Columbia Athletics Set to Host 103rd Annual Varsity C Celebration May 5

NEW YORK — Columbia Athletics will host the 103rd Annual Varsity C Celebration, its annual year-end awards ceremony, on Tuesday, May 5, on the Roone Arledge Auditorium inside Lerner Hall. Doors open at 4 p.m., and the official program begins at 5 p.m. A dinner reception will observe at 6:30 p.m.

Columbia can also be proud to announce the finalists for the Connie S. Maniatty Award, William V. Campbell Performer of the Year Award, Rookie of the Year, Karen Blank Award and Dwight D. Eisenhower & Marion Philips Watch.

2025 VARSITY C AWARDS FINALISTS

 

CONNIE S. MANIATTY AWARD

Women’s Sports

Cecelia Messner – Lacrosse

Sarah Mikami – Softball

Tierna Oxenreider – Fencing

Perri Page – Basketball

Zander Rhodes – Fencing

Maia Tabion – Soccer

Men’s Sports

Cesar Alvan – Wrestling

Jack Kail – Baseball

Kenny Noland – Men’s Basketball

Thomas Santana – Baseball

Justin Townsend – Football

Michael Zheng – Men’s Tennis

WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL PERFORMER OF THE YEAR

Women’s Sports

Mads Lawson– Softball

Alena Lipscomb – Archery

Perri Page – Basketball

Zander Rhodes – Fencing

Carolina Stutchbury – Fencing

Riley Weiss – Basketball

 

Men’s Sports

Cesar Alvan – Wrestling

Joe Curtis – Wrestling

Jack Kail – Baseball

Samarth Kumbla – Fencing

Will Morrill – Fencing

Vincent Mueller – Wrestling

Michael Zheng – Men’s Tennis

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD

Women’s Sports

Mia Hoskins – Track & Field

Mads Lawson – Softball

Emma Row – Lacrosse

Kristina Xu – Golf

Nicole Xuan – Fencing

Emily Zeng – Golf

 

Men’s Sports

Alejandro Formosa – Golf

Miles Franklin – Basketball

Connor Igoe – Basketball

Neil Kulkarni – Golf

Michael Walters – Football

Amir Yahalom – Soccer

KAREN BLANK AWARD

Tamar Gordon – Fencing

Nourin Khalifa – Squash

Aminah Martin – Track & Field

Lucy Roberts – Heavyweight Rowing

Alanna Xue – Fencing

MARION R. PHILLIPS WATCH

Sarah Mikami – Softball

Lucy Roberts – Heavyweight Rowing

Sophia Wang – Tennis

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WATCH

George Blaha – Cross Country

Andrew Blelloch – Lightweight Rowing

Michael Zhang – Men’s Swimming

The Varsity C Celebration is the ultimate gathering occasion for all of Columbia’s 800-plus student-athletes to showcase achievements and milestones. The highest honors shall be bestowed on a number of of the Lions’ brightest stars. In addition to presenting a number of main awards, the night will characteristic movies and highlights celebrating important moments and achievements achieved this yr.

Columbia Athletics student-athletes and followers can take to social media to vote for his or her favourite performs, performances and video games of the Year. The winners shall be introduced on the occasion. Be positive to observe @GoColumbiaLions on Facebook, X and Instagram for updates.

The Connie S. Maniatty Award is given yearly to the highest senior student-athletes from males’s and girls’s sports activities to acknowledge their excellent Columbia careers. The William V. Campbell Performer of the Year is offered to 2 student-athletes demonstrating superior athletic means through the 2022-23 educational yr. Two student-athletes of their first yr of collegiate athletic competitors shall be chosen with the Rookie of the Year Award.



This yr’s Alumni Award recipient is Christina Dugger ’89CC from ladies’s basketball.



In addition, Columbia additionally declares winners for the Paul E. Fernandes Community Service Award, which is handed out to the varsity sports activities program which achieves essentially the most important contributions and excellent service to the University and native communities throughout every educational yr, the Lions Cup, which honors essentially the most distinctive staff based mostly on factors in a number of classes together with educational, athletic, private and social accountability, and the Karen Blank Award, which celebrates the highest senior feminine student-athlete enrolled at Barnard College and who exemplifies the qualities of educational success, athletic achievement, robust sporting conduct & dedication to the group.

Columbia Athletics can even current senior watch awards to senior student-athletes incomes the best cumulative grade level averages with at the least two varsity letters: the Marion R. Philips Watch and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Watch.

To help the 103rd Annual Varsity C Celebration and our student-athletes, make a present HERE.