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Winter Term Awards Ceremony
At the Winter Term Awards Ceremony March 30, Headmaster Bill Philip welcomed everyone back from spring vacation, and then Associate Head of School Nancy Spencer gave an overview of the winter term. “From exciting home athletic contests to amazing artistic performances, with chapel services that move us, academic competitions that inspire us, community service events that provide us the opportunity to contribute, to the ultimate thrill of victory and agony of defeat of the Dorm Olympics and Trivia Night, it has been a fast-paced, jam-packed few months to say the least,” she said. She then highlighted some special community moments and individual achievements.
Academic Awards
Director of Studies Bill Sistare and the deans presented the following academic awards:
Third Form Summus
Annabelle Aber, Eve Cathcart, Eda Chen, Abby Davis, Brad Donegan, Alex Ellis, Justin Flaks, Allison Kijanka, Geena Kim, Michelle Kim, Scott Lee, Will Lynch, Angelesia Ma, Lizzy McCoy, Jacob Monroe, Wes Oltsch, Travis Paulsen, Daniel Pinckney, Ryan Pineault, Cecilia Raymond, Megan Rittenhouse, McKenzie Roller, Liam Seeley, Ian Shane, Ellie Suit, Quoc Anh Truong, Chris Turino, Bethany Winters, Aidan Wood, Vernita Zhai, Olivia Zhang
Fourth Form Summus
Adena Ajike, Boyan Alipiev, Curtis Brockelman, Maggie Chaves, James Chun, Blake Cote, Emmett de Kanter, Lukas Dudzik, Kaitlyn Eddy, Carl Ekholm, Audrey Froelich, Alex Hu, Hannah Kaye, Shannon Keefe, Lucy Keenan, Caroline Kelter, Kim Eugene, Julia Krys, Kevin Kuang, Yuna Lee, Alexandra Lin, Caroline McCausland, Alvarado Morales, Liz Murphy, Ishika Nathan, Jane Ogden, Jill Parsons, Caroline Percival, Natalie Rubin, Annie Sherbacow, Brandon Slawaska, Georgia Swank, Dinh Anh Truong, Maddie Vanech, Vincent Wang, Celenah Watson, Scott Wilson, Alexandra Wolf
Fifth Form Summus
Dallis Alvarez, Elizabeth Casey, Hayden Cathcart, Daniel Chey, Gabi Drumm, Fiona Fan, Jack Feingold, Michael Fiorini, Albert Gao, Becca Gavel, Porter Girty, Abby Hoglund, Mary Kille, Katie Kosior, Nikola Kostic, Dong Ryan Lee, Ally Marenco, Katy Maxon, Paul McNamara, Elisabeth Morin, Katie Neilsen, Elton Paintsil, Mia Poling, Mike Riberdy, Sean Ryan, Jessie Schuhlen, Cam Scott, Connor Seeley, Teagan Stedman, Ryan Szykowny, Max Torrez, Nick Wee, Chris Whipple, Natalie Wilson, Jimmy Zhang
Sixth Form Summus
Alexandra Aiello, Jackson Andrews, Nikki Armour, Elizabeth Brewer, Gabby Brown, McKenna Burelle, Emily Burstein, Merlin Ennis, Leif Fosse-Greiner, Leta Giordano, Cameron Gould, Joel Groves, Jeffrey Guiliano, Annie Hicks, Logan Hinton, Hyeon Jo Jeong, Joseph Anissa, Oumou Kanoute, Leah Klassen, Abby LeBlanc, Nathali Madrid, Manny Meltzer, Dora Mitchel, Yuki Mitsuda, Brenna Monroe, Shanntal Morel, Morgan Peirce, John Rao, Ray Rivers, Fred Seo, Gary Simons, Matthew Swenson, Artur Szopa, Jake Szykowny, Lily von Stade, Cynnie White, Yilun Zheng
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: Andrew Lee
Third Boys’ Basketball: Zachary Tarazi
Second Girls’ Basketball: Alayna Tawney
Second Boys’ Hockey: Merlin Ennis
Third Boys’ Hockey: Carson Roth
Second Girls’ Hockey: Madison Paro
Second Boys’ Squash: Khalil Walker
Third Boys’ Squash: Boyan Alipiev
Second Girls’ Squash: Georgia Swank
Third Girls’ Squash: Daniela Mays-Sanchez
First Team Awards
First Boys’ Basketball
Most Improved Player: Daniel Kong
Keyes Foul Shooting: Josiah Green
The Donald H. Werner Most Valuable Player: Devonte McCall
First Girls’ Basketball
Most Improved Player: Emma Alpaugh
Keyes Foul Shooting: McKenna Burelle
Most Valuable Player: Paige Phillips
First Boys’ Hockey
Most Improved Player: Jagger LeClair
Most Valuable Player: Jack Flanagan
First Girls’ Hockey
Most Improved Player: Hannah Stone
Most Valuable Players: Emma Lange, Lilly Holmes
First Boys’ Squash
The Talbot/Edwards Most Improved Player: Andrew Doucette
The Fritz Zeller Most Valuable Player: Aly Tolba
First Girls’ Squash
The Talbot/Edwards Most Improved Player: Katie Kosior
The Fritz Zeller Most Valuable Player: Abigail LeBlanc
Boys’ Swimming and Diving
Most Improved Swimmer/Diver: Emmett de Kanter
Most Valuable Swimmer/Diver: Jordan Gabbidon
Girls’ Swimming and Diving
Most Improved Swimmer/Diver: Alex Wolf
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: Chris Swanson
First Girls’ Basketball: McKenna Burelle
First Boys’ Hockey: Cal LeClair
First Girls’ Hockey: Lily von Stade
First Boys’ Squash: Will Leathers
First Girls’ Squash: Lucy Noel
Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Joel Groves
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 Girls’ Basketball
Coach: Brady Cooper
Captain: Brenna Monroe
The Frederick D. Houghton Award, which is given to the Westminster team with the best season, was presented to:
First Boys’ Basketball
Coaches: David Pringle, Greg Williams
Captain: Chris Swanson
The winter team captains then introduced the first team captains-elect for next winter as:
Boys’ Basketball: TBD
Girls’ Basketball: Emma Alpaugh, Gaby Salgar
Boys’ Hockey: Michael Fiorni, Patrick Dawson
Girls’ Hockey: Lilly Holmes, Emma Lange, Ashlee White
Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Teagan Stedman, Matt Norris, Albert Gao
Girls’ Swimming and Diving: Liza Lennox, Dallis Alvarez
Boys’ Squash: TBD
Girls’ Squash: Lucy Noel, Caroline Miller
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 Scott Wilson.
The newest members of Dramat, the student dramatic organization contributing at least 100 hours to a Dramat production, were announced as Hannah Buckley, Ondine Finley, Dylan Foster, Geena Kim, Dorka Nagy, Chloe Sealy, Scott Wilson and Maddie Vanech.
The newest members of the Williams Hill Players, requiring a total of 400 hours of work on Westminster Drama productions, were announced as Jordan Clapprood and Anissa Joseph.
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