Student Staff Recognition

SENIOR AWARDS 2020-2021

Recreational Sports and Services is honored and proud to have such a dynamic and resilient team of student staff who have worked hard all year to provide our campus with a safe and clean facility filled with boundless opportunities for patrons to Recreate, Energize, and Connect with each other. It has been a unique year keeping a full-service recreation and fitness facility open during a pandemic. Our student staff have risen to the occasion, worked through the challenges, supported each other, and as a result, we were able to remain open and provide an important service to the health and well-being of our campus. We couldn't be more proud of ALL of our student employees at the REC.

As this school year comes to a close, we want to recognize our superstars. This year we honor the following student staff for their excellence in leadership, service, and teamwork.

Congratulations!

Saluki Sunshine Award

Lynnette Schlueter
Lifeguard
Kathy Gulfoyle Award

Sydney Pogue
Base Camp
J. Michael Dunn Award

Nate Linker
Facility Manager, Member Services and Equipment Maintenance
Bill McMinn Award

Kinsey Harris
Facility Manager
Member Services
Rockstar Rookie Award

Kamen Rosado
Certified Personal Trainer, CPR Instructor, Lifeguard
You Rock Award

Alex Tongate
Competitive Sports Supervisor

Learn about what it takes to receive one of these awards.

Saluki Sunshine Award

Kathy Guilfoyle Award

J. Michael Dunn Award

Bill McMinn Award

Rockstar Rookie Award

The winner of the Rock Star Rookie Employee of the Year Award is a student who meets the following criteria:

An employee who has been with our department for 2 or fewer semesters, but in their short time has risen to what we call Rock Star status. Candidates for this award are identified by having been nominated at some point during the year for an Employee of the Month award. Awardee is selected by vote among the full time staff.

You Rock Award

The winner of the You Rock Employee of the Year Award is a student who meets the following criteria:

An employee who has been with our department for 3 or more semesters and was a winner of the Employee of the Month in the last year. The awardee is someone who has been a consistently strong performer in their position/s and is selected by a vote among the full time staff.

SENIOR AWARDS 2019-2020

Saluki Sunshine Award:
- Emma Brazeau, Personal Trainer
Kathy Gulfoyle Award:
- Alex Valladares, Competitive Sports Supervisor
J. Michael Dunn Award:
- Jayne Phoenix, Facilities Supervisor
Bill McMinn Award:
- Emma Chapman, Fitness Instructor, Facilities Supervisor
Rockstar Rookie Award:
- Alex Valladares, Competitive Sports Supervisor
You Rock Award:
- Shawn Davis, Member Service, Facilities Supervisor, Fitness Floor Leader

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR STUDENT STAFF GRADUATING THIS MAY!

May 2021 Graduates

Anthony Alonzi	Tamas Hajtman
Luis Barrera	Kinsey Harris
Rabin Basnet	Jason Johnson
Skyler Belmonte	Nate Linker
Joshua Bommelje	Matt Molloy
Garrett Burns	Christina Payerhofer
Margaret Curtis	Jake Pennell
Lucas Doiron	Troy Phillips
Katie Embry	Katie Ramey
Devin Escue	Brittany Scott
Maddy Ferry	Christian Thomas
Natalie Fleming	Priscilla Vega
Dylan Green	Vonni Waters

May 2020 Graduates

Linkon Bhattacharjee	Noah Pittenger
Daniel Boehmert	Kennedy Rawlings
Nicholas Brady	Riley Riggs
Emma Brazeau	Luis Salgado
Emma Chapman	Nathan Shaw
Nicholas Dorosan	Julian Simmons
Joshua Hardy	Nicholas Slagle
Payton Hufnagel	Brandy Smith
Ashley Hummel	Madie Spires
Yasmin Ibrahim	Shelby Terrell
Jiaxin Ji	Andrew Torchia
Veronica Jones	Sienna Walaszek
Sydney Kenney	Kelsie Walker
Jessica Newton	Daniel Warchol
Anthony O’Neil	Drew Yepsen
Jayne Phoenix	Kevin Zolnierowicz
John Phoenix

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