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To: All Centurion Families

Christian Academy of Louisville is pleased to accept nominations for the Rodman Tabb Spirit Award. (Click here for nomination form.)

Mr.Tabb was Christian Academy’s most loyal and faithful fan. His years of dedication, service, and support to CAL as a Guidance Counselor and unwavering support of Centurion Athletics serve as the foundation as we remember CAL’s greatest fan. Rarely could a Centurion athlete compete without Mr. Tabb being in attendance and never could a Centurion athletic contest be held without him knowing the outcome.

The Rodman Tabb Spirit Award was created to honor and recognize supporters, coaches, and participants in CAL Athletics who have demonstrated their allegiance to Centurion Sports through faithfulness, sacrifice, service and Christian values. This award recognizes those who cherish and value CAL Athletics the way Mr. Tabb did – with enthusiasm, joy, love and honor. Athletic competition is based on preparation, dedication, sacrifice and effort and these traits are what help us develop into the servants God has called us to be. Rodman Tabb exemplified each of these characteristics, selflessly giving of his time to encourage and cheer on thousands of Centurion athletes.

The Rodman Tabb Spirit Award is given annually to the supporter, coach, staff member, or athlete who has exemplified the traits that Mr. Tabb taught us in supporting our sports teams.

Nomination Criteria:

• The award is meant to recognize multiple years of service to Christian Academy Athletics.
• It is an award of recognition, encouragement, faithfulness, and service.
• Nominees are submitted to the Athletic Office and selected leaders will review all nominees and make the final decision of the award recipient.
• Each nomination should include a detailed description of the nominee’s contribution to CAL Athletics.
• Nominations can be submitted by CAL students, staff, and supporters.
• Nominations must be submitted to the Athletic Office by January 27, 2014.

The award will be presented at the Senior Night Basketball game on February 18, 2014.

Past Recipients:

Congratulations to the CAL middle school swim team who competed for the first time in the city wide middle school championships on Wednesday night. CAL finished fourth overall! 

Top finishes were:

Gabi Albiero: MS Champion in 50 Free and 50 Fly
Broder Magnuson: MS Champion in 50 Free
CJ Sparks: MS Champion in 50 Breast
Boys 200 Medley Relay: Champion – John Marshall, Broder Magnuson, Jordan Peters, Henry Vandertoll
Boys 200 Free Relay: Champion – Johan Marshall, Broder Magnuson, Henry Vandertoll, CJ Sparks

Congratulations to all our middle school swimmers! 

Congratulations to the CAL middle school competitive cheerleading squad. On December 11, they won 1st place in the medium division at the regional KAPOS competition. They will now compete at the state cheer competition Saturday, January 11th at Eastern Kentucky University. The girls are super excited for this rare opportunity to represent their school and faith at such a huge cheer event! Way to go girls and coaches, Misty Cochran and Marcus Gibson. All for His glory!

Senior Connor Cook, signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for the University of Pikeville (UPike) Bears next year. Conner chose Pikeville over the University of Charleston, Transylvania, and Union College in large part because of the volleyball coaching staff and UPike’s Pre-Med program.

CAL head volleyball coach, Patty Ernst said, “Connor was a great asset to our team this year. It was a hard role that we asked her to take and not being able to play because of transferring schools, but she made the best of everything we asked of her. She will get to showcase all of her talent next year at a higher level at UPike, and I wish her all the luck in her years to come at college. Pikeville got a great girl and a great player.”

“I am very thankful for Connor. She is such a great volleyball player and an even better girl. She has been great for our team and I can’t wait to see her succeed at the college level,” said Gary Timberlake, Cook’s coach at Union Volleyball Club.

“All of my coaches have helped me along the way and have pushed me each year to make me the player that I am today,” said Conner. Cook and her parents, Karen and Ron, thanked her coaches, teachers, and teammates for all their support.

“I’ve seen Connor go through a lot, from switching different schools and also the ups and downs in her volleyball career. I couldn’t be any happier for her and I’m very excited to see her excel. I want to thank everyone at CAL for their support. If we could have changed anything, it would have been for Connor to come here as a freshman. Pikeville is a great fit for Connor and we are all excited for the next four years,” said Conner’s mom, Karen Burress.

This is Connor’s first year at CAL after transferring from Eastern High school. She has played volleyball for seven years and has earned the Player of the Year award for Union’s Volleyball Club team and was named to multiple “All” tournament teams.