Falcons Spring Sports Program 2024

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from the Head of School Welcome

Dear Falcon Fans,

We started playing interscholastic sports as a school in 1963, the year FWCD was founded. Student-athletes spent part of their practices those first few years picking rocks out of the converted ranch land. How far we have come! As the School celebrates its 60th birthday, we hope you enjoy our bounty of updated facilities, including our newly resurfaced Barrett Havran Track, our turfed Howard Family Field, our water-based turf field hockey field, and our most recently added softball field lights.

More than facilities, though, FWCD athletics is about our students, their coaches, and all of us as fans. Each team, student-athlete, coach, parent, guardian and fan will add to the School’s athletic history this year. We all look forward to the memories that will be made in 2023-24.

You are likely reading this as a fan. Thank you for supporting our teams, our athletes, our coaches and our opponents. We appreciate your support, both the calm, clapping type and the wildly exuberant variety. Our players benefit so much from your presence and your enthusiasm.

In that enthusiasm, I remind everyone of our desire to model the best possible sportsmanship. We respect our opponents, and we trust that our referees and umpires are doing their best. Please be a part of the Falcon fandom with high expectations of ourselves and of our fellow fans: We need to all be a part of the Sportsmanship Flock.

FWCD’s commitment to sportsmanship evolves from our cherished core values. We should always be aiming high. Win or lose, though, let us give reason to be thought of as That School, the one that competes to win, and that has the especially respectful players and fans. Let’s be that school, and let’s make it a great season!

Go Falcons,

Eric V. Lombardi Head of School

Welcome

from the Athletic Director

Dear Falcon Fans, Welcome to Spring Athletics!

Our student-athletes and coaches are coming off a very successful winter season –wrestling, girls swimming, girls soccer and boys soccer had terrific showings at SPC, and girls basketball finished as Southwest Preparatory Conference 3A Champions. Joseph Brunson ’25, Emily Nelson ’27 and Chloe Nelson ’27 all won individual SPC titles, and wrestler Jayda Fulp ’25 went 26-0, picking up state and national titles.

Now we turn our attention to baseball, golf, lacrosse, softball, tennis, and track & field. Our coaches and players have invested tremendous time and energy preparing for the spring, and we know they will represent FWCD well every time they put on the Falcon uniform.

We are looking forward to great success through the rest of our spring season. In early May, we’ll travel to Dallas to compete in the SPC Championships. However, regardless of our team records during the season and our tournament finishes, we can assure you that our student-athletes and coaches will demonstrate a strong competitive spirit and play with class at all times.

We are grateful for our entire community’s enthusiastic support, and we will do everything we can to make you all proud to cheer on the Falcons!

Leigh Block Director of Athletics

Falcon Club

The Falcon Club is Fort Worth Country Day’s athletic booster club. The organization supports all teams at the varsity, junior varsity and Middle School levels, and Lower School and Middle School PE programs. All Falcons, JK-12, benefit from the financial support the Falcon Club gives to the Athletic Department.

Falcon Club memberships, program ads and merchandise sales provide funds to improve the FWCD athletic programs with items and activities not covered under the athletic operation budget. In addition to hosting cookouts and Falcon Rally pizza parties for fans, Falcon Club purchase highlights of the past few years include soccer goals, volleyball standards and basketball goals; gym chairs, score tables and wall padding; water cows, EPI Pens and AEDs; a baseball field home plate halo, awards boards, an ice machine, our climbing wall, video equipment, portable scorers carts for our field, and Boombah bags for student-athletes; and contributions toward the baseball mound turf and softball lights. And that is only part of the complete list!

The Falcon Club welcomes new members and encourages volunteering! Not only is membership a fun way to meet parents and guardians and support FWCD, but it also keeps you informed and involved in the School’s athletic program. Some ways to help coaches and athletes include running the time clock, moving the chains at football games, or working in the concession stand or the Falcon Nest Spirit Shop.

Check out the Falcon Club webpage on the FWCD website for more information about membership: fwcd.org/falconclub.

We look forward to seeing you in the stands and on the sidelines, cheering on our Falcon teams.

GO FALCONS!

Falcon Club Leadership 2023-24

Leadership Board

Bethany and Canaan Factor

Michelle and Kevin Gregory

Courtney and Nelson Holm

Melissa and Scott Huffman

Shel (Watson) ’92 and Sam Juliao ’92

Courtney and Matt Mitchell

Falcon Nest Committee

Bethany Factor

Michelle Gregory

Melissa Huffman

If you are interested in volunteering for Falcon Club membership, concessions, programs or special events, please email falconclub@fwcd.com. If you have questions about the Falcon Nest, email thenest@fwcd.com.

Falcon Founder

Ashley and Brett Beebe ’93

Rhonda and Joseph Brunson

Anjie (Landreth) ’94 and William Butler ’96

Georgina (Moncrief) ’94 and Cliff Condrey

The Del Pozzo Family

Kate and Sonny Dykes

Michelle, Kevin and Payne Gregory

Christen and Scott O’Neal

Ally and Davis Ravnaas ’03

Heather and Stephen Richey

Heather and Ryan Senter

Monica and Ryan Wood

Falcon First-Class

Tyler and Brian Crumley ’92

Jordan (Beasley) ’96 and Adam Davidson

Marshall ’16, Ben ’19 and Elizabeth Dike ’25

Justin, Carrie, Jackson ’23 and Caden Grace ’29

Gayla Garner and Troy Hoefer

Melissa and Scott Huffman

Amie and Brad Ogle

Helen and Michael Todora

Falcon Force

Tasa (Lelfer) ’88 and Frank Anderson

Mandi and Leigh Block

Duffy and Scott Bloemendal

Anne and Orlando Carvalho

Paige and Reagan Casey

The Dull Family

Nicole and Leonard Firestone

Nissa and Ryan Harrington ’94

Shannon and Erik Haven

Rebecca and Doug King

Jessica (Peacock) ’92 and Chad Liberto

Courtney and Matt Mitchell

Laura and Ed Nelson ’89

Katie and Rob Semple ’95

Ashley Mooring and Marshall Sharp

Falcon Flyer

Anonymous

Julianne and Carson Anderson

Debby and Bill Arnold ’86

Stephanie (Bird) ’08 and Cody Baker

April and Paul Bleich

The Boaitey Family

The Hatfield Family

Courtney and Jeff Hess

Courtney and Nelson Holm

April and David Knight ’98

Abby and Drew Knowles

Lauren and Aaron Moses

Jennifer Rymell and Chuck Noteboom

Tracy Carrington ’95 and Stan Phillips

Tanya and William Runyon ’80

Kim and Ryan Sabel

Rebekah and Jason Seiden

The Shackelford Family

Ann-Margaret Ochs and Steve Stewart

Tara and Robert Warren

Falcon Fanatic Anonymous

Loren (Cothern) ’99 and Trevor Baker

Elizabeth and Connor Baxter

Kelly and Prichard Bevis

Lori and Brad Bruce

Amy and Eugene Chung

Suzie and Edmund Dieth

Bethany and Canaan Factor

Emily and Aaron Gaydosik

Gwen and Jim Harper

Peggy and Derrell Helm

The Juliao Family

Gary Kersh

Kristin Larsen

Janese and Stephen Massey

Florencia and Bryan McAnally

Meredith and Chris Miner

Lyndsay and Brandon Mojica

Pam and Jamie Packer

Mary Catherine and Chad Parsons

Wendi and Gib Portwood

Courtney and Warren Prescott

Allison and Robert Readinger ’91

Briana and Michael Settle ’99

Erin and Al Silva

Leslie and Brent Stephens

Sandra and Troy Tuomey

Peggy R. Wakeland

Blair (Taylor) ’99 and John Walker

Doug J. Woodson ’79

Falcon Fan Anonymous

Heidi and Richard Angel

Jacqueline and Alejandro Caceres

Curtis L. Fortinberry

Alison and Brandom Gengelbach

Melissa and Todd Mehall

Samantha and J.C. Pace ’96

Katie (Malone) ’97 and Clay Peterson ’96

Casey and Patrick Powers ’05

Stacey, Dan and Payton Sangalli

Masako and Michael Souchick

Naoko and Jeffrey Witzel

Faculty/Staff/LS

Anonymous

Sarah and Stephen Blan

Sarah, Jimmy and Jackson Brockway ’24

Paige (Farris) ’87 and Ed Chisholm

DeAnn and Todd Hall

Jordie Kavanaugh

Courtney (Corbeille) ’06 and David Krauss

Catherine and Will Lampka

Sabrina Lou

Lisa and Michael Parker

Meredith (Nieswiadomy) ’06 and Breck Ray Jr. ’06

Christine and Kevin Spikes

Alicia and Zach Thoms

Steve Uhr

Mike, Callie and Luke Vincent ’26

Lisa Wallace

Danielle LeBlanc ’91 and Matt Wallace

Meet the Coaches

Leigh Block

College: Clemson University; University of Florida

Year Appointed: 2021

Years’ Experience: 30

Title: Director of Athletics

Pepper Ackers ’92

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 2002

Years’ Experience: 20

Coach: Varsity Assistant Lacrosse

Debby Arnold

College: Mount Holyoke College

Year Appointed: 2016

Years’ Experience: 7

Teach/Coach: MS Spanish; Girls Tennis

Program Director & Varsity Head Coach

Bryce Beschorner

College: Southern Illinois University

Year Appointed: 2023

Years’ Experience: 13

Teach/Coach: US History; US Track & Field

Juan Blanco

College: East Texas Baptist University

Year Appointed: 2022

Years’ Experience: 4

Coach: JV/V Tennis

Stacy Bourne ’02

College: Baylor University; University of Tennessee

Year Appointed: 2017

Years’ Experience: 17

Title: Associate Athletic Trainer

Jazmyn Boyd-Clark

College: Western Governors University

Year Appointed: 2022

Years’ Experience: 6

Teach/Coach: Second Grade Associate Teacher; JV/V Softball

Joe Breedlove ’78

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 1983

Years’ Experience: 36

Title/Coach: Executive Director of Breakthrough Fort Worth; US Track & Field

Joseph Breedlove III ’17

College: University of Tulsa

Year Appointed: 2022

Years’ Experience: 2

Teach/Coach: LS/MS Physical Education; MS/US Track & Field

Jimmy Brockway

College: University of Texas at Arlington

Year Appointed: 2014

Years’ Experience: 20

Teach/Coach: MS Life Science; Varsity Assistant Baseball

Ed Chisholm

College: Ohio University; University of Arizona

Year Appointed: 1987

Years’ Experience: 38

Title: Head Athletic Trainer; Associate Athletic Director

Paige (Farris) Chisholm ’87

College: University of Colorado, Boulder

Year Appointed: 1993

Years’ Experience: 30

Teach/Coach: LS/MS Physical Education; MS/US Girls Tennis

Jared Connaughton

College: University of Texas at Arlington

Year Appointed: 2016

Years’ Experience: 10

Coach: Track & Field Program Director/ Varsity Head Coach; Strength & Conditioning Assistant

College: Goucher College

Year Appointed: 2024

Years’ Experience: 3

Coach: Assistant Lacrosse Peter Cost

Sharon Davis ’04

College: Oral Roberts University

Year Appointed: 2017

Years’ Experience: 7

Coach: Varsity Girls Golf

Patrick Diamonon

College: Hendrix College

Year Appointed: 2021

Years’ Experience: 8

Coach: Lacrosse Program Director/ Varsity Head Coach

Shamond Hamilton

College: Colorado State University, Pueblo

Year Appointed: 2024

Years’ Experience: 1

Coach: Athletic Training Intern

DeAnn Hall

College: Creighton University

Year Appointed: 2003

Years’ Experience: 21

Teach/Coach: LS PE; Softball Program Director/Varsity Head Coach

Tim Hatcher

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 2023

Years’ Experience: 7

Coach: Varsity Boys Tennis

Willy Hernandez

College: University of Texas at Arlington

Year Appointed: 2024

Years’ Experience: 2

Coach: JV/V Assistant Boys Tennis

Meet the Coaches

Bob Howard

College: University of Texas at Arlington

Year Appointed: 2021

Years’ Experience: 31

Coach: US Track & Field

Keon Jefferson

College: University of Central Oklahoma

Year Appointed: 2018

Years’ Experience: 4

Coach: MS/US Track & Field

Shane Jenke

College: Sam Houston State University; Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 2015

Years’ Experience: 9

Coach: Strength & Conditioning Program Director; Assistant Athletic Director

Preston Miller

College: Texas State University

Year Appointed: 2022

Years’ Experience: 3

Coach: US Boys Golf

Branson Nelson ’16

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 2016

Years’ Experience: 3

Title/Coach: Auxiliary Athletic Programs Manager; JV/V Baseball

Lisa Parker

College: The University of Texas at Austin

Year Appointed: 2009

Years’ Experience: 16

Title: Athletics Administrative Assistant

James Rains

College: University of Texas at Arlington

Year Appointed: 2009

Years’ Experience: 33

Title/Coach: MS Athletic Director; Golf Program Director

Shawn Morris

College: Wabash College; Sewanee: The University of the South

Year Appointed: 2023

Years’ Experience: 1

Coach: JV/V Baseball

Shelley Rains

College: Louisiana State University

Year Appointed: 1999

Years’ Experience: 28

Teach/Coach: Director of Physical Education; Varsity Assistant Softball

Michael Settle ’99

College: Texas Christian University

Year Appointed: 2019

Years’ Experience: 20

Teach/Coach: LS/MS PE; Baseball Program Director/Varsity Head Coach

Aaron Slayden

College: Oak Hills Christian College

Year Appointed: 2016

Years’ Experience: 16

Coach: Varsity Assistant Lacrosse

College: Texas Wesleyan University

Year Appointed: 2023

Years’ Experience: 2

Amanda Watts

College: University of North Texas

Year Appointed: 2014

Years’ Experience: 9

Coach: JV/V Softball

FWCD Athletic Trainers

Associate Athletic Trainer Stacy Bourne ’02

Varsity Baseball

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JV Baseball

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Adele Elkind ‘16

Paxtyn McPeak ‘26

Ashlyn McPeak ‘24

Boys Golf

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Laura Marques Jack Bradford

Girls Golf

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Lacrosse Seniors

Teeg Crumley, Will Davidson, Dylan Davis, Patrick Drez, Andrew Edwards, Boston Juliao, Grayson Matthews, Webb Mooring, Matthew O’Brien, Klement Rix, Truman Roth

Game on.

Varsity Softball

These Seniors are “Lights Out!”

Thank you to the Class of 2024 Families for the Lights on the softball field.

Katie Bruce, Ginny Caceres, Caroline Carmichael, Hannah Cheng, Kyra Gibbons, Reagan Hall, Olivia Kersh, Carden Kimball, Emily Klein

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Girls Tennis

Track and Field

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Spring Senior Athletes

Rhea Alexander Andrea Andrade Aiden Boaitey Andrew Booth

Kyle Braden Jackson Bradford Jackson Brockway Blake Brown

Katie Bruce Ginny Caceres

Caroline Carmichael Kylie Carter

Hannah Cheng Charlotte Comeaux Teeg Crumley Will Davidson

Dylan Davis Evan Dickerson Vail Dickey Andrew Edwards

Bryce Evans Shamya Freeney Walker Gaines Kyra Gibbons

Tucker Grubbs Reagan Hall Benjamin Hoppe Boston Juliao

Olivia Kersh Carden Kimball

Emily Klein Dabin Lee

Spring Senior Athletes

Marshall Lehman Laura Marques

Grayson Matthews Webb Mooring

Gavin Spikes Gage Stubbs

Sophie Toomey Andrew Vallance

Matthew O’Brien Marco Olmos Klement Rix Truman Roth

Carly Walker Margaret Watler Zachary Willars

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