MADNESS 2012 was a sold out event that raised over $650,000 for the student-athletes of New Heights! Honoring Kieran Goodwin, Mike Ryan and Li’Esha Garcia and with special guests Jim Cramer, Chris Drury and Charles Smith in attendence, the event was better than ever! Than you all for all your support and for being champions for New Heights!

Check out some of the pictures from the night, as well as the recap video!

Many thanks go out to the MADNESS Host Committee and our generous sponsors. Thanks for being champions for New Heights, we could not have done this without you!

Host Committee:

Mike Abbate                                                              Zaid Abdul-Aleem
Neal Arthur                                                                            Dean Backer
Nick Blatchford                                                                Randy Burkert
Andrew Colao                                                        Trina & Jeff Coviello
Peter Farnsworth                                                               Aaron Finkel
Steven Goldstein                                                                      Leo Greco
Gary Kane                                                                                 Steve Keller
Sherri King & Pat O’Connor                                             Rocky Kurita
Christian Lawless                                                                Nina Lesavoy
Meghan Mackay & Allen Thorpe                                    Rob Mutone
Mark Patricof                                         Purnima Puri & Rich Barrera
Dana Randall                                                                            John Reilly
Richard Roberts                                                                       John Rodin
Marc Ross                                                                                        Pat Ryan
Joseph Samberg                                              Scott & Nicky Saunders
Ellen Schoninger                                                                    Eric Sealove
Ted Smith                                                                                 Ron Trichon
Jason Vivas                                                                     Greg Weinberger
Augie Wolf                                                                            Vicki Zubovic

Sponsors:

 Hall of Fame Sponsor

 Ashok Varadhan

Final Four Sponsors:

The Mackay/Thorpe Family, Michael & Rosemary Ryan

Elite Eight Sponsors:

Anna & Dean Backer – BBDO – Bulldogs Care – Glenview Capital – Goldman Sachs – Sherri King & Pat O’Connor – Rocky & Sarah Kurita – Ellen & Richard Schoninger – South Ferry Capital Management –  Ron Trichon – Gregory Weinberger

Sweet Sixteen Sponsors:

Asis Capital Management – Barclay’s Capital – Kerri & Richard Bartlett – Elton Brand – Brian Broadbent – Brian Budhram – CapRok Capital & Jon Emswiler – Credit Suisse – Benjamin & Barbara Denihan – Deutsche Bank — Justin Gmelich – Jaclyn Green – Holborn Corporation & Leo Driscoll – Michael Jones – Peter Mullen – Duncan Niederauer – Protege Partners – Michael Schmidtberger – Nomura Securities – Wallachbeth Capital & Scott Saunders – Matt van Arkel – Weeden and Co. – Wieden + Kennedy- August & Anne Wolf

MVP Sponsors:

Berkowitz Family Foundation – Randy Burkert – Valentino D. Carlotti – Barry Dennis – Deutsche Bank –  Franklin Edmonds – Peter Fansworth – William Frischling – Kieran Goodwin – Kevin Griffin – Jeffrey Jaenicke – Gary Kane – Steve Keller – Cliff Lanier – Richard & Cynthia McKinney-Power – Thomas McNicholas – Robert Mutone – Prakash Narayanan – Philip Nisbet – Irene & John O’Neill – Alan & Susan Patricof – David Patterson – Daniel Keegan – William Rahm – Richard Roberts – Edward Rubin – Patrick Ryan – Andrew Schoenfeld – Alan Schwartz – Craig Snyder – Doug Spitz – Theodore Wang – Stephen Wise – Adam Yarnold – Vicki Zubovic

All-Star Sponsors:

Con Accibal – David Mitchell – Morgan Stanley – Jason Vivas

Don’t forget to visit our Facebook page for more photos!

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Team New Heights is now accepting applications for the upcoming half-marathon, which will take place on March 18th.

To join the team, please  fill out the commitment form here.

Be a champion for New Heights student-athletes!

Monday, January 2^nd

12pm                LaSalle Academy (Manhattan) vs. WHEELS (Manhattan)

2pm                  Brooklyn Collegiate (BK) vs. Collegiate (Manhattan)

4pm                  Wadleigh (Manhattan) vs. Xaverian (Brooklyn)

6pm                  Bishop Ford (Brooklyn) vs. Cardinal Hayes (Bronx)

(Winning team in bold)

Media Coverage

Articles:

Collegiate makes statement with impressive victory over PSAL power:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/huff_collegiate_send_statement_with_kp9FLyEjP3qSbACg37AJgN#ixzz1iPyaUx2i

Burns makes sure sluggish Xaverian holds off Wadleigh:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/burns_makes_sure_sloppy_xaverian_M15VNlGgfoRUMmcEawaiDL#ixzz1iPz3PZnk

Boys basketball roundup: Hayes rebounds after slow start, tops Ford:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/boys_basketball_roundup_hayes_rebounds_AhazckRV5nqcy6tZ7YR1GJ#ixzz1iPzGsL6D

Photos:

Collegiate – BK Collegiate:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/collegiate_brooklyn_collegiate_yM904FwLnFJUZVY2Rd4zNP

Xaverian – Wadleigh:

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/high_school/basketball/xaverian_wadleigh_0301IPcTWN1GfR8THe3hZJ