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2011 Arete Award Giovanna Dionicio with Dan Doyle |
"Arête," the Greek term for competing energetically but within the rules - the importance of sportsmanship and honorable competition. Each year we ask the coaches to nominate a player from their team for the Arete Award.
The Arete award was established
by Dan Doyle who is the founder and executive director of
the Institute for International Sport at URI. Mr. Doyle is
a graduate
of Bates College where he was co-captain of the
varsity basketball team. He holds a Masters degree from
the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts
University, and honorary doctorate
degrees from Bridgewater (MA) State College and the
University of Rhode Island. The accomplishments of Mr.
Doyle are too long to list here, but his full and
impressive biography can be found at http://www.internationalsport.com/ddoyle/dfbio.cfm.
Mr. Doyle proposed a set of
criteria for the players to be nominated. The following are
the characteristics that a player needs to display to be
nominated
for the award:
Past winners of the Arête Award are:
Marcus Apter - 2005
Will Burns - 2006
Garrett Clare - 2007
Vinnie Gagliardi - 2008
Kyler Cubbage - 2009
Eric Bienstock - 2010
Congratulations to Giovanna
Dionicio , winner of the 2011 Arête Award, for exemplifying the
ideals set forth by Mr. Doyle.
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