Nina Stoops New Canaan Country School

Captain of New Canaan Country School’s Hockey Team ‘Led by Example’

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New Canaan Country School ninth grader Nina Stoops is not sure which came first, walking or skating. She does however know with certainty that her lifelong love for the game of ice hockey was established in her earliest years. “I have vivid memories of those Learn to Skate classes, when the entire Kindergarten went down the hill from the classroom to the rink,” she said.“I get the same feeling today as I did then, just excited to be on the ice, with my friends, doing what I love. It’s still my happy place.”
Nina, a Darien resident and the daughter of Christina and Bill Stoops ’78, plays defense on the Country School girls’ varsity ice hockey team, which has just concluded its season. Nina was one of two student-athletes selected to offer reflections at the end-of-term Upper School (Grades 7-9) sports assembly, held on campus Feb.