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Seniors Jacob Jurnovoy, center, and Isabella Sorrentino, right, received the Centaur Awards, given to athletes who display academic achievement, athletic participation, leadership, citizenship, and sportsmanship. The awards were presented by Woodstock Academy assistant boys’ hockey coach Bob Donahue. Photos by Collin Hamilton/Woodstock Academy.
Senior Comeback Player of the Year was Braiden Saucier, right, Tyler McCarthy, who received the Athletic Trainer’s President’s Award, presented the Comeback Award to Saucier.
Senior Athletes of the Year, Magdalena Myslenski, left, and Jared Eaton, right, share the stage with Athletic Director Sean Saucier.
Senior Leila MacKinnon, left, was presented the Hannah Green Memorial Award. Presented by Woodstock Academy volleyball coach Adam Bottone.
The Woodstock Academy Senior Athletic Awards Night was held recently at the Loos Center for the Arts.
The annual year-ending event honored those seniors who excelled not only in their final season at the school but in the three years that preceded it.
The highlight of the evening came when the 2023 Senior Athletes of the Year were announced with Jared Eaton and Magdalena Myslenski receiving those awards.
“It’s unbelievable,” Eaton said as he was holding the gold cup that signifies the Athlete of the Year. “Since indoor (track), I’ve been waiting for this award. I really tried to work to earn it. I’ve put in so much work and this is amazing.”
Eaton played football for four years but was probably better known for his track and field exploits.
He owns the Woodstock shotput record with a throw of 53-feet, 9-inches. He finished 14th in the event in New England during the indoor track season and also competed in the Emerging Elite at the Nike Indoor Nationals in New York City where he placed fifth.
Eaton was the ECC champion in both the shotput and discus and was also second in the Class MM state championship meet which qualified him for the New England outdoor championships. He has also qualified for Nationals in the shotput before he heads off to college.
“I’m headed to (Southern Connecticut State University) to pursue track and field and I’m excited to be able to do that and keep going,” Eaton said.
Myslenski was also on the field for the Centaurs in the fall season as she was a member of the soccer team before heading to the track for the winter and spring seasons.
She competed in the Nationals is discus a year ago in Seattle and more recently, was the ECC Div. I and II champion in the javelin. She was second in the discus in that competition and was fifth in the pole vault.
She has qualified for Nationals in both the discus and javelin.
“I feel like Jared and I could not be more deserving of this because we have worked so hard over the course of the past four years in track,” Myslenski said.
She will be headed to Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.
“I’m not committed to the track and field team but I may try to walk on. We will see where that goes,” Myslenski said.
Other award winners included: Unified Sports Awards: Athletes - Isabel Sumner, Mitchell Child. Partner-Gabrielle Couture; Bertrand Golf Awards: Shannon Cunniff, Roodney Yee; Spelman Tennis Award: Cormac Nielsen; Warren Soccer Awards: Grace Gelhaus, Noah Page; NFHS Awards of Excellence: Madison Martinez, Davis Simpson; Hannah Green Memorial Award: Leila MacKinnon; Sherman Sportsmanship Award: Joshua Hernandez; Weinmann Award: Carter Morissette; Suleski Memorial Golf Awards: Most Improved Senior Golfer-Landen Kuchy; Most Valuable Senior Golfer-Davis Simpson; Woodstock Academy Athletic Department Awards: Elizabeth Morgis, Owen Tracy, Lennon Favreau, Marcus McGregor; Centaur Awards: Jacob Jurnovoy, Isabella Sorrentino; CHSCA Scholar-Athlete Awards: Brian Jameson, Lauren Brule; CIAC Scholar-Athlete Awards: Braiden Saucier, Lennon Favreau; Comeback Player of the Year Award: Braiden Saucier; Centaur Nation Media Award: Aidan Soderman; Centaur Nation Person of the Year Award: Bradley O’Connor; Athletic Trainer’s President’s Award: Tyler McCarthy; Assistant Coach of the Year Award: Dave St. Jean; Coach of the Year Award: Josh Welch.
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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