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Comeback
Comeback Player of the Year, Jacob Hernandez, right, who recovered from two torn labrums to play three sports this year, is presented his award by Woodstock Academy baseball coach Brian Murphy.
Coach of the Year
Coach of the Year, softball coach Jason Gerum, left, was presented his award by associate dean of students and long-time assistant coach Brad Favreau.
Senior Athlete – Boy
Senior Athlete of the Year, Guerin Favreau, was presented his award by Athletic Director Sean Saucier.
Senior Athlete – Girl
Senior Athlete of the Year, Eliza Dutson, was presented her award by Athletic Director Sean Saucier. Photos by Kelly Trivella.
The Woodstock Academy celebrated the 2020-21 athletic season with its annual Senior Athletic Awards Night. The highlight of the night was the announcement of the Outstanding Senior Athletes of the Year.
Guerin Favreau received the boys’ award as he was a standout on both the ice in hockey and on the turf in boys’ lacrosse. Favreau finished with 218 career points after scoring 71 goals and assisting on 35 others in his senior season. Favreau’s ice hockey career was cut a bit short as the Centaurs played only a handful of games this season. He finished with 33 goals and seven assists as a junior on the ice.
Field hockey standout Eliza Dutson was named the girls’ Outstanding Senior Athlete of the Year. Dutson was just the third player in the history of the girls’ field hockey program to achieve first team All-State status which she accomplished in the fall. She was also named to the Academic All-State team. Dutson was a charter member of the girls’ ice hockey program at the Academy and was the team’s leading scorer in her junior season when she finished with six goals and four assists. Dutson was also a member of the girls’ lacrosse team this past spring.
Other award winners included: Comeback Player of the Year Award: Jacob Hernandez; CIAC Scholar Athlete Awards: Megan Preston, Brynn Kusnarowis, Gabe Geyer, Ethan Aspiras; Woodstock Academy Coach of the Year Award: Jason Gerum, softball; Woodstock Academy Assistant Coach of the Year Award: Chris LaPointe, football and baseball; Centaur Award: Jacob Hernandez and Marissa Mayhew; Athletic Director’s Award: Zach Brody and Lucy McDermott; Evelyn and Arthur Weinmann Award: Megan Preston; Hannah Green Memorial Award: Ciara MacKinnon; NFHS Award of Excellence: Olivia Ott and Adam Schimmelpfennig; Warren Soccer Awards: Brynn Kusnarowis and Gabe Geyer; Spellman Tennis Award: Stefan Chervenkov; Bertand Golf Awards: Maria Santucci and Don Sousa; John Suleski Jr. Memorial Golf Awards: Alex Vaida and Kaily LaChapelle; Centaur Nation Person of the Year Award: Denzel Washington; Centaur Nation Media Award: Greg Smith
Athletes were also honored for the number of years they participated in sports at the Academy. Those who participated in 12 athletic seasons at Woodstock Academy were:
Sydney Couture (Girls’ Soccer/Girls’ Basketball/Unified Sports/Girls’ Indoor and Outdoor Track); Eliza Dutson (Field Hockey/ Girls’ Ice Hockey/Girls’ Lacrosse/Girls’ Outdoor Track); Kileigh Gagnon (Volleyball/Girls’ Ice Hockey/Girls’ Lacrosse); Maria Santucci (Field Hockey/ Girls’ Soccer/ Girls’ Ice Hockey/Girls’ Golf) Peyton Saracina (Girls’ Soccer/ Girls’ Basketball/Girls’ Lacrosse); Gabe Geyer (Boys’ Soccer/ Boys’ Ice Hockey/ Boys’ Lacrosse); Jacob Hernandez (Football/ Boys’ soccer/Boys’ Basketball/ Baseball); Eric Phongsa (Boys’ Soccer/ Boys’ Indoor and Outdoor Track).
Those who participated in eight athletic seasons included:
Iris Bazinet (Girls’ Cross-Country/Indoor and outdoor track); Rachel Canedy (Field Hockey/Girls’ Lacrosse); Kaily LaChapelle (Field hockey, ice hockey and golf); Ciara MacKinnon (Girls’ soccer/Ice Hockey/Golf); Marissa Mayhew (Volleyball/softball); Alina Michalski (Field Hockey/cheerleading/girls’ outdoor track); Megan Preston (Field Hockey / Softball); Gillian Price (Field Hockey/ Indoor and Outdoor girls’ track); Elizabeth Silbermann (Field Hockey/Ice Hockey/Golf); Madeline Silbermann (Field hockey / Ice Hockey/ Golf); Alexandra Vaida (Field Hockey / Golf); Ethan Aspiras (Boys’ Cross Country / Indoor and Outdoor Track); Trey Ayotte (Football/ Boys’ Indoor Track/Baseball); Tim Billings (Football/ Baseball); Liam Blanchflower (Boys’ Soccer/Boys’ Basketball/Boys’ Outdoor Track) Jackson Dias (Boys’ cross-country/Boys’ Indoor and Outdoor Track); Guerin Favreau (Boys’ Hockey/ Boys’ Lacrosse); Richard Hickson (Boys’ Soccer / Boys’ Basketball); Andrew Johnson (Boys’ soccer / Boys’ basketball); Marco Maluf (Boys’ Soccer/ Boys’ Lacrosse); Brandon Richards (Boys’ Soccer/ Boys’ Lacrosse); Jeremy Romano (Football/Boys’ Track); Adam Schimmelpfennig (Football/Wrestling/Boys’ Indoor and Outdoor track); Logan Talbot (Boys’ Soccer/ Boys’ basketball/ Boys’ Outdoor Track); Alex Wojciechowski (Boys’ Hockey/ Boys’ Lacrosse).
Those who participated in four athletic seasons were: Alexia Adams (Field Hockey); Emma Auker (Girls’ Lacrosse); Sierra Bedard (Volleyball); Tabitha Bezanson (Volleyball); Kaitlin Birlin (Girls’ Basketball); Amanda Bond (Softball); Sarah Delaney (Field Hockey); Stella DiPippo (Girls’ cross-country); Gabriella Garbut (volleyball); Brynn Kusnarowis- girls’ soccer; Amelia Large (Volleyball); Mackenzie Leveille (softball); Avery MacNeil (Field Hockey); Sophia Mawson (Girls’ soccer); Lucy McDermott (Girls’ soccer); Olivia Ott (Field Hockey); Alexa Pechie (Girls’ Basketball); Emily Skellett (Unified Sports); Mallory Tyimok (Girls’ Track); Caroline Wilcox (girls’ soccer); Pipe Ajayi (Boys’ Basketball); Kyle Alcy (Boys’ Basketball); Daimler Aleksjuks (Boys’ Basketball); Nick Apley (Boys’ Lacrosse); Ethan Bove (Boys’ Lacrosse); C.J. Burrows (Football); Eshete Calvo (Boys’ Basketball); Riley Chapuis (Boys’ Lacrosse); Stefan Chervenkov (Boys’ Tennis); Nick Chubbuck (Boys’ Ice Hockey); Huck Gelhaus (Boys’ soccer); Nathan Majewski (Boys’ soccer); Matt Marshall (Boys’ soccer); Isah Muhammade (Boys’ Basketball); Eddie Niejadlik (Baseball); John Peabody (Boys’ cross-country); James Phongsa (Boys’ soccer); Connor Quinn (Boys’ Tennis); Elijah Saine (Boys’ Lacrosse); Gavin Savoie (Football); Colin Smith (Boys’ soccer); Dmitri Zinchenko (Boys’ basketball).
Marc Allard
Director of Sports Information
The Woodstock Academy
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