Winter Term Awards Announced

Headmaster Bill Philip opened the winter term awards ceremony on March 24 by welcoming everyone back to campus from spring vacation. He then cited many of the “memorable visual images” that occurred to him from the past winter, including the “awesome plant and custodial staff” for cleaning up the winter’s record snowfall; the work of the renewal committees and the Westminster Teaching Initiative; the Anti-Defamation League program; student participation in the Yale Model United Nations; the Chinese New Year dinner, student fund-raising efforts; the Friday Night Readings series; production of digital videos; presentation of works of art in Hamilton Art Studios and the Armour Academic Center; the winter Dramat production; participation in regional music festivals; and the winter performing arts program.

He also commented on the school’s “extraordinary success” in athletic tournaments and championships during the winter term. “One impression remained a constant among all those championship memories and that impression is best captured by the word ‘poise,’” he said. “It is that poise, more than the victories, which makes me so proud of all of you.”

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

Kelly Andrien, Riley Bitterli, Anish Chadalavada, Carlo Comia, Eleanor Deveaux, John Dowling, Shelby Gamble, Thomas Griffith, Emily Halford, Seong Youn Han, Elizabeth Hark, Katharine Hovey, Mae Mullen, Yamilex Munoz, Taite Puhala, Abigail Reed, Daniel Roberts and Brittany Swanson

Julia Benson, Alexandra Colon, Heather Frew, Charlotte Gould, Zicheng Huang, Gregory Jarvis, Jane Lee, Hansong Li, Alexandra Marshall, Skyler McGeachy-Campbell, Charles Morin, Molly Mullen, Morgan Rubin, Alastair Smith, Laura Tingley, Karlie Werdmolder, Eliza Worcester, Ronald Yeung and Noah Zempsky

Ellen Baker, Caroline Brady, Brooke Brazer, Alana Carpenter, Alex Chaffee, Shelby Cranshaw, Marquez Cummings, Lauren Darnis, Christiann DeSimone, Randall Doyle, Isha Garg, Alessandro Giacometti, Kathleen Gudas, Christopher Izmirlian, Dumitru Kaigorodov, Rachel Kennedy, You Jin Kim, Elena Kim, Matthew Knudson, Joshua Kokulis, Marielle Lafaire, Michael LeBlanc, Joo Hee Lee, Jiaxuan Lu, Marissa Mason, Jacob Medina, Cici Nguyen, Meaghan O'Herron, Tyler O'Neil, Samuel Pope, Seung Bum Sonn, Logan Spalding, Thomas Steinle, Shilong Tang, Emily Teschner, Dillon Tiner, Aaron Ugalde and Rosemary Williams

Leigh Baldwin, Margaret Berry, Casey Breese, Tucker Brumley, Brian Calderon, Jae Cho, Andrea Cross, Nora Edmonds, Bridget Eklund, Caitlin Fabbri, Kathryn Griffith, Sophie Harris, Kathryn Hill, Claire Hodson, Warat Khaewratana, Sooyoung Kim, Matthew Leach, Hannah Leathers, Jacob Lee, Carmen MacDonald, Nicholas Mahany, Andrew Marco, Louise Marenakos, Sarah Ogden, Stephanie Piperno, Marguerite Prescod, Brittany Sutton, Eric Wainman, Stephanie Werner, Harry Wise and Emily Worcester

Director of Athletics Dennis Daly presented the winter athletic awards beginning with an announcement of Mallory Mason’s selection by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association to the 2010 All-American Second Team for High School.

The Berry Awards, which are named in honor of faculty member Richard P. Scott Berry and recognize the player from each lower team who gave the best effort and demonstrated the best attitude throughout the season, were given to:

Third Boys’ Basketball: Brian Calderon

Second Boys’ Basketball: Tommy Kirsch

Second Girls’ Basketball: Dana Niland

Third Boys’ Hockey: Will Sprenker

Second Boys’ Hockey: Emmet Shipway

Second Girls’ Hockey: Andrea Cross

Fourth Squash: Andrew Bell

Third Boys’ Squash: Preston Miller

Second Boys’ Squash: Beau Orchard

Third Girls’ Squash: Isha Garg

Second Girls’ Squash: Alex Regan

First Boys’ Basketball

     Most Improved Player: Kevin Murray

     Keyes Foul Shooting: Michael Hom

     The Donald H. Werner Most Valuable Player: Michael Hom

First Girls’ Basketball

     Most Improved Player: Annie Lacey

     Keyes Foul Shooting: Rachel Monroe

     Most Valuable Player: Eliza Breed

First Boys’ Hockey

     Most Improved Player: Evan Neugold

     Most Valuable Player: Patrick Spano

First Girls’ Hockey

     Most Improved Player: Hadley DesMeules

     Most Valuable Player: Carmen MacDonald

First Boys’ Squash

     The Talbot/Edwards Most Improved Player: Michael LeBlanc

     The Fritz Zeller Most Valuable Player: Ahmed Abdel Khalek

First Girls’ Squash

     The Talbot/Edwards Most Improved Player: Mallory Mason

     The Fritz Zeller Most Valuable Player: Sasha Marshall

Boys’ Swimming and Diving

     Most Improved Swimmer/Diver: Jake Cahill

     Most Valuable Swimmer/Diver: Conor Mullen

Girls’ Swimming and Diving

     Most Improved Swimmer/Diver: Sarah Holmes

     Most Valuable Swimmer/Diver: Emily Schwartz

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:

First Boys’ Basketball: Dillon Tiner

First Girls’ Basketball: Stephanie Piperno

First Boys’ Hockey: Corey Taber

First Girls’ Hockey: Amanda Boulier

First Boys’ Squash: Jacob Lee

First Girls’ Squash: Hannah Leathers

Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Josh Kokulis

Girls’ Swimming and Diving: Whitney Powel

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

Second Girls’ Hockey

     Coaches: Peter Smith and Nancy Urner-Berry

     Captain: Margaret Berry

     Assistant captains: Andrea Cross and Nora Edmonds

Second Boys’ Squash

     Coach: Michael Cervas

     Captain: Nick Mahany

The Frederick D. Houghton Award, which is given to the Westminster team

with the best season, was presented to co-winners:

First Girls’ Hockey

     Coaches: David Pope and Jess Keeley

     Captains: Amanda Boulier and Rachel Farrel

First Boys’ Squash

     Coach: Petter Doucette

     Captain: Matt Leach

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

Boys’ Basketball: Dillon Tiner and Alex Tomashoff

Girls’ Basketball: Marielle Lafaire and Meaghan O’Herron

Boys’ Hockey: Chris Izmirlian, Jeffrey Smolens and Patrick Spano

Girls’ Hockey: Brooke Heron and Rachel Kennedy

Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Josh Kokulis, Jake Cahill and Conor Mullen

Girls’ Swimming and Diving: Emily Teschner, Natalie Biedron and Sarah Dimmitt

Boys’ Squash: Michael LeBlanc

Girls’ Squash: Christi DeSimone

In the performing arts, Director of Theater 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 Gwen Pastor.

He then introduced the newest members of Dramat, the student dramatic organization requiring 120 hours of service on at least two different Westminster productions, as Charlie Beck, Shelby Gamble, Kathleen Gudas, Yvonne Pruitt, Alastair Smith, Karlie Werdmolder and Abby Woodhouse.

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 Maggie Hark and Chris Sailor.