By Mandy Hui ‘23
The fall sports season came to an end. As St. Mark’s prepared for the winter season, the annual Fall Athletic Awards ceremony took place on November 17, 2022, in the Putnam Family Arts Center’s Class of ‘45 Hall. This ceremony recognized and highlighted the determined athletes and teams this fall in football, cross country, field hockey, and soccer. Every sport’s Junior Varsity and Varsity team awarded a few individual prizes, including the Most Improved Player and ETA award.
The ceremony commenced with an introduction from St. Mark’s director of athletics, Ms. Ames, who thanked all the coaches and St. Mark’s two athletic trainers, Ms. Maddock and Ms. Cromwell, for an amazing fall season. Following her, this year’s four athletic council officers, Carlisle Brush ‘23, AJ Gorman ‘23, Ali Grenon ‘23, and Si Jones ‘23, introduced each sports team. The head coach for the teams gave a short presentation about the season and their appreciation for the team members, especially congratulating the seniors, the class of 2023. Here are this year’s awardees (credit to St. Mark’s website):
Boys' Cross Country
Varsity: 9-9-0, JV: 8-8
Most Valuable Runner (MVR): A.J. Gorman '23
Most Improved Runner (MIR): Henry Wang '25
Coaches Award: Bennett Jones '23
Enthusiasm, Teamwork, and Attitude (ETA) Award: Cooper Wang '25
All-ISL: A.J. Gorman '23
ISL Honorable Mention: Hayden Gobron '25, Bennett Jones '23
Girls' Cross Country
Varsity: 4-10, JV: 3-6-1
MVR: Judy Xie '23
MIR: Jasmine Zhang '26
Coaches Award: Ivy Li '23
ETA: Karry Kim '25
Field Hockey
Varsity: 6-9-2, JV: 1-10
Most Valuable Player (MVP): Molly Lefebvre '23
Most Improved Player (MIP): Avery Leonard '24
Hall Prize*: Molly Lefebvre '23
ETA: Joya Xu '25
All-ISL: Molly Lefebvre '23
ISL Honorable Mention: Riley Perkins '24
*The Hall Prize is awarded in memory of Brinley M. Hall, Class of 1930, to that member of the girls' varsity field hockey team whose contribution is characterized as strong of will, positive by nature, a reasoner, and cooperative.
Football
Varsity: 1-7
MVP: Tru Styles '23
MIP: Ben Howard '25
Smith Football Prize*: Buck Lewis '23
ETA: Hudson Heinemann '25
All-ISL: Si Jones '23, Tru Styles '23, Liam Groh '23
ISL Honorable Mention: Jared Vilcina Brown '25, Buck Lewis '23, Sir William Morman '24
*The Smith Football Prize is given to the player (excluding the captain) who best exemplifies the spirit and sportsmanship which brings back the memories of Archie Smith and the 1934 team.
Boys' Soccer
Varsity: 6-9-3, JV: 6-8-1, Thirds: 1-8-1
MVP: Alden Mehta '23
MIP: Ben Markle '24
Coaches Award: Gabe Lopes '25
ETA JV: Harley Sun '23
ETA Thirds: Daniel Song '25
All-ISL: Alden Mehta '23
ISL Honorable Mention: Ryan Taylor '23
Girls' Soccer
Varsity: 3-12-2, JV: 1-10-2
MVP: Remy English '23
MIP: Abby Stone '26
Coaches Award: Lily Apstein '26
ETA JV: Ife Lawore '25
All-ISL: Ella Austin '26
ISL Honorable Mention: Remy English '23
The Wiedergott Award, which is given to the fall team that has the best winning percentage, was awarded to three teams this year: boys’ varsity cross country, boys’ junior varsity cross country, and boys’ junior varsity soccer. The Wiedergott Plate, which is given to the most improved team in the ISL, was awarded to boys’ varsity soccer. This fall season was definitely challenging but most importantly fun. Now, we are getting warmed up for the winter season. Go Lions!
