The Hope soccer team, South Kingstown tennis coach Andy Carr and Bishop Hendricken were among those honored at the inaugural Cox Rhode Island Sports Awards, last Thursday at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

Here are more details in a release provided by Cox Sports Television:

Over 100 of Rhode Island’s top scholar-athletes, Boston Celtic and former Providence College All-American Ryan Gomes and Big East Commissioner Michael Tranghese were among those honored last night at the first annual Cox Rhode Island Sports Awards presented by Amica. The event was held last night at the Providence Performing Arts Center. Cox Sports Television (www.cox-sports.com) recognized the Ocean State’s best high school scholar-athletes from each sport for every season at the event and will broadcast a highlight show of the Rhode Island Sports Awards on June 24 at 7 p.m.

Here is a sport by sport breakdown of last night’s winners:

Boys Soccer - Hope High School - Winston Smith
Football - North Kingstown - Chancellor Logan
Boys X-Country - Prout - Joseph Siravo
Girls Tennis - South Kingstown - Kerry Yang
Girls Volleyball - Prout - Piper Chapman
Girls X-Country - St. Mary's - Christina Nelson
Girls Soccer - Scituate - Erica Florenz
Field Hockey - Moses Brown - Sarah Engle
Boys Indoor Track - Classical - Michael Lauro
Boys Basketball - Bishop Hendricken - David Rufful
Girls Basketball - Smithfield - Jenna Buffi
Girls Indoor Track - Lasalle - Jeanne Mack
Gymnastics - Exeter/WG - Khiara LaBrie
Boys Hockey - Ponaganset - Derek Rogala
Girls Hockey - Bishop Keough - Megan Belmont
Wrestling - Mt. Hope - Kenneth Murgo
Boys Swimming - South Kingstown - Ryan Garr
Girls Swimming - PCD - Marguerite Farrington
Baseball - Portsmouth - Ryan Westmoreland
Softball - Warwick Vets - Stephanie Morse
Boys Tennis - N. Providence - Sean Abernathy
Boys Volleyball - E. Providence - James Boyce
Golf - Tiverton HS - Ben Conway
Boys Track - Bishop Hendricken - Andrew Palumbo
Girls Track - La Salle - Erin Neville
Boys Lacrosse - Prout - Will Kopelcheck
Girls Lacrosse - Rocky Hill - Hannah Knowles

In addition to showcasing the state’s best scholar-athletes from Woonsocket to Westerly, the top college athletes were honored. Providence College basketball standout Herbert Hill and Rhode Island College softball star Nicole Riley were recognized as the Ocean State’s Male and Female College Athletes of the Year, respectively.

The evening also featured the presentation of the Breakthrough Athlete of the Year to Boston Celtic and former Providence College All-American Ryan Gomes and the Vanguard Award to BIG EAST Commissioner Mike Tranghese. Boston Celtics President Richard Gotham and BIG EAST founder Dave Gavitt presented those awards to the award winners..

Rounding out the Cox RI Sports Awards was the announcement of the Rhode Island High School Team of the Year, Coach of the Year and School of the Year. The winners were:

Team of the Year:
· Hope High School Boys’ Soccer

Coach of the Year:
· South Kingstown Tennis Coach Andy Carr

School of the Year:
· Bishop Hendricken High School

The Female and Male Scholar Athletes of the Year highlighted the end of the show; Stephanie Morse from Warwick Vets and Winston Smith from Hope were honored as the 2007 Scholar Athletes of the Year and awarded a scholarship.