Senior Erik Manditch received the Newton South baseball program’s highest honor, The Commitment to Excellence Award, at South’s spring sports banquet. As a three sport athlete at South, Erik has been a leader as a one-year football captain and as a two-year baseball captain as well as the recipient of the Team Leadership award as chosen by his football teammates for his character and leadership. On the baseball field he was a second team DCL all-star in 2013 and a first team DCL all-star in 2014. A stellar student as well as an athlete, he will matriculate at Skidmore College where he will major in Economics and hopes to play for the baseball team.