This melancholy tradition has had Field Hockey Captain Scout Webber ’25 reflecting on her past four years at South. As a captain of the sport she has been playing for so long, being remembered on senior night has made her feel a sense of accomplishment for all the hard work she has done for the team.
“I am really going to miss my bond with all my teammates, I love the competitive program and how it motivated us. For senior night we were given posters and gift baskets from the younger teammates, we got recognized at half time and our coach read something she wrote for us,” Webber said. “My biggest takeaway was learning to have friends outside your friend group. This sport really allowed me to branch out.”
While these seniors are sent off, the team wouldn’t be the same without their underclassmen. As hard as it is to say goodbye after being their mentors and someone to look up to, Elle Petz ’26 is sad to see her seniors on the swim team leave.
“I’m gonna miss all the seniors on the swim team because they always cheer me on when I’m swimming, and their great role models to look up to,” Petz said. “I really wanted their senior night to be special, I cheered them on in their races and I tried not to cry to not make them sad. I’ll remember all the good times we had together.”
The underclassmen are truly what makes senior night so memorable, as they do kind gestures such as a basket or flowers for their senior buddy. Naya Azoury ’25 has been deeply appreciative of what her fellow swimmers have done for her on her last ride.
“On senior night, we were celebrated by getting our names called out individually and telling everyone facts about us and our swim careers. A tradition of senior night is that all the underclassmen decorate the pool with balloons, streamers and posters,” Azoury said. “My biggest takeaway from high school swimming is to have fun and make the most of it because it goes by really fast.”
