001[Music] good morning today we are here to celebrate four special student athletes here at Dartmouth high school was surrounded by family and friends in the audience to announce that where they will be attending college next year as students but not only students but also as athletes from left to right we have Chloe Martinez where we go into Johnson & Wales University to play soccer we have Sophia Souza will be going to Fitchburg State University to play field hockey and softball we have long Coelho attending Assumption to play volleyball and we also have been Rio will be running over at Bryant University in the fall we're thankful for we also have some administration and mr. Tebow is here to be here with the kids as well and we have Doug McCullough from Dartmouth week who will
002be here to moderate the questions and answer with some of our student athletes so on behalf of the high school we want to thank you for everything you've done over the last four years here's the school certainly is a better place for having you have been here both the students and those athletes thank you alright like you said congratulations everyone just to start off we're probably just gonna I'm gonna start with Chloe just ask a few questions and then just move on to the next person that's okay yeah all right so just to start off can you just tell us a little bit about your background in varsity sports here at Dartmouth high school yeah so freshman year I played on JV and then eventually I got moved up to varsity sophomore year was coached
003by Mark Poirier and then had the privilege to be coached by Scott Boreanaz past year who's a close friend of ours so by far the senior year was definitely the best especially being coached by such a close friend and then definitely you know the team had such a good record this year and it was just a very enjoyable experience over the past four years can you talk a little bit about the you know the coaching differences there I know that you know mark was a big big name in the community when know he was a big name in the community can you talk a little bit about the difference between the yeah I mean I think that like Mark being there like over so many years like you know and Scott being the JV coach
004I think that they both kind of had some similarities but being coached by both I got to see you know the differences and I think that Scott definitely pushed us a little bit more and challenged each of us individually and that really worked to make us work together a lot more what do you think what did you think your teammates there at your time on the program I think that they were such a big help especially this year you know the younger girls were a huge part of our team and we wouldn't have been even close to where we were you know this season without them any favorite memories any particular moment that stands out to you that you'll remember for the rest of your life probably our last game which is kind of odd
005but it was just such a cool feeling to like look around the field and you know see everyone smiling crying and just hugging it out for like the last time and the bus ride back it was just you know our last time being together it was very memorable I mean what does the future look what do you afford to for the with your future you know going forward in that in college um it's gonna be crazy yeah I'm very excited I've talked to the coach for you know couple months now and I've met the girls and it's just something that I'm looking forward to doing and getting to play and just continue to learn more about the sport really all right thank you so much next we have Sophia Souza just start off talking again
006pretty much the same questions you just start off talking you just talked a little bit about your background here at Dartmouth high school so I started off freshman year by playing freshmen for field hockey and JV for softball and then ever since I moved up to varsity and I've been coached by Beth arguin for both sports ya know the you know softball especially really powerful team for the past few years can you talk a little bit about you know how that was working with both you know Beth and your teammates well most of my team has been together for seven to eight years so we have a lot of chemistry together and it's always fun being on the field with my friends even in field hockey we have some players that play both sports and
007it's been an honor to be coached by Beth we're also close friends so is there a particular accomplishment anything that really stands out to you in your varsity career it was really proud of well probably beating BR after eight years our sophomore year we're in the same league as them so beating them is a really good accomplishment what were you feeling when you won that game you just passed you know what the emotion was like on the field wicked excited we are all super excited knowing that we'd be a very good team for over decades and it's just a great accomplishment for everyone on the field anything you're gonna miss probably playing with all my friends and being in Dartmouth seeing people I've known for forever hey what's the future look like for you in
008college what are you most excited about to start your college athletics career I'm probably same thing is going to continue playing and learning more about the game and making new friends I don't have over the four years I'll be there we met any of the teammates any other coaches yeah yeah I've I'm actually wicked close to the field hockey coach and I talked to both them and stayed overnight and met the girls done clinics and they're all super nice and super welcoming and I'm wicked excited anybody be studying I'm criminal justice I want to be a crime scene investigator all right thank you next we have Lauren who's just again saying pretty much the same questions can you talk a little bit about your high school career yes so for a freshman and sophomore year
009I was on JV coached by Jessica lassie and then my junior and senior year I was on varsity coach by Rachel Ozzie and they have both built me up as a volleyball player and they had built up my character so I really appreciate both of them what was it like starting off versus when you finished your senior year so I tell pretty much everyone this when I walked in my freshman year I was a string pole bean pole I had absolutely no skill I just walked in pretty much knowing nothing and then I fell in love with the sport my sophomore year and I have transformed since then what do you think is who was your biggest strength that you worked on developing throughout your career my biggest strength is probably my motivation maybe in
010my determination like my passion for the game so yeah that's probably it Sarah what's your proudest moment on the team you know looking back my proudest moment if you remember probably beating undefeated New Bedford this year that was like a huge victory and then beating hang on my junior year we were a much lower seed than them and so it was like amazing that we beat them and we moved on to the next round anything you're gonna miss your high school probably just my team I've grown such a strong relationship with each and every one of them and I met my best friends through that so that is probably what I'll miss the most you try and stay in touch with people or yeah for sure alright and what does the future look like for
011you Freeman so I hope to play four years of volleyball at assumption and then I hope to apply for the PA program and become a PA so I'll probably major and pre-med or bio for the first four years and then we'll see from there thank you thank you and then we have been just talking again pretty much the same questions just talk a little bit about your high school career so my freshman year I started off running cross-country and I made varsity my freshman year and and ended up really liking it and realized it was the right fit for me so I ended up doing winter and spring track and again I really enjoyed those seasons as well so I I've done running all 12 seasons of high school look I'm really interested in trying
012out for the team for the first time if you always been interested in it or um I started out my freshman year that was like my first year running I trained a little bit over the summer but I never really got in the running until my freshman year I did a basketball in middle school mostly was that transition like um it was it was a lot more um you know like physical workouts it was a lot more physically demanding I thought it was a good transition for me it definitely was a sport that worked better for me and I was a lot more successful at it so well and is there any moment you're especially proud of throughout your time here at Dartmouth I I think breaking seventeen this 17 minute 5k this past fall
013was really big that was my goal all summer that break that and I was working really hard over the summer and earlier into the fall and we're thinking what made it even better is I had a really bad start to that race and then I came back the second half and got the time I wanted what did you do to you know you said you were working on with a lot in the summer what did you do different way to really get that goal um definitely the increased mileage that's huge the core workouts you know just every you know little things like that can make a big difference and and cross country just you know you want to get an advantage you know against the other competitors so everything counts anything you're gonna miss from
014your high school career I'm gonna miss my teammates I'm gonna miss my coaches I've come really close with my teammates and coaches and I'm gonna miss not seeing them next year can you talk about what your future looks like you know when you're into Brian yeah I'm really excited about running at Brian it's gonna be there's gonna be more expected I mean I'm gonna be doing more mileage I'm gonna be doing harder workouts but I'm excited for that high level of competition and I'm excited to see how far I'm gonna go with the extra training I think I still have a lot a lot of improvement to do you made with the teams and coaches yet yeah I really like the coaches I really like the team my teammates we have a really young team
015and I think that team's gonna keep on getting better throughout the years so I'm excited to be a part of that what are you studying I'm gonna be studying economics and minoring in finance all right [Music] alright well that wraps up the the press-conference part of things what we're going to do now is are going to have the the student-athletes where they'll be signing their official letters that they'll be sending to the schools will have an opportunity for photos by family and friends and again last but certainly not least we want to congratulate the four of you you all did a great job we know this is not easy to sit in front of the cameras and answer these questions with the lights on but you did a great job and we want to thank
016once again thank that the parents the friends the coaches who also came for attending today's event so congratulations and thank you all for coming [Music]