Vanessa Venditti Receives Bob ’66 and Lucy ’67 Mantia Award

Providence, R.I.— Rhode Island College junior Vanessa Venditti (Wethersfield, Conn.) is the 2026 recipient of the college’s Bob ’66 and Lucy ’67 Mantia Award. Venditti received the award from benefactors Nat and Ellen Calamis and Rhode Island College President Dr. Jack Warner at a ceremony held in Donovan Dining Center’s President’s Dining Room on Thursday morning. The award is named after the late Bob Mantia, who served as the men’s basketball team’s public address announcer and statistician during his undergraduate days before embarking on a distinguished military and business career, and his late wife. The award is given to a…