The Colby C Club presents two annual recognitions: the C Club Person of the Year and the Carl E. Nelson Sports Achievement Award.
Submit Nomination for a C Club Award
C Club Person of Year Award
This award is presented annually to a member (or members) of the Colby family, not necessarily alumni, who have shown dedication and support to Colby athletics by his/her/their service to the College and particularly to athletics at the College.
C Club Person of the Year Recipients
- 1951 Cecil Clark ’05*
- 1952 Howard Ferguson ’31*
- 1953 C. Wallace Lawrence ’17*
- 1954 Clayton Johnson ’25*
- 1955 Joseph Wallace ’43, Gordon Jones ’40*
- 1956 Leonard Grant ’15*, Carl MacPherson ’26*
- 1957 Ludy Levine ’21*
- 1958 Ray Greene ’47*
- 1959 Clair Wood ’28*
- 1960 L. Russell Blanchard ’38*
- 1961 John Davan ’33*
- 1962 Jack Deering ’55
- 1963 Pacy Levine ’27*
- 1964 George Beach ’41
- 1965 Kershaw Powell ’51
- 1966 Clarence Dore ’39
- 1967 Frank Carpenter ’14*
- 1968 Carl Wright ’47
- 1969 John Kennedy ’13*
- 1970 Robert Lee ’51
- 1971 Roy Shorey, Jr. ’54
- 1972 William Bryan ’48
- 1973 Robert Burke ’61
- 1974 David O’Brien ’58
- 1975 Harold Alfond L.H.D. ’80
- 1976 Ted Hodgkins ’25*
- 1977 Bink Smith ’62
- 1978 Robert Sage ’49
- 1979 Thomas O’Donnell ’27*
- 1980 Arthur “Red” O’Halloran ’50
- 1981 Carl Nelson
- 1982 Robert Clifford, Jack Kelley, Lee Williams*, John Winkin
- 1983 Norman “Cy” Perkins ’32*
- 1984 Marjorie Bither
- 1985 John, Pete*, Mary*, Barbara Joseph
- 1986 Evelyn Kellett ’26*
- 1987 Clifford Came ’42*
- 1988 Thomas Lizotte ’74
- 1989 Dennis Dionne ’61
- 1990 Donald J. Short ’64
- 1991 Linda Mitchell Potter ’66, Wayne Fillback ’64, Peter Jaffe ’62
- 1992 Richard McGee
- 1993 Ormonde Brown ’51
- 1994 James Hayes ’76* (posthumously)
- 1995 William Marvin ’65
- 1996 Sid Farr ’55
- 1997 Art Brennan ’68
- 1998 L. Sandy Maisel, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government
- 1999 William R. Cotter, Lawrence R. Pugh ’56
- 2000 Edward Fraktman ’53
- 2001 Tom Austin
- 2002 Patricia Valavanis Smith ’80
- 2003 Alfond-Levine Family (Family of the Century)
- 2004 Jim Wescott
- 2005 Alex Wilson ’73
- 2006 Deborah Aitken
- 2007 Edward J. Burke Jr. ’60, P’86* (posthumously)
- 2008 Louis V. Zambello Jr. ’55
- 2009 Edward M. Woodin ’69
- 2010 Jill Gordon, Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy
- 2011 Richard L. Whitmore H’90, P’91
- 2012 James H. Crook ’78, P’11
- 2013 Karl Dornish Jr. ’54, P’81
- 2014 William L. Alfond ’72
- 2015 Carlton “Bud” Reed ’53* and Betty Cummings Reed P’75, ’76, ’78, ’86, GP’01,’02,’07,’08,’09,’11,’14,’17,’19 and family
- 2016 Don Rice ’56
- 2017 Joe Boulos ’68
- 2018 John J. “Jack” O’Neill III ‘ 77
- 2019 Alexander Buck Jr. ’78
- 2020 Anne O’Hanian Szostak ’72 and Michael Szostak ’72
- 2021 Douglas Terp ’84
* deceased
Carl E. Nelson Sports Achievement Award
Honoring a Colby person for achievement in the athletic world, this award was first presented in 1988 to Carl Nelson.
Carl E. Nelson Sports Achievement Award Recipients
- 1988 Carl Nelson
- 1989 Tom Whidden ’70
- 1990 Jan Volk ’68
- 1991 Curt Gowdy, Jr. ’75
- 1992 John Winkin
- 1993 Ronald Ryan ’62
- 1994 Eugene Hunter ’48
- 1995 John Simpson
- 1996 Jack Kelley
- 1997 Lee Williams
- 1998 Charles Holt
- 1999 Maureen Pine ’84, Carol Simon ’85, Carol Anne Beach ’88, Jen Holsten ’90, Katharine Cowperthwait ’91, Sura DuBow ’92
- 2000 Stephen Freyer ’68
- 2001 Elmer C. Bartels ’62
- 2002 Laura Halldorson
- 2003 No award given
- 2004 Boyd Sands ’59
- 2005 David Arseneault ’76
- 2006 Michel Picher ’67
- 2007 Richard J. McGee P’82
- 2008 Robert W. Auriemma ’59
- 2009 John “Swisher” Mitchell
- 2010 Reagan L. Carey ’01
- 2011 Richard L. Whitmore H’90, P’91
- 2012 Steven M. Curley ’60
- 2013 Norman P. Gigon ’59* (posthumously)
- 2014 Mark Serdjenian ’73
- 2015 Mark Kelley ’80
- 2016 Hilary Gehman ’93
- 2017 Eric DeCosta ’93
- 2018 Erika Ayers Nardini ’98
- 2019 Mark Jackson ’95
- 2020 Brian O’Halloran ’93
- 2021 Melinda Williams ’03