First, a round of applause for our stellar winter sports athletes who were honored one last time at our team banquet on Wednesday. We all enjoyed a wonderful BBQ meal from the Gomez family (Trinity ’18) before splitting up by sport for individual accolades.
Then, if you were on the Mayfield campus Thursday, you experienced an anomaly. As the swimming & diving team boarded its bus for its first meet of the year against Webb in Claremont, snow was falling! While snow doesn't make for great swimsuit weather, the team performed extremely well in its early season meet.
Led by Julia Kasputis ’19, the Varsity team lost a close meet to Webb. However, Julia had her career high dual meet score to win the diving competition. Julia's score was more than double that of the runner up! On JV, the Cubs had many first-time swimmers compete well in the cold and rainy conditions. Mimi Campbell ’20, Catherine Mansour ’20, and Harrisan Smyser ’20 all came away with individual victories on the day.
Next week the seniors will be off on their Kairos retreat. Softball and Swim/Dive will both have games on Tuesday, while other sports practice hard the rest of the week. Track & Field starts their season in the Oaks Christian Invite on Saturday, March 2.
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WINTER 2018-19 SPORTS AWARDS
Congratulations to these outstanding Cub student-athletes!
Varsity Basketball
Varsity MVP: Sarah Tupy ’21
Varsity Most Outstanding Offensive Player: Katie Tupy ’19
Varsity Most Outstanding Defensive Player: Jessie Zovak ’20
Varsity Coaches' Award: Amanda Mar ’20
Varsity Most Improved Player: Lauren Clawson ’20
JV Basketball
JV MVP: Keara Keelty ’21
JV Offensive Player of the Year: Alexa Valenzuela ’22
JV Defensive Player of the Year: Piper West ’22
JV Most Improved Player: Rebecca Leiva ’22
JV Coaches' Award: Sally Pontrelli ’21 & Olivia Sclafani ’21
Varsity Soccer
Varsity MVP: Michaela Gallo ’19
Varsity Offensive Player of the Year: Sonja Smeritschnig ’22
Varsity Midfielder of the Year: Caroline Ivankovich ’19
Varsity Defensive Player of the Year: Kat Plascencia ’19
Varsity Most Improved Player: Emma Abdalla ’19
Varsity Coaches' Award: Amber Allen ’19
JV Soccer
JV Red MVP: Andrea Huerta ’19
JV Red Offensive Player of the Year: Mariana Trujillo ’21
JV Red Defensive Player of the Year: Alex Thomson ’20
JV Red Most Improved Player: Lily Fontes ’22
JV Red Coaches' Award: Alex Lewis ’21
JV White MVP: Hanna Lee ’22
JV White Offensive Player of the Year: Olivia Sandford ’22
JV White Defensive Player of the Year: Lola Falese ’22
JV White Most Improved Player: Amy Baum ’22
JV White Coaches' Award: Mariam Elrabat ’21
Water Polo
Varsity MVP: Kate Thompson ’22
Varsity Most Outstanding Offensive Player: Maddie Lewis ’19
Varsity Most Outstanding Defensive Player: Audrey Bland ’20
Varsity Most Improved: Catie Sanchez ’19
Varsity Coaches' Award: Angie Matar ’21