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Seniors Hanna Skelley (Wolfeboro) and Amy
Misera (Cockeysville, Maryland) were named to the
New England Preparatory School Athletic Council
(NEPSAC) Class C Field Hockey All-Tournament
Team. The midfielders were two of the team’s four
captains and also are the captains of the varsity
lacrosse team. “We are a dynamic duo on the field,”
Misera commented.
Misera, a two-year member of the team, plans to
play field hockey at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
This season she was awarded Most Valuable Player
for the Bobcat squad. Skelley is a three-year member
of the team. She plans to play ice hockey in college.
The Brewster players were among 15 girls selected
to the All-Tournament Team. Currently 31 teams
comprise NEPSAC’s Class C division.
Field Hockey Players
Named Gladiators
Butcher Named
Coach of the Year
Varsity field hockey
players Lottie Barton
‘12 (Kenai, Alaska), Allie
Hughes ‘12 (La Canada,
Califorina), and Goldie
Paul ’12 (Hampstead,
New Hampshire) earned
the honor of the 2011
Gladiator by SGI/National
Field Hockey Coaches
Association High School
Academic Squad. The
National Academic Squad
program recognizes
those high school seniors
who have achieved a
cumulative, unweighted
GPA of 3.5 out of 4.0 or
the equivalent through
the first quarter of the
2011-2012 school year.
Girls’ varsity soccer coach Matt Butcher was named
Regional Prep School Coach of the Year by the
National Soccer Coaches Association of America
(NSCAA). Coach Butcher
led the Bobcats through
a dramatic 2011 season
ending with a 16-2-1
overall record.
He has served as head
coach of the girls’ varsity
soccer program since 2002. During this time, the
team has earned three New England championships
(2009, 2007, and 2004); one co-championship
(2002); eight invites to the New England playoffs;
and six Lakes Region titles. His overall coaching
record at Brewster is 133-25-10.
Butcher was honored in mid-January at the annual
NSCAA convention in Kansas City.
Douglass on NPR’s
Morning Edition
In late 2011, pianist and guitarist Gregory Douglass
’98 was interviewed on a segment of National Public
Radio’s Morning Edition. The year-end segment
looked at music it missed over the past 12 months.
Host Linda Wertheimer interviewed Douglass, who
discussed his latest album Lucid and the ups and
downs of working as an independent artist. Visit
www.gregorydouglass.com to learn more about
Douglass.
Broom’s Work on Exhibit
in Florence, Chelsea
The work of photographer Adrien Broom ’98 is on
exhibit at the Center for Contemporary Culture at
Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. Her photography is
part of the exhibition: “American Dreamers. Reality
and Imagination in Contemporary American Art.” The
show runs through July 15. A little closer to home,
Broom also has work on exhibit as part of a twoperson
show at the Tria Gallery in Chelsea (NYC)
through April 15.
“The Florence exhibit feels like a dream to me. I
remember going to that Museum when I studied in
Italy back in 2003. The title of the exhibit (American
Dreamers) is perfectly fitting,” Broom said.
Broom is also working on a children’s book and
an event based around food, photography, and
storytelling to showcase at the Chelsea Market later
this year. Visit www.adrienbroom.com to learn about
Broom’s work.
ESPN Profiles
Thomas Robinson
In January, ESPN released a video on University of
Kansas forward Thomas Robinson ’09. “Family Over
Everything” profiles Robinson and his dedication
to basketball and his younger sister one year after
losing his grandmother, grandfather, and mother in
a span of 25 days. The video includes footage from
Brewster and is available at www.espn.com.
Morgan Huntley’s ‘00 company Vanquish Boats
was the featured cover story in the October issue
of Soundings magazine. In the article, Huntley talks
about his passion for boatbuilding, his designs, and
his vision for the company he founded in 2010.
Visit www.vanquishboats.com to learn more about
Huntley’s boats.
Jordan Weaver ’11, a freshman at Syracuse
University, is the communications director for
Students for Solvency. This national non-profit
organization educates young voters on the threat of
the national debt and advocates for fiscal reforms
necessary for the long-term health of the United
States. Weaver, former editor of the Brewster
Browser, is studying journalism at Syracuse.
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