Fall Term Awards Announced

Members of the Westminster community gathered December 4 in the Werner Centennial Center to recognize achievements for the fall term.

“I believe that we enjoyed an excellent fall, and I tell people that it has been very busy, happy and successful,” said Headmaster Graham Cole in welcoming everyone to the ceremony.  “Consider, among other things, the numbers of people who earned summus gradus for the term, our fall teams’ results this season with three teams going to New Englands, Dramat’s production of “The Glass Menagerie,” the large numbers of families coming through our Admissions Office doors, the performances of our talented artists at Parents’ Weekend, a highly successful and different bonfire, Mr. Quinn’s memorable ‘I love Shakespeare’ talk, and the two plays we attended as a school.” He also recounted a number of small, often unnoticed interactions and encounters on the Hill that make Westminster such a special place.
 
Awards were then presented in the following categories:

Academic Awards

2007-2008 Academic Year Fourth Form Book Prizes
(This year’s Fifth Form):

Third in the Fourth Form: Charlotte O’Herron  
Second in the Fourth Form: Kathryn Brady    
First in the Fourth Form: Anne Cervas (primus in the school)

2007-2008 Academic Year Fifth Form Book Prizes
(This year’s Sixth Form):

Third in the Fifth Form: Eliza Mandzik   
Second in the Fifth Form: Josh Zalinger   
First in the Fifth Form: Torrey Leroy  

Summus Awards Fall 2008

Third Form
Judner Attys, Ellen Barnes Baker, Caroline Hendrie Brady,
Sarah Kerr Dimmitt, Jennifer Darby Drake, Christopher George Echevarria,
Isha Aakriti Garg, Michael Arthur LeBlanc, Joo Hee Lee, Marissa Wickman Mason, Jacob William Medina, Meaghan Ann O’Herron, Caroline Anne Pluta, John Christian Pomarico and William Curtis Stevens.

Fourth Form
Margaret Welles Berry, Alexandra Jiovanna Kiana Cateriano,
Katherine H. Cheng, Jae Hee Cho, Caroline Sparkman Clark, Andrea Claire Cross, Nora Patricia Edmonds, Bridget Alyce Eklund, Caitlin Campbell Fabbri, Hannah Phillips Ford, Kathryn Wilkins Griffith, Robert Sherwin Hamblett, McCall Helen Hawkins, Kathryn Judith Hill, Claire Patricia Hodson, Thomas Kenaston Hovey, Kaleigh McKenzie Kelley, Sooyoung Kim, Vanessa Heart Larracuente, Matthew Charles Leach, Hannah Meeker Leathers, Jacob J. Lee, Louise Ahern Marenakos, Emma Jane Pinney, Stephanie Rae Piperno, Kathryn Elizabeth Polio, Marguerite Glass Prescod,
Brittany Lauren Sutton, Nicholas Charles Thompson, Harry Scott Wise,
Bradley D’Orsi Woodruff and Shishan Zhang.

Fifth Form
Vladimír Bok, Kathryn Clarke Brady, Anne Elizabeth Cervas, Paige Elizabeth Decker, Cristobal Gomez, Sean Paul Kelley, Jeanne Suhn Ju Kim,
Madeleine Heather Ann King, Riana Margaret MacKenzie, Suchita Mandavilli, Madelin Lillian McPhee, Sara Melissa Nolan, Charlotte Louise O’Herron, Megan Winn Pooley, Kingsley Manning Schroeder, Bronwyn Stewart Shortly, Emily Marie Paradis Snoddon, Clare Everett Ulrich, Margaret Benton Wyatt and Martha Alicia Zamora.

Sixth Form
Jae Kyung Ahn, Sarun Atiganyanun, Mikaela Bengtsson, Anna Doherty Boborodea, Tsz Yan Chan, Kelsey Elizabeth Clarke, Elizabeth Anne Cole,
Claire Talley Corroon, Robin Rebecca Cotter, Kendall Hanna Deflin, Hannah Monroe Dimmitt, Juliette Ferrari-McComb, Whitney Gilmore FitzPatrick, Amanda Elizabeth Humphrey, Charles Kimball Keegan, Torrey Alvord Leroy, Margot Clare Lieblich, Eliza Rose Mandzik, Chanler Murphy, Mary Catherine O’Connor, Catherine Alice Outerbridge, Natalie Anne Perkins, Rosalie Davis Philip, Ruth Gardner Planitzer, Zachariah A. Reitano, Christopher Yuji Shimamoto, Ann Farrington Ulrich, Isabella Valentina Wragg, Joshua Bestor Zalinger, Kirby Frank Zdrill, Jeremy Aaron Zelinger and Kyle Jacob Zinn.


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.

Fourth Boys’ Soccer: Jake Medina and Emmett Shipway
Third Field Hockey: Caroline Pluta
Third Boys' Soccer: Mitchell Bessey
Third Girls' Soccer: Emily Worcester
Second Boys' Cross Country: Chris Shimamoto and Brendan Sullivan  
Second Girls’ Cross Country: Robin Cotter
Second Football: Rob Hunter
Second Field Hockey: Karin Yoshida
Second Boys' Soccer: Ryan Tyson
Second Girls' Soccer: Emily Minella and Ashley Jeffress

First Team Awards:

Boys’ Cross Country:
    Most Improved Runner: Jacob Lee
    The Jones Most Valuable Runner: Colin McLaughlin    

Girls' Cross Country
    Most Improved Runner: Tammi Moopenn
The Wilbur Most Valuable Runner: Chanler Murphy

Field Hockey:
    Most Improved Player: Rachel Kennedy
    The Pitcairn Most Valuable Player: Emily Walsh
   
Football
    The Hovey Most Improved Player: James Mangum
    The Lynch Most Valuable Player: Calvin Brownridge
The Chapman Cup Most Valuable Defensive Player:
        Will Manning and Kieran McDonald

Boys' Soccer
    The Wilbraham Most Improved Player: Kevin Hope
The 1956 Team Most Valuable Player: E.J. Nisbeth and Will Smith

Girls' Soccer
    Most Improved Player: Liz Cole
    Most Valuable Player: Torrey Leroy and Mikaela Bengtsson

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: Josh Zalinger
    First Girls' Cross Country: Annie Ulrich
Field Hockey: Ali Philip    
Football: Adam Lederer
    Boys' Soccer: Colby Mauke
    Girls' Soccer: Corine Werner

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

Third Boys’ Soccer
Coach: Scott Berry
Captains: Zack Curcio and Jake Lowenstein

The Frederick D. Houghton Award, which is given to the Westminster team with the best season, was presented to:
    
First Field Hockey
    Coaches: Colleen McDonald and Dana Chapin
    Captain: Emily Walsh

The fall team captains then introduced the first team captains-elect for next fall as:
Boys’ Cross Country: Ben Mandell and Colin McLaughlin
Girls’ Cross Country: Kathryn Brady and Anne Cervas
Field Hockey: Maddie King, Margaret Miller and Sara Nolan
Football: Kevin Boyle, James Mangum, Alex Martin, Brian
McQuillan and Stephen Seymour
Boys’ Soccer: Will Smith
Girls’ Soccer: Laura Gineo and Corinne Werner

Headmaster’s Awards

In the final segment of the ceremony, Headmaster Cole presented the Headmaster’s Awards, which recognize members of the Westminster community who have made special contributions to the community during the term. The award comes in the form of a Westminster lapel pin, which winners may wear.  The recipients were Will Wierzba ’09 “for his leadership and for making the fall such a good experience for his teammates and coach,” faculty member Dana Chapin “for her service and good heart both in Africa and at Westminster,” and Nabi Hassanzoy ’10 for his courage, integrity and candor, which has “helped us to step outside ourselves, to appreciate different perspectives, to be more open and to see a wider world.”

The ceremony ended with a presentation of photography of the fall athletic teams taken by Bree Evans, Victoria Parmeter, Catherine Outerbridge and Tori Pizzuto.