Soccer was Gina DellaRose’s first love, and she went on to play the sport masterfully at Southern Connecticut State University, twice earning all-New England honors. Now, she’s returning to the track as a senior.

Gina DellaRose isn’t a particularly imposing person: She barely clears five feet tall, has flowing brown hair and wide brown eyes, and is one of the sweetest-spoken girls you could ever meet. But don’t let her diminutive stature and charm fool you—she’s the best darn athlete to have ever come out of Woodland.

Take a minute to peruse all of DellaRose’s accomplishments at Woodland: She was the school’s first all-state athlete, was named to a combined seven all-NVL teams and six all-state teams (which is the highest combined total in school history), still owns six track school records, is still the only girls’ soccer player to achieve New Haven Register All-Area honors, shares the school’s single-season goal-scoring record (23 in 2004), and is one of only three athletes to have her name on three different banners in the Woodland gym.

Despite all these accolades, however, DellaRose maintains her individual accomplishments are not at the top of her favorite memories from her years as a Hawk.

“I think it’s cool that people think of me when they think of the top athletes,” she says, “But it’s not a big deal to me that I’m up there. I’m really honored for it, but seeing those banners reminds me not of individual stuff, but of how much I loved the teams I was on.”

The fifth-year senior at Southern Connecticut State University has plenty of memories from the Woods, none better than her soccer senior night against Torrington at Hotchkiss Park in Prospect.

“It was overall a great game,” DellaRose says. “I had to have at least three goals. I actually committed to Southern after that game. But that wasn’t why it was so great. Those girls were my best friends and that was the field I had trained on my whole life. I started and ended there.”

Ended there? In one sense, yes, but in another, DellaRose was just beginning. She’s had the most successful college career of any Woodland alumnus, being named the Northeast-10 Conference Freshman of the Year, twice being named to the All-NE-10 team, twice being named to the NEWISA All-New England team, and this year was named to the NCSAA All-America East Region Third Team. She was also a two-year captain and ranks eighth in Owls history in three different statistical categories.

DellaRose isn’t done, though. When her soccer career ended last fall, she migrated to the Southern track team to relive the greatness she once earned at Woodland.

“It’s bringing back a lot of high school memories,” DellaRose says. “Track has been out of my life for so long, so I’ve been thinking about what we used to do at Woodland. I love running and I figured I would be running by myself. I think it’s kinda cool to look back and see that I did two sports in college.”

Soccer still reigns supreme for DellaRose, both for the fact that she loves the team aspect on the pitch and for the fact that she never lost her lunch over a game. Track on the other hand…

“With soccer I never used to get nervous because it’s a team sport and other girls could always pick me up if I made a mistake,” DellaRose explains. “I never got nervous with relay races with because we’re on a team. But with an individual race, it’s all on me. I would actually get sick sometimes.”

DellaRose didn’t get sick last week, though, when she set a personal best in the mile with a time of 5 minutes, 12 seconds—“a lot better than I ran in high school…somehow,” DellaRose says. What makes that feat even more impressive is the fact that it was just DellaRose’s second meet since graduating from Woodland in 2005.

DellaRose was a seven-time All-NVL selection and a six-time All-State selection at Woodland. That total of 13 remains a school record.

While competing in the last athletic seasons of her career, DellaRose is also finishing up a degree in marketing. She says she will be starting to look for internships in the summer and also wants to start coaching and training with soccer. Not only does she want to coach the sport she loves, she also has advice for the young boy or girl who wants to be the next Woodland athlete of the decade.

“Don’t think about awards and banners,” she says. “Do what you love and train like you love it and I think they will come naturally.”

Despite everything she accomplished on the fields and tracks at Woodland and Southern, DellaRose still isn’t sure she’s worthy of being the Hawks’ athlete of the decade. Instead, she would choose our best male for the honor.

“Definitely Shane [Kingsley],” she says. “He’s an overall great athlete. I know he loves his sports as much as I do. I saw him play a lot and he was incredible.”

DellaRose isn’t going to just hand over the honor, though. But will the ever-amiable athlete hold this over Kingsley’s head for the foreseeable future?

“Yes,” she jokes. “He will always remember this.”

At the outset of this all-decade project, there was nearly nothing set in stone. There was an enormous amount of research that needed to be done to properly choose the members of each team and best rank each of the top lists. There was a least one thing that was a sure bet from the beginning, though, and that was Naugatuck’s top athlete of the decade: Brian Mariano.

Mariano’s exploits in Garnet and Grey are stuff of legend: He won 11 NVL titles in 11 varsity seasons, was a combined six-time all-NVL selection, a five-time all-state honoree, once an All-New England pick, twice an All-America honorable mention, twice an All-America choice, and a national champion, all of which came in soccer and diving (of course, the latter was his bread and butter). Not bad for a guy who never planned on stepping foot on the one-meter springboard.

Brian Mariano won the high school one-meter springboard diving national championship in 2002, only months after his famous flipping throw-in secured a Class LL state title for the NHS boys’ soccer team.

“I had no intentions of diving in high school,” says Mariano, who still owns the Class LL diving record and just last year had his State Open mark bested. “I was a pretty good soccer player when I was younger and I was more into gymnastics, but the two older guys I did gymnastics with convinced me to try diving. I happened to beat the reigning state champion in my first meet and it kind of took off from there. I’m just fortunate that things worked out my way.”

Mariano knew he would be pursuing soccer at Naugy, aiming to win as many championships as possible. With him on the roster, the Hounds won four-straight league titles (1998-2001) and the 2001 Class LL state championship. That state title game, a 3-2 win over Westhill, was the stage for Mariano’s most famous accomplishment—the 360-degree flip throw-in from 50 yards away which soared by the goalkeeper and tickled the net for the game-winning tally…and earned him an ESPY nomination for play of the year.

“I learned from [my older brother and sister],” Mariano explains. “It’s a bonus that the throw-in could go 30-40 extra yards. I remember we were using a newer, lighter ball in the game and my adrenaline was pumping. Initially I thought it was headed over the goal so I put my head down, but then I looked up and saw a lot of traffic near the goal and finally the referee signaled a goal. It was unbelievable.”

Still, over eight years after one of the greatest plays in high school soccer history, Mariano says the flip is talked about all the time, especially at City Hill Middle School, where he is a gym teacher.

“All the time it’s brought up,” he says. “I thought after I got out of high school, people wouldn’t talk about it so much, but that hasn’t been the case. I have my students come up to me all the time and say that they heard about it and want to see it. They ask why it isn’t on YouTube, and I tell them we didn’t have YouTube back then.”

We’re working on that, by the way.

Mariano’s soccer career only begins to scratch the surface of his athletic accomplishments. He was an All-America honorable mention pick his sophomore year of high school, followed by a pair of State Open titles and All-America honors his junior and senior years. The greatest thrill of his Naugy career, though, remains his national championship in 2002.

“I was ecstatic when I found out,” Mariano recalls of the moment when he learned his videotape was judged best in the country. “I thought I was pretty good in Connecticut, but then I would go to a national meet and get my butt kicked. When I go over my parents’ house for dinner, I see the plaque and remember how cool that was.”

Next for Mariano was the University of Indiana, where he continued to build his impressive résumé. The 5-7, 160-pounder was named to the All-Big Ten second team in 2005 followed by the honors of being the Big Ten Diver of the Championships and Co-Diver of the Year in 2006. He still ranks in the top six in school history of three different events.

Mariano’s exploits in Garnet and Grey are stuff of legend: He won 11 NVL titles in 11 varsity seasons, was a combined six-time all-NVL selection, a five-time all-state honoree, once an All-New England pick, twice an All-America honorable mention, twice an All- America choice, and a national champion, all of which came in soccer and diving.

The biggest thrill of his career, Mariano says, was his participation in the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials, where he placed in the top six of two synchronized diving events.

“When I was watching the 2000 Olympic trials, I thought about how cool it would be to go,” Mariano says. “When I learned I had enough points to go, I was so excited. There were thousands and thousands of people there. It was absolutely ridiculous.”

Now, in addition to teaching at City Hill, Mariano is an assistant coach for Naugatuck boys’ soccer and the diving coach at Woodland—neither of which he planned on pursuing. And while it may be a long time before we see a local athlete the caliber of Mariano, he says success is waiting for anyone who wants to work for it.

“Now that things are more competitive than ever, it takes extra practice,” Mariano says. “You have to be a hard worker. You have to find your niche. Don’t be the next Brian Mariano.”

2. Shane Kingsley ’06 (football, basketball, baseball): Combined 3-time All-State, 5-time All-NVL; 2005 New Haven Register All-State football; top 4 in 6 baseball stats; hit over .420 both junior and senior years; top 2 in 6 football stats; won 2 state football titles

3. Eric Alfiere ’08 (football, track and field): Combined 1-time All-New England, 4-time All-State, 5-time All-NVL; 2007 Class M, State Open, New England outdoor javelin champion; 2008 NVL Top Athlete; owns 3 track school records, NVL indoor shot put record

4. Liz Galla ’08 (soccer, track and field): Combined 2-time All-State, 5-time All-NVL; owns 6 track school records, NVL outdoor long jump record; 50 career goals, 22 career assists, tied for school record in single-season goals (23 in 2007)

5. Pat Krakowski ’05 (football, track and field): All-State, 2-time All-NVL; 2004 New Haven Register All-Area football; owns school records for TD (66), points (412), rushing yards (3,602); only 3-year football captain at WRHS; led football to first state title

6. Brandon Fowler ’10 (football, track and field): Combined 3-time All-State, 3-time All-NVL; owns 9 track school records

7. Jesse Menzies ’09 (soccer, track and field): All-New England, 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; 2008 NVL Boys’ Soccer Top Senior

8. Jeff Jones ’06 (football, track and field): All-State, 2-time All-NVL; owns 2 track school records; led football to 2 state titles

9. Jared Katchmar ’05 (football): All-State and All-NVL; 2004 NVL Football Top Senior; led football to first state title

10. Ken Graveline ’07 (soccer, baseball): 2-time All-State, 3-time All-NVL; owns almost all baseball school records

11. Jen Valente ’06 (volleyball, basketball): All-State, 2-time All-NVL; 2006 NVL Girls’ Basketball Top Senior; WRHS all-time top scorer

12. Alice Levinsky ’06 (basketball, softball): 3-time All-State, 3-time All-NVL; WRHS records for career average (.442), runs (90)

13. Nicole Jones ’07 (volleyball, track and field): All-State; 2007 Class S 55-meter hurdles champion; owns 7 track school records

14. Samantha LaCroce ’08 (volleyball, basketball): Combined 3-time All-NVL; second-leading scorer in WRHS basketball history

15. Will Volage ’08 (football): 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; 2007 New Haven Register All-State football

16. Heather Chucta ’09 (diving, track and field): All-State, 2-time All-NVL; 2-time NVL diving champion; owns 2 track, 2 diving school records

17. Christina Palmerie ’05 (soccer, track and field): 3-time All-State, 3-time All-NVL; led girls’ soccer to school’s first NVL title in any sport

18. Courtney Pokora ’06 (soccer, softball): Combined 1-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; 2005 CSGCA Kelme MVP; .350 career average

19. Mike Stankus ’06 (football, basketball): All-State, 2-time All-NVL; led football to 2 state titles; WRHS all-time leading tackler (200)

20. Krista Albright ’05 (cross country, track and field): Combined 2-time All-State, 3-time All-NVL; owns 2 track school records

21. Dan Park  ’10 (track and field): Combined 2-time All-State, 1-time All-NVL; owns 6 track school records

22. Mikelyn Messina ’08 (cross country, basketball, softball): All-State, 4-time All-NVL; 2008 NVL Softball Top Senior; WRHS records for HR (14), RBI (77)

23. Eric Brown ’08 (football, track and field): 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; helped football team to second state title

24. Deirdre Burke ’08 (swimming, tennis): Combined 1-time All-State, 4-time All-NVL; owns 3 swimming school records

25. Greg Cerrato ’06 (swimming): 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; All-America qualifier; owns 8 swimming school records

2. Ryan Kinne ’07 (soccer): All-America, 2-time All-New England, 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; 2006 NVL Boys’ Soccer Top Senior; scored 31 goals in 2006 (best single-season total in NHS history)

3. Pat Dean ’07 (basketball, baseball): 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; career 29-8 record, 2.00 ERA, 268 strikeouts, 2 no-hitters; threw a perfect game against Holy Cross in 2007; led team to 2006 NVL championship

4. Alana Wesche ’09 (volleyball, softball): Combined 3-time All-State, 4-time All-NVL; 2008-09 New Haven Register All-Area and All-State softball; threw back-to-back no-hitters in 2008; 61 career wins (most in NHS history)

5. Rosa Moriello ’10 (cross country, track and field): Combined 4-time All-State, 9-time All-NVL; 2008 Class L cross country champion; 6 NVL championship meet awards; top 3 in 3 indoor nationals races; top 10 at New England cross country meet (2008-09)

6. Andrew Corridore ’07 (football, track and field): Combined 1-time All-New England, 3-time All-State, 5-time All-NVL; owns 2 track NVL records

7. Krystal Pabey ’01 (soccer, track and field): Combined 1-time all-New England, 2-time All-State, 5-time All-NVL; 2001 New England javelin champion

8. Matt Gomes ’04 (football, baseball): Combined 1-time All-State, 4-time All-NVL; 2004 New Haven Register All-State football

9. B.J. Kochis ’02 (soccer, swimming): Combined 1-time All-America, 1-time All-New England, 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL

10. Mohamed Hrezi ’09 (cross country, track and field): Combined 1-time All-New England, 2-time All-State, 6-time All-NVL; 2008 Class L cross country champion

11. Joe Ardito ’06 (football, track and field): Combined 1-time All-New England, 2-time All-State, 3-time All-NVL; owns NVL indoor long jump record

12. Rich Reddington ’03 (soccer, basketball): All-America, All-New England, All-State, 2-time All-NVL; led soccer team to 2 state titles

13. Michelle Decerbo ’02 (cross country, basketball): 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; 1,000-point scorer; led basketball team to 2001 NVL title

14. Tori Pisco ’10 (soccer, track and field): Combined 1-time All-New England, 1-time All-State, 6-time All-NVL; owns 2 track NVL records

15. Jasmine Cribb ’09 (cross country, track and field): Combined 1-time All-New England, 2-time All-State, 5-time All-NVL; 2008 state high jump champion

16. Melissa McGinley ’07 (soccer): 2-time All-State, 3-time All-NVL, 2006 NVL Girls’ Soccer Top Senior; NHS-record 57 career goals

17. Josh Perry ’07 (cross country, track and field): Combined 1-time All-New England, 1-time All-State, 3-time All-NVL; 2007 state 600-meter dash champion

18. Gary Giaz ’01 (football, baseball): 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; led baseball team to 2000 NVL title; .483 career average

19. Tiago Martins ’11 (soccer): All-America, All-New England, All-State, 2-time All-NVL; led team to 2009 NVL title

20. Tony Sendra ’09 (soccer): 2-time All-New England, 2-time All-State, 2-time All-NVL; led team to 2008 NVL title

21. Gina Piroscafo ’04 (basketball): 2-time All-NVL; 1,000-point scorer; led team to 2003 Class LL semifinals

22. Jon Kunces ’02 (swimming): 3-time All-State, 3-time All-NVL; led team to 3-straight NVL titles (2000-02)

23. Ryan Culbertson ’07 (football, track and field): Combined 4-time All-NVL; helped track to indoor and outdoor NVL titles (2006-07)

24. Darryl White ’04 (football, baseball): All-NVL; MSG Football Player of the Week selection (2003)

25. Sarah Thomas ’08 (swimming): 2-time All-State, 4-time All-NVL; 2nd place in butterfly at 2006 Class L meet

1. 2004 Football: The only undefeated NVL and state champion in school history; posted a school-record 437 points and 7 shutouts; 7 All-NVL picks
2. 2005 Football: Second of two-straight NVL and Class SS state champions; t-school record 12 wins; 4 All-State picks; t-5th in state history with 26 INT
3. 2007 Baseball: Only NVL champion in school history; advanced to Class M semifinal (school record); best record in school history (20-5)
4. 2004 Girls’ Soccer: First NVL regular-season championship in Woodland history; best record in school history (14-3-3); reached Class M quarterfinal
5. 2007 Volleyball: First NVL champion in school history; best winning percentage in school history (19-2); school’s first Copper champion

Top Five Games of the Decade

1. 2003 Football vs. Naugatuck, Halloween: Often cited as the first big—and sometimes biggest—game in Woodland history, the Hawks won the Halloween battle, 40-37
2. 2004 Football vs. Seymour, Thanksgiving: The Hawks clinched their first NVL title, 27-22, in front of 5,000 fans when Jared Katchmar hooked up with Jeff Jones for a 12-yard TD
3. 2005 Football vs. HC, NVL Championship: Woodland capitalized on a fumble, tied the game with 35 seconds left, and won its second-straight NVL crown, 21-14, in overtime
4. 2004 Football vs. Ansonia, “Mud Bowl”: In a downpour at Jarvis Stadium, Woodland shut out the two-time defending NVL champs, 21-0, for the first time in over 10 years
5. 2004 Baseball vs. Seymour, NVL Championship: After suffering a 19-0 early-season loss to the Cats, Ryan Matthews led the Hawks to a 7-2 win, the first title of any kind at Woodland

Top Five Plays of the Decade

1. 2003 Katchmar to Krakowski vs. Naugatuck: Katchmar’s 16-yard post pass to Krakowski as time expired gave Woodland an epic, 40-37 comeback victory on Halloween
2. 2004 Katchmar to Jones vs. Seymour: Jones tiptoed 12 yards down the right sideline after catching Katchmar’s pass with 47.4 seconds left to clinch the NVL crown
3. 2005 Kingsley forces fumble vs. Holy Cross: Shane Kingsley knocked the ball away from Ryan Cashman, setting up the Hawks’ tying score and eventual win in overtime
4. 2006 Valente’s 1,000th point vs. Holy Cross: Jen Valente became the first Woodland player to score 1,000 career points on a layup in the third quarter of a 48-45 loss to Cross
5. 2007 Graveline’s perfect game vs. Watertown: Ken Graveline needed only 68 pitches and some superb defense to throw his first no-hitter in an 8-0 win over Watertown

1. 2001 Boys’ Soccer: The decade’s first state championship at NHS; t-most wins of the decade (19-1-1); 1 All-American, 2 All-New Englanders, 5 All-NVLers
2. 2002 Boys’ Soccer: The decade’s only undefeated NVL and state champion at Naugy (19-0-1); 1 All-American, 1 All-New Englander, 3 All-NVLers
3. 2001 Football: Naugy’s only NVL football title and best record of the decade (10-1); last Greyhound squad to beat Ansonia; 7 All-NVL picks
4. 2002 Girls’ Soccer: First NVL champion in school history; best record of the decade (17-1); posted 15 shutouts and allowed 1 goal in 16 regular season games
5. 2008 Softball: Naugy’s first NVL softball crown since 1981; best record of the decade (23-4); Class LL finalist; 3 All-NVL picks

Top Five Games of the Decade

1. 2001 Boys’ Soccer vs. Westhill, Class LL Final: The Hounds won the first of two straight state titles by a 3-2 score over Westhill, clinched by Brian Mariano’s flip throw-in goal
2. 2001 Football vs. Ansonia, Thanksgiving: Naugatuck’s only win over Ansonia this decade, 14-13, clinched by Pablo Couvertier’s 2-point conversion run in the fourth quarter
3. 2002 Boys’ Soccer vs. Newtown, Class LL Final: Fabian Rodriguez sent the game to overtime with a 30-yard goal and Rich Reddington clinched a 3-2 win with a header in double OT
4. 2008 Softball vs. Seymour, NVL Championship: The Greyhounds clinched their first NVL title in 27 years when Alana Wesche stranded two runners with a strikeout to win, 4-3
5. 2002 Girls’ Soccer vs. HC, Snapping the Streak: Naugy traveled to Oronoke Rd. and ended Holy Cross’ 33-game NVLwinning streak dating to Nov. 1998 with a dominant, 2-0 victory

Top Five Plays of the Decade

1. 2001 Mariano’s title-clinching throw-in: A 40-yard, 360-degree front flip throw-in found the net for the game-winner over Westhill, earning Mariano an ESPY nomination
2. 2001 Couvertier’s conversion beats Ansonia: After Matt Paradisi’s 66-yard TD pulled the Hounds within one, Couvertier followed Jesse Culbertson to the end zone for the win
3. 2002 Mariano’s national title-winning dive: Already an All-American his junior year, Mariano’s diving performance impressed the national judges, earning him the national title
4. 2007 Dean’s perfect game vs. Holy Cross: Striking out 12 of 21 batters, Pat Dean needed just 66 pitches to wrap up his second no-no in a week in the 2-0 win over the Saders
5. 2008 Wesche’s strikeout wins NVL title: Wesche stranded two Seymour runners in scoring position by striking out the final batter of the game to clinch the NVL crown

Undefeated Class SS and NVL champion; No. 6 in final NH Register poll; WRHS
records points (437), shutouts (7); 3 All-State picks; 7 All-NVL picks

Player of the decade: Pat Krakowski

All-State (2004); NH Register All-Area (2004); All-NVL (2003-04); WRHS records
career touchdowns (66), points (412); only 3-year captain in team history

Offense

QB Jared Katchmar ‘05: All-State (2004); All-NVL (2004); NVL Top Senior (2004)

RB Pat Krakowski ‘05: Player of the decade

WR/RB Jeff Jones ‘06: All-State (2005); All-NVL (2004-05)

WR Shane Kingsley ‘06: All-State (2005); All-NVL (2004-05)

WR/RB Will Volage ‘08: All-State (2006-07); All-NVL (2006-07)

TE Matt Dorosh ‘05: All-State (2004); All-NVL (2004)

OL Tim Hutvagner ‘05: 3-year starter; co-captain NVL, Class SS champ (2004)

OL Mark LaFortune ‘05: All-NVL Honorable Mention (2003-04)

OL Mike Stankus ‘06: All-State (2005); All-NVL (2004-05)

OL Jeff Temple ‘06: All-State (2005); All-NVL HM (2004-05)

OL Josh Woodin ‘08: All-State (2006); All-NVL (2006)

Defense

DE Eric Alfiere ‘08: All-State (2007); All-NVL (2007)

DL Eric Brown ‘08: All-State (2006-07); All-NVL (2006-07)

DL Mark LaFortune ‘05: All-NVL Honorable Mention (2004)

DL Eric Moraniec ‘05: All-NVL (2004)

LB Matt Dorosh ‘05: New Haven Register All-Area (2004)

LB Justin Famigletti ‘06: All-NVL Honorable Mention (2005)

LB/DE Mike Stankus ‘06: WRHS record career tackles (200)

DB Anthony Cassetti ‘06: All-NVL Honorable Mention (2005)

DB Jeff Jones ‘06: WRHS-record 27 touchdowns (2005)

DB Shane Kingsley ‘06: New Haven Register All-State (2005)

DB Pat Krakowski ‘05: Player of the decade

Special Teams

K Brandon Fowler ‘10: All-State (2009); All-NVL (2009); 56 PAT (2007)

P Beau Larrow ‘05: All-NVL Honorable Mention (2003-04)

KR Jeff Jones ‘06: T-7 state history career KR touchdowns (3)

Honorable mentions: Nick Amaro, Angelo Arena, Eric Battis, Nelson Cruz, Kile Coty, Jack DeBiase, Alex Dorosh, Kyle Dorosh, Zach Ensero, Dave Fuller, Jason Kymer, Bobby Lepri, Ryan Lewis, Jon Murren, Tom Norton, Rich Roberts, Sidney Sumler, Matt Trzaski

Best record of the decade (10-0 regular season, 10-1 overall); NVL champion; last
NHS team to beat Ansonia and qualify for Class LL Tournament; 7 All-NVL picks

Player of the decade: Matt Gomes

All-State (2003); New Haven Register All-State (2003); All-NVL (2002-03); 59
receptions, 1,040 yards, 11 touchdowns (2003); New Haven County All-Star (2004)

Offense

QB Darryl White ‘04: MSG Player of the Week (2003); All-NVL (2003)

RB Pablo Couvertier ‘02: All-NVL (2001); 24 rushing touchdowns (2001)

RB Jesse Culbertson ‘02: All-NVL (2001)

RB Matt Paradisi ‘02: All-NVL (2001)

WR Matt Gomes ‘04: Player of the decade

TE Bryan Crosley ‘01: 2-year starter

OL Tom Boisvert ‘02: All-NVL (2001)

OL Bill Freiheit ‘02: All-NVL (2001)

OL Justin Kievits ‘02: All-NVL (2001)

OL Dan Mariano ‘10: All-State (2009); All-NVL (2008-09)

OL Mike Reho ‘07: All-State (2006); All-NVL (2006)

Defense

DE/LB Ryan Culbertson ‘07: All-NVL (2005-06); New Haven County All-Star (2006)

DE/LB Chris Davey ‘07: All-State (2006); All-NVL (2006); All-NVL HM (2005)

DL Roger Drown ‘01: All-NVL (1999-2000)

DL Justin Kievits ‘02: New Haven County All-Star (2001)

LB Andrew Katrenya ‘06: All-NVL (2004-05)

LB Mike Parente ‘02: All-NVL (2001)

LB Dom Pucci ‘03: All-NVL (2002)

DB Andrew Corridore ‘07: All-State (2005-06); All-NVL (2006)

DB Gary Diaz ‘01: All-NVL (1999-2000); 3-year starter

DB Dave Pires ‘01: 2-year starter

DB Adam Schultz ‘02: All-NVL (2000)

Special Teams

K Pablo Couvertier ‘02: New Haven County All-Star (2001)

P Matt Gomes ‘04: Player of the decade

KR Matt Gomes ‘04: Player of the decade

Honorable mentions: Sean Anderson, Larry Bennett, Richard Blue, Mike Bruneau, Mike Figueroa, Damon Gallick, Mike Harris, Martine Jones, Adam Katrenya, Nikc Piccirillo, Chris Pinto, Mike Pranulis, Tom Tousignant

Best record in school history (10-7-1); first team to qualify for NVL tournament

Player of the decade: Jesse Menzies

All-New England (2008); All-State (2007-08); All-NVL (2007-08); school record
for career goals (39) and single-season goals (22 in 2008); NVL Top Senior (2008)

Kevin Campofiore ‘07: All-NVL Second Team (2006-07)

Tyler Carlos ‘11: All-NVL Second Team (2009)

Rocky Cellupi ‘04: All-NVL Second Team (2003)

Egzan Dauti ‘05: One of school’s first outstanding players

Ken Graveline ‘07: All-NVL Second Team (2007)

Jesse Menzies ‘09: Player of the decade

John Merriman ‘09: All-NVL (2008)

G Sean Montambault ‘08: Helped team to second-best season (2007)

Jonathan Santos ‘08: Helped team to second-best season (2007)

Steve Vaz ‘10: All-State (2009); All-NVL (2009)

Roman Wright ‘09: Helped team to best season (2008)

Honorable mentions: James Capriotti, Jay Gentile, Chas Loud, Tom Little, Chris Madormo, James Mathers, Rene Molina, Jeff Neddermann, Christian Pinho, Matt Sherman, Dan Teixeira

T-most wins of the decade (19-1-1); Class LL state champion; NVL champion

Player of the decade: Ryan Kinne

All-America (2006); All-New England (2005-06); All-State (2005-06); All-NVL
(2005-06); NVL Top Senior (2006); NHS-record 31 goals (2006)

Luis Duque ‘07: All-NVL (2005-06); All-State HM (2006)

Ryan Kinne ‘07: Player of the decade

B.J. Kochis ‘02: All-America (2001); 29 goals (2001)

Brian Mariano ‘02: All-New England (2001); All-State (2001)

Tiago Martins ‘11: All-America (2009); All-New England (2009)

Jamie Pereira ‘03: All-NVL (2001-02)

Rich Reddington ‘03: All-America (2002); All-New England (2002)

Fabian Rodriguez ‘03: All-NVL (2001-02)

Tony Sendra ‘09: All-New England (2007-08); All-State (2007-08)

Mike Serra ‘05: All-NVL (2003-04)

G Jamie Verab ‘01: All-NVL (1999-2000)

Honorable mentions: Adam Bolton, James Canale, Jon Creem, Nick Duque, Julio Garcia, Manny Nobre, Dan Reid, Shawn Teixeira, Mike Vanasse