<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2020/liggio-award.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>01/14/2020</pubDate><title>Running Back Recognized for Courage on and off the Gridiron</title><description>After sharing his remarkable story of resilience and healing, Christopher Liggio ’20, who lost both of his parents shortly after his 15th birthday, was named one of the inaugural recipients of the Hartford HealthCare Connecticut Courage Award.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>January 14, 2020</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2020/liggio-group-shot.jpg" alt="Image of Christopher Liggio ’20 and faculty."/></image><image-caption>Left to right: University of New Haven President Steve Kaplan; Sheahon Zenger, director of athletics and recreation; Chris Pincince, football head coach; Christopher Liggio ’20; Rebecca Lobo; David Whitehead of Hartford HealthCare.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2020</tag></tags></item>