2009 Eagle-Tribune All-Star Girls Tennis team
NameSchoolYear
Singles
Jackie CarrollCentral CatholicFrosh.
Katie CosgroveMethuenSr.
Meghan CokelyHaverhillFrosh.
Katie VeaseyTimberlaneSr.
*Lauren WilmarthPhillipsSr.
Doubles
Laurel SalladayPinkertonSr.
Summer BurnsPinkertonSoph.
Frannie McFallNorth AndoverJr.
Alex SpechtNorth AndoverSoph.
* — Eagle-Tribune MVP
Honorable Mention
Andover — Kelsey Chapman, Soph.; Reid Campbell, Soph.; Sarah Arvidson, Frosh.
Brooks — Hallie Malitsky, Sr.; Annie Baron, Sr.
Central Catholic — Sarah Costello, Sr.; Maggie Hillman, Jr.; Lauren Boehm, Soph.
Greater Lawrence — Rose Scott, Jr.; Vanessa Noessi, Jr.
Haverhill — Stacey Swartz, Sr.; Kristin Kelly, Sr.; Callie Garrison, Sr.
Lawrence — Sharlene Del Rosario, Sr.; Angela Castillo, Sr.
Londonderry — Erica LeBlanc, Soph.
Methuen — Julie Platz, Jr.
North Andover — Hannah Lahey, Frosh.
North Reading — Jackie Harrow, Sr.
Pelham — Meghan Szmyt, Sr.; Nicole Mastacouris, Jr.
Pentucket — Karena Webber, Sr.; Rachael Downey, Frosh.
Phillips — Elizabeth Kelly, Soph.; Fay Feghali, Frosh.
Pinkerton — Kelsey McKechnie, Sr.
Salem — Caitlin Peters, Sr.; Danica Blakslee, Soph.
Sanborn — Kim Surette, Jr.; Shayla Santos, Soph.
Jackie Carroll, Central Catholic Freshman, Singles
MVC Division 1 MVP. Went 13-0 in regular season in first singles. Beat standouts Katie Cosgrove (Methuen), Meghan Cokely (Haverhill) and Sarah Arvidson (Andover). Coach Jodi Michaud said, "I can only expect that she gets better from here." Member of swim team. May someday equal older sister Amanda, who was a four-time Eagle-Tribune All-Star.
Katie Cosgrove, Methuen Senior, Singles
One of the greats ever from Methuen. Repeat Eagle-Tribune All-Star. Repeated as MVC Division 2 MVP. Went 11-4 this spring (10-3 MVC). Ranked 15th in a class of approximately 500. Four-year band member (tenor saxophone and piccolo). Only started playing tennis as a freshman. Plans to major in biology at Northeastern.
Meghan Cokely, Haverhill freshman, Singles
All-MVC selection posted 16-2 regular-season record. Started playing tennis at age 4. Mother played for Lincoln-Sudbury in high school. Said coach David Reed, "She's more than just a base-liner. She's got a big serve, she can slice and cut the ball, and she really creates havoc on the other side." Helped Cedardale Juniors place ninth at Nationals in the fall of 2006. Also plays varsity volleyball.
Katie Veasey, Timberlane Senior, Singles
Went 11-3 at first singles. Reached Round of 16 in state open. Just her third year in the sport. Eagle-Tribune doubles All-Star last season. Said coach Beth Vitas, "She's probably the best female player to come out of Timberlane in the past 15 years. She had an incredible year." Ranked in top 10 percent of her class. Co-captain of ski team. Will attend the University of Vermont.
Laurel Salladay and Summer Burns, Pinkerton Doubles
Went 13-2. Won three matches to advance to quarterfinals at State Open. Salladay was 13-3 and Burns 11-3 in singles. Salladay had 37-9 career singles record. Member of PALS (Pinkerton and Little Students). Salladay hopes to play at Ithaca. Both are members of Nutfield Tennis Association. Burns started out as a JV player as a freshman but quickly became a varsity star.
Frannie McFall and Alex Specht, North Andover Doubles
Posted 14-4 record, 13-3 in regular season. Made the North Open quarterfinals. First year together at first doubles. McFall, a three-year varsity player, also plays volleyball (two-year starter) and has helped start business club at school. Specht was an Eagle-Tribune Honorable Mention last year. Her older sister, Alicia, was a three-year letterman for the Scarlet Knights.
Wilmarth hopes to continue dominance at UConn
Andover's Lauren Wilmarth was the face of the Phillips Academy girls tennis team.
"Once she arrived at Phillips freshman year, she turned the whole program around," coach Martha Grant said. "I'm not sure Andover tennis will be this powerful again without her."
Wilmarth, an Eagle-Tribune All-Star as a junior, was unbeaten in the NEPSAC this year with a 9-0-1 singles record. Not even a pair of partially-torn ankle ligaments, which she suffered midway through the season, could stop her.
"I rolled my ankle on a tennis ball during practice, so that wasn't too good," said Wilmarth, who missed only two matches due to the injury. "My mom's a physical therapist, though, so having her at home really helped."
Wilmarth, who won three matches in NEPSAC postseason play before falling in the final, is currently ranked sixth in New England by the USTA.
She signed a tennis scholarship to UConn.
"I'm actually not nervous at all, just really excited," said Wilmarth, who scored 750 on her math SATs. "I'm just happy to have a great team to focus on and spend so much time with. Plus, my partner from USTA New England (Westford's Abby McKeon) is going, too."
Wilmarth, who was heavily involved in community service while at Phillips, will study animal science and is working at Andover's River Road Veterinary Hospital this summer.
Former Eagle-Tribune MVPs
2008 — Kelli Murphy, Londonderry; 2007 — Kristina Black-Rikki Sartor, Andover; 2006 — Beth Huard, Londonderry; 2005 — Katherine Burke, Salem; 2004 — Marsha Mogilevich, Andover; 2003 — Marsha Mogilevich, Andover; 2002 — Jill Harrison, Salem; 2001 — Jill Harrison, Salem; 2000 — Jill Oppenheim, Andover; 1999 — Jill Oppenheim, Andover; 1998 — Kate Harrison, Salem; 1997 — Heather Young, Andover; 1996 — Heather Young, Andover; 1995 — Heather Young, Andover; 1994 — Alison Georgian, Andover; 1993 — Alison Georgian, Andover; 1992 — Alison Georgian, Andover; 1991 — Jolie Stadelman, Lawrence; 1990 — Jolie Stadelman, Lawrence
