Michael D. Rakov Memorial Award

Michael D. Rakov '57 Bio and Award

Awarded annually at the close of the football season to the member of the Williams varsity football team who, in the opinion of his coaches, is the most improved lineman, and who possesses superior qualities of leadership, aggressiveness, and determination.

Michael D. Rakov Award
Year	Recipient
2025	Anthony Scala ’26
2024	Michael Tartaglia ’24
2023	Henry Walsh ’23
2022	Calvin Jackson ’24 John Freeman ’23
2021	Justin Burke ’22
2020	No Season
2019	Jeff MacArthur ’20
2018	Oscar Unobskey ’20
2017	Ellis Eaton ’18
2016	Sam Gowen ’18
2015	Jack Ryan ’16
2014	Eric Davis ’17
2013	Charlie Grossnickle ’16
2012	David Baker ’13
2011	Pete Christiani ’13
2010	Graham McCulloch ’11
2009	Mike McGuire ’10
2008	Charlie Birns ’09
2007	Andrew DeSalvo ’08 James Bierman ’08
2006	Michael Elsert ’08 Christopher Kenney ’07
2005	Michael Saracco ’06
2004	Caleb Bliss ’05
2003	Frederick Ludwig ’06
2002	Justin Classen ’03 Andrew Maurer ’04
2001	Garrett DiCarlo ’03
2000	Robert Houle ’01
1999	Wyeth Lynch ’00
1998	Christopher Sweatman ’00
1997	Alfred Dugan ’98
1996	Robert Hyland IV ’97
1995	Justin Williams ’96
1994	Nathan Sleeper ’95 Bartholomew Ronan ’95
1993	Thomas Day ’94
1992	Rives Nolen ’94
1991	Eugene Klein Jr. ’92
1990	Michael Abbruzzese ’91
1989	James Roy Jr. ’91
1988	Andrew Allen ’91
1987	Joseph Thompson ’89
1986	John Ciolek ’87
1985	Taylor Watts ’87
1984	James Franz ’87
1983	Paul Coleman Jr. ’85
1982	Steven Jaffe ’83
1981	Michael Hawkins ’83
1980	Stephen Doherty ’82
1979	Bruce Kneuer ’80
1978	Donald Rice ’79
1977	Todd Eckerson ’78
1976	Peter Tuttle ’78
1975	James Spaulding ’77
1974	David Kurfess ’76
1973	Bryan Smith ’75
1972	Jeffrey Boltz ’73
1971	Thomas Cesarz ’72
1970	Stephen Creahan ’73
1969	Reginold Pierce III ’72
1968	James Lapierre ’69
1967	William Calfee ’68
1966	Paul Lipof ’67
1965	Alfred Kirkland ’66
1964	Paul Kimball Jr. ’65
1963	Kenneth Griffith ’64
1962	Alvin Hageman III ’64
1961	Daniel Crowley ’62
1960	Rawson Lowden ’59
1959	Louis Guzzetti Jr. ’61
1958	Robert Lowden ’59
1957	George Vare Jr. ’58
1956	Karl Schoeller ’58