Gilpin and Grapes named Piper Athletes of the Month
Hannah Gilpin and Kaleb Grapes have been named the Piper athletes of the month for September. Once again the Bishop’s University athletic department will sponsor the selected athletes throughout the 2018-19 school year.
Gilpin has helped lead the senior girls soccer team to an electrifying start in the ETIAC (5-0) and they finished second in the Stanstead College invitational tournament. The 15 year old has contributed some keys goals in multiple games along the way. As a center midfielder she never comes off the field as she has great poise and vision on the field and passes the ball extremely well. Coach Mark Learned said, “most of our plays run through her, she has an outstanding character and attitude.”
The Lennoxville resident also has a good work ethic in the classroom as indicated by her honour roll status. The grade 10 student and her teammates will continue to work hard as they have their eyes set on the ETIAC championship this month.
As a senior grad, Grapes has helped lead the boy’s soccer team to an undefeated start in the ETIAC with a 3-0-1 record. The sixteen year old has scored a few key goals along the way, but as captain of the team it is his leadership on the field that has been instrumental. As a center midfielder he always plays the entire game and distributes the ball well to his teammates. Coach David Beaulieu said, “Caleb logs a lot of minutes, but his fitness level allows him to be effective at both ends of the field.”
The multi sport athlete (soccer, basketball, badminton) will continue about with his quiet, but effective competitive nature in hopes of winning the ETIAC championship banner.