Eight fall varsity athletic teams at Huntington High School have earned prestigious New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Awards based on the grade point averages of respective team members.
Eight fall varsity athletic teams at Huntington High School have earned prestigious New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Awards based on the grade point averages of respective team members.
Huntington’s girls’ swimming and diving, field hockey, girls’ cross country, boys’ cross country, golf, girls’ soccer, girls’ tennis and girls’ volleyball all received state scholar athlete team awards. Dozens of individual Blue Devil athletes were also recognized.
To receive team recognition, the team’s average GPA for 75 percent of the roster must be equal to or greater than 90.00. Higher athlete GPAs can be used offset lower ones. However, only students with a 90 or above receive scholar athlete pins, even if a student with a lower GPA was used in the calculation.
Although the Blue Devil varsity football and boys’ soccer squads didn’t qualify for scholar athlete team awards, 18 individual players in the two sports were recognized as state scholar athletes after spectacular classroom performances during the recent fall season.
“This is a significant honor for our hardworking student-athletes,” said Georgia D. McCarthy, district director of health, physical education and interscholastic athletics. “These teenagers have set high goals for themselves, both athletically and academically and all of us are proud of them.”
Huntington’s individual NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Award recipients include:
Girls’ swimming and diving: Hannah Bailin, Caelan Clayton, Sydney Cordeiro, Emma Farrell, Leigh Hepworth, Kathryn Montefusco
Field hockey: Brooke Biernacki, Isabellea DiBenedetto, Brooke Goldsmith, Arielle Harvey, Madelyn Kye, Morgan Minicozzi, Haley Mortell, Julie Rogel, Phoebe Walther, Anna Wickey, Holly Wright
Girls’ cross country: Ashanna Archibald, Colette Barron, Taylor Case, Hadley Clayton, Brianna Isaza, Diya Rai-Gersappe, Valerie Rogel, Ella Siepel, Erika Varady, Adamaris Ventura Sanchez, Erin Ye
Boys’ cross country: Christopher Carmen, Matthew Fallon Jr., Aidan Heller, Isaiah James, Harris Levinson, Harrison McKenna, Andrew McKenzie, John Segreti, Daniel Thompson, Jason Verville, Graham Young
Golf: Kyle Colleluori, Matthew Girimonti, John Lourenso, Jack Monahan, Joseph Sclafani, Patrick Sclafani, Nicholas Sclafani
Girls’ soccer: Yaidelis Acevedo, Lena Annunziata, Riva Bergman, Katie Browne, Teddi Carnesi, Beanna Cumella, Isabella Floro, Jordan Forte, Alexandra Gerbavsits, Natalie Gonzalez, Paige Lennon, Charlotte Maggio, Emily Plachta, Kiara Rafailin, Jaqueline Salgado, Alyssa Sorensen, Marissa Stafford, Julia Steinberg, Jenna Yabroudy
Girls’ tennis: Christie Baade, Mia Breitbarth, Ashlyn Case, Cameron Fehrs, Emma Grassi, Meagan-Elise Malone, Caitlyn Palermo, Tallulah Pitti
Girls’ volleyball: Marina Durand, Kiara Gelbman, Cat Jamison, Peyton Kalb, Shannon Kehoe, Shaye O’Beirne, Maddie Reed, Isabella Toscano, Steliani Vlahos
Boys’ soccer: Tyler Abedin, Christian Bellissimo, Emerson Forbes, Cristian Garay Araujo, Jack Langton, Julien Rentsch, Alex Rivera, Nicholas Thompson
Football: Juan-Sebastian Abreu, Henry Cartwright, Bryce Criscuola, Patrick Durand, Chas Forte, Jonathan Koumas, Patrick Langton, Aedan McDonald, RJ Moreno, Jack Stewart
