2024 Fall Athletic Awards

Suffield Academy held its Fall Athletic Awards ceremony on December 16. The evening honored teams and individuals whose contributions were particularly outstanding. Congratulations to all student-athletes for their hard work and dedication this fall. Recipients are listed below.

Go Tigers!

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY
Gordon G. Glover - Charles L. Thompson AWARD
Ronan Sullivan
Desire, Dedication, Determination Award
Soren Nelson, Naoya Kobayashi
Coaches Award
Olly Cherry, Sasha Kachanovskiy

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY
Outstanding Achievement Award
Ava Butterfield
Desire, Dedication, Determination Award
Natalia Paradies
Coaches Award
Ava Carroll

FIELD HOCKEY
Most Valuable Player
Skylar Fiske, Sarah Kriebel, Mercedes Bourgeois
Mary Drinker Most Improved Award
Addie Carillo, Jazlynn Booth
Coaches Award
Emily Yates

FOOTBALL
J. Edward Tryon Outstanding Football Player Award
Kayden Bennett, Charles Kaludis
Outstanding Lineman Award
Ben Gorman
Norman Fiedler Most Inspirational Award
Jahmir Pitcher
Coaches Award
Anthony Greco, Brenden Toppin

BOYS’ SOCCER                   
The Paul G. Sanderson, Jr. Soccer Award 
Michael Adu-Gyamfi, Ayden Gardner, Evan Riccelli, Brayden Marta, Christophe Gourdeau Coossa
Bradford C.  Gooch Most Improved Award
Nile Bean, Robert Holcombe, Eddie Grace, Ryan Haines, Stone Visconti
Coaches Award 
Gavin Baer, Daniel Martin, Keegan Milne, Ayden St. Martin, Recardo Nicholas Warren
Tiger Spirit Award
Bernardo Lujan Lalieu, Santiago Bourgois

GIRLS’ SOCCER
Outstanding Contribution to Girls' Soccer
Diana Baffor, Kayla Barthel, Jocy Koffi
Most Improved Award
Ava Dagnoli
Coaches Award
MelienaMarie Johnson Hyre

VOLLEYBALL
Most Valuable Player
CJ Buron
Most Improved Player
Dasha Casado Reyes
Coaches Award
Sabrina Plaz, Logan Hoang

BOYS’ WATER POLO
Most Valuable Player - Captain’s award
John Rusnock, Kellen Booth
Most Improved Player
Weck Pool
Coaches Award
Alex Cha, Shalin Patel

ALL-NEPSAC
BOYS 
Kayden Bennett ’26 [Class A Football]
Charles Kaludis ’25  [Class A Football]
Michael Adu-Gyamfi ’26 [Class B Soccer]
Brayden Marta ’26 [Class B Soccer]
Evan Riccelli ’25 [Class B Soccer]

girlS 
Ava Butterfield ’26 [Division II Cross Country]
Skylar Fiske ’25 [Class B Field Hockey]
Mercedes Bourgeois ’25 [Class B Field Hockey]
Diana Baffor ’25 [Class B Soccer]
Jocy Koffi ’26 [Class B Soccer]
CJ Buron ’26 [Class B Volleyball]

All NEPSAC HONORABLE MENTION
BOYS 
Brenden Toppin ’25 [Class A Football]
Jahmir Pitcher ’25 [Class A Football]
Gavin Baer [Class B Soccer]
Christophe Gourdeau Coossa [Class B Soccer]
Kellen Booth [Waterpolo]

girlS 
Raegan Carty ’26 [Class B Field Hockey]
Sarah Kreibel ’26 [Class B Field Hockey]
Kayla Barthel ’25 [Class B Soccer]
Sadie Kessler [Class B Volleyball]

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