Kenneth Keuffel began his football career at Andover and captained the undefeated Big Blue in 1941. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II, and then played for Princeton, kicking the game-winning field goal that secured Princeton’s 1946 victory over the University of Pennsylvania. After a brief but exciting NFL career with the Philadelphia Eagles and two years as freshman football coach at the University of Pennsylvania, Keuffel served as head football coach at The Lawrenceville School, compiling an impressive 151-89-8 record. The author of several books on the singlewing offense and considered a master of the form, Keuffel coached football at Wabash College. He was inducted into the Wabash College Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999.
Henry G. Higdon III ’94
Alan G. Schwartz ’48
Henry Higdon played for three years on Andover’s boys’ varsity hockey team, was captain his senior year, and received the Sumner Smith Hockey Award; off the ice, he helped create a hockey basic strength and conditioning program. Higdon also captained the boys’ varsity lacrosse team his senior year and was named an All-American. His excellent grades and athletic ability earned him a spot on the Boston Globe’s All-Scholastic Hockey Team and, at Commencement, the Yale Bowl prize. At Harvard, he played on the men’s varsity hockey team all four years. Higdon played for one year in the East Coast Hockey League with the Hampton Roads Admirals. Currently, he is a partner in Tourmaline Partners LLC.
Alan Schwartz achieved much athletic success while at Andover. He earned six varsity letters, captained the 1948 tennis team, swam with the 1948 swim team (which was inducted into the 2008 Andover Athletics Hall of Honor), and was awarded the Yale Bowl at Commencement. He was a varsity swimmer and tennis player at Yale and captained the tennis team his senior year. The founder of Tennis Corporation of America, Schwartz has served as chair, president, and CEO of the U.S. Tennis Association. In 2003, Tennis Industry named him Man of the Year. In 2009, he was honored by the Tennis Industry Hall of Fame, and in 2013, he was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Hall of Fame.
Dianne P. Hurley ’80
David B. Smoyer ’59
Arriving at Andover in the wake of Title IX, Dianne Hurley joined the inaugural girls’ hockey club team in 1976. By her lower year, the team achieved varsity status, and by her senior year, it was undefeated. Hurley lettered in hockey, soccer, track and field, and lacrosse, and won the Press Club Award and the Sumner Smith Hockey Award her senior year. Hurley played hockey at Harvard, where she was cocaptain her senior year. She broke five scoring records—one of which would stand for 20 years—and helped lead the Crimson to its first two upset Beanpot victories in 1982 and 1983. Hurley coaches and volunteers in community hockey and soccer and has had a career in management and finance.
The Smoyer family’s connection with Andover soccer started with David Smoyer’s time in the goal: He earned two letters in soccer and, in fall 1958, shut out four opponents. Smoyer’s athletics career continued at Dartmouth, where he was a standout athlete and was selected as All-American soccer goalie in fall 1962. Smoyer served as assistant to the commissioner of the North American Soccer League, associate director of athletics at Yale, director of athletics at Swarthmore, and coach of Swarthmore’s first women’s soccer team. Smoyer’s father, Stanley, donated Andover’s Smoyer Family Field in David’s honor and in memory of David’s brother Bill ’63, who was posthumously inducted into the Andover Athletics Hall of Honor in 2011.
th
h
ea
l et
PA
rs
A varsity athlete in soccer, basketball, and lacrosse, Jeanne Ficociello received Andover’s Drake Soccer Award, captained her basketball team senior year, and was chosen by the New England Lacrosse Association for its selective team. In 1996, she was named Andover’s Athlete of the Year and received the Yale Bowl at Commencement. Ficociello’s love for and commitment to lacrosse continued at Harvard, where she started on the varsity team all four years and captained her senior squad. In 2000, she earned a spot on and was a cocaptain of the Women’s All-Time First Team All–Ivy League team. Ficociello went on to earn degrees from U. Penn and Colorado State University, and currently is a specialist in small animal internal medicine.
A
Kenneth W. Keuffel ’42*
ic
Jeanne E. Ficociello ’96
dli ne
2014 New England Champions: Girls’ Water Polo Kaitlin Simpson ’14 selected NEPSAC Final Four All-Tournament MVP; Sasha Newton ’16 and Lauren Conte ’14 named to All-Tournament Team 2014 New England Class A Champions: Boys’ Tennis (2nd consec. title); also won Stan Smith Award for sportsmanship at Nationals New England Interscholastic Championship Gold Medalists: Boys’ Crew in the B1 race; silver medalists in B2 and B3 races. Also won overall 2014 NEIRA Boys’ Team Points Trophy (6th time in 8 years) Golf: Tied for first—Alexa Tsay ’17 at the Independent School Girls’ Golf Classic Baseball: Kenta Nomoto ’14 (PA’s Harrison Baseball Award recipient), Andy Hamel ’14, and John Festa ’15 named to All-Central New England Prep Team Softball: Ravenne Nasser ’15 and Victoria Bergeron ’16 named to First Team, Big East Prep Invitational All-Tournament Softball Team Field Hockey: Lexi Davidson ’17 selected to the U19 indoor national team Boys’ Lacrosse: Tim Bulens ’15 named Academic All-American (Bowdoin commit) Girls’ Lacrosse: Nekele McCall ’14 named All-American (2nd consec. year); Caroline Garrity ’15 and Nekele McCall ’14 (3rd consec. year) named NEPSAC All-Stars NESCAC Baseball Rookie of the Year: Tufts pitcher Tim Superko ’13 World Junior Ultimate Champions in Italy: U19 women’s national team, including Dartmouth’s Piper Curtis ’13 Named All-Ivy lacrosse: Brown’s Larken Kemp ’13 On Duke’s NCAA Championship lacrosse team: Luke Duprey ’10, Joe Kruy ’12, and Ben Scharf ’12
*deceased
Andover | Fall 2014
17