Varsity teams and student-athletes recognized for academic excellence

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) recently announced its fall 2021 scholar-athlete teams and individuals, which includes 10 Jamesville-DeWitt High School varsity athletic teams and 143 J-D student-athletes. 

This is the 30th year NYSPHSAA has conducted the Scholar-Athlete program, which is sponsored by Pupil Benefits Plan, Inc. and the American Dairy Association North East. To qualify, a team’s grade point average must be above 90 for a specific number of individuals based on the total team roster. 

This fall, NYSPHSAA recognized a total of 3,825 Scholar-Athlete teams and 48,023 individuals from 625 schools across the state. The Scholar-Athlete program honors schools each of the seasons there is interscholastic competition.

The following list includes J-D teams recognized as Scholar-Athlete teams and the J-D athletes who earned grades that helped qualify their teams for the award.

Boys Cross Country

Isaac Bennett

Nathan Bourcy

Ryan Carter

Anthony Cawley

Connor Clarkson

Ashton Corona

Carson Corona

Paul Fischi

Christopher Groat

James Hillers

Kyler Huyck

Christopher Jenemann

Nicholas Leo

Jack Louise

Alexander Martinez

Christian McVicker

Samuel Smith

Isaiah Steinberg

Aiden Usher

Gavin VanVranken

Frank Wang

Nathan Warren-Faricy

Girls Cross Country

Lauren Bennett

Madeline Carter

Trinity Cottrell

Sasha Fagelman

Sarah Feng

Lillie Fowler

Hannah Fuchsberg

Rachel Gao

Neve Gordon

Cora Sicherman Gilbert

Rebecca Kassis

Norah Kirch

Gabrielle Kleiner

Sarah Kornfeld

Olivia Lemondes

Molly McIntyre

Rebeca Mendez Siquier

Meghana Reddy

Ava Revercomb

Jordan Ristau

Emma Rukavena

Sanaya Seth

Anna Smith

Boys Golf

Samuel Ahn

Blaise Anthis

Michael Anthis

Mitchell Archer

Punn Chittaratlert

Ian Delpha

Matthew Radford

Brian Tollar

Gymnastics

Antoinette Sakellariou

Charlotte Stepanian

Boys Soccer

Joshua Aitken

Kyan Barbuto

Samuel Bobrek

Kai Brutsaert

Connor Burns

John Clinton

Shane Gargiulo

Maxwell MacCaull

Ian McIntyre

Michael Meskos

Jacob Mone

Daniel Rindfuss

Liam Scott

Mario Streiff

Girls Soccer

Megan Baker

Sydney Balotin

Kathryn Barclay

Amber Bates

Brooke Bort

Jaden Clemons-Butenko

Emma Deehan

Nina Dermody

Katharine Dunn

Catherine Durkin

Lindsey Hildreth

Brooke Hulbert

Paige Kinahan

Rori Leach

Lucja Linder

Janis McPeak

Maeve Murphy

Alice O’Connor

Lauren Parker

Caroline Stone

Girls Swimming & Diving

Katie Bates

Sophia Commandeur

Josie Coyne

Jillian Dominicos

Grace Evans

Eleanor Gross

Lucy Heflin

Claire Huyck

Anushka Joardar

Margaret Lister

Abigail McGuire

Ava Mone

Olivia Ogata

Emilia Patalita

Ciera Patterson

Emma Paul

Cristina Prattico

Katherine Saluti

Lila Schroth

Jennifer Setek

Emma Velardi

Bianca Wales

Girls Tennis

Sevara Abduvalieva

Shahina Alibekova

Adelaide Anello

Ella Brann

Mona Farah

Emilia Muradova

Ebunoluwa Oguntola

Alaira Otteson

Tara Pollock

Katelyn Price

Adrianne Weldum

Boys Volleyball

Aidan Bates

William Cooper

Nicholas Dekaney

Aaron Ko

Luke McQuaid

Dev Patel

Benjamin Schellinger

Caleb Smith

Avery Tyson

Jimmy Wickham

Girls Volleyball

Yeva Balayan

Catherine DeForest

Natalie Goodson

Elsa Hardt

Zamora McBride

Cadence Milligan

Shiela Phoha

Emma Saroney

Madeline Schnorr

Maci Stewart

Sophia Zoghby