THOMPSON — After the retirement of Ken Ebbitt, Dan Atwood has taken the reins as chairman of the Trinity Foundation.
Atwood, of Woodstock, first joined the board in 2004. Atwood has served as a member of the Executive Committee and was also appointed the chairman of the Search Committee for the New Head of School in 2010.
Originally from West Roxbury, Mass., Atwood attended the Roxbury Latin School and Middlebury College, where he studied American Literature. Atwood, who is now retired, worked for 27 years at United Natural Foods, a natural foods distribution company. While there, Atwood held a variety of responsibilities, including chief marketing officer. From the time he started to the time he retired, he saw United Natural Foods grow from $2.5 million in annual sales to $3.8 billion.
Atwood is the parent of two Marianapolis graduates. Atwood describes himself as a family man and has been married to his wife Mary for 32 years. Together, they have seven children and three grandchildren. In addition to being a board member, Atwood spends much of his time volunteering to help the community. In the early 1990s, Atwood was the chairman of the Woodstock Board of Education. Currently, he serves as the chairman of the Woodstock Water Pollution Control Authority and as a member of the Woodstock Historic District Commission.

Academy
roundup
WOODSTOCK — The roundup of Woodstock Academy sports includes:
Feb. 15
Indoor track:
At states in indoor track on Friday night we had a great showing in New Haven when two of our athletes both came in 5th in the state in Class L. Sarah Swenson and Molly Gibeault both placed 5th at the State Class L Meet on Friday evening which qualified them for the State Open Meet on Tuesday at Hillhouse High School in New Haven.  Molly Giabault qualified in the pole vault jumping 9 feet and Sarah Swenson qualified in the 300 meter race. Congratulations to both Molly Gibeault and Sarah Swenson for their outstanding achievement in indoor track
Wrestling:
At the Class M State Championships Graysen DeLuca came in 3rd place in the 126 pound weight class. Out of 32 wrestlers who were represented in his weight class, Graysen managed to wrestle back to third place after losing his second match of the championships. It took three tough matches after his loss to get back to manage to capture the bronze medal. By coming in 3rd place Graysen has qualified for the State Open Championship which will take place next Friday and Saturday at Hillhouse High School in New Haven. Also Jacob Bowen, Cody Maiorino, and Avery Rollins had good meets for Woodstock Academy, all coming just one match short of placing at the State Championships.
Ice Hockey
Academy 2 - Auburn 1
There was a thriller at the Ice Hockey game when Woodstock Academy took on Auburn High School. Auburn scored first and held a 1-0 lead for the first half of the game. In the second period Drew Beaupre had a end to end rush, he made a great pass to the front of the net right onto his brother Austin Beaupre’s stick for the goal to tie the game. The game remained tied 1-1 until the end of regulation. The two teams played four on four in overtime, but the game remained tie pushing the game to a shoot out. In the shoot out Woodstock Academy’s Connor Bavosie went first and scored. Our next shooter Jordan Lamothe went 5 hole, but the goalie stopped him. Austin Beaupre also scored for the Academy. Auburn did not score any goals in the shoot out so Woodstock won the game 3-1 in a shoot out. What an exciting game! Tucker Johns had 36 saves in net for the Centaurs.
Boys’ Basketball
Academy 71 - Stonington 48
The boys’ basketball team improved their record to 17 and 2 with an impressive 71-48 victory over Stonington High School. Ian Converse led the way with 24 points, Chris Lowry added 16, and Tristan Welch had 14. The boys hoop team has one game remaining on Monday night against Killingly High School at 7 pm. Regardless of the outcome of that game, the Centaurs have secured the #2 seed in the ECC Championship Tournament. For the ECC Tournament the boys’ basketball team will play next Saturday afternoon (2/23/13) at 2:00 p.m against the winner of the #10 St. Bernard vs. #7 Stonington winner at St. Bernard’s High School.

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Academy senior Cody Maiorino, wrestler, and junior gymnastics star Courtney Osborne were named the Sweet Evalina’s Athlete of the Week.
Maiorino had an amazing tournament at the Woodstock Academy Invitational Tournament. Not only was he a leader in the logistics of helping run the tournament from set-up to clean-up, but he had the best wrestling match of his career. He came in second out of 10 teams and his only loss came in the final seconds in the championship match. In order to get to the finals Cody had to go through some very tough competitors including the #1 seed. Hey had lost to that opponent earlier in the year so that was a huge victory for him and that semi-final match was one of the best matches of the day. It was a closely contested match and he pulled out the victory in the third period. In the championship match Maiorino had a lead going into the final period, but he ran out of gas just at the end. Cody has a record of 19 and 13 this year with 8 pins.
With Woodstock Academy’s gymnastics team being bitten by the injury bug they needed gymnasts to step-up their performance and that is exactly what Courtney Osborne has done. Courtney has had an incredible run as of late winning the all-around in the last two meets. Against Stonington, Osborne placed first in the all- around and she also took the gold in the vault and floor. Her performance helped her team put up a score of 143.75 which was the Centaur’s third highest team score of the season. She followed up that impressive performance by once again winning the all-around in the Centaur’s meet against East Lyme. Courtney has been a key ingredient to Woodstock Academy’s success in gymnastics over the past two years so it is with pleasure that we announce that she has been chosen as Athlete of the Week.
Courtney Osborne is not only one of the best gymnasts for Woodstock Academy, but she is one of the best in the state of Connecticut.