STUDENTS

Senior Zacharia (Zach) Mozher of Middletown, Del., has been selected as a finalist in the 68th annual National Merit® Scholarship Program, making him part of the top 16,000 high school students selected out of 1.5 million qualified applicants. National Merit semifinalists represent less than one percent of high school seniors in the United States and include the highest-scoring entrants in each state. Zach has been accepted to Princeton University as part of their Early Action program, but has yet to decide where he will attend college next year, pending additional decisions, although he does know he wants to study biology and is considering a pre-med track and eventually becoming a doctor.

The Gunston School is one of only 209 schools in the United States to be recognized for the College Board’s AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for expanding young women’s access to Advanced Placement Computer Science A (CSA). This award acknowledges 1,105 schools for their work toward equal gender representation during the 2021-22 school year. Research shows that female students who take AP computer science are more likely to major in computer science in college compared with matched peers.

Speaking of STEM, shortly after the last issue of the Multum was published, the Gunston Robotics Team advanced to the regional playoffs, narrowly missing a qualification for the school’s first-ever bid to the World Championships. The team finished 8th overall at Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Va. against the 80 best teams in the region. “An FTC robotics competition is really about learning how to work together as a team to bring out the best contributions from each participant across many skill sets. In addition to building and programming, these skills include developing a game strategy, problem-solving, prototyping, communication between subgroups, branding, community outreach and team spirit,” said Dr. Ken Wilson. Gunston has the only active FIRST Robotics team on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

VISITING AUTHORS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Gunston welcomed several speakers to campus over the last year including authors, poets, historians, community leaders, and industry experts in education.

Athletics

In both 2022 and 2023, college-bound athletes comprised 10% of Gunston’s graduating class, beating the national average for the second year in a row. Nationwide, a little over 7% of high school athletes (about 1 in 13) will go on to play a varsity sport in college and less than 2% of high school athletes (1 in 57) go on to play at NCAA Division I schools.

In February of 2023, Gunston sent 18 swimmers to the inaugural ESIAC Swim Invitational at the YMCA in Cambridge, Md. Competing in 20 events against five other ESIAC schools, Gunston’s Boys team finished in first place!

Class Of 2023

Booth ’25, Noah Cook, Steven Booth, Madison, Jennifer and Michael Brown, Jean and Katherine René, Peter and Julie Rich, Nicole Wagner, Jim, Heather, and Aidan Watson ’25 and Carrie York.

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Class Of 2022

Standing

Spring 2022 Highlights

Boys Varsity Lacrosse: Second Place ESIAC Championship

Coach Zach Hoisington and Assistant Coach Jeff Smith, P’18 ’22 ’24

• All-Conference Team: Josh Campbell ’22, Zach LaFleur ’22, Mekonnen Sahle-Selassie ’23 and Ben Cunningham ’22

• Honorable Mention: Jude Smith ’22

Girls Varsity Lacrosse

Coach Imani Black and Assistant Coaches Mark Callahan, P ’22, Ronnie Vesnaver and Mark FaunLeRoy, P ‘22

All-Conference Team: Nora FauntLeRoy ’22, Jenna Frederick ’23, and Sophia Kent ’24

Honorable Mention: Paige Holmes ’22

Sailing

Coach Tom Chafey and Assistant Coach Kate Larrimore ’16

• Placed first overall in three out of their five regular season regattas, two of which were MDISA Silver Level, Tier 2 Regattas where the team placed 3rd and 4th overall.

Crew

Coach Carter Law and Assistant Coaches John Wagner, Victoria Windmiller and Tammy Boone, P’17 ’21

Men’s and Women’s varsity took first place at the Gunston Invitational with Freedom Rowers and Notre Dame Prep.

Summer 2022 Highlight

Maryland High School Triathlon State Champions

Coach Bobby Stephenson and Assistant Coach Tony D’Antonio

• Colin Hallmark ’24 (boys)

• Allie Fitzgerald ’24 (girls)

Fall 2022 Highlights

Cross Country Team: First Place ESIAC Championship

Coach Bobby Stephenson and Assistant Coach Moe Weimer

• Girls All-Conference Team: Grace Hanlon ’25 (6th), Allie Fitzgerald ’24 (3rd) and Zoe Buzzelli ’24 (2nd)

Honorable Mention: Louise Mulock ’25

Boys All-Conference Team: Zach Mohzer ’23 (4th), Aidan Trautman ’23 (3rd)

ESIAC Boys Runner of the Year (and finishing first overall): Colin Hallmark ’24

• Honorable Mention: Zach Steinberg ’25

Boys Varsity Soccer: Second Place ESIAC Championship

Coach Juan Angarita, P’22 & Assistant Coach Cam Angarita ’05

All-Conference Team: Jan Serraviñals ’24, Mekonnen

Sahle-Selassie ’23, Aaron Sanderson ’23 and Rowan Larkin ’24

Honorable Mention: Finn Theeke ’23

2022 ESIAC Player of the Year for Boys Soccer: Jan Serraviñals ’24

Girls Soccer

Coach Tony D’Antonio and Assistant Coach Lucas Leite

• All-Conference Team: Amber Tormey ’24

Honorable Mention: Maddie Algier ’23

Golf Team: Second Place ESIAC Championship

Coach Dave Bolyard and Assistant Coaches Dan Greaves and C.O. Johnson, P ’25

All Conference Team: RP Johnson ’25 and Paget Kellogg ’23

Honorable Mention: Jack Beasley ’25

Girls Varsity Field Hockey: Second Place ESIAC Championship

Coach Yvonne Gazelle and Assistant Coach Jen Matthews ’05

• All-Conference Team: Sophia Kent ’24, Layla Kent ’26, Grace Shepherd ’25, Lane Parkhurst ’23, and Julia McClary ’23

Honorable Mention: Lea Berling ’25

Field Hockey Coaches Association of Maryland (FHCAMD) All Eastern Shore Field Hockey Team: Grace Shepherd ’25

FHCAMD All Mid-Shore Field Hockey Team: Sophia Kent ’24, Grace Shepherd ’25, and Layla Kent ’26

Volleyball

Coach David Henry, P’20’23 and Assistant Coaches Jess Coner and Dr. Mariah Goodall

• All Conference Team: Jessica Hammond ’24

• Honorable Mention: Natalie Henry ’23

Sailing Coach Tom Chafey and Assistant Coaches Kate Larrimore ’16 and Simon Kelly ’06

The Junior Varsity Sailing Team ranked first in the Junior Varsity Mid-Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association League (MDISA) out of 31 teams.

The Varsity Team ranked 9th in the Varsity MDISA out of 27 teams.

Crew Coach Carter Law and Assistant Coaches John Wagner, Victoria Windmiller and Tammy Boone, P’17 ’21

Varsity Women took first place at Hidden River Chase in Occoquan, Va.

• JV Women took first place at Head of the Christiana.

WINTER 22-23 HIGHLIGHTS

Girls Varsity Basketball

Coach Brian Aikin and Assistant Coach Dave Robinson

Girls All-Conference Team: Julia McClary ‘23, Caitlin Myers ‘24

Honorable Mention: Sophia Kent ‘24

Boys Varsity Basketball

Coach Brian Aikin and Assistant Coach Dave Robinson

Boys All-Conference Team: Mekonnen Sahle-Selassie ‘23, Jonah Smith ‘24

Honorable Mention: Aiden Dunlap ‘24