Ryan Lopynski Memorial Award
The Dominion Country Club League honors the (male) swimmer who most exemplifies sportsmanship, leadership, dedication, and team spirit.
About the Ryan Lopynski Award of Excellence
The DCCL Ryan Lopynski Trophy is awarded annually to a 15-18 year old boy in recognition of his excellence in "sportsmanship, leadership, dedication and team spirit." This honoree will be selected from nominations submitted by the coach of each DCCL team. The recipient's name will be engraved on the trophy annually at the conclusion of the swim season and will be presented at the All Star Finals Awards Ceremony.
This trophy was created to honor the memory of Ryan Lopynski, a veteran league participant from The Country Club of Fairfax. Ryan, who passed away April 26, 2009 at the age of 18, swam for CCF for ten years until he graduated from Robinson Secondary School and went to Virginia Tech, where he distinguished himself as a student, friend and young man of promise. CCF Coach Tom Verdin said, "Ryan truly exemplified the qualities that this Trophy seeks to honor in our swimmers. He served as an outstanding role model of sportsmanship and dedication for our team."
In 2013, The Ryan Lopynski Big Heart Foundation (www.ryanlopynski.org), a 501c-3 public foundation, was established to honor Ryan and to increase public awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest through education and action. By exposing SCA as a grave health risk that claims the lives of 30 young adults per week in the US, the hope is to empower our families and communities, to reduce the occurrence of SCA and save lives.
Ryan Lopynski Award of Excellence Winners
- 2025 Zach Suarez International Country Club
- 2024 Hank Holden Country Club of Fairfax
- 2023 Michael Kenny Country Club of Fairfax
- 2022 Kabir Chugh International Country Club
- 2021 George Divone Trump National Golf Club
- 2020 N/A No Season – COVID 19
- 2019 Will Koeppen Riverbend Golf & Country Club
- 2018 Alex Cann Westwood Country Club
- 2017 Jack Wyant Country Club of Fairfax
- 2016 James Morissey Riverbend Golf & Country Blub
- 2015 Connor McGrath Country Club of Fairfax
- 2014 Nick Kulick Evergreen Country Club
- 2013 Connor Chess Country Club of Fairfax
- 2012 Ryan Natal Trump National Golf Club
- 2011 Michael Speer Springfield Golf & Country Club
- 2010 Will Henry Mullins Country Club of Fairfax
- 2009 Alex Rudolph International Country Club
