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Rare feat: 12 varsity letters earned by Kinsey Yost ’15 (4 soccer, 3 winter track, 3 lacrosse, 1 Nordic skiing, 1 spring track); receives All-Region New England for soccer

Todd A. Harris ’95

Cory F. Schneider ’04

Phelps Scholar Todd Harris played varsity baseball and football all four years at PA and 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 and, as an upper, 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 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. He graduated in 1999 with a BA degree, and in 2010 he earned an MBA degree from UCLA-Anderson. Today he is senior product manager for Direct to Consumer Planning Technology at Nike.

Andover’s varsity hockey team goalie as a lower, Cory Schneider became captain his senior year and led the team to the New England semifinals. He was awarded the Yale Bowl at Commencement and received the coveted John Carlton Memorial Trophy, awarded annually by the Boston Bruins. In the first round of the 2004 NHL draft, Schneider was selected 26th overall by the Vancouver Canucks. Recognizing the importance of a solid education, he opted to play hockey for Boston College instead. He began playing with the Manitoba Moose, the Canucks’ minor league affiliate, in 2007; was named AHL goaltender of the year in 2009; and received the Jennings Trophy in 2011. Schneider was the Canucks’ starting goalie during the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs; today he is starting goalie for the New Jersey Devils. (See story, page 30.)

Edwin G. Quattlebaum ’60

Theodore B. Thorndike ’70

Ed Quattlebaum played varsity basketball, ran varsity cross-country, and was involved in several clubs, including Student Congress and the Phillips Society. Class president his senior year, he was awarded the Morehead Scholarship to UNC, the Aurelian Honor Society Prize, and the Bierer Prize. Quattlebaum went on to study at Harvard, where he was recruited by legendary crew coach Harry Parker. His rowing team went undefeated his senior year, won the Eastern Sprints title, and competed at Henley. Following graduation, Quattlebaum taught history and coached crew at St. Paul’s, and in 1972 he earned a PhD degree from UC-Berkeley. He returned to Andover in 1973 to teach history and social science and serve as department chair for five years. In addition to coaching Andover crew for his entire 36 years, Quattlebaum coordinated the Andover-Exeter Washington Intern Program and coached JV II basketball.

In his senior year, Ted Thorndike was captain of Andover’s varsity hockey and baseball teams. In 1969 the hockey team won the consolation division in the Lawrenceville School Invitational Hockey Tournament, and in 1970 the baseball squad ended the season with a 10–3 record, the best of any Andover nine since 1960. At Harvard, Thorndike played three years of varsity hockey. After graduating in 1975, he became a member of the U.S. National and Olympic hockey teams; the U.S. team finished fifth at the 1976 Olympics. After the Olympics, Thorndike worked for a design and construction firm and coached high school hockey in Woodstock, Vt. He also worked in real estate. In 1985, following a one-year appointment at Milton Academy, he began teaching and coaching at St. Sebastian’s School. Tragically, he passed away in 1987 at the age of 34.

Softball: Undefeated (18–0) for 2nd time in program history; repeated as Big East Invitational Tournament champions Baseball: 2nd place at Central New England Prep Championships; Matt Hosman ’15, Thomas Lane ’15, Jake Nelson ’15, and Taylor Beckett ’17 awarded All–Central New England honors Girls’ Lacrosse: Caroline Garrity ’15 and Eliza Quigley ’15 named New England Prep School Women’s Lacrosse All-Stars Boys’ Lacrosse: 14–1 record with 5 overtime victories; national honors received by Tim Bulens ’15, U.S. Lacrosse All-Academic Team; Foster LeBoeuf ’15, U.S. Lacrosse AllAmerican; and Ryder Garnsey ’15, Under Armour All-American. Girls’ Tennis: 11–1; de Villafranca Tournament champions at Kent School; repeat 2nd place finishers at New England Team Championships Boys’ Tennis: New England Prep School Invitational Tournament doubles title winners were Jonathan Jow ’16 and William Way ’17. Crew: Girls’ G1 boat won gold medal (4th place for team), and Boys’ B1 boat won silver (2nd place for team) at NEIRA Championship; both crews competed at Henley (see page 7) Girls’ Track & Field: 2nd place at New England Championships Ultimate Frisbee: 3rd place at Amherst Ultimate Tournament; tied for 3rd at NEPSUL Championships. Jack McGovern ’15 selected for Massachusetts High School Ultimate League Division I All-Star Game. Olivia Coffey ’07 won gold in the women’s four at the 2015 World Rowing Cup II in Varese, Italy, in June. Peter Lee-Kramer ‘11 and his Tufts University teammates won the NCAA soccer championship in December.

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