Track & field's Kouto Anyika (Philadelphia, Pa./Pennwood) and women's soccer's and lacrosse's Maura Kilkenny (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Little Flower Catholic) were recognized as the Holy Family Athletes of the Year by the Northeast Times at its annual banquet held at FOP Lodge 5 last Wednesday. 
 
Anyika qualified for both the NCAA Division II Indoor and Outdoor Championships in 2024. At the indoor championships in March, the sophomore qualified for the final with the fastest preliminary time, an indoor schedule record 47.01, to earn All-America honors. He will try repeat that performance at the outdoor championships this week, after qualifying with a school record of 46.89 at Widener's Paul Donahue Invite on April 20. 
 
Anyika also helped HFU capture both the East Coast Conference (ECC) Indoor Championship and Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Outdoor Championships this year. He was named the Most Outstanding Athlete of the ECC Championships after winning three golds, in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay. The Philadelphia native then captured four more medals at the CACC Championship, including gold in the 4x400m relay, as the Tigers won their first outdoor title in program history. 
 
Kilkenny was an All-CACC honoree in both soccer and lacrosse in 2023-24. She began the year being voted All-CACC for a third time in soccer, earning her second first team nod as she led HFU to a second CACC Championship Match in four seasons. The Huntingdon Valley, Pa. native led the league with 59 shots from the defensive midfield position, while also topping HFU and ranking top five in the conference with 25 shots on goal. She was second on the Tigers with four goals and third with two assists and eight points as well, leading to a second career All-Region selection. 
 
In the spring, Kilkenny helped the women's lacrosse team qualify for a fourth consecutive CACC Tournament as she earned her first career All-CACC accolade in the sport. The senior was second in the league with 53 ground balls and was sixth with 29 caused turnovers, which now rank second and fifth in the program's single-season history.