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College Gives First Leadership
in Catholic Youth Sport Awards
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Winners
and finalists from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia included (from left) Jim Algeo
(winner, secondary level coaching), football coach at Lansdale Catholic High School;
Nick Luchko, boys' basketball coach at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Morton; Abigail
Minder, girls' basketball coach at St. Eugene in Secane; Chris Cooney, coach of
three sports at St. Aloysius Academy in Bryn Mawr; Jack Fitzsimmons, girls' soccer
coach at Cardinal Dougherty High School; Jack Klotz, track coach at St. Katharine
Drexel in Chester; and Dan Algeo (winner, elementary level coaching), football
coach at School of the Holy Child in Rosemont.
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Neumann
announced its first Leadership in Catholic Youth Sport awards at a May 22 luncheon
in the campus Life Center. The awards recognized leaders who have had a positive
impact upon young athletes who play on teams sponsored by Catholic organizations
in the Camden and Wilmington diocese and in the archdiocese of Philadelphia. The
College presented awards in three categories: elementary-level coaching (grades
1-8), secondary-level coaching (grades 9-12) and lifetime achievement.
The
Center for Sport, Spirituality and Character Development and the Sport Management
program at Neumann co-sponsored the awards. Founded in 1999, the Center is dedicated
to promoting the inherent power of good in sports and to using sports as a vehicle
for spiritual, ethical and emotional growth. The Sport Management program, part
of the Neumann curriculum since 1998, is business-based and prepares undergraduate
and graduate students for careers in sports marketing, finance, event management,
and athletic and recreation administration.
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The
lifetime achievement award was presented posthumously to Timothy P. Lenahan, a
longtime boys' basketball coach at St. Rose of Lima in Haddon Heights, NJ. Accepting
the award for Lenahan were his wife Lisa and their children, Morgan,
Conner
and Taylor.
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From
the Wilmington diocese, Joe McDonald was a finalist for the lifetime achievement
award. He coaches boys' basketball at St. Edmond's Academy. Not pictured is Jude
Szczerba, cross country coach at St. Mary Magdalen, who was a finalist for the
elementary level coaching award.
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06/06/05
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