Alumni Athletes in the News

Ryan Durkin ’18, finished first in the pole vault at the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship on Saturday, April 30, to wrap up his conference career at Bowdoin College.

Nalinda Wanikpun ’21, a freshman at New York University, was named the Liberty League Rookie of the Week in women’s golf and took first place at the Jack Leaman Invitational.

Six alumnae of the girls ice hockey team will play for their college teams in NCAA championship tournaments this week. 

Madie Leidt ’17, Selia Coady ’21, and Elinor Keehn ’21 helped the Middlebury women’s ice hockey team win the NESCAC title.

Three Loomis Chaffee ice hockey alumni earned All-New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) honors on March 1 for their play this winter. 

Sarah Bennett ’18 and the rest of the Bates College women’s basketball team won the program’s first-ever NESCAC title on Sunday, February 27.

Five Loomis Chaffee boys track and field alumni competed for their colleges at the annual Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Saturday, February 12.

Former Loomis Chaffee girls ice hockey player Kaleigh Quennec ’17 has been named to the Swiss national team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Ally Hammel '15 is playing a major role for the U.S. National Field Hockey team at the Pan American Cups in Santiago, Chile. 

Patrick Pugliese ’18 was named the New England Small College Athletic Conference Men’s Ice Hockey Player of the Week after two strong performances against Middlebury College and Williams College.