Winter Sports Awards Night held at Loos Center
The winter athletic season officially came to a close at Woodstock Academy on Thursday with the Winter Sports Awards Night at the Loos Center for the Arts.
Student-athletes who received All-State, Eastern Connecticut Conference and other awards were recognized and the winter program’s coaches also handed out their awards.
The All-State and All-Star award recipients included:
- Class M All-State in boys indoor track – Christian Menounos
- Class M All-State and ECC Division I All-Star in girls indoor track – Emma Weitknecht
- Class M All-State and ECC Division I All-Star in girls indoor track – Juliet Allard
- Class M All-State and ECC Division I All-Star in girls indoor track – Talia Tremblay
- Class M All-State and ECC Division I All-Star in girls indoor track – Julia Coyle
- Division II boys hockey 1st team All-State – Noah Sampson
- Division II boys hockey 1st team All-State – Maxx Corradi
- Class S gymnastics 2nd team All-State- Livia Gerum
- ECC Division I All-Star in girls indoor track – Jillian Edwards
- ECC Division I All-Star in girls basketball- Isabel D’Alleva-Bochain
- ECC Division II All-Star in boys basketball- Brady Ericson
- ECC Honorable Mention in Division I girls basketball: Eva Monahan
- ECC Honorable Mention Division II boys basketball- Hunter Larson
- ECC Honorable Mention in Division I wrestling: Lucas Theriaque
- ECC Honorable Mention in Division I girls indoor track: Avery Schaefer
- ECC Honorable Mention in Division I girls indoor track: Kira Greene
- ECC Honorable Mention in Division I girls indoor track: Olivia Tracy
- ECC Honorable Mention in Division I girls indoor track: Avery Plouffe
Woodstock Academy senior Jared Nielsen was also recognized as he received the school’s Hobey Baker Character Award in boys hockey this season.
Those who received Eastern Connecticut Conference Scholar-Athlete Awards included:
- Wrestling- Owen Hamilton
- Boys Indoor Track – Charlie Caggiano
- Girls indoor track – Olivia Tracy
- Girls basketball - Isabel D’Alleva-Bochain
- Boys basketball – Hunter Larson
- Gymnastics – Emma Long
Those who received ECC Sportsmanship Awards included:
- Gymnastics – Livia Gerum
- Girls basketball – Reegan Reynolds
- Boys basketball – Eric Mathewson
- Girls Indoor Track – Kira Greene
- Boys Indoor Track – Chandler Folkerts
- Wrestling – Lucas Theriaque
The coaches also handed out their individual program awards. A coach’s award is given to an athlete who demonstrated a hardworking, unselfish, positive, and competitive attitude and one who, in the eyes of their coach, is a “model” participant for others to follow. Those received coaches’ awards included:
Boys Hockey
Varsity- Brady Hebert, Alex Gessner
JV- Vaughn Buzak
Girls Hockey
Varsity – Avery Nielsen, Ellary Sampson
Wrestling
Varsity – Ayden Angel-Ouimette, Lucas Theriaque
JV- Gunnar Basak
Girls Basketball
Varsity – Kerry Blais, Reegan Reynolds
JV-Keegan Reynolds
Freshmen- Reegan Scheck
Boys Basketball
Varsity-Teddy, Richardson, Brady Ericson
JV- Lucas Quercia
Freshmen – Nate Jezierski
Unified Basketball
Athlete- Zachary Thibeault
Partner- Jack Sumner
Boys Indoor Track
Varsity – Christian Menounos, Charlie Caggiano
JV- David Sumner
Girls Indoor Track
Varsity – Juliet Allard, Julia Coyle
JV- Lillian Morgis
Spirit Squad
Varsity – Kiki Xu, Caylee Morrison
Skiing
Varsity – Emma Brody, Filip Nemcek
Gymnastics
Varsity – Emma Long, Olivia Aleman
The girls basketball team earned the team grade point average award for having the best combined academic performance of all the winter teams while the boys basketball team was named the Best Dressed team in attendance at Winter Sports Awards Night.