BIG EAST Michael Tranghese Postgraduate Leadership Award, as chosen by the BIG EAST Conference Academic Affairs Committee

The awards are given to 1 male and one feminine student-athlete from a BIG EAST-sponsored sport who’ve been admitted to a degree-granting or skilled program for the next educational yr and who’ve demonstrated management via excellence in educational credentials, athletic efficiency and depth of dedication to service throughout the establishment or the neighborhood.

Vizzard will every obtain a $5,000 scholarship, which can be utilized to postgraduate examine. The award is known as for Michael Tranghese, the BIG EAST’s first full-time worker who served as commissioner of the convention from 1990 to 2009 and embodied management and dedication from the league’s inception.

A local of Mount Laurel, N.J., Vizzard accomplished a bachelor’s diploma in biology and earned a pre-med diploma, with a 3.897 undergraduate GPA. Out of the pool in 2024, he earned Second Team Scholar All-American accolades, College Sports Communicators educational All-District choice and earned Summa Cum Laude recognition at commencement. Making a distinction locally, Vi has participated within the division’s Thanksgiving Basket Drive the previous 4 years, in addition to the BIG EAST Food Drive whereas being a four-year member of SAAC. Competitively, Vizzard capped his collegiate profession as a three-time BIG EAST Champion within the 1650 freestyle (2022, 2024, 2025), most lately incomes an NCAA B minimize and qualifying for CSCAAs. Along together with his titles, Vizzard earned The Hall’s program information within the 1000 freestyle (9:10.03) and 1650 freestyle (15.06.95).

With the choice, Vizzard turns into Seton Hall’s seventh BIG EAST Michael Tranghese Postgraduate Leadership Award, essentially the most of any BIG EAST faculty. Across all sports activities, that is the fifth consecutive yr a Pirate has received this award, a conference-best mark. In addition, this win marks the fourth time a member of both Seton Hall swimming and diving staff has received the award, all 4 of which have occurred beneath Head Coach Derek Sapp‘s tenure.

Michael Tranghese Postgraduate Leadership Award Winners

 

2025

Sean Vizzard, Seton Hall, Swimming and Diving

Anna Pierce, Butler, Women’s Soccer

 

2024

Joshua Paige, Georgetown, Track & Field

Josephine McCartney, Seton Hall, Swimming and Diving

 

2023

Marcelo Rocha, Providence, Cross Country and Track & Field

Abigail Wingo, Seton Hall, Softball

 

2022

Thomas Staes, Seton Hall, Swimming and Diving

Milly Routledge, Villanova, Swimming and Diving

 

2021

Liam Cosgrove, Seton Hall, Swimming and Diving

Brittany Witt, Creighton, Volleyball

 

2019

Kyle Decker, DePaul, Track & Field

Taryn Kloth, Creighton, Volleyball

 

2018

Alex Wolfred, Xavier, Swimming

Carly Alfano, Xavier, Women’s Soccer

 

2017

Harrison Lang, Creighton, Men’s Tennis

Caroline Hamilton, Villanova, Track & Field

 

2016

Zachary Mueck, Xavier, Men’s Tennis

Emily Cubbage, St. John’s, Women’s Soccer

 

2015

Shawn Heide, St. John’s, Baseball

Shelby Manthorpe, Seton Hall, Volleyball

 

2014

James Roebker, Xavier, Tennis

Chloe Sher, Seton Hall, Tennis

 

2013 

Michael Moore, Notre Dame, Tennis

Kaci Madden, Rutgers, Softball

 

2012 

Benjamin Forrest, Rutgers, Cross Country/Track & Field

Allison Schroeder, Notre Dame, Cross Country/Track & Field

 

2011 

Tyler Davis, Notre Dame, Tennis

Amy Zhang, Rutgers, Tennis