On Thursday, March 20, the Winter Athletic Awards Ceremony celebrated a season in which 35 Saints were named All-Conference athletes, eight teams posted winning seasons, two teams won conference titles, and St. Andrew’s—and Delaware—can count among its ranks one of the first girls wrestling state champions.

Welcoming St. Andrew’s community members to Engelhard Hall for the ceremony, Director of Athletics Neil Cunningham had many people to thank for a winning winter season. Cunningham emphasized the different players who help the Saints Athletics team succeed: the athletes themselves, staff members within and beyond departments like athletic training and facilities, as well as the coaches who dedicate their time to young athletes’ growth.

“Our coaching staff at St. Andrew’s is not a typical coaching staff—the talent we have is crazy,” Cunningham said. “I’m blessed to work with them and call them colleagues, and you are so fortunate to be in their care.”

Throughout the evening, coaches announced individual athletes’ awards and also led the community in celebrating collective victories and team milestones. Across different sports, coaches expressed some common themes: crediting athletes for bringing drive and positivity to each practice, highlighting students’ leadership or their immense growth over the course of a season.

Standout moments from the winter 2025 season included boys swimming, which took the Delaware Independent School Conference (DISC) Championship’s first-place all-around win, and varsity girls squash finishing 41st out of 90 teams and placing 9th in Division 3 at nationals this year. Girls wrestling also took home several tournament championships—and Juliet ’25 was named a state champ!—and varsity girls basketball shot 11 three-pointers in one game, setting a new school record. Indoor track broke 42 school records—up from 15 in the previous year’s athletic season—and varsity boys basketball shot to Round 2 of the state championships before the end of their season.

Varsity girls basketball, both squash teams, and both swim teams posted winning seasons, as did thirds through varsity boys basketball. At the ceremony, the athletics community recognized these collective accomplishments, as well as the individual athletes who went above and beyond in terms of athletic performance and leadership of their teams.

Watch the full event here.

The following students were recognized at the ceremony:

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Boys Basketball

“This year, for the whole program, I thought it was probably one of the best years entirely from Thirds on up to Varsity. As we know at this school in the winter time, it can be tough. It can be a grind. I think with the team and the run that they made helped bring us together and gave us something to be proud of. I want to thank you [the fans] for supporting us.”

“Our mantra this year was ‘18 strong,’ and [that means] everyone buying [into] that, from the coaches, to the managers. And it's not just about sports. Eighteen strong is about passion, attitude, and most importantly, it's about love. For us to have this type of season, we had to love what we did and [everyone] throughout the team showed that. We demonstrated that all year.” Head Coach Terrell Myers

• Varsity, Most Valuable Athlete: Darnell Lloyd ’25
• Varsity, Coaches Award: Josh Ho ’25
• Varsity, Coaches Award: Jack Myers ’25
• Varsity, Most Improved Athlete Award: A’zir Carey ’25
• Varsity, 6th Man Award: Cai Romaine ’25
• JV, Most Valuable Athlete Award: Widalvis Burgos ’26
• JV, Most Improved Athlete Award: Austin McEachin ’27
• Thirds, Most Valuable Athlete Award: John Kim ’26
• Thirds, Most Improved Athlete Award: Nick Graves ’26

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Girls Basketball

“Thank you, players. It’s not just about what we did this year, but how you all did it. It was awesome being able to coach you all and see your growth. We really could’ve given everyone an award with the improvements I saw—I saw players go from last year, being a small part of the team, to this year being All-Conference players.”Head Coach Paul Clemons

• Varsity, Most Valuable Athlete Award: Katherine Meers ’25
• Varsity, Coaches Award: Claire Hulsey ’26
• JV, Most Valuable Athlete Award: Nina DeVaughn ’27
• JV, Most Improved Athlete Award: Caroline Ault ’27

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Squash

“Throughout the season, both teams easily defeated many schools that used to beat us on a regular basis. This was uncharted territory and definitely a high watermark for the program. It was a great season and all of the coaches are excited for next year.” JV Head Coach Eric Finch

Boys Squash

• Varsity, Most Valuable Athlete Award: Grey Dugdale ’25
• Varsity, Most Improved Athlete Award: Gabriel Miller-Ramírez ’26
• Varsity, Speers Award: Grey Veague ’25

Girls Squash

• Varsity, Most Valuable Athlete Award: Marion Lindsay ’28
• Varsity, Most Improved Athlete Award: Pope Brown ’25
• Varsity, Speers Award: Lindy Black ’25

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Swimming

“Thank you to the team in general for making every practice and every meet memorable, for everyone who was there, and for the coaches especially. The season started [with challenges scheduling practices] and ended rocky with [widespread flu], but my most memorable moment of the season was sitting in the office with Coach Hammond and Coach Towne after DISCs was over, thinking about all that was accomplished. We came together as a team, and swam hard.”Head Coach Greg Guldin

Boys Swimming

• Most Valuable Athlete Award: Andrew Comstock ’27
• Most Improved Athlete Award: Kaz Yamada ’26/li>
• Rookie of the Year Award: Beau Taylor ’28/li>
• Coaches Award: Austin Macalintal ’26/li>
• Genereaux Service Award: Will Tower ’26

 

Girls Swimming

• Most Valuable Athlete Award: Connie Kang ’26
• Most Improved Athlete Award: Lila Worth ’26
• Rookie of the Year Award: Olivia Hysi ’28
• Coaches Award: Reese Holden ’27
• Genereaux Service Award: Amanda Meng ’25

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Indoor Track

“The indoor track team had a great season running, throwing, hurdling, and jumping. We had 54 total athletes, the largest [team] we’ve ever had in school history. … This team also broke an unprecedented number of school records during the season. We’ve now had a track team for 10 seasons, and for the first couple of years it’s really easy to break school records because there aren’t that many. Last year’s team, which I thought was the fastest in school history, broke 15 school records over the course of the season; this year’s team broke 42 school records.” Head Coach Jon Tower

Boys Indoor Track 

• Most Valuable Athlete Award: Ethan Williams ’26
• Most Improved Athlete Award: Ryerson Li ’27
• Coaches Award: William Bido ’25

Girls Indoor Track

• Most Valuable Athlete Award: Leah Horgan ’25
• Most Improved Athlete Award: Margaret Gilheany ’26
• Coaches Award: Brianne Isaac ’25

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Wrestling

“This year was kind of a rebuilding year for wrestling—we lost a lot of [2024 seniors] …. Individually, though, the wrestlers went to tournaments and on both sides of the house, [both teams] brought home the bling on numerous occasions.” Head Coach Phil Davis

• Most Valuable Athlete Award: Juliet Klecan ’25
• Most Improved Athlete Award: Brian Walsh ’28
• Varsity, Coaches Award: Luke Ketzner ’25
• JV, Coaches Award: Olivia Atkins ’27