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Spring athletes honored at 2026 Class Day

The Athletics department honored our spring athletes with the 2025-26 Spring Sports Awards during the Upper School’s Class Day Ceremony on Friday, May 22.
Our 2026 Bill Beam Senior Athletes of the Year were announced. Congratulations to Ellie Beam and Tyler Wilson on this outstanding honor! We were also thrilled to name Head Football Coach Matthew Jones our 2026 Coach of the Year.

For each sport, three additional awards were given: The Board Award, the Coaches Award, and the Most Improved Award.

The Board Award is recognized as a team’s highest award and is given to the player who contributed the most to the varsity program in terms of leadership, dedication, and performance. This award winner is forever recognized on the sport’s award board that hangs in Gardner Gymnasium. This award is voted on by the players and coaches.

The Coaches Award is awarded to the player who demonstrates great leadership and sportsmanship and contributes significantly to the success of the team, as selected by the coaches.

The Most Improved Award is given to the player who demonstrates the greatest improvement in performance and/or leadership over the course of the season, as selected by the vote of the coaches and players.

Baseball Awards
Lowry Watkins Jr. Board Award – Maverick Mead
Coaches Award – Evan Smith
Most Improved – Bamba Aziz

Girls Lacrosse Awards
Neal Cory Board Award – Ceci Flowers
Coaches Award – Alessi Jaggers
Most Improved – Olivia Autry

Boys Lacrosse Awards
Neal Cory Board Award – Bowen Johnson
Coaches Award – Miles Bahe
Most Improved – Nashe Charasika

Boys Tennis Awards
Marshall Bullitt Watkins Board Award – Charlie Lewis
Coaches Award – Caden Wang
Most Improved – Octane Hinojosa

Girls Tennis Awards
Marshall Bullitt Watkins Board Award – Maya Kassie
Coaches Award – Maya Patel
Most Improved – Lark Pudlo

Boys Track & Field Awards
Board Award – Tyler Wilson
Coaches Award – Nic Doster
Most Improved – Hagan Fackler

Girls Track & Field Awards
Board Award – Paige Daniels
Coaches Award – Audrey Schonwetter
Most Improved – Leah Bell

Esports Awards
Board Award – Miles Ward
Coaches Award – Zeynep Yesil
Most Improved – Hunter Swint

Archery Awards
Board Award – Alison Wildt
Coaches Award – Grant Owens
Most Improved – Byron Burke
 
Three-Sport Athletes
  • Remi Adams (Volleyball, Swim, Tennis)
  • Ivan Antskaitis (Golf, Basketball, Lacrosse)
  • Kinley Bennett (Field Hockey, Outdoor Track, Lacrosse)
  • Nic Boyd (Cross Country, Basketball, Outdoor Track)
  • Holden Cheney (Football, Basketball, Lacrosse)
  • Rocco Coffey (Football, Basketball, Baseball)
  • Paige Daniels (Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track)
  • McKenzie Doss (Volleyball, Basketball, Tennis)
  • Adam Easley (Golf, Basketball, Lacrosse)
  • Jalen Green-Hardesty (Football, Esports, Track)
  • Sophia Gunia (Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track)
  • Janie Jennings (Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track)
  • Maya Kassie (Cross Country, Golf, Outdoor Track)
  • Harper Purcell (Field Hockey, Basketball, Lacrosse)
  • Danyela Ricks (Golf, Archery, Tennis)
  • Lulu Robertson (Field Hockey, Cross Country, Lacrosse)

Four-Sport Athletes
  • Shepherd Caudill (Soccer, Basketball, Swim, Lacrosse)
  • Tyler Wilson (Football, Basketball, Baseball, Outdoor Track)

Five-Sport Athletes
  • Ellie Beam (Field Hockey, Basketball, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Lacrosse)

Congratulations to all of our spring athletes!
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    • Beam Senior Athletes of the Year, Tyler Wilson and Ellie Beam

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