5/7/17 – The seventh Annual GRFY’s Varsity Sports Banquet took place Sunday night at the Lake Mary Westin where over 125 student-athletes were in attendance. The ceremony opened with Justin Varitek thanking the administration, coaches, parents, and student-athletes for an outstanding year in Griffin athletics, and went on to honor twenty-one teams in fifteen sports. Congratulations to the recipients of the following awards:

• Athlete of the Year: Syriah Lottimore & Nick Lakso
• Griffin Award: Sarah Wisherd & Matt Upper
• Sportsmanship Award: Lauren Upper & Jack Krim
• Scholar-Athlete: Caroline Zonts & Petar Nikolic
• Comeback Athlete of the Year: Emily Rood & Judah Winfrey
• Highest GPA team: Girls’ Golf
• Newcomer of the Year: Jillian Zonts & Jason Gaston
• University Hall Award: Musahari Murakami
• Performance of the Year (audience vote): Mimi Chen & Walker Dycus
• X-treme Griffins (10 letters)+: Brady Benefiel, Austin DeWitt, Cyrus Fatemi, Jack Krim, Nick Lakso, Logan Mudd, Alek Nikolic, Petar Nikolic, Matt Upper, Mitchell Wiginton, Sarah Wisherd

(photo above: Extreme Griffins)
Proud of our Griffins as we close out the 2017 year!!