Spartan Faces in the Crowd Alev Baysoy ’14: Hockey Alev, a sophomore forward, led the girls’ hockey team to its first 15-win season in more than a decade. She was named Most Valuable Player and is the team’s record holder for most points scored in a single season (53). Alev was named All Conference and All State Honorable Mention by the Minnesota Girls Hockey Coaches Association, the Pioneer Press, and the Minnesota Associated Press.
SPA honors three-sport athletes with new Sparta Award
Ellen McCarthy ’15: Nordic Ski In the Nordic sectional competition in February 2012, Ellen skied a stunning pair of races, placing 18th in the morning classic race and then catching and passing 11 skiers to take 7th place in the afternoon skate pursuit. Ellen was one of only 11 girls from Section 3 to advance to the State tournament.
The SPA Athletics Department created a new athletics award this year designed to celebrate the athletic accomplishments and commitment of three-sport student athletes. The Sparta Award will be given every year to all Upper School students who play on a team in each season of the school year: all three-sport athletes will receive the Silver Sparta Awards, and three-sport athletes who are also varsity level in all three sports will receive the Gold Sparta Award.
Josh Gray ’13: Basketball Josh, who started all 29 games for the Spartans this year and served as team captain, led the team in scoring with an average of 13.6 points per game. He had a 44% field goal average, averaged 42.6% from the 3-point line, and was second on the team in number of assists. Josh was voted All-Conference by the Tri-Metro Conference coaches. Francesco Di Caprio ’13: Fencing Francesco’s performance in Men’s Epee contributed to the fencing team’s thirdplace State finish this year; he was part of the Epee squad that finished fourth in the State. Individually, Francesco medaled in his event by finishing fifth at State, and he was selected for Second Team All State in Men’s Epee.
This year’s 22 Gold Sparta Award winners are Bari Applebaum ’12; Andrew Bradley ’12; Gabe Chang ’12; Mike Destache ’15; Francesco DiCaprio ’13; Maddy Flom-Staab ’15; Julia Hansen ’15; Nick Hoffmann ’14; Karl Hommeyer ’13; Ayo Jones ’12; Melanie Luikart ’13; Ellen McCarthy ’15; Erica Miller ’12; Mary Naas ’15; Steven Olson ’13; Danny O’Shea ’13; Ben Palmer ’12; Lilly Rogers-Grant ’13; Charlie Rosenblum ’14; Ian Sussna ’15; Ellen Swenson ’13; and Peter Wood ’13. This year’s 28 Silver Sparta Award winners are Katie Ademite ’15; Aidan Arnold ’14; Luke Bishop ’15; Delaney Carter ’15; Emma Chang ’14; Chris Gast ’14; Katrina Hilton ’14; Haris Hussain ’15; Caroline Jaeger ’15; Sam Kayser ’15; Alex Lindeke ’15; Isabella Martinez ’15; Will Merriam ’15; Jackie Olson ’15; Abdul Osman ’15; Kevin Patterson ’15; Ben Pettee ’15; Sarah Romans ’15; Jonathan Sogin ’14; Emun Solomon ’14; Sheila Sullivan ’15; Sam Suzuki ’15; Andrew Thao ’14; Allison Wang ’12; Jessica Wen ’14; and Eli Zelle ’15.
Pioneer Press honors four Spartan “Athletes of the Week” Four SPA athletes were selected as the Pioneer Press “Athlete of the Week” in 2011-12. David Ristau ’13 was named in the fall for his performance on the football field against Breck; fencer Marie Siliciano ’13 was named twice for her performance on the Women’s Epee squad; Matt Fiedler ’13 was selected for his outstanding pitching and batting on the baseball team; and Drew O’Hern ’17 was selected for his winning play on the varsity golf team.
David Ristau ’13
Marie Siliciano ’13
Matt Fiedler ’13
Drew O’Hern ’17
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