Northwest Catholic High School in West Hartford has received the Michaels Achievement Cup from the CIAC.
Northwest Catholic Athletic Director Matthew Martorelli ’03, Anna Cronin ’16, Matthew Sottile ’16, Kieran Ferrell ’16, Ricky Sullivan ’16, Elysia Calloway ’16, Christian Mackay-Morgan ’16, Diana Cao ’16, Abigail Herron ’16 and Fred Balsamo of the CIAC with Northwest Catholic’s Michaels Cup award. Submitted photo
Submitted by Kimberly Sanders Spera, Director of Communications & Marketing, Northwest Catholic
Northwest Catholic High School is one of 20 Connecticut high school athletic programs that have been selected as CIAC Michaels Achievement Cup exemplary programs recognizing their outstanding achievement as overall athletics programs for the 2014-15 academic year.
The 20 schools are selected based on achievement in seven distinct areas – sportsmanship, participation, athletic scholarship, athletic personnel, equity, chemical free initiatives and athletic achievement.
“I am so proud of our entire community,” said Northwest Catholic Athletic Director Matthew Martorelli ’03. “To be recognized by the CIAC as one of the top twenty athletic programs, in Connecticut, for the 2014-15 school year is quite an accomplishment.”
Michaels Cup recipients were honored at the CIAC Sportsmanship Conference on Nov. 19. The Michaels Achievement Cup program was created in the early 1980s as the brainchild of Roy Michaels, the owner of Michaels Jewelry, in an effort to recognize outstanding athletic programs. The program recognized yearly winners since that time, and then in 2008 transitioned directly to CIAC administration of the program.
Since 1961, Northwest Catholic’s mission has been to educate the whole person: mind, body, spirit, and soul. Enrollment for the Class of ’20 is now under way, and prospective students are invited to the take the Entrance Exam at Northwest Catholic on December 5, 2015. For more information, contact Andrew Selig (860-236-4221, x140 or [email protected]).
