THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL 2016 WINTER ATHLETIC AWARDS CEREMONY Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
THE LOOMIS CHAFFEE SCHOOL 2016 WINTER ATHLETIC AWARDS CEREMONY Wednesday, April 6, 2016 Alpine Skiing Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Equestrian Boys Ice Hockey Girls Ice Hockey Boys Squash Girls Squash Boys Swimming Girls Swimming Wrestling 2016 WINTER ATHLETIC AWARDS CEREMONY SCHEDULE OF SPEAKERS Opening Remarks Bob Howe ’80, Athletic Director Alpine Skiing Frank Roberts Equestrian Harrison Shure Boys’ Swimming Fred Seebeck Girls’ Swimming Bob DeConinck Boys’ Squash Elliot Beck Girls’ Squash Chris Weed Girls’ Ice Hockey Liz Leyden Boys’ Ice Hoceky John Zavisza Wrestling Benjamin Haldeman Boys’ Basketball Rock Battistoni Girls’ Basketball Adrian Stewart ‘90 2016 Winter Varsity Athletic Awards Equestrian: Most Improved: Liam Scott Coaches’ Award: India Carpenter Coaches’ Award: Emilie Szemraj Regional Semi-finalist India Carpenter Girls Basketball: Founders League Champions New England Class A Quarter-finalists MVP: Samantha Roy Coaches’ Award: Makenzie Helms Coaches’ Award: Isabel Hanson Captains’ Award: Emma Trenchard Class A NEPSAC All-Star: Samantha Roy Class A NEPSAC All-Star: Makenzie Helms Boys Basketball: New England Class A Quarter-finalists MVP: Andre Ferguson Coaches’ Award: Mark Byrne Coaches’ Award: Cobey Adekanbi MIP: Nelson Boachie-Yiadom NEPSAC Class A Honorable Mention: Andre Ferguson Alpine Skiing: Coaches’ Award : Sara Corsetti Coaches’ Award: Yuwi Yamashita MVP: Maddie Corsetti New England Championship Winner: Maddie Corsetti Boys Squash: Team: New England Prep School Sportsmanship Award MVP: Tarquin Hanson MIP: Sam Kent Coach’s Award: Will Pepi Girls squash: Coaches’ Award: Sherly Francois Coaches’ Award: Claudia Lamprecht Most Improved: Eleanor Struthers Girls Hockey: New England Prep Division I Finalists MVP: Bailey Coyne MVP: Sharon Frankel Coaches’ Award: Abby Marmer Coaches’ Award: Catriona Hong Second Team All-Star: Paige Capistran Chuck Vernon Award: Paige Capistran WRESTLING Most Outstanding Wrestler: Traken Sutton Most Improved Wrestler: Ryan Durkin Coaches' Award: Ethan Twombly Service Award : RJ Rochlin New England Class A Champion: Ryan Durkin New England Class A Champion: Traken Sutton (145lbs) 122 Wins: Traken Sutton (145lbs) GIRLS SWIMMING: Founders League Champions MVP: Suzy Ryckman MVP: Madison Perry Coaches’ Award: Mairin Moylan 11 Dive School Record: Madison Perry 7 Hedges Pool Records: Madison Perry New England Championship Diver: Madison Perry Founders League Diving Champion: Madison Perry Founders League Winners: Madison Perry, Suzy Ryckman, Kimberly Ma, Ruby Schiller School Record: 50 yard-freestyle: Suzy Ryckman Founders League Champion: 50 yard-freestyle: Suzy Ryckman Founders League Champion: 100 Breaststroke: Suzy Ryckman School Record: 200-yard Freestyle Relay: Emily Gardiner, Ruby Schiller, Kimberly Ma and Suzy Ryckman Founders League Champion: 200 Free Relay: 200-yard Freestyle Relay: Emily Gardiner, Ruby Schiller, Kimberly Ma and Suzy Ryckman NISCA Academic All-American: Ruthie Kornblatt-Stier Boys Swimming: Robert W. Hartman Trophy: William Meng Anthony Ricco Award: David Chen Coaches' Award: Tristan Rhodes Founders Meet Record Holders: Jordan Chen & David Chen School Record: Breast Stroke: David Chen School Record: 400 Freestyle: Jordan Chen School Record: Medley Relay: Chris Li, David Chen, Will Meng and Tony Zhang Boys Varsity Hockey: Elite 8 Tournament Quarter-finalists MVP: Tim Birarelli Coaches’ Award: Andy DeLalla Coaches’ Award: Griffin Welch 2015-16 Golden Buoy: Tim Birarelli 2016 All New England Team: Tim Birarelli Joe Birarelli “Living the Dream” Scholarship Award: T.K. Murphy OPENING REMARKS Bob Howe 1. Boys squash winning the League’s Sportsmanship Award. I value this award more than any other and it’s a good reminder to us all of what is really important in sports. 2. The news of Madison Perry and winning every event she entered this winter as well as setting numerous pool records. 3. Spring-like temperatures throughout the month of February. This was as rare a winter as we will ever see. 4. Senior leaders like Sara Corsetti, TK Murphy, Sherly Francois, Mark Byrne, Paige Capistran, Sam Roy, Griffin Welsh, Andy DeLala, Izzy Hanson, Hannah Falvey, Will Pepi, Traken Sutton, Ethan Twombley, Tristen Rhodes, Michaela Guitarri, David Chen, Abby Marmer, Winda Wanikpun and a bunch more that you’ll hear about later led their teams and represented our school so well this season. 5. Every interscholastic team participated in a New England Tournament this season with both boys and girls basketball and hockey teams earning at large bids. 6. I want to thank Fred Seebeck for staying on to coach the swim team even when he’s on a sabbatical! 7. Live streaming! We were able to live stream several games throughout the winter. Great effort and advancement on this from Bobbi Moran and our communications office. Sam Goldfarb and Max Wice are commentating stars for the future! 8. Girls basketball won their 4th consecutive Founders’ league title, while girls swimming surprised the league and swam their best returning to the top of the Founders’ league once again. 9. Fundraisers happened with several of our teams…all for a good cause. These events are great reminders to us all about how fortunate we are along with instilling a sense of responsibility to give back when we have the opportunity to do so. 10. Great school spirit happened throughout the winter. Swim meets, wrestling, basketball, squash matches and hockey games were well attended by those of you in the room supporting one another and by the rest of the Loomis community. As we move quickly through the spring term I hope we continue to go out of our way to support one another. Great work and congratulations on a fantastic winter term! Alpine Skiing Frank Roberts Despite unusually warm weather this winter our Loomis JV & Varsity ski teams had an amazing season. We had many solid finishes and some outstanding improvements. To think that a few years ago we had some of these fine athletes show up with no prior ski race experience is almost unbelievable. Many of our athletes learned new skills while others refined their skill set to take this year’s Loomis ski team to noticeable places thru championships. It takes hard work and perseverance to be capable of racing at the high school prep level. Each member of our ski team should be very proud of their ability to give it their all each and every week. This year, with the help of coach Monti Montana, we were able to see the greatness in this ski team. It was such an honor working each week with this select group of focused athletes. Before I begin, I would like to acknowledge a special senior athlete on this team that deserves recognition for outstanding service. Katie Warner, would you please stand at your seat for a moment? I would like to take a moment to thank Katie, who deserves special mention for her investment in the program and her willingness to reach out to her teammates, thank you Katie. This year the team bestows two coaches' awards upon two of our student athletes that have played a key roll in mentoring and helping the program. Yuwi Yamashita and Sara Corsetti have raised the bar for future athletes to come. Yuwi & Sara represented this school with honor and have made their coaches proud. Day in and day out these two individuals did the little things that go into helping a team to become successful and we would like to thank them both for their dedication to the program and their commitment to their team and teammates by honoring them with this year’s Coaches Awards. Now, the MVP of our Loomis ski team. She is the first freshman on record to win the New England Championship, with two 1st place runs she helped our team to take third place this season. She consistently finished her races in top placements and I feel the best is yet to come and we have only scratched the surface of her talent. Congratulations to Maddie Corsetti. (Next year the championship should be ours for the taking) Monti and I want to thank the entire team for a fantastic season. And thanks to all the parents that came out each week to cheer our team on. EQUESTRIAN HARRISON SHURE After a successful first year as a varsity team, the excitement surrounding the Equestrian program continued into the 2015-2016 season. This manifested itself in a number of ways; most notable, however, was the growth in the team from nine to fifteen riders. While the group as a whole struggled at the beginning of the year to work cohesively as a team – whether helping out around the barn or riding in larger groups in the ring – it was great to see them come together over the course of the fall and winter. As my riders have heard numerous times this year, I place a much greater value on individuals on the team becoming better horsemen and horsewomen, as opposed to their results in the show ring. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to get to the horse show ring, including but not limited to taking care of the horses, picking manure from stalls and the ring, caring for tack and equipment, and more. I’m pleased to say that every member of this team is walking away from the season as better horsemen and women. In the horse show ring, however, the team was also quite successful and competitive. In the interscholastic shows that we competed in, we finished 5th, 4th, 6th, 2nd, and 5th amongst some competitive team. Although we just missed out on qualifying for postseason shows as a team, these results still represented considerable progress from last year. Individually, there were also a number of standout performances by our riders throughout the year. Due to a rule change that increased the number of points required to qualify, we had several riders barely miss out on postseason opportunities.