At its Jan. 17 Board Awards Ceremony, the Monticello Central School District’s Board of Education honored the Monticello athletes and teams who earned the “Scholar Athlete” distinction from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.
Girls Cross Country 96.94% average
Coach: Richard Sternkopf
Gabrielle Acosta-Herrera
Victoria Blinston
Sarah Grodin
Mana Iwata
Rachel Leventoff
Sasrika Rajan
Aubrey Soller
Girls Tennis – 96.74% average
Coach: Urvashi Gupta
Brythanie Despagne
Desiree Edwards
Lauren Edwards
Taylor Fein
Anastasia Gessman
Liza Mitchell
Lina Rios
Rosalie Sheppard
Claudia Silverstein
Emma Silverstein
Olivia Steigler
Sanaia Tanco
Allison Weinstein
Marley Wells
Girls Soccer – 93.04% average
Coach: William Stento
Ariana Bailey
Jessica Blakesley
Jenna Borko
Gabriella Braga
Judea Brown
Kylie Caudy
Kayla Colon
Natalia Diaz
Taylor Fein
Stephanie Gonzalez
Jenna Hendricks
Dana Kurthy
Julia Kurthy
Michelle Lin
Holly McFarland
Jenna Merton
Karen Perilla-Buitrago
Krystal Pupo
Kelly Smith
Drew Taylor
Mia Valencia
Boys Cross Country – 91.52% average
Coach: Richard Sternkopf
John Creighton
Quentin Cruz
Frank Flowers
Alan Lin
Andrew Lounsbury
Brandon Mancroni
Luke Norton
Christian Pedroza
Thomas Vaeth
Evan Waterton
Volleyball – 91.22% average
Coach: Tamin McCoy
Katelyn Babcock
Zanaya Cooper
Maryam Drayton
Nyreka Forrest
Lauryn Grodin
Emily LaRuffa
Jenelle Leon Saravia
Kayla Lindstadt
Nina Mota
Renee Schreiber
Brianna Soto
Tyiana Ware
The following students have been honored by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association as “Scholar Athletes”. To achieve this honor, they must, as an individual, maintain a grade point average of 90%
Boys Soccer
Coach: Luis Velasco
Kyle Foss
Anderson Herm
Ronald Perilla-Buitrago
Eric Sanchez-Surman
Kevin Sikorski
Nathaniel Varughese
Football
Coach: Jason Grossman
Krishna Foster
Swimming
Sage Evans