In a typical year, Cary Academy’s Athletic Department hosts three banquets — one for each athletic season — to celebrate and recognize the efforts and achievements of our student-athletes. This year, Athletic Director Kevin Jones chose to celebrate our Chargers with a massive celebration on the CA Quad, before their classmates, during the final day of Upper School classes.
And we had a lot to celebrate:
- 85 All-Conference Players
- 8 Conference “Players of the Year”
- Elise Boyse ’23 – Track and Field
- Kenny Eheman ’21 – Cross country, Track and Field
- Asher Lucas ’23 – Baseball
- Anna Newman ’21 – Swimming
- Abby Pompeo ’21 – Field hockey
- Nisma Said ’21 – Swimming
- Nousha Tehrani ’23 – Tennis
- 19 All-State athletes
- Sarah Chen ’26 – Swimming
- Gabriella Cicuto ’22 – Field hockey
- Chase Dawson ’23 – Basketball
- ThucUyen Dzu ’21 – Cross country
- Kenny Eheman – Cross country, Track and Field
- Bryan Fang ’23 – Golf
- Asher Lucas – Baseball
- Sydney Martin ’21 – Swimming
- Anna Newman – Swimming
- Sebastian Polge ’22 – Cross country
- Abby Pompeo – Field hockey, Soccer
- Nisma Said – Swimming
- Jordan Smith – Swimming
- Andon Swartz ’22 – Baseball
- Nousha Tehrani – Tennis
- Louisa Wendt – Swimming
- Elena Zayas ’21 – Swimming
- 8 Records broken
- Baseball
- Christian Larsen ’22 – Stolen Bases/Season (18)
- Track and field
- Kenny Eheman – 1600m – TISAC meet record
- Matthew Crow ’21, Xavier deSouza ’21, Thomas George ’24, Kenny Eheman – 4x1600m Relay
- Swimming
- Alex Lim ’22 – 100yd Breastsroke (1:00.98)
- William Hook ’24 – 500yd Freestyle (4:49.95)
- Oliver Wang ’22 – 200yd IM (1:55.96) & 100yd Backstroke (:52.92)
- Alex Moore ’24, Alex Lim ’22, Evan Alexander ’23, Oliver Moore ’22 – 200yd Medley Relay (1:41.73)
- Baseball
- 18 Triple Play Athletes (athletes who earn varsity letters in all three seasons of a single year)
- 6 Conference Championships:
- Boys Cross Country
- Girls Cross Country
- Boys Swimming
- Girls Swimming
- Baseball
- Boys Track & Field
- 2 State Runners-Up:
- Boys Cross Country
- Boys Swimming
- 1 State Championship Title:
- Girls Swimming (5th Consecutive State Championship!)
Members of the Class of 2021 who have signed commitments to play at the collegiate level
- Russell Burns – Track & Field – William & Mary
- ThucUyen Dzu – Cross country/Track and Field – University of Chicago
- Kenny Eheman- Cross country/Track and Field – Davidson College
- Ethan Hortelano – Fencing – Brandeis University
- Koa Kaliebe – Soccer – Franklin & Marshall
- Aaron Messer – Soccer – University of Pennsylvania
- Anna Newman – Swimming – Davidson College
- Abby Pompeo – Field Hockey – Davidson College
2021 Athletic Department Awards
- TISAC Sportmanship Award
- Ellie McMahon ’21
- Matthew Crow
- Charger Pride Award
- Jordan Smith ’21
- Christian Larsen
- Athletic Leadership Award
- Lily Weinstein ’21
- Vibhan Nandigiri ’21
- Scholar Athlete Award
- Nisma Said
- Koa Kaliebe ’21
- Kyle Murphy ’21
- Athlete of the Year Award
- ThucUyen Dzu
- Henry Lee ’21
- Lifetime Achievement Award
- Abby Pompeo
- Kenny Eheman
Watch the slideshow to view all of our outstanding Chargers:
https://youtu.be/KsMp1pEA2r8