Blue Devil Fall Athletes Garner State Scholar Honors

Ten fall season varsity athletic teams at Huntington High School have earned coveted New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar-Athlete Awards based on the grade point averages of respective team members.

Huntington’s football, girls’ swimming and diving, field hockey, girls’ cross country, boys’ cross country, boys’ golf, girls’ soccer, girls’ gymnastics, girls’ tennis and girls’ volleyball programs all captured state scholar athlete team awards. A total of 115 individual Blue Devil athletes recognized, which is five more than who was honored during the 2022 fall season.

“It is great to see so many of our Huntington teams and individuals be recognized for their hard work in and out of the classroom,” Superintendent Christian Bowen said. “Congratulations to all of our scholar athletes.”

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. (Only high school student-athletes are eligible. Seventh and eighth graders participating on varsity teams are not included in the program.)

Huntington’s individual NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Award fall season recipients include:

Football: Thomas Smith, Dylan Heller, Thomas Kline, Ethan Naima, Sean Posillico, Riley LaCosta, David Dax, Cristian Alfaro-Bueso, Antonio Leotta, Jacob Guzik, Keegan Malone, Geoffrey Hoffmann, Jean Riboul, Christopher Grover, Jose Cabrera-Zelaya, Jr., Timothy McDonald

Girls’ swimming and diving: Sena Knopf, Ella Van Horn, Avery Joynt, Alison Hahn, Jessica Lee, Gemma Bedell, Isabelle Gregorio

Field hockey: Olivia Polinsky, Jordana Paniccia, Sofia Van Arsdale, Sophie Lange, Elliot Manu, Landry Flynn, Kathleen Cocoman, Rafaella Gregorio, Charlotte Curtin, Brooke Parks, Ella O’Heir, Sophia Weiss, Hannah Song, Aine Rimkunas, Megan Lewis, Abigail Hopson, Caroline Mitek, Elizabeth Stair

Girls’ cross country: Kiley Barch, Rachel Huth, Jannel Marroquin, Piper Davis, Mabelin Maldonado Licona, Kiera McGuire, Emma Boyle, Andrea Mani-Munoz, Damaris Mani-Munoz, Julia Goodwin, Cassandra Guevara Jandres

Boys’ cross country: Eric Heinz, John Joyce IV, Michael Mendikyan, Eli Levi, Ronan Driscoll, Townsel Henry, Adan Ntambwe

Boys’ Golf: William Fallon, Thomas Girimonti, Chase Gadaire, Brady LaCosta, George Mueger, Declan Kehoe

Girls’ soccer: Devon St. John, Jolie Weinschreider, Ruby Hoffman, Riley Murtagh, Reese Rinaldi, Katherine Estrada-Morales, Cameron Smith, Ruby Baliber, Jenna Italiano, Madyn Kalb, Sophie Carlson, Veronica Cocoman, Caroline McGreevy, Jessica Maixner, Ava McDonald, Leighton Evans, Emersen Evans, Lily Mitek, Yuliana Hernandez-Perla

Girls’ tennis: Emma Polinsky, Mia Kaufman, Naomi Lyons, Grace Gordon, Claire Parks, Bridget Callery, Isabella Palacios, Vincenza Garofalo, Jane Callery

Girls’ volleyball: Lauren Donaghy, Madelyn Falk, Zaida Correal, Kathryn Barba, Isabella Morris, Brianna Borenstein, Kymora Dorvilus, Neurdia Osias, Jocelyn Thorbourne

Boys’ soccer: Nicholas Plachta, Colin Lennon, Nikolai Lulewich, Jayden Schneider, Alan Wilberger, Dylan Hayden, Justin Villatoro, Harris Alba, Robert Campbell, Dante Salgado

Girls’ gymnastics: Elizabeth James, Kaitlyn Sansiviero, Valerie Ferreira