The Pine Bush Board of Education recognized its scholar/athletes for the fall 2023 season on Tuesday, Feb. 27.  Athletic Director Jen Evans called the name of each scholar/athlete as well as the teams that earned the designation, a total of 116 students and eight teams.

In addition to the scholar/athletes, Ms. Evans also gave recognition to the athletes who earned Section IX, OCIAA and state honors.

To be considered a scholar/athlete, the student must have a 90 or above cumulative grade point average.

For a team to be a scholar/athlete team, 75 percent of its members must have a GPA of 90 percent or better. The scholar-athlete teams for the fall are:

• Boys cross country
• Girls cross country
• Field hockey
• Boys soccer
• Girls soccer
• Girls swimming and diving
• Girls tennis
• Volleyball

 

Congratulations to the following scholar/athletes.

Boys Cross Country

Coach: Robert Lawrence

• Peter Agro
• Samuel Bolduc
• Jonathan Bruestle
• Malakai Henry-Geraghty
• Shawn Riquelme
• Daniel Sassi
• Roscoe Sudol

 

 

Girls Cross Country

Coach: Robin Renahan

• Alyssa Castelonia
• Alexa DeVito
• Ava Dymond
• Lillian Gabriele
• Shaylen Goslar
• Elysia Jackson
• Kayla Mendez
• Caitlin Palmer
• Hannah Pawlowski

 

 

Team: Field Hockey

Coach: Samantha Schwartz

• Madelyn Carpenter
• Grace Coleman
• Sadie Dowson
• Rebecca Edwards
• Grace Grant
• Emma Halpin
• Abigail Hansen
• Tristan Myers
• Leah O’Donnell
• Christine Omosebi
• Gabrielle Rossello
• Jordyn Wilson
• Meaghan Wishinski
• Kara Wittenberg

 

 

Football

Coach: Richard Ormsby Assistant Coaches: Kyle Schneider, Rory McKane and Jake Izzo

• Chance Bennett
• Xavier Chavez III
• Gregory Florin
• Dekoda Greer
• Justin Martir
• Tyler Sheeley
• Jaiden Sposito
• Elon Zanetti

 

 

Boys Soccer

Coach: Marc Gittleman; Assistant Coach: Gianni Carillo

• James Cerniglia
• Andrew Chan Way
• Isaiah Christner
• Aaron Cohen
• Benjamin Doyle
• Nicholas Fermanian
• Imanol Florez
• David Gomez
• Daniel Hufcut
• Justin Martir
• Lucas Meisel
• Jesse Morse
• Jeffrey Palma
• Justin Quick
• Luis Rodriguez
• Jeffrey Saint-Hilaire
• Michael Spanti

 

 

Girls Soccer

Coach: Daniel Conley

• Camryn Brown
• Mackenzie Brown
• Gianna Conklin
• Kathryn Cragan
• Grace Druke
• Taylor Hoehmann
• Caitlyn Loennecker
• Audra Meberg
• Deirdre Meberg
• Leah Meberg
• Caroline Nigro
• Alexandra Parr
• Téa Rauch
• Kileigh Smykla
• Morgan Tubbs

 

 

Girls Swimming and Diving

Coach: John Barth; Assistant Coaches: Michael Reineke and Amber Hrbek

• Amelia Aponte
• Nina Camacho
• Sophia Gallagher
• Paige Gandolfini
• Leah Germano
• Alanah Giannini
• Grace Gibson
• Salome Gomez
• Mackenzie Gula
• Angelina Gellman
• Anna Hajek
• Lila Hanson
• Ella Humphrey
• Lyla Humphrey
• Sophia Huang
• Della Hundley
• Ashley Martin
• Jaedyn Newberns
• Maya Oakes
• Makenna Peters
• Parker Scoville
• Viola Thibodeau
• Kayleen Tique Diaz
• Katie Webster

 

 

Girls Tennis

Coach: Michael Sabini

• Peyton DeWitt
• Samantha Fiorentino
• Jenna Hopmayer
• Tiffany Manikoth Sooksavath
• Heidi Pagan
• Rachel Price
• Emma Russell
• Tiffany Tinoco Claros
• Saige Valentino
• Jessica Wells

 

 

Volleyball

Coach: Melyssa Klempner- Amelio Assistant Coach: Megan Collins

• Anabella Almeida
• Kayanna Cauthen
• Emelia Cruz
• Hailey Dec
• Kayla Dec
• Liliana Deckaj
• Autumn Gove
• Ellie Hoppe
• Monica Ilioiu
• Madelyn Magsamen
• Karly Memmelaar
• Kendall Morris

 

 

Additional awards

Girls Cross Country

• Shaylen Gosler – NYS Qualifier
• Julianne Gabriele – NYS Qualifier

 

Field Hockey

• Grace Grant –  All-State Honors
• Grace Grant –  Section IX First Team All-Star
• Tristan Myers –  Section IX First Team All-Star
• Leah O’Donnell –  Section IX Second Team All-Star
• Kara Wittenberg – Section IX Honorable Mention

 

Girls Soccer

• Deirdre Meberg -Section IX Soccer Coaches’ Association Girls All-Stars Class AAA
• Kathryn Cragan – Section IX Soccer Coaches’ Association Girls All-Stars Class AAA
• Ava Boffalo – Section IX Soccer Coaches’ Association Girls All-Stars Class AAA
• Deirdre Meberg – Section IX Soccer Coaches’ Association All Section Team
• Coach Dan Conley – Section IX Soccer Coaches’ Association Girls Senior Recognition Games
• Deirdre Meberg –  Section IX Soccer Coaches’ Association Girls Senior Recognition Games
• Kileigh Smykla –  Section IX Soccer Coaches’ Association Girls Senior Recognition Games
• Morgan Tubbs – Section IX Soccer Coaches’ Association Girls Senior Recognition Games 
• Deirdre Meberg –  NYSSCOGS All-State Girls Soccer 2nd Team

 

Volleyball

Section IX Team Champions and OCIAA Division II Team Champions 

• Anabella Almeida
• Hailey Dec
• Kayla Dec
• Liliana Deckaj
• Kayanna Cauthen
• Emelia Cruz
• Autumn Gove
• Ellie Hoppe
• Monica Ilioiu
• Taylor Jennings
• Kendall Morris
• Alyssa Magsamen
• Madelyn Magsamen
• Karly Memmelaar
• Sophia Muniz
• Autumn Parker
• Julianne Reid
• Brianna Ricks
• Madison Woodruff

 

Swimming and Diving

OCIAA and Section IX Team Champions (for the sixth year in a row)

• Amelia Aponte
• Nina Camacho
• Sadie DeGeorge – OCIAA Champion, Section IX Individual Champion, NYS Qualifier
• Sophia Gallagher
• Paige Gandolfini
• Leah Germano
• Norah Germano
• Alanah Giannini – OCIAA Champion, Section IX Individual Champion, NYS Qualifier
• Grace Gibson
• Salome Gomez
• Mackenzie Gula – OCIAA Champion, Section IX Individual Champion, NYS Qualifier
• Angelina Gellman
• Anna Hajek
• Lila Hanson
• Ella Humphrey – OCIAA Champion, Section IX Individual Champion, NYS Qualifier
• Lyla Humphrey
• Sophia Huang
• Della Hundley
• Ashley Martin – OCIAA Champion, Section IX Individual Champion, NYS Qualifier
• Jaedyn Newberns
• Maya Oakes – OCIAA Champion, Section IX Individual Champion, NYS Qualifier
• Makenna Peters
• Parker Scoville
• Viola Thibodeau
• Kayleen Tique Diaz
• Katie Webster – OCIAA Champion, Section IX Individual Champion, NYS Qualifier
• Liana Williams