Peninsula College Athletics celebrated another successful year, winning all four North Region championships for only the second time in history, handing out annual sports awards to student athletes at a recent event in the Pirate Union Building.
In soccer, the Wally Sigmar Award went to Chiaki Takase, of Kaisei, Japan, a very technically-skilled midfielder who helped the Pirates win an NWAC title in 2021 and a region championship this year, and to Tim Deser, of Obing, Germany, also a midfielder who helped the men’s team to back-to-back region championships. The Pirate Gold Award went to two players who are coming back in the fall, in redshirt sophomore defender Caneel Corpuz of Hilo Hawaii, and Maurin Frehner, a midfielder from Zurich, Switzerland.
In basketball, the Art Feiro Award for the women’s team, also winning back-to-back league titles, and the MVP of the North Region, Ituau Tuisaula, of Soldotna Alaska. The men’s Art Feiro Award winner, also the North Region MVP, was Roosevelt Williams Jr. of Perth Australia.
The Pirate Gold winner for women’s basketball was Port Angeles’ Millie Long, who also was named the NWAC soccer Baden Player of the Year for 2022. Long won four league titles and an NWAC title in her two years wearing black and gold. The men’s Pirate Gold award winner was Mikey Medlock Jr. from Las Vegas, Nevada.
In Pirate Esports, the MVP award went to Lily Doten of Port Angeles, who plays Rocket League, and the Inspirational Award went to Savannah Hickman of Sequim, who specializes in Overwatch.