online edition

The Student Newspaper of Hopkins School

    • Massoia and the Girls Varsity Softball Team.

    • Angelina Massoia

New Faculty Coaches- Angelina Massoia

Hanna Jennings ’24 Assistant Sports Editor
Only a year after graduating college in 2016, Varsity Softball coach, Head Adviser to the Class of 2025, and science teacher Angelina Massoia joined the Hopkins community.
At the beginning of her career, she “knew that [she] enjoyed teaching and coaching, but at that point [she] was unsure in what capacity [she] would be doing [these] things.” Having played softball “since [she] was little,” as well as through high school and college, the sport was a large part of her life. Playing softball while growing up also introduced her to coaching, which Massoia elaborated on: “During that time, I had the chance to work with a lot of younger people at clinics and through volunteering.”

During Massoia’s first year coaching Hopkins Softball, she found herself surrounded by “a great team full of passionate players” and was thankful for how “these players helped [her] embrace the pre-existing culture [that she] was stepping into.” Massoia and the team had a successful debut season, and she hopes that the team will continue to rise through the ranks to the top of the FAA standings. Massoia said, “It’s been a couple [of] years since there has been a true season with a playoff, so we will look to accomplish that on-field goal this season.” Massoia also hopes to improve the team off of the softball field, with goals including “maintain[ing] a positive team culture, make[ing] improvements in our fundamental softball skills, and compete[ing] hard in each game we play.”

Massoia’s coaching style and practices were enjoyed by her athletes. Alix Rawald ’24 said, “She did really good drills that actually helped in skills that other coaches may have struggled with.” While practices are time for skill development, the players still managed to have fun. Ava Maccaro ’24 explained, “[Massoia] made me really fall in love with softball. For me, she made practice not feel like a sports requirement but rather something that I look forward to after [school] every day.”

Team members also appreciate how Massoia’s focus extends beyond the softball field. Ellie Alderman ’24 stated, “Ms. Massoia greatly cares that the team is unified. Throughout the season, we bond and create unexpected friendships that make us play better as a team. This camaraderie then leads to us supporting each other as much as we can.” Rawald agreed with this sentiment, adding, “I know that at the end [of the 2021 season] we were a pretty close team.” Alderman summarized her experience with Massoia:, “Ms. Massoia cares about how each player is feeling and wants to make sure everyone succeeds to their full potential.”
Back
Editor in Chief 
Liliana Dumas 

Managing Editor 
Miri Levin 

News
Sarah Solazzo 
Rose Porosoff
Anvi Pathak 
Lena Wang
Sonali Bedi 
Features
Abby Rakotomavo
Elona Spiewak
Becky Li
Ashley Deng
Aurelia Wen
 
Arts
Aerin O’Brien
Saisha Ghai
Veena Scholand
Ellie Luo
Isha Seth
Op/Ed
Rain Zheng
Winter Szarabajka
Anjali van Bladel
Gitanjali Navaratnam-Tomayko
Bea Lundberg

Sports
Samantha Bernstein
Hana Beauregard
Elaina Paktuka
Beckett Ehrlich
Lukas Roberts
Content
Amelia Hudonogov-Foster
Edel Lee
Micah Betts
Ari Mehta
Olivia Yu
Karolina Jasaitis 

Cartoonists
Susie Becker 
Faculty Advisers
Stephen May
Elizabeth Gleason
Shanti Madison
The Razor's Edge reflects the opinion of 4/5 of the editorial board and will not be signed. The Razor welcomes letters to the editor but reserves the right to decide which letters to publish, and to edit letters for space reasons. Unsigned letters will not be published, but names may be withheld on request. Letters are subject to the same libel laws as articles. The views expressed in letters are not necessarily those of the editorial board.
     
The Razor,
 an open forum publication, is published monthly during the school year by students of: 
Hopkins School
986 Forest Road
New Haven, CT 06515

Phone: 203.397.1001 x628
Email: smay@hopkins.edu