James P. Shea
Outstanding Sportsmanship Award
A sportsmanship award has been given annually since 1947 to an outstanding senior athlete at Serra High School. In 1966, the award was named for Serra alum James P. Shea from the Class of 1958 who is still classified as missing in action in the Vietnam War. This is the highest honor that Serra confers on a graduating student-athlete.
The athletes are nominated by the head coach of each sport and then voted upon by those coaches. The criteria for the award is:
- Participate in two or more varsity sports in senior year
- Show good sportsmanship
- Demonstrate above-average athletic skill
- Possess a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.0 or better
- Demonstrates a positive Christian attitude
James P. Shea Award Recipients
|
Year |
Name |
Year | Name | |
| 1947 | George Mutto | 1994 | Michael Madrid | |
| 1948 | Peter Meghinasso | 1995 | Tom Brady, Jr. | |
| 1949 | Edwin Michelson | 1996 | Kevin Asher | |
| 1950 | John Phillip Monahan | 1997 | James Orozco | |
| 1951 | Richard Simoni | 1998 | Leffie Crawford | |
| 1952 | Theodore Welp | 1999 | David Boehle | |
| 1953 | Richard Iori | 2000 | Tim Kirby | |
| 1954 | Ronald Cecchi | 2001 | Taso Kasaris | |
| 1955 | Gerald Smith | 2002 | Jermaine Randolph | |
| 1956 | Unknown | 2003 | Chris Denny-Brown | |
| 1957 | Unknown | 2004 | Angelo Fobbs-Valentino | |
| 1958 | Carl E. Welte | 2005 | Will Powers | |
| 1959 | William T. Yaley | 2006 | Ed Berry | |
| 1960 | Unknown | 2007 |
Ray Baldonado |
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| 1961 | Frederick J. Oppezzo | 2008 | Hanna Malak | |
| 1962 | Stephen M. Firenze | 2009 | Doug Caldwell | |
| 1963 | Michael J. Miller | 2010 | Luca Ponti | |
| 1964 | Robert A. Pindroh | 2011 | Ben Parodi, Jr. | |
| 1965 | Michael Burke | 2012 | Luke Longinotti | |
| 2013 | Jon Beering, Jon Beering | |||
| 1966 | George Musante | 2014 | Kevin McGee, Quinn Todzo | |
| 1967 | Richard Justice | 2015 | James Outman | |
| 1968 | Timothy Minahan | 2016 | Cole Galli, Jake Killingsworth | |
| 1969 | Michael Chiurco | 2017 | Arvin Bahia, Clark Chase | |
| 1970 | Lynn Swann | 2018 | Elijah Folau | |
| 1971 | Steve Soules | 2019 | Brendan Callagy | |
| 1972 | Vince O'Leary | 2020 | Damon Lewis | |
| 1973 | Vince Tammaro | 2021 | Gavin Costa | |
| 1974 | Buzz Harnett | 2022 | Luca Paganucci | |
| 1975 | John Caselli | |||
| 1976 | Brian Duffy | |||
| 1977 | Ken Meyersieck | |||
| 1978 | Tim Healy | |||
| 1979 |
Blair Calhoun |
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| 1980 | Marty Pletkin | |||
| 1981 | Mike Calegari and Doug Smith | |||
| 1982 | Bill Tuerck | |||
| 1983 | Greg Vella | |||
| 1984 | Jeff Healy | |||
| 1985 | Gregg Jefferies | |||
| 1986 | Ray Looze | |||
| 1987 | Daniel Burgett Parker Kelly, Jr. |
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| 1988 | Michael Fadelli | |||
| 1989 | Kevin Trosian | |||
| 1990 | Phil Kilbridge | |||
| 1991 | Rich Bricker | |||
| 1992 | Sean Renault | |||
| 1993 | Dan Boehle Mark Dagenais |