Girls Soccer Co-Captain Jazzy Cormier ’24 grew up in an environment where soccer was very popular. After being introduced to the sport by her family in early elementary school, Cormier has been dominating on the pitch at the interscholastic and club level ever since.
“I started playing soccer when I was really young. I think I might have been six or seven. My dad has played soccer his whole life and my sister and brother played as well. So we were kind of a soccer family. I started playing when I lived in Vermont and I played for a club team called Black Watch. As well, I think all my friends played soccer. I just wanted to try it and I really, really loved it,” said Cormier.
Cormier’s passion for the sport carries over to her desire for team community. As a new addition to the team, Murathime Daisley ’26 felt warmly welcomed through Cormier’s leadership, commending her attitude on and off the field.
Daisley said, “Jazzy is very vocal in a way that’s almost calming and reassuring… She helps us make corrections to what we’re doing, but she’s also very encouraging and I think that’s what distinguishes her a lot from other Captains I’ve had. Jazzy is a very comforting person. She’s very optimistic and she lightens the mood a lot and I think that’s reflective in her as a player. She doesn’t let a mistake derail her or derail our team and she just really helps us keep going and get back up.”
Cormier shared that in her leadership role as Co-Captain, she finds joy in creating unity within the team. She highlighted how rewarding it is to watch her teammates thrive.
“I love being a Captain. My favorite aspect of being a Captain would be my teammates. I love being someone that they can look up to, especially the newer girls and the freshmen. I love being someone that they can always talk to and can ask advice to. I just love being a role model for them and supporting them in whatever way that they need. I also love seeing them succeed. I feel like I’m like a mother on the team. I really, really love that,” said Cormier.
Sophie Dandawa ’25 commended Cormier for her impressive skills on the field. She also highlighted Cormier’s ability to build a strong team dynamic.
Dandawa said, “She’s really quick and she always has her head up and she always has to make the right passes. She’s also just a great teammate to work with in that regard. As a person, she always really cares about us both on the field and off the field. She’s always texting us, and saying ‘hi’ to us on the paths, and making sure she puts together team psyches for us, and things like that. So she really brings us together and makes us like one big family.”
Cormier shared how she weaves being a vocal leader and leading by example into her leadership as a Co-Captain. She notes her role on the team as the Senior Captain, and how she is able to work with the leadership of Upper Co-Captain, Emily Mara ’25.
Cormier said, “I would say I’m a pretty vocal leader. I don’t know how confident I am, but I know that especially on the team, the other Captain is Emily Mara, and she is an Upper, and so I feel like [as] the Senior Captain, I’m just very vocal on what we need to improve on and on what we’re doing really well. I also think something important to me in leading is leading by example. In practice, I am working hard, just putting in the work so that other people will do the same. I think that’s also another way that I lead, if that makes sense.”
As much as Cormier helps the team through her leadership, she contributes heavily on the field as well. Dandawa spoke about Cormier’s tide-turning goal in a game against Tabor Academy.
“I’m thinking back to our game versus Tabor. I remember she scored a really good goal. She scored the go-ahead goal for us and she helped us turn over that game as we had lost it previously. But this year, we ended up winning because of her goal and she was able to give us that momentum to end up winning the game overall. That was just a really great Captain moment for her,” said Dandawa.
When reflecting on an interaction between Cormier and her, Daisley recalled Cormier’s positivity and reassurance giving Daisley confidence in a crucial moment.
Daisley said, “One of my best memories on the team comes from an interaction I had with Jazzy. I remember, because Jazzy and I play the same position, one time I came in for the first minutes I got playing this year, subbing her out. As I went to sub her out she told me she believed in me or she trusted me, and that meant a lot coming from someone I looked up to.”
