Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 1/28/16
From Press Release

Malvern Preo’s Drew Schantz, Salesianum School’s Ryan Kern and Tower Hill’s Andrew Pettit have been named as recipients of the annual Peter Ortale Memorial Fund Award by the Duke’s Lacrosse Club for 2015.

Duke’s LC Peter Ortale Scholarship winners are Drew Schantz (Malvern Prep/Notre Dame), Andrew Pettit (Tower Hill/Lehigh) and Ryan Kern (Salesianum/Navy)

The scholarship awards of $1,000 may be used toward their college expenses. Kern (goalie) is playing lacrosse at Navy Prep this year, Pettit (attackman) is playing at Lehigh and Schantz (midfielder) at Notre Dame.

The Award was created both to honor Ortale – a former Duke’s player who passed away while working at the World Trade Center in the 9-11 terrorist act – and to support the Duke’s mission to support tradition, sportsmanship and community service.

Kern, Pettit and Schantz were chosen for their positive attributes and contributions to the Duke’s LC.

Ortale, a Penn Charter graduate, starred at Duke. Ortale was 37 years old and working as a securities broker for Euro Brokers Inc. when the World Trade Center was attacked.

Kern was the Phillylacrosse.com Delaware Co-Player of the Year (along with Pettit) and led Salesianum to the state championship in 2015. He was a US Lacrosse All-American.

Pettit, aside from his Co-Player of the Year honor, was a US Lacrosse All-American and First-Team All-State pick. He had 59 goals and 42 assists, leading the Hillers to a berth in state semifinals.

Schantz was a US Lacrosse All-American who had 27 goals, 13 assists, and 64 groundballs and led the Friars to a tie for second in the Inter-Ac League.

Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 1/26/16
From Press Release

Avon Grove’s Will Schreiner (now a sophomore goalie at Penn State), Salesianum School’s Freddy Freibott (now a sophomore defensemen at Ohio State) and Wyomissing’s Scott McAvoy (now a sophomore at Lafayette) have been named as recipients of the annual Peter Ortale Memorial Fund Award by the Duke’s Lacrosse Club.

Duke’s LC Peter Ortale Scholarship winners Freddy Freibott (Salesianum/Ohio State), Scott McAvoy (Wyomissing/Lafayette) and Will Schreiner (Avon Grove/Penn State)

The award was from the 2014 high school season.

The scholarship awards of $1,000 each may be used toward their college expenses. The Award was created both to honor Ortale – a former Duke’s player who passed away while working at the World Trade Center in the 9-11 terrorist act – and to support the Duke’s mission to support tradition, sportsmanship and community service.

Schreiner, Freibott and McAvoy were chosen for their positive attributes and contributions to the Duke’s LC.

Ortale, a Penn Charter graduate, starred at Duke. Ortale was 37 years old and working as a securities broker for Euro Brokers Inc. when the World Trade Center was attacked.

Schreiner was a US Lacrosse and Under Armour All-American, and had a .64 save percentage, a 5.34 goals against average and 237 saves in 2014. He led the Devils to the District 1 title and a PIAA finals berth.

Freibott was a US Lacrosse All-American and First-Team All-State pick in 2014 who collected 83 groundballs and seven goals. He helped the Sals reach the state final.

McAvoy earned US Lacrosse Academic All-American and All-Berks First Team in 2014. He was a member of the National Honor Society and was an AP Scholar.

Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 1/6/14

Abington’s Austin Pifani, La Salle’s Matt Rambo and St. Augustine Prep’s Michael Sutton have been named as recipients of the annual Peter Ortale Memorial Fund Award by the Duke’s Lacrosse Club.

The scholarship awards of $1,000 may be used toward their college expenses. Pifani (defenseman) is playing lacrosse at North Carolina this year, Rambo (attackman) is playing at Maryland and Sutton (midfielder) at Penn State.

St. Augustine Prep’s Michael Sutton (left), La Salle’s Matt Rambo (center) and Abington’s Austin Pifani were named recipients of the Peter Ortale Award

The Award was created both to honor Ortale – a former Duke’s player who passed away while working at the World Trade Center in the 9-11 terrorist act – and to support the Duke’s mission to support tradition, sportsmanship and community service.

Pifani, Rambo and Sutton were chosen for their positive attributes and contributions to the Duke’s LC. Ortale, a Penn Charter graduate, starred at Duke. Ortale was 37 years old and working as a securities broker for Euro Brokers Inc. when the World Trade Center was attacked.

Last year Pifani earned US Lacrosse All-American honors, played in the Under Armour Senior All-American Game and was All-Phillylacrosse.com while leading Abington to the District 1 playoffs.

Rambo was the Phillylacrosse.com Player of the Year in leading La Salle to the PIAA state championship. Rambo also was the Under Armour Senior All-American Game MVP and a US Lacrosse All-American.

Sutton was a US Lacrosse All-American who also played in the Under Armour All-American Game.

Last year’s winners of the Peter Ortale Scholarship were Abington’s Ryan Ambler and Garnet Valley’s Ryan Guittare. In 2011 the winners were Chestnut Hill Academy’s Corbin Booker and Penn Charter’s Joey Sankey. In its inaugural year, Avon Grove’s Tim Golder and Upper Merion’s Nate Hare were the recipients.

Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 8/24/12

Abington’s Ryan Ambler and Garnet Valley’s Ryan Guittare have been named as recipients of the annual Peter Ortale Memorial Fund Award by the Duke’s Lacrosse Club.

Peter Ortale Award winners Ryan Ambler (left) of Abington and Ryan Guittare of Garnet Valley

The scholarship awards of $1,500 may be used toward their college expenses. Guittare (defenseman) will play lacrosse at Penn State this year and Ambler (attackman) will play at Princeton.

The Award was created both to honor Ortale – a former Duke’s player who passed away while working at the World Trade Center in the 9-11 terrorist act – and to support the Duke’s mission to support tradition, sportsmanship and community service.

Ambler and Guittare were chosen for their positive attributes and contributions to the Duke’s LC. Ortale, a Penn Charter graduate, starred at Duke. Ortale was 37 years old and working as a securities broker for Euro Brokers Inc. when the World Trade Center was attacked.

This year Ambler earned US Lacrosse All-American honors and was All-Phillylacrosse.com while collecting 46 goals and 48 assists. He helped lead Abington to the District 1 quarterfinals.

This year Guittare was named to the Under Armour All-American team and earned First team All-Central and High Honorable Mention All-Phillylacrosse.com honors. He helped the Jaguars to the District 1 championship game and a berth in the state tournament.

Last year’s winners of the Peter Ortale Scholarship were Chestnut Hill Academy’s Corbin Booker and Penn Charter’s Joey Sankey. In its inaugural year, Avon Grove’s Tim Golder and Upper Merion’s Nate Hare were the recipients.

Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/24/11 

Penn Charter senior attackman and Chestnut Hill Academy senior goalie/midfielder Corbin Booker have been named as recipients of the annual Peter Ortale Memorial Fund Award by the Duke’s Lacrosse Club.

Peter Ortale Memorial Award winners for 2011 are Penn Charter's Joey Sankey (second from right) and Chestnut Hill Academy's Corbin Booker (not pictured). Accepting the scholarship awards for their teammates are Duke's L.C. captains and All-Americans (from left) Bryan Garrrahan (Archmere Academy), Matt Rambo (La Salle), and Ryan Ambler (Abington).

The scholarship awards of $1,500 may be used toward their college expenses. Sankey will play lacrosse at North Carolina next year and Booker will play at Brown.
The Award was created both to honor Ortale – a former Duke’s player who passed away while working at the World Trade Center in the 9-11 terrorist act – and to support the Duke’s mission to support tradition, sportsmanship and community service.

Sankey and Booker were chosen for their positive attributes and contributions to the Duke’s LC. Ortale, a Penn Charter graduate, starred at Duke. Ortale was 37 years old and working as a securities broker for Euro Brokers Inc. when the World Trade Center was attacked.

This year Sankey earned US Lacrosse All-American honors for the second year in a row and was named to the Under Armour All-American Team. He had 58 goals and 51 assists and led the Quakers to a 12-11 season and a berth in the Inter-Ac Invitational semifinals.

Sankey also was instrumental in organizing a major fund-raising program called “Score for the Cure” to raise money for the family of teammate Shane Carr, whose father, Dan Carr, the popular Philly lacrosse supporter, passed away just before the season began.

Booker has been a standout at both midfield and goalie for Chestnut Hill Academy and the Dukes L.C. He plans to study Media Broadcasting at Brown.

Last year’s inaugural winners of the Peter Ortale Scholarship were Upper Merion’s Nate Hare (Robert Morris) and Avon Grove’s Tim Golder (Penn State).

Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 5/13/10

Avon Grove senior attackman Tim Golder and Upper Merion senior attackman Nate Hare have been named as recipients of the Inaugural Peter Ortale Memorial Fund Award by the Duke’s Lacrosse Club.

The scholarship awards of $1,250 can be used toward their college expenses. Golder will play lacrosse at Penn Sate next year and Hare will play at Robert Morris.

The Award was created both to honor Ortale – a former Duke’s player who passed away while working at the World Trade Center in the 9-11 terrorist act – and to support the Duke’s mission to support tradition, sportsmanship and community service.

Golder and Hare were chosen for their positive attributes and contributions to the Duke’s LC. Ortale, a Penn Charter graduate, starred at Duke. Ortale was 37 years old and working as a securities broker for Euro Brokers Inc. when the World Trade Center was attacked.

Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 9/13/11

Peter K. Ortale, a former Penn Charter and Duke University lacrosse standout who was killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11, was recently remembered in a special article by his former college professor on Duke Today.

Ortale, of Northeast Philadelphia, was 37 and working for Euro Brokers on the 84th floor of the South Tower on Sept. 11, 2001.  Ortale served as a captain for the Duke Blue Devils in 1987 and was a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference player. At Penn Charter, he was a two-time All-American and led the Quakers to the 1983 state championship.  Ortale’s character and spirit are also remembered through the Duke’s Lacrosse Club Peter Ortale Scholarship, which has awarded college scholarship money to four Duke’s players since it was created in 2010.

There also is the Peter K. Ortale Scholarship Fund, which provides tuition assistance to a Penn Charter or Duke student who, like Peter, exhibits the qualities of a scholar athlete and demonstrates a high level of personal leadership and integrity, both in the classroom and on the playing field.  The author of the article, Michael Allen Gillespie, wrote: “The other thing that set Peter apart was his constant efforts to impart this same enthusiasm for learning to his friends and particularly the members of his lacrosse team.  “He was always hauling them along to one class or another, encouraging them to join him in the serious pursuit not of good grades or a college degree but of a challenging and fruitful education. He brought several of them to my various classes and while they seldom had any preparation for the subject matter, Peter always managed to convince them they would be better for the challenge.”

In Remembrance of 9/11 Victim Peter Ortale

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