Upper School Honors Its Athletes

It was a lineup of familiar names at the Upper School Sports Banquet, held in RSPA Panther Hall on Thursday, November 19, as student athletes, representing Ranney’s teams in Field Hockey, Soccer, Cross Country, Tennis and Crew stepped to the podium to accept their athletic awards for Most Valuable Player, Coach’s Choice, Sportsmanship and Most Improved.

Although new to the Athletic program and Ranney School, Assistant Director of Athletics Ian McNamara notes, “It is very clear that Ranney School has a strong commitment to the development of the whole student, not only in the classroom but also on the sports field. The hard work and dedication of the staff and coaches is visible in every day practice sessions, behind the scenes preparation, game days and at awards ceremonies such as this.” The result of that hard work played out during the fall sports season with the Girls’ Varsity Tennis taking home two major titles: their first-ever Prep B State Team Championship and second consecutive NJSIAA Sectional Championship. Team member Laura Church also established a school record, winning her 4th Prep State title, and it was the debut year for Crew, with Ranney participating in its first regatta, entering in both men’s and women’s singles and quads. These were only a few of this fall’s individual and team athletic successes.

Congratulations to all Upper School athletes and to this year’s awards winners:

MVP

Field Hockey

Sarah Bartosh

Boys’ Soccer

Pat Fermo

Girls’ Soccer

Alexis Wyckoff

Boys’ CC

Jack Scilla

Girls’ CC

Nora Fadil

Girls’ Tennis

Rachel Burstiner and Charlotte Fleming

Boys’ Crew

Conor Fitzgerald

Girls’ Crew

Yasmin Meleis

Coaches Award

Field Hockey

Kayla Birde and Alexa Volpe

Boys’ Soccer

Eric Hurd and Matt Haines

Girls’ Soccer

Sara Kleinman, Taylor Swanner and Veronica Maccia

Boys’ CC

Peter Goldberg and Jeremy Lessing

Girls’ CC

Lauren Harris and Jackie Korey

Girls’ Tennis

Laura Church, Grace Farren, Mariel Pearl, Allie DeMarco and Louise Cerami-Guarino

Boys’ Crew

Craig Slater and Peter Bontempo

Girls’ Crew

Molly O’Neill and Jane Bamberger

Sportsmanship Award

Field Hockey

Kendall Torpey

Boys’ Soccer

Yousef Hozayen

Boys’ CC

Matt Simpson

Girls’ CC

Anike Oladeji and Audrey Bradley

Girls’ Tennis

Melissa Cantave, Natalie Cantave and Sasha Taylor

Boys’ Crew

Jordan Hesslein

Girls’ Crew

Hannah Simpson

Most Improved

Field Hockey

Kaitlyn Bovino

Boys’ Soccer

Zach Marc

Girls’ Soccer

Taryn Pontolillo

Boys’ CC

Jonathan Rosenthal

Girls’ Tennis

Diane Scavelli and Jood Ani

Boys’ Crew

Victor Gainor

Girls’ Crew

Kathryn Lionetti