While his teammates look on, Cristian Soles gives Saratoga High School head boys' basketball coach Josh Sandlian a hug during the school's winter sports awards ceremony. Players from the varsity and junior varsity boys' and girls' basketball teams were rewarded for their efforts.
Memories were shared as Saratoga High School athletes officially closed the winter season with an awards banquet, honoring efforts made by the school's basketball teams.
Saratoga Middle/High School was filled with friends, family members and school officials during the March 31 event, where supporters witnessed individual athlete awards being given, and coach speeches that reflected on the season.
The boys' basketball players were first honored with varsity letter and specialty awards from coaches Josh Sandlian and Jared Crawford. Following were girls' basketball coaches Matt Love and Tom Fisher, who announced and handed out their varsity letter and specialty awards.
The specialty awards recognized strengths and accomplishments from the 2013-14 basketball year. In addition to obtaining those awards, the student athletes received statistical praise from coaches for their season performances.
Specialty award recipients, their award titles and statistical accomplishments, are listed below:
Boys' team awards
John Brennan- All-Conference honoree, leading three-point percentage, most points, most steals
Brennan had the leading three-point percentage at 33 percent (56 three-pointers made out of 171), made 412 points and had 69 steals.
Ben Falk- Most charges, offensive rebounds and defensive rebounds
Falk had four charges, 51 offensive rebounds and 113 defensive rebounds.
Cameron Collamer- Leading two-point percentage, most assists
Collamer had the leading two-point percentage at 55 percent (55 two-point shots made out of 100), and had 55 assists.
Braxton Schwartzkopf- Leading free-throw percentage, most blocks
Schwartzkopf had the leading free-throw percentage at 72 percent (33 free-throws made out of 47) and made 13 blocks.
Andrew Janecek-Oiler- Junior Varsity Player of the Year, Most Improved Player of the Year
Jace Berger- Most Improved Player of the Year
Ryan Malone- Panther Pride Award
Girls' team awards
Alicia Zaragoza and Sarah Burton- Junior Varsity Most Improved
Haley Soles, Katie Loose and Peyten Fisher- Varsity Most Improved
Soles scored a total of 61 points on the season. She had 36 offensive rebounds (10th in Conference) and 80 total rebounds (12th in Conference).
Loose scored 42 points on the season. She also finished with 36 offensive rebounds (tied with Soles for 10th in Conference), 67 total rebounds and 26 steals.
Justine Fourman- Free Throw Leader, Defensive Rebounding Award, 2A Southeast All-Conference Player
Fourman scored 10.7 points per game, for a total of 246 points for the season, which was third overall in the conference. She had 80 defensive rebounds (fourth in Conference), 50 offensive rebounds (seventh in Conference), 130 total rebounds (fourth in Conference), 62 steals (first in Conference) and 63 assists (third in Conference).
Katie Loose- Defensive Player of the Year
Heather Oxford- Offensive Rebounding Award
Oxford averaged 6.4 points per game, totaling 140 points on the season. She had 55 offensive rebounds (sixth in Conference), 55 defensive rebounds (11th in Conference), 110 total rebounds (sixth in Conference) and 24 steals.
Veronica Lincoln and Mati Love- Determination Award
Lincoln scored a total of 53 points, and had 46 rebounds and 18 steals. Love scored a total of 56 points for the season, and had 41 defensive rebounds (12th in Conference), 63 total rebounds, 46 steals (second in Conference) and 44 assists (fifth in Conference).
Meredith Lincoln- Rookie of the Year
Lincoln averaged 11.5 per game, totaling 253 points for the season, which was second overall in the conference. She also finished the season with 51 total rebounds and 31 steals.
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