Martha Pitt
Pick your weapon: Stick, ball or boat?

By Paul Cannata
Stand by the incoming traffic on a Monday morning and one will find most students rolling through the Milton campus with their speakers pulsating with the latest pop. However, there is one young lady who may be seen pulling into the Athletic and Convocation Center (ACC) lot weekday mornings with good old 92.9 WBOS playing softly on the radio. Usually she has a busy day planned and BOS represents a nice way to transition into a hectic day at Milton Academy which often lasts beyond dinner time. Once the trunk pops open it, the season will dicate what sports equipment may accompany this student’s standard book bag.

Folks, meet Milton Academy senior athletic sensation Martha Pitt.

Following this spring, Martha will have played three seasons of athletics for all four years of her Upper School career. One can find her roaming the field hockey field in the fall, the volleyball court of the ACC in the winter and out on Quincy Bay as a sailor in the spring. She has enjoyed all of her team experiences and the variety of people she has met participating in such an array of sports.

“All of my team experiences have been terrific! I have made so many friends and tucked away loads memories,” Martha says. All of this takes much time but, Martha says, “Going out on the field, court or water in the afternoon has enabled me to clear my mind and stay physically fit which helps to be a better student in the end. I have also had amazing experiences such as winning the sailing National Championship in 2002 and taking New Englands in volleyball in 2003 and 2004.”
Milton Athletic Director Marijke Alsbach coached Martha during the championship volleyball runs: “Martha was our rock! She is a hard working, reliable, team oriented individual who was an integral part of the success of the team,” Marijke says. “As the setter the ball would often run through her hands, and we never had any doubt she would make the right plays. Martha is the type of player who anybody would want on their side.”

Martha has also had the opportunity to hone her leadership abilities as she has served as co-captain of the girls’ field hockey and sailing teams. Most likely she will bring her extensive academic, athletic and personal talents to Brown, Boston College or Bowdoin next September. Martha plans to focus on sailing as her sport of choice at the collegiate level. This will be tough, she says. “I will miss my teammates and the chance to run out on the fields in the fall and head to the gym during the cold winter months.”

Martha has made massive contributions to Milton athletics as a person and an athlete, and we are sure that this will continue wherever she tunes her soft rock station in September.
By Paul Cannata

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