2026 Spring Sports Awards—Celebrating our Big Red Coaches and Student-Athletes

The Wayland community celebrated all of our spring athletes and coaches at the Spring Sports Awards, held on Wednesday, May 20. During the ceremony, varsity letter winners, team awards, and four-year letter earners were recognized.

Interim Athletic Director Omri West and coaches reflected on the season, expressing appreciation for our student-athletes, assistant coaches, our trainer, Sodexo staff, fans, and all who assisted at competitions throughout the season. 

The award winners were as follows:

Baseball Team

Head Coach: John Pryme `11
Assistant Coaches: Jay Kroschel P`26, `27, Roy Mielke P`27, and Clayton Kroschel `26

• Most Valuable: TJ Allemand `26
• Most Improved: Coltyn Kroschel `27
• Champion of Character: Rodrigo Lizardo Sarante `29 and Jimkyle Rincon `28
• Four-Year Letter Winners: TJ Allemand `26, Clayton Kroschel `26, Lucas Cristea-Rist `26

Golf Team

Head Coach: Landyn Heimerl `13

• Most Valuable:  Nickolai Johnson `27
• Most Improved: Harry Dohyun Yeo `26
• Champion of Character: Sybren Holwerda `28

Lacrosse Team

Head Coach: Rob MacLellan
Assistant Coach: Jason Warnick P`29

• Defensive Most Valuable: Ilia Babenko `27
• Offensive Most Valuable: Alpha Sylla `26
• Most Improved Player: Micah Ratajczak `29
• JV Most Improved Player: Rowan Chao `28
• Champion of Character: Matthew Nguyen `27
• Four-Year Letter Winners: Ne’kyle Alfred `26, Nolan Cargen `26, Liam Cleary `26, and Le Gia Huy `26

Rowing Team

Head Coach: Seth Ahlborn
Assistant Coach: Jason Loppnow P`21, `24

• Most Valuable: Aleksa Nenadic `27 and Jacqueline Fogarty `26
• Most Improved: Nurzhan Murat `26 and Elze Velykyte `28
• Champion of Character: Tristan Kittel `27
• Four-Year Letter Winners: Jacqueline Fogarty `26, Anton Piuneu `26, and Lilith Reusch `26

Softball Team

Head Coach: Spencer Skivington
Assistant Coach: Bill Luebke H`89

• Most Valuable: Sierra Mietzel `26
• Most Improved: Elise Estervig `29
• Champion of Character: Molly Kim `27
• Four-Year Letter Winners: Katie Hwang `26, Sierra Mietzel `26, and Dalena Westenmeyer `26

Trailways East All-Conference Accolades

• First-Team All Conference: Sierra Mietzel `26
• All-Sportsmanship Team: Molly Kim `27

Girls Soccer Team

Head Coach: Dominick LaPorte 
Assistant Coach: Liberty Bell H`14, P`27

• Most Valuable: Ava Barudin `26 and Lina Lopez `27
• Most Improved: Reina Schroeckenthaler `28
• Champion of Character: Lela Zafari `27
• JV Champion of Character: Iliza Rwakunda `27

Boys Tennis Team

Head Coach: Amy Pippenger P`20, `23
Assistant Coach: Dr. Gregory Schulz P `14, `16, `17

• Most Valuable: Andy Nguyen `26 and Carl Nolden `27
• Most Improved: Luke Lim `29
• Varsity Champion of Character: Shaobo Xue `26

Track and Field Team

Head Coach: James Cleary H`20, P`26
Assistant Coaches: Tony Kikkert P`26, Becky Kikkert P`26, and Kurt Walters H`11

• Most Valuable: Regan Richardson `26, Luca Roetter Gresback `26, and Griyan Hughland `26
• Most Improved: Avery Ruff `29 and Amily Cho `28
• Champion of Character: Colter Westermeyer `27 and Ella Kikkert `26
• Four-Year Letter Winner: Luca Roetter Gresback `26 and Griyan Hughland `26

Trailways East All-Conference Accolades

• All-Sportsmanship Team: Griyan Hughland `26 and Avery Ruff `29

Congratulations to all our golf, baseball, lacrosse, rowing, softball, soccer, tennis, and track and field coaches and student-athletes on an outstanding season.

Go Big Red! #RTB 🔔