Spring 2021

ARTS

Playing with Light 24

ATHLETICS

Soccer Heads to Quarterfinals 36

ALL THAT GLITTERS 22

A Chorus Line Hits the Thomas Amphitheater

THE MUS MISSION: Memphis University School is a college-preparatory school dedicated to academic excellence, cultivation of service and leadership, and the development of wellrounded young men of strong moral character, consistent with the school’s Christian tradition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Charlie Dyson '23, Ayo Adebiyi '22, and Joseph Keeler '23 perform with the Jazz Band during the Spring Concert. Read more on page 28.

Senior Academic Award Recipients

Seniors and family members gathered in Hyde Chapel for the Senior Academic Awards Program on April 21. Faculty members presented the following awards to 19 deserving seniors.

William D. Jemison III Award for Excellence in Dramatics

Presented by Theater Director Tim Greer

Aidan Saunders

James Brescia Award for Unselfish Service in Dramatics

Presented by Mr. Greer

Cooper Grinspun, Ryan Peng

Choral Music Award for Excellence

Presented by Arts Department Chair

Grant Burke

Aidan Saunders

Instrumental Music Award for Excellence

Presented by Mr. Burke

Braxton Hart

Art Award

Presented by Mr. Burke

Matthew Phillips

Terry N. Shelton English Award

Presented by English Department

Chair Elizabeth Crosby

Max Shackelford

Russell Johnson Creative Writing Award

Presented by Ms. Crosby

Tamaz Young

Language Awards

Presented by Classical and Modern

Languages Chair Ryan Sellers

French Award

Leo Campbell

Wayne E. Duff Latin Award

Fawwaz Omer, Max Shackelford

Spanish Award

Dutch Hansen, Matthew Jones

H. Jerry Peters History Award

Presented by History Department

Chair Jonathan Jones

Max Shackelford

Margaret Owen Catmur

Science Award

Presented by Ruth McCaughan Morrison

Chair of Science Analice Sowell

Wesley Butler

Religion Award

Presented by Religion Department

Chair David Jackson

Tamaz Young

Award for Distinguished Community Service

Presented by Civic Service Advisor

Jonathan Large

Paul Jones, Holden Pate

DeWitt M. Shy, Jr. Mock

Trial Award

Presented by Ms. Crosby

Harmon Colvett

book awards

Nine students received special honors and collegiate book awards at the annual Special Awards and Honor Society Induction in April. Faculty, alumni, and special guests presented the awards:

■ Senior Matthew Jones, Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award

■ Seniors Matthew Jones and Colin McCown, Salvation Army “Doing the Most Good” Award

■ Junior Turner Bishop, Washington and Lee University Book Award

■ Junior McRae Dickinson, Wellford Leadership Award

■ Junior Reece Needham, Jefferson Book Award

■ Junior Forest Rudd, Yale Book Award

2021 SPRINGFIELD SCHOLARS

Joephen Chen

Alan Cheng

Bennett Frazer

Wills Frazer

Owen Gooch

Rushil Komeravelli

Rohan Kumar

Michael Liu

Oscar Liu

Kushal Patel

Joey Paul

Kip Stalls

■ Junior Garner Uhlhorn, Sewanee Award for Excellence in Writing

■ Junior Kerry Zhao, Dartmouth Book Award

■ Sophomore John Lee, Rhodes College Book Award

In addition to the special awards winners, students were inducted into the French, Spanish, and Latin language honor societies, Quill and Scroll Society, Mu Alpha Theta, and Societas Caritatis (the service honor society).

SPRINGFIELD SOCIETY INDUCTS 12

Twelve eighth-grade scholars joined the esteemed Springfield Society during a banquet in their honor Thursday, May 6. These young men are in the top 10% of their class and demonstrate character consistent with the high standards of the school’s Honor Code and Community Creed. Each student invited a faculty member to speak on his academic achievements and character.

Thirty-seven Upper School Students Inducted into NHS

Thirty-four juniors and three seniors joined the National Honor Society in a recorded ceremony broadcast to students, faculty, and parents.

Headmaster Pete Sanders opened the ceremony by introducing the National Honor Society faculty advisor, Religion Department Chair David Jackson. Jackson began by acknowledging that the National Honor Society was established in the United States in 1921 and that this is its centennial class. Having been on the committee for 15 years and acting as chair for many of those years, Jackson thanked this year’s faculty committee – English Instructor Lin Askew, Upper School Counselor Eddie Batey, Upper School Assistant Principal Mark Counce ’77, English Instructor Tim Greer, History Instructor Davis Smith, and Religion Instructor Clay Smythe ’85 – for their help in selecting this year’s nominees.

Before inviting the senior members of the National Honor Society to the podium, Jackson lit the candle of knowledge and truth. Max Shackelford lit the candle of scholarship and professed his love for storytelling, saying that scholarship is reading and free-thinking, and it is an integral part

Class of 2022

Ayo Adebiyi

James Barton

Simeon Betapudi

Turner Bishop

J.D. Clorina

Collin Craft

McRae Dickinson

Kyler Herring

Mark Hieatt

of MUS. Tamaz Young lit the candle of leadership, saying, “As leaders, it is not our job to grow as many followers as we can. Instead, our common goal should be to develop as many leaders as we can.” Paul Jones spoke on character and advised that developing character takes time and is hard work. Be wary, he said, as it can be easily destroyed by ego. Finally, Colin McCown spoke on service, reciting a quote from Woodberry Forest School’s first headmaster, J. Carter Walker: “Education is training for service to others rather than the success for oneself – to give rather than to get – for

Jordan Infeld

Dex Jack

Zion James

Will Jenks

Evan Jones

Alex Li

Samuel Lim

West Loden

Matthew Mellone

Jacob Musicante

Reece Needham

John Nelson

Vincent Ores

Jace Ra

Hamza Ranjha

Forest Rudd

David Sabin

Nelson Saenz

Evan Schrier

Talal Siddiq

sacrifice rather than gratification.”

After Jackson read the names of the new members, Sanders returned to the podium to congratulate the new members, saying they have “demonstrated mastery of academic life at a school that asks much of its students … As National Honor Society members, you’ve laid down a record of service to the greater good, exuded good character, and taken on leadership roles. These are qualities that, when combined with your classroom standing, make you that ideal individual that MUS hopes for in all of its students.”

Witt Smith

Garner Uhlhorn

Coleman Whitehead

Tyler Ybarra

Kerry Zhao

Class of 2021

Joseph Barnes

Will Jarratt

Tylyn Young

New inductees, from left, front row, Collin Craft, Simeon Betapudi, Vincent Ores, Mark Hieatt, Joseph Barnes; middle, Alex Li, J.D. Clorina, West Loden, Will Jenks, Kyler Herring; back, Evan Jones, Witt Smith, Samuel Lim, Garner Uhlhorn, Matthew Mellone, Evan Schrier, Will Jarratt, James Barton, Jacob Musicante

Eighth Grade Order of the Owl – Second Year

Lower School Students Join Order of the Owl, Latin Honor Society

Lower School students and families gathered in the Hyde Chapel for the first time in more than a year to celebrate the young men’s induction into the Order of the Owl and the Latin Honor Society in a socially distanced ceremony.

Sixty seventh and eighth graders joined the Order of the Owl. Seventh graders must have achieved at least a 90 weighted average, computed from their grades for the first semester and third quarter, excluding physical education. Eighth graders must have achieved at least a 93 weighted average, computed the same way. They must also have demonstrated character consistent with the high standards of the school’s Honor Code and Community Creed.

Twenty eighth graders joined the National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society. To be considered, students must hold membership in the MUS Latin Club, must have an A average in Latin class for the first three quarters of the year, and must have approval of their Latin teacher. The fourth requirement of attending the local Latin Fall Festivus or Tennessee Junior Classical League State Convention was waived this year because of COVID restrictions on events.

Latin Honor Society

Mark Boatright

Charlie Bragg

Thomas Byrnes

Joephen Chen

Alan Cheng

Hyde Crabtree

Wills Frazer

Owen Gooch

Andersen Henry

Coleman Kimmel

Rushil Komeravelli

Michael Liu

Ben Morrow

Kushal Patel

Joey Paul

Davis Rudd

Paxton Silver

Carson Smith

Kip Stalls

Alex Yong

Seventh

Landry Cooper

Frank Crump

Reese Deupree

Albert Ding

Charles Doughtie

Brady Ehrhart

Will Fortas

Maddox Giel

Joshua Gramm

Miller Griesbeck

Andrew Bruce

Amrik Chakravarty

Hyde Crabtree

Tucker Davis

Houston Donato

Andersen Henry

Chrishton King

Declan Lonergan

Ben Morrow

Davis Rudd

Samuel Schroerlucke

Whitt Stockburger

Alex Yong

Eighth Grade Order of the Owl – First Year

Mark Boatright

Louis Brundick

Patrick Burke

Colt Childress

Ammar Duldul

Charlie Engelberg

Hunter Fair

Abe Friedman

Cort Jones

Mac Ladd

Marcus McCullers

Paxton Silver

Carson Smith

Gabe Ungab

Jacob Wade

Ethan Zaptin

Charlie Harris

Jacob Hindman

Nicholas Lee

Reid LeMay

Trey McDonald

Madoc Michael

John Norfleet

Aadil Omer

Wilson Pace

Addy Ramakrishnan

Jack Rutter

Will Stinson

Ashwin Subramaniam

Ari Thiyagarajaa

Sohum Valaulikar

Devin Wells

Henry West

Carter Wildrick

Lucas Zhang

Luke Akers

Diego Guerrero Viloria

Grade Order of the Owl

Latin ‘ScriptorS’ Win aWardS

Six Bubones, all seniors, received recognition in the 2021 Scribo Latin Composition Contest. This contest, which is sponsored by Excellence Through Classics, a division of the American Classical League, challenges students with the task of composing original poems, short stories, and comic strips in Latin. This year’s theme was Famous Ancient Mediterraneans.

Ryan Peng - Poetry - Maxima Cum Laude

Cooper Grinspun - Poetry - Magna Cum Laude

Will Schuessler - Poetry - Magna Cum Laude

Fawwaz Omer - Poetry - Cum Laude

Max Shackelford - Short Story - Cum Laude

Dempsey Terhune - Comic Strip - Cum Laude

Additionally, Peng, Schuessler, and Shackelford received recognition in the 34th annual Bernice L. Fox Classics Writing Contest sponsored by Monmouth College in Monmouth, IL.

The theme for this year’s competition was “An Olympian God for the 21st Century,” and submissions needed to take the form of a myth in the style of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, a poem in the style of those seen in Homeric Hymns, a portion of a play, or any number of other genres or formats. Peng, Schuessler, and Shackelford each earned honorable mention for their submissions.

39 Owls Earn Awards During Virtual TJCL

Although the Tennessee Junior Classical League State Convention was a virtual event this year and did not grant any overall school awards, MUS Latin students still stood out with strong performances. A total of 39 Upper School and Lower School students earned awards, including a large swath of first-place awards.

First-Place Academic Awards:

Ryan Peng '21: Roman Life 4/5, Classical Art 4/5, Geography 4/5

Varun Krishnamurthi '23: Grammar 3

Alyaan Salman '23: Vocabulary 3

Will Gramm '24: Classical Art 2

Joephen Chen '25: Academic Heptathlon 1 (tie), Reading Comprehension 1 (tie)

Alan Cheng '25: Reading Comprehension 1 (tie)

Kushal Patel '25: Academic Heptathlon 1 (tie)

Joey Paul '25: Classical Art 1, Roman History 1

First-Place Creative and Graphic Arts Awards:

Max Shackelford '21: Chapter T-Shirt

Dempsey Terhune '21: Photography

Evan Jones '22: Gustatio (a Roman food recipe contest)

Frederick Huang '23: Mosaics

Alyaan Salman '23: Dramatic Latin Prose

Harrison Goetze '24: English Oratory (9/10)

Will Hess '24: Cinema Romana

Evan Wu '24: Poetry 9

Cooper Grinspun Fawwaz Omer

Ryan Peng

Dempsey Terhune

Max Shackelford

Will Schuessler

Gabe Chen '24 sports his Latin Club T-shirt as he plays trigon.

y GOLD

Jackson Ransom

Level 2

Samuel Callan

Thomas Cates

Jack Fleming

Parth Mishra

Andrew Schell

Level 3

Johnathan Ray

Level 4

Joseph Barnes

Matthew Jones

Griffin Hood

Owls Score High on NSE

One-hundred thirteen Upper School students took the 2021 National Spanish Exam. Of these students, 69% earned some type of recognition. There were 11 gold medal recipients (95th percentile or better nationwide), 23 silver medal recipients (85th to 94th percentile nationwide), and 14 bronze medal recipients (75th to 84th percentile nationwide), as well as 30 honorable mentions.

Level 1

y

Silver

Kai Barnes

Steve Blen

Pritchard Brooksbank

Ross Kaye

Jordan Kirshbaum

Parker Paschal

Level 2

Cristian Arocho

Aaron Barawid

Abdullah Elahi

Amar Kanakamedala

Jeffrey Liu

Spencer Norris

Clyde Patton

Hays Prather

Thomas Preston

Level 3

Chris Bird

Jacob Musicante

Nelson Saenz

Evan Schrier

Micah Unowsky

Level 4

Harmon Colvett

Warren Johnston

Jacob Zamore

Level 1

y

Bronze

Ron Byrnes

Sai Madasu

Max Myers

Alejandro Salas (level 1 bilingual exam)

Makhi Shaw

Jeremiah Tisdell

Level 2

Adrish Biswas

Eli Lewis

Nigel Pruitt

Level 3

Roberto Ferrer

Guimaraes

Dex Jack

Reece Needham

Witt Smith

Level 4

J.D. Clorina

Level 1

Ismael Qureshi

Gold and silver medal winners Parth Mishra, Jack Fleming, Cristian Arocho, Thomas Cates, Amar Kanakamedala, Thomas Preston, Clyde Patton, Aaron Barawid, Andrew Schell

Eight Owls Earn Perfect Scores on NLE

Latin Bubones performed exceptionally well on the 2021 National Latin Exam, earning a total of 150 lauds with eight perfect scores.

Generally speaking, the top 10-15% of students nationwide earn Summa Cum Laude, the next 10-15% receive Maxima Cum Laude, and so forth.

Freshmen Latin II students Parth Patel and Alan Zhou and eighth grade Latin I students Amrik Chakravarty, Hyde Crabtree, Wills Frazer, Michael Liu, Kushal Patel, and Carson Smith earned perfect scores on their respective tests. There are several levels for students to test in, including Advanced Reading Comprehension I (ARC1), Advanced Poetry I (APO1), Intermediate Reading Comprehension I (IRC1), Intermediate Latin I (IL1), and Beginning Latin I and II (BL1 and BL2).

Fifty-nine students earned Gold Summa Cum Laude, 52 earned Silver Maxima Cum Laude, 26 earned Magna Cum Laude, and 13 earned Cum Laude.

Gold Summa Cum Laude

Cooper Grinspun ARC1

Fawwaz Omer ARC1

Ryan Peng ARC1

Will Schuessler ARC1

Max Shackelford ARC1

Mark Hieatt APO1

Forest Rudd APO1

Frederick Huang IRC1

Varun Krishnamurthi IRC1

Max Mascolino IRC1

Vincent Ores IRC1

Mohid Saeed IRC1

Lou Zhou IRC1

Parker Blackwell IL1

Griffin Brown IL1

Wesley Caldwell IL1

Gabe Chen IL1

Tyler Dang IL1

Bryan Ding IL1

Dannie Dong IL1

Henry Duncan IL1

Harrison Goetze IL1

Will Gramm IL1

Will Hess IL1

John McAllister IL1

Brandon Nicholson IL1

Parth Patel IL1

Eshaan Patnaik IL1

Everett Sego IL1

Charlie Treadwell IL1

Worrick Uhlhorn IL1

Charlie West IL1

Evan Wu IL1

Jerry Xiao IL1

Seth Yarbrough IL1

Alan Zhou IL1

Amrik Chakravarty BL1

Joephen Chen BL1

Alan Cheng BL1

Colt Childress BL1

Hyde Crabtree BL1

Charlie Engelberg BL1

Bennett Frazer BL1

Wills Frazer BL1

Abe Friedman BL1

Sohan Ganguli BL1

Owen Gooch BL1

Rushil Komeravelli BL1

Michael Liu BL1

Oscar Liu BL1

Ben Morrow BL1

Kushal Patel BL1

Joey Paul BL1

Samuel Schroerlucke BL1

Paxton Silver BL1

Carson Smith BL1

Kip Stalls BL1

Whitt Stockburger BL1

Alex Yong BL1

Silver Maxima Cum Laude

Simeon Betapudi APO1

Collin Craft APO1

Evan Jones APO1

Garner Uhlhorn APO1

Christopher Yarbro APO1

Kerry Zhao APO1

Ayo Adebiyi IRC1

Jacob Cole IRC1

Kevin Ma IRC1

Nickolas Mathews IRC1

Brown Nickey IRC1

Mac Barcroft IL1

Lee Couloubaritsis IL1

Nathaniel Griffin IL1

Joel Lim IL1

Tucker Lowery IL1

Gates Luton IL1

Wyatt McAllister IL1

Eliot Morris IL1

Ihsan Omer IL1

David Simpson IL1

Andrew Tancredi IL1

James Van Der Jagt IL1

Michael McDonnell BL2

Luke Akers BL1

Santiago Arbelaez BL1

Charlie Bragg BL1

Louis Brundick BL1

Patrick Burke BL1

Thomas Craig BL1

Tucker Davis BL1

Houston Donato BL1

Ammar Duldul BL1

Davis Edmonds BL1

Hunter Fair BL1

Evan Gilliland BL1

Diego Guerrero Viloria BL1

Andersen Henry BL1

Jeremiah Johnson BL1

Cort Jones BL1

Coleman Kimmel BL1

Mac Ladd BL1

Aidan Lightman BL1

Declan Lonergan BL1

Palmer Lowery BL1

Marcus McCullers BL1

Henry Mills BL1

Noah Porter BL1

Davis Rudd BL1

Cooper Solberg BL1

Jacob Wade BL1

Ethan Zaptin BL1

Magna Cum Laude

Will Chandler APO1

Matthew Mellone APO1

Talal Siddiq APO1

Dempsey Terhune APO1

Jack Zaptin APO1

Charles Hamlett IRC1

Hamza Janjua IRC1

Jack Knighton IRC1

Alyaan Salman IRC1

Henry Yu IRC1

Qasim Akbar IL1

Parks Applegate IL1

Owen Grow IL1

Caleb Latkovic IL1

Logan McCandless IL1

Bauer Patton IL1

Grayson Pollan IL1

Mark Boatright BL1

Mahad Khwaja BL1

Chrishton King BL1

Edwin Laughlin BL1

Elston Liles BL1

Andrew Ogbeide BL1

Will Skinner BL1

Bradley Snider BL1

Gabe Ungab BL1

Cum Laude

Alex Li APO1

Hayes Wilkinson APO1

Isaac Palmer IRC1

Nicholas Tam IRC1

Aidan Glover IL1

Gavin Helton IL1

Thomas Byrnes BL1

William Craft BL1

West Lewis BL1

Luke McEwan BL1

Michael Ray BL1

Rishi Yalamanchili BL1

Michael Yarbro BL1

French Students Bring Home the Lauds on National French Exam

Thirty-three French Owls earned honors on the National French Exam. These students tested at their respective level and scored above the national average. Most students test in the classroom exposure category, but there are also categories for students who are either exposed to French at home (heritage speakers) or bilingual.

AP French senior Leo Campbell scored exceptionally well on the National French Exam administered this semester, landing in the 95th percentile nationally with the highest score in Tennessee.

French I

Bronze Medal

(80th percentile)

Bennett Owen

Honorable Mention

Wilson Bridgforth

Casey Cooper

William Eubank

Harry Feild

Kristopher Horne

Andrew Kuhlo

Marley White

Ben Wunderlich

Anthony Yakoub

French II

Gold Medal (95th percentile)

Jack Blackwell

Benjamin Zague (heritage speaker)

Honorable Mention

Van Abbay

Aryaan Ahmed

Jorge Garcia

Nathaniel Greenfield

Andrew Jones

Wilson LeMay

Kyan Ramsay

Morgan Temme

Nolan Yaren

French III

Bronze Medal

Jake Yarbrough

Honorable Mention

Will Camp

Felix Campbell

Jack Fortenberry

Edward Grinder

Loro Lado

Jeb Losch

David Sabin

Jack Varner

French 4/

AP French

Gold Medal

Leo Campbell

Honorable Mention

Colin McCown

Jack Morin

MATH COUNTS

Out of 38 competitors at the MATHCOUNTS state competition, three Owls placed in the top 12, and eighth grader Alan Cheng qualified for the state team to compete at the national competition.

Fifteen students met every Thursday afternoon from midSeptember until mid-January for MATHCOUNTS practice under the guidance of Instructors in Mathematics Darin Clifft and Heather Davis

Clifft fondly recalls the excitement of some of the boys as they learned about Pascal’s triangle and its use in mathematics – a concept not usually taught to middle schoolers.

The team consisted of eighth graders Joephen Chen, Cheng, Rushil Komeravelli, Oscar Liu, Kushal Patel,

Joey Paul; and seventh graders

Reese Deupree, Albert Ding, Joshua Gramm, James Jin, Caleb Register, Luke

Tjiong, Sohum Valaulikar

Lucas Zhang, and Andrew Zhou

The Chapter Competition in January saw 74 competitors with Cheng placing second, Liu placing sixth, and Ding placing 10th.

Cheng, Liu, and Ding advanced to take second, fourth, and ninth, respectively, at the Chapter Invitational Competition featuring 22 competitors.

In a normal year, a team from MUS would have gone on to participate in the state competition, but the team aspect was canceled because of COVID restrictions. For this reason, only Cheng, Liu, and Ding qualified for the virtual state competition. Out of 38 competitors at state, Cheng placed second, Liu placed ninth, and Ding placed 12th.

Cheng is one of four students who represented Tennessee in the National MATHCOUNTS Competition held online May 10.

Clifft was especially pleased with the dedication of the students on this year’s MATHCOUNTS team. Some of them also attended math competition practice under the tutelage of Instructor in Mathematics Steve Gadbois, as well.

Peng Presidential Scholar Semifinalist

Peng Presidential Scholar Semifinalist

Ryan Peng '21 was among 625 semifinalists across the country to advance to the final round of the U.S. Presidential Scholars competition. Peng was selected from nearly 6,500 candidates from the Class of 2021. He plans to attend Brown University in the fall. Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, now in its 57th year, is one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating high school seniors. Scholars are selected on the basis of their accomplishments in many areas –academic and artistic success, accomplishment in career and technical fields, leadership, strong character, and involvement in school and in the community.

Albert Ding, Alan Cheng, and Oscar Liu hold their awards

Joshua Gramm

Five Owls Rise to Eagle

Five Owls reported achieving the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Scouts BSA, during the 2020-21 school year.

Class of 2021 – Miller Galloway, Dempsey Terhune, J.P. Wood

Class of 2022 – Rithvik Giledi, Scott Ledbetter

To earn the rank of Eagle, a scout must earn 21 merit badges, serve six months in a position of responsibility, plan and develop a service project, and undergo interviews to show that they demonstrate the ideal attitude of a scout according to the Scout Oath and Law.

Chess Owls

Two Owls, sophomore Jeffrey Liu and freshman Evan Wu, earned honors at the Tennessee State Chess Tournament held online April 10. The Tennessee State Chess Qualifier was held in late March to determine who would go on to participate in the state tournament.

The state tournament included three sections: Denker, for high school; Barber, for middle school; and Rockefeller, for elementary school. Eighth grader Zeon Wang played in the Barber division, and Liu and Wu competed in the Denker division. Wu placed second in the state, and Liu placed 12th.

Wu was selected as the first alternate for the Tennessee representative to the National Denker Tournament of High School Champions.

J.P. Wood

Dempsey Terhune Scott Ledbetter Rithvik Giledi

Miller Galloway

DEAN’S HONOR ROLLS

Second Semester 2020-21 School Year

Dean’s Scholars

Students who have earned 90 or above in every regular and honors course and 80 or above in every honors accelerated and AP course are designated Dean’s Scholars.

Grade 12

Warren Barry

Ben Burkhart

Walker Burks

Drew Burnett

Leo Campbell

Harmon Colvett

Doug Curtis

Judson Fair

Hart Gowen

Cooper Grinspun

Dutch Hansen

Zachary Herman

Joe Hudson

Jack Jabbour

Will Jarratt

McKnight Johnston

Matthew Jones

Paul Jones

Akbar Latif

Cullen Lonergan

Colin McCown

Hud McGehee

Holden Pate

Samy Paul

Ryan Peng

Wade Roberts

Will Schuessler

Max Shackelford

Carrigan Sulcer

Will Watson

J.P. Wood

Michael Wylie

Grade 11

Simeon Betapudi

Chris Bird

Felix Campbell

Will Chandler

J.D. Clorina

Collin Craft

Brooks Croone

McRae Dickinson

Noah Emmert

Edward Grinder

Mark Hieatt

Jordan Infeld

Dex Jack

Evan Jones

Andrew Kerr

Alex Li

Samuel Lim

Matthew Mellone

Vincent Ores

Hamza Ranjha

Johnathan Ray

Forest Rudd

Evan Schrier

Talal Siddiq

Witt Smith

Garner Uhlhorn

Coleman Whitehead

Christopher Yarbro

Jacob Zamore

Kerry Zhao

Grade 10

Jack Blackwell

Abdullah Elahi

Jack Fleming

Charlie Gamble

Nathaniel Greenfield

Johnny Heinz

Frederick Huang

Andrew Jones

Varun Krishnamurthi

Jeffrey Liu

Kevin Ma

Max Mascolino

Ben McBride

Brown Nickey

Sam Phan

Ismael Qureshi

Kyan Ramsay

Alyaan Salman

Charlie West

Edward Wilson

Lou Zhou

Grade 9

Parker Blackwell

Pritchard Brooksbank

Samuel Callan

Gabe Chen

Tyler Dang

Bryan Ding

Dannie Dong

Henry Duncan

Will Gramm

Zander Mathes

Hays Prather

Jeremiah Tisdell

Charlie Treadwell

Evan Wu

Seth Yarbrough

Grade 8

Amrik Chakravarty

Joephen Chen

Hyde Crabtree

Tucker Davis

Bennett Frazer

Wills Frazer

Cort Jones

Rushil Komeravelli

Michael Liu

Ben Morrow

Kushal Patel

Joey Paul

Davis Rudd

Kip Stalls

Whitt Stockburger

Jacob Wade

Grade 7

Landry Cooper

Frank Crump

Reese Deupree

Albert Ding

Charles Doughtie

Bo Echols

Brady Ehrhart

Will Fortas

Maddox Giel

Joshua Gramm

Miller Griesbeck

Charlie Harris

Jacob Hindman

Nicholas Lee

Reid LeMay

George Luton

Trey McDonald

Tucker Melcher

Madoc Michael

John Norfleet

Aadil Omer

Wilson Pace

Addy Ramakrishnan

Jack Rutter

Will Stinson

Ashwin Subramaniam

Cannon Thakkar

Devin Wells

Henry West

Carter Wildrick

Lucas Zhang

Dean’s List

Students who have earned a weighted semester GPA of at least 3.25 with no semester grade below 80 are placed on the Dean’s List.

Grade 12

Ahmad Alsafwah

Omar Alyousef

Joseph Barnes

Torrance Bostick

Evan Boswell

DJ Brown

Stephen Cates

Jack Collins

Peter Dailey

Luke Donovan

Chip Eason

Mason Ezzell

Jack Fortenberry

Elijah Graham

William Harris

Braxton Hart

John Parker Hogan

Griffin Hood

George Howard

Roderic Lewis

Thomas Lusk

Mac Magness

Reid McGowan

Everett Miller

Gavin Murrey

Charlie Nichols

Henry Nickey

Chris Parks

William Patteson

Matthew Phillips

Jacob Rickels

Jack Rogers

Daniel Russell

TR Santos

Aidan Saunders

Stefan Smith

Nash Stewart

Carlos Thomas

Harm Thomas

Cason Triplett

Wes Vanderslice

Tamaz Young

Grade 11

Ayo Adebiyi

James Allen

James Barton

Will Camp

Will Fraser

Owen Fussell

Rithvik Giledi

Kyler Herring

Will Jenks

Loro Lado

Cole Latkovic

West Loden

Jeb Losch

Jacob Musicante

Gryffin Ostner

Will Pittman

Ricky Ransom

Jack Ryan

David Sabin

Baron Scifres

Kevlar Singh

Caleb Skinner

Micah Unowsky

Jack Varner

Porter Webber

Jake Yarbrough

Grade 10

Van Abbay

James Alexander

Aaron Barawid

Lewis Butler

Wesley Caldwell

Carter Campbell

Thomas Cates

Clarence Chapman

Reid Chauhan

Roberto Ferrer

Guimaraes

Jack Fortas

Charlie Gallop

Amar Kanakamedala

Wilson LeMay

Ian McGehee

Spencer Norris

Clyde Patton

Andrew Schell

Wyatt Solberg

Morgan Temme

Rhodes Temme

Demar Wells

Andrew Xu

Nolan Yaren

Jack Zaptin

Grade 9

Austin Bibb

Steve Blen

Wilson Bridgforth

Will Hess

Jack Jarratt

Jordan Kirshbaum

Clayton Kuhlo

Joel Lim

Gates Luton

William Mallory

Catcher Miller

Mason Morris

Max Myers

Ihsan Omer

Bennett Owen

Parth Patel

Eshaan Patnaik

Everett Sego

Cooper Shannon

Owen Sharp

Will Skinner

Grayson Skipper

Wilson Thakkar

Tol Thomas

Worrick Uhlhorn

Marley White

Fenton Wright

Jerry Xiao

Grade 8

Charlie Bragg

Louis Brundick

Patrick Burke

Alan Cheng

Houston Donato

Ammar Duldul

Davis Edmonds

Hunter Fair

Abe Friedman

Sohan Ganguli

Owen Gooch

Diego Guerrero Viloria

Andersen Henry

Rohan Kumar

Mac Ladd

Oscar Liu

Declan Lonergan

Jacob McCabe

Leo Meske

Samuel Schroerlucke

Paxton Silver

Carson Smith

Gabe Ungab

Grade 7

Bill Chiang

Kyle Curlee

James Graham

Jackson Hood

Wallace Keeler

Dallas Keras

Caleb Register

McEwen Taylor

Ari Thiyagarajaa

Luke Tjiong

Sohum Valaulikar

Davis Younker

Andrew Zhou

An archive of Honor Rolls can be found on the Honor Rolls Resource Board when you log in to OwlHub on the website.

Upper School

2021-22 STUDENT LEADERS

STUDENT COUNCIL

President Fred Schaeffer

Vice President John Monaghan

Secretary-Treasurer Owen Fussell

Chaplains Nash Kaye, Clayton Nearn

Parliamentarian Chris Bird

Director of Creativity ................................................................................... Daniel Boatright

Director of Digital Media Reece Needham

Commissioners Wilson LeMay, Special Activities; Coy Stiles, Student Athletics; Mohammad Husein, Student Welfare; Oscar Marshall, Social Events

Grade 12 Representatives James Barton, Andrew Kerr, Mac Owen, Hamza Ranjha, Ricky Ransom, Nelson Saenz, Christopher Yarbro

Grade 11 Representatives ............................... Drew Clift, Abdullah Elahi, Nicholas Galler, Thomas Preston, Kyan Ramsay, DeWitt Shy, Heiskell Weatherford

Grade 10 Representatives Mac Barcroft, Henry Duncan, Barton Johnson, Michael McDonnell, Brandon Nicholson, Parks Painter, Jackson Ransom

Grade 9 Representatives Bryan Billups, Alex Clayton, Bennett Frazer, Wills Frazer, Coleman Kimmel, Paxton Silver, Jacob Wade

Lower School

President Will Fortas

Vice President Elected in the Fall

Grade 8 Representatives Landry Cooper, Sam Galler, Miller Griesbeck, Charlie Harris, Dallas Keras, Trey McDonald, Madoc Michael, Wilson Pace, Ashwin Subramaniam, Carter Wildrick

Grade 7 Representatives ........................................................................... Elected in the Fall

HONOR COUNCIL

President McRae Dickinson

Grade 12 Representatives .......................................... William Shell, Coleman Whitehead

Grade 11 Representatives Lewis Butler, Carter Campbell

Grade 10 Representatives Griffin Brown, Bennett Owen

Grade 9 Representatives Tucker Davis, Davis Rudd

Grade 8 Representatives Brady Ehrhart, Devin Wells

Grade 7 Representatives Elected in the Fall

CIVIC SERVICE ORGANIZATION

Upper School President Matthew Mellone

Vice Presidents ......................................................................... Turner Bishop, Forest Rudd

Senior Executives Collin Craft, Cole Latkovic, Alex Li, Witt Smith

Junior Executives John Lee, Parth Mishra

OTHER LEADERS

Senior Class President Edward Grinder

Government Club Presidents West Loden, Vincent Ores

Latin Club Co-Consuls Elected in the Fall

The MUSe Editor J.D. Clorina

The Owl Editor Reece Needham

The Owl’s Hoot Editors-in-Chief Dex Jack, Forest Rudd

SENIOR AMBASSADORS

James Barton, Simeon Betapudi, Turner Bishop, McRae Dickinson, Noah Emmert, Will Fraser, Edward Grinder, Mark Hieatt, Jordan Infeld, Zion James, Will Jenks, Alex Li, Samuel Lim, Matthew Mellone, Jacob Musicante, Clayton Nearn, Vincent Ores, Forest Rudd, Nelson Saenz, Fred Schaeffer, Evan Schrier, Talal Siddiq, Witt Smith, Coy Stiles, Garner Uhlhorn, Coleman Whitehead

JUNIOR AMBASSADORS

Jack Blackwell, Lewis Butler, Carter Campbell, Abdullah Elahi, Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes, Jack Fleming, George Flinn, Charlie Gallop, Charles Hamlett, Andrew Jones, Amar Kanakamedala, Jack Knighton, Wilson LeMay, Kevin Ma, Max Mascolino, Ben McBride, Will McDaniel, Parth Mishra, Spencer Norris, Clyde Patton, Thomas Preston, Kyan Ramsay, Andrew Schell, DeWitt Shy, Barrett Summers, William Tayloe, Morgan Temme, Rhodes Temme, Demar Wells, Charlie West, Edward Wilson, Lou Zhou

BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS

Eleanor Bridgforth, Hutchison; Linley Downs, Hutchison; Katie Frazer, Hutchison; Ainsley Geno, Hutchison; Genevieve Geno, Hutchison; Harper Hesser, Hutchison; Eliza Hussey, Hutchison; Callie Hutton, Hutchison; Ann Grier Johnston, Hutchison; Katherine Luter, Hutchison; Meghana Madasu, St. Mary’s; Mallory McQuillen, Hutchison; Eva Mollerup, Hutchison; Laney Robertson, Hutchison; Juliet Tayloe, Hutchison

FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS

Sheridan Austin, St. Mary’s; Gloria Bird, Hutchison; Khaki Callan, St. Mary’s; Claiborne Collier, Hutchison; Lily Cox, Hutchison; Ava Dickson, Hutchison; Brigid Mills, Hutchison; Alexis Parent, Hutchison; Margaret Roux, Hutchison; CeCe Turley, Hutchison; McCadden Wilbourn, Hutchison; Gracie Wilkinson, Hutchison; Lily Williams, Hutchison; Emmy Yambrek, Hutchison; Gaby Yambrek, Hutchison

Mock Graduation saw a triumphant return as seniors dressed up in their goofiest outfits – lamp shades optional – for the tradition of cutting ties with a few of their teachers. It was a bittersweet end to a difficult year, and they will be missed!

Government Club Dominates Tristar Conference

Thirty-one students participated in the virtual 2021 Youth in Government Tristar Conference April 8-11, bringing home a handful of awards including four spots among the top 25 participants.

Juniors Vincent Ores and Christopher Yarbro and sophomores Parth Mishra and Kyan Ramsay were among the top 25 Tennessee delegates and were chosen for the Conference on National Affairs (CONA), the highest honor a delegate can receive.

The sophomore lawyer team of Amar Kanakamedala and Jack Zaptin won Final Case Lawyer Team and Outstanding Novice Lawyer Team. The freshman team of Qasim Akbar, Lee Couloubaritsis, and Tyler Dang won Outstanding Bill. Sophomores Aryaan Ahmed and Nicholas Tam and freshmen Couloubaritsis and Harrison Goetze each received Outstanding Delegate.

MUS had seven students serve as statewide officers this year: seniors Harmon Colvett, Griffin Hood, Fawwaz Omer, Will Schuessler; junior Yarbro; and sophomores Mishra and Ramsay. MUS students made up 20% of officer roles while only composing 10% of total participation in the conference.

Six students have already been chosen for officer positions for the 2022 conference: sophomore Hamza Janjua as speaker of the White House, Kanakamedala as solicitor

general, Mishra as the governor’s chief of staff, Ramsay as speaker pro tempore of the Red House, Yarbro as senate floor leader of the Red House, and Zaptin as associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Vincent Ores and West Loden, back, will be co-presidents of the Government Club next year. Outgoing leaders are, from left, Harmon Colvett, Akbar Latif, and Fawwaz Omer.

Trigon Returns to Thomas Amphitheater

Three skilled athletes competed in the Eighth Annual Roman Trigon Championship, but only one could claim the title. Eighth graders Tony Jon Parks, Marcus Moore, and Charlie Gerhart battled to get 10 points first, and Moore reigned supreme!

Young Celebrates Release of First Book

Tamaz Young ’21 celebrated the release of his book of poetry, Unrequited Expressions, with a signing and reception hosted by the English Department in the Dining Hall this spring. Family, friends, and fans came out to show support. Young, seated, is pictured with his family, from left, Reverend Love and Pearlie Love, Lori Love, Tylyn Young ’21, and Kyndall Smith.

Custom Jerseys

The Class of 2021 created limited-edition, personalized MUS hockey jerseys to commemorate their last days on campus, and members of the faculty joined in the fun!

Front row, from left, Garrett Smithson, Bonnie Barnes, Caroline Hollis, Sabrina McCullough, Barry Ray; middle, Rosalyn Croce, Darin Clifft, Analice

Sowell, Pam Haney; back, Patrick McCarroll ’92, Laura Landry, Shirl Clayton, Beth Taylor, Curtis Johnson

HOSA Invites Dr. Arrindell '99 to Campus

The newly founded HOSA Club invited Dr. Lou Arrindell ’99, a neonatologist at Baptist Memorial Hospital, to give a presentation on medical school application tips, his path to becoming a physician, and the practice of neonatology.

HOSA is an international student organization for future health professionals endorsed by the U.S. Department of Education. Whether students are interested in being doctors, dentists, or medical researchers, HOSA aims to inspire them through education, collaboration, and experience. Abdullah Elahi ’23 is the MUS chapter’s president, and Science Instructors Laura Landry and Kyle Summers are the faculty advisors.

DECA

Zooms with Sullivan

DECA, a club dedicated to marketing, finance, and management, met with Memphis-born business leader Garland Sullivan over Zoom. Sullivan, currently living in Jacksonville, FL, shared his journey turning a small, third-party Amazon business into a full-on manufacturing operation. He talked about the struggles of starting a small business, the risk of credit, and the benefits of manufacturing versus reselling. Club leaders are sophomores Amar Kanakamedala, Parth Mishra, and Alyaan Salman

Headmaster Pete Sanders and sophomores Amar Kanakamedala and Abdullah Elahi welcome Dr. Arrindell.

Alyaan Salman asks Sullivan about manufacturing.

Standing, sophomores Ben McBride, Hamza Janjua, Jack Zaptin, Jack Fleming, Lewis Butler (holding Garland Sullivan), Alyaan Salman, Kyan Ramsay, John Lee; sitting, Aaron Barawid, Parth Mishra, Amar Kanakamedala, and junior Alex Li

560 bagged lunches to take to Memphis Union Mission

Springs Forth IN

Spring Fest

The first Lower School Spring Fest was a great day for fun, service, and even a hot dog or two. Seventh and eighth graders visited stations set up around campus to compete in a half-dozen games.

Students worked throughout the day inside Stokes Stadium where they made 560 bagged lunches to take to Memphis Union Mission.

A seemingly random selection of

nouns burst from Gearhardt Field as students competed in a riveting game of charades. On Webb and Rogers fields, soccer and Spikeball games saw fierce competition. Archery tag combatants filled Hull-Dobbs Field. It sounds dangerous, but rest assured, the boys were using soft-tipped arrows and wearing protective gear – measures that did not seem to deter them from hunting their targets with a primal tenacity. Other games included giant Jenga, Pickleball,

and an eclectic assortment of contests in the gym that curiously involved toilet paper, M&M’s, and potatoes.

The smell of a charcoal grill wafted from the south end of the stadium as teachers prepared hot dogs by the hundreds in the tailgate area. Individually packaged and ready for the hungry masses, the dogs sat in preparation for their timely demise.

1. From left, Jacob Wade, Hays McDonnell, Hall Thompson, and West Lewis 2. An archery tag participant skillfully takes aim. 3. Mrs. Julia DeBardeleben, Mrs. Michelle Crews, and Mr. Jonathan Large man the sandwich stations. 4. Tony Jon Parks and Caleb Ellis compete in a game of giant Jenga. 5. Louis Brundick and Jackson Peters 6. Noah Brooks motions hints to his charades teammates.

“[We’ll] Be Back.”

MUS Robotics Stays Plugged in with Team Challenges

by Reece Needham ’22

While not cyborg mercenaries from the future, the MUS robotics teams truly embodied the resolute nature of this iconic phrase. The robotics teams would normally be tasked with challenges from VEX and FIRST competitions. This past year, however, the Lower School RoboBuzzards and Upper School robotics team stayed powered up and gained valuable experience by creating their own team challenges.

The monthly challenges were “an excellent way to push the boys to quick designs and pressured executions,” said Science Instructor and Lower School RoboBuzzards Coach Garrett Smithson.

The RoboBuzzards split into teams and spent weeks preparing for each challenge. The competitions tested the limit of both the robots’ motors and the drivers’ handling. Tasks included launching tennis balls, requiring clever use of wheels to propel the balls forward; and navigating through a tight space before extending mechanical arms to move blocks a meter to the finish line, demanding speed, agility, and durability.

All the contests were time-sensitive, much like official robotics competitions. Out of these experiences, Smithson

says the team made leaps in growth, teamwork, and design. Science Department Chair Lee Loden, the coach of the Upper School robotics team, said this year proved much better than he could have hoped for.

The Upper School robotics team was divided into two groups, going head-to-head to create the winning bot. Emulating an official competition, the team created rules and a scoring system. The students even wired circuits and constructed a scoreboard. The challenge pitted the two teams’ bots against each other, each getting a chance to play offense by hitting a series of buttons that registered as points on the scoreboard. When on defense, the teams had to do whatever necessary to keep the offense away from the buttons.

The students not only improved their robotics skills, but they also explored the “behind-the-scenes” tasks needed to develop a competition. Some team members even found that they enjoyed creating the field and wiring the scoreboard “just as much as the actual construction of their robot,” Loden said.

The competitions, although different from past years, improved the boys’ skills and made for another exciting robotics season.

Joey Paul '25 and Joephen Chen '25

The Lower School RoboBuzzards after their final challenge

lIFE SCIeNCE IN ACTION

lIFE SCIeNCE IN ACTION

Science Instructor Nick Blackwell’s seventh-grade Life Science classes took their knowledge of the immune system and turned it into action comics! The boys’ stories portrayed pathogens as attackers, white blood cells as defenders, and antibodies as weapons.

A panel of four teachers from the English, Arts, and Science departments picked the top five comic books, and Blackwell took the finalists to local comic store 901 Comics to assign categories to the winners.

“[901 Comics] was blown away by the creativity and level of work in each of the books,” Blackwell said.

The awards were Best Overall, First Runner-Up, Best Original Story, Best Adapted Story, and Best Art.

Reese Deupree, Best Art; Wilson Pace, Best Overall; Maddox Giel, First Runner-Up; Frank Crump, Best Original Story; Will Fortas, Honorable Mention; Ari Thiyagarajaa, Best Adapted Story

The first page of Wilson Pace's comic features pathogens as alien invaders while the "immune system" fights them off in fighter jets.

Won’t Forget, Won’t Regret

If today were the day you had to stop dancing, how would you feel?

To the audience member who bought a ticket to see an MUS production in Thomas Amphitheater, or the livestream audience watching from the comfort of their homes, A Chorus Line was a show about 19 actors looking to land a gig on Broadway while facing this rhetorical question head-on.

However, this question at the heart of the show was a very real threat for its young cast and crew. The constant cloud of a pandemic hung over their heads as they rehearsed for seven months, not even sure if they would get to perform for a live audience. So what was the point of all those evenings in Thomas Amphitheater? What was the point of continuing with rehearsals when the show, originally planned for the fall, was postponed indefinitely? What was the point of dancing?

It can’t be said for certain, but one might conjecture that they did it for the love of the theater. It is a fitting guess, as the penultimate musical number presents the lyrics, “We did what we had to do, won’t forget, won’t regret, what I did for love.”

Maybe the answer lies within that sacred circle the company formed before the last show, but even what was said there is a mystery. Any attempt to find out would quickly be met with a polite, but serious, request to let them have this time to themselves.

And that conveys the emotion wrapped up in that night, that show – this entire year –better than anything that can be written.

“The cast and crew collectively are the stars of this show,” said Assistant Theater Director Ted Fockler ’10. “I can’t tell you how proud I am of all of them and how grateful I am to be their director.”

Think, Richie! Richie debates his life path.

Bobby spills the tea about his home life.

Mike flaunts his choreo.

Cast

ZACH Akbar Latif ’21

GREG .............................. Tyler Ybarra ’22

MARK Reece Needham ’22

RICHIE Kris Johnson ’23

AL Max Shackelford ’21

MIKE West Loden ’22

BOBBY Kyan Ramsay ’23

DON Mark Hieatt ’22

PAUL Aidan Saunders ’21

DIANA Nora James Eikner

JUDY Maddy Bray

CONNIE Stella Blen

BEBE Juliette Forgette

VAL Evie Fowler

SHEILA ........................... Bella Littleton

KRISTINE Sara Kate Burnett

MAGGIE Alex Wallace

CASSIE ............................ Lillian Barcroft

LORI AND LAUREN Emma Day and FiFi Younker

(Dance Captains)

ENSEMBLE ...................... Lacy Ferrell, Claire Klemis, Reese Suddarth, Darla Suitt, Parth Mishra ’23, Joseph Weller ’24, Thomas Donahoe ’26, and Cristian Arocho ’23

Run Crew

House Crew

Matthew Jones ’21, Colin McCown ’21, Holden Pate ’21

Backstage Harrison Goetze ’24, Riane Bayne, Paul Jones ’21

Sound Design Ryan Peng ’21

Light Design Cooper Grinspun ’21

Light Assistant Design .... Paige Fernandez

Followspot Virginia Pratt

Video Fawwaz Omer ’21, Callie Wittmann

Makeup and Costume Meredith Kerlin

Stage Management

Cooper Grinspun ’21

Theater Production Class

Austin Dowdle ’21

Harrison Goetze ’24

George Howard ’21

Gryffin Ostner ’22

Wade Roberts ’21

Harm Thomas ’21

Andrew Harris ’22

Paul Jones ’21

Holden Pate ’21

Afternoon Shop Crews

Paige Fernandez

Sophie Fernandez

Cooper Grinspun ’21

Matthew Jones ’21

Colin McCown ’21

Holden Pate ’21

Ryan Peng ’21

Virginia Pratt

Wallace Keeler ’26

Joseph Keeler ’23

Callie Wittmann

Ahad Farooq ’23

Fawwaz Omer ’21

Aadil Omer ’26

Faculty Advisors and Guest Artists

Technical Direction, Set Design

Costumes

Director of Theater, Producer ........

Choreographer

Mr. Robert Fudge

Ms. Alexandria Perel

Mr. Tim Greer

Mr. Daniel Stuart Nelson

Assistant Choreographer Ms. Haley Wilson

Additional Choreography .............. Emma Day and FiFi Younker

Orchestra

Music Director/Conductor/Guitar Mr. Matt Tutor ’91

Piano ............................................

Keyboards

Bass

Ms. Renee Kemper Murray

Mr. Angelo Rapan

Mr. Scott Lane

Percussion .................................... Ms. Kim Trammell

Directed by Ted Fockler ’10

Behind the scenes, the crew makes A Chorus Line come to life. Al supports his wife, Kristine, despite her lack of singing skills. Paul reveals the crown is heavy for a drag queen.

Zach struggles to direct his romance with Cassie.

Playing with Light

Playing with Light

Christian Howard '21

Students in Mr. Grant Burke’s fifth-period Photography class learned how to use long exposures to draw with light. Front, from left, seniors Will Watson, Elijah Graham, Jack Beard, Dutch Hansen; back, Miller Pisahl, Drew Burnett; behind the camera, junior Brooks Croone

Burke’s Photography class also played around with taking multiple-exposure portraits and came up with what he calls “abstract” yet “interesting” images. Each portrait contains three different exposures, all without filters or digital editing.

Mirrors, mirrors everywhere. These students got creative, and we want to share! Continuing the theme of manipulating light to create fantastic and unique photos, photographically skilled Owls made use of reflections for some tranquil – and adorable – scenes.

Brooks Croone '22 Hart Gowen '21

Marcus Love '21

Christian Howard '21

Ahmad Alsafwah '21

Torrance Bostick '21

Miller Pisahl '21 Peter Dailey '21 Joseph Barnes '21

Capturing the Self with Woodcut Portraits

Seniors etched their portraits into a wood block and transferred the images to paper using relief printing in Mr. Grant Burke’s Printmaking class. The result is a unique and colorful portrait that captures each student’s essence.

Bugging Out!

Check out these not-so-creepy crawlies from Art Instructor Laura Beck's students!

Edwin Shy

Jacob Rickels

Wes Vanderslice

Max White

Jack Jabbour

Stephen Cates

Doug Curtis

Madoc Michael '26

Trey McDonald '26

Landry Cooper '26

Cover Art Competition

Lower School boys submitted art for Mrs. Laura Beck’s Cover Art Competition. Eighth grader Wills Frazer won the competition, and his art will be the cover of the 2021-22 U Book, printed calendar, Faces book, and assignment book!

2021-22

2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR

Reese Deupree '26

Harry Alexander '26

Carter Sayle '26

Maddox Giel '26

2021-22 FACES

Music in Full Bloom at Spring Concert

Through the ages, music has seen everything: peace and prosperity, wars and pandemics. No matter what confronts it, music prevails. It never falls silent. This truth resonated with the Owls as they gave two performances, the first featuring the Jazz Band and Beg to Differ directed by Mr. Matt Tutor '91 and the Studio Band directed by Mr. Chris Carter; the second featuring the Orchestra and Wind Ensembles directed by Mr. Chris Piecuch. The concerts were performed in front of live audiences in the Thomas Amphitheater and the Dining Hall.

UPPER SCHOOL

WIND ENSEMBLE

Flute

Alan Zhou ’24

Oboe

Joel Lim ’24

Clarinet

Bryan Ding ’24

Jeffrey Liu ’23

Parth Patel ’24

Eshaan Patnaik ’24

Henry Yu ’23

Bass Clarinet

Sai Madasu ’24

Alto Saxophone

Joseph Keeler ’23

Tenor Saxophone

Charlie Dyson ’23

Baritone Saxophone

Ms. Chelsea Negray

Trumpet

Tucker Lowery ’24

Trombone

Will Gramm ’24

Henry Lindeman ’24

Bass

Will Hess ’24

Percussion and Piano

Dannie Dong ’24

Percussion

Mr. Sean Jones

Piano

Dr. Steve Gadbois

ORCHESTRA

First Violin

Frederick Huang ’23

Michael Liu ’25

Bill Chiang ’26

Second Violin

Gabe Chen ’24

Varun Krishnamurthi ’23

Rushil Komeravelli ’25

Viola

Evan Wu ’24

Andrew Zhou ’26

Cello

Loro Lado ’22

Nathan Chambers ’23

Mrs. Iren Zombor

Bass

Will Hess ’24

BEG TO DIFFER

Cristian Arocho ’23

Simeon Betapudi ’22

Kris Johnson ’23

McKnight Johnston ’21

Warren Johnston ’21

West Loden ’22

Watts Miller ’21

Ricky Ransom ’22

Johnathan Ray ’22

Daniel Russell ’21

Aidan Saunders ’21

Tanner Williams ’23

Mark Hieatt ’22

LOWER SCHOOL

WIND ENSEMBLE

Flute

Thomas Donahoe ’26

Oboe

Oscar Liu ’25

Carson Smith ’25

Sohum Valaulikar ’26

Clarinet

Luke Akers ’25

Joey Paul ’25

Sohum Verma ’26

Lucas Zhang ’26

Bass Clarinet

Bo Richards ’25

Alto Saxophone

Joshua Gramm ’26

Chrishton King ’25

Wilson Pace ’26

Isaiah Watkins ’25

Alex Yong ’25

Tenor Saxophone

Fletcher Taylor ’26

Baritone Saxophone

Michael Yarbro ’25

Trumpet

AdeOlu Adebiyi ’26

Mark Boatright ’25

Derrion Harris-Larkin ’26

Wallace Keeler ’26

Trey McDonald ’26

Trombone

Cole Alleyne ’25

Andrew Bruce ’25

Alan Cheng ’25

Addy Ramakrishnan ’26

Euphonium

Diego Guerrero Viloria ’25

Tuba

Brady Ehrhart ’26

Percussion

William Craft ’25

Davis Edmonds ’25

Mr. Sean Jones

Piano/Percussion

Aidan Lightman ’25

Ari Thiyagarajaa ’26

STUDIO BAND

Guitar/Vocals

Hud McGehee ’21

Lawson Touliatos ’22

Bass Guitar

Wesley Caldwell ’23

Drums

Akbar Latif ’21

Vocals

Aidan Saunders ’21

JAZZ BAND

Alto Sax

Joseph Keeler ’23

Tenor Sax

Charlie Dyson ’23

Keyboards

Jorge Garcia ’24

Braxton Hart ’21

Bass

Will Hess ’24

Drums

David Sabin ’22

Mr. Chris Piecuch

Musicians Named to All-State

The West Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association named six Owls to its All-State Band and Orchestra.

Sophomore Frederick Huang and freshmen Gabe Chen and Evan Wu were selected for the All-State 9-10 String Orchestra. Sophomore Jeffrey Liu and freshmen Joel Lim and Dannie Dong were named to the All-State 9-10 Band.

Freshman Eshaan Patnaik was an alternate to the 9-10 band.

Alan Zhou

Brady Ehrhart

Tucker Lowery, Sai Madasu, Will Gramm, Henry Lindeman

Dannie Dong

Aidan Saunders

Bill Chiang, Alan Zhou, Joel Lim, Oscar Liu

Nathan Chambers

Baseball Finishes 20-11 After Missed Season

With a senior-laden team, Coach John Jarnagin felt good coming into this baseball season. He knew that his squad had some talent and potential, and he was hoping for what all baseball coaches hope for: quality pitching depth and timely hitting. Despite not achieving their ultimate goal of a state championship, the Owls got their share of solid pitching and hitting, finishing 20-11 overall.

Coach Jarnagin’s crew got off to a great start, winning seven of their first eight games, including victories over Evangelical Christian School, Tipton-Rosemark Academy, and Bartlett. The Owls then began division play at Christian Brothers in late March in a two-game series, and the teams split the series, each winning on home field. After a trip to middle Tennessee for three games, the team returned home and swept St. Benedict, improving to 3-1 in divisional play. Division competition concluded the next week as the Owls split with Briarcrest, winning a memorable second game as junior Hunter Barnes scored from second base off a throwing error in the 10th inning to end a game that lasted more than three hours. The squad would then take six of its final eight regularseason games to build momentum heading into the region tournament, held at Thorn Field in early May.

There, the Owls fell to a familiar opponent, Christian Brothers, in the opening round and then lost the consolation matchup against St. Benedict, ending their season much earlier than they had anticipated.

Twelve of the 22 varsity players this year were seniors: Ben Burkhart, Walker Burks, Drew Burnett, Alex Coffman, John Parker Hogan, Will Jarratt, Caleb Littlejohn, Hud McGehee, Sam Scott, Nash Stewart, Carrigan Sulcer, and Carlos Thomas. Juniors consisted of Barnes, Will Camp, George Hamsley, Clarkson Shoaf, and Hayes Wilkinson Sophomores who contributed were Will McDaniel and Malcolm Shaw, and three freshmen made the varsity roster: Hank Sayle, Hudson Shoaf, and Walker Webb.

Despite the outcome, Coach Jarnagin and his assistants –Kyle Finney, Chris Stewart, Bo Hart, Blake Bennett ’14, and A.J. Hunt ’15 – worked hard this year and can look back on many strong accomplishments by this team.

“After having missed basically a whole year because of the pandemic, our team started all over,” Jarnagin said. “We lost six seniors who were the backbone of our team from that missed year. I am very proud of the way our guys responded to the ups and downs of managing the virus threat. Our team played well the whole year. They made the best of the opportunities we had to play.”

Burkhart said he enjoyed playing with his teammates. “As a team we had a great time competing all year, especially against a really tough region with all the teams’ having some good players. But we knew that we would do well, and we exceeded people’s expectations. I’m proud of how our team handled adversity and were able to have a really successful season.”

At the conclusion of the year, several Owls received postseason accolades: Burkhart and Thomas were named to the Division II-AA West All-Region Team by the coaches. Team awards went to the following, as voted on by the players: Thomas was named Most Valuable Player. Stewart and Clarkson Shoaf were named Pitchers of the Year. Burnett received the Mr. Hustle Award and the Coaches Award. Burkhart was tabbed with the Most Improved Award.

Lower School RED Baseball

Head Coach: Jeff Wright

Assistant Coaches: Edward Francis ‘12, Blair Wright ‘08

Record: 7-6

Roster: Eighth graders Thomas Craig, Turner Davis, Caleb Ellis, Charlie Engelberg, Abe Friedman, Sohan

Ganguli, Palmer Lowery, Hays McDonnell, Henry Mills, Marcus Moore, Owen Parker, James Tashie; seventh graders Landry Cooper, Sam Galler, Maddox Giel, Watts

Liebenow, George Luton, William Nunn

Lower School BLUE Baseball

Head Coach: Jeff Wright

Assistant Coaches: Edward Francis ‘12, Blair Wright ‘08

Record: 2-10

Roster: Eighth graders Louis Brundick, Charlie Gerhart, Paul Marek, Michael Ray, William Renovich; seventh graders Miller Griesbeck, Charlie Harris, Jackson Hood, Reid McKnett, Henry Moak, Gray Nevels, Carter Sayle, Scotty Stafford, Will Tayloe, Bryce Terry, Devin Wells

JV Baseball

Head Coach: Murf Appling

Assistant Coach: Trey Suddarth

Record: 15-11

Roster: Juniors Will Camp, William Halliday, Vincent

Ores, Ricky Ransom, Evan Schrier; sophomores Braden Chubb, Frazier Gardner, Doty Rawson, Malcolm Shaw; freshmen Colson Bragorgos, Griffin Brown, Casey

Cooper, Aidan Glover, Nathaniel Griffin, Jack Haddad, Palmer Harris, Kristopher Horne, Jack Jarratt, Martin Kerlan, Jordan Kirshbaum, Carter Lamb, Michael McDonnell, Mason Morris, Parker Paschal, Hank Sayle, Makhi Shaw, Sam Wilson

1. The Varsity Baseball squad 2. Clarkson Shoaf 3. Drew Burnett 4. Hunter Barnes 5. Ben Burkhart

Lacrosse Lays Solid Foundation

The uncertainty surrounding high school athletics this year reached the lacrosse program as travel was very limited. Consequently, new Head Coach Buck Towner ’07 had to limit his schedule, and the team took only two outof-town trips, far fewer than in normal years. Despite the limitations, the Owls completed their season and played competitively with the best teams in the state.

After an opening win over Collierville to start the year, the Owls traveled to Georgia over Spring Break to take on three outstanding Georgia programs. The players learned a great deal against tough competition and hoped to benefit from the experience once league play started.

The Owls returned home and got a big victory over Evangelical Christian School in mid-March, but then they dropped their next four, including a tough 8-7 setback to Christian Brothers in front of a raucous crowd at Stokes Stadium.

The best win of the season came on the second road trip as the squad traveled to Chattanooga to face rivals McCallie and Baylor. Against the McCallie Blue Tornado, the Owls played a very complete game and ultimately won, 8-4. Then they ended the regular season with a hard-fought 7-6 win over Father Ryan, a triumph that earned the squad the fourth seed in the upcoming postseason tournament.

In a rematch with McCallie, however, the Blue Tornado outplayed the Owls, ending their year at 4-10.

Despite the outcome, Coach Towner takes many positives from this season.

“Although we did not have a great deal of experience across the board, the 2021 MUS lacrosse team showed a lot of fight,” Towner said. “The majority of our contributors had not played a meaningful lacrosse game since their eighth-grade season. Over the course of the spring, they played to the best of their abilities and had tough losses in big matchups, like MBA and CBHS. Too often we hurt ourselves and lost little battles that made the difference in those games. However, our seniors led through tough circumstances, and I applaud them for their service to the MUS lacrosse program. They will be missed, and we wish them the very best!”

The team will lose nine seniors: Banks Benitone, Jack Collins, Judson Fair, Cade Fick, Elijah Graham, Mac Magness,

Will Jenks

Judson Fair

Edwin Shy, Jon Van Hoozer, and Tamaz Young. Juniors on the team included James Allen, James Barton, Daniel Boatright, Brooks Croone, Dean DiMento, Owen Fussell, Will Jenks, Colby Ring, and Porter Webber. Sixteen sophomores were on varsity this season: Van Abbay, Carter Campbell, Drew Clift, Kemp Conrad, Tate Farmer, George Flinn, Jack Fortas, Charlie Gamble, Max Painter, Isaac Palmer, Barrett Sexton, Byars Tayloe, William Tayloe, Morgan Temme, Rhodes Temme, and Edward Wilson. Three freshmen played up this year: Cooper Littleton, Parks Painter, and Hays Prather. DiMento, Shy, and Prather earned Second Team All-League honors at the conclusion of the year.

Though they did not have the success they would have liked, the team played hard and was very close to making a postseason run. Against the two finalists in the title game, Montgomery Bell Academy and Christian Brothers, the Owls lost to each by only one goal in very even regular-season matchups. Coach Towner will use this season as motivation, and he and his assistants – Chris Colbeck, Jimmy Beard, Rob Stice, and Chase Carlisle ’03 – have already started working toward being the premier lacrosse program in the state.

“Looking forward, we have a great number of contributors returning,” Towner said. “We are working right now for next year and will continue to bring HONOR to the Red and Blue!”

LS Lacrosse

Head Coach: Jeffrey Block ’94

Assistant Coaches: Elliott Dent, Henry Dickinson ‘11, Jack Straton, Kimbrough Taylor ‘09

Record: 22-3

Roster: Eighth graders Bryan Billups, Colt Childress, Alex Clayton, Hyde Crabtree, Tucker Davis, Mac Ladd, Luke McEwan, Leo Meske, John Redd, Davis Rudd, Baker Schell, Watson Spear, George Steffens, Whitt Stockburger, Hall Thompson, Ethan Zaptin; seventh graders Harry Alexander, Mark Billions, Frank Crump, Kyle Curlee, Reese Deupree, Bo Echols, Brady Ehrhart, Will Fortas, Dylan Graham, James Graham, Jacob Hindman, Dallas Keras, Michael Langston, Oliver Leavitt, Trey McDonald, Patrick McKay, John Norfleet, Feild Owen, Sanford Owen, John Cal Ozier, Boyd Rhodes, Thompson Saenger, Dudley Speake, Cannon Thakkar, Henry Turner, Joseph Weiss, Alex Wunderlich, Davis Younker

JV Lacrosse

Coaches: Varsity Staff

Record: 5-0

Roster: Sophomores Kemp Conrad, Shawn Felsenthal, George Flinn, Jack Fortas, Charlie Gamble, Max Painter, Isaac Palmer, Barrett Sexton, Byars Tayloe, Morgan Temme, John Weakley; freshmen Davidson Alexander, Griffin Allen, Parks Applegate, Knox Brown, Walker Griesbeck, William

Hamlett, Barton Johnson, Will Klepper, Clayton Kuhlo, Cooper Littleton, Gates Luton, Sai Madasu, Sims Miller, Catcher Miller, Davis Nevels, Ihsan Omer, Bennett Owen, Parks Painter, Grayson Pollan, Wilson Thakkar, Van Thompson, Joseph Weller, Henry White, Ben Wunderlich

Jack Collins

Jack Collins, Judson Fair, Banks Benitone, Edwin Shy, Jon Van Hoozer, Mac Magness,

Cade Fick, Elijah Graham

Track and Field Displays

Commitment –and Promise

Coach Bobby Alston and the track-and-field team were excited to get back into action this season, and they competed in six regular-season home meets, the Division II-AA West Region Meet, and the state meet.

The team had some veterans who showed good leadership, but they also had some very young, talented athletes, a sign of good times to come.

The seniors on the team were Joseph Barnes, Banks Benitone, DJ Brown, Judson Fair, Jordan Helton, Caleb Littlejohn, Marcus Love, Gavin McKay, Vincent Perkins, Edwin Shy, and Max White. Juniors who participated this year were Andrew Harris, Zion James, Mac Owen, Daniel Peoples, Hamza Ranjha, Jack Ryan, Clarkson Shoaf, Caleb Skinner, and Lawson Touliatos. Sophomores, the biggest class on this year’s team, included Aryaan Ahmed, Jack Billions, Adrish Biswas, Jack Blackwell, Wesley Caldwell, Jacob Cole, Lewis Glankler, Nathaniel Greenfield, Dylan Robinson, Andrew Schell, David Simpson, Wyatt Solberg, Heiskell Weatherford, and Tanner Williams. Freshmen were Noland Brown, Trey Charleston, Lee Couloubaritsis, Myles Gill, Sims Miller, Trevor Moore,

, Jeremiah Tisdell, and Fenton Wright. The squad even had some talented eighth-graders, including Joakim Dodson, Yasir Muhammad, and Paxton Silver

The Owls won three of their six regular-season meets, and many of the athletes improved throughout the year. At the region meet, hosted at Stokes Stadium, the team finished second, scoring 72 points, and several Owls qualified for the state meet: Brown in the 110-meter hurdles; Littlejohn in the high jump; Muhammad in the 200-meter dash; Solberg in the pole vault; and the 4x200-meter relay team, which included Dodson, Fair, Muhammad, and Ransom.

At the Division II-AA State Meet, held at Rockvale High School, the state qualifiers did well, ultimately earning the team a top-10 finish. Littlejohn cleared 6 feet to take fifth overall. Solberg cleared 11 feet in the pole vault to earn sixth place. After a great region race, Brown slipped just a little and ultimately finished eighth in his hurdle race. The 4x200-meter relay team took sixth, running their best time of the season at 1:32.58.

Coach Alston enjoyed coaching this-year’s team and watching his athletes improve as the season transpired.

“Very proud of the guys for coming back after a year off and putting together a good season,” Alston said. “We have some outstanding, talented younger guys who learned a lot about competing this year, but I was also impressed with the commitment displayed by the seniors who stayed with us throughout the season.”

Alston also thanked his assistants this year for all their time and hard work, including Matt Bakke, Courtney Gapelu, Orlando McKay, Joe Tyler, and Kris Whitfield.

LS Track

Coaches: Matt Bakke, Glenn Rogers, Joe Tyler

Record: 5-0

Roster: Eighth graders Noah Brooks, Thomas Byrnes, Turner Davis, Joakim Dodson, Caleb Ellis, Jackson Ford, Evan Gilliland, Jeremiah Johnson, Cort Jones, Rushil Komeravelli, West Lewis, Elston Liles, Declan Lonergan, Marcus McCullers, Matthew McKay, Stanton Miller, Marcus Moore, Yasir Muhammad, Tony Jon Parks, Michael Ray, Paxton Silver, Kyle Sneed, George Steffens, Zeon Wang, Rishi Yalamanchili; seventh graders Remon Brown, Joshua Gramm, Wallace Keeler, Michael Langston, Wills Marshall, Wilson Pace, Fletcher Taylor, McEwen Taylor, Carter Wildrick

1. Trevor Moore and Nathaniel Greenfield

2. Jack Blackwell

3. Vincent Perkins

4. Jackson Ransom

5. Wyatt Solberg

6. Jacob Cole

4

Tyler Perry, Jackson Ransom, Will Skinner

Soccer Makes Quarterfinal Run

Though this year’s soccer team had a large number of seniors, many of them did not have varsity experience because of the missed season last year. Head Coach Vincent Beck came into the season with a relatively inexperienced group, but he knew that they were talented, and he was very excited about his squad.

The 10 seniors consisted of three captains – Rhodes Heard, Zachary Herman, and Harm Thomas – as well as Stephen Cates, Jack Fortenberry, George Howard, Jack Jabbour, Warren Johnston, Everett Miller, and Samy Paul. Senior manager Doug Curtis also played a vital role for the team this year. A very talented junior class included Simeon Betapudi, Turner Bishop, Nash Kaye, Will Pittman, Jace Ra, Forest Rudd, and Jake Yarbrough, and three sophomores played varsity this year: Charlie Gallop, Eli Lewis, and Lou Zhou

The Owls started the season well, winning three of their first four games, with triumphs over Arlington, Munford, and Northpoint (MS). However, after season-ending injuries to several of the team’s main defensive players, the Owls struggled to adjust and dropped four of their next six games against strong competition, including setbacks to perennial state contenders Houston and Collierville. But then the Owls completed the non-conference portion of their schedule with good wins against Central (2-0) and Evangelical Christian School (2-0).

The team finished the regular season with six conference games, playing Briarcrest, Christian Brothers, and St. Benedict twice each. The Owls went 4-2 in those games, beating St. Benedict and Briarcrest twice, including a 9-0 win over the Saints on Senior Night to close out the regular season.

With a 4-2 division record, the squad earned the No. 2 seed out of the West, and it was matched up with Middle second-seed Father Ryan. A coin flip to determine the site went against the Owls, so they traveled to Nashville. There the season ended in the state quarterfinals as they dropped the contest, 0-4, finishing the year at 11-8, 4-2.

Coach Beck enjoyed getting back onto the field after last-year’s absence, and he appreciated this group.

“After losing 17 seniors and a season, I was really proud of how our team came into this year with very little varsity experience and managed to become varsity-ready with no preseason games and a very competitive schedule,” Beck said. “I would like to thank our seniors, especially the senior captains, for all that they have done for the MUS soccer program over the years. Looking forward, I am excited about the returning players and the talent moving up next season and beyond.”

LS Soccer

Coaches: Spencer Reese ‘94, Jim McClain

Record: 6-1

Roster: Eighth graders Shahmir Aijaz, Santiago Arbelaez, Ammar Duldul, John Logan Godwin, Andersen Henry, Mahad

Khwaja, Shaheer Khwaja, Edwin Laughlin, Jacob McCabe, Stanton Miller, Wils Moore, Kyle Sneed, Bradley Snider; seventh graders George Calzada, Noah Glover, Nicholas Lee, Reid LeMay, Madoc Michael, Will Stinson, Sohum Valaulikar, Andy Yambrek

JV Soccer

Head Coach: Mikey McGuire ‘03

Assistant Coaches: Antony Eddy, Ted Fockler ‘10

Record: 6-8-1

Roster: Juniors Jordan Infeld, Alex Li, West Loden, Jeb Losch, Matthew Mellone, John Monaghan, Jacob Musicante, Witt Smith, Weston Southerland, Christopher Yarbro; sophomores Thomas Coffey, Andrew Jones, Ben McBride, Spencer Norris, Hill Smith, Andrew Xu; freshmen William Eubank, Will Fortenberry, William Mallory, John

McAllister, Wyatt McAllister, Grayson Skipper, Worrick Uhlhorn, Seth Yarbrough

Jake Yarbrough, left, and Simeon Betapudi, right

Charlie Gallop

Varsity Tennis Causes a in State Tournaments

By Reece Needham ‘22

The varsity tennis team served yet another astounding year, finishing with a 16-2 record in addition to a remarkable performance at the regional championship.

Stepping back onto the court after last spring’s canceled season, the Owls had a rough start against McCallie in Nashville (1-6) but turned around and crushed Briarcrest (6-0) and St. George’s (6-1). They went on to place first in the Jackson Invitational Tournament. Continuing their winning streak, the Owls swooped in for wins against Houston (15-1) and Lausanne (8-0).

At home in the MUS Invitational Tennis Tournament, the team volleyed several strong wins against Jackson Prep from Mississippi (7-1), University School of Jackson (9-0), and Brentwood Academy (9-0).

In a powerful showing from the entire team, they thoroughly defeated White Station High School (9-0), Christian Brothers High School (11-0), and St. Benedict (8-0). Under the wing of Head Coach Phil Chamberlin, the Owls came out on top against Collierville (5-4) and wrapped up their season with wins against University School of Nashville (110) and Ensworth in Nashville (7-2).

With a strong drive down the middle, the varsity tennis team perched at first in the TSSAA Division II-AA Tennis Regional Individual Championship. Sophomore Justin Martin defeated eighth grader Gabe Ungab in singles for the title; senior Luke Donovan and sophomore Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes beat junior Mac Owen and freshman Andrew Kuhlo for the regional titles in doubles.

The Owls pressed on to the TSSAA Division II-AA Tennis Championship and won against Brentwood Academy in the first round, 5-0. The team finished

its remarkable run with a loss in the semifinals to Montgomery Bell Academy (0-4).

Martin and Ungab advanced to the first individuals round; Owen and Kuhlo reached the first round of doubles.

Donovan and Ferrer Guimaraes advanced as far as the state finals. In the postseason, the two were named first-team All-Metro by The Commercial Appeal.

Donovan was the only senior on the team this year, followed by juniors Edward Grinder and Owen; a sophomore group of Thomas Cates, Ferrer Guimaraes, Hamza Janjua, Amar Kanakamedala, Jack Knighton, Wilson LeMay, Jeffrey Liu, Martin, Clyde Patton, Thomas Preston Salman, Wyatt Solberg; freshmen Qasim Akbar, Parker Blackwell Wilson Bridgforth, Ron Byrnes William Hamlett, Kuhlo, Zander Mathes, Parth Patel, Tol Thomas eighth graders Aidan Lightman Ungab.

LS Tennis

Head Coach: Jay Horne

Record: 8-0

Roster: Eighth graders Patrick Burke, Amrik Chakravarty, Alan Cheng, Hunter Fair, Bennett Frazer, Wills Frazer, John Logan Godwin, Owen Gooch, Will Knighton, Elston Liles, Declan Lonergan, Jacob McCabe, Marcus McCullers, Luke McEwan, Kushal Patel, Samuel Schroerlucke, Aidan Smith; seventh graders Frank Crump, James Jin, Reid LeMay, Kevin McCullers, Dudley Speake, Ashwin Subramaniam, Lucas Zhang

Roberto Ferrer Guimaraes

Aquatic Owls Finish Seventh in State

Head Coach Bryan Parker and the swim team had to manage an evolving schedule as swimming became a spring sport this year due to the pandemic. Ultimately, the league adopted a fourmeet schedule, no county meet, and a state meet to be held at four sites. With excellent participation and some quality depth on the roster, the Owls made the most of the year and culminated their season with a seventh-place finish at state, another top 10 for Coach Parker and the program.

The Owls had only three seniors this year – McKnight Johnston, Fawwaz Omer, and Max Shackelford – so they relied heavily on underclassmen. The roster included juniors Collin Craft, Zion James, Gryffin Ostner, Luke Snider, and Kerry Zhao; sophomores Aaron Barawid, Thomas Cates, Charlie Dyson, Wilson Ezzell, Jack Fleming, Johnny Heinz, Frederick Huang, Joseph Keeler, Jack Knighton, Kevin Ma, and Mason Putnam; and freshmen Wilson Bridgforth, Pritchard Brooksbank, Samuel Callan, Henry Lindeman, and Trevor Moore.

None of the regular-season meets, which took place at the Bartlett Recreation Center and the Tunica Aquatic Center, were scored, so swimmers advanced to the state meet only by posting individual times that met state marks.

For the virtual state meet, eight Owls qualified and swam well in Tupelo, MS: Callan, Heinz, Huang, James, Lindeman, Ma, Ostner, and Snider. The team ultimately amassed 110 points and finished seventh overall. James had an excellent meet, claiming third in the 50-yard freestyle and fourth in the 100-yard freestyle. Heinz finished ninth in the 100-yard backstroke. All three relay teams placed with the 200-yard freestyle team finishing sixth, the 200-yard medley team finishing eighth, and the 400-yard freestyle team finishing eighth.

Despite the unusual season, Coach Parker was pleased with how his group performed.

“The boys did a great job of handling the challenges the pandemic brought us," Parker said. "Whether it was altered practices or swim meets, the seniors led the way and helped us have a great year under the circumstances.”

1. Samuel Callan 2. Frederick Huang 3. Collin Craft

Trapshooting

Varsity trapshooting placed ninth out of 34 teams in its only regular-season match. Coaches Hamilton Eggers ’94 and Jonathan Large led the 20-man varsity squad composed by seniors Chip Eason, Griffin Hood, McKnight Johnston, Watts Miller, Henry Robinson, Will Schuessler, Max Shackelford; juniors Chris Bird, Evans Culpepper, Andrew Harris, Scott Ledbetter, John Monaghan, Garner Uhlhorn, Jack Varner; and sophomores Aaron Barawid Lewis Glankler Rowland Hayden John Lee Jackson Moore, and

JV Trapshooting

Coaches: Hamilton Eggers ’94, Jonathan Large

Record: Eighth at State Tournament

JV Roster: Junior Jack Zanone; freshmen Wilson Bridgforth, Gabe Chen, George Henley, RJ Neal, Charlie Treadwell, Worrick Uhlhorn, Ben Wunderlich

Varsity Trapshooters

JV Trapshooters

Gabe Chen

Garner Uhlhorn

Student-Athletes Honored at All-Sports Banquet

Varsity lettermen, managers, and senior athletes were recognized at the 2021 Jake Rudolph All-Sports Banquet on Monday, April 26. Seniors and parents attended in person, and the program was also broadcast live for others to view.

In addition to seniors receiving plaques listing their career letters in all sports, four special awards were presented to members of the Class of 2021.

Lee Murray Spirit Award

Michael Gallagher and William Patteson

Al Wright Christian Character Award

Elijah Graham

Paul T. Gillespie Scholar Athlete Award

Max Shackelford

James R. Haygood III

Best All-Around Athlete Award

Edwin Shy

Six Seniors Sign NLI

Six seniors signed on to continue their athletic careers in college during the April 28 National Letter of Intent Day. With these letters, a total of 13 students have signed letters of intent in the 2020-21 school year.

Football

Vincent Perkins – Millikin University

Basketball

Ayman McGowan – Hampden-Sydney College

Baseball

Ben Burkhart – Rhodes College

Caleb Littlejohn – United States Air Force Academy

Carlos Thomas – Southwest Tennessee Community College

Lacrosse

Cade Fick – Randolph-Macon College

We, the students and faculty at Memphis University School, hereby pledge our full support to the Honor System. I pledge to be honest myself, and in order that the spirit and integrity of the Honor System may endure, I pledge that I will make known to the Honor Council any case of dishonesty which I may observe at MUS.

For Homecoming 2021, we will celebrate YOU — along with other alumni whose graduation years end in 0, 1, 5, or 6. Mark your calendar for September 24-26 and plan to reconnect with fellow Owls. We hope to see you on campus!

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