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Field hockey and lacrosse coach Francesca DenHartog and swim coach Dan Moran were both inducted into halls of fame this year, Francesca into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Dan into the Monson High School Hall of Fame; read more about them on page 16.
STUDENT ATHLETES
FALL AWARDS MOST VALUABLE AWARDS Christopher Glabicky and Marissa Small-Towns – Cross Country, Richelle Davis – Field Hockey, Kyle Sweeting – Football, Brittany Barry, Rachael Kantor, and Jeremy Gilfor – Soccer, Jeannette Viens – Volleyball, Ben Marcus and Kaylee Walton – Water Polo. In an unusual turn of events, Enosch Wolf, a member of the graduating class, matriculated at the University of Connecticut in December. The 7-foot, 1-inch Wolf was a member of the Husky Basketball Team that won the NCAA National Championship in March. He has described the experience saying, “I’m living the dream right now. It’s like a movie. It’s so crazy.”
Enosch Wolf Steve Slade Photo
COACHES & TWELFTH PLAYER AWARDS Megan Pehoviak and Branden Piquette – Cross Country, Brooke Mele – Field Hockey, Derrick Barnagian – Football, Nicholas Manning, Brendan Simons, and Jacqueline Smith – Soccer, Li-Yi Hsieh – Volleyball, Eric Diogun and Nicholas Sarno – Water Polo. CLASS B ALL-NEW ENGLAND PREP SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM, ALLCOLONIAL 1ST TEAM: KYLE SWEETING In eight games this season, Kyle completed 81 passes
in 169 attempts (48%) for 1135 yards. He averaged 141.9 yards per game, with his longest pass of the season carrying 92 yards in the opening drive of the first game of the season at Canterbury. He threw for 20 touchdowns with only 12 interceptions for a 129.2 quarterback rating. Kyle was the third leading rusher on the Titans Kyle Sweeting squad with 218 yards and three touchdowns. In a limited defensive role, Kyle had a team-high two interceptions. He led the team in total offense with a total of 1353 yards for the season. WINTER AWARDS MOST VALUABLE AWARDS Carly Cronin and Andrej Pajovic – Basketball, Tashfiq Mannan – Riflery, Elizabeth Hodson – Ski Team, Mia Konstantakos and Kevin Lambert– Swim Team, Christopher Glabicky and Marissa McDermott– Winter Track, Keoni Colson – Wrestling. COACHES AWARDS Riley Marini and Scott Watson – Basketball, German Ortega – Riflery, Timothy O’Reilly – Ski Team, HsiuCheng Ho and Eva Landers – Swim Team, Brendan Simons and Dongping Guo – Winter Track, Joseph Thibault – Wrestling. MCDONALD’S MCSCHOLAR ATHLETES Seniors Jeannette Viens & Jeremy Gilfor were honored at the 15th Annual McScholar Athlete Award Reception at the Basketball Hall of Fame on May 12. Both students are Bicentennial Scholars whose academic records are outstanding. In the past four years they have earned Highest Honors a combined seventeen times. In their four years in the upper school at the Academy, they have taken a total of 32 Honors and Advanced Placement courses. Both were selected for induction into the Cum Laude Society this year. Next year, Jeannette will attend Scotland’s oldest university, St. Andrews, and Jeremy will be at Stanford University. In the athletic arena, Jeremy has played soccer for four years; this year he was captain and Most Valuable Player. He also has played rugby for two years and is the team captain this year. Jeannette’ sport is volleyball. She has played on the varsity team throughout her high school career, and is a two-time league All Star. This year she was team captain and Most Valuable Player. Congratulations to these two talented scholarathletes.
WMA 4 · SPRING 2011 · THE ACADEMY WORLD