Crapol Award 2010: Peter Christmas

The 2010 Crapol Award winner is #16 sophomore midfielder Peter Christmas of Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Peter Christmas Bio SENIOR YEAR (2010) Appeared in four matches, earning one start ...

JUNIOR YEAR (2009) Saw time in seven matches coming off the bench for the Tribe … Played a season-high 27 minutes in the College’s 2-0 win at American … Recorded a shot on-goal in the Green and Gold’s 1-0 victory at Georgia State …

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2008) Appeared in 13 matches, earning his first career start against James Madison (10/1) ... Recorded two shots on goal in seven attempts ...

FRESHMAN YEAR (2007) Came off the bench and appeared in 10 games as a reserve midfielder … Saw the first action of his career in the Tribe’s season-opening 1-0 win over Elon …

HIGH SCHOOL Named the Pac-6 Conference Player of the Year as a senior ... A first-team all-state and all-region selection in 2007 ... Selected to the East sqaud in the 16th annual NCCA East-West All-Star Soccer Game … Named all-conference as a junior and senior after earning honorable mention honors as a sophomore ... Team MVP and co-captain in 2006 and 2007 ... Participated in the North Carolina State Games each of the last two years ... Selected to the USL Super Y ODP National Camp in 2007 ... Finished his senior season with 10 goals and eight assists ... A three-year letterwinner for Mike Ingram at East Chapel Hill ... Played club soccer for Triangle FC ... A member of the National Honor Society and was part of the Freshman Mentor Program ...

PERSONAL Son of David and Jody Christmas ... Brother, Patrick, is a senior co-captain for the Swarthmore College men’s soccer team ... Enjoys running and watching movies.

Inaugural Crapol Award and the Crapol Scholarship

Crapol Award

The 2009-2010 winner of the William & Mary men’s soccer team’s Crapol Award is Preston Whitlock of Stafford, Virginia. In May, Preston received his B.S. degree in neuroscience. A walk-on senior on the W&M team, Preston received minimal playing time. However, in the words of Coach Chris Norris, “Preston Whitlock is a tremendous young man who embodies everything good about college athletics.  He was the ultimate teammate. Despite his consistent hard work not often translating into game experience, his influence was critical to the success of our teams”.  Preston did score in the one game he played in, against the University of Richmond.

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DiNuzzo

Andrew E. Crapol Scholarship

The first recipient of the Andrew E. Crapol Soccer Scholarship is Michael DiNuzzo of Woodbridge, Virginia. Going into his senior season this fall, Michael has been a three year starter for the Tribe. He was also elected as one of the co-captains for W&M men’s soccer this fall. Coach Norris say: “Michael DiNuzzo is a warrior who has consistently proved doubters wrong.  A modestly heralded recruit, Mike's determination and commitment has seen him start every game since his arrival in Williamsburg.  He is arguably the most respected player on the team and that respect has earned him the captaincy in his senior year.”

These two outstanding young men represent well the spirit of Andy Crapol in the W&M men’s soccer program.

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