SuburbanOneSports.com recognizes a male and female featured athlete each week. The awards, sponsored by Univest, are given to seniors of good character who are students in good standing that have made significant contributions to their teams. Selections are based on nominations received from coaches, athletic directors and administrators.
Univest’s SuburbanOneSports.com Featured Female Athlete (Week of March 19, 2014)
Lauren Mosher, according to coach Beth Mattern, was the glue that kept this year’s successful Central Bucks South team together. “She was crucial in making everyone feel they mattered,” Mattern said of her all-league forward who averaged in the ballpark of 11 points and eight rebounds a game. “Lauren is not only special to me, but in general. These seniors started playing together in seventh grade. She embodied that on the court.” Mosher said she was merely paying it forward as a leader, remembering how she and fellow captain Alysha Lofton as the lone sophomores a few years back, were made to feel welcome by a group of seniors that included Madi Vitelli, with whom she will likely be reunited playing intramural basketball at Penn State. “The seniors on the team this year had been playing together since elementary school,” said Mosher. “From my own experience, I wanted to make everyone feel welcome and comfortable. If you don’t have chemistry on the team, it will hold you back for sure.”
Mosher is from a family headed by Navy Dad, Capt. Chris Mosher. Born in San Diego, Mosher has lived in Virginia Beach and Maryland – and also Naples, Italy – before settling in the area when she was in third grade (when Capt. Mosher was stationed in Philadelphia for a long-term assignment). When he was re-assigned to San Diego this year, the family chose to remain and ride the storm out. “It was different,” Mosher said. “I think it was more of a bummer for my dad. He loves coming to my games, and I’m sure he wanted to be at every one again this season. He comes back home a lot, but he couldn’t make all of them.”
When it came time to name captains, Mattern didn’t hesitate in giving that responsibility to Mosher. “She is a team captain because of the way she carries herself,” the Titans’ coach said. “If she makes a mistake, she takes responsibility. She conducts herself in a terrific manner. You feel like you wish you could coach her forever.”
Mosher’s play on the court was not lost on college coaches, but the final decision was to attend Penn State and not play basketball for keeps anymore. What impressed Mattern most about Mosher was that she did it all for the love of basketball. “When you look at her, Lauren doesn’t ask for credit,” the Titans’ coach said. “She just comes in, works hard and is supportive of her teammates. She is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever coached. She doesn’t ask for credit, but she deserves credit.”
To read Mosher’s complete profile, please click on the following link: http://www.suburbanonesports.com/featured-athletes/female/lauren-mosher-0042425
Univest’s SuburbanOneSports.com Featured Male Athlete (Week of March 12, 2014)
Francesco Fabozzi insists he didn’t display star qualities on the mat when he was a youngster, but the senior standout will leave Central Bucks East as the standard bearer of the school’s wrestling program. Fabozzi, who will be taking his talents to Princeton University, etched his name in the record books as the all-time leader in career wins with 147. “He’s about as complete a package as you can wish for as a coach,” East coach Dave Scarpill said. “He said before he even started his career that he was going to break the all-time win record, and he went and did it. Not only was he the winningest, he’s the only two-time region champ, the only two-time state medalist. The complete picture of his career is definitely one for the ages. I don’t know if that record will ever be broken.”
Fabozzi began to give glimpses of his potential in middle school, and it didn’t take long for Scarpill to realize he was inheriting a special athlete. “I have been coaching at East for 20 years, and I’ve never coached a kid who was as driven and focused and hard working,” the Patriots’ coach said. “It’s the old saying – nothing beats hard work. He outworks everybody. I’ve had kids that have had possibly more talent than him and have wasted the talent because they wouldn’t put in the work. You combine his natural talent with his hard work, and that’s why he ended up with so much success. He was just destined for success.”
As a freshman, Fabozzi finished fifth in districts and advanced to the region tournament, and a year later, he finished third in districts and fifth in regions. As both a junior and senior, he won gold at both districts and regions, finishing fifth in states as a junior and sixth this year. “This season didn’t end up the way I wanted, but it’s not going to be a low point for me,” Fabozzi said. “It’s going to be something that slingshots me to my college career and that’s going to make me want to do better and show that this season wasn’t really what I could have done. I could have done better.”
Wrestling for Princeton will be the culmination of a dream for Fabozzi, who carries the same traits into the classroom that he brought to the mat. “I had him in AP statistics, and he was a stellar student,” Scarpill said. “I would say he works just as hard in the classroom as he does in the wrestling room. He’s just the complete package.”
Fabozzi plans to major in economics with an interest in asset management.
To view Fabozzi’s complete profile, please click on the following link: http://www.suburbanonesports.com/featured-athletes/male/francesco-fabozzi-0042428
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