Dolphins Honored for Athletic Achievement at Senior Banquet

Many Palisades High seniors got honored for their athletic achievements May 29 at an awards banquet in Santa Monica and  several coaches were present to hand out the awards.

Receiving the Larry Palmer Leadership Award (in memory of the Dolphins’ beloved offensive line coach from 2012-17 who died suddenly in the fall of 2018 at his Palisades home) was given to linebacker Jake Treibatch, who led the football squad with 146 tackles (54 solo, 92 assisted) and nine pass breakups last fall and was named Defensive Player of the Year after earning All-City Division I First-Team honors.

There were 13 Exceptional Athlete Award winners: Nick Bertram (wrestling and lacrosse), Amanda Brown (softball), Lilli Fox (water polo), Ryan Hirschberg (baseball, soccer, lacrosse), Hazel Irving (volleyball), Neel Joshi (tennis), Noa Levertov (swimming), Roi Levertov (swimming), Tommy Pickens (basketball), Alyssa Ramirez (basketball), Malon Rose (competitive cheer, basketball, track and field), Ronin Sherertz (track and field) and Jack Spirito (soccer).

Bertram was third in the 175-pound weight class at the LA City Wrestling Championships in February then helped the lacrosse team capture its fifth section title in a row in May. Brown played catcher and infield while leading the softball squad in hits (24) and runs (22) this spring and Irving was a force at net for the girls volleyball team, captaining the Dolphins’ march to the CIF Southern California Regional Division III finals. Fox was one of the leading scorers on Palisades’ City runner-up girls water polo squad, Roi Levertov won the 50 freestyle at the City Swim Championships in May, Joshi was second in the City Individual singles tournament and led the Dolphins to the team title and Sherertz was one of the track and fields team’s fastest sprinters. Pickens and Ramirez provided their teams with consistent scoring all winter and Spirito, a midfielder on the boys soccer squad, made the All-City Open Division team.

Giada Rice (lacrosse) and Charlie Speiser (water olo) were recipients of the Rose Gilbert Memorial Scholarship for All-Around Achievement; distance runner Leena Adeli won the Woman Scholar Athlete Award; golfer Luke Schultz won the Male Scholar Athlete Award; and James A. Mercer Awards went to cheerleader Isabelle Kocher and soccer standout Caroline Quigley, an All-Western League selection.