The Pine Bush Board of Education recognized the 160 students who earned the distinction of scholar athlete for the spring season earlier this month.
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 nine scholar athlete teams in the fall: softball, girls’ lacrosse, girls’ golf, flag football, boys’ lacrosse, unified bowling, baseball, girls track and unified basketball.
“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.”
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.
Girls’ Track
Coach: Robin Renahan; Assistant Coaches: Alyza Countryman, Michael McCue
Scholar Athletes
- Bianca Abreu
- Anaya Anderson Guadeloupe
- Emma Boland
- Destiney Bolding
- Katelyn Byrnes
- Alexa DeVito
- Lillian Fisher
- Ivanna Florez-Sepulveda
- Robeanna Fontana
- Anna Hajek
- Mikhala Hamilton
- Ella Hayward
- Victoria Hendrickson-Smith
- Lyla Humphrey
- Della Hundley
- Elysia Jackson
- Brooklyn Lopez
- Kendal Loughlin
- Leah Meberg
- Isabella Mendez
- Aspyn Merrick
- Madelline Monahan
- April Owuor
- Elizabeth Peterson
- Carla Phanor
- Allison Potter
- Gianna Price
- Kiera Raymond
- Catherine Sadaghiani
- Eva Sienkwicz
- Presleynah Silencieux
- Emma Sorge
- Alyanna Thompson
- Theresa Valcin
- Julianna VanderKooy
- Madison Westrick
Baseball
Coach: Matt Boffalo; Assistant Coach: Mike Mancuso
Scholar Athletes
- Finn Gandolfini
- Benjamin Gould
- Zachary Graziano
- Jason Hutchinson Jr.
- Michael Joerger
- Thomas Sciascia
- Landon Zwart
Section IX Semi Finalist
Unified Bowling
Coach: Mike Terwilliger; Assistant Coach: Jeff Paggi
Scholar Athletes
- Tyler Adams
- Alexander Cepeda
- Ethan Izizarry
- Jesnel Jean
- Alessandra Krasevec
- Abigail Munger
- Christian Oliveras
- Joeziah Parris
- Avery Phillips
- Krishna Ramnarine
- Elias Simmons
- Chase Tavares
Finished Sixth out of 14 at Section Finals
Unified Basketball
Coach: Lori Mataraza
Scholar Athletes
- Tyler Adams
- Alexander Cepeda
- Ethan Irizarry
- Jesnel Jean
- Alessandra Krasevec
- Dominic Licardi
- Joeziah Parris
- Krishna Ramnarine
- Chase Tavares
Boys’ Golf
Coach: Brian Shaw; Co-Coach: Don Henke
Scholar Athletes
- Aiden Byrne
- Samuel Gibson
- Daniel Rios
OCIAA Qualifiers
- Patrick Curran
- Joshua Gruver
- Kyle Howell
- Kaiden Lothrop
- Brian Swiat
Section IX Qualifiers
- Joshua Gruver
- Kyle Howell
- Kaiden Lothrop
Coach Brian Shaw – Section IX Coach of the Year
NYS Championship
- Kaiden Lothrop – First PB golfer to compete in NYS tournament twice
Boys’ Lacrosse
Coach: Mike Ciarelli; Assistant Coach: Gianni Carillo
Scholar Athletes
- Jude Atria
- Carter Campos
- Xavier Chavez III
- Devin Csanko
- Gabriel Doran
- Gavin Magsamen
- Nicholas Mazzella
- Nevan Stelmaszyk
- Liam Sullivan
- Jeremiah Tanner
- Christopher Turcotte-O’Dell
- Shane Woznick
- Section IX All Stars Honorable Mention
- Kaine Riddick
- Brady Magsamen
- Nick Mazzella
- Devin Csanko
- Nevan Stelmaszyk
Boys’ Track
Coach: Anthony DiMarco; Assistant Coach: Rob Lawrence
Scholar Athletes
- Jayden Brown
- Corvin Carillo
- Brayden Colon
- Kaniel Compres
- Jonah Crawford
- Joseph Crawford III
- Noah Edley
- Emmanuel Essien
- Jack Fowler
- Noah Freestone
- Adrian Garcia
- Ruben Gonzalez
- Adrian Griffith Jr.
- Aidan McQueen
- Jack McQueen
- Trent Meberg
- Derek Moreno
- Rhyan Neptune
- Jared Patterson
- Nicholas Pitt
- Zyair Reaves
- Jaden Robertson
- Elijah Rose
- Riley Russell
- Daniel Sassi
- Kole Seymour
- Aaron Somerville
- Timothy Somerville
- Roscoe Sudol
- Owen Terranova
- Michael Thompson
- Jace Veaz
- Gabriel Walsh
New York State
- Zyair Reaves – 4th 100 Meter Dash
- Jack Fowler – 6th High Jump
Flag Football
Coach: Kyle Schneider; Assistant Coach: Lisa Bouffard
Scholar Athletes
- Amelia Bavolar
- Alexzyz Brooks
- Salome Gomez
- Gianna Levato
- Kassidy McCausland
- Emily Oliveras
- Isabella Santiago
- Shea Toback
- Charli Vuksanovich
- Victoria Woznick
- Julia Zullo
Section IX Semi Finalist
Girls’ Golf
Coach: Kevin Kreeger
Scholar Athletes
- Cailyn Best
- Catalina Cedeno
- Kayla DeWinter
- Abigail Hansen
- McKenna Larsen
- Gwendolyn Loennecker
- Jocelyn Loennecker
- Kate Megello
- Alanna Page
- Makenna Peters
- Greta Schmitt
- Rachel Vinella
- Kara Wittenberg
- Section IX Qualifier
- Kayla DeWinter
- Kara Wittenberg
- Marie Curran
Girls’ Lacrosse
Coach: Samantha Schwartz; Assistant Coach: Jim Licardi
Scholar Athletes
- Lillian Atria
- Devin Carey
- Kathryn Cragan
- Madeline Doyle
- Alanah Giannini
- Kate Harris
- Olivia Januario
- Rachel Price
- Julia Tanner
- Fiona Varley
- Anneliese Vitale
- Layla Vitale
Section IX Semi Finalist
Section IX Second Team All Stars
- Anneliese Vitale
- Katie Cragan
- Fiona Varley
- Julia Tanner
Softball
Coach: Alyssa Valente; Assistant Coach: Dan Conley
Scholar Athletes
- Ava Boffalo
- Emma Boffalo
- Kenzie Conley
- Kylie Conley
- Payton Croce
- Courtney Flynn
- Autumn Gove
- Lila Hanson
- Emily Muro
- Avery Ogden
- Caileigh Regan
- Madison Sheets
- Silvana Zamonsky
OCIAA Division Champs 12-0
Ranked Ninth in NYS
Section IX Champs
Regional Champs
State Runner Up
Section IX
- Coach of the Year – Alyssa Valente
- Player of the Year – Avery Ogden. Reached 500+ career strikeouts
AAA All stars
- Ava Boffalo
- Silvana Zamonsky
- Payton Croce
New York State
- AAA – Co-Coach of the Year – Alyssa Valente
- First team – Avery Ogden
- Fifth team – Payton Croce
