{"id":2541,"date":"2016-03-26T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T15:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2016-04-15T14:24:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T14:24:56","slug":"athletic-awards-for-winter-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2016\/03\/26\/athletic-awards-for-winter-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletic Awards For Winter 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, March 23rd<\/sup>, Director of Athletics Mark Conroy held the annual winter athletic assembly to recognize the outstanding athletic achievements from this past season.\u00a0 Williston\u2019s athletic teams had a very successful winter that included setting new records, winning NEPSAC championships, and having a great deal of fun in the process.<\/p>\n

Boys and Girls Swimming and Diving<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Unknown\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The 25 member boys swim team finished their dual meet season with a 6-6 record including impressive wins over NMH, Westminster, and Worcester.\u00a0\u00a0 At the NEPSAC Championships, held at Rhode Island College, the boys swam very well finishing in a respectable 5th<\/sup> place. \u00a0A number of boys distinguished themselves with excellent performances at the championships.<\/p>\n

The 400 Freestyle Relay team of Calvin Frye, Jason Albanese, Chris Lansill and David Fitch placed third. \u00a0Senior Calvin Frye placed 3rd<\/sup> in the 100 freestyle and 5th<\/sup> in the 50 freestyle.\u00a0 The 200 Freestyle Relay team of Calvin Frye, Mark Wei, Chris Lansill, and David Fitch won a NEPSAC title, and finally, junior David Fitch finished an outstanding swim season by winning NEPSAC titles in both the 50 Freestyle and the 100 freestyle.\u00a0\u00a0 This capped off a spectacular season for David, in which he set school records in three events: the 50 freestyle, the 100 freestyle and the 100 butterfly.\u00a0 David\u2019s time in the 100 freestyle qualifies him for All American consideration.<\/p>\n

The Girls Swim team had an exceptionally strong dual meet season finishing with an 8-3 record including convincing wins over NMH, Kingswood Oxford, St. George\u2019s and Kent.\u00a0 This momentum carried into the postseason as the girls saved their best swimming for the NEPSAC championships. In what Coach K called \u201can incredible performance,\u201d the girls won their first NEPSAC girls swimming and diving championship in our school\u2019s history!<\/p>\n

\"mercier\"<\/a>Junior Emily Yeager finished 3rd<\/sup> in the 100 backstroke. \u00a0Junior Natalie Aquadro finished second in the 100 breaststroke and 3rd<\/sup> in the 200 IM. \u00a0Sophomore Anabelle Farnham placed second in both the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle. \u00a0The 200 Medley Relay team of Sally Alrutz, Natalie Aquadro, Maya Soley, and Annabelle Farnham became NEPSAC champions when they set a new school and NEPSAC record.\u00a0 The 400 Freestyle Relay team of Sally Alrutz, Emily Yeager, Natalie Aquadro, and Anabelle Farnham also set a new school record on their way to becoming NEPSAC champions.<\/p>\n

Additionally, we had three young ladies who won individual titles. Sophomore Maya Soley won a NEPSAC title in the 500 freestyle.\u00a0 Junior diver Gabby Mercier had a tremendous season culminating with a NEPSAC title in the 1-Meter diving event while setting a new school record.\u00a0 And finally, freshman Sally Alrutz won a NEPSAC title in the 100 backstroke, placed 2nd<\/sup> in the 100 butterfly, and led off the 400 freestyle relay breaking a 15 year old record in the 100 freestyle. \u00a0 Sally also set a school record in the 200 IM at the Bud Erich championships.<\/p>\n

Award winners and captains will be announced at their upcoming Banquet Night.<\/p>\n

Boys Basketball<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"champion<\/a>The JV, 3rds and 4ths teams all competed well throughout their seasons.\u00a0 The biggest highlights of the Cullen and Ketcham led JV season were back to back wins over Salisbury and MacDuffie.\u00a0 The Thirds team rebounded from a slow start to finish at 8-4 with thrilling victories over Loomis, Deerfield and Winchendon.\u00a0 Coaches Joshua Harper and Bryan Malinowski led the 4ths team to a season for the ages sweeping through its 8 game season undefeated.<\/p>\n

Under the leadership of Coaches Shelton, Garrity and Lapolla, the Varsity Boys Basketball team enjoyed another outstanding season with a record of 23-5 including going 17-2 in Class A.\u00a0 The 23 wins ties the record set last year for the most in school history.\u00a0 The team played proficient at both ends of the court, allowing 48 points a game while scoring an average of 65.\u00a0 While there were many great wins during this terrific season, there are a few that stood out: sweeping both Loomis and Deerfield, a thrilling comeback road win at Avon Old Farms, avenging an early season road loss to Andover with a convincing win at home and, of course, sweeping our friendly rival from Suffield, Connecticut in all three of our games.<\/p>\n

\"hill\"<\/a>The team\u2019s outstanding season earned them the #2 seed in the Class A tournament where it earned the opportunity to host two games here at Williston.\u00a0 In the quarterfinals the team beat a tough Hotchkiss squad 57-49, and in the semifinals they defeated rivals Suffield 62-51.\u00a0 In a thrilling championship game held at Rhode Island College the boys defeated the top seeded Phillips Exeter Academy 56-53 to repeat as Class A champions.\u00a0\u00a0 Senior Jake Ross was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.<\/p>\n

4ths:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Chris Barber \u201821<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Isi Donnelly \u201821<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Ethan Nestelbaum \u201921, George Spence \u201821<\/p>\n

3rds:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Noah Clack \u201918<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Adam Johndrow \u201819<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Nick Barber \u201919, Jessup Goldberg Cook \u201820<\/p>\n

JV:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Eni Ikuku \u201817<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Zach Bernstein \u201816<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Eric Chen \u201916 \u2013 second year in a row<\/p>\n

Varsity:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Chris Hudson \u201816<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Matt Folger \u201816<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Kyle Doucette \u201816<\/p>\n

Girls Basketball<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"sullivan\"<\/a>This winter was another very successful season for our girls\u2019 basketball program. The JV squad had a competitive season under Coaches Schneider, Garcia, Thompson and Mahoney. \u00a0Highlights included an exciting two point victory over Suffield and winning three of their last four games.<\/p>\n

Varsity Girls Basketball, under Coaches Rodgers and Whipple, had a terrific season going toe to toe with the finest teams in Western New England to finish with a 14-7 record. There were plenty of highlights during the season including finishing runner-up at the Ray Brown Tournament in December, a terrific 41-36 comeback victory over Wilbraham and Monson, and great road victories over Deerfield and Kent.\u00a0 Arguably, the biggest highlight took place late in the season when the girls knocked off another strong tournament bound Pomfret squad at home 54-44.\u00a0\u00a0 The team\u2019s excellent season earned them a #8 seed in the Class B Tournament where they lost to eventual champion Tilton.<\/p>\n

JV:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Julia Farnham \u201820<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Isabelle Cheney \u201820<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Erin Daley \u201819, Fuka Iwama \u201818<\/p>\n

Varsity:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Olivia Bonavita \u201817<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Fiona Bundy \u201817<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Rylee Leonard \u201816<\/p>\n

Girls Hockey<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"belinskas\"<\/a>The JV team, led by Coaches Ward and Valine, enjoyed an excellent season finishing with a 10-3-1 record.\u00a0\u00a0 Highlights included shutout victories over Choate and Berkshire, and decisive road victories at Hotchkiss and Loomis Chaffee.<\/p>\n

Varsity Girls ice hockey enjoyed another truly remarkable season under the leadership of Coaches Christa TalbotSyfu, Alex Tancrell-Fontaine and Andrew Syfu finishing with an outstanding record of 21 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie.\u00a0 The team\u2019s 21 wins sets a new school record for the second year in a row improving on last year\u2019s record of 20 wins.\u00a0 The team played outstanding defense during the regular season, as they gave up a total of 16 goals in 24 games!\u00a0 This stingy defense included 14 shutouts led by senior goaltender Morgan Fisher.<\/p>\n

\"rockwell\"<\/a>\u00a0Highlights of their special season included three terrific road wins \u2013 beating Westminster at their rink for the first time in 13 years, an exciting 2-1 overtime victory at Choate, and a terrific 5-3 victory over an excellent Loomis Chaffee team.\u00a0 The team also counts amongst its highlights raising $1800 in their Pink in the Rink victory over KUA.\u00a0\u00a0 The girls also had a great deal of success in both of their holiday tournaments finishing runner up at the Harrington Tournament and winning the Winchendon Tournament for the second year in a row.\u00a0\u00a0 The team\u2019s outstanding regular season earned them the #2 seed in the Division 1 tournament.\u00a0\u00a0 In the quarterfinals, the girls beat Milton 3-1 before a heartbreaking loss to Loomis in the semifinals.<\/p>\n

JV:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Sophia Schaefer \u201818 \u2013 second year in a row<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Kira Bixby \u201819<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Morgan Fogleman \u201916 \u2013 second year in a row<\/p>\n

Varsity:<\/p>\n

No awards yet since they have not had their Banquet night yet.<\/p>\n

Boys Hockey<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"schofield\"<\/a>The JV Boys Hockey team, led by Coaches Fay and Demerath, played competitive hockey all winter and finished the season particularly well, winning five of their last six games. Their one loss was a narrow 4-3 loss to Berkshire during the streak.<\/p>\n

Under Coaches Cunha, Hanford, and Lessard, the Varsity Boys Hockey team competed hard all season against a very competitive schedule.<\/strong> The team enjoyed several highlights including beating eventual Large School champion Thayer Academy 5-3, sweeping Winchendon in both their contests, and recording an exciting 4-3 victory at Millbrook.\u00a0\u00a0 The season finished on a high note as the team won their last two games, including a 3-0 shutout at Pomfret behind senior goalie Shane Mason.\u00a0\u00a0 Senior Jack Kelly led the team in goals scored for the second year in a row with 16, and Shane anchored the team logging nearly 1100 minutes while recording a .905 save percentage.<\/p>\n

JV:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Jacob Zaranek \u201817<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Danny Kissane \u201819<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Cam Ward \u201817<\/p>\n

Varsity:<\/p>\n

Daniel D. Carpenter Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Shane Mason \u201816<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Sam Milnes \u201818<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Steven Gower \u201817<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ski Teams<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"deverry\"<\/a>Led by Coaches Hing, Eberle, and Pelliccia, Williston\u2019s ski teams enjoyed successful seasons competing in the Mountain Institute League. The winter culminated with the New England Class B Championships held at Crotched Mountain in New Hampshire.\u00a0 Both teams competed well against the other 14 competing schools. Sophie Carrellas had an outstanding season dominating the league races with first place finishes but was injured for the Championships.\u00a0 The boys team had a successful day defending its NEPSAC title from 2015.\u00a0\u00a0 Highlights include senior captain J.J. Celentano finishing in the top half of the competition in the Giant Slalom, sophomore Oliver Lawrence finishing 16th<\/sup> in the Slalom, and junior Devin DeVerry became Williston\u2019s first NEPSAC individual champion in many years winning the Slalom race.<\/p>\n

JV Boys:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Skier Award \u2013 Adam Johnsrud \u201820<\/p>\n

Most Improved Skier Award \u2013 Ben Robes-Kenworthy \u201820<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Matt Seltzer \u201820<\/p>\n

Varsity Girls:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Skier Award \u2013 Sophie Carellas \u201918 (second year in a row)<\/p>\n

Most Improved Skier Award \u2013 Molly Solan \u201819<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Lizzy Warncke \u201816<\/p>\n

Captain for next year will be Sophie Carellas \u201918<\/p>\n

Varsity Boys:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Skier Award \u2013 Devin DeVerry \u201917 (fifth year in a row)<\/p>\n

Most Improved Skier Award \u2013 Gavin Girardin \u201819<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 JJ Celentano \u201916<\/p>\n

Captain for next year is Devin DeVerry \u201817<\/p>\n

Girls Squash<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"whipple\"<\/a>The girls squash program enjoyed another successful winter season under the leadership of Varsity coach Peter Gunn and JV coach Adeleen Brown. The Varsity team enjoyed great team unity as they competed hard throughout the winter.\u00a0 Highlights included thrilling 4-3 wins over both Berkshire and Suffield for the first time in five years!\u00a0 At the NEPSAC Class C Championships held at St. Paul\u2019s in New Hampshire, the team enjoyed a terrific performance finishing in second place. Julie Lord finished in 1st<\/sup> place in the 5th<\/sup> flight, and in addition to the team\u2019s runner-up performance, they received a wonderful honor at the end of the tournament when they were presented with the Sportsmanship Award for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n

JV:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Chloe Lee \u201817<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Atah Okaisabor \u201818<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Ellie Scott \u201818<\/p>\n

Varsity:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Caroline Borden \u201916 \u2013 second year in a row<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Julie Lord \u201816<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Sophia Triana \u201816<\/p>\n

Next year\u2019s captain will be Mika Sovjani \u201917 and Lindsay Whipple \u201817<\/p>\n

Boys Squash<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"lee\"<\/a>All three boys squash teams enjoyed competitive seasons.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Both Coach Simpson\u2019s Thirds team and Coach Chiavaroli\u2019s JV team demonstrated great improvement this winter highlighted by wins over Eaglebrook, Suffield, and Albany Academy.<\/p>\n

Under Coach Ryan Tyree, the Boys Varsity Squash team had an exciting season with a mixture of returning veterans and new faces.\u00a0 Led by dedicated captains Phillip Lee and Kevin Li, the team demonstrated steady improvement and resilience throughout the winter.\u00a0 Highlights included avenging an early season 5-2 road loss to Berkshire with a thrilling 4-3 victory at home, and the boys won a gutty 4-3 victory over a tough squad from Kingswood Oxford in the final game of the season.<\/p>\n

Co-Ed Thirds:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award: Oscar DeFrancis \u201820<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award: Ruby McElhone Yates \u201921, Akivah Mazile \u201820<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Ava Greenbaum \u201821<\/p>\n

JV:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Nithish Athavan Raja \u201818<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Joey Robbins \u201819<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Aiden McCreary \u201819<\/p>\n

Varsity:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Player Award \u2013 Kevin Li \u201916 \u2013 second year in a row<\/p>\n

Most Improved Player Award \u2013 Henry Poehlein \u201818<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013Phillip Lee \u201816<\/p>\n

Captain for next year \u2013 Henry Poehlein \u201818<\/p>\n

Riding<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"PSU\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This winter a handful of students participated in Williston\u2019s Riding program at Fuller Horse Farm in nearby Westhampton.\u00a0\u00a0 According to Coach Laura Etzel these students worked very hard to improve their jumping skills.\u00a0 By the end of the season, each rider was able to execute a course with 7 jumps \u2013 a wonderful accomplishment.<\/p>\n

Most Improvement in Riding: Villard Xu \u201818<\/p>\n

Most Improvement in Horsemanship: Momoka Oda \u201818<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award (Helping Hands Award): Corrine Gawle \u201820<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Rider for best all-around horsemanship: Aidenne Alden \u201818<\/p>\n

Wrestling<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"lloyd\"<\/a>Coaches KaneLong, White, and Rivenburgh\u2019s wrestling team had a very good season finishing with a team record of 10-7.\u00a0 Highlights of their season included victories over rivals Suffield, Pomfret, and Wilbraham and Monson. Undoubtedly, the biggest highlight of the team season took place at home in January when they defeated Tabor Academy in thrilling style with a 39-36 victory \u2013 this was our first win over Tabor in the past 16 years! The team finished with the highest winning percentage in individual matches in the past 16 years winning over 67% of their matches.<\/p>\n

\"winrow\"<\/a>At the Class A League Championships held at Hyde School, a number of boys distinguished themselves.\u00a0 Junior Hunter Adams finished in 2nd<\/sup>, sophomore Harrison Winrow finished in 4th<\/sup>, and senior captain Mikey Lloyd was 5th<\/sup>.\u00a0\u00a0 Harrison added to his great day by winning the Most Falls in the Least Time Award, pinning 4 opponents in 3 minutes and 42 seconds combined.<\/p>\n

JV:<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Wrestler: Sam Canney \u201817<\/p>\n

Most Improved Wrestler: William Gunn \u201821<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship: Andrew Andrew \u201818<\/p>\n

Varsity:<\/p>\n

Donald J. Knauf Most Valuable Wrestler Award \u2013 Mikey Lloyd \u201816<\/p>\n

Most Improved Wrestler Award \u2013 Ben Normandin \u201819<\/p>\n

Sportsmanship Award \u2013 Bina Sweet \u201817<\/p>\n

Peter M. Edgerton \u201974 Most Pins Award \u2013 Hunter Adams \u201917 (second year in a row)<\/p>\n

The captain of next year\u2019s team will be Bina Sweet \u201817<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday, March 23rd, Director of Athletics Mark Conroy held the annual winter athletic assembly to recognize the outstanding athletic achievements from this past season.\u00a0 Williston\u2019s athletic teams had a very successful winter that included setting new records, winning NEPSAC championships, and having a great deal of fun in the process. Boys and Girls Swimming … Continue reading Athletic Awards For Winter 2016<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2541"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2573,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2541\/revisions\/2573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}