Eight of ten winter varsity athletic teams at Huntington High School have earned New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Awards based on the grade point averages of respective team members.
Huntington’s bowling, Unified bowling, boys’ basketball, girls’ basketball, boys’ fencing, girls’ fencing, boys’ swimming and diving and girls’ winter track and field teams all received state scholar athlete awards. There were 97 individual Blue Devil athletes recognized, too. All will receive state pins.
To receive team recognition, the squad’s average GPA for 75 percent of the roster must be equal to or greater than 90.00. Higher individual GPAs can be used offset lower ones on a roster. 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.
“These young people are as well-rounded as they come and continue to prioritize the ‘student’ in ‘student-athlete,’” Superintendent James W. Polansky said. “Their efforts in the athletic realm are only surpassed by those in the classroom. We remain incredibly proud of them, their teams, their teachers and their coaches!”
Huntington’s individual NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Award recipients include:
Boys’ Basketball: Charles Girimonti, Nicholas Plachta, Thomas Girimonti, Aidan McNulty, James Vohs, Henry Vohs, Joshua Stephen, Maximilian Rentsch, Daniel McNulty, Finnbar Cocoman, Dylan Coleman, Hunter Borenstein
Girls’ Basketball: Emily Plachta, Lauren Donaghy, Kayleigh Bender, Reese Rinaldi, Katie Browne, Theodora Carnesi, Gianna Forte, Regan Sansiviero
Boys’ Winter Track and Field: Nikolai Seferian, Erik Flores Reyes, Dylan Proctor, Ethan Goleski, Michael Mendikyan, Aidan Geller, John Chirico, Cristian Avelar-Romero, Jayden Hoff-Isabell, Matthew Armstrong, Jayden Schneider, Nikolai Lulewich, Stephen Fox, Ian Rotunno, Tyler Godin, Keegan Malone, David Dje Bi Baleborzan Simrell
Girls’ Winter Track and Field: Erin Ye, Olivia Conte, Sophie Bradford, Jannel Marroquin, Rachel Morina, Amalia Heinz, Megan Donaghy, Anna Bell Young, Vincenza Garofalo, Andrea Mani-Munoz, Damaris Mani-Munoz, Yanira Rivera-Ronquillo, Veronica Cocoman, Julia Aldas, Ashlee Vaquerano, Talia Addeo, Emma Brendel, Elizabeth James
Boys’ Fencing: Benjamin Edgar-McNerney, Dominick Vidota, Liam Tucker, Peter Gaal, James Kretschmer, Luca D’Anna, Samuel Soric, Timothy Kusterbeck
Girls’ Fencing: Haileigh Smith, Shaina Linker, Aislyn Franciscovich, Abigail Simon, Fiona Brosnan, Madelyn Bavaro, Alexandra Kustera, Alison Malone, Emely Cruz
Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Evan Spagnoletti, Lucas Spagnoletti, Maximilien Leroy, Jonathan Larice, William Weber, Pierre Leroy
Wrestling: Robert Smith, Thomas Smith, Joseph Algieri, Lucas Petrizzi, Enzo Pupillo, Dawin Preval, James Larson, Zachary Zboray
Bowling: Jack Ruthkowski, Jack Semelsberger, Lily Froggatt Bale, Samantha Koepele, Anthony Amitrano, Sofia Marchetta, Cameron McNulty
Unified Bowling: Devon St. John, Nina Fascilla, Joseph Biernacki, Maria Verfenstein