Barry Culhane, the executive assistant to the president of Rochester Institute of Technology, will receive the prestigious Major Donald Holleder Award at the 67th annual Rochester Press-Radio Club Day of Champions Children’s Charities Dinner on Tuesday, May 31, at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center.
Culhane will join New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera, the Coca-Cola Sports Personality of the Year Award winner, at the head table.
Other honorees include:
•Jim Johnson, Greece Athena High School coach, Morrie Silver Award
•Dick Cerone, Section V football chair and athletic director, University Preparatory Charter School for Young Men, Charlie Wagner Award
•Gurnal Jones III, Christine Wagner Welch Inspiration Award
•Norm Schueckler, Honeoye Falls-Lima coach of boys and girls swimming, Coach of the Year presented by the Rochester RazorSharks
•Jake Zembiec, Aquinas Institute football, Democrat and Chronicle Amateur Athlete of the Year
•Abby Wambach, Olympic soccer gold medalist and FIFA Women’s World Cup champion, Democrat and Chronicle Professional Athlete of the Year
•Jim Vacanti, Zweigle’s sales manager, Eddie Meath Club Member Award
•Samantha Watson, Rush Henrietta High School track, Elliot Cushing Award presented by the Monroe County Sports Commission
•Sean Ossont, Shared Ski Adventures Coordinator, CP Rochester, ESL Volunteer of the Year
•Jamie Germano, Democrat and Chronicle photographer, Gary Smith/George Beahon Sports Media Excellence Award
•Andrea Golden, associate athletics director, University of Rochester, Jean Giambrone Award
•Tara Lamberti, University of Rochester field hockey, Jerry Flynn College Award
•Matt Hossack, RIT lacrosse, Rich Funke Jr. College Award
•Katie Smith, Pittsford Sutherland High School swimming, Paychex High School Female Athlete of the Year
•Ernest Edwards, Aquinas Institute football and basketball, Paychex High School Male Athlete of the Year
•Yianni Diakomihalis, Hilton High School wrestling, Press-Radio Club Special Achievement Award
Seating is very limited – all packages and reception are on wait list only. To reserve tickets, call 340-1460 or email plg153@frontiernet.net.
The club gratefully acknowledges its corporate sponsors: Coca-Cola Refreshments, the Democrat and Chronicle Media Group, ESL Federal Credit Union, Paychex Corporation, the Rochester Red Wings, the Rochester RazorSharks and Monroe County Sports Commission.
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