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Manhasset Senior Wins Prestigious Lacrosse Award
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Manhasset High School senior Aidan Mulholland has been chosen as the winner of the second annual Tom Flatley Award by a committee of coaches from the Nassau County Football Coaches Association (NCFCA) and the Nassau County Lacrosse Coaches Association (NCLCA). The award is named after the late Tom Flatley, a Hall of Fame coach who spent his career winning championships and influencing the lives of countless student-athletes at both Sewanhaka and Garden City High Schools.
The award was the brainchild of Greg Raschdorf, a Sewanhaka graduate who played both football and lacrosse for Flatley at the western Nassau sports powerhouse in the mid-1970’s.
“I felt that it was appropriate to have an award with a lasting tribute to Tom Flatley for his contribution to both sports (football and lacrosse) at the high school level in Nassau County” Raschdorf said. “At Sewanhaka we had a similar award for an outstanding football and lacrosse player, the Billy Bocker Award. It just made sense to recreate this award in coach’s memory at the Nassau County level. I am very proud of the coaches that put in the time to make this award possible.”
The selection committee was led by Joe Baccarella, a 1981 Sewanhaka graduate who played for Coach Flatley and later served as an assistant coach for him at Garden City. Other members of the committee included Raschdorf, Garden City football coach Dave Ettinger, Garden City lacrosse coach Steve Finnell, Cold Spring Harbor lacrosse coach Dennis Bonn, Farmingdale lacrosse coach Mike Hungerford, Oceanside football and lacrosse coach Rob Blount, and Plainview Kennedy football coach Chris Rogler, who also serves as the NCFCA president.
The award ceremony recently took place at Sewanhaka, a school that Flatley coached both football and lacrosse for the first 20 years of his storied career. Several committee members spoke about Flatley, his career and his legacy before awarding the winner his plaque and scholarship in front of numerous family members, coaches and friends.
Mulholland was chosen from a number of candidates that had been submitted by their coaches in late June. Criteria for the award stated: “The Tom Flatley Award will be given annually, beginning in 2020, to a Nassau County student-athlete that competed at a high level in the sports of football and lacrosse throughout their high school career. Other criteria that will be considered includes athletic and peer leadership, academic success, school and/or community service and additional extracurricular participation.”
In football, Mulholland helped
Manhasset High School senior Aidan Mulholland, center, has been chosen as the winner of the second annual Tom Flatley Award by a committee of coaches from the Nassau County Football Coaches Association (NCFCA) and the Nassau County Lacrosse Coaches Association (NCLCA).
Nassau County Lacrosse Coaches Association
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