Winthrop Student Receives Malden Catholic’s Highest Athletic Honor

Winthrop native Jarrod Wardwell recently received Malden Catholic High School’s Lancer Award at their Winter Sports Awards Night. Wardwell is a three-sport athlete who competed as a distance and relay runner on Malden Catholic’s Varsity Indoor Track team.

Each season, the Malden Catholic Athletic Department and the school administration together recognizes one senior student-athlete for his contributions to academics, Christian service, and athletics. The award is presented before an audience comprised of faculty, students, and families. Wardwell was honored for athletic leadership reflecting his school citizenship. In presenting the award, Malden Catholic Cross Country Coach Justin Fitzgerald said the Lancer Award highlighted Jarrod’s “willingness to encourage his younger and less experienced teammates.  He wants to improve every day, but he also wants to help his teammates succeed.   He sets an excellent example for them to follow and has a work ethic that is contagious.”  Faculty member Robert Gregory called Wardwell “One of the most respectful, diligent, and upstanding young men in the class of 2019…and one of the finest representations of a  scholar-athlete in the entire student body.”