Where Dedicated Athletes Meet Top-Tier Competition

Athletics

Where Dedicated Athletes Meet Top-Tier Competition

The meeting of excellence and opportunities is nowhere more apparent at Westminster than in athletics. Athletics has traditionally been an integral part of the Westminster experience and the school enjoys a welldeserved reputation for fielding highly competitive teams. But Westminster also provides plenty of opportunities for students of all ability levels to play on teams, sponsoring multiple levels of teams in every sport so that students who are new to a sport can still experience what it means to put on a black and gold uniform and compete for their school.

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A Full Spectrum of Options

For many students, the afternoon means sports. The rink and the track, the gymnasiums and the pool, the fields and courts, are valuable places to learn the lessons of grit and grace.

At Westminster, there is a synergy between the school’s core values and its athletic program. We measure success in terms of the bonds created between teammates and coaches, individual and team improvement and personal growth. Wins and losses count, but because students learn how to be competitors and how to cooperate with one another, they are better prepared to be citizens of the global world.

Westminster competes successfully in the Founders League, one of the country’s oldest and strongest prep school leagues. Founders League rivals include: Avon Old Farms, Choate Rosemary Hall, The Ethel Walker School, The Hotchkiss School, Kent School, Kingswood Oxford School, The Loomis Chaffee School, Miss Porter’s School, The Taft School and Trinity-Pawling School.

Westminster is also a member of the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC), competing against other top independent schools from across the region such as Brunswick School, Deerfield Academy, Middlesex School, Milton Academy and Noble and Greenough during the regular season and at NEPSAC Invitational Championships.

Every season we have several teams, boys and girls, in the hunt for Founders League and NEPSAC titles. Boy’s Teams

FALL: Cross Country, Soccer, Water Polo WINTER: Basketball, Ice Hockey, Squash, Swimming & Diving SPRING: Baseball, Golf, Lacrosse, Tennis, Track & Field

Girls’ Teams

FALL: Cross Country, Field Hockey, Soccer WINTER: Basketball, Ice Hockey, Squash, Swimming & Diving SPRING: Golf, Lacrosse, Softball, Tennis, Track & Field

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Our first-rate facilities include the Sherwin Health and Athletic Center (with a magnificent fitness room overlooking the upper fields complex), the Kohn Squash Pavilion (with eight international courts), the Hibbard Aquatic Center (with its eight-lane, 25-yard pool), the Osbourne Baseball Field and the Hovey Turf Field where the whole school can gather to watch field hockey, soccer and lacrosse games under the lights. The school boasts 35 acres of playing fields, 14 tennis courts, one of the premier ice hockey rinks in New England and a 400-meter synthetic track.

To learn how to play hard until the final whistle or buzzer is at the heart of Westminster’s athletic program, but we also want our student athletes to learn how to be gracious whether they win or lose. We are definitely proud of the championship trophies and the undefeated teams, but we are equally proud of how many times Westminster teams have won sportsmanship awards and how many Westminster athletes have become captains of their teams in college.

As in so many areas of life at Westminster, the games themselves, the wins and the losses, pale in comparison to what happens on a daily basis during a season. The practices, the camaraderie and the relationships are what ultimately count. The bus and van rides all over New England, the lessons of hard work and mental preparation, the sweat and the laughter, the opportunities to play in the true spirit of sport, that’s what Westminster alumni remember.

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Recent Athletic Accomplishments

Cross Country Boys: New England Championships, Division II, third overall, 2018 Girls: Founders League Champions, 2019 Field Hockey New England Class A semi-finalist, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014; New England Class A finalist, 2015; Founders League Champions, 2009, 2019 Golf Boys: Founders League Golf Tournament Champions, 2005, 2019; Kingswood Oxford Tournament Champions, 2005 Ice Hockey Boys: New England Champions, Large School Division, 2011; New England Tournament, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019; Founders League Champions, 2019; Flood Marr Champions, 2011, 2015 Girls: New England Champions, Division I, 2010, 2011, 2014; Founders League Champions, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2020 Lacrosse Boys: Founders League Champions, 2011, 2012 Soccer Girls: New England Class A finalist, 2010; New England semi-finalist, 2013, 2014 Softball Western New England Champions, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019; Founders League Champions, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Squash Boys: New England Class A semi-finalist, 2011; New England Class A Champions, #1 Flight, 2011, 2012; New England Class B Champions, 2016; Founders League Champions, 2012, 2013 Girls: New England Class B Champions, 2011; New England Class A Champions, #1 Flight, 2014; Division III U.S. High School Nationals Champions, 2019 Swimming & Diving Boys Swimming & Diving: New England Prep School Division II Team Champions, 2009, 2019; NEPSAC Championships: Second Place Team, 2020 Girls Swimming & Diving: New England Prep School Division II Championships, Fourth Place Team, 2020 Tennis Girls: NEPSAC Class B Runner-up, 2018, 2019