Varsity and Junior Varsity athletes were recognized by their coaches with Most Valuable Player and Most Improved Player awards at the Fall 2006 Sports Awards Assembly on November 16 in Yarnall Gymnasium.

Kirsten Small received the Athletic Department Coaching Excellence Award for her role as the Shipley Varsity Girls’ Soccer Coach. In eight years, Small tallied a total of 78 wins, 59 losses, and 10 ties, received the Soccer Official’s Sportsmanship Award twice, and coached the 2004 Girls’ InterAc Tournament Championship team. She also coached the team’s all-time leading scorer, Rae Goldstein (159 points) for five years. Small gave up her role as coach after the 2005 season to spend more time with her family.

Varsity

Boys’ Cross Country
MVP: Nate Kuntz
MIP: Danny Bedrossian

Girls’ Cross Country
MVP: Anna Adler
MIP: Molly Cousins

Girls’ Field Hockey
MVP: Alex King, Charlie Thompson
MIP: Elise Mercier

Boys’ Soccer
MVP: B.J. Glenn, David Bartholomew
MIP: Hakiem Coles, John McCann

Girls’ Soccer
MVP: Rae Goldstein
MIP: Kendall Roberts

Girls’ Tennis
MVP: Whitney Hanson, Clare Kuensell, Helen McCann
MIP: Lindsey Powell, Julia Fisher

Junior Varsity

Girls’ Field Hockey
MVP: Liz Owens
MIP: Alexandra Piltch, Brianna Ross

Boys’ Soccer
MVP: Geoff Kelly
MIP: Alex Walker-Drennan

Girls’ Soccer
MVP: Alisha Fairfax
MIP: Coeli Worrall

Girls’ Tennis
MVP: Katie Rumer, Nikki Sullivan
MIP: Loryn Hartshorne, Claudia de Botton

3rd Team Boys’ Soccer
MVP: Tony Ho
MIP: Aaron Melman