Awards and Honors

The Victora Ludorum Award, first presented in 1968, is given to the senior girl who has made the greatest contribution to athletics at Country Day through excellence of performance and leadership. The award winner is nominated and selected by the coaching staff.

Previous Award Winners

2024    Ellie Wilkins
2023    Ciara Farrar
2022    Linde Fonville, Sydney Schulze
2021    Kaia Putman
2020    Sophia Spada
2019    Zoe Weatheringon
2018    Thea Reddin
2017    Ella Dunn
2016    Ali Gakenheimer
2015    Anna Comer, Katharine Franz
2014    Mia Nicole Wilson
2013    Beth Erb
2012    Caroline Plyler
2011    Itohowo Eyo
2010    Janice Roberts
2009    Laura Wearn
2008    Katie Plyler
2007    Sarah Cline
2006    Kendall Booher, Janie Howe
2005    Melissa Dorsett
2004    Catherine Ransone
2003    Lauren Miller
2002    Anne Hlavacek
2001    Anne Warren
2000    Erin Daly
1999    Lisa Walton
1998    Ashley Moore
1997    Betsy Currie
1996    Elizabeth Hechenbleikner
1995    Jennifer Dixon
1994    Lois Ann Bumgardner
1993    Melissa Hinsdale
1992    Mary Claudia Belk
1991    Sarah Salton
1990    Melinda Nichols
1989    Jenny Deckelman, Jean Roddey
1988    Elizabeth Brand
1987    Libba Shannonhouse
1986    Heather Duncan
1985    Katherine Davis
1984    Mary Brand
1983    Heather McKee
1982    Julie Hoffman
1981    Henny Heilman
1980    Ginny White
1979    Lucy White, Francie Chapman
1978    Alice Dixon
1977    Jane Terry
1976    Lee Ballinger
1975    Alicia White
1974    Ann Wood
1973    Sue Spaugh
1972    Laura Lee, Gay Chapman
1971    Carolyn Nash
1970    Julia Rankin
1969    Anne Little
1968    Barbara Church

Since 1964, the Athlete’s Cup has been given annually to the senior boy who has made the greatest contribution to athletics at Country Day through excellence of performance and leadership. The award winner is nominated and selected by the coaching staff.

Previous Award Winners

2024    Charlie O'Shea
2023    Spencer Mermans
2022    Connor Kleiderer
2021    Russell Tabor
2020    Stephen Payne
2019    Ryan McLaurin
2018    Broadus Roberson
2017    Charles Roselle
2016    Peter Pittroff
2015    Sheppard Wilson
2014    Akanimo Eyo
2013    Tripp Mulligan
2012    James Howe
2011    Wake Hamilton
2010    Reid Palmer
2009    Kip Haddock
2008    Alex Sturges
2007    Sean Jones
2006    Matthew Cline, Ben Keating
2005    Bryan Furr, Ryan Johnson
2004    Morgan Koukopulus
2003    Oliver Bacon
2002    Justin Kitchen
2001    Alvin Pearman
2000    Jimmy Hlavacek
1999    Kyle Bishop
1998    Walt Hutchinson
1997    David Zelickson
1996    Ivon Rohrer
1995    Matt Tugwell
1994    Clay Gilbert
1993    Michael Hosmer
1992    Marcus Smith
1991    Roger Smith
1990    Tripp Pignetti
1989    McCord Moody
1988    Morrison Giffen
1987    Eric Heid
1986    Brent Lane
1985    David Dixon
1984    Rich Tourtellot
1983    Steve Tomanchek, Eddie Levins
1982    Mike Cofer
1981    Al Dickens
1980    Glenn McConnell
1979    Tommy Miller, Wylie Lowery
1978    Mike Stacks
1977    Greg Giblin
1976    Tom Powers
1975    Worth Burke
1974    Bill Boger
1973    Elliot Wood
1972    Robert Yopp
1971    Todd Chapman, Ed Browning
1970    Tom McElwee
1969    Robert Harkness, Lat Purser
1968    Mike Holbrook
1967    Bill Coggins
1966    Sam Cook, Eddie Hipp
1965    Bryan Pittman, John Tate
1964    Harold Stowe

First presented in 1986, the Scholar-Athlete award recognizes one senior boy and one senior girl who exemplify what it means to be a student-athlete. To be eligible for this award a student must have a 3.0 grade point average and have lettered in at least two sports. 

Previous Award Winners

2024    Pope Shuford, Ben Proffitt, Ellie Wilkins
2023    Lela McMichael, Dillon Kercher
2022    Lulu Sasz, Harris Graham
2021    Ellie Dixon, Will Kercher
2020    Kathryn Leighty, Hunter Engel
2019    Katie Batten, Richard Gillespie, Walker Gillespie
2018    Caroline Kosmicki, Jake Morris
2017    Sally Sasz, Luca Katz
2016    Lucy Pedlow, Christien Williams
2015    Currie Engel, Taylor Portland, Nathan Brenner
2014    Princess Sutherland, Stukie Philips, Michael Shields
2013    Lauren McFayden, Caroline Allbert, Scott Philips
2012    Kelly Bach, States Lee
2011    Loren Shealy, Wake Hamilton
2010    Tyler McFayden, Ben Rhyne
2009    Mandy Epstein, Hill Hamrick, Ladd Hamrick
2008    Mary Rachel Dorsett, Julia Gray Saunders, Charlie Pitts
2007    Cameron Booher, Sean Jones
2006    Colby Trenkelbach, Hayes Ashcraft
2005    Lucy Hope, George Hodgin
2004    Caroline McGuire, Katie Forshag, Neal Watterson
2003    Susan Barry, Khaki Howe, Ivan Mothershead
2002    Emily Goglin, Jamie Fraser
2001    Elizabeth Barrett, Bobby Fraser
2000    Vida Harvey, Geoff Shaw, Chris Bookholt
1999    Jenny Box, Michael Crowell
1998    Megan O'Neill, Stephen Embree
1997    Amanda Barnhardt, Elliot Walker
1996    Jennifer Pollard, Michael Jacobson, Brian Wilkins
1995    Mara Prandi-Abrahms, Chris Martin
1994    Lynne Hall, Alex Harman
1993    Kelly Walton, Aran O'Malley
1992    Katie Savas, William Hope
1991    Stephanie Neill, Edward Marshall
1990    Katy Hosmer, Paul Wright
1989    Mary Neal Harris and BJ Scheessele 
1988    Ashley O'Neill, Andy Barrett
1987    Ellen Bush, Abbott Whitney
1986    Heather Duncan and Beau Stoneman

The Jason Walls award is given in memory of Jason Carter Walls, Class of 1993, who died on Christmas Day, 1991. Selected by Upper School faculty and members of the Boosters Club, the winner of the award will be a member of the student body who best demonstrates the attributes that Jason embodied. Jason showed us how to live every day as if it were our last, how to leave a place better than we found it, and how to make a difference in people’s lives.

Previous Award Winners

2024    Ellie Wilkins
2023    Jakob Vanderhave
2022    Emmanuel Omari
2021    Anjali Kapadia
2020    Cooper Bates
2019    Trent Mulligan
2018    Tony Nguyen
2017    Ian Hall
2016    Riley Harrison
2015    Sheppard Wilson
2014    Akanimo Eyo
2013    Maggie Whitley
2012    States Lee
2011    Ito Eyo
2010    Ace Coumas
2009    Courtney Ridenhour
2008    Ben Turnbull
2007    Bo Cramer
2006    Kyle Livingston
2005    Trey Coe
2004    Neal Watterson
2003    Ivan Mothershead
2002    Hunter Edwards
2001    Alan Hayes
2000    Bucleigh Newton, Chris Gunderman
1999    Edmund Ball
1998    Jason St. Aubin
1997    Betsy Currie
1996    Brian Wilkins
1995    David Wilson
1994    Billy Roberts
1993    Jonathan Coulombe

The Carl Bolick Coach's Award, first given in 1984, recognizes two Country Day coaches (one Upper School, one Middle School) who, in a given year, best exemplify the qualities of a character builder who develops student athletes into better people. The award is named for the former Country Day athletic director who believed that coaches must be team builders and fully support and reinforce the principles of scholarship, citizenship, and sportsmanship.

Previous Award Winners

2024    Kory Bridges, Vincent Luther
2023    David Carrier, Anna Healy
2022    Art Hoffman, Kayleigh Ferlan
2021    Drew Witman, Anna Moore, Heleen Hogan, David Hidalgo
2020    N/A
2019    Jonathan Blakeney, Mike Hennessey
2018    Ashley Murray
2017    Kristy Boyles, Josh Thomas
2016    Adriane Starnes, McKensy Phillips
2015    Lisa Thompson, Mike Spangler
2014    Calvin Davis, Rob Sappenfield
2013    Al Pearman, Keith Register
2012    Andre Haston, Stephen Spada
2011    Ed Burnam, Logan Smith
2010    Bob Peterson, Julia Walthall
2009    Jeff Keiser, Michael Rinehart
2008    Joe Vignolini, Renea Steele
2007    Sam Cook, Dorcas Zeeso
2006    Lori Townsend, Ernie Moorer
2005    David Knox, Aaron Cooper
2004    Scott Waybright, Deb Savino
2003    Bob Plyler, Telia Martin
2002    Henry Neale
2001    Al Pearman, Kurt Weigel
2000    Ian Dennis
1999    Mike Fresina, David Perkinson
1998    Dorcas Zeeso
1997    Julie Shaw, Calvin Davis
1996    Brad Touma
1995    Charlie Bodine
1994    Art Hoffman
1993    Bob Witman
1992    Bob Doherty
1991    Brad Touma
1990    Leesa Pepper
1989    Ed Walton
1988    Kevin Daly
1987    Bob Plyler
1986    Suzie Pignetti
1985    Rick Stack
1984    John Cook

The Wells Fargo Cup, presented and sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank, recognizes overall excellence in high school athletics among North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association member institutions. Points are awarded to schools based on each sport’s placing at the state level. NCISAA 3A schools have been competing for this recognition since 1983.

Country Day has won the award 10 times for our exceptional performance during the following school years: 1982–83, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2021–22.