Posted: http://patch.com/A-hFtg, May 25, 2011, by Alysa Sakkas

Congratulations Lawson Athletes!

Lawson held it's annual Sports Gala event on May 19th for athletes and
their families to come and celebrate after school sports. Each of the teams
gathered in turn to be introduced on stage, and the coaches announced their
player awards. 

The school year is split into five sports seasons, with teams composed of various 
combinations of girls/boys/co-ed and 6th+7th grade/8th grade/C.  (A "C" team is 
one composed of 6th, 7th, 8th graders who are all under 5'3".)  

The MVP awards given for each sport included:

Girls Softball: Casey B, Janaye S, Maria S, Leilani L, Kaela A-E

Boys Volleyball: Curtis L, Andrew S, Austen L, George M, Alex Y, Brendan L.

Cross-Country: Rohan C, Waylen F, Geoffrey T, Jenny X, Tanya C, April S.

Wrestling: Nick Y, Audie B, Jake R.

Girls Volleyball: Natasha K, Maddie C, May L, Abbey B, Janaye S.

Boys Soccer: Jimmy W, Jake R.

Girls Basketball: Janaye S, Leilani L, Terese B

Boys Basketball: Justin Y, Chaitanya P, Andrew S

Girls Soccer: Meera T, Janaye S, Niteesha B, Leilani L, Courtney C, Ori H.

Tennis: Abhishek M, George M, Jay L, Kaholi K, Roshini M, Rizwanulla M, Illina Y, Pavan G, Kartik V, Ethan S, Preetham G.

Track and Field: Jenny X, Jade H, Maya B, Rohan C, Ethan C, Anthony B, Janaye S, Leilani L, Danielle M, Vinh L, William H, Rehan C.

Jay Lawson Award for Outstanding Dedication to Athletics: Janaye S

The festive night concluded with a raffle including prizes such as tickets for Sharks and Giants games.

Lawson is proud of its growing sports program and looks forward to continuing and adding to its intra-mural sports program to augment its intermural league sports.  This year, the PTA and Sports Boosters gifted a set of ten ping-pong tables that are used in the physical educational program and are sure to spark an additional competitive intramural sport to the mix for next year! 

Athletic Directors Jeremy Gibbons and Jeren Jensen also helped to increase the number of student spectators at home games this year by awarding "Maroon Mob" T-shirts to students who showed up to cheer for Lawson athletes (maroon being one of the school colors).

In Wes Morse's biography of Sam Lawson, he says, "Perhaps the best way to honor Sam at the school that bears his name is to have the finest physical educational program possible.  That would have meant a lot to him."  Lawson Middle School is well on its way in striving towards that goal.

Congratulations to all the Lawson Athletes for a great year of school sports! 

Go Lawson Lightning!

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