After a monumental 2023-24 athletic season, the FMCC student-athletes and coaches gathered on Wednesday, April 17th to celebrate the successful athletic and academic year.
This year featured a Volleyball Region 3 Title and an undefeated 23 game win streak before entering the National Tournament.
Men's Basketball was Region 3 Runner-Up, back-to-back National Tournament appearances, set a new program record for 17 wins in a row and the first 25+ win season since 95-96.
All seven teams competed in the Region 3 post-season tournament. Men's soccer had one of their best seasons finishing with a 10-3 record. Women's soccer saw much success finishing 4-8-1.
Women's bowling had an impressive year as a team capturing second place at Regionals.
Andie Gannon earned First-Team All-American honors and Grace O'Brien earned Second-Team All-American honors.
The female and male Academic Athletes of the year are Olivia Crum (Women's Soccer) and Joe Gander (Men's Soccer). Olivia graduated in December with a Business Administration degree and held a 3.43 GPA. Joe will graduate in May with a Physical Education and Sport Management degree and currently holds a 3.71 GPA.
The female Athlete of the Year award went to basketball's Andie Gannon. She was the Region 3 player of the year, Region 3 First Team, Mountain Valley Conference Player of the Year and first team award recipient. Gannon ended the season as the leading scorer in all NJCAA DIII at 25.3 points per game. She also led the Region in scoring and rebounds this season.
The male Athlete of the year award was given to freshman, Kyle MacFarlane of the men's soccer team. Kyle was a big part of the team's success, and he was a second team All-Region selection and second team all-conference pick. He controlled the midfield and led the Raiders to one of their best seasons in the past decade with an overall record of 10-3.
Tina Olyer was honored for earning Conference Coach of the Year and Region 3 Coach of the Year. Kevin Jones received Conference Coach of the Year as well.
Each coach had the opportunity to acknowledge their players for their many accomplishments on the playing field and in the classroom.
Individual Player Awards:
Men's Soccer
MVP: Kyle Macfarlane
Coaches Award: Kyrise Frontin
Offensive Player of the Year: Jackson McClandish
Women's Soccer
MVP: Aashika Govindasamy
Coaches Award: Nadia Buanno
Defensive Player of the Year: Quincy Lake
Volleyball
MVP: Grace O'Brien
MVP: Lindsey Zawisa
Defensive Award: Jayden DeVellis
Women's Basketball
MVP: Andie Gannon
Coaches Award: Sereena Palau
Most Improved: Quincy Lake
Men's Basketball
MVP: Donovan Rodriguez
MVP: Nick Butler
Coaches Award: Jordan Jackson
Men's Bowling:
MVP: Steven Hulbert
Coaches Award: Hayden Auspelmyer
Women's Bowling:
MVP: Gabriella Jenks
Coaches Award: Crystal Coleman
Most Improved: Marque Herr
All-Mountain Valley Conference and All-Region 3 Award Winners
Volleyball
Grace O'Brien-1st Team All-Conference and 1st Team All-Region
Alaina Diffee-1st Team All-Conference and Player of the Year and 2nd Team All-Region
Jayden DeVellis-1st Team All-Conference
Amber Cole-2nd Team All-Conference
Lindsey Zawisa-2nd Team All-Conference and 1st Team All-Region
Women's Soccer
Aashika Govindasamy-1st Team All-Conference
Dafne Gonzalez-1st Team All-Conference
Men's Soccer
Marvin Koceku-1st Team All-Conference and 2nd Team All-Region
Kyle Macfarlane-1st Team All-Conference and 2nd Team All-Region
Lewis Potter-Scarborough-2nd Team All-Conference and 2nd Team All-Region
Jackson McCandlish-2nd Team All-Conference and 3rd Team All-Region
Aidan MacLagan-2nd Team All-Conference
Men's Bowling
Steven Hulbert-1st Team All-Conference
Hayden Auspelmyer-2nd Team All-Conference
Women's Bowling
Gabriella Jenks-1st Team All-Conference, 2nd Team All-Region and Doubles Runner Up
Crystal Coleman-1st Team All-Conference
Joanna Whitman-2nd Team All-Region and Doubles Runner Up
Kyleigh Lindsey-2nd Team All-Conference
Women's Basketball
Andie Gannon-1st Team All-Region, Region Player of the Year, 1st Team All-Conference, and Conference Player of the Year
Makenzie Smith- 2nd Team All-Conference and 2nd Team All-Region
Abigail Lombardoni-1st Team All-Conference and 2nd Team All-Region
Men's Basketball
Schumel Shepherd-2nd Team All-Conference and 2nd Team All-Region
Donovan Rodriguez-3rd Team All-Conference
Kennyh Hardeman-1st Team All-Region, Region Player of the Year, 1st Team All-Conference, and Conference Player of the Year
Nahjhime Kirton-1st Team All-Region and 1st Team All-Conference
