William & Mary Athletics

The Rock Award

The Rock Award was first presented to Martin Rich by Glen Willsey in 1975. Since then, tradition has dictated that the award be passed from Rock to Rock (or to a Rock and a Pebble if the Rock will be graduating) in an appropriate season ending ceremony. The Rock is often awarded to the hardest working gymnast who has overcome significant obstacles to his success or to the gymnast that can always be counted on when the going gets tough.

1975    Glen Willsey to Martin Rich
1976    Glen to Butch Thomas
1977    Butch to Ron Coleman and Mark DeLonga
1978    Ron to Ed Rule and Peter Post
1979    Ron to Terry Babb (Pebble to John Jiganti)
1980    John to Tim Carter
1981    John to Tom Miles
1982    Tom to Gary Bruening (Pebble to Jeff Sickeler)
1983    Gary to Eric Jaffee (Pebble to Noah Pierson)
1984    Tom to Jeff Sickeler (Pebble to Bob Ross)
1985    Jeff to Scott McCrae and Bill Klunk
1986    Scott and Bill to Tim Morton
1987    Tim to Scotty Bew
1988    Scotty to Charlie Knight
1989    Charlie to Dan Krovich (Pebble to Ray Quintavell)    
1990    Dan to Randy Jewart
1991    Randy to David Williams
1992    David to Curtis Gordinier (Pebble to Marc Lim)
1993    Marc to Rick Mansfield
1994    Rick to Nate Carr
1995    Nate to Scott McCall
1996    Scott to Paul Davee (Pebble to Jordan Eison)
1997    Jordan to Joe Downs
1998    Joe to Mike Niederhauser
1999    Mike to Joe Downs (Pebble to Adrian Eissler)
2000    Adrian to Craig Wetmore
2001    Craig to Mike Spies
2002    Mike to Pat Fitzgerald
2003    Pat to Jamie Northrup
2004    Jamie to Alan Palesko (Pebble to Owen Nicholls)
2005    Owen to Dave Ridings
2006    Dave R to Ramon Jackson (Pebble to Dave Locke)
2007    Dave L to Derek Gygax
2008    Derek to James Prim
2009    Derek to Andy Hunter (Pebble to Steve Deutsch)
2010    Andy to Dave Ellis
2011    Dave to Landon Funiciello
2012    Landon to Daniel Potemski
2013    Daniel to Neal Courter
2014    Neal to Sam Patterson (Pebble to Michael Deitz)
2015    Michael to J.J. Jindra (Pebble to Keaton Ackerman and Adam Avant)
2016    Keaton and Adam to Simon Casey (Pebble to Jacopo Gliozzi)
2016    The Only Coach's Rock Award given to Dr. Fred Ward
2017    Jacopo to Rob Meyer (Pebble to Tim O'Neill)
2019    Tim to Jordan Kula
2020    Jordan to Aidan Cuy
2021    Aidan to Ian Creelman (Pebble to Alek Kuzmenchuk)
2022    Alek to Sam Piper (Pebble to Sam Lee)
2023    Sam to Trenton Peazant
2024    Trenton to Samuel Smith
2025    Samuel to Gavin Zborowski