Two named Senior Athletes of the Year
WOODSTOCK — It was something both Brady Ericson and Juliet Allard had their eye on since they came to Woodstock Academy four years ago.
Both saw the Wall of Honor in the Hyde Building, highlighting the Senior Athletes of the Year and both wanted set a goal to be a part of it before they left campus as graduates.
“I came in my freshman year and saw all the names on the wall dating back to, I think, 1962. Sports have been my life and it has been my goal ever since I saw it to get that award,” Ericson said.
His dream came true Thursday. So did Allard’s.
“This is absolutely incredible. Just like Brady said, I’ve been looking at that since freshman year as well, seeing that wall of names and I wanted to be on there,” she said.
Both will be now as they were named the 2025 Woodstock Academy Senior Athletes of the Year in the highlight of Senior Athletic Awards on Thursday.
Ericson was known as a baseball player and with good reason. He excelled both on the mound and at the plate for the Centaurs baseball team.
He finished with a 22-2 career pitching record, both losses coming in his freshman year, and had over 300 career strikeouts. He led the team to the Class L state championship a year ago and helped guide them to a second consecutive ECC tournament championship this season.
This spring, he finished with a 6-0 record and 117 strikeouts to go with a 0.35 earned run average.
“The highlight, to be expected, was winning the state championship a year ago,” Ericson said. “It was one of the greatest seasons we ever had. Everybody on the team really bought in. Coming back this year even felt like, even though we didn’t have as much talent, we had more grit, more work ethic and I couldn’t have been more proud of the guys.”
Ericson also played basketball for the Centaurs and averaged 15.2 points per game over the last two seasons, finishing with 952 career points and 531 career rebounds.
Ericson will continue his academic and athletic career at UConn.
Allard was also a multi-sport athlete. Although probably best known as a track athlete, she did diversify in the fall and played soccer where she scored 14 goals and had eight assists over her four years despite missing much of her senior year due to injury.
Allard also owns 12 school records in both indoor and outdoor track and helped lead the team to an ECC regular season title last season and an ECC championship meet victory this year.
“Going All-State with the 4x400-meter relay team last year was absolutely incredible,” Allard said when asked what she will remember most. “It came out of nowhere. We weren’t expecting to run the 4x400 like that so it was an absolutely incredible team effort.”
Like Ericson, Allard will be competing at the Div. I level in track for Quinnipiac University beginning this fall.
Other notable awards included baseball coach Connor Elliott being named the 2025 Coach of the Year.
The Centaur Awards went to volleyball standout Sophie Gronski and boys’ cross-country and track standout performer, Christian Menounos.
The complete list of award winners at the 2025 Senior Athletic Awards at Woodstock Academy included: 2025 Senior Athletes of the Year: Brady Ericson, Juliet Allard; 2025 Centaur Awards: Sophie Gronski, Christian Menounos; Comeback Athlete of the Year: Olivia Aleman; Connecticut High School Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete Awards: Christian Menounos, Kira Greene; Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes: Colton Sallum, Abby Converse; Prep Athletic Scholar – Athlete: Alvaro Medrano-Lopez Jr.; Unified Sports Awards: Phoebe Griffin, Devlin Mansolf; Bertrand Golf Award: Bella Mawson, Luke Thompson; Dale Smith Memorial Scholarship: Bella Mawson; Clifford Spelman Tennis Sportsmanship Award: Tyler Chamberlin; Alfred C. Warren Soccer Sportsmanship Awards: Eli Susi, Freya Robbie; Hobey Baker Memorial Hockey Award: Tim Mozzi; National Federation of States High School Associations Award of Excellence: Abby Converse, Matt Hernandez; Hannah Green Memorial Award: Livia Gerum; Marvin M.Sherman Award: Colton Sallum; Woodstock Academy athletic department Awards: Cam Nason, Macy Rawson, Kyle Grist, Sophia Sarkis, Devlin Mansolf, Madison Bloom; Chris Sandford Prep Athletics Award of Excellence: Filippo Di Giorgi, Kevin Thomson, Enoch Joseph; Evelyn and Arthur Weimann Award: Sam Clark, M.J. Castenada; John Suleski Jr Memorial Golf Awards: Most Improved senior golfer: Brady O’Brien; Most Valuable senior golfer: Logan Rawson; Centaur Nation Person of the Year: Deb Campbell; 2025 Coach of the Year: Connor Elliott; 2025 Assistant Coach of the Year: Collin Singleton
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
Senior Athletes of the Year
Woodstock Academy seniors Brady Ericson, left, and Juliet Allard display their Senior Athletes of the Year awards following the Senior Athletic Awards ceremony. Photo by Gavin Grant/Woodstock Academy.
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