The Holy Family University men's track & field program swept the East Coast Conference (ECC) major awards for the 2023-24 indoor season, with Head Coach
Dwight Brandon,
Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College),
Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) and
Mike McGerry (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) all being honored.
Dwight Brandon – Coach of the Year
Brandon collects his fifth Coach of the Year award at HFU, including his second straight as the ECC Men's Coach of the Year, after leading the Tigers to the first ECC Championship in program history. In addition to being a two-time ECC Men's Coach of the Year, he is a three-time Women's Coach of the Year (two ECC and one CACC).
Holy Family was selected second in the preseason poll, but the Tigers comfortably won the title by 29 points over second place Roberts Wesleyan.
Nishorn Pierre (Grenada/Jamaica College) – Athlete of the Year
Pierre currently ranks top-two in the ECC with NCAA provisionals in all three jumping events, including first in both the high jump and triple jump.
His top marks of 2.15m in the high jump, 15.06m in the triple jump and 7.24m in the long jump rank eighth, 21st and 46th in Division II this season.
Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) – Most Outstanding Athlete of ECC Championships
Anyika captured three golds to play a part in 30 points at the ECC Championships.
The sophomore won two individuals golds, in the 200m and 400m, breaking both a championship and school record with a time of 21.71 in the former.
He was also part of the 4x400m relay team, along with
Kimani Smith (Smithville, Jamaica/Edwin Allen),
Nafis Zollicoffer (Philadelphia, Pa./Parkway West) and
J'kwann Hamilton (Smithville, Jamaica/Edwin Allen (New Mexico Highlands University)), that broke both a championship and near 10-year-old indoor school record after combining to finish in 3:20.60.
Mike McGerry (Philadelphia, Pa./Father Judge) – Elite 20 Award
The Elite 20 Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA competing in each of the ECC's Championships.
McGerry currently has a 3.98 cumulative GPA as a Criminal Justice major.
