Moving Boys Forward | Graduation 2014

Moving Boys Forward St. Christopher’s School

Special Graduation issue • 2014

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2 A Message from the Headmaster

College Bound

2 The Class of 2014

4 Honoring the Class of 2014

The Class of 2014 is an impressive group. Check out where all of our distinguished graduates will be attending college in the fall.

6 Ever Upward

7 Live in Each Day

8 Chapel Talk: Faith and Trust

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Sports News & Recognition

The Saints won the Director's Cup for the third time in the last four years.

We recap all the awards, honors, and recogniton of our athletes, coaches and teams in our year-in-review.

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12 Upper School Commencment Awards 14 Legacies 15 Honored Saints 18 Language Awards 19 Sports News and Recognition 24 Kudos to Saints

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Faculty News

One of St. Christopher's great strengths is its gifted and amazing faculty. Read their news including the latest prestigious appointment by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe!

25 Faculty Awards and Recognition

26 Faculty News

28 Middle School Commencment Awards 30 Lower School

Commencment Awards

2014

Headmaster Charles M. Stillwell

Point of View Over the course of time St. Christopher’s School has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the education of the whole boy – in mind, body, and spirit. We maintain an emphasis on those things we have done well, beginning first and foremost with the development of personal honor and integrity. We continue to implement our Second Century Vision building on these fundamental core beliefs while recognizing we must now prepare boys to lead in a dynamic, interconnected world.

This school year was significant in the pursuit of our vision across multiple sectors from new global initiatives and technological innovations to special programs on personal honor and a school-wide examination of best practices for teaching boys.

In the midst of these new curricular and program enhancements, we were very fortunate to have such a talented and cohesive group of young men to lead and partner with us in setting such a positive and productive tone. Our seniors were especially impressive in making a positive

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difference in intriguingly quiet and collaborative ways. They did not rely on the big public leader to dominate the spotlight. They each found their path to making a difference and leaving their mark. This was a group where seniors were amazingly positive, supportive teammates even when not the starters or the stars. This was a group where several seniors decided to join new activities or teams in their senior year because they knew they could help and make a difference.

This was a group that took pride in developing new service initiatives and school activities.

These seniors did not worry about which of them received the glory, but collectively they achieved amazing things. From outstanding academic accomplishments to terrific arts performances to impressive publications to numerous league championships and the overall Director's Cup victory, this group did it all.

It has been a genuine pleasure to watch these students grow, mature, and develop into such

C l a ss o f impressive young men. Through their outstanding growth and progress over their years here, they gained a wonderful understanding of the strength of character, wisdom, and life skills necessary for successful lives of leadership and service to others.

The faculty and I hope this very special, collaborative, and caring spirit will always guide these young men as they head off to new adventures. If leadership is ultimately about making a positive difference in the lives of others, then each member of the Class of 2014 can look forward to a life filled with important leadership moments. I am confident that all they do will be grounded in the most crucial aspect of the St. Christopher’s experience – a deep and abiding commitment to the importance of honor and personal integrity.

While we will miss the members of this class as they take on new challenges in college and in life, we are proud of all that they have accomplished thus far and appreciative of all that they have done for the School.

Bottom Row: (L to R) Carter Hayes, Cole Chandler, Bailey White, Chris Locher, Matt McLeod, Christian Frediani, Saunders Ruffin, Tanner White, Mohammed Sarhan, Sam Moffatt, Ashby Lupold, Cole Elliott, Sam Coltrane, Lawrence Brugh, Will Kelly, Robert Wallace, William Finch Second Row: Ryland Ansell, Matt Dunlevy, Bailey Galstan, Clark Lewis, Albert Thompson, Alex Whitehurst Third Row: Ganon Hingst, Cooper Yoo, Tyler Perkins, Baxter Carter, Chandler Shaheen, Peyton McElroy, Austin Fockler, Alex Essex, Henry Fauls, Cole Gayle, Houston Hardy, Ned Farley, Charles Moore, Wallace Williams Fourth Row: Findley Bowie, Ian Saunders, Coleman Adams, Michael Nordahl, Davis Evans, Conner Williams, Trey Romig, Harry Smith, Christian Halsey, Henry Atwill, Ford Turner, John Burke, Giles Thompson, Mark Gottwald, John Fiorelli Fifth Row: Alec Ball, Guse Vasaio, Dixon Trunick, Stephen Bunda, Berkeley Fergusson, Carson Rice, Taylor Robinson, Tyler Anthony

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Graduation Honoring the Class of 2014

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ay 23, 2014. Blue skies and comfortable temperatures create a perfect backdrop; the stage is set for ceremony — Commencement in the Upper School. As is tradition, the morning began with members of the Class of 2014 gathering on the steps of Scott Gym for their official class photo. After lining up in the Historic Corridor one last time, they processed down the steps of the Terraces to take their seats facing proud family members, friends and faculty.

Choices abound for this group of 60 young men.

They welcomed acceptances from 27 colleges and universities in 10 states. In addition to their academic accomplishments, they are recognized for their artwork, photography, musicianship and concerts, theatrical productions, athletic

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pursuits, and strong dedication to community service. These are all direct reflections of St. Christopher’s School’s commitment to educating the whole boy – developing in them the character, wisdom, and life skills to have a positive impact as future leaders in their communities, both large and small.

A departure can be bittersweet, but in the case of this class, they are ready to take on uncertain futures. What better example can there be for the students who will follow in these footsteps. The challenge is not just to fill the shoes of those who are moving forward, but to go deep and long for the larger footprint – making a difference. We are deeply grateful to have had these young men at St. Christopher’s School. Their imprint is a lasting one; their challenge is one we take on with pride.

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Live in Each Day requires failure. If you don’t fail, naturally you won’t see any reason to change. But there is nothing wrong with failure. Our class had what Mr. Horner would have called “our day of reckoning,” essentially it was a “Come to Jesus” moment. One day at the beginning of junior year, Mr. Szymendera and Mr. Jump held us back after chapel. No, they weren’t terribly happy with our performance and no, the statistics weren’t very pretty. But Mr. Jump, Mr. Szymendera, just look at us now. We made it.

Mr. Stillwell, Board of Governors, faculty, family, friends, and classmates, I am truly When you do fail, you must be able to honored to speak on behalf of the Class try again without getting discouraged, of 2014 this morning. We’re a small, without quitting. My favorite definition cohesive group and certainly unique. of success is Winston Churchill’s. He said, I think if our class were “Success is the ability to a player on a youth (or go from one failure to “We few, little league) soccer team, another with no loss of at the end of the season, enthusiasm.” As Henry we happy few, each player would get said, our class has always we band of brothers” maintained high spirits. some cheap plastic trophy.

We would walk away When we fell, we picked Shakespeare’s Henry V with one that read “Class ourselves back up and of 2014: Most Improved.” kept on moving forward.

You’ve got the leading point scorer over To improve you must learn from failure, there, and your best defender, and over understand why it happened and how it here you’ve got the most enthusiastic. But can be prevented in the future. St. we’re taking home “the most improved.”

Christopher’s has been a wonderful place Many people think that “most improved” to make mistakes, to learn, and to grow is a backhanded compliment, that it up. Our class had the occasional run-in recognizes the individual or team that with faculty and administration. I think the went from terrible to mediocre, who Middle School teachers may have been came in at the beginning of the season especially happy to see us move on over hardly able to walk in a straight line, much to Chamberlayne. But everyone here has less kick a soccer ball. But as for me, had our best interests in mind and pushed I’m proud to be a member of the “most us to our full potential. I value this class improved” class. Unlike other accolades and this education because we have dealt that recognize ability solely, “most with success and failure and we are improved” says something significant stronger for it. Here we’ve learned about your character. Improvement

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Salutatorian Henry Fauls

Valedictorian Peyton McElroy

Ever Upward

all be in there. It was fondly known as “red alert.” It didn’t accomplish much, but we sure had a knee-slapping time doing it.

There are a few people I want to thank here before I get started. My parents, of course, I wouldn’t be here without you.

My teachers, from my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Ambrogi, to my last exam here with Dr. Smith, you have all added so much to our years here. St. Catherine’s, for always making us feel welcome. And you guys, my comrades, the Class of 2014.

When getting ready to talk here, I wanted to come up with something about our class that was both positive and true— and it took a little work. But I think I’ve got it. You see, this class, this group of 60, enjoys being here and being around each other so much. And that’s because every day we’re having fun. We laugh, we joke around, and pretty much every day, something funny or fun or awesome happens. I can remember it happening all the way back to Lower School. Fourth Grade was a big year for shenanigans. ...One esteemed act of ours involved a student, usually Will. He would stand just outside the door so our teacher couldn’t see him, start signaling us with his hands, and within a couple of minutes, we all would have asked to go to the bathroom so that the room was entirely empty; we’d

Yes, sometimes we were bound to skirt the rules or catch a stern glance, but none of it was done unkindly. . .we were just always looking to have a good time with each other. And throughout the years and by the time we got to Upper School, I think we really matured as a grade. Take the time Coleman and Findley went AWOL and started driving a borrowed, golf cart around school. Or in tenth grade, when most of us joined in the conspiracy to turn everything in Mr. Jones’s room upside down. ...Or that day when we starting realizing that little cut-outs of Houston’s face had been taped around school, some in very strange, very hard to reach places. Or those few days in Middle School when we decided to play dodgeball with basketballs. . . .And through all this fun, we’ve all really come together. … we’re all brothers here. We’ve been together for a very long time; even those who have been here for just a few years have been with us for a very long time.

Every day I was able to be here and enjoy myself with my brothers.

And that’s what I’m going to remember— past today, past this summer, past college. You guys. The relationships we have here. The people. That’s what we’re going to leave here with and remember forever. Heck, I’ve already forgotten pretty much everything I’ve learned…

But my brothers for the past two or eight or thirteen years, I’ll never forget that.

And I know all of you won’t either. (continued on page 10)

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Faith and Trust

Chapel Talk

Senior Sermon given by Upper School Chaplain Melissa Hollerith on May 14, 2014

Good morning. Today is your last time in this space as a student. What a journey all of you have made.

And on that journey, in your short life, issues around safety have reached new heights. From child safety locks on car doors and windows, to new and improved helmets for sports, to car seats that practically take a PhD to install — there have been many improvements in the name of keeping children — and people safe. And no one has to be sold on safety.

Everyone wants it. Just watch one of those “I have fallen and I can’t get up” commercials and you will order Lifeline for your grandparents.

Not too long ago though, that was not the case. Parents couldn’t call or text their children. They didn’t know for certain if they were safe, they couldn’t constantly check in to make sure either. Much was based on having faith and trust. Trust that teachers and neighbors and others were serving as shepherds, and trust that parents had taught their children well.

Trust in products and companies and institutions. There were some measures in place, “Call me when you get there, let me know when you are leaving, don’t put too much baby oil on — you might get burned,” — no one had SPF 50!

When I was a little younger than you, my sister and I would chase the “orange fog machine” that sprayed for mosquitoes in our neighborhood in Louisiana. All the kids in

my neighborhood chased the fog machine. We thought it was cool. NOW, when the orange fog is sprayed, my mother is told to keep all her doors and windows shut and not to emerge from her home for at least two hours. Obviously, a new and important safety standard has been established.

Stephen Colbert tells this story. As you may know, he is one of eleven children.

He said, “My mom would just open the back of her Chrysler Town and Country station wagon and stack us like cord wood, four this way and four that way. And she put crushed glass in the empty spaces to keep it steady. All the windows were rolled up as to not mess up her hair and then she would light a cigarette. When I die I won’t need to be embalmed, because as a child my mother hickory- smoked me.”

Improving safety standards is great.

Having OSHA is great. Establishing smoke free schools and businesses is great.

Having car seats and seat belts and laws that require we use them is great too.

However, in all our efforts to keep people safe from harm, we have to be careful, pun intended, that we don’t stop living, that we don’t coddle too much, that we don’t live with fear and worry as our constant companions. Life is meant to be lived, and often living it with courage and sacrifice and purpose is going to require moving out of the safety zones. It may even require risk.

I think of Malala who stared down the Taliban to make sure girls in Pakistan had the right to an education. Fear and safety were not in her vocabulary. As a nation we dedicated the 911 Memorial Museum yesterday in NYC, and I think of all the firemen and policemen and EMTs that responded that day. Their safety was not their concern. They had a higher calling and purpose.

you, our students. How much we care about each of you. How devastated we would be if anything like that happened to you. So what then shall be our response? How can we live our lives in such a way as to bring honor to those who perished on the ferry? How do we lend our voice, our efforts, and work for the Nigerian girls release? Trying to answer those questions helps us know that truth.

The reality is terrible things happen, and often all We want you to continue being men who live of the safety nets in the world may not be able a life of service. It isn’t about the service forms to prevent any of it. That’s why my faith is so or the number of hours— it is about finding important to me. For I know I am ultimately safe your life because you gave it because I belong to God no away to others. matter what befalls me. In this life, we do the best we can, We want you to continue being but never sail so close to “... your men of honor. As a faculty, we shore that you stop living or have tried by example and word to relationships will standing up for what is right model what it means to be people and good. be deeper and who can be trusted, where a more meaningful person’s word is enough. Take that We teach many subjects here, with you for the rest of your life; but some of the greatest lessons because you for no matter whether you are in we have tried to teach you are are a man of your home or in your office, with so much more than a subject. your family or with your friends, your word” We want you safe. From lock your relationships will be deeper down drills to fire drills to and more meaningful because you trainers on every field to are a man of your word. “don’t text and drive movies,” We don’t want you to become jaded or we work hard on that front. disillusioned. People will do terrible things. They We want you to respond when you see others will disappoint you. Instead of becoming bitter hurting. To be the friend or companion or ear, about it, see each day as a new opportunity. to stand up for the disenfranchised and When the sun rises, see it as the resurrection of a marginalized, to respect the dignity of every new day, full of hope. This life is short and there human being and to make it your aim to love is much to be done. So, forgive and move forward. your neighbor as you love yourself. If you do that, If you do that, then you are following in the you won’t meet any strangers, simply fellow footsteps of the Blessed One who does it for all, strugglers on the same path. and He is a great role model to have in your life.

We want you to understand how blessed you are and to live into all that that means. When I think about the horrific ferry accident with all the South Korean students or the Nigerian students taken from their schools, I immediately think of

We don’t want you to try and figure out everything in advance. As Peyton McElroy shared in his talk in the Lower School, think about the journey, not just the arrival. continued on page 10

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Live in Each Day

Faith and Trust

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“to meet Triumph and Disaster and treat those to imposters just the same.” We have grown tremendously, as individuals and as a class. “We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,” we are the most improved. We’re resilient. We’re prepared. And we’ve left our mark on St. Christopher’s School.

And I hope wherever you’re headed next year that you’re going to find more of these relationships and more of these brothers. It’s not what classes we take or what grades we make; it’s the people in our lives that have the most impact on us.

And these bonds we’ve made here, and the ones we’ll make in the future, make us so much stronger; we live so much more fully when we’re with people we care about.

For me, there is no journey I am ever going to make without God. God is my go-to guy. He calls me safe when the umpire calls me out. He’s always there in the clutch and has the best saves when I feel as if I am sinking or lost. If you haven’t found Him yet, keep looking. Pay attention.

Often He reveals himself in the smallest of ways, “the unexpected sound of your name on somebody’s lips, the odd coincidence, the moment that brings tears to your eyes or leaves a lump in your throat, the person who brings life to your life,” * a newborn baby nestled in your arms, the hug that lasts longer than expected… so be alert. Seek and you will find.

Our time here now is ended. We will be leaving St. Christopher’s with fond memories and good friends. It’s been quite the journey. It was a long time ago when the Class of 2014 entered as timid kindergartners on the first day of school, when we spent those years together as immature Middle Schoolers. I would like to think that along the way, we laughed a lot and we learned a lot. Now we’re high school graduates, ready to go our separate ways, to move on to bigger and better things. But thanks to the efforts of our parents, grandparents, and all the members of this community, we will be leaving with a solid foundation on which to build the rest of our lives. As you continue your individual journey, remember: always keep improving. Excelsior.

“Ever Upward!”

A wise man once sang in a nasally, angelic voice that, “Yesterday is history; tomorrow is a mystery.” (That was Justin Timberlake.) Remember the past and prepare for the future.

But focus on each moment; live in each day. Always keep joking around; keep smiling and keep laughing. And pay attention to the people you’re with. The experiences and the relationships with them are going to be what you remember.

In our lesson this morning, the storm is raging and the disciples are terrified. And Jesus says, “Do not be afraid.” The phrase “fear not” or “do not be afraid” is found in 365 places in the Bible.

Over and over again, that is the message of God. Fear not, you are mine. Gentlemen, heed those words. You are loved, you are known and you are safe.

We are sad to see you go, but it would be far worse if you didn’t get to go. Godspeed and we love you. Amen. *quote from American writer and theologian Frederick Buechner

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College Bound

Ever Upward

Coleman Robert Adams High Point University Liberty University Charles Ryland Ansell Tyler Stevens Anthony Undecided William Henry Atwill II Virginia Military Institute University of Colorado Alexander Ryan Ball Clyde Findley Bowie III Washington and Lee University Lawrence Kanaga Brugh University of Georgia Stephen George Bunda University of South Carolina John Gooley Burke, Jr. Hampden-Sydney College Randolph-Macon College James Baxter Carter, Jr. David Cole Chandler University of Virginia College of Charleston Samuel Robert Coltrane Matthew Harrison Dunlevy Virginia Military Institute Robert Cole Elliot Virginia Military Institute Alexander Michael Essex University of Georgia Frank Davis Evans James Madison University Edward Milton Farley V Hampden-Sydney College Thomas Henry Fauls Vanderbilt University William Berkeley Fergusson, Jr. University of Virginia William Goodwin Finch James Madison University John Anthony Fiorelli United States Naval Academy Austin Lawrence Fockler Hampden-Sydney College David Christian Frediani University of Virginia Bailey Kirkland Ward Galstan Clemson University John Cole Gayle III Hampden-Sydney College Mark Haywood Gottwald University of Virginia Thomas Christian Halsey University of Virginia James Houston Hardy University of Virginia Carter Penn Hayes Sewanee: The University of the South Ganon Adler Hingst University of Richmond

William Chadwick Kelly Clark Hathaway Lewis, Jr. Christopher Michael Locher Ashby Palmer Lupold Arthur Mattox MacLeod Peyton Randolph McElroy Samuel Page Moffatt Charles Douglas Moore, Jr.

Michael Thomas Nordahl John Tyler Perkins Carson Patrick Rice Taylor Randolph Robinson David Paul Romig III Edmund Saunders Ruffin III Mohammed Jake Ibrahim El Sarhan Ian James Saunders Chandler Berrier Shaheen Harold Minetree Smith Albert Sidney Thompson IV Giles Houston Thompson Edward Dixon Trunick Bransford McNeill Turner Augusto Luciano Vasaio Robert Joseph Wallace Tanner Reid White Thomas Bailey White Alexander William Whitehurst Conner Dulany Williams Mark Wallace Williams, Jr. Cooper Hee Yoo

James Madison University Randolph-Macon College University of Georgia Hampden-Sydney College James Madison University Princeton University Virginia Military Institute Sewanee: The University of the South Hampden-Sydney College Auburn University Radford University James Madison University Campbell University Pennsylvania State University Davidson College College of William and Mary Hampden-Sydney College College of William and Mary Virginia Tech Hampden-Sydney College University of Memphis College of Charleston James Madison University University of Virginia James Madison University Virginia Tech James Madison University Hampden-Sydney College James Madison University College of William and Mary

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Upper School Commencement Awards (Unless otherwise noted, these prizes are awarded to members of the senior class.)

The Willis Clyde Locker, Jr. ’40 Memorial Prize Herbert Epes Fitzgerald IV ’15 The William M. Hill, Jr. ’73 Memorial Scholarship Nicolas Emmanuel Sherod ’16 The William Carter Bowles, Jr. ’56 Memorial Music Prize Tanner Reid White ’14 The Douglas P. Griffith Prize for Excellence in Mathematics Peyton Randolph McElroy The School Prize for Excellence in Art Edmund Saunders Ruffin III The School Prize for Excellence in English Thomas Henry Fauls The School Prize for Excellence in Spanish Language Mohammed Jake Ibrahim El Sarhan The School Prize for Excellence in Spanish Literature Peyton Randolph McElroy The School Prize for Excellence in Science William Berkeley Fergusson, Jr. The School Prize for Excellence in Computer Science Robert Joseph Wallace

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The School Prize for Excellence in History John Anthony Fiorelli The Moore Prize for Excellence in French Harold Mintree Smith The E. W. Latin Bosworth Latin Prize Clyde Findley Bowie III The David M. Boney, Jr. ’44 Memorial Prize James Houston Hardy The Civitan Honor Key Award James Baxter Carter, Jr. The Alexander McNeill Carrington ’41 Memorial Award John Anthony Fiorelli The John Newton Gray ’35 Memorial Prize for Outstanding Loyalty Christopher Michael Locher The Dashiell Memorial Prize Peyton Randolph McElroy The Irving Blackwell Memorial Prize For High Devotion to the Honor and Traditions of St. Christopher’s School Robert Coleman Elliott The William Cabell Brown Prize For Character and Ability Thomas Henry Fauls The Joseph Bryan Memorial Prize For Leadership Peyton Randolph McElroy

Elliott, Baxter Carter, 1 Cole Harry Smith, Findley Bowie, Houston Hardy Fiorelli, Henry Fauls, 2 John Berkeley Fergusson, Fitz Fitzgerald Wallace, Saunders 3 Robert Ruffin, Tanner White, Peyton

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McElroy, Christopher Locher (absent: Nick Sherod)

Senior Honor Roll High Honors- Seniors taking five or more classes and maintaining an average of A+: Findley Bowie, Cole Chandler, Henry Fauls, Berkeley Fergusson, John Fiorelli, Mark Gottwald, Peyton McElroy, Saunders Ruffin, Ian Saunders, Harry Smith, Robert Wallace, Tanner White Honors- Seniors taking five or more classes and maintaining an average of A- to A: Baxter Carter, Alex Essex, Ned Farley, William Finch, Christian Frediani, Bailey Galstan, Christian Halsey, Houston Hardy, Carter Hayes, William Kelly, Christopher Locher, Michael Nordahl, Mohammed Sarhan, Albert Thompson, Guse Vasaio, Bailey White, Alex Whitehurst, Wallace Williams, Cooper Yoo

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Class of 2014 Legacies In this year’s graduation class, 15 students have fathers who are alumni, 11 have grandfathers who are alumni, two have both grandfathers who are alumni, and two have great-grandfathers who are alumni: Henry Atwill, grandson of Henry Taylor ’44; Alec Ball, son of Jay Ball ’82; Lawrence Brugh; grandson of Phil Minor ’33; Christian Frediani, grandson of Herbert Claiborne ’41; Ned Farley, son of Ted Farley ’81; Henry Fauls, son of Ted Fauls ’79; Berkeley Fergusson, son of Berkeley

Fergusson ’78 and grandson of Russell Fergusson ’44; Cole Gayle, son of John Gayle, Jr. ’71; and grandson of John Gayle ’43; Mark Gottwald, son of Teddy Gottwald ’79; Christian Halsey, son of Brent Halsey ’73; Peyton McElroy, son of Mac McElroy ’79, and grandson of Jack McElroy ’49 and George Howell ’29; Sam Moffatt, son of Page Moffatt ’75; Saunders Ruffin, son of Ned Ruffin ’80 and grandson of Saunders Ruffin ’48; Chandler Shaheen, son of Scott Shaheen ’85; Harry Smith,

Honored Saints grandson of Nelson Smith ’36; Albert Thompson, son of Al Thompson ’76; Giles Thompson, son of Matt Thompson ’60, grandson of Matt Thompson ’80 and great-grandson of Alvah Herring ’34; Robert Wallace, son of Scott Wallace ’87, grandson of Gordon Wallace ’55 and great-grandson of Clarke Wallace ’27; Alex Whitehurst, son of Mark Whitehurst ’82; and Wallace Williams, grandson of Dan Williams ’56 and Hobbs Goodwin ’59.

At the Awards Assembly held in late May, students in the Upper School received school, state, and national recognition in a variety of areas, both academic and extracurricular. (Unless otherwise noted, the awards were presented to seniors.)

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS Sam Moffatt received the Leaders and Achievers Scholarship given by Comcast of Metro Richmond. Albert Thompson received the Brotherhood/ Sisterhood Youth Award sponsored by the Interfaith Council. Chris Locher received the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award.

BATTLE OF THE BRAINS AWARDS The team of Jack Jiranek ’15 (captain), William Maddock ’15, Peyton McElroy, Joe Goode ’15, and Richard Hamrick ’15 were members of this year’s TV team.

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STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AWARDS Raps & Taps Award: Charles Moore

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Pine Needle Award: Peyton McElroy

Row: Henry Atwill, Alec Ball, Cole Gayle, Lawrence Brugh, Christian Frediani, Ned Farley, 1 Front Henry Fauls, Berkeley Fergusson, Mark Gottwald, Peyton McElroy, Christian Halsey

Back Row: Jay Ball, John Gayle, Herbert Claiborne, Ted Farley, Ted Fauls, Russell Fergusson, Berkeley Fergusson, Teddy Gottwald, Mac McElroy, Jack McElroy

Row: Wallace Williams, Sam Moffett, Saunders Ruffin, Chandler Shaheen, 2 Front Harry Smith, Albert Thompson, Giles Thompson, Robert Wallace, Alex Whitehead

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Back Row: Dan Williams, Page Moffatt, Ned Ruffin, Scott Shaheen, Al Thompson, Matt Thompson ’80, Matt Thompson ’60, Gordon Wallace, Scott Wallace, Mark Whitehurst

VISUAL ARTS AWARDS In the Scholastic Art Competition, Luke Campbell ’16, Grant Mistr ’17,

and Stefan ScheerCook ’15 received Honorable Mention and Saunders Ruffin received both Honorable Mention and a Gold Key. Joe Goode ’15 and Stefan ScheerCook participated in the 7th District Congressional Show.

THEATRE AWARDS Liam Ryan ’15, Adam Vath ’15 and Alex Shedd ’15 were named Honor Thespians. This is the second time Alex has received this award.

MUSIC AWARDS Glee Club: Senior members recognized were Christian Frediani, Christopher Locher, and Conner Williams. Christopher was the recipient of the Glee Club Award.

Jazz and Concert Band: Tanner White and Kristopher Loo ’15 Chamber Orchestra: Clark Lewis, Christopher Locher, Ashby Lupold, Harry Smith and Robert Wallace. All five seniors have been playing in the school’s string ensembles since second grade.

The Central Regional Orchestra is composed of string players in Grades 7-9 from the city and surrounding counties.

William Horne ’17 and Drew Vanichkachorn ’17 won their audition and performed with the 2014 Central Regional Orchestra.

EXCHANGE PROGRAM The following students either hosted a student or traveled abroad this year: Richard Hamrick ’15 hosted Kristoffer Loo from Sweden for a semester.

William Simopoulos ’16 hosted Pascal Canay from Switzerland for a semester. Liam Boland ’15 and Alex Shedd ’15 are participating in the New Zealand exchange. They each hosted a boy from Lindisfarne College this spring and now are traveling to Hawke’s Bay to study at Lindisfarne for four weeks this summer. Teddy Claiborne ’15 and Austin Cashwell ’17 are participating in the Australia exchange. They each hosted a boy from Christ Church Grammar School this spring and are now traveling to Perth to spend four weeks at Christ Church.

ECONOMICS AWARD Robert Wallace ENGLISH AWARDS Will Brown ’16 received the British Literature Award and Jack Jiranek ’15 received the Wilbur Davis Bailey English Prize.

Poetry Out Loud Award for Poetry Recitation: Saunders Ruffin (first place), Hunter Wigginton ’15 (second place), and William Jefferson ’16 (third place) Saunders won the Regional competition and competed at the State level. continued

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HISTORY AWARD The World History II Research Paper Reward: William Jefferson ’16 MATHEMATICS AWARD Continental Calculus Contest High Scorers: Richard Bailey ’15 and Hunter Reinhart ’15 SCIENCE AWARDS Physics Olympics: St. Christopher's sent six teams, and of the 23 teams that competed, one of our teams won an overall Gold Medal: Dalton Baril ’15, Nathaniel Llewellyn ’15, William Maddock ’15, and Swayne Martin ’15; and a second team won a Bronze Medal: Logan Ende ’15, Hunter Wigginton ’15, and John Fergusson ’15.

Bridge Building: At the annual American Society of Civil Engineers Popsicle Stick contest, approximately 100 teams competed on the middle and high school levels. Adam Hugo ’15 and Charlie McCray ’15 placed third. Their bridge had a mass of 220 grams and held 167 lbs.

Biology Award: Baxter Carter Chemistry Award: Berkeley Fergusson Physics Award: Henry Fauls Jack Nolan ’15 won the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Award and Jack Jiranek ’15 won the Bausch and Lomb Science Award.

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SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS A number of Saints were selected to participate in the following summer programs.

Harold M. Marsh, Jr. Connections Institute: Matthew Allocca ’15, Jeffrey Pohonka ’16, Jake Riedy ’15, Mack Southworth ’15, and David Weatherford ’16 Cochrane Summer Economics Institute at Collegiate School’s Powell Center for Economics: Jack Jiranek ’15. Last year Baxter Carter attended the Economics Institute and was recently selected as one of the outstanding interns, receiving a $500 scholarship.

St. Christopher’s Institute on Leadership and Public Service: Hunter Wigginton ’15 St. Christopher’s representative to the International Boys School Coalition Student Forum which will be held in Tennessee this summer: Ben Moore ’15.

Five students were selected to attend the Summer Residential Governor’s School Programs sponsored by the Commonwealth of Virginia: Joe Goode ’15 and Richard Hamrick ’15 – Humanities; William Maddock ’15 – Math, Science and Technology; Jack Nolan ’15 – Medicine and Health Sciences; and Tanner Wagner ’15 – French Language Academy.

SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS The Robert W. Bugg Scholarship: Alex Shedd ’15 The Horace A. Gray Family Scholarship: Joey Pratt ’16 and Garrett Taylor ’15 The John Peyton McGuire Memorial Scholarship: Swayne Martin ’15 The McGuire-Wilkinson Scholarship: Max Dodge ’16 The McGuire-Jack Gordon Scholarship: John Constable ’15 The John Neasmith Dickinson ’73 Memorial Scholarship: Richard Bailey ’15 The Bradford Allen Parrish ’91 Memorial Scholarship: Noah O’Neill ’16 The G. Gilmer Minor, Jr. ’39 Scholarship: Drake Dragone ’15 JUNIOR BOOK AND LEADERSHIP AWARDS The St. Lawrence Book Award: John Constable ’15 The Hampden-Sydney Book Prize: Matt Luther ’15 The Randolph-Macon College Leadership Award: Jack Bassett ’15 The Sewanee Book Award for Excellence in Writing: Ben Moore ’15

Kenyon College Presidential Book Award: Connor Lifson ’15 The John Merchant Book Award: Jim Quagliono ’15 The William and Leadership Award: Richard Hamrick ’15 The West Point Leadership Award: Fleet Wallace ’15 The University of Chicago Award: William Maddock ’15 The Williams College Book Award: Jack Nolan ’15 The Dartmouth College Book Award: Logan Ende ’15 The Jefferson Book Award Richard Bailey ’15 The Harvard Club of Virginia Prize: Joe Goode ’15 NATIONAL ACADEMIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM Henry Fauls and Peyton McElroy were named National Merit Commended Students. (Top 5% nationally). (A.P. Scholars were recognized in the Winter ’14 issue of Moving Boys Forward.)

ACADEMIC AND MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS The following seniors have received various forms of recognition or won merit scholarships. This list primarily includes merit scholarships that have been accepted. (Ed. note: in compiling this list, we are relying on information provided by the seniors themselves.) College choices are listed on page 11.

Eight seniors will attend Hampden-Sydney College: Austin Fockler, Cole Gayle, Ashby Lupold, Chandler Shaheen, Giles Thompson, Connor Williams, Michael Nordahl, and Ned Farley.

Baxter Carter and Clark Lewis will attend Randolph-Macon College with merit scholarships.

Carter Hayes will attend the University of the South (Sewanee) with a merit scholarship. Trey Romig will attend Campbell University’s Professional Golf Management program with a merit scholarship.

Mohammed Sarhan will attend Davidson College as a Questbridge Scholar. He is also one of 20 incoming freshmen selected for the Bonner Scholars program which seeks to bring about positive community change through service, research, and action. Peyton McElroy was selected as an Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia, a distinction reserved for the top 5% of entering freshmen. He declined and will attend Princeton University instead.

Peyton was a semifinalist in the Belk Scholarship competition at Davidson College. He was also STC’s nominee for UVA’s Jefferson Scholarship. Henry Fauls was STC’s nominee for the Morehead-Cain Scholarship at the University of North Carolina.

John Fiorelli, Mark Gottwald and Ian Saunders were among Representative Eric Cantor’s ten nominees for the United States Naval Academy. John was also nominated for the United States Military Academy and received

an appointment which he declined in order to play football at the Naval Academy after doing an athletic redshirt year at the Naval Academy Prep School.

ATHLETES TO PLAY VARSITY SPORTS IN COLLEGE The Class of 2014 continues the tradition of sending a significant number of student-athletes to play intercollegiate sports. Twelve seniors will continue their athletic careers in college. Three will play in Division I football: Alex Essex at University of Georgia, Ganon Hingst at University of Richmond, John Fiorelli at US Naval Academy (by way of Navy Prep School); Matt Dunlevy, baseball at VMI, and Sam Moffatt, soccer at VMI; Coleman Adams, lacrosse at High Point University; John Burke, Ashby Lupold and Chandler Shaheen, lacrosse at Hampden-Sydney; Austin Fockler, golf at Hampden-Sydney; two members of the tennis team will play in college: Baxter Carter, Randolph-Macon, and Carter Hayes, Sewanee.

Three seniors were among the 30 weekly winners in the Lexus Pursuit of Perfection program sponsored by Lexus of Richmond and WRVA: Henry Fauls, John Fiorelli, and Will Kelly. Henry, also the school nominee for the Richmond Times-Dispatch Scholar-Athlete Award, was selected as one of the ten male finalists from all the nominees.

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Language Awards LATIN National Latin Exam Recognition

SPANISH National Spanish Exam Recognition

Latin I Cum Laude: Geordie Tate ’17

Level 2: Gold: Hunter Greenwood ’17, C Jenkins ’17, Trent Levy ’17, Will Thomas ’17, Thomas Kehoe ’17, Jess Reynolds ’16, Townes West ’17

Latin II Cum Laude: Griffin Gayne ’17 and Alex Rowe ’17 Magna Cum Laude: Thomas Kehoe ’17 and Kannon Noble ’17 Maxima Cum Laude: William Horne ’17, Bo Williamson ’17, Frost Wood ’17 Latin III Poetry Magna Cum Laude: Max Dodge ’16 Latin IV Poetry Cum Laude: Findley Bowie ’14 and Ryan Hansen ’16 CHINESE The Youth Chinese Test (YCT) Recognition Chinese 2: James Armstrong ’17 and Jess Reynolds ’16 Chinese 3: Liam Boland ’15 and Adam Vath ’15 FRENCH Level I: Gordon Mitchell ’17 Level II: Austin Cashwell ’17 Level III: Noah O’Neill ’16 Level IV: Connor Lifson ’15 Level V AP: Tanner Wagner ’15

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Silver: Sid Caravati ’17, Drew Vanichkachorn ’17, Paul Thompson ’17, Hayden Mitchell ’17, Thorn Wilbanks ’17, Carter Davis ’17, Neil Dwivedi ’17, Jalen Maurice ’17, Connor Hughes ’17, Garrett Levy ’17, Connor Liggan ’17, Ruslan Thomas ’17, Frost Wood ’17, Sean Tay ’15 Bronze: John Damgard ’17 Level 3: Gold: Jeb Bemiss ’16, Chico Payne ’16, Will Brown ’16, Max Dodge ’16 Silver: Ross Abrash ’16, Malcolm Ilnicky ’16, Richard Herrera ’17, Pierce Edlich ’16, Matthew Fernandez ’16, Connor Masterson ’16, Nate Smith ’16, Mac Ukrop ’16, Riley Varner ’16, Pierce Walmsley ’16

Sports News and Recognition Bronze: Danny Bader ’16, Ned Tazewell ’17, Scott McGowan, Boyd Peete ’16, David Weatherford ’16 HM: Zeb Gordon ’16, Hunter Reinhart ’16

At the 57th Athletic Banquet in May, Director of Athletics John Gordon announced that St. Christopher’s had won the Director’s Cup. Woodberry Forest came in second and Collegiate third. The Saints have won it three times in the last four years and fourteen times overall.

(Unless otherwise noted, students are members of the Class of 2014.)

Level 4: Gold: Jack Jiranek ’15, Henry Stillwell ’15, Liam Ryan ’15, Joe Goode ’15, Richard Hamrick ’15, Jack Nolan ’15 Silver: Richard Bailey ’15, Adam Hugo ’15, Cole Claiborne ’15, Myles Brown ’15, Logan Ende ’15, Hunter Wigginton ’15, Tanner Wagner ’15 Bronze: Adam Ballantyne ’15, Harvard Smith ’15, Ben Moore ’15, Merrick Furman ’15, John Tyson ’15 New members of the School’s Spanish Honor Society, La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica are: Will Brown ’16, Max Dodge ’16, Jack Nolan ’15, Connor Masterson ’16

Hayes, Henry Fauls, 1 Carter Guse Vasio, Stephen Bunda, Matt Dunlevy Romig, Giles Thompson, 2 Trey Austin Fockler, Chandler Shaheen, William Kelly O'Ferrall ’85 and 3 Ren John Burke

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The following students earned the highest grade point averages in their class: Twelfth Grade #1 Peyton McElroy #2 Henry Fauls

Tenth Grade #1 Will Brown #2 Noah O’Neill

Eleventh Grade #1 Joe Goode, Richard Hamrick, William Maddock, Jack Nolan

Ninth Grade #1 Trent Levy, #2 Austin Cashwell and Connor Liggan

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Fall Wrap Up The following ten awards are the highest honors awarded by the St. Christopher’s Department of Athletics: The Coaches' Award

The St. Christopher’s School Monogram Award

(Playing three sports each

(Most varsity letters throughout

Upper School career)

his career and in recognition of

Stephen Bunda William Finch Christian Halsey Mohammed Sarhan Giles Thompson Conner Williams

the commitment to the Prep League motto)

William Goodwin Finch The Robert Williams Herzog Award (Scholar/Athlete)

Thomas Henry Fauls

year during their entire

The Athletic Director’s Award for Competitive Excellence

The James Turner Sloan II ’40 Award

(Outstanding performance,

(No challenge too great)

commitment to excellence)

William Chadwick Kelly

Ganon Adler Hingst John Gooley Burke, Jr.

The Bradford Allen Parrish ’91 Award

love of athletic competition and

(Embodies the true spirit of

The John Tyler Siegel ’57 Memorial Prize

the school’s namesake)

(Loyalty, character, integrity,

James Baxter Carter, Jr.

and gentlemanly conduct both on and off the athletic fields)

CROSS COUNTRY The Saints placed fourth in the Prep League meet and seventh in the VISAA state meet.

ALL PREP Joey Cuevas ’16

FOOTBALL The Saints finished the season with a record of 6-4, third in the Prep League, and were ranked fifth in the final state poll.

ALL PREP Ryland Ansell (DL) John Fiorelli (LB) Ganon Hingst (RB) Thomas Cottrell ’15 (K) Carrington Lanier ’15 (DL) Garrett Taylor ’15 (DB) Fleet Wallace ’15 (WR) ALL STATE Ganon Hingst* (RB) Garrett Taylor ’15* (DB) John Fiorelli** (LB) Thomas Cottrell ’15** (K) Ricky DeBerry ’15** (DL) Ryland Ansell*** (DL) Carrington Lanier ’15*** (DL) Fleet Wallace ’15*** (WR) VIRGINIAPREPS.COM PRIVATE ALL STATE TEAM Garrett Taylor ’15 (DB)

The Talmadge Abbitt DuPriest ’91 Award

Robert Coleman Elliott

(Devotion of captain to

The Slater Prize

team members)

(Best spirit in athletics)

Albert Sidney Thompson IV

John Anthony Fiorelli

The Nelson Hill Hotchkiss Jr. ’70 Award

The Davenport Trophy (First in athletics)

* First Team

(Earnest devotion to athletics

Giles Houston Thompson

** Second Team

in an honest and truly modest manner)

David Paul Romig III

ALL METRO Thomas Cottrell ’15* (K) Garrett Taylor ’15* (DB)

* ** Honorable Mention/ Third Team

SAILING The sailing team finished fifth in the championship regatta.

SOCCER The Saints posted a record of 13-6-2 en route to another statetournament appearance and was ranked sixth in final state poll.

ALL PREP Mohammed Sarhan (GK) Guse Vasaio (M) Thomas Lynde ’15 (F) ALL STATE Guse Vasaio* (M) ALL Metro Guse Vasaio* (M)

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MENNO CLASSIC ALL TOURNAMENT Guse Vasaio (MVP) Trey Romig Ben Vaeth ’16 SOUCEK ALL TOURNAMENT Guse Vasaio Logan Ende ’15

Winter Wrap Up BASKETBALL The Varsity hoops team went 15-11, making its fourth straight state tournament, a school record, while finishing tied for third in the Prep League.

ALL PREP Nick Sherod ’16 PREP LEAGUE ALL TOURNAMENT Nick Sherod ’16

2 FUTSAL The Saints finished the season 12-3-2 and won the Valentine Classic for the second straight season.

REBEL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT Nick Sherod ’16 (MVP) Giles Thompson

VALENTINE CLASSIC ALL TOURNAMENT Myles Brown ’15 (MVP, All-Tourney Team) Guse Vasaio

ALL STATE Nick Sherod ’16**

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Fiorelli, Conner 1 John Williams, John Burke, Christian Halsey, Joey Cuevas Carter, Harry Smith, 2 Baxter Albert Thompson, Ganon Hingst, Cole Elliott

ALL METRO Nick Sherod ’16**

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INDOOR TRACK

SWIMMING & DIVING

WRESTLING

The Saints were third in the Prep League and fourth in VISAA state meet.

In addition to being the Prep League champions and second in the VISAA state meet, the team set five school records in the process.

The team won its 13th straight Prep League title, and finished second in the state VISAA tournament for the second straight year. All 13 state competitors placed.

ALL PREP 4x800-meter relay* Ben Moore ’15, Jack Jiranek ’15, Sean Menges ’16, Joey Cuevas ’16 1000 – Joey Cuevas ’16** 4x400-meter relay*** Ben Moore ’15, Thomas Cottrell ’15, Joey Cuevas ’16, Sean Menges ’16 4x200-meter relay*** Garrett Taylor ’15, Ford Turner, Thomas Cottrell ’15, Grant Johnson ’15 Pole Vault – Liam Boland ’15*** Long & Triple Jump Garrett Taylor ’15*** ALL STATE Pole Vault – Liam Boland ’15** 4x200-meter relay** Coleman Adams, Ross Abrash ’16, Thomas Cottrell ’15, Grant Johnson ’15 4x400-meter relay*** Ben Moore ’15, Joey Cuevas ’16, Thomas Cottrell ’15, Sean Menges ’16 4x800-meter relay*** Johnny Constable ’15, Jack Jiranek ’15, Jack Workman ’16, Sean Menges ’16 Triple Jump Garrett Taylor ’15*** 1000 – Joey Cuevas ’16***

SQUASH VIRGINIA JUNIORS ALL TOURNAMENT Rohan Dhar ’16 (U-17) Jack O’Neil ’16 (U-17) Quinn Bundy ’18 (U-15)

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ALL PREP Henry Fauls 100 Butterfly & 100 Backstroke Trey Berry ’15 200 & 500 Freestyle Charlie Swanson ’16 200 Individual Medley ALL METRO Richard Bailey ’15** (Diving) ALL STATE 200 medley relay* Henry Fauls, Harry Smith, Charlie Swanson ’16, Will Cox ’16 Henry Fauls 100 Butterfly & 100 Backstroke* 400 freestyle relay** Charlie Swanson ’16, Trey Berry ’15, Albert Thompson, Henry Fauls 400 medley relay** Trey Berry ’15, Henry Fauls, Charlie Swanson ’16, Albert Thompson Charlie Swanson ’16 200 IM & 100 Breaststroke*** SCHOOL RECORDS BROKEN Henry Fauls: 100 yard Butterfly (49.99) 100-yard Backstroke (50.82) Charlie Swanson ’16: 100 Breaststroke (58.57) 200 medley relay: Henry Fauls, Harry Smith ’14, Charlie Swanson ’16, Will Cox ’16 (1:35.30) 400 medley relay: Trey Berry ’15, Henry Fauls, Charlie Swanson ’16, Albert Thompson (3:12.91)

ALL PREP Tyler Anthony (Heavyweight) William Kelly (126) Matt MacLeod (120) Ian Saunders (170) John Fergusson ’15 (160) Carrington Lanier ’15 (195) Taylor Rudnick ’15 (152) Joey Prata ’16 (106) Coach John Gordon (Coach of the Year) ALL STATE Tyler Anthony (Heavyweight*) William Kelly (126*) Carrington Lanier ’15 (195*) Joey Prata ’16 (106*) Ian Saunders (170**) ALL METRO Ian Saunders (170)* Carrington Lanier ‘15 (195)* Joey Prata ‘16 (106)* Tyler Anthony (Heavyweight) ** William Kelly (126) ** NATIONAL PREPS ALL AMERICAN Joey Prata ’16 (First-Ever StC Champion) William Kelly (5th) HONORS Joey Prata ’16: USA Greco Roman National Champion (100 pounds) Jens Ames ’18: Virginia Wrestling Association, Middle School State Champion (175 pounds) * First Team ** Second Team * ** Honorable Mention/ Third Team

Spring Wrap Up BASEBALL

LACROSSE

The back-to-back Prep League champions went 14-7 and earned the No. 3 seed in the VISAA state tournament.

The team had one of the best seasons in school history, going 16-4, becoming a state finalist, and winning 14 of 15 games during the season.

ALL PREP Matt Dunlevy (OF) Caleb Setliff ’15 (C) Cody Valenzuela ’15 (P) Jeb Bemiss ’16 (P) ALL STATE Matt Dunlevy* (OF) Caleb Setliff ’15** (C)

GOLF St. Christopher’s placed third in the Prep League and second in the VISAA state tournament.

ALL PREP Trey Romig Boyd Peete ’16 ALL STATE Connor Johnson ’18*

ALL PREP John G. Burke, Jr. (A, Player of the Year) Ned Farley (GK) Fleet Wallace ’15 (M) John G. Burke, Sr. (Coach of the Year)

ALL PREP 3,200-meter relay: Ben Moore ’15, Jack Jiranek ’15, Johnny Constable ’15, Joey Cuevas ’16 ALL METRO Pole Vault – Liam Boland ’15**

TENNIS The Saints finished 11-4 and were Prep League champions as well as state semifinalists.

ALL STATE John G. Burke, Jr. (Player of the Year) Ned Farley ’15 (GK)* Chandler Shaheen** John G. Burke, Sr. (Coach of the Year)

ALL PREP Baxter Carter Charlie McCray ’15 Julian Mills ’15 Matthew Fernandez ’16 Stephen McCray ’16 Coach Richard Peyton (Coach of the Year)

OUTDOOR TRACK

ALL METRO Matthew Fernandez ’16*

The Saints were fourth in the Prep League and eighth in the state.

ALL STATE Matthew Fernandez ’16* Carter Hayes**

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Kudos to Saints John Burke, Jr. '14 and his father, John Burke, Sr. were named to the 2014 US Lacrosse Virginia Private Schools All-American team.

Lower School Saints excel on the basketball court. The Bon Air Saints, consisting of nine STC fifth graders Cleighton Hilbert, Taylor Jefferson, Griffin O’Ferrall, Jack Jenkins, Beck Goode, John Jordan, Spalding Hall, Brandon Head, Harrison Coble and fourth grader Wade Jefferson compiled a three-year record of 31-3 including one Bon Air regular season title and two Bon Air tournament championships. The team was coached by STC fathers Rodney Jefferson and Will Coble.

Lou Bricker ’18, Hollis Cobb ’19, John Haney ’19, Andrew Walters ’18, Charlie Whitlock ’19 and Richard Hamrick ’15 were selected and participated in the Virginia Choral Directors Association District 1 Chorus Concert held in February. They were led by a guest conductor and sang with over 150 top singers in the Richmond area.

The Middle School Choirs participated in the Virginia Music Educators Association District Choral Assessment in March.

The Sixth Grade Choir earned a rating of Superior and the Seventh and Eighth Grade Choir earned a rating of Excellent.

The Middle School Band, Strings and Choir traveled with St. Catherine’s students to Philadelphia. The combined Band and Strings both gave a performance in the Ben Franklin Institute and the Choirs sang as part of a church service at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh, PA.

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The Lower School Choir competed in “Music in the Parks” at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg in May. The choir received a Superior rating from the judges.

Jack Jiranek '15, James Armstrong '17, Jackson Southworth '17 and Alex Rowe '17 recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

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The Norma Alley Prize for Faculty Excellence Wanda Vizcaino, Second Grade Teacher The Carl J. Koenig Prize for Faculty Excellence Liz Boykin, Middle School English Teacher

Jack Anderson ’18 won 1st place with his video in the Dominion River Rock Video Contest held in late May. Saunders Ruffin’ 14 had one of the lead roles in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Whistle Down the Wind, presented at First Presbyterian Church in April.

2 One of the great strengths of St. Christopher’s is the willingness of our gifted faculty and staff to dedicate so much of their lives to the school and the students, both in and out of the classroom. The following faculty prizes were awarded at Lower, Middle, and Upper School Commencements.

Fourth grader Matthew Son in May was awarded the Sonatina Plaque by the American College of Musicians/National Guild of PianoTeachers. A student of Lower School piano teacher, Marianne Crean, Matthew presented 14 movements from five sonatinas by Beethoven and Mozart.

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Faculty and Staff Awards and Recognition

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The Andrew Jackson Bolling III Faculty Award Asha Bandal, Upper School Spanish Teacher Durk Steed, Middle School Chaplain

1 Durk Steed and Liz Boykin 2 Asha Bandal and Jim Jump 3 Marion Halladay, Claudia

Hubert, and Mary Rogers

4 Wanda Vizcaino 5 Ricky Jones 6 Leslie Long

The Armstrong-Jennings Award Jim Jump, Academic Dean and Director of Guidance Five faculty and staff members were honored at the end of the year for their 25-year commitment to St. Christopher’s: Marion Halladay, Kindergarten teacher Claudia Hubert, Jr. Kindergarten teacher Ricky Jones, Maintenance Supervisor Leslie Long, Middle School Music teacher and Band Director Mary Rogers, Extended Day teacher

5 Three long-time Lower School teachers retired this year: Edie Harper, Reading and Math teacher (28 years) Sandra Oakley, Third Grade teacher (24 years) Mary Stone, Kindergarten teacher (28 years)

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Faculty News Jim Boyd, Upper School Mathematics Teacher, continues have his articles and problems/ solutions published in journals in the United States and abroad.

His most recent articles, “A Word Game Devised by Lewis Carroll,” plus three problems in the “Problem Corner,” and a problem proposed by STC student Hunter Reinhart ’16 and Mr. Boyd, appeared in the Spring 2014 issue of the Virginia Mathematics Teacher.

Nick Brata, Lower and Middle School Choir Director, also sings with and directs Soundworks, a local a cappella group which recently won the Mid-Atlantic Southern Division Barbershop Harmony Contest.

Jim Jump, Academic Dean and Director of Guidance, received the “Jack Blackburn Award for Ethics and Integrity in College Admissions” at the PCACAC (Potomac & Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling) Conference in April. He gave a number of presentations this spring: “Surviving the Admissions Process--and Enjoying it” in Fairfax County, “Re-thinking the College Counseling Office” and “Hollywood Applies to College,” both at the PCACAC Conference.

Mr. Jump was also the keynote speaker in May at RandolphMacon College’s open house for juniors. His Ethical College

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Admissions blog was recently quoted in an article on Reuters.com in February and on InsideHigherEd.com in May. Scott Mayer, Associate Director of College Counseling, served in February on the screening and selection committee for applicants to the Summer Residential Governor’s Schools programs in Academics and the Arts. He also served on the screening and selection committee for the Granville P. Meade Scholarship program at the Virginia Department of Education. Mr. Mayer was one of six panelist presenters for a session on application review at the PCACAC Annual Conference.

He currently serves as the Bylaws and Credential Chair for both PCACAC and ACCIS (Association for College Counseling in Independent Schools).

Jim Morgan, Fourth Grade teacher, had the lead role of Frank Butler in Henrico Theatre Company’s winter production of Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun. Durk Steed, Middle School Chaplain, has had a second article published in the WWII Military History Magazine (February 2014) on the US Marine assault on Tarawa. He preached at Salem Presbyterian Church two Sundays in May where he has enjoyed a pulpit supply relationship for over ten years.

Dorothy Suskind, First Grade teacher, gave two presentations at the National Council of Teachers of English Conference held in Boston last winter: Boy Writers: What’s Gender Got to Do With It? and Differences That Matter: Language, Gender, and Struggles In Whole Language Settings. Dr. Suskind and two professors from UVA and JMU were accepted to be the Guest Editors of the National Council of Teachers of English’s academic journal, Language Arts. The editorship is a three-year appointment.

Betsy Tyson, First Grade Teacher, Carey Pohanka, Instructional Technology Teacher in the Upper School, and Guidance Counselor Jim Jump, have been selected to the 2014-15 International Boys School Coalition (IBSC) Action Research Team. Their research over the next year will focus on engaging boys in Maker Learning.

They will present their research findings at next summer’s IBSC conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

Three Lower School teachers, Librarian Lucinda Whitehurst, Technology Coordinator Sandi Margolis, and Technology Integration Specialist Laura Sabo gave a presentation at the Learning Commons Conference held in February at The Pingree School in Massachusetts.

Our Own Poet Laureate It is with great pride that we congratulate St. Christopher’s School teacher and Writer-in-Residence Ron Smith on his appointment by Governor Terry McAuliffe as Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

A celebrated St. Christopher’s School faculty member for 42 years, Mr. Smith served as Chair of the English Department for 21 years and currently holds the George O. Squires Chair of Distinguished Teaching.

Mr. Smith holds degrees in English, philosophy, and humanities from the University of Richmond and a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Virginia Commonwealth University. He studied British drama at Oxford University, writing at Bennington College, and Renaissance and modernist culture at the Ezra Pound Center for Literature in Merano, Italy. He has taught courses at the University of Richmond, VCU, and the University of Mary Washington.

Mr. Smith is the author of three books of poetry, Its Ghostly Workshop (2013), Moon Road: Poems 1986-2005 (2007), and Running Again in Hollywood Cemetery (1988). He has won numerous awards for his work, including the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize in 2005, Southern Poetry Review’s Guy Owen Prize, and Poetry Northwest’s Theodore Roethke Prize.

Mr. Smith’s work has been published in a number of national and international publications, including The Nation, The Southern Review, The Kenyon Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, College English,

Shenandoah, Kansas Quarterly, The Tampa Review, Blackbird, Plume, Puerto del Sol, and Verse.

“St. Christopher’s is so fortunate to have faculty of Ron Smith’s caliber,” said Headmaster Charley Stillwell. “He is certainly deserving of this recognition.

His extraordinary talent has been a gift to generations of students. Known not only for his acclaimed writing, Mr. Smith is held in high esteem by alumni of all ages for his ability to engage students, foster a love of language, and form lasting, meaningful relationships.”

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Middle School Commencement Awards

Middle School Commencement Awards (The following award winners are all members of the Class of 2018 unless otherwise noted.)

The Robert W. Bugg for Outstanding Citizenship in Grade Eight Timothy O’Connor Johnson, Jr. The William R. Babcock ’63 Memorial Scholarship John Gates Anderson The Monica Frischkorn Wenzel Service Award John Gates Anderson The Sara Whaley Forsythe Memorial Science Prize Ralph Bennett Levy The Franklin& Grace Mullinax Mathematics Award William Alexander Forrest IV The T. Foster & Ann Witt History Prize Kinloch Michael Nelson The T. Foster & Ann Witt English Prize Justin Keith Jasper

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The Benjamin Briscoe White Memorial Spanish Prize Ralph Bennett Levy The Dulaney Ward French Prize Corbin Braxton Ellington The St. Christopher’s Middle School Latin Prize Kinloch Michael Nelson The St. Christopher’s Middle School Athletics Award Jens Erick Ames The St. Christopher’s Middle School Woodworking Award Taylor Jackson Sommers and Rafe Wesley Wilkinson, Jr. The St. Christopher’s Middle School Music Award Dane Max Halle The St. Christopher’s Middle School Drama Award Mark Alexander Heydenreich Davis The St. Christopher’s Middle School Art Award Walter Edward Bundy V

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The Centennial Citizenship Awards Grade Six – Nathan Lord, Alexander Mayer, Jude Reiferson, Jack Smith Grade Seven – Alex Brown, Ivey Chaney, Will Eng-Nugent, Arnold Henderson

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Grade Eight – Jens Ames, Michael Chapman, Jack Franko, Jack Pendlebury Highest Academic Averages Grade Six – John Garnett Nelson, Leo Pete Poggi, Ian Daniel Townsend Grade Seven – Robert Taylor Tucker

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Grade Eight – Ralph Bennett Levy Highest Average in the Middle School – Ralph Bennett Levy

Opposite Page: Three generations of Saints, Ned Valentine ’83, Luke Valentine ’18, and Henry Valentine ’45 J. Wilkinson, Jens Ames, Taylor Sommers, 1 R. Corbin Ellington

2 Back: Jack Pendlebury, Jens Ames, Michael Chapman Front: Ivey Chaney, Jack Smith, Alex Brown, Arnold Henderson

3 Taylor Tucker, Ian Townsend, Leo Poggi, Garnett Nelson 4 Ralph Levy, Will Forrest, Justin Jasper, Jack Anderson, Connor Johnson

5 Jack Franko, Will Eng-Nugent, Jude Reiferson, Nathan Lord, Alexander Mayer

6 Quinn Bundy, Alex Davis, Dane Halle, Kinloch Nelson

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Lower School Commencement Awards 1

(The following award winners are all members of the Class of 2021 unless otherwise noted.)

The Dorothy M. Bugg Memorial Prize Charles Paxton Aghdami ’23 The Alba White Memorial Award Evan Michael Fisher ’23 The William Adams Pinder Award Michael Davis Mack ’22 The William S. Griffith Prize for Academic Excellence Kevin Stuart Omohundro ’22 Thomas Nelson Page Prize for Excellence in English Composition Coleman Carlisle Wray The Helen Shepherd Music Award William Edward Bannister Highest Academic Average Edward Alexander Pasco The Lower School Science Award Cooper Hayden Stovall

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The Andrew Beirne Blair Award for Loyalty and Best Spirit in Athletics Braxton Cary Page The Duffey Award for Leadership in Athletics in the Lower School Timothy William Gordinier The Henry J. Tobler ’85 Memorial Award for Art Henry Claiborne Gibson Poarch and Travis Baird Weisleder, Jr. The Olivia Hardy Blackwell Award Robert Addison Boykin The Beattie Memorial Prize for Leadership Cleighton Lee Hilbert III The George Squires Literary Awards Parker Williams Cushman ’23 and Baylor Boatwright Dudley ’22

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Wray, Timmy Gordinier, Edward Pasco, In back: Teddy Bannister

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5 Cooper Stovall, Robbie

Boykin, Cleighton Hilbert

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Weisleder, Henry Poarch

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Christie Wilson, Middle School Mathematics Teacher recently received her M.S. in Education from Johns Hopkins University as well as earning graduate certificates in Administration and Supervision, and Data Based Decision Making and Organizational Improvement.

Charlie Caravati '15, Alex Essex '14, Sid Caravati '17 with (L to R) Kim Hudson and Asha Bandal at the Massey Cancer Center Awards Banquet

The STC Community has done it again! In the 2014 Monument Avenue 10K in late March, St. ChristoCURES raised $23,000 for the Massey Cancer Center, winning the Massey Challenge for the fifth straight year because it raised the highest amount of money. STC also won the Healthy School Challenge (and $500) because it had the highest percentage of students, over 60, participating. Upper School Spanish teacher Asha Bandal and Upper School Academic Resource teacher Dr. Kimberly Hudson were the team captains.

Richard Bailey ’15 is a member of the select group of the American Youth Harp Ensemble which gave a number of World Tour Preview Concerts in Richmond prior to the group’s tour to Australia this summer. He also played with the AYH as part of the TedxRVA which was held on March 28 at the November Theatre in downtown Richmond.

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Jacob Hale ’15, Holden Fockler ’16, and Jack Hodgson ’16 were selected to participate on the Virginia team for the 2014 Brine National Lacrosse Classic in Maryland from June 30-July 3.

The three showcased their skills in front of college coaches from every level. Players were chosen after competing at regional team tryouts.

Mason Bailey ’16 won his first race in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series at Southside Speedway on June 20. The 30-lap race was for modified cars and was only Mason’s second ever race. He was the youngest competitor among experienced drivers, some in their 40’s and 50’s, and driving with such patience and care has earned him rave reviews. Mason works for the Drive Technology team based in Richmond and is a mechanic during the week and a tire specialist on race day when he’s not racing.

John Winn, Upper School Jazz Band Director, AP Music Theory, Jazz and Rock History Teacher, hired local musicians and played for the touring company show of Wicked in April and May. Some of his students were able to come with him, sit in the orchestra pit to observe the musicians and get the “behind the scenes” view of the production. In February, he also played in the touring production of Chicago at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk. In March, Mr. Winn performed a show with Natalie Merchant (of the 80’s band, 10,000 Maniacs), playing in her backing orchestra, at the Ferguson Center at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.

2C Second Century OV Vision St. Christopher's will be a global leader in understanding boys, engaging and teaching them effectively, and developing in them the strength of character, wisdom, and life skills required to succeed in college and to make a positive impact as leaders in a rapidly changing world.

We have prepared boys for lives of leadership for over 100 years.

St. Christopher's School enters its second century having demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the philosophy of educating the whole boy— in mind, body, and spirit. Moving forward, we will maintain an emphasis on those things that we have done well, beginning first and foremost with the development of personal honor and integrity. Building on our fundamental core beliefs is critical to success in our second century. But this rapidly changing world needs even more.

Our educational philosophy and programming will continue to evolve and grow as we position the boys for future leadership. We will foster the wisdom— where academic rigor and judgment meet—and personal qualities necessary for our boys to make a tangible difference in our shrinking global community, with emphasis on those qualities of increasing importance in today's world.

Core Beliefs We love and understand boys.

We take pride in our Whole Boy approach to education.

We are committed to academic excellence and preparing boys both for college and for life.

We recognize that we are part of something greater than ourselves.

We value the power of relationships and community.

We believe that every boy has both the capacity and responsibility to have a positive impact on the world around him.

We care most about developing young men who possess character and integrity.

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