TONIGHT’S PROGRAM The Official Health Insurer of Everything You Love® Insuring lifelong athletes CONSIDER THIS OUR VERSION OF A HIGH FIVE, STANDING “O” AND CHEST BUMP ALL IN ONE. We’d like to thank the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission and everyone being honored for their hard work, dedication and talent. And for making our community that much better. We are proud to sponsor the 20th Greater Cleveland Sports Awards and congratulate all nominees and winners for their achievements. The Huntington National Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. ¥® and Huntington® are federally registered service marks of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated. Huntington.® Welcome.TM is a MedMutual.com/Support. service mark of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated. ©2019 Huntington Bancshares Incorporated. ©2019 Medical Mutual of Ohio DEAR FRIENDS ABOUT GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION Welcome to the 20th Greater Cleveland Sports Awards! We are excited to celebrate another year of “bests” in Cleveland sports. Since 2000, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission is responsible for attracting over 200 sporting We appreciate your attendance during tonight’s event. As a fundraiser for GCSC, events which provide more than $811 million in economic activity to Northeast Ohio. your attendance at tonight’s award show allows us to continue our mission of bringing Greater Cleveland Sports Commission (GCSC) serves to measurably improve the large scale sporting events to Northeast Ohio. economy of Greater Cleveland and enrich the community by attracting, creating, managing and enhancing significant sporting and competitive events. In 2019, GCSC experienced its most impactful year as an organization by hosting 13 major sporting events ranging from collegiate to professional sports. Due to the scale GCSC supports the local economy, utilizes sports as a vehicle to forward community of these awarded events, Northeast Ohio saw an influx of an estimated $87,837,956 in agendas and maintains a goal of producing events that are more successful when economic impact. held in Cleveland than in other cities. This year, approximately 12,275 competitors visited the North Coast for GCSC-hosted Greater Cleveland Sports Commission is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. events and 219 Northeast Ohio youth participated in our Youth Education through Sports programs that provided unique opportunities to experience various sports and events. CLEVELANDSPORTS.ORG @CLESPORTS @GREATERCLESPORTS A major highlight of 2019 was MLB All-Star Week on July 5-9, which brought the top baseball athletes and their fans to Cleveland. The footprint of America’s favorite pastime extended beyond the ballpark including MLB PLAY BALL PARK at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland and countless community festivities. This event provided an estimated $65 million in economic impact to Northeast Ohio. Having the opportunity to reach nearly $88 million in one year is a big achievement for our small non-profit. Our team is extremely thankful to the Northeast Ohio community and our partners, such as the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers and Mid-American Conference, as well as the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio and all of you, our incredible supporters, for helping us make Cleveland the preferred destination for large-scale sporting events. In 2019, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission was also responsible for increasing its event portfolio through new and returning events that will create success within TABLE OF CONTENTS the organization and in the community for many years to come. ABOUT GCSC .........................................................3 AWARD VOTING PROCESS ....................................18 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ............................................6 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR .............20-21 We hope you enjoy the celebration and appreciate your continued support throughout ASSOCIATE BOARD ................................................6 COLLEGIATE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR ................22-23 the coming year. DINNER COMMITTEE..............................................7 PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR ...............25 TABLE PURCHASERS .............................................9 COURAGE AWARD ................................................29 2020 UPCOMING EVENTS ....................................10 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD .........................31 THANK YOU ..........................................................12 SPORTS DEVELOPMENT AWARD ...........................32 HOST: MIKE GOLIC ..............................................15 THANK YOU PARTNERS ........................................34 Doug Neary David Gilbert Chairman President & CEO 20TH GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS AWARDS 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GREATER CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 01 01 01 01 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 0 0 1 2 SPORTS COMMISSION 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 67 87 7 8 8 9 9 0 0 Congratulations, We keep athletes Skylar Scarnecchia. in the game. 2019 Cleveland Clinic Sports Health Cleveland Clinic provides Courage Award Winner expert care in sports medicine at a location near you. Skylar Scarnecchia 8th Grade, Champion Middle School (Warren, OH) Same-day Same-day appointments appointments 877.440.TEAM 877.440.TEAM clevelandclinic.org/sportsmedicine clevelandclinic.org/sportsmedicine BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS OF JANUARY 10, 2020 SPORTS AWARDS HONORARY CO-CHAIRS DOUG NEARY, CHAIR, Calfee* CINDY FLYNN, TREASURER, Arrowhead Consulting, LLC* DEE & JIMMY HASLAM, DAN GILBERT, PAUL DOLAN, CARL GRASSI, VICE CHAIR, McDonald Hopkins* DR. JON STEINBRECHER, SECRETARY, Mid-American Conference Owners, Cleveland Browns Owner, Cleveland Cavaliers Owner/Chairman & CEO, KRISTEN BAIRD ADAMS, PNC JERRY GRISKO, JR., CBIZ NANCY POKORNY, Findley & Cleveland Monsters Cleveland Indians GEOFF ALLMAN, Lincoln Electric CHUCK HARDIN, Jones Day AARON RASMUSSEN, Engelke Company EDDIE HARRELL, JR., Radio One Construction KEN BABBY, Akron RubberDucks Cleveland SARAH RATHKE, Squire Patton Boggs NIC BARLAGE, Cleveland Cavaliers TIM HARRIS, Insurance Board SEAN RICHARDSON, Huntington DOUG BELL, Global Prairie DAVE JENKINS, Cleveland Browns MONTE REPASKY, EY SHONTEL BROWN, Cuyahoga County KEN JOHNSON, City of Cleveland PETER ROME, Ulmer & Berne DAVID BROWNING, CBRE, Inc. CHRIS KEIM, Frantz Ward DR. MARK SCHICKENDANTZ, Cleveland TIM CONNOR, The Shamrock BRIAN KELLY, PwC Clinic Sports Health Companies BOB KLONK, Oswald Companies BRAD SELLERS, City of Warrensville MIKE CONWAY, Beverage TOM LAIRD, Gilbane Building Heights Distributors, Inc. Company KEN SEMELSBERGER, Eaton MICHAEL COX, City of Cleveland DARYL LAISURE, ZIN Technologies Corporation MATT CRAWFORD, Park Ohio Industries STEFFANY LARKINS, Medical Mutual GREG SKODA, Skoda Minotti BILL DESANTIS, The Sherwin-Williams DENNIS LEHMAN, Cleveland Indians JOHN SKORY, FirstEnergy Company BOB LITTMAN, BDO USA, LLP BRIAN SLIFE, Aon Risk Services GIOVANNI DI CENSO, Deloitte DAVID LUCARELLI, Swagelok Company CHARLES SMITH, Village of Woodmere SPORTS AWARDS EVENT CO-CHAIRS FRED DISANTO, Ancora Advisors LLC JAMIE LYNCH, Chemical Bank TOM SNOWBERGER, University Hospitals RICK FEDOROVICH, Bober Markey JOHN MACINTOSH, KPMG LLP Fedorovich MARK STEINBERG, Excel Sports ROB MACKINLAY, Cohen & Company Management GREG SKODA SAM PINES TERRY FERGUS, FSM Capital Marcum LLP Management LLC VALARIE MCCALL, City of Cleveland DR. JON STEINBRECHER, Mid-American ESPN Cleveland/ Good Karma Brands TIM FITZPATRICK, Todd Associates DOUG NEARY, Calfee Conference CINDY FLYNN, Arrowhead RJ NEMER, IMG World BILL STERN, Stern Advertising Consulting, LLC CHARLES OBERT, Brookfield Properties EDDIE TAYLOR, JR., Taylor Oswald LLC TOM FREEMAN, Grant Thornton MICHAEL O’HARA, Parker Hannifin BOB VECCHIONE, NACDA JEFF FRIEDMAN, JIF Investment Corporation PAUL VOINOVICH, Vocon DINNER COMMITTEE FRANK GALLUCCI, Plevin & Gallucci ALLYSON O’KEEFE, Porter Wright DAN WALSH, Citymark Capital MICHAEL GIBBONS, Brown Gibbons BOYD PETHEL, First National Bank CHAS WITHERS, Dix & Eaton Lang & Company SAM PINES, ESPN Cleveland/Good ALAN ZANG, US Bank GEORGE ALLEN, iHeartMedia NOLAN GALLAGHER, Gravitas Ventures DR. MARK SCHICKENDANTZ, Cleveland CARL GRASSI, McDonald Hopkins LLC Karma Brands NIC BARLAGE, Cleveland Cavaliers JERRY GRISKO JR., CBIZ Clinic Sports Health DAVID BROWNING, CBRE, Inc. CHRIS KEIM, Frantz Ward KEN SEMELSBERGER, Eaton MICHAEL CONWAY, Beverage BRIAN KELLY, PWC Corporation LIFETIME TRUSTEES Distributors, Inc. JAMIE LYNCH, Chemical Bank SCOTT SILVERMAN, New York Life CURTIS DANBURG, Cleveland Indians RJ NEMER, IMG World BRIAN SLIFE, Aon Risk Services JERRY DOYLE AARON RAMUSSEN, Engleke RANDY STEPHENS, FOX Sports Ohio ROBERT KAIN JARED CHANEY MICHAEL J. CLEARY – in memoriam RICK FEDOROVICH, Bober Markey Construction JOSH STUDZINSKI, University Hospitals Fedorovich SARAH RATHKE, Squire Patton Boggs JENNER TEKANCIC, Cleveland Browns CINDY FLYNN, Arrowhead SEAN RICHARDSON, Huntington Consulting LLC PAUL VOINOVICH, Vocon ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBERS 2019 JIM ROLLINS, Meaden & Moore THOMAS FREEMAN, Grant Thorton JEFF BACON, Mid-American ANSON HALL, Destination Cleveland NICK REIF, The Sherwin-Williams Conference JENNIFER HART, ConnectiveCounsel Company JOHN BANKS, The Shamrock CHUCK HERMAN, Specialty Fitness JOE ROSZAK, Cleveland Metroparks Companies Equipment JASON ROTHMAN, Ogletree ERICA CAMERON, Cerity Partners JASON HESS, Physicians Ambulance MATT SEITZ, Clarity 2 Prosperity