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Moving Boys Forward ST. CHRISTOPHER’S SCHOOL

SPECIAL GRADUATION ISSUE | 2015

CONTENTS 12

2 A Message from the Headmaster

College Bound

2 The Class of 2015

4 Honoring the Class of 2015

The Class of 2015 is an impressive group. Check out where all of our distinguished graduates will be attending college in the fall.

6 Our Open Shoebox

8 13 Years in a Moment 9 Chapel Talk: Make Your Life Speaketh 12 College Bound 13 Legacies

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Sports News & Recognition

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

14 Upper School Commencment Awards 16 Honored Saints 19 Language Awards 20 Sports News and Recognition 25 Kudos to Saints

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26 Faculty Awards and Recognition

27 Faculty News

Faculty News

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28 Middle School Commencment Awards 30 Lower School

Commencment Awards

Headmaster Charles M. Stillwell

POINT OF VIEW It is no surprise that often the wisest of words we encounter on campus come from our boys. As we gathered on the terraces for Commencement just weeks ago, our valedictorian, Joe Goode, said in his farewell address, “But St. Christopher’s isn’t behind us. No, it’s within us. And as we move forward it will move with us. Not just the memories but the things we’ve learned and perhaps most of all the people we’ve met and to whom we’ve grown so close.”

Joe spoke to the heart of what we do here at St. Christopher’s where boys mature into young men of character, learning inside and outside the classroom and forging life-changing bonds with each other and with our faculty. Some boys enter Upper School with well-established gifts and talents. Others use their Upper School years to discover the means to make their mark.

The class of 2015 will long be remembered for its spunk, cohesiveness, and impressive achievements as classmates have cheered each other on in all kinds of athletic, artistic, and extra-curricular venues. As

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salutatorian William Maddock said in his graduation speech, “We’ve won together, lost together, grown up together. And in everything, we have given our all together, from Society Day poetry recitations in red sweaters to Tredegar (our talented senior rock band) performances on the patio.”

By all accounts, these young men have embraced our school mission to make a positive difference in the lives of others. They have pushed each other to strive for their best while reaching out to support and inspire younger students across all three divisions.

They have pursued countless hours of service here in Richmond, across the country, and around the world through all kinds of projects and mission work.

This class boasts as large a group of athletes who will compete at the college level as any group we can remember, and the seniors helped bring home state championships in soccer, tennis, and golf, along with state runner-up finishes in wrestling, swimming, and lacrosse, a trip to the state final four in basketball, and an end-of-season tournament championship in

C LA S S v 2 0 1 5 futsal. In addition to athletes, the class encompasses amazing filmmakers, sports broadcasters, artists, actors and musicians, a daredevil pilot, and a budding entrepreneur in the clothing business.

As graduates head out to new adventures and challenges, I know they will continue to be guided by lessons learned at St. Christopher’s, and my hope is that the words at the heart of our school’s core values that can be found in the prayers of Dr. Chamberlayne and in A Boy's Prayer by William DeWitt Hyde will continue to ring in their ears.

As we recite in Chapel: “Take from us all pride, pretense, envy, and hardness of heart. Endue us with the spirit of wisdom and under- standing, of unity and brotherhood, and of reverence and godly fear. Help us to stand for the hard right over the easy wrong. Teach us to work as hard and play as fair in thy sight alone as if all the world saw. Send us chances to do a little good each day, and keep us ready to help others at some cost to ourselves.”

Row 1: (L to R) Paul Savas, Adam Ballantyne, Matthew Gnapp, Kameron Holloway, Graeme Alderman, Duncan Rogers, Stefan ScheerCook, Carrington Lanier, Sam Partee, Caleb Setliff, Harvard Smith, Grant Johnson, Hunter Wigginton, Conner Lifson, Alex Shedd, William Maddock, Adam Vath, Jacob Hale Row 2: Patrick Dotter, Matt Luther, David Ballowe, Cody Valenzuela, Sean Tay, Nathaniel Llewellyn, Richard Bailey, Brandon Johnson, Richard Hamrick, Barclay Jumet, Steven Atkinson, Charlie Parrish Row 3: Jim Quagliano, Merrick Furman, Tripp Walker, Johnny Constable, Jack Bassett, Jack Nolan, Jakob Pehl, Tommy Whitney, Carter Clements, Jacob Roberson, Dalton Baril, Logan Ende, Trey Berry, Christopher Gould, Philip Cross, Mack Southworth, Joseph McMurtrie Row 4: Parker Widhelm, Thomas Lynde, Thomas Cottrell, Jack Jiranek, Julian Mills, Swayne Martin, Teddy Claiborne, Joseph Costello, Joe Goode, Garrett Taylor, Jackson Mitchell, William Boyd, John Fergusson, Myles Brown, Zaid Al-Moghrabi, Tanner Wagner, Jake Riedy, Matthew Allocca Row 5: Charlie Caravati, Walker Rise, Mason Roberts, Cole Claiborne, Fitz Fitzgerald, Wilson Bedell, Fleet Wallace, John Tyson, Henry Stillwell, Ben Moore, Jack Dunivan, Alex O’Connell, Charlie McCray, Adam Hugo, Liam Boland, Drake Dragone, Liam Ryan

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GRADUATION

Honoring the Class of 2015

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or the second consecutive year, beautiful

colleges and universities in 20 states and

weather provided the ideal setting for

one foreign country. They go on to pursue

Upper School Commencement. As is

passions ranging from playing the harp to flying

tradition, members of the Class of 2015 began

airplanes and at schools stretching from the

their morning poised on the steps of Scott Gym

west coast to France. They are recognized for

for their official class photo. They processed

outstanding academic accomplishments as well

from the familiar Historic Corridor down the

as dedication to the arts, athletics and service

steps of the Terraces to take their seats in front

to others – direct reflections of St. Christopher’s

of proud family members, friends and faculty.

School’s commitment to educating the whole

We always knew this class, the largest in school history, was special. As it turns out, top colleges agree. These 82 young men welcomed acceptances from 92 different

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boy. They take with them the character, wisdom, and life skills to succeed in college and to have a positive impact as leaders in their communities, both large and small.

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Our Open Shoebox Valedictorian Joe Goode

It truly is an honor to speak to you on behalf of the Class of 2015, but I do need to warn you.

The last time I was on stage giving a speech like this was in 8th grade. I had just gone into my first cliché quote about life moving pretty fast when the Chairman of the Board’s phone started ringing. In reaching to turn it off he knocked all the flags off the stage. So the flags were on the ground, the phone was still ringing, and I kept on speaking. When they finally got the flags back in place and the phone turned off, I was pretty much done. So the good news is, I’ve already topped that speech, but the bar’s admittedly pretty low.

I remember this catastrophe of a speech so vividly because I was revisiting my Middle School graduation the other day through a shoebox my mom made. At every big event in my life my mom takes a shoebox, writes the name of the event on it, and stuffs little trinkets from that event into the shoebox. I’ve already seen the one she’s made for today. It’s labeled “Joe Graduation 2015” and by the end of this weekend it will be filled with letters, notes, and pamphlets.

Now making shoeboxes isn’t really my thing, BUT if we wanted to make a box that reflected our time here, I wonder what we’d put in it. Of course some books, some trophies, maybe a Jenga block, a hymnal from the chapel, chicken sandwiches, an 6 | StC

ice cream cone, a laundry loop, more chicken sandwiches, untucked shirttails, a piece of candy that Mrs. Varner gives you after a bad quiz grade, the stuffed puppies from Ms. Woodaman’s room, a tie from Mr. Kiefer’s room, and enough boat shoes to stock a small cruise ship.

But the problem is, these objects are just bones, artifacts of our time here. They don’t do us justice.

So this week I tried to figure out what gives them life. I wanted to locate the heartbeat, the rhythms of our class that enchant these objects and this place around us.

Now I noticed a lot of things this week. I noticed how loud the seniors sing. I noticed how Mr. Mayer seems to use a different adjective every time you ask him how he is. “Dandy” and “satisfactory” have been my favorites. I noticed how even after the last exams were finished, people hung around the Senior lot, talking and savoring their last days here.

Most of all I’ve noticed the way whenever we’re gathered together we spontaneously erupt into some sort of cheer or activity. For example, when we were practicing graduation we made a giant tunnel for people to pass through on their way to class. So here is Mr. Szymendera trying to get us to practice graduation while we’re making a tunnel for a freshman going to Spanish class.

Back in November, the whole Upper School had to wait in the chapel before the Symposium. Sure enough we started cheering against other classes, and soon we were chanting against the Juniors about which grade Ryan Hansen really belongs to and celebrating Richard Hamrick.

and perhaps most of all, the people we’ve met and grown so close to. The shoebox will stay open, and we’ll keep adding to it until one day, years from now, it will be filled almost to the top. And underneath all we’ve added on will be the foundation of those objects from our time at St. Christopher’s.

That’s the heartbeat of our class. Our unity. The first class I ever went to at St. Christopher’s was Mr. McGuire’s infamous Honors Biology class, and on the first day he told us the final exam question would be “How is biology the unity and diversity of life?” We spent the whole year trying to understand how unity can arise from diversity. Now I’ve had

Last year, Chairman of the Board, Mr. Thurston Moore, said that it’s become standard for a class to declare itself the best class ever, and I intend to uphold that tradition. But don’t take it just from me. Take it from our very own Tom Wolfe ’47, who graduated 68 years ago on a day I’d imagine looked and felt a lot like this one. He said,

St. Christopher’s isn’t behind us. . . it’s within us. And as we move forward it will move with us. Not just the memories but the things we’ve learned and perhaps most of all, the people we’ve met and grown so close to. four years at St. Christopher’s to understand how our own unity arises from our diversity. We have athletes, artists, harpists, pilots, Chris Farley impersonators, but together we challenge each other, we learn from each other, we succeed together, and perhaps most of all, we have fun together. The unity and diversity of this class gives life to this place, the names on the brochure, and the objects in our shoebox.

And tonight we’re not just going to tape our shoeboxes shut and start new ones. Today is neither an end nor a beginning. It’s simply a continuation.

I know it seems like today we’re being spat out of St. Christopher’s with just a diploma and a bunch of memories wondering how four or even thirteen years can go so fast. It seems like St. Christopher’s is behind us, and in front of us is this dark and formless thing we call the future. No more chapel, no more free periods on the senior porch, no more teachers who know as much about who you are as they do about math or English.

But St. Christopher’s isn’t behind us. No, it’s within us. And as we move forward it will move with us.

Not just the memories but the things we’ve learned

“I used to think of it every night. First, I thanked God for having been born in America, which was obviously the greatest country on earth. I was pretty dead right on that. And in what was obviously the greatest state, because more Presidents came from Virginia than anywhere else.

And from the greatest city in the greatest state in the greatest country, because it was the capital of Virginia. Just think of all the people not fortunate enough to be born in Richmond, Va.” Now I’ll make an addition to Tom Wolfe’s words.

Now we all know that St. Christopher’s is the best school in Richmond. That’s why we’re here. And statistically our class has been called the best class in St. Christopher’s history.

So if we follow Mr. Wolfe’s logic, it makes us the best class from the best school from the best city in the best state in the best country in the world.

Now let’s celebrate how fortunate we are to be from the St. Christopher’s Class of 2015. Because I know the most important thing in my shoebox is my time here at St. Christopher’s.

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Make your life speaketh 13 years in a moment Salutatorian William Maddock

I want to start off by saying thank you. Thanks to my parents — without you I wouldn’t be here today. Thank you to the teachers and staff at St. Chris who have guided all of us through the years. And finally, thank you to my brothers in the Class of 2015.

One of my best memories of this class was back in Lower School. At recess I remember we would have these massive playground-wide battles with imaginary swords and bows and arrows, maybe even guns for the select few who weren’t content with the standard medieval weaponry. I have this really great eagle eye image in my head of what we must have looked like running across the mulch and grass, clanging our shields and giving our best battle cries as we dueled around the purple and green plastic of the old playground.

I can see Jack Jiranek, the undisputed champion of our recess heroics, battling his way up the slide through volleys of arrows, deflecting them this way and that with his sword, only to go flying

headfirst back down the slide having been blindsided by the errant swing of a comrade’s sword. It must have been a sight to behold. And it wasn’t like this was just a small group. This was literally every member of our young class who would charge out onto the field with a collective yell and tromp back into the classroom red-faced with grass-stained khakis having lived to fight another day.

For me, that is the iconic image of our class.

We’ve always been a unified whole, and above everything else, we’re never done anything halfway. If we do something, we go all out. From the massive, fantastical battles of our young years to the Hymn Sing just two weeks ago, I will remember nothing about this class more than its passion in everything. For us, there has never been just another recess, just another X-block, just another chapel, just another graduation rehearsal.

We find excitement in the most mundane, everyday activities. We imitate teachers’ (continued on page 11)

We’ve always been a unified whole, and above everything else, we’ve never done anything halfway. We’ve won together, lost together, grown up together. And in everything, we have given our all together.

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I pride myself on being someone who notices the details. I can find the stain on the tie, the missing comma or tell if a picture on a wall is caddy wampus and just needs a slight adjustment. So I was surprised to learn that I have walked past a plaque in Chamberlayne Hall for two decades and have never really noticed it.

Mr. Szymendera referenced the plaque in a meeting a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t place it. I think it is because you have to look up to see it. It’s right when you walk in the front doors of Chamberlayne Hall.

It reads: In Loving Memory of Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne 1876-1939 Founder and Head Master of St. Christopher’s School 1911-1939 And then right beneath that date is a quote from scripture He being dead yet speaketh The verse is the King James Version of Hebrews 11:4. The verse in full says: “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous.

God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.”

“He being dead yet speaketh.” In other words, the language of a man’s life is still heard, the influence of his life is still heard, through all eternity. A body dies, but the soul of a man- the spark, the fire, the flame in his heart- never dies.

As Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote, “Our echoes grow from soul to soul and grow for ever and for ever.”

The influence of Plato, Aristotle, Constantine, George Washington, Bolivar, are still felt today. As is the influence of the lives of Stalin, Idi Amin, and Ho Chi Minh.

“He being dead yet speaketh.” How appropriate that quote is for Dr. Chamberlayne’s plaque in Chamberlayne Hall. He still speaks to us today over one hundred years later, in the cornerstones he first laid down- from the Honor Code to the Missionary Society to the importance of regular worship and a good balance between academics and the need to be outdoors, the need for exercise and athletics.

What will we speaketh? What our legacy is, who we decide to become, where we choose to put our emphasis, is in our hands.

For a long time I would have my students write their own obituaries.

Everyone lived to the ripe old age of 80 but they had to create a legacy- to write what their life would be. They found the

CHAPEL TALK

Senior Sermon given by Upper School Chaplain Melissa Hollerith on May 9, 2015

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CHAPEL

TALK

What our legacy is, who we decide to become, where we choose to put our emphasis, is in our hands.

exercise difficult. It meant putting out there what their hopes and dreams were for a full life, a well-lived life, one with education and family and careers. But how else can we understand our legacy, our hope to leave a mark in this world, that had we not been born would not have happened, if we don’t set out to do just that?

There is a new book out by the syndicated columnist and political pundit David Brooks called, The Road to Character. In this book Brooks argues that we no longer live in a culture that values the development of a person’s character.

Rather, we live in a world that most values the development of a person’s résumé. In a recent article on this subject for the New York Times Brooks writes: “It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that are talked about at your funeral — whether you were kind, brave, honest or faithful. Were you capable of deep love? We all know that the eulogy virtues are more important than the résumé ones. But our culture and our educational systems spend more time teaching the skills and strategies you need for career success than the qualities you need to radiate that sort of inner light. Many of us are clearer on how to build an external career than on how to build inner character.”

Well, I couldn’t agree more with Mr. Brooks.

We live in a world that places much too much emphasis on the skills one needs to be a success and too little emphasis on the humility, self examination, and wisdom one needs to be a person of character. But I would argue that I don’t think this is what we do at St. Christopher’s.

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We have tried our best to send you to the next part of your journey with both sets of virtues and we work hard to find a good balance. We want you to be able to compete in the world, but we don’t want you to be too much of the world- where you lose your sense of what is most important.

The Old Testament and the New Testament, virtually everything God and Jesus teach, is intended to deepen our souls and form our characters. It is intended to make us better, more faithful people, people who walk with an inner light as Brooks says. When it comes to following Jesus, it is all about the eulogy virtues.

As a class your chapter as a student under the pines is about to close- your legacy during your time here has been full of great accomplishments and accolades. In the academic arena your class is tied for first for the number of Ivy League acceptances in school history, you have athletes taking their sport to the next level, you have musicians and film makers and pilots, scientists and writers, Eagle Scouts and EMT’s, missionaries and mentors, you save ducks and you save old cars. You have set the bar for all the classes that follow you. What an incredible legacy and example you leave here.

And yet, greater than all your resume skills is your heart, your eulogy virtues as Brooks says. The way you joyfully sing in chapel, the way you care and support classmates who are struggling – be it from a broken heart, a broken family, a substance, a short coming, a hurt… You do it with the mantle of integrity you carry each day in and out of the classroom, knowing it might mean turning in a friend. You value character development as you know it helps us grow. Your approach to service where you make a sacrifice in order that someone

else’s life improves, from Saturday Academy to Middle School Mentors to Mission trips, you have chosen to live your life this way at a young age, and that is what your greatest legacy will be.

You will remember the poems you memorized and probably a few theorems too. My advice when memorizing poems is to select ones that will give you comfort for the journey.

The 23rd Psalm is a good one if you want one for your pocket. You won’t remember all of the quizzes and tests years from now— they will run together. But you will remember how it felt to use your gifts to the best of your ability. You will remember your teachers if they were kind, honest, fair. You will remember what it feels like to be trusted.

And forgiven. You will remember what it

More often than not one’s name is never in a history book or on a building. It is unknown except for the lives and institutions it touched. feels like to sit here with your friends and pray for other people and for yourself, and to raise hymns of praise to a God who loves you more than you can ever imagine. You will remember the feeling of opening nights and nights under the lights, the titles and the tears, the shot, the catch, the save.

More often than not one’s name is never in a history book or on a building. It is unknown to most except for the lives and institutions it touched. And yet all that matters is that the influence was for good, for the influence of our lives lives on in others and “speaketh forever.” Go and do as you have done with us, and make your life speaketh in ways that will far outlast your numbered days. Amen.

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announcements when left alone in the chapel for five minutes. We pledge allegiance to the American flags on someone’s belt when no actual flag can be found. We belt out the last verse of “O Come All Ye Faithful” in May because, let’s face it, no other song can touch that crescendo.

Over the years we’ve laughed together, from Reverend Limburg’s costumed homilies in Kindergarten to David and Carrington dressing up as Captain Ahab and the White Whale at the Halloween contest this year.

We’ve played together, from war games at recess to state championships to Jenga on the senior porch. We’ve learned together, from second grade cursive lessons which have long since been lost on most of us, to calculus and The Wasteland. We’ve won together, lost together, grown up together.

And in everything, we have given our all together, from Society Day poetry recitations in red sweaters to Tredegar performances on the patio. For the Class of 2015, there truly has never been a dull moment.

We’re all heading different directions after today, but I hope we’ll never lose touch with those flashes of pure joy and excitement that have been so common here. Never stop looking for the little bit of wonder in everything around us. And never let a single minute slip by unappreciated. Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.” Well, we’re not quite to eternity yet but we found 13 years in a moment and I think that’s a good place to start. So keep cherishing every sunny afternoon with each other. Keep singing your hearts out. And live in your next moment just as much as you have lived in this last one.

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Class of 2015 Legacies In this year’s graduation class, 12 students have fathers who are alumni, 12 have grandfathers who are alumni, two have both grandfathers who are alumni, and three have great-grandfathers who were alumni.

COLLEGE BOUND Graeme Hargrove Greenwood Alderman Matthew Dixon Allocca Zaid Salim Al-Moghrabi Steven Henry Atkinson Richard Coolidge Bailey Adam Frederick Ballantyne

David Elliott Ballowe, Jr. Stephen Dalton Baril John Cabell Bassett Wilson St. Clair Bedell Vance David Berry III William Tilden Boland IV Edward William Boyd Myles Quentin Brown Charles Martin Caravati IV Edward Robertson Claiborne William Cole Claiborne

Carter McGeorge Clements John Mark Constable Joseph Michael Costello Thomas Swepston Cottrell, Jr. Philip Edward Cross James Patrick Dotter Arthur Drake Dragone Jackson Louis Dunivan Logan Adams Ende John Lodge Fergusson Herbert Epes Fitzgerald IV Merrick Lewis Furman Matthew Charles Gnapp Joseph Beale Goode Christopher William Gould Jacob Tyler Hale Richard Minor Hamrick IV Kameron Jefferson Holloway John Adam Hugo IV Nathaniel Jackson Jiranek Brandon Michael Johnson Grant Alexander Johnson Barclay Alexander Jenks Jumet

George Mason University University of Mary Washington Union College Roanoke College University of Virginia University of Maryland, Baltimore County University of Mississippi University of Virginia Duke University Furman University DePauw University Virginia Tech College of William and Mary University of Notre Dame University of Virginia University of Mississippi University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Southern Methodist University James Madison University University of Richmond Hampden-Sydney College Hobart College Randolph-Macon College University of Mary Washington Colgate University University of Virginia University of Virginia University of Virgina University of Virginia Clemson University Yale University Longwood University Christopher Newport University Vanderbilt University Randolph-Macon College Virginia Tech Princeton University Coastal Carolina University Christopher Newport University University of Alabama

Carrington William Lanier Connor Alexander Lifson Nathaniel Linwood Llewellyn Robert Matthew Luther Thomas Harrington Lynde William Walker Maddock Swayne Latham Martin Charles Sackett McCray Joseph David McMurtrie Julian Paisley Mikell Mills Thomas Jackson Mitchell, Jr. Benjamin Connor Moore John Patrick Nolan Samuel Alexander O'Connell Charles Tilman Parrish Samuel Holt Partee Jakob Colby Pehl James Matthew Quagliano James Patrick Riedy Walker Alexander Livingston Rise Jacob Wakefield Roberson Mason Montgomery Roberts Duncan Chandler Rogers Liam Bernard Ryan Paul Evans Savas, Jr. Stefan Nicholas ScheerCook Caleb Stephen Setliff Alexander Michael Shedd Harvard Birdsong Smith, Jr. Mack Fremont Southworth Henry Pierson Stillwell Sean Wei Ming Tay Garrett Benjamin Taylor John McCabe Tyson Cody Alexander Valenzuela Christopher Adam Vath Tanner Remley Wagner Richard Crews Walker III Douglas Fleet Wallace, Jr. Thomas Langdon Whitney William Parker Widhelm James Hunter Wigginton

Hampden-Sydney College Northwestern University University of Colorado, Boulder College of William and Mary University of the South Harvard University University of North Dakota Virginia Tech Hampden-Sydney College College of William and Mary Virginia Military Institute University of Virginia Harvard University Georgia Institute of Technology Clemson University Haverford College Montana State University College of William and Mary James Madison University Wake Forest University University of Richmond University of South Carolina University of Richmond Virginia Commonwealth University Liberty University Virginia Commonwealth University University of South Carolina Ithaca College Clemson University Pace University Cornell University University of Southern California Pennsylvania State University University of Virginia Roanoke College College of William and Mary Université Paris IV-Paris-Sorbonne University of Alabama Cornell University James Madison University Furman University University of Virginia

David Ballowe, Jr. son of David Ballowe ’86, Dalton Baril, grandson of John Phillips ’48, Wilson Bedell, son of Alan Bedell ’72, William Boyd, son of John Boyd ’81, Charlie Caravati IV, son of Charles Caravati III ’83, and grandson of Charles

of Bernard McCray ’26; Jackson Mitchell, Jr., grandson of John Street ’53 and great-grandson of Thomas Noble ’33; Charlie Parrish, son of William Parrish IV ’72 and grandson of William Parrish ’43; Mason Roberts, son of Edward Roberts ’72, Henry Stillwell, grandson of John Cecil ’41, John Tyson, son of William Tyson ’80 and grandson of Joel Tyson ’46; Fleet Wallace, son of Fleet Wallace, Jr. ’86, grandson of Gordon Wallace ’55, and great-grandson of Clarke Wallace ’27.

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2 Row: (L to R) Alan Bedell, Fleet Wallace, Gordon Wallace, John Tyson, John Cecil, 1 Front Bill Parrish, Jack Street, Bernard McCray, Berkeley Fergusson

Back Row: Mason Roberts, Wilson Bedell, Fleet Wallace, John Tyson, Henry Stillwell, Charlie Parrish, Jackson Mitchell, Charlie McCray, John Fergusson

Row: Herbert Fitzgerald, Ed Galleher, Billy Claiborne, Hobie Claiborne, Chip Caravati, 2 Front Charlie Caravati, John Boyd, John Phillips, David Ballowe

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Caravati, Jr. ’55; Edward Claiborne, son of William Claiborne ’77, and grandson of Herbert Claiborne ’41 and Edward Galleher ’53; Cole Claiborne, son of William Claiborne ’77, and grandson of Herbert Claiborne ’41 and Edward Galleher ’53; John Fergusson, son of W. Berkeley Fergusson ’78 and grandson of Russell Fergusson ’44; Fitz Fitzgerald IV, son of Herbert Fitzgerald ’73 and grandson of Edward Galleher ’53; Charlie McCray, grandson of Bernard McCray, Jr. ’52 and great-grandson

Back Row: Fitz Fitzgerald, Cole Claiborne, Teddy Claiborne, Charlie Caravati, William Boyd, Dalton Baril, David Ballowe

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

The Moore Prize for Excellence in French John Cabell Bassett

The William M. Hill, Jr. ’73 Memorial Scholarship Joseph Elna Spruill IV ’16

The E. W. Bosworth Latin Prize Nathaniel Jackson Jiranek

The William Carter Bowles, Jr. ’56 Memorial Music Prize Richard Coolidge Bailey John Adam Hugo IV The Douglass P. Griffith Prize for Excellence in Mathematics John Patrick Nolan The School Prize for Excellence in Drama Alexander Michael Shedd The School Prize for Excellence in Art Stefan Nicholas Scheer-Cook The School Prize for Excellence in English Nathaniel Jackson Jiranek The School Prize for Excellence in Spanish Language William Walker Maddock The School Prize for Excellence in Spanish Literature Joseph Beale Goode The School Prize for Excellence in Science Richard Minor Hamrick IV The School Prize for Excellence in Computer Science Richard Coolidge Bailey Samuel Alexander O’Connell The School Prize for Excellence in History Nathaniel Jackson Jiranek

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The David M. Boney, Jr. ’44 Memorial Prize Richard Coolidge Bailey The Civitan Honor Key Award Robert Matthew Luther The Alexander McNeill Carrington ’41 Memorial Award Merrick Lewis Furman The John Newton Gray ’35 Memorial Prize for Outstanding Loyalty Douglas Fleet Wallace, Jr. The Dashiell Memorial Prize John Cabell Bassett The Irving Blackwell Memorial Prize for High Devotion to the Honor and Traditions of St. Christopher’s School Benjamin Connor Moore The William Cabell Brown Prize for Character and Ability Logan Adams Ende The Joseph Bryan Memorial Prize for Leadership Joseph Beale Goode

SENIOR HONOR ROLL High Honors- Seniors taking five or more classes and maintaining an average of A+: Zaid Al-Moghrabi, Richard Bailey, Dalton Baril, Jack Bassett, William Boyd, Myles Brown, Charlie Caravati, Cole

Claiborne, Johnny Constable, Logan Ende, Merrick Furman, Joe Goode, Richard Hamrick, Jack Jiranek, Connor Lifson, Matt Luther, Thomas Lynde, William Maddock, Swayne Martin, Julian Mills, Ben Moore, Jack Nolan, Alex O’Connell, Sam Partee, Jim Quagliano, Walker Rise, Jacob Roberson, Duncan Rogers, Liam Ryan, Paul Savas, Henry Stillwell, Sean Tay, Fleet Wallace, Hunter Wigginton

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Honors- Seniors taking five or more classes and maintaining an average of A- to A: Adam Ballantyne, Wilson Bedell, Trey Berry, Liam Boland, Carter Clements, Joseph Costello, Thomas Cottrell, Philip Cross, Drake Dragone, John Fergusson, Fitz Fitzgerald, Matthew Gnapp, Jacob Hale, Barclay Jumet, Nathaniel Llewellyn, Charlie McCray, Charlie Parrish, Jakob Pehl, Jake Reidy, Stefan ScheerCook, Alex Shedd, Harvard Smith, John Tyson, Adam Vath

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to R) William Maddock, 1 (L Adam Hugo, Jack Jiranek, Matt Luther, Jack Spruill, Stefan SheerCook Bassett, Logan Ende, 2 Jack Ben Moore, Alex Shedd, Alex O’Connell Goode, Merrick Furman, 3 Joe Fleet Wallace, Jack Nolan, Richard Hamrick, Richard Bailey

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Honored Saints 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 Richard Bailey received the Leaders and Achievers Scholarship given by Comcast of Metro Richmond. Zaid Al-Moghrabi received the Brotherhood/Sisterhood Youth Award sponsored by the Interfaith Council. Zaid was among a select few of recipients recognized with a scholarship from the Interfaith Council for his response to the essay question, “How does being of service bring our community together?”

Dalton Baril received the school’s Servant Leadership Award for his over 500 hours of community service from Nicaraga and Ecuador to Project Homes, Boaz and Ruth and Houligan’s Rest. William Boyd received the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award.

BATTLE OF THE BRAINS AWARDS The TV team of Joe Goode, Richard Hamrick, William Maddock and Captain Jack Jiranek advanced to the semifinals, defeating Benedictine 460-115, and Jack was selected a Battle of the Brains All Star for the second straight year.

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STUDENT PUBLICATIONS AWARDS The Hieroglyphic Award: Ben Moore The Raps & Taps Award: Zaid Al-Moghrabi The Pine Needle Award: William Maddock Seniors recognized for their multi-years dedication to student publications: Pine Needle co-editor: Joe Goode Raps and Taps senior editors: Fitz Fitzgerald and Merrick Furman The George O. Squires Literary Awards: Alex Shedd, Ben Moore, Willam Maddock, Joe Goode, Jack Jiranek, Hunter Reinhart ’16, Walker Rise, Adam Vath, Jim Quagliano, Joseph Costello, Hunter Wigginton ’11 Poetry Out Loud Award: William Jefferson ’16 VISUAL ARTS AWARDS In the Regional Scholastic Art Awards: Myles Brown – 1 Honorable Mention Martin Todorov ’16 – 2 Honorable Mentions Jeffrey Pohanka ’16 – 6 Honorable Mentions Charlie Caravati and Nathan Johnson ’16 each received a Gold Key, and Joe Goode and Stefan ScheerCook both received a Gold Key for their portfolios and their work was exhibited at the end of the year in the Playhouse Theatre of Luck Leadership Center.

THEATRE AWARDS Best Thespian: Alex Shedd

ECONOMICS AWARD Jim Quagliano

MUSIC AWARDS Glee Club Award: Julian Mills

ENGLISH AWARDS British Literature Award: Jackson Barkstrom ’17

Senior members recognized were Trey Berry, Richard Hamrick, Julian Mills, Jake Riedy, Alex Shedd

Wilbur Davis Bailey Prize: Will Brown ’16

Band Recognition for their contributions to Concert Band and Jazz Band: Philip Cross– percussion and trombone, David Ballowe–baritone horn, Adam Hugo–tenor and baritone saxophone, Henry Stillwell– trumpet

HISTORY AWARD World History II Research Paper Award: Austin Cashwell ’17

Chamber Orchestra Awards: Drake Dragone, Logan Ende, and Paul Savas have been members since 2nd grade, and Grant Johnson since 6th grade.

MATHEMATICS AWARD Continental Calculus Contest STC’s top scorer: Merrick Furman

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS The following students served as resident hosts: Gordon Mitchell ’17 for Chahat Mishra from India; Sean Menges ’16 for Martin Todorov from Bulgaria; Jack Workman ’16 for Harry Vijayasekaran from Australia; John Goodpasture ’18 for Daniel O’Leary from Australia; and Alex Davis ’16 for Tomas Cerny from the Czech Republic.

Griffin Gayne ’17 and Miles Parrish ’16 are participating in the New Zealand Exchange, each having hosted a boy from Lindisfarne College this spring.

They will travel to Hawke’s Bay to study at Lindisfarne and stay with Connor Pearson and Bradley Knowles.

Willis Clyde Locker, Jr. ’40 Memorial Prize (U.S. History research paper): Malcolm Ilnicky ’16

SCIENCE AWARDS The Science Bowl Team of Richard Hamrick, Walker Rise, Merrick Furman, Ryan Hansen ’16 and Thomas Kehoe ’17 made it to the semi-final round in the completion sponsored by the Department of Energy.

Physics Olympics Out of 24 teams, the team of Will McKinnon ’16 and Wil Venitz ’16 won the overall Bronze Medal in the competition held at the University of Richmond.

Robotics Team In the Regional competition, STC’s Robotics team was third overall in a field of 48 teams and won the Connect Award. The team also qualified for the State competition.

Biology Award: Jack Jiranek Chemistry Award: Jack Nolan Physics Award: Richard Bailey

Science Research Chico Payne ’16 and Drew Vanichkachorn ’17 participated in the Junior Symposium for Humanities and Science at James Madison University in March. Drew won the Award in the Environmental Science Division for the best project with long term impact.

Hunter Reinhart ’16 won the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Award and Max Dodge ’16 won the Bausch and Lomb Science Award.

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

Harold M. Marsh, Jr., Connections Institute: James Armstrong ’13, Hayden Mitchell ’13, Nick Sherod ’16, William Simopoulos ’16, and Riley Varner ’16.

Will Brown ’16 will attend the Reynolds Young Writer’s Workshop at Denison University.

Luke Powell ’16 and William Simopoulos ’16 will attend the Cochrane Summer Economics Institute at Collegiate School’s Powell Center for Economics.

St. Christopher’s Institute on Leadership and Public Service: Stefan Alston ’16 The International Boys’ Schools Coalition (IBSC) Student Forum which will be held in Cape Town, South Africa: William Jefferson ’16 The Virginia Summer Governor’s Schools and Language Academies— Humanities: Chico Payne ’16

Math, Science and Technology: Max Dodge ’16 and Hunter Reinhart ’16 Spanish Language Academy: Pierce Walmsley ’16 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS The Robert W. Bugg Scholarship: Ben Walters ’16 The Horace A. Gray Family Scholarship: Joey Prata ’16 and Charlie Swanson ’16 The John Peyton McGuire Memorial Scholarship: Austin Cashwell ’16 The McGuire-Wilkinson Scholarship: William Jefferson ’16 The McGuire-Jack Gordon Scholarship: Nick Sherod ’16 The John Neasmith Dickinson ’73 Memorial Scholarship Award: Noah O’Neill ’16 The Bradford Allen Parrish ’91 Memorial Scholarship: Connor Masterson ’16 The G. Gilmer Minor, Jr. ’30 Scholarship: James Armstrong ’17 JUNIOR BOOK AND LEADERSHIP AWARDS The St. Lawrence Book Award: Stephen McCray ’16 The Hampden-Sydney Book Prize: Riley Varner ’16 The Randolph-Macon College Leadership Award: Matthew Fernandez ’16 The Sewanee Book Award for Excellence in Writing: Luke Campbell ’16 The Kenyon College Presidential Book Award: William Jefferson ’16 The John Merchant Book Award: Nick Sherod ’16 17

HONORED

SAINTS

The Washington and Lee University Book Award: Connor Masterson ’16 The William and Mary Leadership Award: Pierce Walmsley ’16 The West Point Leadership Award: Jeb Bemiss ’16 The University of Chicago Award: Chico Payne ’16 The Williams College Book Award: Ross Abrash ’16 The Dartmouth College Book Award: Max Dodge ’16 The Jefferson Book Award: Noah O’Neill ’16 The Harvard Club of Virginia Prize: Will Brown ’16 NATIONAL ACADEMIC RECOGNITION PROGRAM National Merit Commended Students (top 5% nationally): Cole Claiborne, Joe Goode, Richard Hamrick, Jack Jiranek, Liam Ryan National Achievement Commended Student: Myles Brown National Merit Finalists: Richard Bailey and William Maddock (A.P. Scholars were recognized in the Fall 2014–Winter 2015 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 12.

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Three seniors will attend Hampden-Sydney College with merit scholarships: Thomas Cottrell–President’s Award along with a scholarship given to Eagle Scouts, Carrington Lanier and Joseph McMurtrie–Alumni Scholarships.

Four other seniors, Dalton Baril, Joseph Costello, Thomas Lynde, and Harvard Smith were offered the Venable Scholarship, Hampden-Sydney’s highest merit scholarship, but will decline to attend other institutions.

Matthew Allocca and Drake Dragone will attend the University of Mary Washington with merit scholarships. Patrick Dotter and Kameron Holloway will attend Randolph-Macon College with merit scholarships.

Richard Bailey received a scholarship from Wells Fargo and will attend the University of Virginia; Trey Berry will attend DePauw University in the Management Fellows program and with a merit scholarship.

Teddy Claiborne will attend the University of Mississippi with an Eagle Scout scholarship. Jacob Hale will attend Christopher Newport University with a President’s Leadership Award.

Richard Hamrick received a scholarship from the Sons of the Revolution in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a Richmond Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship Award.

Brandon Johnson received a scholarship through the Richmond Firefighters Beat the Heat fund and will attend Coastal Carolina University. Matt Luther received a scholarship from the Manchester Volunteer Rescue Squad Greene-Stubblefield Scholarship Fund and will attend the College of William and Mary.

Thomas Lynde received a merit scholarship from the University of the South. Swayne Martin will attend the aviation program at the University of North Dakota as a Presidential Scholar; Charlie McCray will attend Virginia Tech as the recipient of a Cyrus McCormick scholarship. Jakob Pehl will attend Montana State University with a merit scholarship. Liam Ryan will attend the engineering school at Virginia Commonwealth University with a merit scholarship. Barclay Jumet will attend the University of Alabama as a UA Scholar and with an Engineering Leadership award.

Four members of the Class of 2015 were selected as Echols Scholars at the University of Virginia, a distinction reserved for the top 5% of entering freshmen, but are declining in order to attend other institutions.

ATHLETES TO PLAY VARSITY SPORTS IN COLLEGE Over the past 10 years, more than 20% of St. Christopher’s graduates have gone on to play a sport in college, and the Class of 2015 continues that tradition.

18 students have committed to participating at the intercollegiate level. Henry Stillwell and Fleet Wallace will compete in the Ivy League at Cornell University, Henry in football and Fleet in lacrosse.

Three others will play Division 1 football, Garrett Taylor, the highest-ranked recruit in school history, will attend Penn State on a football scholarship, while Jacob Roberson will be a recruited walk-on at the University of Richmond and John Tyson a recruited walk-on at the University of Virginia. In addition

to Fleet, six other members of the state runner-up lacrosse team will play in college. Wilson Bedell and Parker Widhelm will play Division 1 lacrosse at Furman University; Jacob Hale and Grant Johnson will play at Christopher Newport University; Thomas Lynde will play at Sewanee, and Patrick Dotter will play at Randolph-Macon College.

Two seniors will continue their athletic careers in the state of Indiana. Myles Brown received a soccer scholarship to attend the University of Notre Dame, and Trey Berry will swim at DePauw. Sam Partee will play baseball at Haverford College and Steven Atkinson, and Cody Valenzuala will play baseball at Roanoke College. Two Saints will compete for Hampden-Sydney College next year, Thomas Cottrell in football and Carrington Lanier in wrestling.

Four Saints were among the 30 weekly winners in the Lexus of Richmond Pursuit of Perfection Leadership Award: Richard Bailey, Myles Brown, Logan Ende, and Fleet Wallace. At the Lexus Banquet, Myles was named as the winner of the $10,000 top scholarship given by Lexus. Logan and Fleet were also among the candidates for the TimesDispatch Scholar Athlete Award. Fleet was named as one of the ten male finalists for the award and received a $5000 scholarship.

Language Awards CHINESE The Youth Chinese Test (YCT) Recognition: Adam Vath ’15 and Jess Reynolds ’16 FRENCH Level 2: Jack Edwards ’18 Level 3: Austin Cashwell ’17 Level 4: John Szymendera ’16 Level 5: Julian Mills ’15 Tanner Wagner ’15 received a special award for Advanced Work. He has studied French independently, both at home and abroad, and was accepted by the prestigious Université de Paris, the Sorbonne, to pursue his college studies in Paris.

SPANISH National Spanish Exam Recognition Level 2: Gold: Kinloch Nelson ’18, Henry Rodriquez ’18, Ralph Levy ’18, Maddison Furman ’18 Level 3: Gold: Trent Levy ’17, Hunter Greenwood ’17, Jess Reynolds ’16, and Townes West ’17

Silver: Willy Bemiss ’17, Sid Caravati ’17, Neil Dwivedi ’17, Thomas Kehoe ’17, Garrett Levy ’17, Gordon Mitchell ’17, Hayden Mitchell ’17, Jack O’Neill ’16, Paul Thompson ’17, Bo Williamson ’17, Frost Wood ’17 Bronze: C Jenkins ’17, Will Thomas ’17 Level 4: Gold: Riley Varner ’16, Chico Payne ’16, Jim Quagliano ’15, Will Brown ’16 Silver: Nate Smith ’16, David Weatherford ’16, Boyd Peete ’16, Ross Abrash ’16, Jeb Bemiss ’16, Connor Masterson ’16, Max Dodge ’16, Malcolm Ilnicky ’16 Bronze: Danny Bader ’16, Hunter Reinhart ’16, Matthew Fernandez ’16 New members of the School’s Spanish Honor Society, La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica are: Thomas Kehoe ’17, Trent Levy ’17, Jim Quagliano ’15, Jess Reynolds ’16, Pierce Walmsley ’16, and Townes West ’17.

The following students earned the highest grade point averages in their class: TWELFTH GRADE #1 Joe Goode #2 William Maddock

TENTH GRADE #1 James Armstrong and Trent Levy

11TH GRADE #1 Will Brown #2 Max Dodge

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Sports News and Recognition (Unless otherwise noted, students are members of the Class of 2015.)

Fall Wrap Up

Winter Wrap Up

CROSS COUNTRY

SAILING

BASKETBALL

Placed fifth in Prep League meet, and eighth in state VISAA meet.

The sailing team placed fifth in the Virginia Interscholastic Sailing Association.

The basketball team had a historic season going 22-7 (most wins in school history) and reaching the state VISAA semis for the first time.

ALL PREP Joey Cuevas ’16 Jack Workman ’16 ALL-STATE Joey Cuevas ’16 HONORS Collegiate Invitational Champion Joey Cuevas ’16

FOOTBALL Football finished the season 5-5 and was a state semifinalist.

ALL PREP Wilson Bedell (DB) Thomas Cottrell (K) Henry Stillwell (OL) John Tyson (OL) Sean Menges ’16 (LB) Tazle Sumpter ’16 (DL) ALL-STATE Thomas Cottrell* (K) Fleet Wallace* (WR) Henry Stillwell** (OL) Wilson Bedell*** (DB) Jacob Roberson*** (DB) John Tyson*** (OL) Jeb Bemiss ’16*** (QB) Sean Menges ’16*** (LB) Tazle Sumpter ’16*** (DB) ALL-METRO Fleet Wallace* (WR) Thomas Cottrell** (K) Under Armour All-American Garrett Taylor (DB)

* First Team ** Second Team *** Honorable Mention/Third Team

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SOCCER The Saints won the state VISAA title, Prep League championship, Soucek and Menno Classic Tournament championships, going 23-1-1 overall. The team finished ranked second in Region IV and 10th in the national poll.

ALL PREP Logan Ende (M) Player of the Year Thomas Lynde (D) Ben Moore (D) Noah O’Neill ’16 (F) ALL-STATE Logan Ende* (M) Ben Moore** (D) Noah O’Neill ’16** (F)

ALL PREP Nick Sherod ’16 Alexander Petrie ’17 ALL-STATE (VISAA) Nick Sherod ’16* ALL-METRO Nick Sherod ’16* REBEL INVITATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT Nick Sherod ’16 (MVP) Alexander Petrie ’17 HENRICO HOLIDAY HOOPS ALL-TOURNAMENT Nick Sherod ’16

Joey Cuevas ’16** (1000) Brandon Thomas ’16** (Long Jump) Tazle Sumpter ’16*** (Shot Put) ALL METRO Tazle Sumpter ’16 (Shot Put) Brandon Thomas ’16 (55, 300, Long Jump) 4 x 200-meter relay: Ross Abrash ’16, Duncan Rogers, Brandon Thomas ’16, Mac Ukrop ’16 4 x 400-meter relay: J. Hunter Dabney ’16, Brandon Thomas ’16, Sean Menges ’16, Joey Cuevas ’16 4 x 800-meter relay: Johnny Constable, Ben Moore, Sean Menges ’16, Joey Cuevas ’16

SQUASH The Saints placed third in the Mid-Atlantic Squash Organization Tournament.

SWIMMING & DIVING FUTSAL

ALL-METRO Logan Ende* (M) Noah O’Neill ’16** (F)

The futsal (indoor soccer) team took its third straight Valentine Classic.

The Saints went 26-2 in the regular season, placing second in the Prep League and state VISAA meet.

MENNO CLASSIC ALLTOURNAMENT Logan Ende (MVP) Ben Moore Thomas Lynde

VALENTINE CLASSIC ALL TOURNAMENT Logan Ende (MVP) Kameron Holloway Jalen Maurice ’17

ALL PREP 200 medley relay Will Cox ’16, Gareth Mancini ’17, Charlie Swanson ’16, Townes West ’17

SOUCEK ALL-TOURNAMENT Logan Ende (MVP) John Fergusson Ben Moore

INDOOR TRACK The indoor track team placed third in the Prep League and state VISAA meets.

ALL STATE 4x800-meter relay*: Johnny Constable, Sean Menges ’16, Ben Moore, Joey Cuevas ’16

Charlie Swanson ’16 (100 Breast, 200 IM) ALL-STATE Charlie Swanson ’16 (100 Breast, 200 IM) 200 medley relay: Will Cox ’16, Gareth Mancini ’17, Charlie Swanson ’16, Townes West ’17 400 free relay: Trey Berry, Will Cox ’16, Gareth Mancini ’17, Charlie Swanson ’16

ALL-METRO Charlie Swanson ’16 (100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 IM, 400 IM) ALL-AMERICAN Charlie Swanson ’16 (100 Breast, 200 IM)

WRESTLING The Saints won its 14th straight Prep League title, and finished second in the state VISAA tournament for the third straight year.

ALL PREP John Fergusson (170) Carrington Lanier (195) Hunter Wigginton (160) Joey Prata ’16 (120) Carter Davis ’17 (152) Jens Ames ’18 (182) ALL-STATE Carrington Lanier* (195) Joey Prata ’16* (120) DT Badley ’17* (Heavyweight) John Fergusson** (152) Tanner Hood ’17** (145) Jens Ames ’18*** (182)

ALL PREP Sam Partee (INF) Ross Abrash ’16 (OF) Jeb Bemiss ’16 (P) Nick Biddison ’18 (SS) ALL-STATE Sam Partee* (INF) Ross Abrash** (OF) ALL-METRO Sam Partee** (INF)

GOLF Golf won the state VISAA championship, finished second in the Prep League tourney and went 13-0 in dual matches.

ALL PREP Boyd Peete ’16 Drew Brockwell ’18 Connor Johnson ’18 ALL-STATE Coleman Andrews ’16 Boyd Peete ’16 Drew Brockwell ’18

LACROSSE

ALL-METRO Joey Prata ’16* (120) Carrington Lanier** (195) DT Badley ’17** (Heavyweight)

The lacrosse team registered a 14-6 record, reached its second straight state final and placed second in the Prep League.

NATIONAL PREPS ALL-AMERICAN Joey Prata ’16 (120 lbs; Two-time champion) John Fergusson (170 lbs– 8th in the nation)

ALL PREP Wilson Bedell (M) Thomas Lynde (A) Fleet Wallace (M) Sean Menges ’16 (LSM)

Spring Wrap Up BASEBALL The Saints baseball team finished second in the Prep League and was a state quarterfinalist, going 15-6-1.

ALL-STATE Thomas Lynde* Fleet Wallace* Parker Widhelm* Wilson Bedell** ALL-AMERICAN Fleet Wallace continued on page 24

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The following ten awards are the highest honors awarded by the St. Christopher’s Department of Athletics: THE ST. CHRISTOPHER’S SCHOOL MONOGRAM AWARD

THE BRADFORD ALLEN PARRISH ’91 AWARD

THE JOHN TYLER SIEGEL ’57 MEMORIAL PRIZE

(Most varsity letters throughout his

(Embodies the true spirit of

(Loyalty, character, integrity, and

career and in recognition of the

the school’s namesake)

gentlemanly conduct both on and

commitment to the Prep League motto)

John Mark Constable

off the athletic fields)

Benjamin Connor Moore

THE SLATER PRIZE

(Earnest devotion to athletics

(Best spirit in athletics)

(Scholar/Athlete)

in an honest and truly modest manner)

Thomas Harrrington Lynde

Richard Coolidge Bailey

Thomas Swepston Cottrell, Jr.

THE JAMES TURNER SLOAN II ’40 AWARD (No challenge too great)

THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S AWARD FOR COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE

John Lodge Fergusson

(Outstanding performance, love

THE ROBERT WILLIAMS HERZOG AWARD

1 to R) Charlie McCray, 1 (L Joey Cuevas ’16, Jack Workman ’16, Johnny Constable, Logan Ende

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Logan Adams Ende THE NELSON HILL HOTCHKISS JR. ’70 AWARD

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THE DAVENPORT TROPHY (First in athletics)

Douglas Fleet Wallace, Jr.

of athletic competition and

THE TALMADGE ABBITT DUPRIEST ’91 AWARD

Garrett Taylor, Richard Bailey, John Fergusson, Boyd Peete ’16, Sam Partee

(Devotion of captain to team members)

commitment to excellence)

Myles Quentin Brown Garrett Benjamin Taylor

Benjamin Connor Moore

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At the 58th Athletic Banquet in May, the following Varsity Awards were presented:

THE JAMES W. PROFFITT ’48 BASKETBALL AWARD Douglas Fleet Wallace, Jr.

THE C. BRAXTON VALENTINE ’41 LACROSSE AWARD Douglas Fleet Wallace, Jr.

THE BUERLEIN DISTANCE RUNNING AWARD Hiram Joseph Cuevas ’16 Jack Holloway Workman ’16

THE E. OTTO N. WILLIAMS ’27 WRESTLING TROPHY John Lodge Fergusson

THE BART JAN LAVERGE ’57 TENNIS AWARD Charles Sackett McCray

THE HUGH BRENAMAN FOOTBALL AWARD Douglas Fleet Wallace, Jr.

THE ST. CHRISTOPHER’S SCHOOL SWIMMING & DIVING AWARD Vance David Berry III

THE RANDOLPH BURWELL CARDOZO, JR. ’74 TRACK AWARD Benjamin Connor Moore

THE ANNA P. GOODALE SOCCER AWARD Logan Adams Ende

THE JOHN R. BRINSER BASEBALL AWARD Samuel Holt Partee

THE HARRY W. EASTERLY, JR. ’40 GOLF AWARD Winston Alexander Boyd Peete ’16 THE MANAGERS AWARD Edward William Boyd 23

OUTDOOR TRACK The outdoor track team finished third in the Prep League and state VISAA meet.

ALL PREP Tazle Sumpter (Shot Put) Joey Cuevas ’16 (1000) Brandon Thomas ’16 (Long Jump) 4 x 800-meter relay: Ben Moore, Jack Workman ’16, Jack Jiranek, Joey Cuevas ’16 ALL-STATE Tazle Sumpter (Shot Put) Joey Cuevas ’16 (1000) Brandon Thomas ’16 (Long Jump) 4 x 800-meter relay: Ben Moore, Jack Workman ’16, Jack Jiranek, Joey Cuevas ’16

TENNIS ALL-METRO Tazle Sumpter (Discus, Shot Put) Brandon Thomas ’16 (100, 200, 400) Harrison Rice ’18 (Pole Vault) 4X400-meter relay: Joey Cuevas ’16, Mac Ukrop ’16, J. Hunter Dabney ’16, Brandon Thomas ’16 4x800 –meter relay: Jack Jiranek, Jack Workman ’16, Ben Moore, Joey Cuevas ’16

* First Team ** Second Team *** Honorable Mention/Third Team

The tennis team went 15-0 in dual matches, winning the state VISAA title and finishing second in the Prep League tournament.

ALL PREP Charlie McCray Matthew Fernandez ’16 Jackson Barkstrom ’17 Alston Hackney ’18 ALL-STATE Matthew Fernandez ’16* (Player of the Year) Stephen McCray ’16* ALL-METRO Matthew Fernandez ’16*

A number of St. Christopher's outstanding coaches were recognized during the year. The following names are listed by the seasons in which they coached. Soccer: Jack O'Donnell, NSCAA High School Assistant Coach of the Year; Jay Wood, Prep League Coach of the Year and NSCAA High School Regional Coach of the Year; Wrestling: Ross Gitomer, Prep League Coach of the Year; Golf: Ren O'Ferrall '85, coach of the state VISAA championship team; and Tennis: Richard Peyton, coach of the state VISAA championship team. At the Athletic Banquet in May, Cary Mauck '79 was given the Albert Luck "Petey" Jacobs Memorial Award for Distinguished Coaching.

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Graeme Alderman ’15, Edward Anderson ’17, Boyd Peete ’16 and Jack Spruill ’16 recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

Richard Bailey ’15 performed his senior music recital on the harp in March. Joe Goode ’15 and Stefan Scheer-Cook ’15 displayed their senior art exhibit in May. Both were held in the Playhouse Theatre in Luck Leadership Center.

For his Eagle Scout project, Read Brown ’18 selected Making History Transcribe, and organized a Transcribe-a-Thon at St. Christopher with more than 30 participants.

In a few hours on a Saturday morning, Read’s group transcribed more than 200 documents with more than 450 individual edits.

Transcribe is part of the Library of Virginia’s digital collections.

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In the 2015 Monument Avenue 10K held in late spring, St. ChristoCures raised over $23,000 for the Massey Cancer Center.

STC won the Healthy School Challenge because it had the highest percentage of students participating. Upper School Spanish teacher Asha Bandal and Upper School Academic Resource teacher Dr. Kimberly Hudson were the team captains.

For eight years, Middle School Spanish students have taken the Costa Rica Service Trip in June.

Participants this year were eighth graders Hollis Cobb, Aiden Fitzgerald, James Gilmore,

Carlton Johnson, Asher Llewellyn, Christopher McCormick, Charlie Whitlock and Cameron Lovings. Chaperoning the trip were Middle School Science teacher Mark Holloway, and Middle School Spanish teacher Kelly Parker.

Lower and Middle School Music Groups excelled in spring performances off campus. The Seventh and Eighth Grade Choir sang the National Anthem at the Richmond Flying Squirrels game on April 11.

The Lower School Choir and the Lower School Strings participated in the Music in the Parks festival at Busch Gardens and both groups earned “Superior” ratings.

Sharla Gordon is the Lower School Strings Ensemble Director and Nick Brata is the Lower and Middle School Choir Director.

The Sixth Grade Choir and the Seventh and Eighth Grade Choir performed in the Virginia Music Educators Association District Choral Assessment in March and both groups received “Superior” ratings from every judge.

The following boys participated in the Middle School District Honor Choir: Seventh grader Jack Bowers and Eighth graders Hollis Cobb, John Haney, Cameron Lovings, and Charlie Whitlock.

John also made All-Virginia Honor Choir, and Charlie Whitlock made the American Choral Directors Association National Honor Choir.

Charlie performed in the ACDA National Honor Choir in Salt Lake City, Utah in February. The group gave several concerts, including a performance with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

In the Six Flags America Choral Competition held in Maryland, the Sixth Grade Choir and the Seventh and Eighth Grade Choir both earned “Superior” ratings. The Sixth Grade Choir was the first place winner in the Middle School Treble Choir division, and the Seventh and Eighth Grade Choir was the first place winner in the Middle School Men’s Choir division.

At the NCSA Junior Nationals Charlie Swanson ’16 placed second in the 400-meter Individual Medley to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Trials. His time of 4:24./44 broke the 400 IM short course record. Charlie also headed to the USA National meet this August.

Lacrosse captain and Cornellbound Fleet Wallace ’15 was named a US Lacrosse AllAmerican for private schools in Virginia. Fleet racked up 43 goals this season and added 14 assists, leading the Saints to the state final. Saints have won the honor four times in the past five years.

Fleet is the third Saint to earn the honor. He joins John Burke Jr. ’14, named in 2014, and Blair Farinholt ’12, who was named in both 2011 and 2012.

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Faculty and Staff Awards and Recognition

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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.

THE HAWKINS HIDEAWAY PRIZE FOR LOYALTY AND SERVICE Lucinda Whitehurst, Lower School Librarian The inaugural "Hawkins Hideaway Prize for Loyalty and Service" was established in memory of Bette Worsham Hawkins, the Lower School Librarian for 25 years. It is awarded to that member of the Lower School faculty who is distinguished, as was Bette, by their optimistic outlook on life, loyal devotion to the School, and commitment to the mission of developing future leaders.

THE NORMA ALLEY PRIZE FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE Marion Halladay, Kindergarten teacher THE ANDREW JACKSON BOLLING III FACULTY AWARD Will Judd, Middle School English and Latin teacher THE CARL J. KOENIG PRIZE FOR FACULTY EXCELLENCE Frank Kiefer, Upper School Mathematics teacher THE ARMSTRONG-JENNINGS AWARD Dr. Kimberly Hudson, Upper School Academic Resource and Director for the Center of the Study of Boys 26 | StC

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Two members of the STC community were honored at the end of the year for their 25-year commitment to St. Christopher’s: Laura Brown, Upper School Chaplain Secretary, School Calendar Secretary and a member of the Development office Jim Jump, Academic Dean and Director of Guidance Three members of the STC Community retired this year: Ellen Sands, Lower School Academic Support (28 years), Marion Halladay, Kindergarten teacher(26 years) and Mary Horne, Upper School Librarian (20 years)

Jim Boyd ’54, Upper School Mathematics teacher, continues to have his articles and problems/ solutions published in journals in the United States and abroad. In the Spring 2015 issue of Virginia Mathematics Teacher, Mr. Boyd had two problems/solutions published, and a third, along with his student, Hunter Reinhart ’16.

Mr. Boyd and Hunter also had an (eight page) article, “A Note on Knights, Knaves, and Truth Tables,” published in the Spring 2015 issue of The Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations, part of the Virginia Mathematics and Science Coalition.

Asha Bandal, Upper School Spanish teacher, recently completed her eleventh season as the head coach of the University of Richmond synchronized swimming team.

The team placed 11th at the 2015 U.S. Collegiate Synchronized Swimming Championship at Ohio State University in March.

Jim Jump, Academic Dean and Director of Guidance, was quoted in a front page article in November of The New York Times, “2014 Applications by the Dozen as Anxious Seniors Hedge College Bets.” Mr. Jump wrote the first “Hall Pass” (back page) column for the revitalized Journal of College Admission which was published in January. In April he was the moderator for the opening plenary session at the 50th anniversary conference of

the Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling and also presented a session on “Gender and College Admissions.” Mr. Jump was the keynote speaker for Randolph-Macon College admissions open house for high school juniors in May. His Ethical College Admissions blog has been selected five times in the past year (three times since February) by the website, InsideHigherEd.com, as one of its two daily featured “Around the Web” articles. On May 23, Mr. Jump, former president of the National Association of College Admission Counseling, discussed the current admissions landscape with NPR on “All Things Considered.” Both the audio of the story itself and printed highlights from the interview are on the NPR website.

Holly Moreland, Kindergarten Aide, received the “Futures Outstanding Coach Award” at St. Catherine’s School which is given to an individual who has made significant contributions to its athletic program.

Jack O’Donnell, Lower School Physical Education and Health teacher, was recognized by SHAPE America (Society of Health and Physical Educators) as the 2015 Southern District Recreation Professional of the Year. The Southern District includes 13 states from Texas to Virginia.

Ron Smith, Writer-in-Residence and Upper School English Teacher, has had a busy year following his appointment by Governor McAuliffe as Poet Laureate of Virginia. Among his many activities, he gave readings at the James River Writers, Virginia Association of Teachers of English Conference, Poetry@ TECH series at Georgia Tech, Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia Festival of the Book, and Longwood University; conducted workshops at Hampden-Sydney College and Anna Julia Cooper Middle School in Richmond; served as a panelist and judge; conducted workshops and seminars in poetry writing at Westminster School in Atlanta and North Branch School in Afton, VA; had interviews with radio stations in Bangor, Maine; and presentations at the University of Richmond and The Shepherd’s Center of Richmond’s Open University. Mr. Smith also had Q and A’s with James River High School, with Shenandoah magazine and its blog, and “Updraft #3” in Shenandoah magazine, the third in his series of Q&A columns as Poet Laureate. In the June 2015 issue of Virginia Living magazine, Mr. Smith was the subject of an in-depth article, “Wordsmith”.

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Middle School Commencement Awards (The following award winners are all members of the Class of 2019 unless otherwise noted.)

The St. Christopher’s Middle School Latin Prize John Conner Thomas

Grade Eight–Henry Barden, Alex Brown, Alex Johnson, Christopher McCormick

The William R. Babcock ’63 Memorial Scholarship Hunter Rowe Jenkins, Jr.

The Franklin & Grace Mullinax Mathematics Award Everett Asher Llewellyn and Robert Taylor Tucker

The Monica Frischkorn Wenzel Service Award William McAleavey Eng-Nugent

The St. Christopher’s Middle School Art Award Baylor McHale Fuller The St. Christopher’s Middle School Athletic Award Carl Edward Omohundro III The St. Christopher’s Middle School Drama Award John Charles Whitlock The T. Foster & Ann Witt English Prize Hollis Joshua Cobb and Robert Taylor Tucker The Dulaney Ward French Prize Christopher Steven McCormick The T. Foster & Ann Witt History Prize Edward Trask Hill and Everett Asher Llewellyn

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The St. Christopher’s Middle School Music Award John Charles Whitlock

Highest Academic Averages

The Benjamin Briscoe White Memorial Spanish Prize Edward Trask Hill

Grade Eight–Asher Llewellyn

The Centennial Citizenship Awards: Grade Six–Drew Brown, Cleighton Hilbert, Ed Pasco, Jayden Smith Grade Seven–Garnett Nelson, Jude Reiferson, Jack Smith, Ian Townsend, Gaines Weis

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The Robert W. Bugg for Outstanding Citizenship in Grade Eight Hollis Joshua Cobb

The Sara Whaley Forsythe Memorial Science Prize Maxmilian Kolbe Macek

The St. Christopher’s Middle School Woodworking Award Samuel Hart Moore

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Grade Six–Edward Pasco Grade Seven–Maddux Reece Highest Average in the Middle School–Edward Pasco and Asher LLewellyn At the Middle School Awards Assembly, the following students received George Squires Literary Awards: Max Wallace ’21, Nathan Lord ’20, Cole McCoy ’20, Alex Sadid ’20 Peter Bowles ’20, and Chris Thomas ’20.

to R) Alex Brown, Drew 1 (L Brown, Charlie Whitlock, Henry Barden, Hollis Cobb Hill, Hunter Jenkins, 2 Teddy Asher Llewellyn, Max Macek, Christopher McCormick

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4 Maddux Reece, Jude Reiferson, Gaines Weis, Cleighton Hilbert, Edward Pasco

5 Alex Johnson, Jayden Smith, Elby Omohundro, Conner Thomas, Will Eng-Nugent

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Lower School Commencement Awards The Andrew Beirne Blair Award for Loyalty and Best Spirit in Athletics Edward Cheshire Drake Mangum

The Henry J. Tobler ’85 Memorial Award for Art Maxwell Ryan Berry

The Dorothy M. Bugg Memorial Prize Charles Thomas Hudson, Jr. ’24

The Duffey Award for Leadership in Athletics in the Lower School Michael Davis Mack

The Highest Academic Average John Stewart O’Keefe, Jr.

The Alba White Memorial Award August Franklin Lange ’24

The Lower School Science Award Taylor Bain McDermott

The William Adams Pinder ’68 Award Jeffrey Robert Mitchell ’23 Ryan Fletcher Reece ’23

The Lower School Spanish Award Jackson Hamilton Mitchell

The William S. Griffith Prize for Academic Excellence Thomas Manning Weems Leachman ’23

The George Squires Literary Awards Joseph Lanier Brockman III (visual art), Harold Vincent Groome ’26 Jack Robert Marshalek ’26 Austen Stadel Wrinkle ’26

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The Thomas Nelson Page Prize for Excellence in English Composition William Monroe Oakey Nicklas Bidwell Reynolds

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Taylor McDermott, Kent Goode, Jay O’Keefe, Nick Reynolds

The Helen Shepherd Music Award Matthew Seunghyun Son

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The Olivia Hardy Blackwell Award James Nalle Boyd II Mason Brent King The Beattie Memorial Prize for Leadership Kent Charles Goode Kevin Stuart Omohundro

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to serve on the Board of Directors for the Virginia branch of the International Dyslexia Association. The state branch of the IDA works to improve the lives of individuals with dyslexia through education, legislation, and services.

Dr. Dorothy Suskind, Fifth Grade teacher, has been a guest editor for the last three years of Language Arts, the academic journal of the National Council of Teachers of English, which was

recently published. The topic of creativity is featured in the May 2015 issue.

previous year. (The committee members read over 500 books published in 2014.)

Lucinda Whitehurst, Lower School Librarian, went to Chicago in February where she, along with 14 other committee members who were chosen from throughout the country, selected this year’s Newbery Award book. The award is given by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children’s book published the

John Winn, Upper School Jazz Band director, and AP Music Theory, Jazz and Rock History teacher, was the musical director of Mame, Virginia Repertory Theatre’s winter production.

Mr. Winn was also in Cadence Theatre’s production of Caroline, or Change by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori, both as an actor and a musician.

A mini-family reunion!

(L to R): Carleton Johnson ’19, Manita Johnson, Mark Johnson, Grant Johnson ’15, Monica Johnson, Bozie Greer, Hattie Jean Greer and Quinn Greer at the Middle School graduation.

Three generations of Saints (L to R): Gib Davenport ’84, Huntley Davenport ’56 and Huntley Davenport ’19

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