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NHS Homecoming/Athletic Hall of Fame to Honor Alumni Success at the High School, College, and Professional Levels
New Hampton School’s Athletic Hall of Fame will induct new members on Saturday, September 20. The public ceremony will take place in the Arts and Athletics Center from 10:30-11:30 am, followed by a series of afternoon sports contests.
The following alumni will be honored. Female Athlete Award: Amanda Cronin (Toronto, Canada, formerly of York, ME). Male Athlete Awards: Lawrence Moten (Mitchellville, MD) and Peter Seibert (formerly of Vail, CO). Coach: Charles W. “Skip” Howard II (Moultonborough, NH). Team: 1979-80 Men’s Varsity “A” Hockey Team.
The following alumni will be honored. Female Athlete Award: Amanda Cronin (Toronto, Canada, formerly of York, ME). Male Athlete Awards: Lawrence Moten (Mitchellville, MD) and Peter Seibert (formerly of Vail, CO). Coach: Charles W. “Skip” Howard II (Moultonborough, NH). Team: 1979-80 Men’s Varsity “A” Hockey Team.
Female Athlete Award: Amanda Cronin (Toronto, Canada, formerly of York, ME)
Amanda “Mandy” Cronin ’98 will receive the Female Athlete Award. She was captain of the Huskies’ hockey and soccer teams in both her junior and senior years as well as four-year captain of the Women’s Softball Team. While at NHS, she received the Gulick Award for Women’s Soccer in 1996, the Paul Family Hockey Award in 1996 and 1997, and the Outstanding Female Athlete Award at Commencement 1998.
Cronin served as captain during her junior and senior years as a member of the Division I University of Maine Black Bears. She received the University of Maine Scholar Athlete Award in 2001-02 and the Women’s Hockey Senior Black Bear Award.
Her professional career in the National Women’s Hockey League included stints with the Durham Telus Lightning, the Toronto Aeros, and league champion Brampton Thunder. She was also selected to the USA Women’s National Hockey Team’s prep camp for the 2004 Four Nations Cup. In 2007, Cronin founded M-Power Hockey, Inc., a development program and hockey school operating in New England and Canada for young women.
Male Athlete Awards: Lawrence Moten (Mitchellville, MD) and Peter Seibert (formerly of Vail, CO)
Lawrence Moten ’91 played basketball and football at NHS, and was selected as All New England player for both sports. He went on to Syracuse University, where he still holds many basketball records.
Moten is the all-time, career scoring leader at Syracuse and the all-time, career Big East Conference scoring leader with 2,334 points. He was the team’s leading scorer during his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. He was one of the quickest players in team history to reach 1000 points, reaching this milestone in only fifty-five games. As a result of his smooth but deceptive play, he earned the nickname “Poetry in Moten.”
Moten is the all-time Syracuse and BIG EAST Conference scoring leader. He was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and to the BIG EAST All Conference Teams during his sophomore, junior, and senior years. As a senior in 1995, he led the Orangemen to the NCAA Elite Eight and was named to the Sporting News and UPI All-American Team. In 1999 he was named to the Syracuse All-Century Team.
He was drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1995 NBA Draft and played for the Washington Wizards and in Europe. He is currently head coach of the Maryland Nighthawks in the American Basketball Association.
Peter W. Seibert ’43 will receive the Male Athlete Award posthumously. He skied and played football and tennis at NHS, then joined the Army’s Tenth Mountain Division in 1943, serving in Italy and returning home critically injured. Following surgery, rehabilitation, and discharge, Seibert relocated to Aspen to work ski instructor and head the Aspen Ski Patrol, while furthering his career in competitive skiing. He subsequently won the Roch Cup for Downhill and Combined Events at Aspen and first place in the Rocky Mountain Downhill and Slalom Combined. Two years later he placed third in the National Giant Slalom. Seibert was a member of the 1950 U.S. Ski Team, earning first place in the 1951 French University Championships in Chamonix for Downhill, Slalom, and Combined Events.
He returned to Colorado in 1954 to find the perfect mountain around which to build a ski resort. An arduous climb to the top of a mountain near Vail Pass resulted in the perfect find. He was the first president and CEO of Vail Corporation from 1960-65; president and CEO of Vail Associates, Inc. from 1965-77; and president of the National Ski Areas Association from 1973-75. Seibert was elected to the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame (1980), National Ski Hall of Fame (1984,) and Ski Businesses Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1995 he was recognized with the National Ski Areas Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
Peter Seibert passed away in 2002, but his legacy lives on in his numerous contributions to the world of skiing.
Coach: Charles W. “Skip” Howard II (Moultonborough, NH)
Charles W. “Skip” Howard II came to New Hampton School in 1957. He was head coach of the Varsity Tennis and Varsity Hockey teams, assistant coach of Varsity Football, head coach of Junior Varsity Tennis and 3rd soccer teams, and an assistant coach of Junior Varsity Football. During his eleven years of coaching, Howard had an undefeated Tennis Team in 1967 and several undefeated JV tennis teams. During his two-year tenure as the Assistant Varsity Football coach, NHS lost only one game. The Class of 1967 dedicated its yearbook, The Belfry, to Skip Howard.
After leaving New Hampton, Howard joined St. George’s School in 1968 and was named director of athletics in 1971, a role he held for the next twenty-six years. (He was inducted into St. George’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.) He became a founding father of the Independent School League. His Summer School Hockey Program led to the formation of the Newport (RI) County Youth Hockey Program, which now has over 500 participants. He received the “Outstanding Scholastic Coach of the Year” award from the New England Division of the U.S. Professional Tennis Association. In 1998, he received the New England Preparatory Schools Athletic Council's Distinguished Service Award for "enthusiasm, dedication, leadership, and vision."
Team: 1979-80 Men’s Varsity “A” Hockey Team
The 1979-80 Men’s Varsity “A” Hockey Team set a standard of hard work and commitment that became the foundation of what was to become one of the strongest pre-college teams in the nation. Under the guidance of coaches Joe Marsh (Canton, NY) and Mark Trivett (Foxboro, MA), the team finished the season nearly undefeated and had many highlights, including victories over several college hockey teams including Merrimack College and the junior varsity teams of Bowdoin and Dartmouth. The team also claimed the prestigious Choate Tournament Championship.
Many members of the team went on to further success at the collegiate and professional levels, winning awards, coaching teams, and making their mark on their respective hockey communities.
Team members include Joseph F. Ardagna ’80 (Roswell, GA), Kent B. Carlson ’81 (Pembroke, NH), Matthew J. Cicchetti ’80 (Ithaca, NY), Hal B. Cohan ’80 (Schwenkville, PA), Jon B. Davis ’80 (Fairfield, CT), Brian M. Driscoll ’80, Dale R. Dunbar ’80 (Winthrop, MA), Eric B. Feder ’80 (Ballston Spa, NY), Laurence D. Gale ’81 (Charleston, WV), Jonathan A. Karalekas ’80 (Naples, FL), Lawrence G. Kimball ’80 (Bristol, NH), Mark A. Leach ’80 (Londonderry, NH), Stephen D. McLelland ’80 (Reading, MA), Richard S. Neville ’80 (Quincy, MA), Scott D. Page ’80 (Edgartown, MA), Scott D. Peters ’80 (Hanover, NH), R. Steven Rhodes ’80 (Needham, MA), Stephen D. Rich ’80 (Wellesley, MA), Anthony J. Romano, III ’80 (Summerland, FL), Michael A. Rozzi ’80 (So. Burlington, VT), Robert J. Santoro, III ’80 (Stoneham, MA), Kurt S. Schmakel ’80 (W. Boxford, MA), David L. Sheilds ’80 (Grasonville, MD), Rejean A. “Ray” Shero ’80 (Upper St. Clair, PA), Rick W. Turnbull ’80 (West Chester, PA), Douglas C. Warren ’80 (So. Dennis, MA), and Gerald P. Courtney, Jr. ’80 (manager) (Lynn, MA).
Founded in 1821, New Hampton School is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory secondary school of 330 students who come from over thirty states and a dozen foreign countries. NHS prepares students for life-long learning through self-discovery, authentic relationships, civic responsibility, and global citizenship. Students benefit from an average class size of eleven and a student-faculty ratio of five to one. For more information, please visit www.newhampton.org.
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Amanda “Mandy” Cronin ’98 will receive the Female Athlete Award. She was captain of the Huskies’ hockey and soccer teams in both her junior and senior years as well as four-year captain of the Women’s Softball Team. While at NHS, she received the Gulick Award for Women’s Soccer in 1996, the Paul Family Hockey Award in 1996 and 1997, and the Outstanding Female Athlete Award at Commencement 1998.
Cronin served as captain during her junior and senior years as a member of the Division I University of Maine Black Bears. She received the University of Maine Scholar Athlete Award in 2001-02 and the Women’s Hockey Senior Black Bear Award.
Her professional career in the National Women’s Hockey League included stints with the Durham Telus Lightning, the Toronto Aeros, and league champion Brampton Thunder. She was also selected to the USA Women’s National Hockey Team’s prep camp for the 2004 Four Nations Cup. In 2007, Cronin founded M-Power Hockey, Inc., a development program and hockey school operating in New England and Canada for young women.
Male Athlete Awards: Lawrence Moten (Mitchellville, MD) and Peter Seibert (formerly of Vail, CO)
Lawrence Moten ’91 played basketball and football at NHS, and was selected as All New England player for both sports. He went on to Syracuse University, where he still holds many basketball records.
Moten is the all-time, career scoring leader at Syracuse and the all-time, career Big East Conference scoring leader with 2,334 points. He was the team’s leading scorer during his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. He was one of the quickest players in team history to reach 1000 points, reaching this milestone in only fifty-five games. As a result of his smooth but deceptive play, he earned the nickname “Poetry in Moten.”
Moten is the all-time Syracuse and BIG EAST Conference scoring leader. He was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year and to the BIG EAST All Conference Teams during his sophomore, junior, and senior years. As a senior in 1995, he led the Orangemen to the NCAA Elite Eight and was named to the Sporting News and UPI All-American Team. In 1999 he was named to the Syracuse All-Century Team.
He was drafted by the Vancouver Grizzlies in the 1995 NBA Draft and played for the Washington Wizards and in Europe. He is currently head coach of the Maryland Nighthawks in the American Basketball Association.
Peter W. Seibert ’43 will receive the Male Athlete Award posthumously. He skied and played football and tennis at NHS, then joined the Army’s Tenth Mountain Division in 1943, serving in Italy and returning home critically injured. Following surgery, rehabilitation, and discharge, Seibert relocated to Aspen to work ski instructor and head the Aspen Ski Patrol, while furthering his career in competitive skiing. He subsequently won the Roch Cup for Downhill and Combined Events at Aspen and first place in the Rocky Mountain Downhill and Slalom Combined. Two years later he placed third in the National Giant Slalom. Seibert was a member of the 1950 U.S. Ski Team, earning first place in the 1951 French University Championships in Chamonix for Downhill, Slalom, and Combined Events.
He returned to Colorado in 1954 to find the perfect mountain around which to build a ski resort. An arduous climb to the top of a mountain near Vail Pass resulted in the perfect find. He was the first president and CEO of Vail Corporation from 1960-65; president and CEO of Vail Associates, Inc. from 1965-77; and president of the National Ski Areas Association from 1973-75. Seibert was elected to the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame (1980), National Ski Hall of Fame (1984,) and Ski Businesses Hall of Fame in 1993. In 1995 he was recognized with the National Ski Areas Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
Peter Seibert passed away in 2002, but his legacy lives on in his numerous contributions to the world of skiing.
Coach: Charles W. “Skip” Howard II (Moultonborough, NH)
Charles W. “Skip” Howard II came to New Hampton School in 1957. He was head coach of the Varsity Tennis and Varsity Hockey teams, assistant coach of Varsity Football, head coach of Junior Varsity Tennis and 3rd soccer teams, and an assistant coach of Junior Varsity Football. During his eleven years of coaching, Howard had an undefeated Tennis Team in 1967 and several undefeated JV tennis teams. During his two-year tenure as the Assistant Varsity Football coach, NHS lost only one game. The Class of 1967 dedicated its yearbook, The Belfry, to Skip Howard.
After leaving New Hampton, Howard joined St. George’s School in 1968 and was named director of athletics in 1971, a role he held for the next twenty-six years. (He was inducted into St. George’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2004.) He became a founding father of the Independent School League. His Summer School Hockey Program led to the formation of the Newport (RI) County Youth Hockey Program, which now has over 500 participants. He received the “Outstanding Scholastic Coach of the Year” award from the New England Division of the U.S. Professional Tennis Association. In 1998, he received the New England Preparatory Schools Athletic Council's Distinguished Service Award for "enthusiasm, dedication, leadership, and vision."
Team: 1979-80 Men’s Varsity “A” Hockey Team
The 1979-80 Men’s Varsity “A” Hockey Team set a standard of hard work and commitment that became the foundation of what was to become one of the strongest pre-college teams in the nation. Under the guidance of coaches Joe Marsh (Canton, NY) and Mark Trivett (Foxboro, MA), the team finished the season nearly undefeated and had many highlights, including victories over several college hockey teams including Merrimack College and the junior varsity teams of Bowdoin and Dartmouth. The team also claimed the prestigious Choate Tournament Championship.
Many members of the team went on to further success at the collegiate and professional levels, winning awards, coaching teams, and making their mark on their respective hockey communities.
Team members include Joseph F. Ardagna ’80 (Roswell, GA), Kent B. Carlson ’81 (Pembroke, NH), Matthew J. Cicchetti ’80 (Ithaca, NY), Hal B. Cohan ’80 (Schwenkville, PA), Jon B. Davis ’80 (Fairfield, CT), Brian M. Driscoll ’80, Dale R. Dunbar ’80 (Winthrop, MA), Eric B. Feder ’80 (Ballston Spa, NY), Laurence D. Gale ’81 (Charleston, WV), Jonathan A. Karalekas ’80 (Naples, FL), Lawrence G. Kimball ’80 (Bristol, NH), Mark A. Leach ’80 (Londonderry, NH), Stephen D. McLelland ’80 (Reading, MA), Richard S. Neville ’80 (Quincy, MA), Scott D. Page ’80 (Edgartown, MA), Scott D. Peters ’80 (Hanover, NH), R. Steven Rhodes ’80 (Needham, MA), Stephen D. Rich ’80 (Wellesley, MA), Anthony J. Romano, III ’80 (Summerland, FL), Michael A. Rozzi ’80 (So. Burlington, VT), Robert J. Santoro, III ’80 (Stoneham, MA), Kurt S. Schmakel ’80 (W. Boxford, MA), David L. Sheilds ’80 (Grasonville, MD), Rejean A. “Ray” Shero ’80 (Upper St. Clair, PA), Rick W. Turnbull ’80 (West Chester, PA), Douglas C. Warren ’80 (So. Dennis, MA), and Gerald P. Courtney, Jr. ’80 (manager) (Lynn, MA).
Founded in 1821, New Hampton School is an independent, co-educational, college preparatory secondary school of 330 students who come from over thirty states and a dozen foreign countries. NHS prepares students for life-long learning through self-discovery, authentic relationships, civic responsibility, and global citizenship. Students benefit from an average class size of eleven and a student-faculty ratio of five to one. For more information, please visit www.newhampton.org.
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