ABOUT GCSC

Sports have the power to create measurable change in a community. Whether it’s the impact our Youth Education through Sports program has on a child’s life, the boost a local business gets from visitors in town to cheer on their favorite athletes or the way a single event can change the narrative of a city, sports can bring a community back to life.

Greater Cleveland Sports Commission’s mission has always been to have a positive impact on our community through the lens of sport. In fact, during the past 12 months, Cleveland has pulled off the unparalleled feat of hosting the 2021 NFL Draft and NBA All-Star 2022 and showcasing our wonderful community to the world.

As we continue into 2022, we look forward to hosting 10 national events, providing $115.2 million in impact and continuing to emerge from the last few years even more resilient.

As we have for the past 22 years, Greater Cleveland Sports Awards will showcase the outstanding impact the Sports Commission has had on our community, both by economically improving and internationally elevating our city.

We’re here to recognize the accomplishments of some of those who make this community strong, our local athletes and teams, while celebrating their success both on and off the court.

As the organization’s premier fundraiser, tonight’s celebration provides the necessary support to continue to compete and win on behalf of Cleveland.

Tonight will feature a celebration of athletic achievements, a lifetime of community commitment and the courage to overcome any obstacle due to the power of sport.

As we celebrate together, in a new venue, we’re in awe of your commitment to Greater Cleveland Sports Commission’s mission and we can’t wait to share this evening with you.

Doug Neary David Gilbert

Chairman President & CEO

GREATER CLEVELAND SPORTS COMMISSION

Since 2000, Greater Cleveland Sports Commission is responsible for attracting over 210 sporting events which provide nearly $790 million in economic activity to Northeast Ohio.

Greater Cleveland Sports Commission (GCSC) serves to measurably improve the economy of Greater Cleveland and enrich the community by attracting, creating, managing and enhancing significant sporting and competitive events.

GCSC supports the local economy, utilizes sports as a vehicle to forward community agendas and maintains a goal of producing events that are more successful when held in Cleveland than in other cities.

Greater Cleveland Sports Commission is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

CLEVELANDSPORTS.ORG

@CLESPORTS @GREATERCLESPORTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT GCSC ......................................................... 3 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ............................................ 8 ASSOCIATE BOARD ................................................ 8 DINNER COMMITTEE.............................................. 9 PACKAGE PURCHASERS ...................................... 11 THANK YOU.....................................................14-15 AWARD VOTING PROCESS.................................... 20 HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR.............22-23 COLLEGIATE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR................24-25 PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE OF THE YEAR ............... 29 SPORTS DEVELOPMENT AWARD........................... 33 COURAGE AWARD ................................................ 35 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ......................... 36 THANK YOU PARTNERS........................................ 42

DOUG NEARY, CHAIR, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP CARL GRASSI, VICE CHAIR, McDonald Hopkins* ROBERT KLONK, VICE CHAIR, Oswald Companies CINDY FLYNN, TREASURER, Union Home Mortgage EDDIE TAYLOR JR., SECRETARY, Taylor Oswald

SUDHIR ACHAR, EOX Vantage KRISTEN BAIRD-ADAMS, PNC GEOFF ALLMAN, Lincoln Electric KEN BABBY, Akron RubberDucks NIC BARLAGE, Cleveland Cavaliers BRIAN BARREN, Cleveland Guardians ERIC BECK, University Hospitals DOUGLAS BELL, Global Prairie KEITH BRANDT, CBRE DOMINIC BRAULT, Kaulig Capital SHONTEL BROWN, U.S. House of Representatives TIM CONNOR, The Shamrock

Companies, Inc. MICHAEL CONWAY, Beverage

Distributors, Inc. BILL COSGROVE, Union Home Mortgage TERRY COYNE, Newmark Knight Frank MATTHEW CRAWFORD, Park Ohio Industries GIOVANNI DI CENSO, Deloitte ROBERT DIGERONIO, Independence Excavating FRED DISANTO, Ancora TRINA EVANS, KeyBank RICHARD FEDOROVICH, Bober Markey

Fedorovich TERRY FERGUS, FSM Capital

Management JEFF FRIEDMAN, JIF Investment NOLAN GALLAGHER, Gravitas Ventures FRANK GALLUCCI, Plevin & Gallucci SCOTT GARRETT, Cleveland State University MICHAEL GIBBONS, Brown Gibbons

Lang & Company JERRY GRISKO, JR., CBIZ CHARLES HARDIN, Jones Day EDDIE HARRELL, JR., Radio One

Cleveland TIM HARRIS, Insurance Board AMY HELD, The J.M. Smucker Co. DAVE JENKINS, Cleveland Browns YAN JIN, Eaton Corporation PERNEL JONES JR., Cuyahoga County ANSIR JUNAID, Supply Side USA CHRIS KEIM, Frantz Ward BRIAN KELLY, PwC JOE KOHMANN, Westfield TOM LAIRD, Gilbane Building

Company DARYL LAISURE, ZIN Technologies STEFFANY LARKINS, Medical Mutual TOM LIBEG, Grant Thornton BOB LITTMAN, BDO LLP SCOTT LOKKE, JACK Entertainment JOHN MACINTOSH, KPMG LLP ROB MACKINLAY, Gardiner CHARLES OBERT, Brookfield Properties MICHAEL O’HARA, Parker Hannifin BOYD PETHEL, First National Bank SAM PINES, ESPN Cleveland/Good

Karma Brands NANCY POKORNY, USI Consulting Group TODD REA, Sherwin-Williams SANDEE REID, The Davey Tree Expert Company MONTE REPASKY, EY SEAN RICHARDSON, Huntington PETER ROME, Tucker Ellis DR. MARK SCHICKENDANTZ, Cleveland

Clinic Sports Medicine BRADLEY SELLERS, City of Warrensville

Heights GREG SKODA, Marcum LLP JOHN SKORY, FirstEnergy BRIAN SLIFE, Aon DALITHIA SMITH, Oatey KEVIN STEIN, TransDigm MARK STEINBERG, Excel Sports

Management DR. JON STEINBRECHER, Mid-American

Conference RANDY STEPHENS, Bally Sports Ohio ROBERT VECCHIONE, NACDA PAUL VOINOVICH, Vocon CHAS WITHERS, Dix & Eaton ALAN ZANG, US Bank

LIFETIME TRUSTEES

ROBERT KAIN JARED CHANEY MICHAEL J. CLEARY – in memoriam

ASSOCIATE BOARD MEMBERS 2021

ANGELA ALMASY, Dix & Eaton JOHN BANKS, The Shamrock Companies, Inc ELIZABETH BEARD, Topgolf ERICA CAMERON, Cerity Partners RAPHAEL COLLINS, Cleveland Guardians JOHN COUGHLIN, Gilbane Building Co. COURTNEY FALLON, Cleveland Guardians COURTNEY FOSTER, Clearsulting DORIYON GLASS, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP ROBERT GUY, WLS Stamping & Fabricating Company JAMES HOFBAUER, University

Hospitals JAELEN HOLLINGER, Cleveland

Foundation BROOKE HRADISKY, Kaulig Capital LACRETTA INCORVAIA, Reliable Solutions Group

TYLER JONES

JOHN KANE, Ancora JENNIFER KELLY, Funguys Events, LLC BILLY LAWLESS, The Brewer-Garrett Company ARIEL MCNAIR, EY

MATT MOOS

MARTY MORDARSKI, Tech Elevator BETH ORR, Dover Home Remodelers,

Inc. GREG PASIADIS, Marcum LLP BRIAN POE, IMG JASON ROTHMAN, Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP DR. MARIE SCHAEFER, Cleveland Clinic MATT SCHAEFER, Golden Reserve LLC CASEY SCHRADER, Oswald Companies BRADY SHEETS, NFP CHRISSY SIBA, MGM Northfield Park MICHAEL SKOLARIS, W.F. Hann & Sons TIM SMITH, Citizens JEFF TOLMAN, Cleveland Metroparks CONSTANTINE TSATIRIS, Grant

Thornton LLP PETER VAN EUWEN, BakerHostetler LLP RYAN VIRTUE, Positive Coaching

Alliance MIKE VURAICH, BDO USA LLP TOM WELSH, Calfee JONATHON WHITTLESEY, Squire

Patton Boggs

DEE & JIMMY HASLAM,

Owners, Cleveland Browns and Haslam Sports Group

DAN GILBERT,

Owner, Cleveland Cavaliers & Cleveland Monsters

PAUL DOLAN,

Owner/Chairman & CEO, Cleveland Guardians

SPORTS AWARDS EVENT CHAIRS

NIC BARLAGE, CHAIR

Cleveland Cavaliers

FRANK GALLUCCI, CHAIR

Plevin & Gallucci

DINNER COMMITTEE

GEORGE ALLEN, iHeartMedia DOMINIC BRAULT, Kaulig Companies DAVID BROWNING, CBRE, Inc. MICHAEL CONWAY, Beverage Distributors, Inc. BILL COSGROVE, Union Home Mortgage CURTIS DANBURG, Cleveland Guardians

JERRY DOYLE

RICK FEDOROVICH, Bober Markey Fedorovich JERRY GRISKO JR., CBIZ CHRIS KEIM, Frantz Ward BRIAN KELLY, PwC JOE KOHMANN, Westfield TOM LIBEG, Grant Thornton SCOTT LOKKE, JACK Entertainment SEAN RICHARDSON, Huntington RYAN RUHLMAN, Preformed Line Products DR. MARK SCHICKENDANTZ, Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine GREGORY SKODA, Marcum LLP BRIAN SLIFE, Aon

CINDY FLYNN, AUCTION

Union Home Mortgage

NOLAN GALLAGER, AUCTION

Gravitas Ventures

RANDY STEPHENS, Bally Sports Ohio JOSH STUDZINSKI, University Hospitals JENNER TEKANCIC, Cleveland Browns PETER VAN EUWEN, BakerHostetler PAUL VOINOVICH, Vocon

TO OUR PACKAGE PURCHASERS AS OF MARCH 16, 2022

INNER CIRCLE

Calfee Cleveland Browns Cleveland Cavaliers JIF Investments Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz McDonald Hopkins Oswald Companies Taylor Oswald Union Home Mortgage

PLATINUM LOUNGE

Ancora Browns Gibbons Lang & Company Cleveland Clinic Sports

Medicine FirstEnergy Frantz Ward FSM Capital Independence Excavating Kaulig Giving KeyBank Meaden & Moore Medical Mutual NPi Audio Visual Solutions

Plevin & Gallucci Supply Side USA U.S. Bank Union Home Mortgage DO GOOD WIN BIG $100 ENTERS YOU TO WIN A PAIR OF BROWNS, CAVS & GUARDIANS SEASON TICKETS GOLD CLUB Ancora Aon BakerHostetler Bally Sports Ohio BDO University Hospitals Sports Medicine Westfield Benesch Beverage Distributors Bober Markey Fedorovich Brookfield Properties CBIZ CBRE, Inc. Citizens Cleveland Clinic Sports Medicine Cleveland Guardians The Davey Tree Expert Company Deloitte Destination Cleveland Dix & Eaton Eaton Corporation EOX Vantage ESPN Cleveland/Good Karma Brands EY Fifth Third Bank First National Bank Gardiner Gilbane Building Company Global Prairie Gravitas Ventures Huntington iHeart Media Insurance Board JACK Entertainment The J.M. Smucker’s Company Jones Day Kaulig Media KeyBank KPMG Lincoln Electric Company Marcum LLP MCPc Medical Mutual Meritech Oatey Parker Hannifin Corporation Preformed Line Products PNC PwC The Shamrock Companies The Sherwin-Williams Company TransDigm USI Consulting Group Vocon Zin Technologies

PROCEEDS BENEFIT LOCAL NONPROFIT

SILVER CLUB

The BJCJ Group - Baird Cleveland State University Cohen & Company Grant Thornton Gymnastics World Harbor Bay Real Estate

Advisors Hilton Cleveland Downtown Mazzella Companies Mid-American Conference NACDA Newmark Knight Frank Plante Moran Radio One Cleveland Roetzel RPM International TeamWork Online thunder::tech