Spring Sports Program 2025

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FALCONS

Susanna Bartolomei

Leigh Block

2025 BOARD OF TRUSTEES

President Brian Crumley ’92

Vice Presidents William Butler ’96

Elyse Stoltz Dickerson ’93

Treasurer Rob Semple ’95

Secretary John Brookman ’80

ELECTED MEMBERS

Joseph Berkes ’98

Laura Bird, Member at Large

Andrew Blake ’93

Ann Bluntzer, Ph.D.

Ricky Brown

Orlando Carvalho, Member at Large

Georgina Moncrief Condrey ’94

Whitney Baggett Creel ’04

Asad Dean ’90

Hugo Del Pozzo

Dak Hatfield

mission of Fort Worth Country

Jon Kellam

Stephen Luskey ’01

Demequa Moore, M.D.

Jamie Packer

and the

at Fort Worth Country

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from the Head of School Welcome

Dear Falcon Families,

Since Fort Worth Country Day’s founding in 1963, our student-athletes have proudly competed in interscholastic sports. FWCD won its first championship in 1969, and the Falcons have claimed over 150 titles in the Metroplex Independent School Conference (MISC), the Texas Independent Schools Conference (TISC), Texas Association of Private Schools (TAPS), and the Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC), further cementing our commitment to excellence in athletics.

Our program is built on the heart of our students, the dedication of our coaches, and the unwavering support of our fans. This year, every team, student-athlete, coach, parent, guardian, and fan will contribute to the evergrowing history of Falcon athletics. We look forward to the memories that will unfold in our gyms and on our fields throughout the 2024-25 season.

We are eager for all Falcon fans to keep lending their voices, cheers and support for our student-athletes. Whether it’s a steady clap or a burst of excitement, it means the world to all those immersed in competition. Your presence and enthusiasm elevate the game.

As we cheer from the bleachers, please keep FWCD’s core values top of mind. We aspire to bring courage and kindness, integrity and respect to all that we do. We can be so proud when our visitors, the athletes, the parents, the fans and the referees, leave our campus commenting on how hard we competed, and how respectful we were as opponents. Good sportsmanship matters. Together, let’s make this a season to remember for all of the best reasons –on and off the field.

from the Athletic Director Welcome

Dear Falcon Fans,

Welcome to spring athletics!

Our student-athletes and coaches are coming off a very successful winter season. Seven programs – girls and boys basketball, girls and boys soccer, girls and boys swimming, and wrestling – competed in SPC postseason play, and all seven programs enjoyed Top 4 finishes. (Girls basketball, girls swimming, wrestling – 2nd; boys soccer, boys basketball – 3rd; boys swimming, girls soccer – 4th.)

Our spring teams are having terrific seasons and are now gearing up for the playoffs. Lacrosse will be playing in Dallas for the SPC Tournament, and the rest of our teams will head south to Houston.

Regardless of our records during the season and our SPC Tournament finish, we can assure you that our student-athletes and coaches will demonstrate a strong competitive spirit and a team-first mentality at all times.

We are grateful for our entire community’s enthusiastic support, and we will do everything we can to make you all proud to cheer on the Falcons!

Falcon Club

The Falcon Club is Fort Worth Country Day’s athletic booster club. The organization supports Lower School and Middle School PE programs and all teams at the varsity, junior varsity and Middle School levels. All Falcons, JK-12, benefit from the financial support the Falcon Club gives to the Athletic Department.

Falcon Club memberships, program ads and merchandise sales provide funds to improve the FWCD athletic programs with items and activities not covered under the athletic operation budget. In addition to hosting cookouts and Falcon Rally pizza parties for fans, Falcon Club purchase highlights of the past few years include soccer goals, volleyball standards and basketball goals; gym chairs, score tables and wall padding; water cows, EpiPens and AEDs; a baseball field home plate halo, awards boards, an ice machine, our climbing wall, video equipment, portable scorers carts for our field, Boombah bags for student-athletes; and contributions toward the baseball mound turf and softball lights. And that is only part of the complete list!

The Falcon Club welcomes new members and encourages volunteering! Not only is membership a fun way to meet parents and guardians and support FWCD, but it also keeps you informed and involved in the School’s athletic program. Some ways to help coaches and athletes include running the time clock, moving the chains at football games, or working in the concession stand or the Falcon Nest Spirit Shop.

Check out the Falcon Club webpage on the FWCD website for more information about membership: fwcd.org/falconclub.

We look forward to seeing you in the stands and on the sidelines, cheering on our Falcon teams.

GO FALCONS!

Falcon Club Leadership 2024-25

Leadership Board

Bethany and Canaan Factor

Courtney and Nelson Holm

Melissa and Scott Huffman

Shelley and Michael Matthews

Courtney and Matt Mitchell

Meghan and Cody Ortowski

If you are interested in volunteering for Falcon Club membership, concessions, programs or special events, please email falconclub@fwcd.com.

Falcon Founder

Anonoymous

Ashley and Brett Beebe ’93

Rhonda and Joseph Brunson

Anjie (Landreth) ’94 and William Butler ’96

Anne and Orlando Carvalho

Georgina (Moncrief) ’94 and Cliff Condrey

Kate and Sonny Dykes

Shannon and Erik Haven

Venessa and Robert Howard

Melissa and Scott Huffman

Courtney and Matt Mitchell

Christen and Scott O’Neal

The Ortowski Family

Mary Catherine and Chad Parsons

Heather and Stephen Richey

Brooke and Mark Rollins

Katie and Matthew Stadler

April and Rick Wegman

Monica and Ryan Wood

Falcon First-Class

Tyler and Brian Crumley ’92

Jordan (Beasley) ’96 and Adam Davidson

The Interiano Family

Meredith and Stephen Luskey ’01

Amie and Brad Ogle

Helen and Michael Todora

Falcon Force

Tasa (Lefler) ’88 and Frank Anderson

Debby + and Bill Arnold ’86

Stephanie and Brad Ashburn

Mandi and Leigh + Block

Duffy and Scott Bloemendal

The Bluntzer Family

Stephanie and Michael Dike ’88

Yvette and Matt Dzurik

The Gans Family

Macy and James Hill

The Hoefer Family

Courtney and Nelson Holm

Lyndsay and Justin Hoover

Rebecca and Doug King

Taylor (Luskey) ’04 and Thomas Lacy

Regan and W.A. Landreth ’01

Jessica (Peacock) ’92 and Chad Liberto

Falcon Club Members

Debra and Eric + Lombardi

Laura and Ed Nelson ’89

Jesse and Chris Neubauer

Christine and Austin Reilly ’04

Falcon Flyer

Anonymous

April and Paul Bleich

Janice Hargrave and Michael Blewitt

Robin and Gantt Bumstead

Kathryn and Matt Carter

Kerry and Sean Dailey

Carolyn (Forswall) ’02 and Henry Dollahite ’02

The Hatfield Family

The Klaus Family

April and David Knight ’98

Lindsey and Ian Lee

Haddy and Edward Manuel

Michelle and Scott Marlow

Janese and Stephen Massey

Shelley, Michael, Guy ’27 and Mason ’30 Matthews

The McAnally Family

Larkin and Richard McMillan

Carrie and Sean McPadden

The Montague Family

Lauren and Aaron Moses

Martha (Oswald) ’99 and Paxton Motheral

Tany and Bill Runyon ’80

Katie and Rob Semple ’95

Rachel and Graham Streett

Amy and Hunter Young

Falcon Fanatic

Anonymous

Lauren and Matt Anderson

Stephanie (Bird) ’08 and Cody Baker

Elizabeth + and Connor Baxter

Kelly and Prichard Bevis

The Chiong Family

Amy and Eugene Chung

Morgan and Walter Coleman

Monica deLaGarza

Jessica and Ryan Dodson

Bethany and Canaan Factor

Natalia (Castro) ’90 and Greg Hanson

Carolyn and Ryan Hyman

Laura and Charles Ivory

Kristin Larsen +

Erin Finley Lee

Nancy and Ted Paup

Laura and Robert Piwetz

Meredith (Nieswiadomy) ’06 and Breck Ray ’06

Rebekah and Jason Seiden

The Settle Family

The Shackelford Family

Erin and Al Silva

The Slataper Family

Michelle and John Stevenson

Roleen and Jeffrey Strathmeyer

Sandra + and Troy Tuomey

Peggy Wakeland +

Blair (Taylor) ’99 and John Walker

Danielle LeBlanc ’91 and Matt Wallace

Falcon Lower School Family

Margo and Curtis Bush

Liz (Hill) ’00 and Ed Deegan

The Elliott Family

Courtney and Justin Holt ’00

The Kimble Family

Alexis and Robert Schleider

Carly (Mills) ’00 and Stephen Tatum ’01

Molly (Thompson) ’07 and Pete Van Amburgh

Faculty/Staff

Sarah + and Stephen + Blan

Paige (Farris) ’87 + and Ed + Chisholm

Aimee Jenkins +

Lisa + and Michael + Parker

Myrna Sam +

Christine + and Kevin Spikes

Callie, Mike + and Luke ’26 Vincent

Lisa + and Neil Wallace

Kathy Welch +

Steve Uhr +

Meet the Coaches

Leigh Block

College: Clemson University; University of Florida

Year Appointed: 2021

Years’ Experience: 30

Title: Director of Athletics

College: Mount Holyoke College

Year Appointed: 2016

Years’ Experience: 7

Teach/Coach: MS Spanish; Tennis Program Director/Girls Varsity Head Coach

Scott Baxter

College: Ithaca College

Year Appointed: 2025

Years’ Experience: 8

Coach: US Assistant Lacrosse

College: The University of Tulsa Year Appointed: 2022

Years’ Experience: 3

Teach/Coach: LS/MS Physical Education; MS/US Track & Field

College: University of Texas at Arlington

Year Appointed: 2014

Years’ Experience: 20

Teach/Coach: MS Life Science; Varsity Assistant Baseball

College: University of Arizona; Ohio University

Year Appointed: 1987

Years’ Experience: 40

Title: Head Athletic Trainer; Associate Athletic Director

Stacy Bourne ’02

College: Baylor University; University of Tennessee

Year Appointed: 2017

Years’ Experience: 18

Title: Associate Athletic Trainer

College: University of Colorado, Boulder Year Appointed: 1993

Years’ Experience: 30

Teach/Coach: LS/MS Physical Education; MS/US Girls Tennis

Joe Breedlove ’78

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 1983

Years’ Experience: 36

Title/Coach: Executive Director of Breakthrough Fort Worth; US Track & Field

College: University of Texas at Arlington

Year Appointed: 2016

Years’ Experience: 10

Teach/Coach: Track & Field Program Director/Varsity Head Coach; Strength & Conditioning Assistant

Joseph Breedlove III ’17
Ed Chisholm
Jared Connaughton
Jimmy Brockway
Debby Arnold

Peter Cost

College: Goucher College

Year Appointed: 2024

Years’ Experience: 4

Teach/Coach: US Assistant Lacrosse

College: Creighton University Year Appointed: 2003

Years’ Experience: 21

Teach/Coach: LS PE; Softball Program Director/Varsity Head Coach

College: Oral Roberts University

Year Appointed: 2017

Years’ Experience: 7

Coach: Varsity Girls Golf

Bob Howard

College: University of Texas at Arlington Year Appointed: 2021

Years’ Experience: 31

Coach: US Track & Field

Patrick Diamonon

College: Hendrix College Year Appointed: 2021

Years’ Experience: 8

Coach: Lacrosse Program Director/ Varsity Head Coach

Keon Jefferson

College: University of Central Oklahoma Year Appointed: 2018

Years’ Experience: 4

Coach: MS/US Track & Field

Grant Gossett

College: Texas Christian University; Texas A&M University

Year Appointed: 2013

Years’ Experience: 5

Coach: US Assistant Lacrosse

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 1998

Years’ Experience: 19

Teach/Coach: LS Physical Education; JV/Varsity Softball

Aaron Gutierrez

College: California State University

Year Appointed: 2025

Years’ Experience: 1

Coach: JV Baseball

Miller

College: Texas State University

Year Appointed: 2022

Years’ Experience: 4

Coach: US Boys Golf

Sharon Davis ’04
DeAnn Hall
Aimee Jenkins
Preston

Meet the Coaches

College: Wabash College; Sewanee: The University of the South

Year Appointed: 2023

Years’ Experience: 1

Coach: JV/Varsity Baseball

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 2016

Years’ Experience: 3

Title/Coach: Auxiliary Athletic Programs

Manager; JV/Varsity Baseball

Parker

College: The University of Texas at Austin

Year Appointed: 2009

Years’ Experience: 16

Title: Athletics Administrative Assistant

College: Texas Wesleyan University

Year Appointed: 2025

Years’ Experience: 1

Teach/Coach: US Computer Science; Varsity Boys Tennis

College: University of Texas at Arlington

Year Appointed: 2009

Years’ Experience: 33

Title/Coach: MS Athletic Director; Golf

Program Director

College: Louisiana State University

Year Appointed: 1999

Years’ Experience: 28

Teach/Coach: Director of Physical Education; Varsity Assistant Softball

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 2019

Years’ Experience: 20

Teach/Coach: LS/MS PE; Baseball Program Director/Varsity Head Coach

College: Oak Hills Christian College

Year Appointed: 2016

Years’ Experience: 16

Coach: US Assistant Lacrosse

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 2023

Years’ Experience: 2

Coach: US Assistant Lacrosse

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 2022

Years’ Experience: 7

Title/Coach: Auxiliary Programs

Manager; Baseball Program Assistant

Aaron Slayden
Felipe Parra Logan Smith
Ryan Thomas
Branson Nelson ’16
Michael Settle ’99
Shawn Morris
Shelley Rains
Lisa
James Rains

Amanda Watts

College: University of North Texas

Year Appointed: 2014

Years’ Experience: 10

Coach: JV/Varsity Girls Softball

K’iara Williams

College: Texas Wesleyan University

Year Appointed: 2023

Years’ Experience: 3

Title: Assistant Athletic Trainer

Girls Golf Houston April 22-23, 2025

Boys Golf Houston April 29-30, 2025

Spring Houston May 1-3, 2025

A Big FALCON

Walter Halpenny, M.D.

Steve Brotherton, M.D.

Natalia Hanson, M.D.

Greg Hanson, M.D.

Geof LeBus, M.D.

Anita Paulus, D.D.S, P.C.

William Paulus, D.D.S, M.S.

Millard Tierce IV, D.O.

Trainers

Head Athletic Trainer

Ed Chisholm

Associate Athletic Trainer

Stacy Bourne ’02

Assistant Athletic Trainer

K’iara Williams

Boys Varsity Golf

Boys JV Golf

Program

Girls Golf

*Not Pictured

Varsity Head Coach
Sharon Davis ’04

Softball

Boys Tennis

Head Coach

Felipe Parra

Assistant Coaches

David Hoppe, Chris Hoppe ’21

Judson

MGR

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Go Falcons!

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Girls Tennis

Head Coach

Debby Arnold

Assistant Coach

Farris Chisholm ’87*

Martha Wynn Senter

Eden Turner 11

Nara Acuña Guba 12

MGR Cash Hickman 10

*Not Pictured

Track & Field

Emmy Strathmeyer 10

Ty Williams 10

Nate Blan 11

Fox Burton 11

Price Carter 11

Skylar De Luca 11

Blake Dickey 11

Canaan Factor 11

Addison Fortinberry* 11

Esteban Gomez 11

Diego Hatcher 11

Gigi Helling 11

Eleanor Holm 11

Ethan Lampka 11 Cal Neubauer 11

Hailey Seiden 11

Lainey Shackelford 11 Luke Vincent 11

Spring Senior Athletes

Murphy Hoefer
Hudson Holm
Jack Homan
Sloan Howard
Nara Acuña Guba
Margaret Anderson
Finleigh Ashburn Jackson Bloemendal
Charlotte Bonnell
Ellie Cady
Kaitlyn Chu
Lyle Crumley
Connor Davidson
Alonzo Del Pozzo
Quinn Gibbons
Mason Harper
Henry Harrington
Hudson Hatfield
Cole Haven
George Hill

Congratulations to Our Senior Athletes

Harrison Johns
Jordan Jones
Max Kaufmann
Caroline King
Michael Krivanek
Priscilla Lambis
Janie Lee
Lainey Liberto
Luke Mitchell
Jesus Orozco
Reese Packer
Sadie Peterson
Charles Portwood
Eduardo Rodriguez
Dario Rosas
Alex Seiden
Judson Tighe

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