Athletic Awards 2021
Congratulations to fall season Torreys for their discipline, intention and character.
Middle and Upper School student-athletes were recognized for their strong team-building skills such as effort, coachability and improvement this season during the fall athletic awards ceremonies.
Coaches from cheer, cross country, field hockey, flag football, football, golf, tennis, volleyball and water polo programs relayed their pride in students’ accomplishments and how they represented themselves, their families, their teams and La Jolla Country Day School.
Upper School Varsity
Cheer
MVP: Reagan Stein
Coach’s Award: Emma Araya
Most Improved: Sophia Cardoza
Cross Country
Most Valuable Runner: Alyssa Vo
Most Valuable Runner: Paul Criado
Coach’s Award: Aidan Ideker
Coach’s Award: Jake Needle
Best Teammate Award: Eisa al Mazrouei
Field Hockey
Leadership Award: Julia Cortes Romo
GREAT Award: Kathleen McElroy
Resilience Award: Charlotte Izadi
Football
Rashaan Salaam Player of the Year: Sam Alligood
Thomas Wright Blue Collar Award: Charlie Gooding
Rick Woods Most Improved Player: Anthony Aruffo
Torrey Pride Award: Mondo Nishiba
Pride Team Player of the Year: Packy Whelan
Golf
MVP: Ashley Ding
Tennis
MVP: Maddie Piao
Big Blue Award: Emily Bernstein
Big Blue Award: Bianca Wong
Volleyball
The ROOTS Award: Olivia Sampson
Coach’s Award: Hailey Grimaud
MVP: Bianka Lulic
Rookie of the Year: Emily French
Water Polo
MVP: Harris Feinman
Coach’s Award: Alexander Randall
Most Improved Award: Max Feng
Upper School Junior Varsity
Cross Country
JV Recognition Award: Ethan Yuan
JV Recognition Award: Teddy Chen
Field Hockey
Together Award: Suzy Leff
Growth Award: Anna Holland
Leadership Award: Gabby Cesaire
Football
Blue Collar Award: Santino Grasso
Blue Collar Award: Gavin Ni
Most Improved Player: Isaac Grassi
Most Improved Player: Gavin Stein
Torrey Pride Award: Jack Levin
Volleyball
MVP: Gray McKee
Most Improved: Sumayah Sugapong
Coach’s Award: Ria Loomba
Upper School Novice
Volleyball
MVP: Trisha Rao
Most Improved: Regan Schneider
Coach’s Award: Isabella Manuel
Middle School
Cross Country
Bleed Blue: Vicky Chen
Most Inspirational: Jackson Weisser
Motivational Award: Erik Tang
Flag Football
A Team
Heart & Hustle Award: Keenan Ward
Torrey Leadership Award: Jett Astephen
Most Improved Award: Jose Partida
Blue Team
Heart & Hustle Award: Rocco Taccone
Torrey Leadership Award: Owen Dorros
Most Improved Award: Aaron Guss
Black Team
Enthusiasm Award: Nick Mogul
Torrey Leadership Award: Brody Glazer
Inspirational Award: Nate Toranto
Golf
Most Improved Golfer: Panos Kaperonis
Torrey Leadership Award: Aidan DesRosiers-Kutchuk
Torrey Award: Rob Luddy
Volleyball
A Team
Most Inspirational: Olina Shi
Heart & Hustle: Alice Burgett
Relentless & Resilient: Lolly Mirhashemi
B Blue Team
Motivational Award: Ariana Ludwig
Most Inspirational Award: Marley Wagner
Torrey Coach’s Award: Myla Goldsztein
B White Team
Torrey Leadership Award: Lily Raiszadeh
Motivational Award: Paula Icaza
Bleed Blue Award: Delilah Shulman
C Team
Torrey Spirit: Angie Hu
Most Inspirational Award: Zarina Abdulakhatova
Torrey Leadership Award: Analise Gomez
