Sarah Geisinger ’12
Jayme Castillo ’12
Ally Ross ’11
GA Girls Tapped for USA Hockey National Camps G
ilmour Academy juniors Sarah Geisinger and Jayme Castillo, and senior Ally Ross, all members of the Girls Prep Hockey team, were selected for the USA Hockey’s Select Player Development Camps, which ran from June 25 to July 1 in St. Cloud, Minn. The camps identify, train, educate and assess the best female hockey players in the country. Geisinger qualified as a forward, Castillo for defense and Ross as a goaltender. Throughout the week, players selected for the National Camp received outstanding coaching while professional
scouts and college recruiters evaluated their performance. According to Rick Filighera, head coach of Gilmour’s Girls Prep Hockey team, the studentathletes qualified as the best in their age group in their district. Geisinger was selected by the Mid-Am District; Castillo, the Southeast District and Ross, the Atlantic District. Gilmour has the only girls prep hockey high school team in Ohio. The team finished its regular season earlier this year with a 16-9 record.
Go-to Guy for Sportsmanship W
hen it comes to sportsmanship, John Malloy doesn’t have to take a backseat to anyone. Sportsmanship is not just some lofty thought for Malloy, director of Ice Programs at Gilmour and head coach of the Varsity A Hockey team. He takes it to heart and he makes sure his hockey players do too both on and off the ice. Malloy received the Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award from the Ohio High School Athletic Association. He was honored last March in Columbus at the state championship game. One of the many reasons Malloy was honored with the award is that he believes that competition provides a great platform to use the Golden Rule with teammates, opponents, referees and spectators. Over the 12 years that he has coached at Gilmour, Malloy has set the bar high for his players, his staff and himself. He says he wants to extend Gilmour’s mission statement into the everyday experiences of being a member of the hockey program and believes sportsmanship will be a natural outcome. He says that two teams can go at it but still respect the game
and show that respect through sportsmanship. Malloy told a reporter from The Sun News, “You play hard for a common cause. At the end, you congratulate the winners.” Malloy joined Gilmour as arena and hockey director. He also coached Boys Prep Hockey too and was assistant coach for the Lancers Varsity Golf team for two years. Prior to that, he coached at Cleveland Heights High, Rocky River High School and the Miami Club hockey team after earning his Bachelor of Science and Master of Education from Miami University. In his current position, he oversees all aspects of Gilmour’s Ice Arena and its programs, and assists in admissions and development as well as coaching hockey. Last season, the Lancers’ record was 27-16-1. Malloy is committed to being a good role model and to pushing his players to being the best they can be in all aspects of their lives. “We live in a society where the results on the scoreboard play too large a role in defining players and programs,” he says. “Instead, we should be defined by how we treat each other.”
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