FromEast Greenwich Schools: Andrew Blessing, a three sport athlete in the mold of days of old, football, basketball, baseball, plus a few others, and JENNIFER IMBRIGLIO, a four sport athlete, have been chosen as the 2018 UCCI AWARD winners. They are both from East Greenwich High School.Blessing was on the football team for three years and was the quarterback and captain. He also played basketball for three years and baseball for two. In between he played golf and was on the track and cross country teams.
Very active in the school, he was on the Student Council, Prom Committee and the Future Business Leaders of America. He helps out in the community by working with the EG Youth Basketball Association and is a Camp Counselor for Safety Town of East Greenwich, and is a Standard Bearer for the CVS Charity Golf Classic. He also served as a Counselor for the
East Greenwich Parks and Recreation and ran a Pet Sitting business.
Andrew is a National Honor Society Member, a Rhode Island Scholar-Athlete Award winner,was second team All Division in football and made the All Academic team.
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Blessing was a National Leadership Conference Qualifier for FBLA and helped EGHS to the Freshman State title in Cross Country as a Freshman. He was also named a Rhode Island Scholar Athlete in football.
Andrew is deciding between Bentley, for football and Holy Cross and Fordham where he might walk on and Boston College, for school only.
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Miss Imbriglio is equally accomplished. She played field hockey for four years, ran outdoor track for four and ice hockey for three with one year in indoor track.
She was on Student Council for four years, and the same with International Club, EG After Prom and Airband and The Crimson Yearbook. To a lesser degree she was also involved with Avengers for Animals, Prom Committee,and the Marching Band.
In the community, Jennifer has participated in the R.I. National Guard Military Family Program, the Women & Infants Hospital Teen Volunteer Program, Our Lady of Mercy's Vacation
Bible Camp, OLM Bread Lines Volunteer and Junior Legion of Mary. She also coaches first to third graders in EG Youth Field Hockey, gives out toys, hats and gloves to children in
West Bay Community Action, co-ordinates birthday parties at Aim High Academy, works at Wild Harvest Bakery and serves as an EGHS Tour Guide, was an original organizing member of Roomz Without Walls.
Jennifer Imbriglio has also been nominated for the coveted annual SLTP Student Leader of the Year Award 2016-17, is a national Honor Society member, earned an Honorable Mention for the Premio de Plata (National Spanish Exam ), was an AP Scholar, won the George Eastman Young Leaders Award and the Rhode Island Scholar Athlete Award. Jennifer is going to Quinnipiac University and is going to play either Club Field Hockey or Varsity Ice Hockey.
Andrew and Jennifer will be honored on May 5th, 2018 at a banquet at the Quonset 'O' Club at 2 pm. Tickets and more information and details can be had by contacting Co- Chairmen, Jeff Santos at 884-3515 or jsantoseg@verizon.net, or, Guy Asadorian at 884-4143 or guyasa821@gmail.com.
Just a note. The format for the Anthony " Tar Tar " Ucci Awards will change slightly for next year.
A new application has been formulated and it will be distributed and announced at East Greenwich High School in early January. There will be a two month period to apply and the applications will be submitted to Anthony Ucci, who will head a Committee of Vincent and Joseph Ucci, David Ucci Sr. and Bruce Mastracchio, all nephews of East Greenwich's true athletic legend. Winners receive a dinner, a plaque and a monetary scholarship award.
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