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MS Athletes Honored at Awards Ceremony

The Ranney School Athletic Department hosted its Middle School Spring Sports Award Program on June 1, 2011 in RSPA Panther Hall. The ceremony honored athletes from the spring sports season with team awards and certificates, and also offered major awards to several year-round athletic participants.

As audience members took to their seats, Ranney’s Director of Athletics Thomas Moriau approached the podium to welcome all family, friends and faculty in attendance. Addressing those seated before him, he thanked the Middle School's athletes for working hard, competing at the highest level, and representing their teams in a respectful manner throughout each season. After recognizing a wonderful year in sports, Mr. Moriau wished the Class of 2015 good luck in the Upper School athletic program, and left sixth and seventh graders with one last call-to-action — to “take charge” as their time to be Middle School veterans steadily approaches.

Next, amidst applause from faculty members, students and parents, each coach introduced his/her teams’ members, presented certificates and awarded trophies. A means of recognizing individual success, trophies are presented to a number of athletes every season. Awards range from “Most Valuable Player” to “Most Improved,” and honor scholar-athletes who have gained respect, demonstrated sportsmanship, served a valuable player to their team, or shown significant improvement from start to finish. Following spring award presentations, several Middle School students also received major awards for year-round athletic success. Presented by esteemed faculty and administrators from Ranney’s Athletic Department, the ceremony consisted of five major awards.

While the “Panther Pride Award” was presented to Alexandra Natsis ’15 and Erik Bovino ’15 for their contributions to the Athletic Department, scholar-athletes exhibiting outstanding sportsmanship in each of the three Middle School classes were also honored. These recipients of the 2011 “Sportsmanship Award” included sixth graders Miles Farren and Marissa Mahoney, seventh graders Dean Parker and Hannah Stamer, and eighth graders John Mejia and Morgan Lennon. Next, five students including Gabriella Mahoney ’15, Peter Gerhard ’15, Benjamin Metzger ’15, Brooke Fromkin ’15 and Adrienne Yang ’15 were among this year’s “Athletic Director’s Award” recipients. Gabby, Peter, Ben, Brooke and Adrienne were honored for their love and dedication to sports, and for their outstanding efforts to succeed in athletics. Also receiving major awards were Jack Boyan ’16 and Kristen Guyler ’15, who were named “Outstanding Athlete Award” recipients. Each year, this award is presented to a male and female Middle School athlete who best demonstrates dedication and commitment to performing well. Finally, Remi Rohl ’15 and Ryan Eaddy ’15 received the 2011 “Blue & White Award” for demonstrating sportsmanship, leadership, self-discipline, cooperation and enthusiasm throughout their Middle School careers.

In addition to this year’s award presentations, the audience also viewed a “season in review” sports montage. Closing the afternoon’s ceremony was eighth grade girls’ lacrosse player Alexandra Natsis ’15 who spoke of “The Ranney Experience.” She thanked her coaches for instilling in her the confidence, organization and commitment needed to succeed both on and off the field. According to Alexandra, although sports are time consuming, the benefits are certainly worth it. She ended with, “Win or lose, my teammates and I are proud to be Ranney Panthers.”
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