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Girls 'hockey co-head coach Jeff Boshka, left, with Coach’s Award winners Emma Ciquera and Bridget Horst and co-head coach Sean Farrell.

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Wrestling coach Wes Jenkins, left,  with Coach’s Award winners Dan Ntamwemezi and Ben Holden and assistant coach Brandon Thuotte.


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ECC Sportsmanship award winners , left to right: Eric Preston, Stella Douglas, Jane Pan, Dan Ntamwemezi, and Sarah Tuttle. Courtesy photo.


Academy
athletes
honored
The annual Woodstock Academy Winter Sports Award Night was March 22 in the Bates Auditorium on North Campus.
The Academy honored its student-athletes who made this long winter certainly more enjoyable.
There were plenty of highlights to talk about.
The gymnastics team won its eighth consecutive state championship, taking the Class S title home from Pomperaug High School in Southbury. That qualified the team for the State Open championship where the Centaurs finished second. It earned them a trip to New Hampshire where they finished sixth in the New England championship. The girls also won their ninth straight Eastern Connecticut Conference title.
The Gold prep basketball team, in its inaugural season, made it to the National Prep Championship semifinals.
The Centaurs girls’ basketball team made a great run to the Class L quarterfinals for a second consecutive year. It also captured the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II crown.
The boys’ basketball team, after a 2-8 start, rallied in the second half of the season and played in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II championship game.
Coaches honored individual athletes with the Coach’s award. The award is given to a player(s) who demonstrate a hardworking, unselfish, positive and competitive attitude and a player who, in the judgement of the coach, is a model participant for others to follow.
The Coach’s Awards went to:
Boys’ Basketball varsity – Luke Mathewson and Aidan Morin
Boys’ Basketball JV – Nicholas Bedard
Boys’ Basketball JV-B – Eric Cui
Boys’ Basketball freshman – Daimler Aleksjuks
Girls’ Basketball varsity – Heather Converse and Jamie Woods
Girls’ Basketball JV – Emma Anderson
Girls’ Basketball Freshman – Kaitlin Birlin
Cheerleading – Lillian Hagerman and Alina Michalski
Gymnastics – Abigail Vaida and Elise Boisvert
Boys’ Hockey varsity – Matthew Odom and Liam McDermott
Boys’ Hockey JV – Joshua Lavitt
Girls’ Hockey varsity – Emma Ciquera and Bridget Horst
Girls’ Hockey JV – Ashleigh Angle
Boys’ Indoor track – Mark Dumas
Girls’ Indoor track – Chelsea Wise
Girls’ Indoor Track JV – Shannon D’Alessandro
Unified Basketball – Mya Deshaw and Ian Sohan
Wrestling – Dan Ntamwemezi and Ben Holden
The Eastern Connecticut Conference scholar-athletes and sportsmanship award winners:
Boys’ Basketball sportsmanship award – Eric Preston
Girls’ Basketball sportsmanship award – Kalianna Dingui
Gymnastics sportsmanship award – Stella Douglas
Boys’ Indoor track sportsmanship award – Dylan Ponkala
Girls’ Indoor track sportsmanship award – Jane Pan
Wrestling sportsmanship award – Dan Ntamwemezi
Cheerleading sportsmanship award – Sarah Tuttle
Boys’ Basketball scholar-athlete award – Nathan John
Girls’ basketball scholar-athlete award – Ciri Miller
Gymnastics scholar-athlete award – Madelyn Grube
Girls’ Indoor track scholar-athlete award – Chelsea Wise
Wrestling scholar-athlete award – Ben Holden
Cheerleading scholar-athlete awards – Kristina Rice and Madeline Tassoni
The winter sports team with the highest grade point average was gymnastics at 3.67 with girls’ basketball in second with a 3.36, just ahead of the Unified basketball team which came in with a 3.31. The best–dressed team award for the night went to the girls’ basketball squad.
All-State and All-League honorees:
First team All-State in girls’ gymnastics – Elise Boisvert, Ali Crescimanno, Jenna Davidson, Grace Gronski, Madelyn Grube and Abigail Vaida
Power 5 Conference Co-Player of the Year – Tre Mitchell
Power 5 Conference AAA tournament Most Valuable Player – Ty Perry
Power 5 Conference AA tournament Most Valuable Player – Gedi Juozapaitis
All-Eastern Connecticut Conference boys’ basketball First Team Division II – Chase Anderson
All-Eastern Connecticut Conference girls’ basketball First Team Division II – Heather Converse and Jamie Woods
All-Eastern Conference in gymnastics – Ali Crescimanno, Jenna Davidson, Madelyn Grube and Abigail Vaida
All-Eastern Connecticut Conference in cheerleading – Gabriella Bessette and Carla Simal
All-Power 5 Conference AAA – Tre Mitchell, Jakigh Dottin, Jeameril Wilson, Luis Rodriguez, Joe Kasperzyk
All-Power 5 Conference AA – Gedi Juozapaitis, Alex Ilic, Danny Dade, E.J. Dambreville
All-Nutmeg Conference in hockey – Matthew Odom
Connecticut Hockey Hobie Baker Character Award – Pat Delaney
All-Tournament Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II – Aaron Johnson and Cole Hackett
All-Eastern Connecticut Conference Honorable Mention Division II – Cole Hackett
All-Eastern Connecticut Conference Honorable Mention in wrestling – Dan Ntamwemezi
Marc Allard
Sports Information Director

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