Tourgee and Quan honored as Hock Scholar-Athletes

Each May, the Hockomock League celebrates educational athletics by honoring a male and female graduating senior from each of our 12 schools.  These 24 graduating seniors represent the best from their collective schools when it comes to excelling both in the classroom and on the playing field.  Ordinarily, our league's 12 principals and ADs host a banquet at Lake Pearl in Wrentham where the 24 amazing student athletes and their parents convene to be celebrated and honored. Long ago I had circled May 7th on my calendar as this event is one of my favorite nights of the Bulldog year.  Unfortunately, like so many other annual highlights of the Hock spring schedule, this event was postponed.

Caroline Tourgee

Although we won't be meeting to celebrate these two high achieving Bulldogs, our Canton recipients deserve our recognition and praise.  Canton's recipients of this year's Scholar-Athlete awards are Caroline Tourgee and Nathan Quan. They both value and understand the responsible balance between academics and athletics and, as a result have achieved great heights in both.

Caroline Tourgee has been a three-sports standout at CHS for the past four years.  She has made enormous contributions to the Soccer, Ice Hockey and Lacrosse teams for each of those seasons. She has helped to lead all three of these programs to great successes and more importantly- great memories and experiences for so many student athletes.  Caroline will be continuing her education at Providence College.

Nathan Quan made the Varsity Baseball team as a freshman and has been a key member of the team since- playing short stop for most of that time.  In many ways, he has been one of the faces of the program since he walked through our doors.  He had his team perched on the edge of a season that was looking to be great this spring. In more recent years, he has become a leader and huge asset to the Indoor Track team where he was key to the team's recent growth and success. Nate will be continuing his education at the University of Connecticut.

Nathan Quan

CHS is proud of both of these shining examples of student athlete excellence, as well as the hundreds of other Bulldogs who also commit fully to excelling in the classroom and in the athletic arena.  Caroline and Nate were two of many deserving Bulldogs in these areas of excellence.

Both Caroline and Nate, like so many of their classmates, were denied the opportunity to close out their Bulldog careers on the field this spring.  They were both expected to be major contributors to their respective sports and leaders.  I, like so many Bulldog fans, were so looking forward to these great role models closing out their careers on top.  Although they were not given that opportunity, I know that the paths they blazed while wearing the Green and White over the past four years, will make pay huge dividends to each of their futures as well as to the Bulldog teams of the future.

Thank you and Congratulations to Caroline Tourgee and Nathan Quan- 2020 Hockomock League Scholar Athlete Award winners.

Click here to view the Banquet Program.