Senior Athletic Awards:
In a ceremony with attendance limited to award recipients and their coaches (due to COVID-19 protocols), Director of Athletics Lisa Joel presented the 2021 Senior Athletic Awards* and addressed the seniors, "While only some of our senior athletes had an opportunity to wear their Andover jersey in competition this year, I am certain that the numerous positive ways in which our senior student-athletes conducted themselves across all three seasons have left a lasting legacy on their younger teammates."
This year's senior athletic awards and their recipients (pictured above, left to right: Matt Sapienza, Marcus Lee, Mia Levy, Abigail Ryan, and Zack Peng):
Abbot Athletic Award - Awarded annually to an athlete who has excelled in varsity sports and whose loyalty and good sportsmanship exemplify the highest ideals of Andover athletics.
Recipient: Mia Levy (Des Moines, IA).
Schubert Key - Awarded annually to a member of the Senior Class who has excelled in varsity athletics and who has exemplified the qualities of sound character, cheerfulness, and good sportsmanship on the athletic field.
Recipient: Zack Peng (Oakton, VA).
Raymond T. Tippett Memorial Award - Presented annually to a senior member of the varsity football or baseball team whose loyalty, courage, and modesty exemplify the character of Ray Tippett and the best traditions of Andover athletics. Established in 1962 by members of the class of 1945 for a prize in memory of their classmate, Raymond T. Tippett.
Recipient: Matt Sapienza (North Andover, MA).
Phelps Award - In honor of those student-athletes whose sportsmanship, loyalty, humility, and commitment to the success of others is representative of Richard J. Phelps and Phillips Academy athletics.
Recipients: Abigail Ryan (Rumson, NJ) & Marcus Lee (Irvine, CA).
The Yale Bowl, awarded to a member of the graduating class who has attained the highest proficiency in scholarship and athletics, was announced on June 6th, during commencement.
Recipient: Lillie Cooper (Cambridge, MA).
*The Press Club and Harold J. Sheridan Awards were not presented this year.
Yale Bowl recipient, Lillie Cooper
External Awards:
While interscholastic competition was canceled in the fall and winter due to the pandemic, enough spring contests were held for some external awards to still be announced.
In girls' lacrosse, Kennedy Everson '21 (Montclair, NJ) and Isabela Miller '21 (North Andover, MA) were named, "All-NEPSAC", and Tory Rider '22 (Essex, CT) earned, "All-NEPSAC honorable mention".
Jayme Wilde '21 (Upton, MA), Liam Hall '21 (Englewood, CO), Troy Pollock '21 (Reading, MA), and Will Rickards '21 (Andover, MA) were all, "Eastern New England All-Region" boys' lacrosse selections.
The following Big Blue baseball players earned, "All-New England Prep" honors from the New England Baseball Journal: First Team - Matt Sapienza '21 (North Andover, MA), L.J. Keevan '21 (Holden, MA). Second Team - Jack Penney '21 (Wakefield, MA), Jonathan Santucci '21 (Leominster, MA). Honorable Mention - Jacob Lapp '21 (Andover, MA), Tommy McAndrews '22 (Haverhill, MA), Thomas White '23 (Rowley, MA).
Jack Penney and Chelsea Cho
The aforementioned Jack Penney '21 (Wakefield, MA) and Lillie Cooper '21 (Cambridge, MA) were Phillips Academy's nominees for this year's Boston Globe Foundation/Richard J. Phelps Scholar-Athlete scholarship award. There are 18 total scholarships spanning several MIAA districts, the city of Boston, but only one male and one female are chosen from NEPSAC schools in Eastern Massachusetts. The scholarships are awarded "based on excellence in academics, athletics, and extracurricular activities". The Boston Globe announces the winners in late June. Alex Fleury '20 won the award in 2020.
Chelsea Cho '21 (Andover, MA) was nominated for this year's Eagle-Tribune's Student-Athlete award (read Chelsea's interview with the paper here). The award recognizes outstanding achievement in competition and in the classroom by those senior athletes in the paper's distribution area. Alex Fleury '20 also won this award last year.
Kiera Suh and Kam Saalfrank
Spring Team Awards:
Track & Field: Zach Moynihan '21 (Methuen, MA) and Kiera Suh '22 (Andover, MA) received the Sorota Award. Suh also set the school and Andover-Exeter record in the Girls' Triple Jump (38-08.75).
Softball: The Wennick Award was given to Evalyn Lee '23 (Vernon Hills, IL).
Golf: Griffin Hout '21 (Andover, MA) won the Kazikas Award.
Ultimate: The Spirit of the Game award went to Kam Saalfrank '21 (North Andover, MA).
Girls' Tennis: The Banta Tennis Trophy was awarded to Ananya Madduri '23 (Hong Kong, CN)
Boys' Tennis: Aidan Burt '21 (Andover, MA) won the Banta Tennis Trophy.
Boys' Lacrosse: The Hulburd Lacrosse Trophy was awarded to Troy Pollock '21 (Reading, MA) and Will Rickards '21 (Andover, MA) won the Kalkstein Lacrosse Award.