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Winter Term Awards Ceremony

4/5/2016

Headmaster Bill Philip welcomed members of the Westminster community to the winter term awards ceremony March 31 by saying, “We enjoyed a very successful winter term, which concluded with terrific performances on this stage by performing artists.” He then highlighted accomplishments by students, faculty and staff in the visual and performing arts, community service, cultural awareness and literacy, technology, the chapel program, current affairs, school spirit and everyday school life. “Fundamentally, what matters most, in my view, are the moments when we extend ourselves for others without any expectation of recognition,” he said. “Truly all of us — students and faculty alike — are so fortunate to share the extraordinary opportunities at this school.”

Academic Awards

Director of Studies Bill Sistare and the deans then presented the following academic awards:

Third Form Summus

Annabel Bradley, Andrew Brownback, Elaina Comia, Blake Cote, Emmett de Kanter, Lukas Dudzik, Kaitlyn Eddy, Alexander Hu, Lilith Johnson, Hannah Kaye, Caroline Kelter, Eugene Kim, Yuna Lee, William Livingston, Matthew Marciano, Caroline McCausland, Sofia Morales Alvarado, Matthew Norris, Jillian Parsons, Caroline Percival, Sofia Raymond, Natalie Rubin, Georgia Swank, Isabel von Bargen-Burke, Celenah Watson

Fourth Form Summus

Dallis Alvarez, Hayden Cathcart, Gabriella Drumm, Fiona Fan, John Feingold, Michael Fiorini, Sixiang Gao, Abigail Hoglund, Katelyn Kosior, John Kuzminskas, Emma Lange, Kate Lovas, Alexandra Marenco, Paul McNamara, Katherine Neilsen, Sean Ryan, Gabrielle Salgar, Jessica Schuhlen, Connor Seeley, Teagan Stedman, John Stevenson, Wenwei Su, Nicholas Wee

Fifth Form Summus

Alexandra Aiello, Nicole Armour, Sydney Autorino, Elizabeth Brewer, Gabrielle Brown, McKenna Burelle, Emily Burstein, Jeremy Cutler, Leta Giordano, Cameron Gould, Joel Groves, Anne Hicks, Hyeonjo Jeong, Oumou Kanoute, Abigail LeBlanc, Elena Lie-A-Cheong, Alexandra Lynch, Matthew Meltzer, Sarah Minella, Yuki Mitsuda, Samantha Monte, Dylan Murphy, Ann Ogden, Max Powers, Huanshuo Rao, Gary Simons, Matthew Swenson, Artur Szopa, Jacob Szykowny, Sophia Tawney, Lily von Stade, Jianuo Xu

Sixth Form Summus

Nadira Abdilahi, Leo Aber, Emma Alfeld, Jordan Barnes, Katherine Berry, Paige Brackett, Grace Brentano, Julia Carter, Joyce Cheng, Ashlyn Chin, Christopher Connal, Catherine Crawley, Mariah Davis, Margaret DeDomenico, Maeve DeFronzo, Katherine Deveaux, Carl Doucette, Hallie Feibel, Nicole Fox, Ines Gomez Rivas, Erin Gorham, Rachel Halfon, Erin Haydon, Jack Horrigan, Claire Hotaling, Thomas Jacobs, Christopher Jones, Wonjune Kang, Charlotte Lennox, Kaitlyn McCausland, Sarah Melanson, Eliza Mell, Emma Merlin, Matthew Murphy, Minh Nguyen, Alexa Organ, Margaret Poler, Jacqueline Richard, Tyler Rome, Timothy Sanford, Michelle Sclafani, Kathryn Simeon, Brian Smyth, Emma Stevens, Luke Tressy, John Werner

Athletic Awards

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: Leo Aber

Third Boys’ Basketball: Ashton Howey

Second Girls’ Basketball: Brenna Monroe

Second Boys’ Hockey: Connor Brennan

Third Boys’ Hockey: Tyler Rome

Second Girls’ Hockey: Julia Carter, Katie Simeon

Second Boys’ Squash: Minh Nguyen

Third Boys’ Squash: Matthew Swenson

Second Girls’ Squash: Lucy Noel

Third Girls’ Squash: Elaina Comia

First Team Awards

First Boys’ Basketball

Most Improved Player: Chris Swanson

Keyes Foul Shooting: Payton Prendergast

The Donald H. Werner Most Valuable Player: Chris Jones

First Girls’ Basketball

Most Improved Player: Oumou Kanoute

Keyes Foul Shooting: McKenna Burelle

Most Valuable Player: Emma Merlin

First Boys’ Hockey

Most Improved Player: John Hunt

Most Valuable Player: Taggart Corriveau

First Girls’ Hockey

Most Improved Player: Katherine Berry

Most Valuable Player: Sarah Migliori

First Boys’ Squash

The Talbot/Edwards Most Improved Player: Bryan Yekelchik

The Fritz Zeller Most Valuable Player: Aly Tolba

First Girls’ Squash

The Talbot/Edwards Most Improved Player: Sarah Poling

The Fritz Zeller Most Valuable Player: Abby LeBlanc

Boys’ Swimming and Diving

Most Improved Swimmer/Diver: Joel Groves

Most Valuable Swimmer/Diver: Jordan Gabbidon and Jack Norman

Girls’ Swimming and Diving

Most Improved Swimmer/Diver: Nathali Madrid

Most Valuable Swimmer/Diver: Leta Giordano

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: Jack Werner

First Girls’ Basketball: Jacqui Richard

First Boys’ Hockey: J.P. Schuhlen

First Girls’ Hockey: Ashley Carbone

First Boys’ Squash: Wonjune Kang

First Girls’ Squash: Katie Deveaux

Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Gary Simons

Girls’ Swimming and Diving: Elizabeth Brewer

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

Second Boys’ Hockey

Coaches: Peter Briggs, Charlie Griffith

Captains: Mac McCormick, Chris Connal

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

Captain: Wonjune Kang

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

Boys’ Basketball: Chris Swanson

Girls’ Basketball: McKenna Burelle, Oumou Kanoute

Boys’ Hockey: Cal LeClair, Peter Horsfall

Girls’ Hockey: Madie Bologa, Lily von Stade

Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Jordan Gabbidon, Gary Simons, Joel Groves

Girls’ Swimming and Diving: Leta Giordano, Nathali Madrid, Elizabeth Brewer

Boys’ Squash: Will Leathers

Girls’ Squash: Abby LeBlanc

Performing Arts

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 Jordan Clapprood.

The newest members of Dramat, the student dramatic organization contributing at least 100 hours to a Dramat production, were announced as Ashlyn Chin, Fiona Fan, Julia Krys, Ozzy Kutluel, Jessie Schuhlen, Celenah Watson and Victoria Winter.

The newest member of the Williams Hill Players, requiring a total of 400 hours of work on Westminster Drama productions, was announced as Cameron Gould.

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