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- Team:
- Cross Country/Track & Field
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- Induction Year:
- 2023
Bio
Kawecki was the first head coach of the women's cross country and track & field program at CCSU and took over the men's team in 2002 after coming to the school as an assistant coach in 1979. His women's squads won consecutive cross-country titles in 1998 and 99 and won an NEC Women's Indoor Track & Field title in 2001. Kawecki mentored several standout individuals at CCSU, including three-time All-American Adrienne Pitts-Mink, ECAC 10,000m champion Heather Gardiner, and Nancy Wenzel-Sanregret who participated at the 1996 Olympic Trials. He also coached Stephanie Johnson to the 1998 NEC women's cross country individual title and Kim Crowley, the 1999 NEC Rookie of the Year. In addition to being a two-time NEC Women's Cross-Country Coach of the Year and the 2001 NEC Women's Indoor Track & Field Coach of the Year, Kawecki's teams earned Academic All-America status for having a 3.00 cumulative GPA.