

Connecticut Sports Writers Alliance
- Feb 19, 2016
Kris Dunn and Breanna Stewart to Receive Athlete of the Year Awards from the Connecticut Sports Writ
Recipients to be honored at 75th Gold Key Dinner on April 24 Providence College men's basketball point guard Kris Dunn and UConn women's basketball forward Breanna Stewart have been selected as the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance Bill Lee and Hank O'Donnell athletes of the year. Dunn, a standout for Providence College and a New London High graduate, was named Big East Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 2015. Stewart, who grew up in North Syracuse, N.Y


Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance
- Feb 12, 2016
Danny Deitz and Nicole O'Donnell to receive Bob Casey Courage Awards from Connecticut Sports Wri
Recipients to be honored at 75th Gold Key Dinner on April 24 Simsbury High junior Danny Deitz and Lewis Mills senior Nicole O'Donnell have been selected as the Connecticut Sports Writers' Alliance Bob Casey Courage Award winners. Last June, Deitz, a football and lacrosse player at Simsbury High, was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, the enlargement of the heart. In September, he underwent a heart transplant at Boston Children's Hospital. Deitz spent more than 80 days in the hosp