After a monumental 2022-23 athletic season, the FMCC student-athletes and coaches gathered on Monday, May 7th to celebrate the successful athletic and academic year.
The season featured three Region 3 Titles, three conference champions, three National Tournament appearances, two first-team All-Americans, and several individual and coaching honors. Each coach had the opportunity to acknowledge the Raiders for their many accomplishments on the playing field and in the classroom.
The academic athletes of the year were honored. The female and male Academic Athletes of the year were volleyball's Deandra Myers and cross country's Paul Lomanto.
The female Co-Athlete of the Year award went to volleyball's Madelyn Avery and basketball's Kiya Marquez. The male athlete of the year was presented to De'Vante Mateo of the men's basketball team.
Several members of the coaching staff were honored for their coach of the year awards. Dave Clayton (men's soccer) was honored as Region 3 and Conference Coach of the Year. Tina Olyer (volleyball) was Conference Coach of the Year. Ej Gallup (men's basketball) was Region 3, Mountain Valley Conference and North District Coach of the Year. And Kevin Jones (women's basketball) was the District A Coach of the Year.
Individual Player Awards:
Men's Soccer
MVP: Jose Atilio de Oliveira
Coaches Award: Jackson McCandlish
Offensive Player of the Year: Marvin Koceku
Defensive Player of the Year: Lewis Potter-Scarborough
Women's Soccer
MVP: Kaytelenn Van Heusen
Coaches Award: Emily Senese
Defensive Player of the Year: Ashika Govindasamay
Offensive Player of the Year: Dafne Gonzalez
Volleyball
MVP: Madelyn Avery
Coaches Award: Sadie Blowers and Aireana Muhlberger
Most Improved: Krystal McSpirit
Cross Country
MVP: Alex Cwiakala
MVP: Elisabeth LaBreche
Women's Basketball
MVP: Kiya Marquez
Coaches: Andie Gannon
Most Improved: Makenzie Smith
Men's Basketball
MVP: De'Vante Mateo and Kennyh Hardeman
Coaches Award: Jaisan Parker
Men's Bowling:
MVP: Andrew Bauer
Most Improved: Steven Hulbert
Coaches Award: Massa Masri
Special Achievement Award: Evan Sawitzki
All-Mountain Valley Conference and All-Region 3 Award Winners
Volleyball
Madelyn Avery-Region 3 and Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year, 1st Team All-Region, All-Conference Team and 1st Team All-American
Aireana Muhlberger-3rd Team All-Region and All-Conference
Sadie Blowers-3rd Team All-Region and All-conference
Women's Soccer
Kaytelenn Van Heusen-3rd team All-Region and 1st Team All-Conference
Men's Soccer
Marvin Koceku-1st Team All-Region and 1st Team All-Conference
Daryl Kabasele-2nd Team All-Region
Curtis Arnold-2nd Team All-Region and 1st Team All-Conference
Lewis Potter-Scarborough-3rd Team All-Region
Roberto Salinas-1st Team All-Conference
Women's Basketball
Kiya Marquez-1st Team All-Region, 1st Team All-Conference and 1st Team All-American
Andie Gannon-1st Team All-Region and 1st Team All-Conference
Makenzie Smith-3rd Team All-Region and 2nd Team All-Conference
Abigail Lombardoni-2nd Team All-Conference
Men's Basketball
Kennyh Hardeman-1st Team All-Region and 2nd Team All-Conference
De'Vante Mateo-3rd Team All-Region and 2nd Team All-Conference
Nahjhime Kirton-3rd Team All-Region and 2nd Team All-Conference
Bowling
Evan Sawitzki-2nd Team All-Conference
Andrew Bauer-2nd Team All-Conference
Steven Hulbert-2nd Team All-Conference
Coaches Awards
Tina Olyer-Volleyball Conference Coach of the Year
David Clayton-Men's Soccer Conference Coach of the Year and Region 3 Coach of the Year
Ej Gallup-Men's Basketball Conference and Region Coach of the Year. North District Coach of the Year
Kevin Jones-Women's Basketball District A Coach of the Year.
