FALL 2012 EDITION
Athletic News The Booster Club was formed in the spring of 2003 to support GSB Athletics both financially and by encouraging school spirit. For more information about the Booster Club, contact David Pasquale, athletic director, at 908-234-1611, ext. 221.
A NOTE FROM THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR In this issue of the Booster Club Newsletter you will read about the wonderful accomplishments of our fall student-athletes and coaches who have begun the 2012-13 academic year in fine fashion. Varsity boys’ soccer had a season for the ages, earning sectional, conference, and prep championships. In cross country, the varsity girls won another Prep B title and the boys had their best finish ever at the Non Public Group Championships. Both teams were well represented at the Meet of Champions. Girls’ tennis went undefeated in conference play and secured a sectional title for the first time since 2007. And girls’ soccer fought through significant injuries to key players and emerged with its fourth consecutive winning season. Most of our teams were also quite competitive at the JV and middle school levels, where younger student-athletes honed their skills in preparation for varsity level competition. With that said, I would like to offer one final congratulations to our coaches and athletes on a remarkable 2011-12 campaign. September 10, 2012 was a special day in Peapack-Gladstone, as executives from ShopRite and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) were on campus to present the “ShopRite Cup” to Gill St. Bernard’s as having the most accomplished Non Public athletic program in the state. Collective success over all three seasons and impeccable sportsmanship in all programs were taken into account, as the NJSIAA annually honors only six of its 450 member schools. Finally, please join me in thanking Megan Zakrzewski, our new communications specialist, for putting together her first of many Booster Club newsletters. Happy New Year from all of us in the GSB Athletic Department. We hope that you’ll find some time to catch our teams in action this winter.
Athletic Booster Club President Dick Emmitt P ’02 Receives 2012 Lindabury-Thomas Trustee Award An award that formally recognizes and thanks past or Honorary Trustees who have made outstanding contributions to the school, Gill St. Bernard’s third annual Lindabury-Thomas Trustee Award was presented to Honorary Trustee Richard “Dick” Emmitt P ’02 this past October. Emmitt, who has become a profound and permanent figure within the Gill St. Bernard’s community over the past decade, Continued on page 3
(L. to r.) Meg Emmitt ’02 with her father—the winner of GSB’s third annual Lindabury-Thomas Trustee Award—Dick Emmitt following a Bucknell women’s soccer game.