Wilbraham & Monson Academy honors athletes |
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Coaches & Twelfth Player award winners are (left to right) Laura Dederichs, volleyball; Sara Vincunas and Jacqueline Smith, soccer; Brooke Mele, field hockey; David Lawrence, soccer; Caitlin Charette, water polo; Adam Ginsberg, cross country; Kanta Sugai, soccer; Peter Pascarelli, football. Absent from photo: Qiulin Li, cross country.
WILBRAHAM Fall varsity athletic awards were presented at Wilbraham & Monson Academy on Nov. 16 at the end-of-season Athletic Banquet. Coaches and team members recognized outstanding achievement, perseverance and leadership on the field.
Those students receiving Coaches Awards were Laura Dederichs of Cologne, Germany, for volleyball; Brooke Mele of Wilbraham for field hockey; Caitlin Charette for water polo; Qiulin Li of Shanghai, China, and Adam Ginsberg of Arlington, Va., for cross country; Sara Vincunas of Granville for girls' soccer; David Lawrence of Wilbraham for boys' soccer; and Peter Pascarelli of Astoria, N.Y., for football, an award designated as the Doug Foley Award. In addition to Coaches Awards, boys' and girls' soccer teams each present a 12th Player Award given to that player who sparks the team to greater efforts. This year that honor went to Kanta Sugai of Tokyo, Japan, and, for the second consecutive year, to Jacqueline Smith of West Springfield.
Most Valuable Players included Trevor Treibt of Brookfield, Conn., for football; Emma Camilleri of Wilbraham for field hockey; Casey Marini of Hampden and Trevor Moran of Monson for boys' soccer; for a second year, Meghan Cole of Belchertown for girls' soccer; Christpher Glabicky of Palmer and Aislinn Calabrese of West Springfield for cross country; Haleigh Murphy of Point Richmond, Calif., for volleyball; Carey Shetterley of Rochester, Mich., and Steven Marcus of West Springfield for water polo.
Postseason Play & Honors
Soccer: With a season record of 7-3-5, the Girls' Varsity Soccer Titans entered postseason tournament play as the number seven seed in the Class B division of the New England Prep School Soccer Association tournament. The quarterfinal game, played at Worcester Academy versus the Worcester Hilltoppers, defending New England champions, on Nov. 18, ended the Titans season in the second overtime by a score of 3-1.
The Women's Western New England Prep School Soccer Association (WWNEPSSA) selected two Titans from the Girls' Varsity team as All League: Aimee Adamski of Ludlow and Meghan Cole of Belchertown. Receiving All League Honorable Mention honors were Brittany Barry of Springfield, Rachael Kantor of Westfield and Sara Vincunas of Granville. Barry and Cole were also named to the All State team, with goalkeeper Aimee Adamski of Ludlow receiving honorable mention.
The Boys' Varsity Soccer team finished the season with a record of 10-0-4. The team entered postseason play as the #2 seed, and faced a strong #7 seed Brooks School in the quarterfinal game. The six seniors on the team who had played on the New England Champion team as freshmen four years ago were determined to complete their Titan careers with bookend championships. But Brooks put an end to those dreams with seven penalty kicks to the Titans' six after two overtime periods. Connor Devivo, Marco Ilao and Casey Marini were select to play in the Western New England Prep School Soccer Aassocation All Star game. It was the second trip for Ilao. David Lawrence of Wilbraham and Trevor Moran of Monson represented the Academy in the Senior Bowl.
Field Hockey: Emma Camilleri of West Hampton and Stephanie Robbins of Wilbraham were named to the WNEPSFHA All Star team for the second consecutive year.
Volleyball: Haleigh Murphy and Jeannette Viens played in the New England Prep School Fall Girls Volleyball Association All Star game.
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