Vinnie Liguori Memorial Athlete of the Year Award

Keith Hodder

Katy Guidone Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award

Erin Sabato

Chapter Director Erin Spaulding, Erin Sabato (2025) and past Volunteers of the Year in attendance: Alex Soter (2023), Dana Martin (2024), Bruce Whitney (2022)

The Dick Traum ‘Courage to go Forward’ Award

Greg St. George

Spirit of Achilles Award

Ricky Wang

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Heart & Hustle Award

David Alejandro (Athlete),  Sheri Dumas (Volunteer – not pictured), Janine Pilney (Volunteer – not pictured)

Golden Sneaker Awards

Tom Stearley (Athlete) Jeff Amell, Cindy Drozd, Laura Boogaert, Rob McLaughlin, Jon Romeo (Volunteers)

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Achilles MVP Award

Jeffrey DiCera (Athlete)

Mike Halasinski (Volunteer)

All-Around Award

Jessie Mabry (Athlete) and Carleta Maurice (Volunteer – not pictured)

Most Improved Athlete

Tricia DeLorso

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Rookie of the Year Award

Lera Asprelli & Matthew Petrone (Athletes)

Heather Davis (Volunteer)

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Determination Award 

Nyema Pinkney (Athlete – not pictured) and Bruce Whitney (Volunteer)

Unsung Hero

Rich Howard (Athlete) and Anat Solomon (Volunteer)

Trailblazer Award

Lisa Bostick (Athlete – not pictured) and Aviva Elkayam (Volunteer)

The Inspiration Award

Jay Rustico (Athlete) and Jill Wagner (Volunteer – not pictured)

Comeback Award

Renzo Rios Nino (Athlete)

Kris Wetmore (Volunteer)

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Roll With It

Chris Nunez (Athlete)

Dianna Hyland (Volunteer)

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The Visionary Award

Susanne Cesena (Athlete)

Perseverance Award 

Jim McCollum

The Motivation Award

Jay Rustico (Athlete)

Mike Halasinski (Volunteer)

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How Can I Help?

Molly Lombardo & Raja Narayanan (Volunteers)

Above & Beyond

Jo-Anne Rankin & Dana Martin (Volunteers)

Most Team Spirit: TEAM MEG

Meg Moore (Athlete) and Beth Haydu, Earle Smola, Nicole Schreier, Steven Kao, Ally Sega, Lori Stethers, and Cindy Sullivan (Volunteers)

SUPERLATIVES

Most Likely To Hug a Tree

Meg Moore

Most likely to “go pro”

Monte Wagner (not pictured)

Biggest Cheer Squad/Entourage

Allison Peterson (not pictured)

Most Likely to Get Caught in the Rain

Jo-Anne Rankin

Most Electric (and Neon)

Buzz Makowski (not pictured)

All that Glitters is Gold

Trephene Wilf & Sammi Bray (not pictured)

Most Likely to Morph into a Superhero

Mike Tubiak/Tubiak Maniak

Carpool Karaoke Award 

Scott McClure, Mike Halasinski, Ally Sega (not pictured)

I Can RUN 500 miles

Mario Castiello (not pictured)

Most Likely to Need Bubble Wrap

Gloria Searson (not pictured)

Metro North Award 

Peter Zar, Ally Lyons & Patrick Tishion (not pictured)

Achilles CT Bike Gang

Jeff Amell, Michelle Bosco & Jen Rottkamp (not pictured)

Most Likely to be photographed with Donny Marshall

Sharon & Peter Geltner (not pictured)

Team Bouncer

Dan Brown & Charlotte Schreier (not pictured)

Most Likely to Retire to a Beach House

Stu & Celeste Sherman (not pictured)

SAG (Support & Gear) Award

Thane Hardy (not pictured)

MOM SQUAD

Sharon Makowski, Bai Ding, Jan Rustico, Daniela Mini, Cathy Petrone, Anne Moore, Hilary Haldane, Donna Senna, Kim Lowman, Cynthia Grano, Linda DeLorso, Carol Asprelli, Stephanie Stewart, Delia Thomas, Cecelia Rios Nino, Rebecca Noreen

DAD SQUAD

Steven Petrone, John Burbank, Ernie Asprelli, David Rustico, Jose Rios Nino, Cesar Rabellino, Ed Makowski, Mark Schneider, Kongmong Wang (not pictured)

WIND BENEATH OUR WINGS

Mike, Katie, Conor, Linda, Donna, Ginny, Patricia, Lauren, Celeste & Swanson, Vinny, Ben, John, Larry, Kelly, Tracy, Cynthia, Fred, Darlene (not pictured)