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NewsmakersMadison Blauth ’15(Pennington, NewJersey) was selected toattend USA Hockey’sgirls’ national playerdevelopment camp thispast July in St. Cloud,Minnesota. Also, her U-14 Tier 1 Connecticut PolarBears team made it to the quarterfinals of the 2012U.S. Nationals.Juliet Hadley ’15(Tuftonboro) has beenrecommended to the2013 Futures Program, theOlympic DevelopmentalProgram for USA FieldHockey.“An exciting opportunity lies ahead for Juliet havingearned a recommendation,” said head field hockeycoach Kim Yau. “She is pursuing the Futures Programfollowing her freshman season as a Brewster Bobcaton the varsity field hockey team, and Futures is aninvaluable stepping stone for Hadley to further herpositive potential.”LAXGoaltendersAmong theBestBrewster lacrossenetminders EliseHennessey ’15 andTrey Adams’ ’12 talents earned them nationalplay. Hennessey (Londonderry, New Hampshire)competed at the US Lacrosse Women’s DivisionNational Tournament in May. More than 100 playerstried out for the regional team, and the young,hard-nosed Brewster goaltender beat out 10 othergoaltenders for two coveted spots on the UpperNew England A team.Adams (Akwesasne, New York), earned a spot onthe Iroquois U-19 National Lacrosse Team. Adamswas chosen as one of two goalies to make thisprestigious team, and in July he played in the 2012U19 Men’s World Lacrosse Championships in Turku,Finland. Adams was the Bobcats goaltender for thepast two years and now plays for Utica College.Former Bobcat Named D-1Scholar AthleteLuke Apfeld ’09 (Wolfeboro), a junior at theUniversity of Vermont, was named to the 2011-2012 Division I-AAA Athletics Directors AssociationScholar-Athlete Team. A double major in English andsociology with a 3.82 grade point average, Apfeldwas one of only 11 men in the nation honored.Negedu Inspires PlayersDespite being sidelined from his college hoops careerdue to a heart condition, Emmanuel Negedu ’08 hasnot left the court of the University of New MexicoLobos. In a profile The Albuquerque Journal (October21) reports that Negedu continues to inspire hisformer teammates.“I talk to my teammates all the time about howthey should appreciate what they have right now,”Negedu said. “Win or lose, they should do it hardbecause you never know when its your last. But theway you work at whatever you’re doing, that stayswith you no matter what.”Freshman Curvey ScholarsMike Cooper with the newest Curvey Scholars (l to r):Ali Reed, Hannah Coulter, and Kolby McKenzie.In September, the community welcomed three moreCurvey Scholars. This is a special year in that there arenow Curvey Scholars represented in all four grades.The three newest scholars are freshmen HannahCoulter (Tuftonboro), Kolby McKenzie (Alton), andAli Reed (Tuftonboro). In December 2008, James C.Curvey and his family donated 11 acres of waterfrontproperty in Alton to Brewster Academy. Throughthe land donation, it was Curvey’s desire to createscholarships so that more local students would havethe opportunity to attend Brewster.The freshmen scholars join sophomores ChaseGardner (Wolfeboro), Tre Galligan (Gilford), and18 BrewsterConnections – Fall 2012