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Meet the athletes of the year for Winter 2024-25
These 39 athletes of the year hail from 36 schools. Malden Catholic, Central Catholic, and Concord-Carlisle are the only schools with multiple selections. Malden Catholic features girls' hockey star Ava Baker and boys' basketball standout Matt Gaffney, Central Catholic has gymnast of the year Zinnia Hopkinson and boys' basketball Super Teamer Javier Lopez, and Concord-Carlisle is represented by boys' alpine skier Theo Remington, and girls' diver Maisey O'Donnell, a two-time selection who
Athletes of the year: boys' basketball
Teagan Swint, Newton North; Matt Gaffney, Malden Catholic; Caden Sullivan, Franklin; Javier Lopez, Central Catholic; Tzar Powell-Aparicio, Lowell
Athletes of the year: girls' basketball
Ava Orlando, Notre Dame-Hingham; Kailey Sullivan, Foxborough; Katherine Cheesebro, Dartmouth; Bella Owumi, St. Mary's; Maddie Oliver, Norwell
Athletes of the year: boys' hockey
Daniel Menyalkin, St. John's (Shrewsbury); JP Messuri, Arlington; Logan Poulin, Nauset; Nolan Dawson, Billerica; JR Goldstein, St. John's Prep; Drew Karlovits, BC High
Athletes of the year: girls' hockey
Lydia Barnes, Methuen; Caroline Doherty, Hingham; Paige Nottingham, North Andover; Ava Baker, Malden Catholic; Zoey Madigan, Duxbury; Kate Sullivan, Westwood
Athletes of the year: wrestling
D1
: Thomas Brown, Chelmsford and Sid Tildsley, Shawsheen
; D2
: Mikey Boulanger, Milford
; D3
: Nick DeSisto, Tewksbury
Athlete of the year: gymnastics
Zinnia Hopkinson, Central Catholic
Athlete of the year: boys' indoor track
Lucas Andrade, Brockton
Athlete of the year: girls' indoor track
Emmanuella Edozien, Natick
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Athletes of the year: boys' swimming
Division 1:
Will Mulgrew, Xaverian;
Division 2:
Nicholas Cavic, Seekonk;
Diver:
Vann Hotchkiss, Needham
Athletes of the year: girls' swimming
Division 1:
Joslin Halsey, Lincoln-Sudbury;
Division 2:
Lydia Craft, Seekonk;
Diver:
Athletes of the year: skiing
Girls' alpine: Jillian Bradford, Nashoba; Boys' alpine: Theo Remington, Concord-Carlisle; Girls' Nordic: Hannah Peterson, Brookline; Boys' Nordic: Dashiell Martin, Newton South
Meet the coaches of the year for winter 2024-25
The 38 Coaches of the Year hail from 36 schools, with Billerica (girls' indoor track coach Cullen Hagan girls track and boys' hockey coach Jim Egan) and Concord-Carlisle (boys' alpine skiing coach Amy Brooks and boys' nordic skiing coach Marika Massey-Bierman) featuring two coaching selections.
Coaches of the year: boys' basketball
Division 1:
CJ Neely, Franklin;
Division 2:
Robert Slater, Somerset Berkley;
Division 3:
John Willis, Norwell;
Division 4
: Josh Keilty, Georgetown;
Division 5:
Eric McKoy, English High
Coaches of the year: girls' basketball
Division 1:
Kelley Macdonald, Braintree;
Division 2:
Liana Cunningham, North Quincy;
Division 3:
Jeff Newhall, St. Mary's;
Division 4:
Clinton Lassiter, Cathedral;
Division 5:
Niki Murphy, Minuteman
Coaches of the year: boys' hockey
Division 1:
Larry Rooney, Catholic Memorial;
Division 2:
Jim Egan, Billerica;
Division 3:
Connor Brickley, Nauset;
Division 4:
Dale Dunbar, Winthrop
Coaches of the year: girls' hockey
Division 1:
Dave O'Hearn, Methuen/Tewksbury;
Division 2:
John Summers, Medfield
Coaches of the year: wrestling
Division 1:
Doug Pratt, Shawsheen;
Division 2:
PJ Boccia, Milford;
Division 3:
Bob Gay, Bristol-Plymouth
Coach of the year: gymnastics
Cassie Ford, Newton North
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Coaches of the year: boys' indoor track
Division 1:
Nick McArdle, Lowell;
Division 2:
Fernando Braz, Peabody;
Division 3:
George Daly, Milton;
Division 4:
Greg Zopatti and James Rooney, Pembroke;
Division 5:
Jason Montrose, Weston
Coaches of the year: girls' indoor track
Division 1:
Rebecca Trachsel, Lexington
Division 2:
Brendan Sullivan, Bishop Feehan;
Division 3:
Cullen Hagan, Billerica;
Division 4:
Brian Moore, Newburyport;
Division 5:
JC Honer, Pentucket
Coaches of the year: boys' swimming
Division 1:
Ron Pereira, Framingham;
Division 2:
Mike Foley, Wayland
Coaches of the year: girls' swimming
Division 1:
Tim Curry, New Bedford;
Division 2:
Andrew DiGiacomo, Mystic Valley
Coaches of the year: skiing
Boys' alpine:
Amy Brooks, Concord-Carlisle;
Girls' alpine:
Jeremy Goldberg, Newton South;
Girls' Nordic:
Sarah Shamel, Acton-Boxborough/Nashoba;
Boys' Nordic:
Marika Massey-Bierman, Concord-Carlisle
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