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Honoring an athlete or athletes who are most outstanding in two intercollegiate sports by best exemplifying the excellence of performance, competitiveness, leadership, tremendous desire and team spirit of A. Bayard Russ '66. The award was first given in 1969.
Russ was a three-sport letterman who was co-captain of the 1965 soccer team his senior year and was twice awarded the "Rich" Sumner '63 Memorial Soccer Award as the "most inspirational" player, instrumental in building team morale. He was also a member of the baseball and lacrosse teams.
Russ enrolled in the Marines and rose to the rank of second lieutenant. In January of 1968, he was killed in action in Vietnam.Â
Previous Winners:
2024Â Â Â Â Â Audrey Lazar, Finn Muldoon
2023Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Billy Dobensky, Kate Kenny
2022         Erin Nicholas, Gordon Pollock Â
2021Â Â Â Â Â Emma Walsh, Sawyer Tadano
2020Â Â Â Â Â Anna Zumwinkle, Frank Cosolito
2019Â Â Â Â Â Sara DiCenso, Jimmy Martinez
2018Â Â Â Â Â Kate McCluskey, John Jackson
2017 Â Â Â Â Â Maddie Pronovost, Greg Conrad
2016 Â Â Â Â Â Bridget Instrum, Deklan Robinson
2015Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Catherine Fowler, Dylan Sinnickson
2014Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Robert Donahoe, Scarlett Kirk
2013Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lauren Greer, Billy Chapman
2012Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Michael Schmidt, Margo Cramer
2011Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Sally Ryan, Donald McKillop
2010Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Anjuli Demers, Micah Wood
2009Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Andrew Matson, Taryn Petrelli
2008Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jimmy Butcher, Reid Berrien
2007Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Kim Walker, John Sales
2006Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Channing Weymouth, Garrott Kuzzy
2005Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Ashley Pullen, Brian Phinney, John Rusten
2004Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Rebecca Brakeley, Charley Howe
2003Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Char Glessner, Christopher Davis
2002Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Matt Dunn, Julia Bergofsky
2001Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Scott Goldman, Kate Irvin
2000Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â John Giannacopoulos, Curt Goldman, Jessa Martin
1999Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Heidi Howard, A.J. Husband
1998Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Randi Borgen, Brad Somma
1997Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Matt Fritz, Amy DiAdamo, Molly Enman
1996Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Cullen G. Meade, Perelandra Tory
1995Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jake Kritzer, Sarah Martin
1994Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Roy McKinnon, Lissa Gipson, Amy Hollingsworth
1993Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â John Atherton, Kimberly Griffith
1992Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Amy Lilly, Brian Schilling
1991Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Devin O'Neill, Heather Flood
1990Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Tom Bredahl, Vic Hoyt
1989Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gerry Dineen, Samantha Chapin
1988Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â John Theiss, Megan Kemp
1987Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Steve Kirkpatrick, Barb Marvin
1986Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jon Peterson, Ann McCollum
1985Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Larry Freni, Nancy Locke
1984Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Richard Makin, Leslie Baker
1983Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Fain Hackney, Bunny Mauran
1982Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â James "Ted" Virtue, Susan Long
1981Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â John Burchard, Karin VonBerg
1980Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Roger Nicholas
1978Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Roy Heffernan, Debra Daniels
1977Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Stephen Scheufele
1976Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â William Graham
1975Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â David Pentkowski
1974Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â David Lantz
1973Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Gary Johnson
1972Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Douglas Arnot
1971Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Barry Metayer
1969Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jeffrey SturgesÂ
