live from New York it's "Virtual C!"
welcome all to the first ever and
hopefully only ever Columbia athletics
virtual sea tonight we have an agenda
unlike varsity C's of the past so buckle
own in I'm your host Dean Kowalski class
of 2013 and I'm absolutely wearing
basketball shorts at this very moment if
you called my invite on the social
channels you're aware that the reason I
was asked to host this event is not
because of my storied collegiate
basketball career but rather because I
chose to live without modern amenities
and ran around in my underwear on
national TV for 39 days for that reason
I made it onto the levee and gymnasiums
famed scoreboard live during a
basketball game this year as the topic
of a trivia question I've had over 100
people for some reason spent thirty
dollars for me to simply give them a
shout-out on cameo and even sold my game
worn 39 days without a shower unwashed
underwear for $700 on ebay wild times
we're living indeed that is because I
was on CBS's reality TV show Survivor
yes it still exists I finished second
unfortunately far closer than any of my
Columbia basketball teams were to
winning an IV title now while I'm
excited to be here speaking in front of
you I have no doubt that the reason you
are all here is not to listen to me you
can find more of me on CBS all access
the reason rather we are here is to
honor the student athletes of 2019 2020
season or sadly lack thereof tonight's
agenda is a good one we've got the
crowning of our games and plays of the
year voted on by you some juicy video
montages surprises and a handful of
special guests who undoubtedly will use
the words and phrases such as these
unprecedented times uncertainty
difficult trying times hope you are safe
and healthy etc
so without further ado our first guest
needs no introduction but I'm gonna give
one anyway
it has oli been five years since this
man joined our Lyon community but in
such a short amount of time has been a
roaring success
most recently under his leadership last
academic year ranked among one of the
most successful in the hundred and fifty
year history of Columbia athletics more
notably however was his appearance by
Association on ABC CBS and other news
outlets after his wife attempting to
surprise the daughter at college went
viral after taking a selfie in the wrong
students dorm room bed this man owns a
list of exhilarating fun facts favorite
quarantine activity watching
documentaries on Netflix favorite smell
clover inment and favorite emoji thumbs
up a friend to some a hero to many and
an exemplary leader to all hailing from
the Golden State and the Brigham Young
University your Columbia Lions athletics
director Peter pilling thanks Dean
appreciate the introduction a little too
long but I know my wife will appreciate
it and we'll begin tonight as we always
do with our academic awards first I
would like to congratulate the 73
student athletes who are in 4.0 GPA s
truly remarkable as well as the 336
student athletes who are in Dean's List
honors for the spring and fall 2019
semesters congratulations on a job well
done
while we were not able to celebrate your
accomplishments in person this year you
will be invited to next year's academic
achievement luncheons and you will have
the option to attend virtually if needed
we look forward to celebrating with you
all thirty-one of our varsity sports
programs had student athletes that
earned Dean's List honors this year and
24 of our varsity sports programs had
student athletes that earn 4.0 GPA s I
would like to thank all of our faculty
members are advising Dean's columbia
university administrators parents and
coaches
support you've provided to our
student-athletes and Department thank
you as the University trustee and former
store Nathalie I am honored to join you
today for this unique celebration I want
to first congratulate all our graduates
from the class of 2020 you are
responsible for Columbia's unprecedented
success on and off the field we hope
that you and your families are safe and
well and we know we will see all of you
before too long to all ours to an
athlete thank you so much for your
incredible commitment to Columbia
especially during this challenging times
all of us on the Board of Trustees look
forward to rooting for you in
competition really soon tonight I am
also honored to announce the winner of
the Eisenhower watch named after former
Columbia and United States President
Dwight the Eisenhower this watch is
awarded every year to the males to an
athlete with the highest composite grade
point average over his four years
academic career it's not three finalists
are
exactly pair swimming and died
Christopher island sweet and die
and we'll wet baseball and the winner is
Christopher I of Sherman die
congratulations and now I have the honor
of introducing a colleague of mine one
of the co-chairs of the University
Trustees and Columbia Athletic alumna
Lisa Cardinal Lisa Thank You Rolando and
on behalf of all of our trustees I want
to share my congratulations with our
student athletes and a special
congratulations to the class of 2020 I
have so many phenomenal memories of
cheering you on over the last four years
and I'll be cheering you on post
graduation as well so my job for tonight
is to present the Marian Phillips watch
this is an incredibly important award as
it recognizes the student athlete with
the highest composite GPA over her four
years at Columbia for those of you who
do not know Marian Phillips she was a
longtime director of athletics and head
of physical education at Barnard College
and I should also note that when we talk
about the performance across athletics
at the trustees the update that always
gets applause among the group is when we
talk about the remarkable
accomplishments of all of our student
athletes in the classroom the GPA across
all of our teams and our current student
athletes continues to set an incredibly
high bar and we're enormous ly proud of
that okay so this year's finalists for
the Marian Phillips watch are Jenny Sol
PES softball
Micha Linden bought field hockey and
Nancy Thomas women's rowing and the
winner is Micah Linden back
congratulations congratulations to our
watch winners and thank you Lisa and
Rolando love that name by the way who
rolls off the tongue thank you for
joining us now we're going to take a
look back at the year picking up right
where we left off after last year's
varsity C in May 2019 part one of our
Year in Review
starts now
and that is just part one of three for
our year review so stay tuned throughout
the evening we now have our first
nominee for play of the year all the
nominees will be presented again tonight
and the winner voted on by you all will
be revealed towards the end of our show
fun fact about the score in this next
clip
Gracie wall she scored two goals this
year both game winners in back-to-back
games here is her last second golden
goal at Bucknell
various things fit into style to marry
shoots and the save and the rebound is a
goal where are the white shirts one two
three four five crashing in before a
bison easy seen in the picture there
what's up lines Smart's Ellis Wylie
class of 97 in the house her we having a
virtual varsity C dinner hope those
calories don't count I know things are
crazy right now but it's not all that
bad is it little silver lining out there
talking about open book final exams
y'all lucky how about no class yeah but
in all seriousness congratulations to
all you varsity C athletes that's C not
just for Columbia that's C not just for
captain but for courage right now in
these crazy times to put the C on your
chest and represent lions to the fullest
much loved y'all keep it going
what's up fellow lions I'm down in
Clough class of O six hope you're
enjoying this special virtual sea
celebration congratulations to you all I
hope you're spending a few minutes to
reflect back on all the hard work you
put in on and off the court all the wins
of course some of the losses the great
stories and most importantly the
friendships you made along the way those
people you meet in and outside of the
program those four years that the
Morningside Heights are really really
special to carry with them the rest of
your lives enjoy it congratulations
celebrate and be safe hey everyone my
name is Josh Martin eight-year veteran
in if a linebacker CC class of 2013
ish I just wanted to wish you
congratulations along with my pup Rafi
Rafi say hi on another successful year
of Columbia athletics obviously these
are extraordinary circumstances this
varsity C but I truly believe if we all
stick together and do what we can for
each other we'll make it through this
roar lion
Marsellus down and Josh thanks for
popping in fellas fun fact about down by
the way early in his commentating career
before making a big time on ESPN and all
the primetime games he's doing nowadays
he used to reach out to some of us
basketball guys to get some direct and
hot hot takes on the local Long Island
and New York high school basketball
scene he was covering at the time he
certainly come a long way we now have
our first nominee for women's game of
the year again all nominees will be
presented throughout the evening and the
winner announced later on our first game
yeah and 10:00 Friday early evening
pulling the Alliance five of the six one
and two in the Ivy League depend wakers
five and six two and one in the Ivy
League this bean field not he the home
team is wearing the dark black
another fold here
and pull by Columbia we have a tie here
Columbia with the last two goals here
and we have a red gold tie game 5-5 40
seconds left here at beat grabs Linux
complex like Columbia Business Week
waiting here
what that was overtime win for Columbia
we now take a behind-the-scenes look at
our student athletes working hard on
their craft
by the way when I said working hard on
their craft no lie I recently finished
the book why we sleep and there was a
study done on the Stanford basketball
team in which the appropriate amount of
sleep was attributed to a 9% increase in
free-throw percentage as well as a
decrease in sprint times sleep on Lions
also highly recommend the book while we
sleep now time for our top performances
here
spin leading scorer to 23 points
and they're off and the championship
final of the 100-yard freestyle
and Albert glow got off to a great start
there in lane five a crow leads by 0.2
seven seconds in the final turn
Albert row trying to back up his 50 free
performance on Thursday night but
they're tightening up the side
the field he
with its Albert Kroll a two-time
champion for Columbia AB his Ivy League
championship
that is his fourth goal this season
come on me up 1-nothing in the Ivy
League opener Swain racing ahead and now
suede beats it in it's tuned up in
Columbia John Dennis stopped
Dennis recovers and scores his second of
the game down the field Lane hearts
gonna do it again
and he connects with Josh Wainwright
right at midfield and calls for some
celebration that's huge
it's Josh the ball right here
we can wait
Winchester is hit the ball comes loose
with Daniel Boone Lorenzi who now is the
time career sack leader for Columbia
with 20
that Columbia is able to pick it up and
AB C's hit home
that outcomes very proven of sophomore
from Colombia and the biggest moment of
retirement the finals in the Olympics in
the women's 200 is and what a moment
prefer this is a huge crowd and they are
all on their feet and the official
finally falters to the block
they've gone silence is standing room
only crowd at Stephen has been to the
water into the butterfly what a start
and the halfway mark is time now for our
second play of the Year nominee the
Lions football team pulled out a little
trickery with a double flea-flicker
stop they needed on Browns first
possession they go a reverse and a
flea-flicker and Wainwright is able to
get out of traffic and Wainwright's cut
open space are you kidding me Josh
Wainwright second touchdown on Columbia
has rock n roll that's way into the end
zone
hello Columbia student-athletes
Kady Miley here class of 2013 women's
swimming and diving and US Olympic gold
medalist I am so excited to be here at
the virtual sea to help celebrate and
congratulate you guys on your wonderful
athletic and academic accomplishments I
know that the time you've spent away
from your sports and from each other has
been very difficult but I also know that
the forced step back is going to
reinvigorate your passions for what you
do when you're able you'll step back on
the field the court the track or you'll
jump back in the pool with a renewed
excitement and gratitude for your sports
it's only going to make you better to
the graduating seniors congratulations I
know your seasons or your year didn't
end like you wanted them to but I hope
you know that the impact you've had on
your teams and your sports will be
long-lasting congratulations to all of
you I'm thinking of you guys and roar
Lions roar hello Columbia Lions and
Columbia athletics
Simone Manuel here two-time Olympic gold
medalist two-time Olympic silver
medalist and the first african-american
woman to win an individual Olympic gold
medal in swimming I am so excited to
virtually be able to congratulate you on
such an amazing achievement as a student
athlete myself I know firsthand how hard
it is to manage school and sport but it
is an amazing accomplishment that you
all have achieved and you should be so
proud of yourself we all know that the
path to success is never easy and
sometimes it can be unpredictable
as we've seen with the experiences that
were going through today but if there's
anything that I can tell you is that
there's still so many memories so many
lessons learned and so many goals
accomplished that you all should be
proud of and I'm proud of you all and I
wish you all the best of luck I'm
cheering for you cherish this moment
enjoy it and congratulations class of
2020 yes yes congratulations to all the
Columbia student athletes you got to go
out there and shake the world up shake
it up is yours
you can touch everything touch it all
while touching every aspect of life
be blessed contribute and live your life
to the fullest congratulations to all of
the athletes Columbia yes yes yes
hammertime
yes credible golf shot yeah buddy
last time my crew so she's guilty to
kick in the fourth quarter
good go oh whoa Russo standing at the
zone 148 this way is a good one it
drives Russo's back into his own
territory gets it at his own 43 turns
around to the far sideline he's got some
blockers he's got some room he beats a
tackle
he cuts thinnamon on the field and there
goes white results touchdown Colombia
towards the far post if Keller gets it
again
see here the shot
get up late L is right there rebound go
now many number one for our men's game
of the year is soccer verse you come
here it is
and the line stick guilty because and
here they come from
left-right
now shoots and scores
sooo yards on the direct hit one hop in
Columbia here in the 15th minute
beautifully taken free catalano's left
side floating floating with a nice
distribution low bars half volley foot
and it looks like a trip at the box by
foreigner doesn't like the assistant
referees good knees helping them out
here saying it is just outside the box
oh that's a break for you car I tell you
what we didn't look like a ripples
go for Columbia they take the lead to
one
they just use the direct kick
opportunity to Center it yeah it looked
like I think it was or recites it was on
top of the boss said you thought maybe
was asleep with the commotion where the
ball is gonna be spotted below the
employees on the wine chips
I had I had a score como yeah I believe
it was Dennis who
nets a second one tonight off his with
this time with his noggin we had a play
all started when I was done by and
Morgan both dad whoops to take a
throwable
I took a quick
looked like a plague
with one minute to go regulation pretty
free too
Mattson a wave will yards out
like to get dangler at 6:00 war gets
toward the end line boss that spear down
the air
pegler hope for 23 yards out chocolat 13
seconds to go back up the midfield
why is he able to pick it deflected with
nine seconds ago
right-wing harris i confirm somebody
plays it toward the sings we suddenly
got in the six yard box but then grabbed
by the keeper and it is now time for the
presentation of the karen blanc award
joining us to announce its winner is a
publisher of two books and over 100
papers through her research and
cognitive sights one of which is titled
why do a fleet stroke under pressure her
research has routinely covered in the
media including CNN NPR the New York
Times and The Wall Street Journal in her
younger years she was an avid youth
soccer player even playing in high
school for the California State team
part of the Olympic Development Program
we do now she is the eighth president of
Barnard College ladies and gentlemen see
on by luck I'm so happy to be here to
recognize the achievements of the
Barnard and Columbia scholar athletes
Barnard is very proud of our thriving
partnership with Columbia athletics
which began in 1983 when the division
three Barnard Bears became the Division
one Columbia Lions bringing the Barnard
and Columbia communities together on the
playing field has presented many
meaningful opportunities for a deeper
connection to each other and I look
forward to continuing to grow
Barnett's presence in Columbia athletics
this fall Barnard will welcome ten
athletic crew recruits who will play on
seven teams our highest number in years
it's really great
I'm honored to be here today to present
the 2020 Karen blank award the late
Karen blank was the beloved former dean
of studies at Barnard from 1984 until
2013 and previously she served as the
associate dean for student affairs at
Columbia College she was a very
enthusiastic supporter of student
athletes and served as the Columbia
faculty representative to the NCAA for
10 years this special award goes to an
outstanding Barnard senior
athlete who exemplifies the qualities of
academic success athletic achievement
strong supporting behavior and a
commitment to the community
this year's winner of the Karen blank
award is and sabor an Sabula is an
extraordinary talented member of the
Columbia women's fencing team in 2019
she was named the NCAA individual
women's FA champion the first Barnard
student ever named an individual NCAA
champion and the first time Columbia's
had an individual FHA in addition to
those remarkable first and was named to
the first team all-american in an NCAA
national team gym she has distinguished
herself as a brilliant student and as a
key member of a winning team who
generously supported her teammates every
step of the way always bringing her very
best to all she does congratulations and
we are so proud of you congratulations
and and thank you see on our
second-to-last play of the Year nominee
brings us a little more making the
defense look foolish this time
we learn not to turn our back on Mike
Smith 21 on the shot clock
Columbia Mike Smith a little trickery
off the back steps in and banks it home
and you gotta have some touched ah to
bounce off the rear end that's a really
heady play
if they have their back turn hey you got
the freedom to to pull that off now the
question is can you give them assist to
yourself hey Mario Lopez here and I know
this year didn't exactly play out as
planned and your annual award ceremony
looks a little different but that
doesn't take away from your many
accomplishments both academic and
athletic so on behalf of everyone here
at Access Hollywood congratulations to
you all now have fun at your virtual CE
celebration roar lion roar well as a
native New Yorker and a former practice
partner for the Columbia tennis team I
say congratulations to all of you at
Columbia for graduating this year
probably not what you expected but you
got that degree you got it done
congratulations you will never ever
forget this time hey everyone its Rima
here I wanted to take out time and reach
out and congratulate all of you Columbia
student athletes on a fantastic
collegiate career so for four years
you've represented one of the most
prestigious universities in the world
and after battling through all of life
challenges along the way including this
insane crazy pandemic that we are all
currently battling and going through you
came out on top and you came out
stronger because of it so now it's your
turn to make a difference and leave your
footprint and whatever else whatever you
desire whatever you set out to do and
set out to accomplish so I hope you all
are actually really enjoying the show
stay safe take care and congratulations
now our second nominee for men's game of
the year it's football edging Harvard in
a thrilling overtime fish
the calendar reads November and the
weather reflects that here in New York
City a cold winter day
has the four and three Harvard trypsin
collide with the 2005 Columbia Lions
here at Florentine
it's got plenty of wartime into the back
of the end zone and it is going to be
caught for a touchdown of cheese Bosch
plumbing through with his first word
tucked out of this nonetheless Colombian
elephant a plot
the handoff Lena Horne hit why no booty
my goodness what a grab a one-handed
throw by Hart it's got plenty of space
over the middle and a teacher
max goes
going to be
six yard attempt for the time I stamp
they get it down
Alex Bell penis pumps world
mine and Ted
minutes to go is important heavy
pressure is hit and dropped Oh Columbia
is going to be shaking its head over
that one we are headed to an extra
session in New York City Harvard is
mythology an electric wave deep first
air it out lane hard going deep down the
sideline and he connects and he's gonna
be sure the end zone but Rory Slugger
the tight end able to hold it in he has
a few rushing touchdowns he keeps it and
he's gonna walk
they faked the handoff firing into the
end zone that is it intercepted
yes it is at Columbia
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not the smile with our huge play there
are here we could hit that interception
nothing like a good old Harvard beatdown
now let's take a look at our
student-athletes prepping for their next
kdr
making me want to get on the action a
now time for our second nominee for
women's game of the year it doesn't get
much better than an IV championship and
it doesn't get much better than a sweep
here is fencing
good morning and welcome this is the Ivy
Fencing Championships meets all the way
through now but this is the biggest meet
to date for all of these school this
tuna pea picks up the first point of the
match
and Michelle pulls it out anyway
Lumbee women have wrapped up their
victory with epic that rain by driver
they wrap up
this is a very familiar unexpected
position for Colombia having make
earlier you stayed
want the Ivy League title or something
like the last seven years by our Father
six of it outright championships
I'll regiment it correct so kind of just
another day at the office
exciting exciting day for them Betty
round three is not gonna end any better
than then
at this time the Ivy League would like
to recognize the 20/20 women's fencing
champions the Ivy League congratulate
s-- Columbia the 2020 women's fencing
champions
please stop hi I'm Jonathan Levine
Columbia College class of 88 in co-chair
of the University Board of Trustees I
just wanted to take a minute to thank
all the student-athletes for the role
that you play on our campus you give us
something to cheer about you stand as
models of determination teamwork and
perseverance and at this particular
juncture in our history we all had to be
the ultimate teammates which is we had
to sacrifice our own individual goals
for the greater good it's so I feel for
the seasons you've lost especially for
the graduating seniors but I assure you
the experiences and the lessons that
you've taken away from being a college
athlete at Columbia College will live
with you for years to come I think about
the successes I had the failures I had
the lessons I learned even more today
than when I proudly put on the sweater
30 years ago so congratulations thank
you so much for all you do for our
campus and good luck thank you Jonathan
and for those of you who don't know he's
also part of the ownership group of the
Boston Celtics and how about this for a
tease
he's one of three NBA owners you'll see
in the show tonight big timers only on
the Virtual will see you know how we do
it
next up we've got our next play of the
Year nominee here's Kaitlin Davis
getting her LeBron on with the chase
down block
hello friends and graduates it's Jim
Nantz of CBS Sports just sending along
my congratulations to each and every one
of you I know there was no one who
wanted this to be done virtually
couldn't even have imagined this four
years ago but all of you all of you
student athletes congratulations on the
remarkable things you've achieved at
Columbia and I say go lions and
congratulations and have a wonderful
life hey everybody this is Grant Hill
and I'd like to congratulate all of the
student athletes in the 2020 graduating
class at Columbia University go lions
Columbia Lions fantastic great
accomplishment all of you your time as a
as a student but also as an athlete will
prepare you for what life throws at you
all the values and the principles that
you learn from sports from team sports
sacrifice discipline collective
responsibility handling success managing
failure I could go on and on and on but
I'm telling you those attributes will
certainly help you on your life's
journey so congratulations to all of you
very proud of each and every one of you
go lions everybody that's mark cuban
from shark tank and the Dallas Mavericks
and I just wanted to say congratulations
to all the Columbia athletes in the
class of 2020 you guys could pick a
better year to graduate the world needs
changing the world needs to become a
better place the world needs to be safer
and you guys are going to be ones to do
it when you're sitting there with an
idea when you're sitting there with a
concept when you're sitting there with a
business that you looking to start just
ask yourself why not me
why not you why can't you be the one to
change the world
your Columbia graduate now of course you
can take care everybody and congratulate
grant and mark my guys I'll text you all
later thanks for dropping in we now have
our third nominee for men's game of the
year it is our wrestling team doing
something that to be honest I didn't
even know existed
it's Columbia wrestling's home opener
the Lions host American University and
iiw a conference dual feed from fashi
gets on the board first at 141 pounds
for the American Eagles they take a
three nothing early lead Keshawn partner
Asgar or the pen and he gets the job
John for Americans to Columbia home
crowd has been waiting for this moment
all season long pile no sure picks up
Columbia's hood women of this dual meet
against American
thirty seconds now remaining but a big
two points awarded to Riley Jacob the
home pit wins the reversal there the
junior from Austin Texas comes back in
the third period after being down for
this week clinics will act picking up
where he left off in the second period
and engines with a third period fall
over American bed roof let it go back
showing off for the home crowd and that
will put some lumpy up 12 nine
America and Harvey shows why he's a
nationally ranked traveler 28 teams
- sis gets the first points of this
match against Jarrell two points for the
takedown and he will end the match on
top and we'll get his hand raised by the
referees bar be at least 60 the 13 and
eco Camacho picks up nine one victory in
the right time added on so that good for
a major decision victories
eight curry lifts hold on and earn a
decision nine to five win over chill man
show and he does a regular decision
would win an outright for American in
the team store but another two points
give it to Rina he now leads 16 to five
he's up 11 with her back up on their
feet
four seconds reading the takedown try to
get a penalty gets it at the buzzer when
did the clock in was that a walk-up pin
winner it is confirmed it was a tech
fall winner but it's still a walk off
for Angelo Rini he wins vital 22 7 in
that match of the final cheeseboard goes
the way of Colombia a walk off and
wrestling that's right it's a thing
Congrats guys that's awesome on a
completely unrelated note my Colombia
basketball coach at the time Kyle Smith
used to say nothing good happens after
midnight in college I of course beg to
differ
our next speaker I like to think I might
have taken my side it was three o'clock
on a Sunday the morning after being
named the Dean of Columbia College yes
go ahead and connect the dots and James
Valentini despite being told not to by
his new boss the Columbia University
president was browsing the blog classic
move he went out to stumble upon a
competition one in which the winner
would win a Milano of Sandwich this
competition of course was to nickname
the aforementioned new dean thus this
was far too important to James himself
to let it be a mere prize of a Milano
sandwich he went on to comments on this
blog post and he upped the ante the
winner now the competition could have
his or her Milano sandwich with the Dean
in the dean's office they'd get a plaque
with the deans nickname engraved on it
the one that they selected and the
winner would have his or her picture
taken with the Dean not too bad for
steaks not like steaks
but I'm sorry Kyle Smith and other
coaches who may agree but this is proof
that some good things do occur after
midnight ladies and gentlemen as of this
past winter the namesake of a women's
rowing boat Dean of Columbia College
James Dean teenie Valentin
I'm Jim Valentini Dean of Columbia
College and vice president for
undergraduate education
I am always excited about participating
in varsity see each and every spring and
though it is virtual sea this year my
excitement is not diminished in any way
congratulations to all our more than 700
varsity athletes though many of you had
your seasons curtailed your commitment
to your teams was not diminished though
we are spread all over the world right
now
a lion's roar can be heard over a very
very long distance and today your roar
will still wake the echoes of the Hudson
Valley
so roar hello everyone from Times Square
hope you're enjoying virtual sea I just
want to take a moment to thank our
spring sport seniors for all the time
over the past four years for Columbia
athletics we're grateful for your
contributions we represented the
universe in a remarkable way wish you
all the best and thank you again for all
you've done for our university our
athletic department in their respective
teams
spring seniors my heart goes out to you
all we now move into a special message
from the president of the varsity see is
there a present of the virtual see
someone I used to look up to on campus
Natalya Christensen Natalya is a 2011
Barnard college graduate and tennis
player who shares the same favorite
campus water fountain as myself the one
right in Dodge outside the basketball
coach's office across from the vending
machines it's always ice-cold baby
her favorite quarantine activity is or
was sadly watching the last dance on
Sunday nights
she loves the smell of a fresh can of
tennis balls and her favorite emoji is
much more exhilarating than Peters it is
the lion quote obviously here's Natalya
I'm so honored to be with you this
evening as the president of the varsity
C Club and to celebrate all of your
accomplishments over the past year you
have competed for Columbia University
with pride integrity and dedication and
you continue to represent everything it
means to be a Columbia student athlete
to our seniors congratulations on your
graduation and welcome to the
extraordinary Columbia athletics alumni
family as our newest members of the
varsity C Club you will continue to have
an enduring connection to the Columbia
athletics community although these are
in certain times I truly look forward to
when we're able to celebrate your
accomplishments as Columbia student
athletes in person again
I'm so honored to be a part of this
special evening and congratulations
Thank You Natalia as athletic alumni
some of us go on to compete on reality
shows and others do far more important
things once again here's
Peter pilling to thank our healthcare
heroes to our health care heroes thank
you for stepping onto the front lines of
this pandemic and for risking your own
health every day for the health and
well-being of our loved ones thank you
you
this is Aaron Boone with the New York
Yankees and I just want to thank you for
allowing me to crash your varsity C I
know this is a challenging time for so
many but I hope you guys are all hanging
in there and while this season brings
disappointment that you don't get to
finish out some of your dreams on the
athletic field these are also going to
be those times that make us appreciate
one another more and our sports even
more god bless you guys congratulations
and keep on fighting hey student
athletes of Columbia
I know sitting around here with the New
York Mets just I'm saying of you guys
hoping you guys are well I'm sure you
guys are doing it just fine you guys are
a hell of a lot smarter than I am when
we get through these troubling times
soon and let's go Mets
what's up Columbia student athletes as
gold and tape with the New York Football
Giants just want to say congratulations
hope you're enjoying your virtual
celebration and to the 800 athletes on
the behalf of the New York Football
Giants wanna say congratulations on
excelling on and off the field in the
spring sports it's a bummer
there's no season this year but stay
strong steady positive congratulations
again everybody go Giants nominee number
three for our women's game of the year
is basketball on the same weekend our
women's basketball team clinched an Ivy
Manda's birth they also gave us
something we all love to see a
fourth-quarter comeback win over Harvard
here it is
from Levitas Pavilion at Harvard
tonight the Columbia Lions are in town
putting a four-game win streak on the
line against the Harvard Crimson Yale
Columbia and Harvard all within two
games of each other
Caitlyn Davis Janie beim on the tip
'we don't give columbia the chance to
spoil because they will Eleni for three
and that's a hot storm Columbia averages
17 million per game order triple is
going more Sussman post Cornell backdoor
a good pass sure
name in the post again and she commits
the offensive foul screen fits if
rebound on the air ball
lemmings for three going in for the
layup Davis that's worse
and a tremendous second quarter
Thank You ace
mara nails the baseline jumper the way
and we are tied at 37 the answer on the
other end from flat beautiful pass in a
block by Davis be with the right in or
firts got the lead back
shoe with the off point and she banks it
home
from the weed do another one
same spot same results six point lead
time al horford wrinkly five seconds out
of the timeout Columbia Bulls off of
masu
you know it was a good year when we got
the crimson appearing multiple times in
our games of the year now our last look
behind the curtain at our student
athletes being student-athletes
part three our final part of the year in
review before we get to our winner
announcements starts now
and for the first time
200 or didn't realize
trying to back up this 53 performance on
Thursday night but they're tightening up
the side of it we're heading off the
field he
Albert role a two-time champion for
Columbia at this I
pick up a sweep for the third
consecutive weekend
a student athletes I know this is not
the varsity see that you imagined but it
will be a memorable one I'm sure
congratulations
richly deserved hey everybody just
wanted to pass along a huge
congratulations on graduating as we know
balancing sports and academics it's not
easy it's real hard so this is a
testament to your hard work your
dedication to your commitment especially
considering the circumstances of what
everybody is going through right now so
again a huge congratulations to you all
and go lions
Columbia student athletes its varsity
seat time and congratulations Baron
through all the academics that you've
had to endure along with the athletics
and all us crazy coaches getting after
you guys but here's your reward
during the epidemic that something you
always remember stay positive stay
upbeat keep attacking baby Mikado salute
Oh a totally attitude Ella Columbia
University era squad Adele Koch ok
participar sebastian de questa no Rocco
kumicho
a totally franchina forever mo conga
karachi con tu te voy a la Colombia
Lions women and men as captain of the
Fiorentina women's team
I send my greetings and on behalf of
Rococo Mesa and all at current ena I
would like to congratulate all of you
no one excluded for what you have done
in 2019 2020 academic here and now it is
time to crown the men's game of the year
winner one more time here are your
nominees
soccer tops you come with some
sensational goals and baked much plays
football takes down Harvard in dramatic
fashion first win over the crimson since
2003
and finally wrestling tops American with
a last-second walk-off win in its home
and the winner is men's soccer top of
UConn
in fact it was left to get the service
out of the left corner ahead a scare
now time for our women's game of the
Year winner voting was extremely close
throughout and reminder of our nominees
field hockey doing what they do best
beep n and over time fencing wins their
third straight Ivy League title women's
basketball with a sweet fourth-quarter
comeback to beat Harvard on the road and
the winner is by a mere handful of votes
fencing swept the round robins going six
and
the Ivy League congratulate Columbia the
2020 women's fencing champions hi lions
I'm Robin Harris Ivy League executive
director although this semester is not
what we had planned you adapted and
adjusted in these historic times and
adapting and adjusting is exactly when
at Columbia and Ivy League
student-athletes shine you accept a
challenge and identify ways to achieve
and grow from the experience
congratulations on all of your successes
and thank you for being such great
ambassadors of our league
great hearing from you Robin now we turn
the tables a bit from the older folks
thanking you all to use student-athletes
giving it back thank you so much for
head coaches for giving us the
opportunity to represent Columbia as
student-athletes your passion and
leadership inspires us to push ourselves
to be the best we can be thank you to
all our assistant coaches you guys are
truly the glue that keeps our teams
together and running smoothly and your
hard work absolutely does not go
unnoticed super big thank you to
everyone in facilities you guys work
really hard to make sure we always have
what we need and we're very thankful for
everything you do for us hey I just
wanted to give a quick shout out to the
successor all being stuff just Bren re
Lily
ami katyana thank you so much for
everything that you guys do it really
makes our experience here at Columbia
and in Columbia athletics what it is and
yeah thank you guys so much and a quick
thank you to all of our trainers at
Campbell at dodge for the early mornings
the late nights before practice doctor
practices weekend games you guys are the
best you led us to what we do and I
can't thank you enough hey I'm Harry
with men's track of building cross
country I wanna take a moment thank all
of the athletics department to
everything they do help you with us and
hath leets
find success athletically academically
professionally and more we can't thank
you enough for everything you do thanks
so much
Josh Wainwright here class of 2020 wide
receiver on the football team I just
want to give a huge thank you you know
show my love and appreciation to all the
staff involved at Columbia University
you know everybody from professors
administration obviously coaches
strength staff facilities really
everybody was up there working thank you
guys so much for all you guys do you
know obviously us as student-athletes
couldn't get what we get done without
all of your health and and all of your
system so we all appreciate you you know
we all want to thank you for everything
that you do for every single one of us
and hope that you have a great rest of
the year as our evening comes to an end
it is now time for our final guest they
say save the best for last
hence I'll be coming back for a quick
goodbye before we wrap it up but this
guy's not too bad either in addition to
his signature wispy hair he's a fairly
interesting man throughout his life he's
been a lot of things to a lot of people
3-time book publisher fraternity brother
director of the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York Pulitzer Prize board member and
10 time honoree degree recipient now bet
more recently he was at the center of
two notable United States Supreme Court
cases and has led the expansion and
beautification of many university
projects including in our very own
Campbell Sports Center at the Baker
athletics complex amongst all those
notable accomplishments however this man
still finds time to enjoy the wire or
Curb Your Enthusiasm
and also embarked on densely
grizzly-bear populated hikes simply to
test his endurance ladies and gentlemen
the 19th and current president of
Columbia University
please welcome to your screen Li si
Bollinger on behalf of myself and the
entire university community I want to
extend our congratulations to each and
every one of you the more than 700
student-athletes at Columbia like all of
you I wish we could be together in
person to celebrate your achievements
but I'm glad nonetheless to have this
chance to tell you how proud we are of
you especially considering the very
difficult circumstances you've faced in
recent months I have great admiration as
you know for all of our student-athletes
to play on the 31 varsity sports teams
to be a student-athlete at the
University is to accept an enormous
challenge you attend one of the most
academically rigorous institutions of
higher education in the world where the
required courses are many and the
standards are exceptionally high and you
choose to take part in one of the best
athletic programs in the nation to do
one is a remarkable achievement to do
both well is truly exceptional I want to
take this moment also to thank athletic
director Peter pilling for all that he
does for our student-athletes and for
Columbia never have we relied more on
his wise and principled leadership than
in these recent months and I would like
to end by speaking directly to the
seniors in our winter and spring sports
who did not get the chance to finish out
their careers at Columbia as they
expected to a defining and shared
experience of the pandemic I'm afraid is
the disappointment of lost experience
that feeling has touched everyone and
yet the missed opportunity to test your
athletic skill and competitions you
train for anticipated
dreamed about is especially poignant we
recognize and feel that for you
I am confident though that you will be
left in the months and years ahead with
all the joyful memories of Colombia
being at Columbia and of your
relationships with teammates and coaches
and I hope that these memories will be a
sustaining source of inspiration and
strength as you move into the next phase
of your lives please know that the
entire University is behind you that we
are thinking about you and will remember
your remarkable achievements long after
you have moved on from here thank you
and congratulations again alright it is
time for our last award of the evening
the play of the year we've been
featuring them all night here again are
the top finalists
Gracie Wallace last-second goal of
lockdown
footballs double
like spin bacon the defense faded sir
finally Caitlyn Davis channeling her
inner LeBron go
the chase-down block
but there of course it only be one
winner
thank you all for voting the winner of
our play of the year is Gracie walls
last second gold buck now
congratulations move it into Falconeri
shoots and the save by Dunwoody and the
rebound is a goal all right folks
that is a wrap on our show for this
evening
one more congratulations to all of our
ward winners thank you to all of our
guests and big big ups for tuning in I'm
your host Dean Kowalski and just like
Marcellus Wiley t-shirt said call my
agent if you need someone for your
wedding Bar Mitzvah sweet 16 I got you
good night and God bless
yeah sure you better at this right this
is one cake
this is a cluster versus the greatest
senior staff meeting we've had music
actually made it worse I'm sorry
we got it I think that's as good as it's
going to give it if nothing else the
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