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WABC SPRING 2013 SPORTS NEWSLETTER
West Potomac High School held the Spring Sports Awards Banquet on Thursday, June 5th to honor our
spring athletes and coaches.
Spring Sports Scholar Athletes: The Spring Season Scholar Athletes are Jayme Murray, Baseball
and Maddy Bolger, Softball. This award is given to a male and female senior athlete who earn a
varsity letter, earn a 3.5 or better GPA for the 3rd quarter and contribute significantly to their sport and
school! Nominations are submitted & voted by the Spring Head Coaches:
Ft. Hunt Sportsmen John C. Frey Athlete of the Year Awards: Nominations are submitted &
voted by all Head Coaches.
Boys Team Sports: DeMornay Pierson-El – Football, Basketball and Spring Track
Girls Team Sports: Marjorie Woods – Field Hockey, Winter Track and Soccer
Boys Individual Sports: Will Rupp – Wrestling
Girls Individual Sports: Maddy Bolger – Swim and Softball
Ft.Hunt Sportsmen Sports Man & Sports Women of the Year Awards:
Sports Man of the Year: Alex Hauser - Baseball
Sports Woman of the Year: Kharis Schrage – Field Hockey and Tennis
Honorable Mention WPHS Athlete of the Year Awards:
Boys Team Sports: Marc Lotterie – Soccer & Michael Barnes – Golf and Baseball
Girls Team Sports: Maddy Bolger - Swim & Softball & Laura Jacobs - Swim & Crew
Boys Individual Sports: Mychael Gyamfi - Football, Basketball & Spring Track and
Corey Rosenberg -Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Girls Individual Sports: Katie Genuario -Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track & Hellen
Moffitt – Swim
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Spring Sports Team Awards
SPORT
MVP
COACHES AWARD
Baseball
Jayme Murray
Varsity:
JV:
Alex Hauser
Tom Nicholson
Crew – Boys
Ripley Carroll
Varsity:
George Bowerfind
Crew – Girls
Hannah Gwartney
Varsity:
Alexandra Paros
Lacrosse – Boys
Connor Phillips
Varsity:
Patrick Bowdring
JV:
Kyle Hannah
Varsity:
Emma Wright
JV:
Mia Genuario
Varsity:
Matt Boster
JV:
Ben Slobodin
Varsity:
Jennifer Lyon
JV:
Lillian Michaud
Varsity:
Maddy Bolger
JV:
Marselina Griggs
Lacrosse – Girls
Soccer – Boys
Soccer – Girls
Softball
Paige Roddey
Marc Lotterie
Marjorie Woods
Hannah O’Neil
Tennis – Boys
Michael Ruamthong
Varsity:
Nick Vance
Tennis – Girls
Claire Sedlak
Varsity:
Sarah Waters
Track - Boys
Mychael Gyamfi
Varsity:
Cullen O’Boyle
Track – Girls
Ke’Shaun Davis
Varsity:
Lauren Price
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District/Regional/State Achievements
1st Team All Patriot District
Baseball – James Murray & Paul McClure
Boys Lacrosse – Kyle Matthews & Connor Phillips
Girls Lacrosse – Karley Zdebski
Boys Soccer – Marc Lotterie
Girls Soccer – Marjorie Woods
Softball – Torie Bolger, Raven Williams & Taylor York
Boys Tennis – Michael Ruamthong & Nick Vance
Girls Tennis – Kharis Schrage & Claire Sedlak
Boys Track - Crispin Bernier, Lozie Goolsby, Mychael Gyamfi, Luca Halladay, Cullen O’Boyle, Kelly O’Meara, DeMornay
Pierson-El, Corey Rosenberg, Olubunmi Rotimi & Glenn Rushing
Girls Track - Meredith Barber. Ke’Shaun Davis, Katie Genuario, Katie Murray, Sophia Passacantando, Lauren Price,
Kristi Snow, Rhoda Takyi & Aniya Taylor
2nd Team All Patriot District
Baseball – Michael Barnes & Rocky Iboleon
Boys Lacrosse - Brian Wernecke
Girls Lacrosse – Jordyn Elliott & Paige Roddey
Boys Soccer – Erik Liner
Girls Soccer - Kylie Bostick
Softball – Maddy Bolger, Sydney Maniglia, Nikki Minnis, Hannah O’Neil & Jayne Orleans
Boys Tennis –Chris Cheng, Joe Leonard, Scott Liner, Tyler McCobb, Michael Ruamthong, Kyle Smith & Nick Vance
Girls Tennis – Olena Rapota, Claire Sedlak & Sarah Waters
Boys Track – Crispin Bernier, Brady Corum, Marc Lotterie & Corey Rosenberg
Girls Track – Dale Lescher, Maria McBride, Lauren Price, Kristi Snow & Sarah Jane Underwood
Honorable Mention All Patriot District
Baseball – Alex Hauser & Billy Lescher
Boys Lacrosse – Claude Atkins, Patrick Bowdring, & Jean-Luc Maigrot
Girls Lacrosse – Zshana Lee, Jessica Metter, Amanda Parker & Emma Wright
Girls Soccer - Orion Taylor & Allison Vermillion
Girls Tennis - Sarah Durham, Olena Rapota, Madison Tennenbaum & Sarah Waters
1st Team All Northern Region
Boys Soccer - Marc Lotterie
Boys Track - Crispin Bernier, Mychael Gyamfi, Luca Halladay, Cullen O’Boyle & Corey Rosenberg
Girls Track - Meredith Barber, Ke’Shaun Davis, Katie Genuario, Sophia Passacantando & Lauren Price
2nd Team All Northern Region
Baseball - Paul McClure & Jayme Murray
Boys Lacrosse - Kyle Matthews
Softball: Raven Williams & Taylor York
Honorable Mention All Northern Region
Boys Lacrosse - Connor Phillips
Girls Lacrosse - Karley Zdebski
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District/Regional/State Achievements (continued)
Virginia All State Honors
Crew - 2nd Place Women’s Lightweight 4 - Hannah Gwartney, Taylor Hass, Laura Jacobs, Lillian Lane & Sarah
McKeown
4th Place Women’s Junior 4 -Sabrina Bishop, Hannah Engle, Stephanie Fiedler, Samantha Murphy & Rachel Perez
4th Place Men’s Lightweight 4 - George Bowerfind, Kira Calvaresi, Ripley Carroll, Caleb Norville & Matthew Taylor
Boys Track: Lozie Goolsby & Mychael Gyamfi
Girls Track: Meredith Barber, Melanie Bomberg, Ke’Shaun Davis, Katie Genuario, Katie Murray, Sophie Passacantando
& Lauren Price
Washington Post 2nd Team All Met
Soccer – Marc Lotterie
Washington Post Honorable Mention All Met
Soccer – Eric Liner
Tennis – Michael Ruamthong
West Potomac High School
2012 – 2013 Tri-Athletes
(student athletes who lettered in three sports)
Trudy Adjetey-Doku: Cheerleading, Winter Track & Soccer
Crispin Bernier: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Melanie Bomberg: Cross Country, Swim & Spring Track
Maxine Clifford: Volleyball, Swim & Lacrosse
Nicolas Cucinotta: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Maura Finn: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Nicole Freewalt: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Katherine Genuario: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Mychael Gyamfi: Football, Basketball & Spring Track
Luca Halladay: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Shreyak Khanal: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Allison McNulla: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Kathryn Murray: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Cullen O’Boyle: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Sophia Passacantando: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
DeMornay Pierson-El: Football, Basketball & Spring Track
Lauren Price: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Trinity Richardson: Cheerleading, Basketball & Tennis
Corey Rosenberg: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Kristin Snow: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
Eric Turner: Cross Country, Winter Track & Spring Track
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West Potomac High School
2013 Spring Scholar Athlete Award Winners
(athletes who have a GPA of 3.5+ for the 3rd quarter)
Varsity Baseball: Michael Barnes, Michael Berrigan, Alex Hauser, William Lescher, Andrew Maloney, Richard McClure, Alan
Melvin, James Murray, Brett Schaefer, Kent Sullivan & David Wagner
JV Baseball: Zachary Day, Matthew Gill, Christ Hecker, Jackson Kosmacki, John Louis Michaud, James Sara & Jacob Tupitza
Crew: Owen Albrecht, Emma Bass, Sabrina Bishop, Audrey Boling, Ripley Carroll, Hannah Engle, Stephanie Fiedler, Sophia
Guglielmo, Hannah Gwartney, Taylor Haas, Laura Jacobs, Samuel Janssen, Henry Little, Madeleine Little, Timothy Makinen,
Jacqueline Mayer, Sarah McKeown, Maxwell Metter, Gabrielle Moore, Samantha Murphy, Grant Ours, Alexandra Paros, Hannah
Paros, Sagar Patel, Ahmed Qizilbash, Alexander Richwine, Rebecca Schloesser, Alina Selnick-Escobar, James Soyka, Matthew
Taylor, Daniel Walder, Eric Waters, Jessey Willis & Yasmine Zakout
Varsity Boys Lacrosse: Zachary Cohen, Thomas Crouse, Kyle Daehnke, Steven Garden, Ryan Kiernan, Claire Leveridge,
Jean-Luc Maigrot, Kyle Matthews, Ashley Pak, Kenneth Perando, Clay Schoeffel, Patrick Schurr, Joshua Shelton & Brian
Wernecke
JV Boys Lacrosse: Daniel Ashworth, Brian Burns, Luke Edgar, Kyle Hanna, Connor Hayes, Connor Kelly, William Narins,
William Rausch & Matthew Sigda
Varsity Girls Lacrosse: Maxine Clifford, Jordyn Elliott, Mary Fannon, Sarah Jones, Jocelyn Lamb, Yona Lindenbaum, Jessica
Metter, Amanda Parker, Paige Roddey, Kate Schneider, Hannah Skudlarek, Elizabeth Wood, Emma Wright & Karley Zdebski
JV Girls Lacrosse: Kelia Aardema, Audrey Alexander, Emma Anderson, Maria Genuario, Chloe Harris, Carrie Hebert,
Corrinne James, Kierstin Jenne, Kylie McPherson, Paige Phillips & Emma Rice
Varsity Boys Soccer: Matthew Leonard, Liliann Pineda Hawkins, Katherine Rausch, Brian Smith & Gregory Snigur
JV Boys Soccer: Maximulian Kummer Kossek, Benjamin Slobodin & Ethan Yohannan
Varsity Girls Soccer: Ashley Alderman, Kate Babiuch, Kylie Bostick, Madison Daley, Abigail Gwartney, Elaina Highland,
Jennifer Lyon, Kathryn Panagopoulos, Orion Taylor, Alexandra Weil, Marjorie Woods & Emma Yohannan
JV Girls Soccer: Natalie Babiuch, Ashton Barnes, Serena Ivers, Sarah Kanuch, Lillian Michaud & Kenia Morales Vargas
Varsity Softball: Madelyn Bolger, Victoria Bolger, Hannah Graham, Charlotte Hayes, Megan Jackson, Annabelle Miller, Hannah
O’Neil, Jayne Orleans, Rocio Ramirez, Zoe Stavropoulos & Lily Weisblatt
JV Softball: Christina Dillard, Elizabeth Drotos, Marselina Griggs, Molly Krawczel & Nia White
Varsity Boys Tennis: Adam Azzam, Stephen Bradley, Christopher Cheng, Andrew Hurd, Joseph Leonard, Scott Liner, Anthony
Lower, Matthew Mongan, John Riesenberg, Michael Ruamthong, William Savage & Alan Worth
Varsity Girls Tennis: Elise Bell, Sarah Durham, Sarah Jesup, Emily Marr, Carly Mulvihill, Sydney Nixon, Jordan Schrage, Kharis
Schrage, Claire Sedlak, Kathleen Todd & Sarah Waters
Boys Spring Track & Field: Michael Bell, Crispin Bernier, David Cate, Nicolas Cucinotta, Gunnar Cukor, Jarrod Denham,
Francis Edemobi, Luca Halladay, Eric Hardee, Ryan Hayden, Samuel James, Shreyak Khanal, Darrel Mensah, Zachary
Moorman, Cullen O’Boyle, Kelly O’Meara, Ty Pacheco, David Pinter, Wilson Prater, Moises Romero, Olubunmi Rotimi, Gabriel
Servais, Brian Spitnale, Eric Turner, Brennan Vaughan & John Whitney
Girls Spring Track & Field: Lauren Airey, Salma Almaz, Meredith Barber, Martha Bervell, Gabrielle Bomberg, Brianna Boykin,
Jazmin Castro, Abigail Copley, Maura Finn, Nicole Freewalt, Katherine Genuario, Mychelle Gyamfi, Dorcas Koduah, Erika Larsen,
Juliette Lash, Colleen Maloney, Allison McNulla,, Kathryn Murray, Kelsey O’Hern, Sophia Passacantando, Laura Powell, Lauren
Price, Kelly Slatery, Anna Smith, Zoe Smith, Kristin Snow, Rhoda Takyi, Jennifer Thomson, Rosemary Vita & Samantha Zuber
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West Potomac Baseball
The varsity finished in 2nd place in the Patriot District this
year, our highest finish for in at least 15 years. This season marked
the 3rd consecutive winning season for the team and the 2nd
consecutive Northern Region Tournament appearance. Although we
fell short of our goal of at least one victory in the Regional
Tournament, we had an outstanding year that featured a number of
very exciting games including 4 extra-inning games. The varsity team
was led this year by an extraordinary group of seniors: Patrick Benson,
Michael Berrigan, P.J. Braun, Alex Hauser, Paul McClure, Jayme Murray
and Garrick Willis. This year’s team has set a great example for future
teams in how to perform as a team and they have set a standard that
we hope will be carried on by our returning players.
Although we are graduating a large number of very talented
individuals, we will have a number of core players returning as well as
a large group of rising Sophomores and Juniors to represent West
Potomac. We expect to make a run at the Patriot District
Championship next season.
The 2013 JV Wolverine Baseball Team stepped onto the
diamond with big shoes to fill after a phenomenal 2012 JV Season, but
they accepted the challenge with grit and determination. This year’s
team completed this season with an 8-4 record, finishing in 2nd place
in the Patriot District. The 2013 JV Wolverines outscored their
opponents 87-66, and had a team batting average of 0.336 averaging
nine hits per game.
TEAM ACCOLADES
Team MVP
Jayme Murray
Coaches Award
Varsity: Alex Hauser
JV: Tom Nicholson
2nd Team All-Northern Region
Jayme Murray & Paul McClure
1st Team All-Patriot District
Jayme Murray & Paul McClure
2nd Team All-Patriot District
Michael Barnes, Rocky Iboleon
Honorable Mention All-Patriot District
Alex Hauser, Billy Lescher
Athletic Honor Roll
Varsity: Michael Barnes, Michael Berrigan,
Alex Hauser, William Lescher, Andrew
Maloney, Richard McClure, Alan Melvin,
James Murray, Brett Schaefer, Kent Sullivan &
David Wagner
JV: Zachary Day, Matthew Gill, Christ Hecker,
Jackson Kosmacki, John Louis Michaud,
James Sara & Jacob Tupitza
The JV Baseball players grew as a team, but there are some
individuals who made the West Potomac Athletic family proud. Representing this team on and off the field this year
were Team Captains Tom Nicholson and Zach Belanger. Tom and Zach were integral to the team’s success and the
younger guys learned from two great leaders.
Lastly, it is important to remember that our players are students first and they have a duty to their studies as
well as their athletic development. This year 19 of our players achieved a Grade Point Average above 3.5! These
students should be commended for their exceptional dedication to their sport, and their brilliance in the classroom.
They are: Michael Barnes, Michael Berrigan, Zach Day, Matthew Gill, Alex Hauser, Zach Hecker, Rocky Iboleon,
Jackson Kosmacki, Billy Lescher, Andrew Maloney, J.L. Michaud, Paul McClure, A.J. Melvin, Jayme Murray, Jamie Sara,
Brett Schaefer, Kent Sullivan, David Wagner and Jake Tupitza.
Coaches:
Jim Sullivan
Jason Hescock
Rafaek Martinez
Scott Nelson
Mike Olerta
Wes Yeary
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West Potomac Crew
TEAM ACCOLADES
The team had an excellent season, garnering 19 regular season wins and
Team MVP
placings at six local and regional regattas. In addition, all Varsity boats improved
Girls: Hannah Gwartney
upon their previous year’s performance at Philadelphia’s Stotesbury Cup (a MidBoys: Ripley Carroll
Atlantic post-season championship) and three boats placed highly at States
Coaches Award
(VASRA Championship), and were invited to, and attended, the SRAA Nationals,
Girls: Alexandra Paros
held in Camden NJ.
Boys: George Bowerfind
We regretfully say good-bye to a wonderful group of Senior athletes, all
Athletic Honor Roll
Varsity letter winners: Alex Paros, Jackie Mayer, Madeleine Little, Hannah
Owen Albrecht, Emma Bass, Sabrina
Gwartney, Laura Jacobs, Dru Hodges, Kira Calvaresi, George Bowerfind, Caleb
Bishop, Audrey Boling, Ripley Carroll,
Norville, Ripley Carroll, Matthew Taylor, Ashley Nichols-McAllister, and Ross
Hannah Engle, Stephanie Fiedler,
Sophia Guglielmo, Hannah Gwartney,
Larkin.
Taylor Haas, Laura Jacobs, Samuel
Other athletes earning Varsity letters this year are: Erin Bauer, Rebecca
Janssen, Henry Little, Madeleine Little,
Gehring, Sarah McKeown, Mary Stilwell, Stephanie Fiedler, Evan Collins, Ray
Timothy Makinen, Jacqueline Mayer,
Rhatican, Daniel Walder, Jessey Willis, Yasmine Zakout, Hannah Engle, Samantha
Sarah McKeown, Maxwell Metter,
Gabrielle Moore, Samantha Murphy,
Murphy, Sabrina Bishop, Lilly Lane, Taylor Hass, Rachel Perez, Grant Ours,
Grant Ours, Alexandra Paros, Hannah
Wendell Vago and Owen Albrecht.
Paros, Sagar Patel, Ahmed Qizilbash,
The three West Potomac boats earning recognition in the championship season
Alexander Richwine, Rebecca
were:
Schloesser, Alina Selnick-Escobar,
James Soyka, Matthew Taylor, Daniel
Women’s Lightweight 4: Hannah Gwartney, Laura Jacobs, Lilly Lane, Taylor
Walder, Eric Waters, Jessey Willis &
Hass, Sarah McKeown. This group placed 2nd at States and qualified for and
Yasmine Zakout
competed in the SRAA Nationals.
Men’s Lightweight 4: Kira Calvaresi, George Bowerfind, Caleb Norville, Ripley
Carroll, Matthew Taylor. This boat of Senior rowers was 4th at States, qualified
for semi-finals at the Stotesbury Cup regatta (Mid-Atlantic regional competition) and competed in the SRAA Nationals.
Women’s Junior 4: Hannah Engle, Samantha Murphy, Sabrina Bishop, Rachel Perez, Stephanie Fiedler. The JV 4 placed 4th
at States but achieved the day’s fastest category time when winning their heat. This boat also competed in the SRAA Nationals.
The novice/developmental crew was made up of a large group of eager and talented young men and women. Off to a slow
start due to lack of time on the water in the first half of the season, this very fit group of athletes “caught up” to our
competition as the season progressed, finishing the year with highly competitive entries in the men’s and women’s novice 8boat categories. All rowers showed great promise for the future with several rowers and coxswains “filling in” on occasion in
Varsity boats this year.
Special recognition goes out to those who served as our student officers this year: Matthew Taylor – President, Laura
Jacobs – Women’s Senior Captain, George Bowerfind – Men’s Senior Captain, Sarah McKeown – Women’s Junior Captain, and
Ray Rhatican – Men’s Junior Captain.
Coaches
Leslie Shinners – Head Coach
Laura Page - Assistant
Alan Weatherley – Assistant
Jack Hickey – Assistant
Terry Grindstaff – Assistant
Megan Lister - Assistant
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West Potomac Boys Lacrosse
VARSITY: After playing one of the most difficult schedules in the region
and one of the most difficult schedules in West Potomac Boys’ Varsity
Lacrosse history, West Potomac had one of its highest achieving overall
seasons. At 4-8 with four one-goal losses against Woodson, McLean,
Centreville and T.C. Williams, this team is primed for a potential
championship winning team in 2014. This season’s highlights include a
9-8 win over West Springfield, the team’s first win over the Spartans
since 2007, as well as a 10-4 win over Annandale, the team’s first over
the Atoms since 1998. Leading goal scorers this year wwere Kyle
Matthews with 25, Jean Luc Magroit with 17, Claude Atkins with 15, and
Patrick Bowdring with 14 goals. Brian Wernecke finished the year with an
impressive 134 saves earning him 2nd Team All Patriot District honors.
TEAM ACCOLADES
Team MVP
Connor Phillips
Varsity Coaches Award
Patrick Bowdring
JV Coaches Award
Kyle Hannah
1st Team All Patriot District
Connor Phillips
Kyle Matthews
2nd Team All Patriot District
Brian Wernecke
Honorable Mention All Patriot District Team
JV Lacrosse had an impressive season this year, considering the
strength of our schedule. The squad was a mixture of first year and
experienced players. We shared some great moments like our Saturday
morning in Fort Hunt Park, we ran 2.5 miles, coaches Alnwick and
Stamos shared the history of the game, and then we played Wolverine
Baggataway with two goals placed on either sides of the woods about
150 yards apart. Coaches Alnwick and Stamos, and the more
experienced players on the team worked together to teach 11 members
of our squad how to play this beautiful sport. The captains were Connor
Kelly, Peter Stamos, and Spencer Toft. Our goal keepers Josiah Yikona
and Bryan Snigur were both new to the position, but by the end of the
season you would not have known it. The team was a cohesive unit that
gave every opponent a challenge. We endured some tough, yet close
losses to Mclean, South County, and TC Williams. The highlight of the
season was our overcoming of a 4 goal deficit to beat West Springfield
7-6. The scoring was shared between Attack and Midfield. Our top
goal scorers at attack were Christopher Quin and Spencer Toft, while
Kyle Hanna and Christopher Hanley led the midfielders in scoring.
Coaches
Head Coach: Geoff Hill
Assistant Varsity Coach: Patrick Dewey
Assistant Varsity Coach: Lloyd Crouse
JV Coach: Michael Spencer
Assistant JV Coach: Ken Alnwick
Assistant JV Coach: John Stamos
Claude Atkins
Jean Luc Maigrot
Patrick Bowdring
2nd Team All Region Team
Kyle Matthews
Honorable Mention All Region Team
Connor Phillips
Athletic Honor Roll
Varsity: Zachary Cohen, Blane Crouse,
Kyle Daehnke, Steven Garden, Ryan
Kiernan, Claire Leveridge, Jean-Luc
Maigrot, Kyle Matthews, Ashley Pak, Kenny
Perando, Clay Schoeffel, Patrick Schurr,
Joshua Shelton & Brian Wernecke
JV: Daniel Ashworth, Brian Burns, Luke
Edgar, Kyle Hanna, Connor Hayes, Connor
Kelly, William Narins, William Rausch &
Matthew Sigda
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West Potomac Girls Lacrosse
JV had an amazing year again only losing one game!! Captains Chloe
TEAM ACCOLADES
Harris, Corrine James and Carrie Hebert did an awesome job as role
Team MVP
models and Mia Genuario was the recipient for this year’s Coaches Award. Paige Roddey
Varsity had a challenging year, losing a few games by either one point or
in overtime, but came back with a vengeance against TC Williams on
Senior night and won by one point in overtime, winning 12-11!! It was a
picture perfect evening honoring our 11 Seniors!! Captains for 2013:
Emma Wright, Paige Roddey and Kate Schneider.
COACHING STAFF:
Varsity: Lori Cochran
Varsity Assistant: Sara Peltier
JV: Karl Metter
Varsity Coaches Award
Emma Wright
JV Coaches Award
Mia Genuario
1st Team All-Patriot District
Karley Zdebski
2nd Team All-Patriot District
Paige Roddey
Jordyn Elliott
Honorable Mention All Patriot District Team
Emma Wright
Amanda Parker
Jessica Metter
Zshanna Lee
Isabel Botha
Athletic Honor Roll
Varsity: Maxine Clifford, Jordyn Elliott, Mary
Fannon, Sarah Jones, Jocelyn Lamb, Yona
Lindenbaum, Jessica Metter, Amanda Parker,
Paige Roddey, Kate Schneider, Hannah
Skudlarek, Elizabeth Wood, Emma Wright &
Karley Zdebski
JV: Kelia Aardema, Audrey Alexander,
Emma Anderson, Maria Genuario, Chloe
Harris, Carrie Hebert, Corrinne James, Kierstin
Jenne, Kylie McPherson, Paige Phillips &
Emma Rice
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West Potomac Boys Tennis
The team finished 12-2 (2nd place) in the Patriot District. The
Regular season highlight was breaking Lake Braddock’s 7 season
Patriot district undefeated streak with a 6-3 victory. The team
defeated Chantilly in the Region tournament 5-0 before losing
to the eventual State Champions Thomas Jefferson. All seven
starters earned either 1st or 2nd All-District team honors in
the Patriot District.
Coaches
Head Coach: Pete Ranney
TEAM ACCOLADES
Team MVP
Michael Ruamthong
Coaches Award
Nick Vance
Washington Post All-Met Honorable Mention
Michael Ruamthong
3rd Place Region Doubles
Michael Ruamthong & Chris Cheng
Patriot District Player of the Year
Michael Ruamthong
1st Team All-District Singles
#1 - Michael Ruamthong
#3 - Nick Vance
2nd Team All-District Singles
#2 - Chris Cheng
#4 – Scott Liner
#5 – Tyler McCobb
#6 – Kyle Smith
2nd Team All-District Doubles
#1 - Michael Ruamthong & Chris Cheng
#2 – Nick Vance & Joe Leonard
Athletic Honor Roll
Varsity: Adam Azzam, Stephen Bradley,
Christopher Cheng, Andrew Hurd, Joseph
Leonard, Scott Liner, Anthony Lower,
Matthew Mongan, John Riesenberg, Michael
Ruamthong, William Savage & Alan Worth
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West Potomac Girls Tennis
We started our season in bitter cold conditions which continued through
most of the spring and unfortunately we were plagued by a number of
injuries from the beginning. Still, our team rallied together to make the
overall year a success. I was so pleased to see the spirit in our girls,
who
moved up or substituted in when needed, even when they knew they
would
TEAM ACCOLADES
Team MVP
Claire Sedlak
Coaches Award
Sarah Waters
1st Team All-District Doubles
Kharis Schrage & Claire Sedlak
be facing tough opponents. Through all the adversity we still finished the 2nd Team All-District Singles
season with an impressive 9 -5 record - leaving us tied in the District for
3rd with Woodson. After a tough playoff, we finished the season as #4
in
the District.
Our No. 1 Doubles team of Sarah Durham and Madison Tenenbaum
Claire Sedlak
2nd Team All-District Doubles
Sarah Waters & Alyona Rapota
All District Honorable Mention
Sarah Durham & Madison Tenenbaum
Sarah Waters, Alyona Rapota
competed strongly in the District tournament making it all the way to the Girls Tennis Coach of the Year
Finals bracket and into the Regional Tournament.
I am proud to share with you all that our #3 Doubles Team of Kharis
Schrage and Claire Sedlack were named First Team All District; our
Second Doubles
Sue McConville
Athletic Honor Roll
Elise Bell, Sarah Durham, Sarah Jesup, Emily
Marr, Carly Mulvihill, Sydney Nixon, Jordan
Schrage, Kharis Schrage, Claire Sedlak, Kate
Todd, Sarah Waters
team of Sarah Waters and Alyona Rapota were named Second Team All
District and our No. 6 Singles, Claire Sedlak was named Second Team All
District. Honorable Mentions were given to the teams of Sarah Durham
and Madison Tenenbaum; and Sarah Waters in the #3 Singles and Alyona Rapota #4 Singles.
Coach:
Sue McConville
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West Potomac Boys Soccer
This year’s West Potomac boys soccer team completed another
tough regular season schedule, was ranked as high as #7 on the
Washington Post all-met soccer rankings, and they made a trip back
to the regional tournament. Basically, this season was one of the
best in school history!
During the season, the boys’ soccer team compiled a record of
7-5-3 and ended up beating West Springfield High School in the
first round of district play. The win put the boys team into the
2013 Northern Virginia Regional Tournament for the third time in
five years. Although the regional tournament ended a little early
when the boys lost to the number one ranked Oakton High School
in the first round, they showed that they are a good team that has
the skills and abilities to be a contender next season.
West Potomac had one player, Marc Lotterie that was selected for
First Team All-District Honors and First Team All-Region Honors.
Marc’s selection for First Team All Region is a first in school history
for boys soccer. Additionally, West Potomac had another player,
Erik Liner, selected for Second Team All-District Honors. The
above players represented the team and school well this past
season and have kept the boys soccer team on the map.
Further, the boy’s JV soccer team improved dramatically from last
season and we are looking forward to a promising 2014 season.
Second year head coach, David Fink did a great job inspiring
them to play hard all season long.
Coaches
Head Coach: Andrew Peck
Assistants:
David Fink
Kelly Peck
TEAM ACCOLADES
Team MVP
Marc Lotterie
Coaches Award
Varsity: Matt Boster
JV: Ben Slobodin
2nd Team All Met
Marc Lotterie
1st Team All-District
Marc Lotterie
Honorable Mention All-Met
Erci Liner
1st Team All-District
Marc Lotterie
2nd Team All Patriot District
Eric Liner
Athletic Honor Roll
Varsity: Matthew Leonard, Liliann Pineda
Hawkins, Katherine Rausch, Brian Smith &
Gregory Snigur
JV Boys Soccer: Maximulian Kummer
Kossek, Benjamin Slobodin & Ethan
Yohannan
WABC SPRING 2013 NEWSLETTER
West Potomac Girls Soccer
The Girls soccer program turned in a strong performance with a
change at the helm, Ed Thomas had the Wolverines on a roll early
posting 3-0-1 start; playing the extremely strong Patriot District the
team finished strong winning the last two games of the regular season.
The team was led by seniors; Emma Yohannan, Orion Taylor,
Allison Vermillion and Yosari Guerra Velasquez –they will be
missed next season. However, with only having 4 seniors this
equates to a strong core of returning players next season including Patriot
st
District 1 Team player and MVP Marjorie Woods (JR) and
Patriot District 2nd Team player Kylie Bostick (FR).
A special thanks to all the volunteer support from all the parents
who helped out in making this a great season.
Coaches
Head Coach: Ed Thomes
Assistant Varsity Coach: Sean Vermillion
Assistant Varsity: Alissa Gamalier
Goalkeeper Coach: Laura Burton
Head JV Coach: Barry Bender
Assistant JV Coach: Brittany White
TEAM ACCOLADES
Team MVP
Marjorie Woods
Coaches Award
Varsity: Jennifer Lyon
JV: Lillian Michaud
1st Team All-District
Marjorie Woods
2nd Team All-District
Kylie Bostick
Athletic Honor Roll
Varsity: Ashley Alderman, Kate Babiuch, Kylie
Bostick, Madison Daley, Abigail Gwartney,
Elaina Highland, Jennifer Lyon, Kathryn
Panagopoulos, Orion Taylor, Alexandra Weil,
Marjorie Woods & Emma Yohannan
JV Girls Soccer: Natalie Babiuch, Ashton
Barnes, Serena Ivers, Sarah Kanuch, Lillian
Michaud & Kenia Morales Vargas
WABC SPRING 2013 NEWSLETTER
West Potomac Softball
On behalf of the softball program we’d like to thank Mr. Hardison
for supporting all our athletes. We also would like to thank Aaron
Helmick, Barb Mahoney and Chris Beal for their support and hard
work behind the scene to make our season a successful one. Also
thanks to all the parents, faculty, custodial staff and students who
came to our games. It really makes a difference when you are in the
stands!
Our team had a bumpy start to the 2013 season losing our opener
due in part to the frigid weather... It was 38 degrees. We rebounded
from that loss rattling off 5 straight wins and capturing 2nd place in
the Madison Spring Break Tournament. We finished in 3rd place in
the Patriot District with a 10-4 record behind Lake Braddock and South
County both ranked all season in the top 10 by the Washington Post.
We advanced to the Regional Tournament for the 5th straight year
and lost to Herndon High school who was ranked 1st in the Concord
District.
We won 13 games this season and scored 200 runs and left 133 on
base and our fielding % as a team was .922 and set a team record
of 19 double plays.
Coaches
Head Coach: Craig Maniglia
Assistants: Lee Harrington
Don Mannis
Kim Rathje
Julie Treherne
Sara Whitley
TEAM ACCOLADES
Team MVP
Hannah O’Neil
Coaches Award
Varsity: Maddy Bolger
JV: Marselina Griggs
1st Team All-District
Taylor York, Tori Bolger, Raven Williams
2nd Team All-District
Hannah O’Neil, Maddy Bolger, Sydney
Maniglia, Nikki Minnis, Jayne Orleans
1st Team – All Tournament Team
Sydney Maniglia
American Legion Award
Sydney Maniglia
2nd Team All Northern Region
Taylor York, Raven Williams
Athletic Honor Roll
Varsity: Madelyn Bolger, Victoria Bolger,
Hannah Graham, Charlotte Hayes, Megan
Jackson, Annabelle Miller, Hannah O’Neil,
Jayne Orleans, Rocio Ramirez, Zoe
Stavropoulos & Lily Weisblatt
JV: Christina Dillard, Elizabeth Drotos,
Marselina Griggs, Molly Krawczel and
Nia White
WABC SPRING 2013 NEWSLETTER
West Potomac Outdoor Track & Field
It’s the End of An Era: West Po Athletes Excel in the Last Northern
Region Championship Meet; Girls 4 x 800, Genuario, Davis, Goolsby and
Gyamfi Compete at States!
The West Potomac Outdoor Track and Field squad finished up the
season with some great performances in the last Northern Region
Championship meet – and the final AAA state competition. Next year,
the Virginia High School League (VHSL) will be reorganized.
The Northern Region meet - held May 23-24 at Robinson High School –
was both exhilarating and heartbreaking for our West Po competitors.
The girls 4 x 800 relay of Sophia Passacantando, Lauren Price, Katie
Genuario and Meredith Barber qualified for the State Meet with a 3rd
place finish and a season best time of 9:43:04. The boys 4 x 800 of
Luca Halladay, Cullen O’Boyle, Corey Rosenberg and Crispin Bernier just
missed qualifying for States by finishing fourth, despite a very quick
time of 8:05.74, close to the state auto qualifying standard.
In the individual events, Katie Genuario qualified for States with a third
place finish in the 3200 meter run. Ke’Shaun Davis punched her ticket to
States with a sixth place finish in the 100 yard dash.
The girls 4 x800, Genaurio and Davis joined Lozie Goolsby (high jump)
and Mychael Gyamfi (discus) – who had previously qualified to compete
at the last Virginia AAA Track and Field Championships.
Todd Stadium in Newport News VA was hot and humid but our athletes
gave it their all. Leading the way for the Wolverines was Katie Genaurio
who finished 13th in the 3200m run. The Girls 4 x 800 finished 16th.
Lozie Goolsby was 19th in the high jump. Mychael Gyamfi was 19th in
the discus, and Ke'Shaun Davis was 24th in the 100m dash preliminary
round.
Congratulations to all the West Potomac athletes who competed in the
Northern Region and Virginia AAA State Championships!
Coaches
Head Coach:
Assistants -
Chris Faircloth & Dena McCraith
Jack Coffey
Jeremiah Davis
Jenn Dietz
Justin Gaudenzi
Caitlin Keen
Ron Schaefer
Bob Woods
TEAM ACCOLADES
Team MVP
Girls: Ke’Shaun Davis
Boys: Mychael Gyamfi
Coaches Award
Girls: Lauren Price
Boys: Cullen O’Boyle
All-District Athletes
Ke’Shaun Davis – 3rd 100m
Katie Genuario – 4th 1600m
Mychael Gyamfi – 3rd discus, 4th long jump
Lozie Goolsby – 3rd high jump, 5th 400m
Katie Murray – 6th 3200m
Kelly O’Meara – 6th 300m hurdles
Sophia Passacantando – 5th 1600m
Lauren Price – 3rd 800m
Kristi Snow – 5th 400m
Olubunni Rotimi – 4th shot put
Corey Rosenberg – 5th 800m
Glenn Rushing – 6th 400m
Relays qualified for Regionals
Girls 4x800m: Sophia Passacantando, Lauren Price,
Katie Genuario, Meredith Barber
Girls 4x100m: Mychelle Gyamfi, Aniya Taylor, Rhoda
Takyi, Ke’Shaun Davis
Boys 4x800m: Luca Halladay, Crispin Bernier, Cullen
O’Boyle, Corey Rosenberg
Boys 4x400m: Lozie Gooslby, Glenn Rushing, Corey
Rosenberg, Crispin Bernier
Athletic Honor Roll
Boys: Michael Bell, Crispin Bernier, David Cate, Nicolas
Cucinotta, Gunnar Cukor, Jarrod Denham, Francis
Edemobi, Luca Halladay, Eric Hardee, Ryan Hayden,
Samuel James, Shreyak Khanal, Darrel Mensah, Zachary
Moorman, Cullen O’Boyle, Kelly O’Meara, Ty Pacheco,
David Pinter, Wilson Prater, Moises Romero, Olubunmi
Rotimi, Gabriel Servais, Brian Spitnale, Eric Turner, Brennan
Vaughan & John Whitney
Girls: Lauren Airey, Salma Almaz, Meredith Barber,
Martha Bervell, Gabrielle Bomberg, Brianna Boykin,
Jazmin Castro, Abigail Copley, Maura Finn, Nicole
Freewalt, Katherine Genuario, Mychelle Gyamfi, Dorcas
Koduah, Erika Larsen, Juliette Lash, Colleen Maloney,
Allison McNulla,, Kathryn Murray, Kelsey O’Hern, Sophia
Passacantando, Laura Powell, Lauren Price, Kelly Slatery,
Anna Smith, Zoe Smith, Kristin Snow, Rhoda Takyi, Jennifer
Thomson, Rosemary Vita & Samantha Zuber
WABC SPRING 2013 NEWSLETTER
A Message from the
West Potomac Athletic Boosters
WABC would like to congratulate all the spring sport’s student athletes, coaches and volunteers who
made the season a big success. Thank you for all of your hard work!
Our officers for the 2013-2014 school year will be Rick Genuario and Vicki Aardema as Co-Presidents
again. Nancy Murray will be our Treasurer for one more year. Please, anyone with accounting
experience: We could use your help taking over for Nancy for the following year. Thank you to Anna
Diefendorf for performing so well as our Secretary. This position needs to be filled so please contact me if
you are interested. Most of our Team Rep positions are filled, however we have need for volunteers for
Gymnastics, Wrestling, Boys and Girls Basketball and Cheer. Thank you, Kathy Boykin for filling the role of
Volunteer Coordinator. We are looking for volunteers to help her next year. Also, thank you to Susie
Jackson and Kari Panagopoulos for being our Concession coordinators. They could use some help next
year as well.
Remember our meetings are the second Wednesday of every month at 7 pm in the library. The
meeting is open to anyone and we encourage all team reps, parents, and students to attend.
The annual WABC Golf Tournament held on June 13th at Laurel Hill Golf Course was a huge success.
We had 105 golfers enjoy a windy but not rainy day at a great venue. Due to the generosity of our
players and sponsors, we were able to raise more money than the year before which will help fund the
engineering for two synthetic turf fields we hope to have built in the summer of 2014. Thank you’s will be
sent soon with pictures and sponsor logos will be placed on our website. Please recognize the
contributions of our local businesses by supporting them whenever you can.
Also, thank you coaches and teams for supporting this big event: Baseball, Band, Cheer, Field Hockey,
Girls Soccer, Boys Soccer, Girls Lacrosse, Boys Lacrosse, Swim/Dive/ Volleyball, Track, Boys Basketball,
Softball, Football, XC, and Boys Tennis all sponsored a hole. We are pleased to have this great school
spirit and unity to improve facilities and equipment.
Look for the 2013-2014 Silver Patron Passes going on sale soon. The deadline for the discount ($155) is
August 26.
GOOD LUCK FALL SPORTS!
Rick Genuario
Vicki Aardema
Co-Presidents WABC
WEST POTOMAC ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
JUNE 13TH, 2013 LAUREL HILL GOLF COURSE