It’s been another incredible year for Shore Con-ference athletics.

Think Mater Dei Prep’s jaw-dropping comebackvictory over Christian Brothers Academy in theShore Conference basketball tournament. Or run-ning back Mike Gawlik’s standout performance —208 yards rushing, three touchdowns and a 49-yardtouchdown pass — leading Jackson Memorial to asecond consecutive state championship victory.

Student athletes across Monmouth and Oceancounties have shown their dedication both on thefield and off this school year, and their shiningachievements will be commemorated at the inau-gural Asbury Park Press’ Jersey Shore SportsAwards, a red carpet affair set for June 13 at Mon-mouth University’s Multipurpose Activity Center.

APP is proud to embark on this new tradition tocelebrate their successes, and has secured a spe-cial guest to join the ceremony: Two-time SuperBowl MVP and Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

“These student athletes have poured their blood,sweat and tears into achieving excellence in theclassroom and on the field,” said Press ExecutiveEditor Hollis R. Towns, Vice President News, Gan-nett NJ. “Their parents want to recognize that.Their schools and communities want to recognizethat. And the Asbury Park Press wants to celebrateit with them.”

The formal awards banquet will be held June 13at Monmouth University’s Multipurpose ActivityCenter (MAC) and will honor more than 350 of thetop student-athletes from all three scholastic sea-sons. Our Athletes of the Year, Coach of the Year,Scholastic Achievement and Courage Award win-ners and more will be announced live at the event,co-sponsored by Barnabas Health and Pine BeltAuto.

Athletic directors, coaches, students and theirfamilies around the Shore said the buzz and excite-ment is growing for the evening, which promises tobe the premier Shore area sports event of the year.

“Any type of recognition that you can give toyour local communities and local high schools is apositive thing,” said Ed Sarluca Jr., athletic direc-tor at Brick Memorial, where 11 first-team AllShore athletes have been chosen to be honored forthe fall and winter seasons.

“I think these types of good, positive experienc-es in your scholastic athletic career teach you howto work hard, how to be committed to something,how to sacrifice yourself and how to be part ofsomething that might be a little bit bigger thanyou,” Sarluca said.

Shore readiesfor JerseyShore SportsAwards June 13

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VOLUME 137

NUMBER 122

SINCE 1879

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OBITUARIES 18AOPINION 4AASPORTS 1CLOCAL 3AWEATHER 9C

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Exaggerator wins wetand muddy Preakness Stakes

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At Ocean Township High School in MonmouthCounty, transgender students can use the bathroom oftheir choice, but most prefer the private ones in thenurse’s office.

A few miles south, the issue is so contentious in theToms River Regional School District that parents and

religious leaders started a petition drive to stop a pro-posed policy that would have allowed transgender stu-dents to choose which bathroom or locker room theyuse. The policy has since been put on hold.

Nearly a week after the Justice Department issuedsweeping guidelines saying all transgender students

How do local school districts handletransgender facilities for students?PRESS STAFF REPORT @ASBURYPARKPRESS

See SCHOOLS, Page 13A

Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trumpbills himself as an “ardent philanthropist,” but thecharitable giving by close ally Gov. Chris Christie andhis wife’s foundation laps the presumptive Republicannominee’s gifts to charity by nearly 12-to-1, an AsburyPark Press investigation found.

According to their federal income tax returns,Christie and his wife, Mary Pat, have donated morethan $145,000 to charity since 2009, the year he waselected. They donated $27,109 in 2014, the last year re-turns have been made available.

The Sandy recovery fund that Mrs. Christie started

has handed out more than $37.7 million since it wasfounded in late 2012.

By contrast, the Donald J. Trump Foundation — thecandidate’s private, namesake foundation — donatedabout $3.2 million over the three-year period accord-ing to IRS documents, including $591,000 in 2014, thelatest year available.

The candidate himself hasn’t donated a single dollarto the foundation since a $30,000 gift in 2008, which iswell within his rights, Kansas University nonprofit lawprofessor Bruce Hopkins said.

“There’s no obligation right now for Trump to put

Hillary Clinton

and Gov. Chris

Christie more

charitable than

Donald Trump

CHEAPSKATEBILLIONAIRE?

WHAT THEY GAVEDONALD TRUMPDonated $30,000since 2008, accord-ing to the onlypublic record avail-able. lThe Donald J.Trump Founda-tion: $591,450 ingrants in 2014, themost recent yearavailable.

GOV. CHRISCHRISTIE andFIRST LADY MARYPAT CHRISTIEDonated more than$145,000 since2009.lHurricane SandyNew Jersey ReliefFund: $7.1 millionlast year. The char-ity was created byMrs. Christie.

HILLARY CLINTONDonated $3 mil-lion.lThe ClintonFoundation: $5.1million in grantsand more than $34million in staffsalaries in 2014.

SOURCES: IRS 990S;GUBERNATORIAL

TAX RELEASES; ASBURYPARK PRESS DESIGN

STUDIO ILLUSTRATION

MIKE DAVIS @BYMIKEDAVIS

“What Trump's doing is not good philanthropy. We typically think that philanthropy has to involve your

own money or time. There should be an element of sacrifice. Obviously, there's not a lot of that going on.”

LESLIE LENKOWSKY, A PHILANTHROPY PROFESSOR AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY

See GIVING, Page 5A

ASBURY PARK PRESS INVESTIGATION