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In November, 2006, the Nazareth College Womens’
Soccer team won its
seventh Empire 8 Conference (E8)
championship. Three players made the 2006 E8
All-Star first team: senior midfielder Rosie
Simiele, sophomore back Ashley Clinton, and
sophomore midfielder
Rachel Cushman. Rachel wears No. 9.
After three straight
years of elimination by shootout after the E8
championship game, Nazareth began the 2006 NCAA
Tournament on November 11th, at Elizabethtown,
NJ, against Montclair State. |
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In April, 2007,
Angela’s cousin
Bob Coniglio, Assistant Principal at Frontier High
School, became the eleventh of her relatives to receive
the
Angela
Coniglio Cousins Scholarship, as
he works towards his goal as an education superintendent
in the Superintendents Development Program,
through SUNY Oswego; and on May 24,
Christine Domres became the eleventh Amherst Central
High School senior girl to receive the Angela Y.
Coniglio Memorial Scholarship at ACHS. Christine
has been a perennial star on the school’s Section VI
championship teams in Varsity Field Hockey and Varsity
Lacrosse. She will continue her education at the State
University of New York at Fredonia (Fredonia State),
where she will be a Special Education major.
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Daisy Timlin was awarded Amherst Central High School’s Angela Y.
Coniglio Memorial Scholarship at the school ‘s
Awards Assembly on May 22, 2008. Daisy (who has sisters
named Ivy and Lily) is an excellent student who starred
in Tennis, Basketball, and Lacrosse for the Lady Tigers.
She was a four-year tennis player who helped Amherst win
the Division II tite in 20007 at second singles. A
captain in 2008, she was also a co-winner of the Coach’s
Award.
A three-year member of
the varsity basketball program, Daisy was a co-captain
in 2008, using her athletic talents to excel as a guard,
handling the ball and becoming a defensive specialist
throughout her senior season. She contribute 51 points,
31 steals, and 42 rebounds over the winter, and was the
recipient of the Coach’s Award and the Dedicated Bob
Hettler Award, for the ‘07-‘08 season, appropriate,
since Hettler was Angela’s coach.
Daisy also plays on the
Lacrosse team, which won the
sectional playoffs, with Daisy scoring five goals. Her personality, enthusiasm, and hard work
guarantee her future success at St. Bonaventure
University, at Lacrosse, and in her chosen field,
education. |
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Daisy sent us the following note, which only
reinforces our pride in Angela, for
inspiring such a fine young lady: |
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Dear Coniglio
Family:
I am so humbled by this
wonderful honor that
words escape me.
Angela's
contribution to
women's sports and
more importantly to
everyone she touched
is beyond inspiring.
As I read her life
story I just could
not believe the
similarities between
us!
How could anyone know that I
too had my own
unique way of
pronouncing words;
grasshopper has
never been
pronounced the same
after I renamed them
"assgroppers".
One of my first
songs, Home on the
Range, became "where
the deer and the
ants go to play";
forget the
antelopes!
Your memories of her
childhood are so
vivid that it
brought all of my
wonderful memories
back, and I thank
you from the bottom
of my heart for
this.
I am always so impressed
when I read of women
athletes who have
made such an impact
before Title IX.
I have reaped the
benefits of Angela,
who has allowed me
to pursue my love of
sports. I am a
little nervous and
yet very excited to
attend St.
Bonaventure next
year and play
lacrosse. My
parents have warned
me that a Division I
school will be
challenging, but I
can't wait to get
started with my new
and exciting life of
college, lacrosse,
and most importantly
teaching and
coaching. My
lacrosse coach, Mrs.
Battaglia has always
told us that we must
give back to the
sport that has given
us so much, and I
can only hope to
give back half as
much as Angela.
Again, thank you so much
for this tremendous
honor! When I
begin school next
year at St.
Bonaventure, I will
think of Angela and
try to be true to
her spirit and
legacy.
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Sincerely Yours,
Daisy Timlin |
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P.S. I
wanted you to know
that when I received
this award, my mom
was telling a good
friend about Angela.
Little did she know
that her friend Mary
Sinclair
McGuire not only
lived across the
street from you, but
also used to
baby-sit Angela and
Angelo. She
remembered your
family with great
fondness and wishes
you the best. |
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Daisy also made the 2008 WNY
All-Star Lacrosse Team.
Click here. |
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