Fall Sports Awards 2025: Celebrating Our Big Red Athletes

The Wayland Academy community gathered in Kimberly Chapel on Wednesday, November 5, for the 2025 Fall Sports Awards. The ceremony celebrated student-athletes and coaches, recognizing varsity letter winners, team awards, and four-year letter recipients.

Below are this season's award winners:

Cross Country

Boys 

• Most Improved: Daumantas Dauksevicius `26
• Champion of Character: Daniel Swan `28
• Most Valuable: Luca Roetter-Gresback `26
• Four-Year Varsity Letter Winner: Luca Roetter-Gresback `26
• All Conference Honors: 
  • Second Team: Luca Roetter-Gresback `26
  • All-Sportsmanship: Colter Westenmeyer `27

Girls

• Most Improved: Ruste Ciemnolonskyte `27
• Champion of Character: Kennedy Norris `26
• Most Valuable: Griyan Hughland `26
• Four-Year Varsity Letter Winner: Griyan Hughland `26
• All Conference Honors: 
  • First Team: Griyan Hughland `26
  • All-Sportsmanship: Sierra Mietzel `26

Football

Congratulations to the entire football team, who were recognized as a WFCA Academic-All State Team. We are proud of you for ringing the bell in both academics and athletics!

• Most Improved: Ilia Babenko `27
• Varsity Champion of Character: Ne'Kyle Alfred `26
• JV Champion of Character: Caden Farrell `29
• Most Valuable—Special Teams: Albert Kim `27
• Most Valuable—Defense: Tavondre Bruns `26
• Most Valuable—Offense: Regan Richardson `26
• All Conference Honors: 
  • All-Sportsmanship Team: Liam Cleary `26
  • First Team: Tavondre Bruns `26
  • Second Team: Regan Richardson `26, Ne'Kyle Alfred `26, and Kayn Kim `27
  • Honorable Mention: Jimmy Rincon `28, Ilia Babenko `27, Grant Weinman `27
• Individual Academic All-State Awards:
  • Dylan Gatera `26, Alpha Sylla `26, Easton Keil `26, Andy Nguyen `26

Rowing

Boys

• Most Improved: Edward Flatt `27
• Champion of Character: Sybren Holwerda `28
• Most Valuable: Aleksa Nenadic `27
• Four-Year Varsity Letter Winner: Anton Piuneu `26

Girls

• Most Improved: Lilith Reusch `26
• Champion of Character: Mandi Ritman `26
• Most Valuable: Jacqueline Fogarty `26
• Four-Year Varsity Letter Winner: Lilith Reusch `26

Soccer

• Most Improved: Rodrigo Lizardo `29
• Champion of Character: Hugo Gonzales-Arribas `26
• Most Valuable: Lucas Cristea-Rist `26
• Four-Year Varsity Letter Winners: Lucas Cristea-Rist `26
• All Conference Honors:
  • First Team: Lucas Cristea-Rist `26
  • Honorable Mention: Liam Menning `26, Avery Ruff `29, and Hugo Gonzales-Arribas `26

Swimming

• Varsity Champion of Character: Isabella Mosquera `29
• JV Champion of Character: Cynthia Ishimwe `26
• Most Valuable: Isabella Mosquera `29

Tennis

• Most Improved: Dalena Westenmeyer `26
• Varsity Champion of Character: Molly Kim `27
• JV Champion of Character: Liz Strut `26
• Most Valuable: Derya Baytan `28
• Capital Conference Honors: 
  • Singles One - Tournament Runner Up: Derya Baytan `28
  • Singles Two - Tournament Champion: Saule Kupcinskaite `26

Volleyball

• Most Improved: Madyson DeWitt `28
• Varsity Champion of Character: Charlotte Hoar `26
• JV Champion of Character: Lina Lopez `27
• JV2 Champion of Character: Annica Blanc `27
• Most Valuable: Reina Schroeckenthaler `28
• All Conference Honors: 
  • Honorable Mention: Ella Kikkert `26 and Reina Schroeckenthaler `28
  • All-Sportsmanship: Genesis Garcia Ruiz `26

Congratulations to all our fall sports athletes and coaches on an outstanding season. Go Big Red!