An Exciting Fall Season for Hopkins Athletics

Captains 2025 - Max Blechinger, Daven Kaphar, Teddy Sklar

Coaches - Miguel Pizarro, Elena Pellus Perez, Kenneth Holland, Avi Joshi-Mahajan

2025 FAA record: 12–9

Record: 13–9

Coach Pizarro’s Perspective: “I think the boys did a really good job and should be proud of themselves, given how young the team was. They came together and really worked hard. They put their hearts into everything.”

Captains 2025 - Emilia Adams, Mikoto Araki-Siegenfeld, Vivian Huang

Coaches - Miguel Pizarro, Elena Pellus Perez, Kenneth Holland, Avi Joshi-Mahajan

2025 FAA record: 27–0

Winners: Canterbury Invitational (Div 1 race), FAA Regular Season, FAA Championship Race

3rd place (plaque): NEPSTA Div II Championship

Captains’ Perspective: “We had an undefeated regular season. We won our FAA league championship for the second year in a row, building on our strong team legacy, and ended with a gritty third place finish at New England’s.” To Coach Pizarro: “Thank you for pushing us to work toward being our best and for the endless support and love you showed our team.” 

Captains 2025 - Maurice Ellis, Aedan Flanagan, Nate Levitt, Tommy O’Connell 

Coaches - Tim Phipps, Dante Brito, Jr., Elliot Faust, Terence Mooney, Eric Warren, Scott Wich

Record: 5–5

Captains’ Perspective: “I’m proud of everybody on the team. We fought through a lot of tough games. The highlight of our season has to be our close game against Fieldston in overtime for the championship.”

Coach Phipps’ Perspective: “To the teachers, thank you very much. We all teach and coach student athletes and that relationship or connection between the classroom and competition is huge.” 

Captains 2025 - Brennen Catino, Michael Illuzzi

Coaches - Joe Addison, Steve Castellon, Philip Geanakoplos

Record: 10–6–2

Captains’ Perspective: “We went into this season with the goal of becoming a family, and despite eight new players on the team, our bond has been tighter than we could have imagined. Our connections made off the field help us become better in big games; we were able to keep our heads and get a result.”

Captains 2025 - Ryann Holden, Nicole Tooker

Coaches - Alistair Lonsdale, Paige Davis

Record: 5–7–4

Captains’ Perspective: “We had a great season and for the first time in three years, we made FAA playoffs with a great seeding.”

Captains 2025 - Avani DiLuna, Ava Salzano, Lexi Schneider

Coaches - Jennifer Robinson, Ana Pego

Record: 9–8

Captains’ Perspective: “This team was something very special. Our willingness to fight for every rally is what made the season unforgettable. Although our playoff journey came to a close in the quarterfinals, it was amazing to see how much we’ve improved since the beginning of the year.”

Captain 2025 - Derin Bahtiyar, Neil Mehta, Jacob Richards

Coaches - Jason Nevis, Fabiola Mota

Record: 3–14

Captains’ Perspective: “Even with our younger team, we played our hearts out every single game. Early in the season, we lost to Staples, but when we faced them later, we came back stronger and won 12 to 10, which showed us how much we’d grown as a team.”