2018 Dinneen Family Award
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Leonidas Karagiorgis of Athens, Greece received the first Dinneen
Family Award for his outstanding contributions to the 2018 International Colonials New England Tour
Coach
Richard F. Lawless Spirit Award
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The Coach Richard F. Lawless Spirit Award is presented to the International Colonials player
who displays outstanding play, sportsmanship and leadership on our New England tour. Last summer,
the award went home with our Netherlands player.
This summer the award moves north where it will grace the wall of Alvar Michelsen, 17, our impressive
6'6" forward and captain from Helsinki, Finland. Alvar was the unanimous choice of the Colonials
coaches throughout New England who saw him play.
Congratulations, Alvar, and Thank You for two great summers!
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The Coach Richard F. Lawless Spirit Award is presented to the International Colonials player who
displays outstanding skill, sportsmanship and leadership on our New England tour.
The 2013, 2014 and 2015 Lawless Awards reside in Milan, Italy on the walls of three talented point
guards referred to us from the excellent Olimpia Milano Junior program.
This summer the award moved north where it will grace the wall of Kenan Sarvan, 16, our impressive
6'8" forward from Heeze in the Netherlands.
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New England Colonials co-founder Dick Lawless (L) and Coach George Beard
present the 2015 Spirit Award to Filippo Rossi of Milan, Italy after the team's final game at Westwood High School on July 13. The Lawless Award recognizes the
International Colonials player who has demonstrated outstanding play, leadership and sportsmanship throughout the team's New England Tour.
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New England Colonials co-founder
Dick Lawless presents the 2014 Spirit Award to Carlo Fumagalli of Milan after the team's final
game at Westwood High School. The Lawless Award recognizes the International Colonials player
who has demonstrated outstanding play and sportsmanship throughout the New England Tour. Carlo
will return home to play for Olimpia Milano, one of Italy's top basketball clubs.
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Colonials
co-founder Coach Dick Lawless presents the 2013 Spirit
Award to Alberto Navarini, 16, of Milan after the
team's final game at Brookline High School. The Lawless
Award recognizes the International Colonials player
who has demonstrated outstanding play and sportsmanship
throughout the New England Tour. Alberto is our program's
first player from Italy.
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Colonials
coach and co-founder Dick Lawless presents the 2012
Spirit Award to International Colonials player Medas
Kuprijanovas of Lithuania. At 15, Medas is the youngest
International Colonials' player ever to receive this
award which recognizes his outstanding contribution
as a player, a teammate, and as a young ambassador
for Lithuania.
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Colonials co-founder
and longtime coach, Richard Lawless, presents the
2011 award to Matts Urnberg of Finland at Medfield
High School.
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George
Beard, 17, of Liss, England received a leadership
award for his outstanding work as the 2012 International
Colonials captain.
