Fall Term Awards Announced

Headmaster Bill Philip opened the fall term awards ceremony Dec. 2 by talking about the large turnout at the New York City holiday reception the evening before and how the school community reaches beyond the Hill. He then spoke about the “many inspiring moments in the fall,” praising the recent Dramat performance of “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” the parents’ weekend amazing dance, band and vocal presentations, the new visual arts displays in the Armour Academic Center and the school community’s participation in Community Service Day. He also shared information about the renewal committees he has established that are composed of faculty and trustees.

Academic Awards

Director of Studies Greg Marco and the deans presented the following academic awards:

Third Form Summus

Kelly Andrien, Carlo Comia, Eleanor Deveaux, John Dowling, Shelby Gamble, Seong Youn Han, Elizabeth Hark, Mae Mullen, Yamilex Munoz, Taite Puhala, Abigail Reed and Brittany Swanson

Fourth Form Summus

Julia Benson, Alexandra Colon, Gregory Jarvis, Jane Lee, Skyler McGeachy-Campbell, Charles Morin, Henry Morris, Molly Mullen, Caitlin Pittorie, Shani Rosenstock Morgan Rubin, Alastair Smith, Laura Tingley, Karlie Werdmolder, Ronald Yeung and Noah Zempsky

Fifth Form Summus

Ellen Baker, Caroline Brady, Brooke Brazer, Alana Carpenter, Alex Chaffee, Christiann DeSimone, Randall Doyle, Isha Garg, Alessandro Giacometti, Dillan Gomes, Kathleen Gudas, Dumitru Kaigorodov, Rachel Kennedy, Joshua Kokulis, Marielle Lafaire, Michael LeBlanc, Joo Hee Lee, Jiaxuan Lu, Marissa Mason, Jacob Medina, Meaghan O'Herron, Seung Bum Sonn, Logan Spalding, Pasquale Spano, Thomas Steinle, Shilong Tang, Emily Teschner and Rosemary Williams

Sixth Form Summus

Michael Ahn, Leigh Baldwin, Jacob Benedict, Margaret Berry, Casey Breese, Tucker Brumley, Brian Calderon, Katherine Cheng, Jae Cho, Nora Edmonds, Bridget Eklund, Caitlin Fabbri, Hannah Ford, Kathryn Griffith, Sophie Harris, McCall Hawkins, Kathryn Hill, Claire Hodson, Warat Khaewratana, Sooyoung Kim, Vanessa Larracuente, Hannah Leathers, Jacob Lee, Nicholas Liberator, Nicholas Mahany, Andrew Marco, Louise Marenakos, Mallory Mason, Sarah Ogden, Stephanie Piperno, Kathryn Polio, Whitney Powel, Marguerite Prescod, Christopher Sailor, Emily Schwartz, Corey Smith, Corey Taber, Robert Thomson, Thomas Walsh and Stephanie Werner

Athletic Awards

Director of Athletics Dennis Daly presented the fall athletic awards beginning with the Berry Awards, named in honor of faculty member Richard P. Scott Berry. These awards recognize the player from each lower team who gave the best effort and demonstrated the best attitude throughout the season.

Second Boys' Cross Country: Will Sprenker

Second Field Hockey: Claire Hodson

Third Field Hockey: Eliza Worcester

Second Football: Max Langlois

Second Boys' Soccer: Nick Mahaney

Third Boys' Soccer: James Lechler

Fourth Boys’ Soccer: Alastair Smith

Second Girls' Soccer: Andrea Cross

Third Girls' Soccer: Annie Lacey

First Team Awards

Boys’ Cross Country:

Most Improved Runner: Jake Medina

The Jones Most Valuable Runner: Emmet Shipway

Girls' Cross Country:

Most Improved Runner: Lauren Darnis

The Wilbur Most Valuable Runner: Sarah Ogden

Field Hockey:

Most Improved Player: Brooke Wolejko

The Pitcairn Most Valuable Player: Rachel Farrel and Mallory Mason

Football:

The Hovey Most Improved Player: Brad Taber

The Lynch Most Valuable Player: Nick Thompson

The Chapman Cup Most Valuable Defensive Player: Brendon Stiven

Boys' Soccer:

The Wilbraham Most Improved Player: Robbie Hamblett

The 1956 Team Most Valuable Player: Brad Woodruff

Girls' Soccer:

Most Improved Player: Sydney Daniels

Most Valuable Player: Amanda Boulier and Stephanie Piperno

The Stephen Harris Squibb Bowl awards, which honor the athlete from each first team who demonstrated the greatest sportsmanship, consistent effort and inspired performance throughout the season, were given to:

Boys' Cross Country: Jacob Lee

Girls' Cross Country: Molly Mullen

Field Hockey: Rachel Kennedy

Football: Corey Taber

Boys' Soccer: Brian Calderon

Girls' Soccer: Whitney Powel

The Hopley-Jackson Award, which is given to the Westminster lower team(s) with the best season, was presented to:

Second Field Hockey

Coaches: Cheryl Stone and Mary Pat Gritzmacher

Captains: Eliza Breed, Claire Hodson and Emma Pinney

Second Boys’ Soccer

Coach: Charlie Griffith

Captains: Michael Ahn and Nick Mahany

The Frederick D. Houghton Award, which is given to the Westminster team with the best season, was presented to:

First Girls’ Soccer

Coaches: Farrell Swain and Dick Adams

Captains: Amanda Boulier, Gaby Christman and Whit Powel

The fall team captains then introduced the first team captains-elect for next fall as:

Boys’ Cross Country: Emmet Shipway and Marquez Cummings

Girls’ Cross Country: Lauren Darnis and LuLu Spalding

Field Hockey: Brooke Heron and Rachel Kennedy

Football: Dillon Tiner and Andy Dines

Boys’ Soccer: TBD

Girls’ Soccer: Alana Carpenter and Meaghan O'Herron

Performing Arts

In the performing arts, Theater Director A-men Rasheed presented the Frances Laurel Hopkins Award, which is given to a student(s) for outstanding contributions to the Westminster Dramat Association, to Greg Lafaire and Andrew Marco.

He then introduced the newest member of Dramat, the student dramatic organization requiring 120 hours of service on at least two different Westminster productions, as Tyler Mink.

He also announced the newest member of the Williams Hill Players, requiring a total of 500 hours of work on Westminster Dramatic Association productions, as Brooke Brazer and Hannah Ford.

The ceremony ended with Headmaster Philip asking Music Director David Chrzanowski to draw the winning names for a Culture Draw for four students and two faculty members to visit Hartford Dec. 10 to have dinner at Trumbull Kitchen and see a performance of “A Christmas Carol” at the Hartford Stage.