At the March 1 tournament all players were invited to vote for two candidates from the list of those players with more than 12 points after 5 Right Move tournaments so far this year. Additional ballots will be distributed at the Apr 12, Apr 26, and May 3 tournaments. All standings (without tallies) will be posted here on the web to help the crack committee select the Coach of the Year 2008 and the Player of the Year 2008, to be presented on Wednesday, May 21 at the Awards Picnic at Christian Brothers Academy, 12 Airline Drive, Albany NY. The player with the most votes is listed first, etc. Do Your Duty! Vote! All votes should be placed in the ballot box before round 1. Ballots entered may not be changed during the day.
Here is the list ( in order, without tallies) of Player of the Year 2008 based on March 1 voting: Michael Liu Charlie Chen Jack Zhao Arielle Weinstein Jonathan Richman Nicholas Lawless Ziqing Dong Zubin Mukerjee Deepak Aaron
April 5 Order of Merit for Player of the Year 2008 (only votes received by students count) : Charlie Chen Nicholas Lawless Ziqing Dong Arielle Weinstein Yogi Kanakamedala Jonathan Richman Deepak Aaron Dilip Aaron Michael Raimo George Kolath Michael Zhou Jimmy Yuan
Here is the list (in order, without tallies) of Coach/ Parent/ Advisor of the Year 2008 based on March 1 voting: Ken Evans
April 5 Coach / Parent of the Year 2008: Francis Reilly (MLK), Al Banardo (MLK), Jeff Jennette (Central Pk), Ken Evans (Kingston), Paul Wilson (MLK), Rohan Graham (Giffen), Sue Pacuk (Coxsackie).
April 12 Coach / Parent of the Year 2008: Tatiana Cecelia (Mighty Pawns, St Joe, Kingston), Xiaoqing Zhang (Chinese Cultural School), Kristina Scali (St Pius X), Al Banardo (MLK), Elizabeth Gialanela (Albany High School), Herman Calderon (Giffen, Sacandaga), Ken Evans (Kingston)
New Ballots are ready so that all players can vote on the Apr 26 ballot. Players can only vote for two of those players who have amassed at least 14.5 points at The Right Move tournaments so far this year. (See separate webpage for that list.) The Ballots for parents and coaches is also included, but is not meant to be conclusive. Brother John tries to update and include as many as possible. These tournaments only work well because of the fine work of many. Parents / coaches may also pick two names for their choices, but only for the coach / parent of the year. Write-in names are encouraged. No one is meant to be left out.