top-seeded E.O. Smith at Mohegan Sun Arena. Head coach Dave Shea, a 1952 Bacon Academy graduate, won his 660th career game (331 with the girls) at Bacon Academy. Also, the girls basketball team finished third in Connecticut in the final 2012 New Haven Register State Poll. Notable alumni Stephen F. Austin — The "father of Texas" William Alfred Buckingham — Governor and Republican Senator for Connecticut from 1869–1875 Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley - First president of Aetna Insurance Company Morgan Bulkeley - Mayor of Hartford, Governor of Connecticut, Republican Senator for Connecticut from 1905–1911, and a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame J. Cleaveland Cady —architect Jonathan Coulton — American singer-songwriter William J. Johnston — recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor Edwin D. Morgan - Governor of New York, U.S. Senator Lewis E. Stanton - United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut Lyman Trumbull - U.S. Senator of Illinois and co-author of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Morrison Remick Waite — Supreme Court Justice, January 1874- March 23, 1888 Ron Wotus — Major League Baseball player and current third base coach for the San Francisco Giants Arthur Williams Wright — received first PhD in science granted outside Europe while student at Yale University References External links Colchester, Connecticut Educational institutions established in 1803 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Schools in New London County, Connecticut Public high schools in Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut 1803 establishments in Connecticut