AthleticHall of Fame Inductee
JOSEJOZIK (B’82)
In May, Jose Jozik (B’82) was inducted to the Athletic Hall of
Fame during the Middle School Sports Banquet. Jozik began his
“sportscareer”growinguponMacDill Air ForceBaseand inSouth
Tampa playing soccer, football, basketball, bowling, table tennis
and cross country, earning 1st-place trophies in each. He was an
all-county and all-state soccer player and part of the Florida State
Championship Select Soccer team during his 8th-grade year at
BoysAcademy. Jozik’snominator says, “Jose isanobviouschoice
for the AHN Athletic Hall of Fame. He was a remarkable athlete,
using his gifts to help his teams succeed. He continues to be a
remarkablegraduate, friend, husbandand father.”
While attending Boys Academy, Jozik was a member of the
undefeated basketball team, the soccer team and track team. Not
surprisingly, he was voted Most Athletic by his classmates. He
graduated from Boys Academy and went on to Jesuit, where he
continued his athletic career, playing basketball, soccer, track,
baseball and football.Hewas thecaptainof the1985 team thatbeat
thecitychampions,Gaither, in the last gameof theseason. Jozik is
alsoamember of Jesuit’sAthleticHall of Fame.
Jozik graduated from Jesuit in 1986 and received a congressional
appointment to the United States Military Academy; however he
chose togo toPrincetonUniversity,wherehecontinuedhis football
career playing for the Princeton Tigers. Jozik graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts in history in 1990. Working in human resources
formore than 20 years, Jozik is currently the director of HR at EA
Sports inOrlando, Fla.
Inhisacceptancespeech, Jozikadvised theattendeesof four items
to adhere to in their lives, “Have a vision and purpose; you are
going to come across lots of divergent paths in your life. Live in
themoment, but thinkbeyond it. Persevere; youaregoing tocome
across lots of different challenges in your life. Pursue everything
with energy, drive and a need to finish. Have a core set of values;
youaregoing tocomeacross lotsofdecisionpoints inyour life.Act
in linewith thosevalues.Havecompassion; youaregoing tocome
across lots of people in your life. Always be available and ready to
help thosewhomayneed it.”
Jose Jozik (B’82), center, withwifeErin anddaughter Laurel.
Colleen Doherty (A’15) was named the FHSAA female Scholar-
Athleteof theYear at abanquet in Junehonoring the24members
of Florida’s 2015 Academic All-State Team. For her achievement,
she received a $3,000 scholarship in addition to the $1,000 she
receivedwhenshewasnamed to theAcademicAll-StateTeam.
Dohertygraduated fromAHNwith a4.67GPA, is amember of the
NationalHonorSocietyand isanAdvancedPlacementScholarwith
Distinction. She earned 14 varsity letters in cross country, track
and field, and basketball. Doherty is the school record holder in
the 5K and part of the school-record-holding 4x800 relay team.
Community service played an important role in her high school
career, as she volunteered her time at Tampa General Hospital,
Humane Society of Tampa Bay andBoys andGirls Club of Tampa
Bay. She was also a Dominican Republicmission trip leader. She
will attend the University of Virginia in the fall where she plans to
followapre-medicine track.
COLLEENDOHERTY (A’15)
Dohertywith cross country and track coachRayRodriguez,
AthleticDirector KevinVargas, andbasketball coach and
Assistant AthleticDirector ChrisSeverini.
COLLEENDOHERTY (A’15) NAMED
FHSAA FEMALESCHOLAR-ATHLETEOF THEYEAR
THREE-SPORTVARSITYATHLETES
EricaDierks
crosscountry, soccer, trackand field
ColleenDoherty
crosscountry, basketball, trackand field
KatherineHahn
crosscountry, basketball, trackand field
SiobhanLynch
crosscountry, basketball, trackand field
JuliaMetzger
crosscountry, soccer, trackand field
GretchenSwenson
crosscountry, soccer, trackand field
2015SENIOR
ATHLETEOFTHEYEAR
ColleenDoherty
COACHESOFTHEYEAR
Bill Shaffer
TampaTribuneGirlsSwimming
Coachof theYear
RayRodriguez
TampaTribuneGirlsCrossCountry
Coachof theYear, TampaBayTimes
GirlsCrossCountryCoachof theYear
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