The Pine Bush Board of Education recognized the 95 students who earned the distinction of scholar athlete for the winter season.
In order to be named a scholar athlete, a student must maintain a 90 or above grade point average.
Teams qualify as scholar athlete teams when at least 75 percent of their members maintain a 90 percent grade point average or better. Pine Bush had six scholar athlete teams in the winter.
“Tonight we celebrate a group of exceptional individuals who have accomplished something truly impressive,” said Jen Evans, the district’s director of physical education, health and athletics. “Our scholar athletes have shown that excellence in the classroom and excellence in sports don’t just coexist. They make each one stronger.”
Ms. Evans also mentioned that many of our winter scholar athletes and coaches participate in multiple sports, which explains why some were not present at the meeting.
Athletes who won Section IX and OCIAA championships and those who qualified for state competition were also acknowledged.
Congratulations to all who work so diligently to excel on the field, the court and the track as well as in the classroom.
Winter Scholar Athletes
Girls Basketball – Scholar Athlete Team
Coach Michelle Bouffard; Assistant Coach: Lisa Bouffard
Scholar Athletes:
- Destiney Bolding
- Jayla Breland
- Kathryn Cragan
- Gianna Price
- Mya Ross
- Isabella Santiago
- Maya Stukes
- Shae Toback
- Sneha Zindani
BCANY Top 50
- Jayla Breland
- M’ya Watson
Boys Basketball – Scholar Athlete Team
Coach Kevin Kreeger; Assistant Coach Dan Conley
Scholar Athletes:
- Matthew Guzman
- Robert Lawrence Jr.
- Cole Meberg
- Nasir Merriman
- Kaine Riddick
- Brayden Traver
Cheer – Scholar Athlete Team
Coach: Morgen Stenglein
Scholar Athletes:
- Jaclyn Burbank
- Suemy Chan Way
- Ava Elliott
- Rayleigh Garcia
- Serenity Gonzalez
- Claire Harris
- Addyson Honahan
- Sophia Huang
- Taylor Little
- Nariath Peralta
- Bianca Rivera
- Leeya Santa
Boys Swim & Dive – Scholar Athlete Team
Coach Kevin Blackwell; Assistant Coaches John Barth, Mike Reineke
Scholar Athletes:
- John Almeida
- Gabriel Doran
- Anthony Giannini
- Jackson Hujus
- Dominic Licardi
- Abriel Sierra
- Matthew Webster
Individual Recognitions
- Jackson Hujus: OCIAA Individual champion/Section 9 individual champion/State qualifier
- Matthew Webster: Section 9 champion/State qualifier
- Anthony Giannini: OCIAA Individual champion/State qualifier
- Liam Blackwell: OCIAA Individual champion/Section 9 individual champion/State qualifier
- Dominic Licardi: OCIAA Individual champion/Section 9 individual champion/State qualifier
Team Recognitions
- OCIAA Division I Championships – 3rd Place
- OCIAA Champions – 200 Medley Relay
- Section 9 Championships: 5th place
- Section 9 Champions – 200 Freestyle Relay
Boys Indoor Track – Scholar Athlete Team
Coach Anthony DiMarco; Assistant Coach Rob Lawrence
Scholar Athletes:
- Jhariel Aracena
- Dominick Barile Jr
- Jensen Carey
- Braiden Carney
- Brayden Colon
- Jackson Cosh
- Christian Donatien
- Noah Edley
- Nicholas Fermanian
- Jack Fowler
- Noah Freestone
- Finn Gandolfini
- Jason Gorman
- Adrian Griffith Jr.
- Jason Hutchinson Jr.
- Lawson Marshall
- Aidan McQueen
- Jack McQueen
- Derek Moreno
- Rhyan Neptune
- Jared Patterson
- Nicholas Pitt
- Cesar Quiroz Jr.
- Riley Russell
- Daniel Sassi
- Timothy Somerville
- Roscoe Sudol
- Owen Terranova
- Jace Veaz
- Gabriel Walsh
Team Recognitions
Team placed 3rd overall in Divisional championship meet
Individual Recognitions
- Jack Fowler – 1st in the division in the high jump/ State Qualifier/school record – high jump 6’7”
- Daniel Sassi – State qualifier in the 600m
- Noah Freestone– 1st in the division in the pole vault
- Justin Moses– State qualifier in 300m
- Jaden Robertson – 1st in division in 55m hurdles/ State qualifier
Girls Indoor Track – Scholar Athlete Team
Coach Robin Renahan; Assistant Coaches Alyza Countryman, Michael McCue
Scholar Athletes:
- Anaya Anderson Guadeloupe
- Kasey Dempsey
- Alexa DeVito
- Ava Dymond
- Julianne Gabriele
- Anna Hajek
- Elasia Hannon
- Victoria Henrickson-Smith
- Della Hundley
- Leah Meberg
- Isabella Mendez
- Aspyn Merrick
- Madelline Monahan
- April Owour
- Carla Phanor
- Allison Potter
- Greta Schmitt
- Eva Sienkwicz
- Emma Sorge
- Alyanna Thompson
- Theresa Valcin
- Julianna VanderKooy
- Fiona Varley
- Madison Westrick
- Layla Vitale
Individual Recognitions:
- Eva Sienkwicz – Divisional champion Weight throw
- Madelline Monahan: Divisional champion racewalk/Sectional champion racewalk/5th overall in the state for racewalk
Wrestling
Coach Patrick Sause
Scholar Athletes:
- Christian Bryant
- Carter Campos
- Connor Crowe
- Vincent Greer
- Connor Laird
- Wyatt Pagan
Individual Recognitions:
- Patrick Curran– 2nd place in Sections
- Justin Stewart – 2nd place in Sections
- Griffyn Alfalla – 5th place in Sections
