Athletic Hall of Fame
Moses Brown School is pleased to announce that several new members have joined the school's Athletic Hall of Fame at Reunion.
Bruce Bickford, Class of 2004, was a highly decorated high school and collegiate athlete who went on to play at the college and pro level and coach college lacrosse. At Moses Brown, bruce competed in ice hockey and lacrosse and contributed to the ice hockey team becoming met b champs in 2002 and 2004. A standout in goal, bruce was the mvp each year, was captain and earned u.s. lacrosse all-america honors in his junior and senior years. After Moses Brown, Bruce stepped into the goal at drexel university, becoming first-team all-c.a.a. in 2007 and 2008. Not surprisingly, he was captain and c.a.a. lacrosse player of the year his senior year. Bruce was 4th in the nation in save percentage and 5th in team defense and had a program high of 13 wins in the 2008 season. Bruce was soon selected by the minnesota swarm in the n.l.l. draft and in 2011 became an assistant coach at harvard university. From 2010 to 2014 he was a member of the boston cannons and then the chesapeake bayhawks of major league lacrosse.
Ian Deveau, Class of 2009, was an outstanding soccer, basketball and lacrosse player and in his senior year – captain of our basketball and lacrosse teams. The soccer team was s.e.n.e. champion in 2007 and division iii state champion in 2008 with basketball being division iii state champions in 2008 and 2009. While the lacrosse team became division i state champion, ian was selected as all-state in soccer and lacrosse in 2008 and 2009. A versatile, acrobatic player who dazzled his opponents, ian became a lacrosse high school all-american his senior spring. With his great abilities, it is no surprise that Ian
went on to colby college and was named n.e.s.c.a.c. rookie of the year. He was an all- n.e.s.c.a.c. and all-new england selection his sophomore, junior and senior years. As senior captain, ian’s lacrosse career culminated in his being named first team all-american and n.e.s.c.a.c. player of the year.
John Mollicone, Class of 1994, was a highly successful high school and collegiate sailor who went on to compete internationally and has shared his expertise by coaching the Brown University sailing team for the past 25 years. This journey began at Moses Brown, when john played hockey and was a neesa first-team skipper who placed 4th at the nationals – competing for the baker trophy. John sailed on the Charles River and around the country for BU, becomng an all-new england and all-american skipper who was also the neisa dingy champion his senior year. In 2010 and 2013, John became j/24 world champion and had top three finishes at four other world championships in the j/24 and j/70 classes. He was a silver medalist in the pan-american games and was honored as a finalist for the u.s. sailing rolex yachtsman of the year in 2012. John has been the head sailing coach at brown since 1999 and was more recently named the barry family director of sailing to match the team’s varsity status. John has coached 100+ all-american sailors, women’s and match race national champions and in 2022 and 2023, john was ivy league coach of the year.
Jenna Poggi, Class of ’09, is an accomplished track and field athlete who held 22 Moses Brown records. Jenna was captain of the Moses Brown indoor and outdoor teams in 2008 and 2009, having been MVP all four years. She was the state record holder in the 55m hurdles, 55m dash, 60m dash and pole vault which contributed to her earning all-state honors in 2009. That same year, jenna placed 3rd in the 55m and earned all-new england prep honors in the pole vault. When Jenna went on to compete for Yale University, her achievements included being the 400m hurdle champion at the harvard-yale dual meet and the Ireland vs. Yale meet. She placed 6th at the Ivy league championships in 2012 and 2013. A Boston Marathon qualifier in 2016 and 2017, she also placed 3rd in the Providence marathon. Incredibly, in the history of Moses Brown track and field, Jenna still holds the school records in the pole vault, 55m hurdle, 60m hurdle, 100m hurdle, 400m, 60m dash, and triple jump.
Kyle Rotelli, Class of 2004, is a versatile athlete who competed for 12 seasons and was captain of football, squash and lacrosse for the Quakers. Kyle was an all-state lacrosse selection each year, was on the north-south as well as east-west all-star teams and in 2004 was a USA All-American. Kyle was all-division in football his junior and senior years and all-state his senior year. If you ever watched him on the court, you are not surprised that he was also the new england class b squash champion in 2004. Kyle went on to play lacrosse for powerhouse university of delaware which with his leadership was an ncaa semi-finalist and ranked number 2 nationally his senior year. Those watching him practice on campanella field and in rumford know him as a dedicated highly - skilled natural athlete who enjoyed sharing his passion for athletics.
A swimmer of great versatility, Kaia Simmons, Class of 2009 holds Moses Brown records in the 2000 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 100 breatstroke. She was a four-time all-american in the 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 500 freestyle. She broke the us. National junior team record in the 200 butterfly at the victorian championships in australia in 2008 and for three consecutive years was the USA swimming scholastic All-American. Holding the new england record in the 500 freestyle, she was all-state independents for four years and new england prep school swimming association co-swimmer of the year in 2007. Kaia swam in the us olympic trials in 2008 and 2013. A co-captain her senior year, kaia competed for four years for Stanford University.
Congratulations to all!
Past Recipients
*posthumously