2008 Bacalles Award Receipients AJ Johnson Heather Reynolds William Parker Tricia Rossettie The Bacalles Award George Bacalles was instrumental in getting the Corning-Painted Post Sports Hall of Fame started and was an ardent supporter of all sports in our community.  However, he was particularly interested in our high school athletic programs – dating way back to 1927 – and as such established this award in 1978 to encourage and recognize the achievements of our best high school athletes.  Mr. Bacalles served as business manger of the original Corning All High Group, and he was also at one time sports editor of the Leader. After his death, the Bacalles family continued to recognize our outstanding high school athletes by reestablishing the award in the memory of George Bacalles.  Nomination and Selection Criteria The award is to be given to one female and one male Senior athlete from both East and West High School. The recipients must have demonstrated: Outstanding performance as a member of a high school athletic team for at least one season. Exemplary character and citizenship Solid academic performance – generally interpreted to mean no failing grades and no unsatisfactory effort marks. If the choice has to be made between two or more athletes who are deemed to be equally outstanding in one sport, the “tie-breaking” criteria shall be (in order): Excellence in multiple sports Character and citizenship Academic performance  Selection Procedure Each high school coach will be asked to nominate one athlete from each team he/she coaches.  (In the case of district teams, the coach can nominate one athlete from East and one from West. In the case of teams consisting of both male & female athletes, the coach can nominate one female and one male athlete). These nominations are to be made in writing (using the enclosed form) to the Building Athletic Manager by  January 18 . The Building Athletic Manager shall convene a committee consisting of the Building Athletic Manager plus a minimum of 6 coaches (1 coach of a female team and 1 coach of a male team from each of the 3 seasons) to discuss the merits of each nominee.  (Coaches on district teams may serve on the committees for both schools)  Following a discussion of the candidates, the final selection – which is to be completed by January 31 – shall be made by secret ballot, with each coach and Building Athletic Manager present having one vote, and with a majority vote of all present required to decide the outcome.  In the case of a lack of a majority vote, a second vote will be taken involving the top two candidates only (including all who are tied for the two highest numbers of votes).  Bacalles Award Winners (listed alphabetically) TOM AKINS 1989 A.T. BAILEY 1994 BLYTHE BEECHER 2003 LISA BLACK 1991 JEREMY BLANCHARD 2005 KRISTEN BLENCOWE 2004 GEORGIA BOSSELER 1986 KELLY BOWDY 1980 BECKY BURNS 1991 CHRIS CLARK 2003 VALERIE CLOSE 2000 JOHN CHARLES COPP 1999 JANET COWLEY 1987 LINDA CRANE 2001 NICK CURRIE 2004 AMANDA DANIELS 1999 MISSY DECLEMENTE 1996 SARA DECLEMENTE 1998 DIANE DODGE 1985 CORI DRUMMOND 1995 JOHN DUKE 1989 MATT DUPUIS 2001 KATHRYN EARLY 2007 SCOTT EMMICK 1995 TIM EMMICK 1997 SCOTT FARRELL 1998 KRISTIN FIORILLO 2003 JASON FLICKINGER 1995 MARK FLICKINGER 1997 COLEMAN FLORY 2007 COURTNEY FREEMAN 2006 RACHELLE GEHL 1986 ALISA GIANNONE 1993 ERICA GIANNONE 1997 ALLISON GRAF 2000 BRIAN GREEN 1993 EMILY HAJJAR 1995 COLIN HARRISON 1988 TOM HAVENS 1980 MICHAEL HENKE 1992 ASHLEYE HENYAN 1998 KELLY HOGUE 1999 BRET JACOBY 1985 SARAH JOHNSON 2005 JULIE KENT 1988 THOMAS KETCHUM 1991 NIKKI KIMBLE 1990 JON KIO 2002 MICHELLE KIRK 2007 BETH LACHUT 1997 JOE LANDO 1988 MIKE LAUDENSLAGER 1987 BRIAN LEBARON 1986 MARY JEAN LESE 1993 WALTER LEVANTOVICH 1993 CHRISTOPHER LIEBNER 2006 MIKE LISI 2000 LANCE LOCEY 1987 ROCHELLE LOCEY 2002 MARK MAPES 1992 NATE MATUSICK 2005 AMANDA MCCLURE 2002 MATT MCLENNON 1990 MEGAN METHVEN 2006 STEVE MOKAN 1996 RANDY NAYLOR 1996 FRANK OLMES 1991 CLARENCE ONYYIRIUKA 2007 JON ONYIRIUKA 2004 DAN PARILLO 1990 JOE PEREZ 2006 KIMBERLY PIERCE 1990 MALORY POOLE 2004 GREG RAYMOND 2000 KAREN RILEY 1992 RANDY RHODES 1994 COREY RYNDERS 1998 CHRIS SCANLON 2001 DANE SCHNEIDER 2003 BARBARA SMITH 1987 DAWN SMITH 1989 AMY SNOW 1989 CAROLINE SONNEFIELD 2005 CASEY SPENCER 1996 JENNIFER STAMP 1992 JERRY STILWELL 1986 KATHRYN STILWELL 1994 RACHEL STONE 1988 MICHELLE TACKETT 1994 JORDAN VAN OORT 2002 AMY WHEATON 1999 KRISTEN WHEATON 2001 Updated 04/16/07