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Contact: Jenni Brockman Phone: 804-443-3357 Fax: 804-443-6781 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tappahannock (February 19, 2004) - Six girls from the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula have earned recognition for their athletic accomplishments at St. Margaret’s School. They were among the student-athletes who received awards at the school’s recent winter sports banquet. | |
These girls won junior varsity |
The St. Margaret’s School varsity |
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Juniors Annie Arnest of Kinsale and Catherine Chilton of Lancaster; sophomore Ashley Leake of Marietta, GA; and senior Patricia Van Pelt of Charlotte, NC, won places on the League of Independent Schools' all-league soccer team. They were selected for the honor by coaches at other LIS schools. St. Margaret’s, the regular season soccer champions, had more All-LIS players than any other school. In addition, each of the SMS teams and coaches conferred awards. For varsity soccer, Chilton was voted most valuable offensive player, Leake was voted most valuable defensive player, senior Meredith Walsh of Bluemont was named most improved player, and senior Sarah Copeland of Tappahannock won the coach’s award. In addition, Coach Louise Cook presented Copeland, Van Pelt and Sarah Weakley of Montross with senior awards for their multiple years of varsity play. | |
Four varsity soccer players at |
Awards capped a winning varsity |
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The JV soccer team selected sophomore Brooke Shafer of Fredericksburg as most valuable player, and freshman Katie Coffey of Italy as most improved. Junior Becky Clark of Lively was voted most valuable varsity basketball player and won the high scorer award. Freshman Ligon Brooks of Miller’s Tavern was chosen most improved. Members of the JV basketball team voted sophomore Melissa Farara of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, most valuable player. Sophomore Taylor McEwen of Upper Marlboro, MD, and eighth-grader Becky Ulett-Hylton of Willingboro, NJ, shared the most improved honors. Sophomore Alexandra Newman of Lancaster was high scorer. | |
These girls won junior varsity |
These swimmers won winter sports |
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Scotty swimmers named sophomore Graycie Overman of New Bern, NC, most valuable and sophomore Sally Giles of Lynchburg most improved. St. Margaret’s will field spring sports teams in crew, lacrosse, softball and tennis, with season openers schedule for the last week of March. | |
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