WASSIF NAMED 2021 HETZEL AWARD WINNER
The Kutcher Foundation is proud to announce that Dylan Wassif, Senior volleyball player at The John Carroll School, has been named the 2021 recipient of The Larry Hetzel Volleyball Leadership Award.
A member of the volleyball team all four years at John Carroll, Wassif was ready to lead his teammates as a senior. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not the senior season he envisioned.
“I am so glad that in my freshman year I joined the volleyball team,” said Wassif. “I feel that it helped me to grow as a person and will help me in the future.”
Wassif becomes the 4th John Carroll Senior to receive this award. He joins Kyle Wedemeyer (2018), Nico Santoro (2019), and Micah Ensor (2020).
In the fall, he’ll be attending Salisbury University and plans to play for their club volleyball team.
A sudden battle with cancer took the life of “Coach” Larry Hetzel on the morning of August 15, 2017. The Kutcher Foundation established The Volleyball Leadership Award to honor the leadership of Coach Hetzel who impacted many lives at The John Carroll School. He had a true passion for volleyball, and as the coach at John Carroll, he developed leaders both on and off of the court. The Kutcher Foundation provides a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating John Carroll senior on the men’s volleyball team whose leadership skills were greatly influenced by their experience with the volleyball program.
Harrison Swartz
Director of PR/Communications and Events