{"id":166446,"date":"2024-11-15T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=166446"},"modified":"2024-11-20T09:26:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T14:26:23","slug":"our-top-ten-sportraits-from-fall-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/15\/our-top-ten-sportraits-from-fall-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Our top 10 Bobcat sportraits from fall 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Sportraits” is a portmanteau of the words “sport” and “portrait,” and as you can see in this photo story, they’re as inventive as the word itself. They’re funtastic. Or funthusiastic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The digital camera revolution has made it possible to carve out time during pre-season photo shoots for Bates athletes to have sportrait fun. But let’s not think that the Bobcat spirit and friendship that these images radiate is anything new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a circa-1908 sportrait, featuring Bates classmates George French (left) and George Schumacher, posing jauntily in their class baseball uniforms. Were they good friends? You betcha.<\/p>\n\n\n

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(George French Collection of the Maine State Archives)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

So onward we go, from 1908 to 2024, with10 of our favorite sportraits from the fall season at Bates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hawaiian Pride<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From left, Ami Evans \u201926, Skye Higashihara \u201928, Logan Yogi \u201927, Ellie Asada \u201826. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The volleyball team\u2019s four players from Hawaii proudly holding up their state flag. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBeing on the team with other Hawaii girls has been a big part of why I decided to come to Bates,\u201d says Skye Higashihara ’28 (second from left) of Honolulu. \u201cIt is nice knowing that if I\u2019m ever feeling homesick, I can talk to them because they have probably gone through the same feelings. Being from Hawaii has also played a lot into the team chemistry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From left, Ami Evans \u201826 of Honolulu, Higashihara, Logan Yogi \u201827 of Kaneohe, and Ellie Asada \u201826 of Honolulu represent their home in this Sportrait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Headers and Hoops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From left, sophomores Wilson Smith, Sebastian Iacovitti, Mauro Kalaora, David Ortiz. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe thought it would be fun to have a basketball scene as one of our photos since it\u2019s another sport we all enjoy playing,\u201d explains Wilson Smith \u201926 (left) of Seattle, Wash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll four of us are very close and have lived together last year and this semester, and we’re grateful for how we’ve met through the soccer team and Bates athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From left, Smith and fellow juniors Sebastian Iacovitti of Florence, Italy, Mauro Kalaora of Istanbul, Turkey, and David Ortiz of Wake Forest, N.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Soph<\/em>isticated Pun<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sophie O’Sullivan ’27 (left) and Sophie Jullienne ’27. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sophomores Sophie O\u2019Sullivan (left) of Wellesley, Mass., and Sophie Jullienne ’27 of Hong Kong grin as they hold up their hands, with \u201cSOPH\u201d written across their palms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The silly photo “captures our shared moment perfectly,” says Jullienne. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s special and ironic that our nickname and the nickname for sophomores is the same. So why not capture this temporary moment to show our camaraderie in the sport we love most?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Getting, and Giving, a Lift<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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John Antolik \u201827 (left) and Ryan Lynskey ’27. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince coming to Bates, Ryan has been like a brother,\u201d says John Antolik \u201827, an offensive lineman from Phoenix, Ariz., lifting up fellow sophomore Ryan Lynskey, a running back from Cranford, N.J. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis picture encapsulates the last two years we\u2019ve shared at Bates. I\u2019ve made countless great memories playing through the season and pushing hard in the off-season, and we\u2019re always thrilled for each other\u2019s successes on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynskey adds, \u201cJohn is like a brother to me, and I couldn\u2019t ask for a better friend. This picture really captures our friendship, and I can\u2019t imagine being at Bates without him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photo also symbolizes the way that Antolik and the Bates offensive line, which was twice selected to D3football.com’s “Team of the Week” this year, helped to lift the Bobcat offense. Versus Bowdoin, for example, the line’s blocking helped Lynskey to 344 rushing yards, breaking Bates and NESCAC records for rushing yards in a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joining the Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sophomores Madeline Cournoyer, Mehar Nijjer, and Tory Adams. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This moment is a play on the iconic shot of tour players snapping their clubs \u2014 but with a new meaning. \u201cThis time it\u2019s not about anger,\u201d says Madeline Cournoyer \u201927 (left) of Narragansett, R.I  \u201cIt\u2019s about pride for each other, our team, and our friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Cournoyer are fellow sophomores Mehar Nijjer (center) of Chandigarh, India, and Tory Adams (right) of Winchester, Mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stocks and Bonding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From left, Cam Stathos, Aidan Rooney, Ross Tejeda. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

These swift cross country runners are keen on careers in the equally fast-paced world of finance, so out came laptops and phones for this sportrait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From left, Cam Stathos \u201825, an economics major from Wellesley Hills, Mass, Aidan Rooney \u201925, a history major from Bay Shore N.Y., and Ross Tejeda \u201826, an English and economics double major from Milton Mass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each has had finance-flavored summer internships, with Rooney passing his Securities Industry Essentials exam, which tests securities and tradition basics, and Stathos and Tejeda are members of the Bates Investment Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The club actively identifies and pitches stocks for the club’s portfolio. Managing around $200,000, the club gives students hands-on experience in investment strategy and portfolio management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hooked on Field Hockey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Juniors Eva Boucher (left) and Brooke Moloney-Kolenberg. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Field hockey players and junior classmates Eva Boucher of Boston and Brooke Moloney-Kolenberg of Winchester, Mass., decided on a fishing-themed sportrait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there’s a catch: \u201cHonestly, I\u2019m not really sure how we thought of it!\u201d says Moloney-Kolenberg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEva and I have been friends the past two and a half years at Bates and also get to hang out during the summer and breaks because we live so close. We were both really happy about how this fun picture turned out!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kick Pics <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ollie Schiff Stein \u201927 and sophomore soccer players. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With Ollie Schiff Stein \u201927 of Brooklyn, N.Y., handling the disposable camera, his fellow sophomores pose for a post-game win photo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the photo that Ollie took? He reports that the film hasn\u2019t been developed yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pining for Pineland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Standing, Seniors Lily Miller, Phoebe Pohl, Isabelle Demeritt, and Inez Johnson; seated, Sophie Demeritt and Julia White. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seniors on the women’s cross country team paid tribute to their beloved home course, Pineland Farms, a sustainable nonprofit working farm in Gray. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Pineland, workouts might end with a visit to see baby calves and a stop at the farm’s market for a bottle of chocolate milk from Smiling Hill, another sustainable Maine farm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We love Pineland!” says co-captain Lily Miller ’25, standing at left, of Claremont, Calif. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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United Force<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From left, Samantha Bunar \u201926, Kylie Musante \u201926, Olivia Faucera \u201926, Nadia Schwartz \u201926, and Tess Griffith. Seated is Gabby Monaco. (Brewster Burns for Bates College)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur class consists of one goalkeeper and the rest are field players,\u201d says a forceful Samantha Bunar ’26 (left) of Harwich, Mass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe thought the different-colored uniforms would perfectly fit the Star Wars<\/em> vision we had.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Bunar are, from left, fellow juniors Kylie Musante of Brentwood, Tenn., Olivia Faucera of Portland, Ore., Nadia Schwartz of Portland, Ore., Tess Griffith of Londonderry, N.H. Sitting is Gabby Monaco of Gibsonia, Pa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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