2015 ANDOVER ATHLETICS HALL OF HONOR
Induction Ceremony Saturday, June 13, 2015 | 4:30 p.m. | Kemper Auditorium
Andover Athletics Hall of
Honor
Announcement of Inductees and Remarks Mike Moonves ’62 and Meredith Hudson Johnston ’01 Alumni Council Athletics Committee Cochairs
Closing Remarks John G. Palfrey Head of School
1905 football team 1
2000
Aimionoizomo O. Akade An outstanding member of the girls’ varsity basketball and outdoor track teams for all four years, Momo Akade was captain of both teams when they won New England championships her senior year. In 1999, she set the PA girls’ outdoor track record for the 200-meter event—25.6 seconds—a straightaway record that still holds today. Akade earned a BA degree at Yale, where she studied architecture and history. She then taught history and coached basketball and track at Choate Rosemary Hall and the Dwight-Englewood School. Akade later served as dean of students 2
at Prep for Prep, a leadership development program for high-achieving, underrepresented students of color. In 2012, she earned an MEd degree from the Learning, Design, and Technology Program at Stanford University. Akade’s background in teaching and technology came together when she founded GigaBryte, a company that introduces children to programming with wearable technology. Using a drag-anddrop interface, kids are able to code lights and sensors on their sneakers to produce a personalized pattern or sequence. The focus on sneakers has helped
engage urban youth, spark an interest in programming, and bridge a growing ethnic and racial divide in computing. Akade is passionate about designing technology-mediated solutions that promote learning in formal and informal environments. She is an alumna of two premier Silicon Valley startup accelerator programs: Imagine K12, the “Y Combinator of the education industry,” and StartX, Stanford’s accelerator for its top student founders. Additionally, Akade is an NBC Education Nation 2013 Innovation Challenge finalist and a 2013 Echoing Green Fellow.
2000 basketball team: Akade is front row, center.
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2005
Hee-Jin Chang During her time at Andover, Hee-Jin Chang won considerable recognition for swimming, achieving All-American status in seven events as well as helping lead the team to its fourth straight New England championship in 2005. She holds the New England Prep record in the 50-yard freestyle and school records for the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events (23.19 and 50.57 seconds, respectively). After Andover, Chang studied at the University of Texas, where she joined the varsity swim team. In 2008, her former Andover coach, Paul Murphy ’84, received a message from Chang saying 4
that she had made the South Korean Olympic team and would be traveling to Beijing for the Summer Olympics. This would be Chang’s second time competing in the Olympics; she had also competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics for South Korea, her native country. Upon returning from Beijing, she told Murphy, “I swam my best times and broke the national record in the 50 [meter freestyle]. It would have been more exciting if my best got me into the top 16 [qualifiers], but I’ll live.” During her senior year at the University of Texas, she won a Big 12 championship
title in the 50-yard freestyle and also broke the Big 12 record. She graduated in 2009 with a BA degree in political science and later earned an MA degree in public policy from Georgetown. Chang is currently completing law school at the University of Houston while working at Foster LLP, a distinguished law firm with a focus on global immigration.
2005 swim team: Chang is second row, second from right.
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1967
Ford M. Fraker In addition to playing on Andover’s legendary 1967 hockey team, Ford Fraker also lettered in football, baseball, and soccer, earning nine varsity letters in total. As a senior, he was captain of the varsity baseball team and a member of All-Prep Hockey. Fraker was awarded the Schubert Key, Yale Bowl, and Aurelian Honor Society Prize. At Harvard, Fraker played one year of freshman hockey and three years of JV hockey, graduating cum laude in 1971 with a BA degree. Over the next 19 years, he held positions in banking and finance with various organizations, 6
all with connections to the Middle East. In 1991, he founded Fraker & Co., which provided Middle East consultancy services to U.S. and U.K. firms. In 1997, he cofounded Trinity Group Limited, for which he served as board chair for a decade. In 2007, Fraker was appointed U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by President George W. Bush ’64, a position he held until 2009. The Council of American Ambassadors credits Fraker’s leadership with promoting a new “partnership in the areas of counterterrorist financing, nuclear non-proliferation and
the development of peaceful nuclear energy, the protection of Saudi Arabia’s critical infrastructure, and the exchange of science and technology.” Fraker’s current positions include senior advisor for the Middle East for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, president of the Middle East Policy Council in Washington, D.C., and vice chairman of the board of trustees of International College in Beirut. Ambassador Fraker and his wife, Linda, have three children, Antonia, Ford, and Charles, and reside in Cohasset and Nantucket, Mass.
Ford Fraker in 1967. 7
1995
Todd A. Harris Phelps Scholar Todd Harris didn’t waste any time making a name for himself. He joined the varsity football and baseball teams as a ninth-grader and played both sports all four years. He was voted to the league All-Star team for baseball every year and for football in his upper and senior years. Harris was also a three-year starter on PA’s varsity basketball team. In his upper year, he captained the football and basketball teams and was named Male Athlete of the Year by the Eagle-Tribune. During his senior year, he was a captain of all three teams, led the baseball team 8
to the Central New England Prep School title, and was awarded the Yale Bowl at Commencement. Harris started and lettered in baseball his first three years at Harvard. In 1997 and 1998, his team won back-to-back Ivy League championships, finishing both seasons ranked in the Top 25. During the NCAA tournament his junior year, Harris injured his shoulder, ending his baseball career. He graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1999 with a BA degree in economics. In 2010, Harris earned an MBA degree from UCLA-Anderson.
Harris has focused on a career in the retail sector, working at Gap, Inc., and Levi Strauss & Co. in San Francisco, and most recently at Nike in Portland, Oregon, where he is senior product manager for Direct to Consumer Planning Technology. Harris enjoys golfing, hiking, and exploring the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Jessie, and two children, Marlowe (5) and Sullivan (3).
1994 football team: Harris is front row, center, (number 17). 9
1960
Edwin G. Quattlebaum As an Andover student, Ed Quattlebaum played varsity basketball, ran varsity cross-country, and was involved in a variety of clubs, including Student Congress and Phillips Society. Class president his senior year, Quattlebaum was awarded the prestigious Morehead Scholarship to UNC and the Aurelian Honor Society Prize. He received the Bierer Prize at Commencement for “outstanding in character and personality.” Quattlebaum went on to study at Harvard. Cut from the basketball team, he was recruited by new crew coach Harry Parker, who had been on the 10
lookout for versatile athletes who might be interested in trying out for crew. Quattlebaum rowed for the legendary Parker for four years and rowed for Harvard at Henley Regatta his senior year. Undefeated that year, the Crimson also won the Eastern Sprints title. After Harvard, Quattlebaum taught history and coached crew at St. Paul’s. He received a PhD degree from UC-Berkeley in 1972 and then returned to Andover in 1973 to teach history and social science with great passion, enthusiasm, and new ideas. He served as history department chair from 1989 to 1994 and for several
years also coordinated the AndoverExeter Washington Intern Program. Along with quickly establishing himself as an inspirational teacher, Quattlebaum coached JV II basketball for several years and, for his entire 36 years at Andover, coached crew. For many students, it was Coach Quattlebaum’s instruction on the water that will resonate with them for a lifetime. Quattlebaum and wife Ruth, PA archivist and instructor in art emerita, live in Charlestown, Mass. They have two sons, Gus ’93 and Hugh ’96.
1960 basketball team: Quattlebaum is front row, third from left.
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2004
Cory F. Schneider The winter after arriving at Andover in 2001, new lower Cory Schneider began playing goalie on the varsity hockey team. As captain his senior year, Schneider led Big Blue hockey to the New England semifinals. He was awarded the Yale Bowl at Commencement and also received the John Carlton Memorial Trophy, awarded annually by the Boston Bruins to the outstanding student-athlete in Eastern Massachusetts high school hockey. In the first round of the 2004 NHL draft, Schneider was selected 26th overall by the Vancouver Canucks. Recognizing the importance of a solid 12
education, Schneider opted to play hockey for Boston College instead. The BC Eagles won two Hockey East championships during the three years that Schneider defended their goal. He still holds three BC records: career shutouts (15), single-season shutouts (8, 2005–2006), and single-season record for saves (1,111, 2006–2007). In 2007, Schneider began playing with the Manitoba Moose, the Vancouver Canucks’ minor league affiliate; he was named AHL goaltender of the year in 2009. During the 2011 season, Schneider took on a more permanent position,
playing backup to longtime Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo. That year, the two were awarded the Jennings Trophy. It was the first time that trophy had ever been awarded to Vancouver. Schneider showed continual improvement, saw more and more playing time, and was the Canucks’ starting goalie during the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Traded in 2013, Schneider is now starting goalie for the New Jersey Devils. In 2014, he was awarded a seven-year contract extension.
2004 hockey team: Schneider is front row, center. 13
1970
Theodore B. Thorndike In his senior year, Ted Thorndike was captain of the varsity hockey and baseball teams. During the 1969 Christmas holidays, the hockey team entered the Lawrenceville School Invitational Hockey Tournament. Although Andover lost its first game on a disputed penalty shot, the team went on to win the consolation division. In spring 1970, Thorndike’s baseball squad ended the season with a 10–3 record, the best of any Andover nine since 1960. Thorndike matriculated at Harvard, where he played three years of varsity hockey. In 1974 and 1975, he helped 14
Harvard tally a 57–21–2 record and bring home Ivy League titles. In Thorndike’s senior year, the team placed fourth in the NCAA Championships. After graduating from Harvard in 1975 with a BA degree in English, Thorndike became a member of the U.S. National and Olympic hockey teams. At the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, the U.S. team—which included Andover Athletics Hall of Honor inductee Dan Bolduc ’72— finished fifth. After the Olympics, Thorndike moved to Woodstock, Vt., where he worked for a design and construction firm and
coached high school hockey, leading the Woodstock Union High School hockey team to the state championship finals. He also worked in real estate with the Boston firm R.M. Bradley and Thorndike Real Estate. In 1985, following a one-year appointment at Milton Academy, Thorndike began teaching and coaching at St. Sebastian’s School. Tragically, he passed away in 1987 at the age of 34.
1970 hockey team: Thorndike is front row, center. 15
Past Inductees Andover Athletics Hall of
Honor
2008
2009
2010
George H.W. Bush ’42
Stephen S. Sorota, coach (d)
Becky Dowling Calder ’94
Daniel G. Bolduc ’72
John F. Bronk, athletic trainer (d)
H. Richard Duden ’43
Frank F. DiClemente, coach (d)
Fred H. Harrison ’38 (d)
Martha Hill Gaskill ’78
Archibald M. Bush, Class of 1867 (d)
Frank Hinkey, Class of 1891 (d)
William C. Matthews, Class of 1901 (d)
Joseph V. Cavanagh Jr. ’67
Sarah E. Mleczko Kasten ’76 Aisha Jorge Massengill ’88 John L. Morrison ’63 Richard J. Phelps ’46 Shirley J. Ritchie, faculty emerita Natalie Ware Ryherd ’63 (d) 1948 Swim Team
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John P. McBride ’56 James P. McLane Jr. ’49 C. Anthony Pittman ’90 Robert W. Sides ’34 Eleanor Tydings Gollob ’86 1952 Football Team
William H. Brown ’34 (d)
Ashley A. Harmeling ’00 Gerard E. Jones ’55 Harvey M. Kelsey Jr. ’41 Carter Marsh Abbott ’93 Arthur K. Moher ’45
2011
2012
2013
2014
William S. Belichick ’71
James H.H. Carrington ‘42 (d)
Lee S. Apgar ’78
Gilbert R. Bamford ’58
Arthur R.T. Hillebrand, Class of 1896 (d)
John G. Clayton ‘47
Judy Morton Bramhall ’78
Douglas W. Brown ’64
Thomas F. Fleming ‘72
Laurie N. Coffey ’95
J. Dana Eastham ’49 (d)
Henry G. Higdon II ‘59
Richard J. Collins ’49
Jeanne E. Ficociello ’96
Paul Kalkstein ’61
Edward W. Mahan, Class of 1912 (d)
Zackary R. DeOssie ’03
Henry G. Higdon III ’94
Raymond A. Lamontagne ’53
Michael A. Moonves ‘62
Thomas H. Harvey Jr. ’54
Dianne P. Hurley ’80
Thomas E. Pollock III ’61
Julia Trotman Brady ‘85
Robert P. Hulburd, coach
Kenneth W. Keuffel ’42 (d)
William S. Smoyer ’63 (d)
Joseph B. Wennik ‘52
Macauley L. Smith ’23 (d)
Alan G. Schwartz ’48
Jonathan A. Stableford ’63
David B. Smoyer ’59
Thomas J. Hudner Jr. ’43 Meredith Hudson Johnston ’01
Randolph B. Wood ‘82
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The Andover Athletics Hall of Honor celebrates members of the Phillips and Abbot academy communities who, based on their experiences and affiliations with athletics either while at school or after graduation, have demonstrated the highest levels of sportsmanship, teamwork, and competitive excellence. Those recognized include superior athletes as well as those who took what they learned on the field and applied it in inspirational ways to other aspects of their lives.
NOMINATIONS FOR 2016 The Alumni Council’s Athletics Committee will accept nominations of individual alumni, teams, and coaches for the 2016 induction year until September 15, 2015. Please note that previously submitted nominations stand for consideration in future years. Nominations can be e-mailed to Jenny Savino in the Office of Alumni Engagement at jsavino@andover.edu.
ATHLETICS COMMITTEE Mark E. Bamford ’81 Hannah M. Beinecke ’12 Andrew V. Brown ’88 James L. Demetroulakos ’78 Martha Gourdeau Fenton ’83 Ashley A. Harmeling ’00 Meredith A. Hudson Johnston ’01, cochair Aditi V. Joshi ’92 Peter L. Juhas ’89 Paul Kalkstein ’61 Ferdinand C. Martignetti ’02 Jonathan B. Michals ’70 Michael A. Moonves ’62, cochair Andrew R. Pohly ’09 Bruce L. Poliquin ’72 Christian A. Smith ’85 Margaret Block Stineman ’92 Robert M. Tuller Jr. ’82 Rachel E. Weiner ‘01 180 Main Street Andover, Mass. 01810-4161 www.andover.edu