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Junior Leadership on Boys Varsity Basketball Team
Entering the 2024-2025 season, the Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team welcomed back only four players; nine of last year’s 13 players graduated in the class of 2024. However, Student Activities Coordinator…
Athlete of the Issue: Lance Roberts
Deerfield’s Varsity Boys Hockey and Lacrosse Captain Lance Roberts ’25 has been commended by many coaches and teammates from both…
International Students and Sports
Sports are essential to American culture and the Academy, where cheerleaders tell students to “buy in” by committing to team…
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February 7, 2024
Athlete of the Issue: Justin Odibo
As Boys Varsity Basketball’s leading scorer and versatile defender, Justin Odibo ’24 has already made a significant impact on the team. Head Coach Connor Merrill said, “[Justin] can score the…
February 7, 2024
Mr. Bryant in Sports
Assistant Dean of Residential Life Trevon Bryant joined the Deerfield community this fall. Around campus, he is more commonly referred to as Deerfield’s “Mindset Coach,” as he aims to cultivate…
February 7, 2024
UMich National Champs
On January 8, University of Michigan defeated University of Washington in the College Football Playoff National Championship game, with a score of 34 to 13. Deerfield Alumni Stone Anderson ’23,…
December 30, 2023
Football Wins Danny Smith Cup
On November 18, Deerfield Academy’s Boys Varsity Football team won the inaugural New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Danny Smith Bowl Game against Belmont Hill. This was the third…
December 30, 2023
Athlete of the Issue: Mia Goetzke
Current captain of both Girls’ Varsity Soccer and Girls’ Varsity Hockey and athlete for over nine years, Mia Goetzke ‘24, has made immense strides throughout her years and stands out…
December 30, 2023
Visit of Hagerman-Phinney to Deerfield
During Community Time on Thursday, November 30, 2023, Jamie Hagerman-Phinney ‘99, a Deerfield alum who excelled in hockey and lacrosse despite battling injuries and setbacks, visited campus and shared her…
November 28, 2023
Trial of the Try-athlon
After seven years of absence, the Deerfield Triathlon was brought back by Dean of Ethical and Spiritual Life Jan Flaska and Ocean Feng ’24 during the fall of 2022. Feng…
November 28, 2023
Diving into Varsity Gloves
Brooke Stroh ‘24, a Northwestern lacrosse commit for the class of 2028, recently left the girls junior varsity field hockey team to join the girls varsity soccer team, having never…
November 5, 2023
Athlete of the Issue: Sabina Frosk ‘24
When Sabina Frosk ’24 took up volleyball her freshman year, she didn’t consider playing seriously during her highschool career. But after her hard work led to success her senior year…
November 5, 2023
Deerfield’s Fastest 3k Runner: Arafat Jama
Arafat Jama ’27 only started running one year ago when a cross country coach in his hometown of Sanaag, Somalia spotted him during a soccer game and urged him to…