Winter Term Awards Ceremony

Members of the Westminster community were honored at an awards ceremony March 22 for their achievements during the 2012-2013 winter term. “Today’s awards ceremony offers us an opportunity to highlight achievements from the winter term in the classroom, athletics, the arts and service,” said Headmaster Bill Philip in welcoming everyone to the ceremony. “Simply put, we enjoyed quite an exciting term.”
 

He then highlighted some people and events from the term, including Debbie Ribaudo for her work on the Annual Fund; students and faculty who led chapel services and helped with Admissions events and tours; the Westminster News staff for their reporting; those who coordinated informal and formal events including the talent show, coffee houses, the ADL program, Model United Nations and the Chinese New Year celebration; students who helped with a student open house at Pratt House; those who participated in various community service activities both on and off campus; students who played leadership roles in Dramat; and students who had extraordinary performances on the SAT and ACT, and who performed in the American Mathematics Competition.
 

He ended his remarks by citing a sportsmanship award boys’ squash received from the New England Interscholastic Squash Association. “Sportsmanship is at the essence of what it means to be a Martlet,” he said, “That busy, restless, gritty, mythological, footless bird that can never rest, remaining always in flight, except when it is in the chapel. … That our chapel offers a Martlet its only refuge for rest underscores the importance of the reflection about enduring human values that occurs twice each week in that space — values with which we strive to guide our lives, values such as those conveyed by good sportsmanship.”
 

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

Emma Alfeld, Katherine Berry, Paige Brackett, Grace Brentano, Addison Cilmi, Catherine Crawley, Mariah Davis, Katherine Deveaux, Carl Doucette, Hallie Feibel, Erin Gorham, Rachel Halfon, Jack Horrigan, Wonjune Kang, Emma Merlin, Margaret Poler, Sarah Poling, Jacqueline Richard
 

Susanna Baker, Olivia Bey, Jewel Brown, Eliza Christman, George Crawford, Hieu Do, Thomas Dudzik, Nadrina Ebrahimi, Margaret Forelli, Margot Frank, MacKenzie Hawkes, Anne Mayer, Philippe Morin, Jolene Patrina, Madeleine Percival, Aaron Poston, Autumn Prete, Nicholas Rocco, Katherine Savage, Unique Shakoor, David Swenson
 

Mary Anderson, Riley Bitterli, Thomas Casper, Anish Chadalavada, Rachel Chan, Emily Clippinger, Carlo Comia, Mike Gao, Seong Youn Han, Alvin Heumann, Klara Lindstrom, Mae Mullen, Soon Park, Mark Pfister, Taite Puhala, Abigail Reed, Thiele Schroeder, Rosalie Wetzel
 

Danielle Amiot, Charles Beck, Julia Benson, Alexander Dunn, Kayla Foley, Bridget Gorham, Gregory Jarvis, Hansong Li, Molly Mullen, Caitlin Pooley, Shani Rosenstock, Morgan Rubin, Stanley Sandoval, Alastair Smith, Alemante Tedla, Eliza Worcester, Noah Zempsky.
 

Director of Athletics Tim Joncas and coaches presented the following winter athletic awards:
 

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:

Second Boys’ Basketball: Jack Werner

Third Boys’ Basketball: Aaron Rubin

Second Girls’ Basketball: Jackie Mendia

Second Boys’ Hockey: Piece Cote

Third Boys’ Hockey: Mark Pfister

Second Girls’ Hockey: Anne Bitterli

Second Boys’ Squash: Dan Parsons

Third Boys’ Squash: Addison Cilmi

Fourth Coed Squash: Robert Ebrahimi

Second Girls’ Squash: Annie French

Third Girls’ Squash: Olivia Bey
 

Most Improved Player: Mike McNally

Keyes Foul Shooting: Kris Hargraves

The Donald H. Werner Most Valuable Player: Kris Hargraves
 

Most Improved Player: Jacqui Richard

Keyes Foul Shooting: Meg Richard

Most Valuable Player: Meg Richard
 

Most Improved Player: Mario Benicky

Most Valuable Player: David Hallisey
 

Most Improved Player: Paige Capistran

Most Valuable Player: Eleni Tebano
 

The Talbot/Edwards Most Improved Player: Ben Shively

The Fritz Zeller Most Valuable Player: Alvin Heumann
 

The Talbot/Edwards Most Improved Player: Katherine Kelter

The Fritz Zeller Most Valuable Player: Laila Samy

Most Improved Swimmer/Diver: Jimmy Guiliano

Most Valuable Swimmer/Diver: Tony Casper

Most Improved Swimmer/Diver: Elizabeth Foster

Most Valuable Swimmer/Diver: Kayla Foley
 

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: Alex Tomashoff

First Girls’ Basketball: Rachel Monroe

First Boys’ Hockey: David Hallisey

First Girls’ Hockey: Alli Devins

First Boys’ Squash: Beau Orchard

First Girls’ Squash: Ginny Durfree

Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Drew Poling and Herbert Cheng

Girls’ Swimming and Diving: Sarah Holmes
 

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

Second Girls’ Hockey

Coaches: Emily Neilson and Nancy Urner-Berry

Captains: Marissa Eklund, Michela Gozzi and Ellie Deveaux
 

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

First Boys’ Squash

Coach: Peter Doucette

Captains: Preston Miller and Beau Orchard

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

Boys’ Basketball: Mike McNally and Roman Liu

Girls’ Basketball: Rachel Monroe, Annie Lacey and Meg Richard

Boys’ Hockey: Erik Rost, Zac Hamilton and Tristan Rai

Girls’ Hockey: Kat Pate, Tori DeAngelis and Brooke Wolejko

Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Toby Casper, Henry Chou and Travis Percy

Girls’ Swimming and Diving: Emily Kunsman

Boys’ Squash: Alvin Heumann

Girls’ Squash: Cricket di Galoma and Katherine Kelter
 

In the performing arts, Director of Theater A-men Rasheed presented the Frances Laurel Hopkins Award, which is given to a student for outstanding contributions to the Westminster Dramat Association, to Mary Anderson.
 

The newest members of Dramat, the student dramatic organization requiring 120 hours of service on at least two different Westminster productions, were introduced as Rebecca Ryan, Duncan Kellogg, Joanna Beach, George Crawford, Skyy McGeachy-Campbell, Sara Alibrahimi and Jae’Quan Barr.
 

The newest members of the Williams Hill Players, requiring a total of 500 hours of work on Westminster Drama productions, were announced Madison Caan, Karlie Werdmolder and Charlie Beck.