Grand Island Central School District Recognized as

“School of Distinction”

 

 

The Grand Island Central School District Athletic Program has just wrapped up a phenomenal year.  The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) has recognized Grand Island Central School District as a ‘School of Distinction’. 

 

At the end of each sports season, the NYSPHSAA honors those teams that excel in the classroom with the Scholar Athlete Team Award. To qualify for this award, a varsity team must have a minimum grade point average of 90% with several additional requirements considered.  This year all 25 teams were recognized as winners of the NYSPHSAA Scholar/Athlete Team Awards therefore deeming Grand Island Central School District as a ‘School of Distinction’.  “I am very proud of all our athletes for their performance and also for our coaches for stressing the importance of academics” said Jon Roth, Athletic Director.

 

This prestigious honor recognizes any school district when 100% of their teams achieve scholar athlete status.  Grand Island is one of three Western New York school districts to ever receive this recognition since the inception of this program back in the 2002-2003 season. “This is an amazing accomplishment and is truly a reflection on the efforts of our students, coaches, teachers and parents” said Robert Christmann, Superintendent of Schools.

 

Grand Island Central School District is honoring all varsity coaches and one player from each team at a reception to be held at the Grand Island Holiday Inn. The Holiday Inn is assisting with the costs of this event to be held on Monday, June 16.

 

This year NFL Championships were clinched by Girls Tennis, Girls Soccer, Boys Cross Country, Boys Track and Field, and Baseball.  “This was truly an outstanding year and I am very proud of our athletes and coaches” said Roth.

 

See below for a complete listing of 2007-2008 scholar athletes.

 

 

 

 

FALL TEAMS HONORED AS SCHOLAR ATHLETES    

 

GIRLS TENNIS   GPA: 93.09 

Coach: Julie Neville   

Alyssa Accardo
Kim Asbach     

Catherine Aughey

Stephanie Aughey

Alexandra Buscaglia

Courtney Catalano

Simarjot Cheema

Anna Ferrante 

Julie Hasselbeck

Tara Hook

Ashley Koerntgen

Kelsey Mash

Lauren McGowan

Brittany Papaj 

Courtney Papaj

Bre Rafferty

Kaitie Samland

Brittany Stallard          

Caitlin Taylor   

Molly Wynne   

 

GIRLS SOCCER   GPA: 90.00

Coach: Dave Bowman

Alexa Amato

Lindsey Boyle

Maria Buyer

Casey Carminati

Jaclyn Coe

Amber Duda

Jordan Dudish

Samantha Forysinski

Cathryn Hilliard

Jenna Hutzler

Jordan Kessler

Elizabeth Lorence

Maria Lorence

Ashley Mazurkiewicz

Mia Magliazzo

Jamie Raepple

Carly Snyder

Jordon Tripi

Kristin Wegrzyn

Alexandra Weiser

                                                           

BOYS GOLF   GPA: 90.67                             

Coach: Craig Warthling

Darren DelSingnore

Korey DiMatteo

Alexander Fry

Thomas Kalman

Alex Killian       

Matt Ludwig    

John Osberg

 

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY  GPA: 90.22

Coach: Don Sauer

Christopher Carter

Jason Chadwick

Jordan Gibson

Ryan Hagen

Timothy Howley

Nicholas Masiello

Evan Shaw

Evan Tsembelis

Noah Yanicki

 

GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING  90.34           

Coach: Lee Herbst     

Danielle Asbach

Brooke Chamberlain

Kelly Cich

Stacy Cich

Kayla Fermoil  

Kelsey Fortman

Victoria Fortman

Meghan Hayes

Samantha Kahn

Caroline Kaminski

Jaime Majaris  

Jennie McCoy  

Megan McInerney

Kristin Miller

Chelsea Rupert

Kristin Toellner

Nikki Zimmerman

 

BOYS SOCCER   GPA: 90.17

Coach: Peter Kuehne

Kolby Banker

Jared Billica

Steven Boyle

Daniel DeMarco

Jeremy Figler

Joseph Fischer

Matthew Hazelet

Tristin Kessler

Samuel Kilb

Charles Lavallee

Ryan Osvath

Jordan Paolucci

Robert Ross

Joseph Shanor

Christopher Stessing

Shaun Winter

           

FOOTBALL   GPA: 90.12                                           

Coach: Dean Santorio

Robert Amsdill

Kyle Clayton

Shawn Davis   

Greg Feathers 

Christopher Fiels

Andrew Ginsburg

Anthony Gugino

Adam Helman  

Matt Klock

Benjamin Kose

Alex Neutz      

Christian Nestark

Joe Oliverio     

Christopher Podlucky

Lance Robinson                                                                      

Robert Rutland

Lee Schuster                                                                                       

Kyle Spratford                                                                                                             

Joe Tanbakuchi

Nick Taylor

Nick Tomkins                                                   

Marc Velocci

Alexander Webb                                             

 

 

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY    GPA: 91.20

Coach: Don Sauer

Allison Boron   

Brittany Cieri

Bethany Cinelli

Olivia Chopra

Dominique DeGregorio

Caitlyn Driscoll

Kate Garten

Mary George

Erika Osberg

Emily Pease

Jamie Sobieski

Emily Thompson

Maritina Tsembelis                  

 

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL   GPA: 90.13

Coach: John Head

Haley Breier    

Tiffani Dickinson

Kelsey Foote

Chelsea Hall

Lisa Mager

Jessica Oyer

Alex Peters

Susan Pioli      

Alexis Raepple

Mary Scherrer 

Nicole Serra

Nicole Stickl     

 

BOYS VOLLEYBALL   GPA: 90.00

Coach: Bill Schultz

Michael Heftka

Scott Holler

Michael Karpie

Richard Karpie

Joseph Khreis

Todd Kunze

Drew Lazelle

Jared Northrup

Scott Ross

Michael Soos

Jonas Stalyga

Jeff Szczepaniak                                             

Nick Vitello                  

                       

WINTER TEAMS HONORED AS SCHOLAR ATHLETES

 

BOYS BASKETBALL  GPA: 90.57                  

Coach:  Greg Ross

Kolbey Banker

DJ DeMarco

Greg Feathers 

Rich Karpie

Todd Kunze

Alex Neutz

Lance Robinson

Scott Ross

Jonas Stalyga 

Joe Tanbakuchi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING GPA: 91.50

Coach:  Rob Collard

Zach Adams

Joe Aladeen

Adam Asbach

Ben Bakula

Dave Benko

Evan Carey

Josh Kaplan

Mike Montaldi

Anthony Poupalos

James Sica

Ben Soos

Mike Soos

Vinnie Spada

Nick Tomkins

Jordan Toth

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL  GPA: 92.00                 

Coach:  Jenepher Banker        

Makallie Banker

Amber Duda    

Victoria Fortman

Mallory Griffiths

Molly Hayes

Catie Hilliard   

Leanna Koslowski

Jessica Oyer

Alex Peters

Susan Pioli

Mary Scherrer 

Kristen Wegrzyn

 

WRESTLING  GPA: 90.48

Coach:  Jeff Johnston

Joe Amsdill

Robert Amsdill

Tygue Busch

Justin Ciechoski          

Anthony Genova         

Eric Harnden               

Jacob Killian                

Nick Masiello

Lee Schuster

James Toney

Alex Webb

Eric Weigold

Noah Yanicki

 

 

GIRLS BOWLING  GPA: 90.57                                 

Coach:  Craig Davis   

Erica Barrett

Victoria Eldridge

Kelsey Foote

Jenna Hutzler

Mia Magliazzo

Elizabeth McLean

Nicole Serra    

Elizabeth Wilson

Brianna Wojnar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOYS BOWLING  GPA: 90.29

Coach:  Craig Davis

Eric Breier

Jason Davis

Zach Kelly

Joe Khreis

Zach Manuszewski

Sean Mattrey

Alex Strauss

Scott Suszcynski

 

GIRLS INDOOR TRACK  GPA: 91.26            

Coach:  Don Sauer

Asst Coach:  Jim Paterson    

Ellen Betterson

Courtnnie Booker

Allison Boron   

Simarjot Cheema                    

Olivia Chopra  

Kelly Cich

Caitlyn Driscoll

Rahsanica Ford

Maria Grant

Chelsea Hall

Meaghan Hayes

Kelsey Mash

Katie Nordvik  

Sara Orsolits   

Joycelyn Rockwood     

Amber Spiez    

Emily Thompson

Maritina Tsembelis

 

BOYS INDOOR TRACK  GPA: 90.17

Coach:  Don Sauer                                                                 

Asst Coach:  Jim Patterson

Sean Burke

Chris Carter

Jason Chadwick

Joe Connors

Jay Corrao

Patrick Gallagher

Jordan Gibson

Ryan Hagen

Adam Helman

Matt Klock

Jared Northrup

Mike Rayhill

Robert Rutland

Chris Stessing

Eduardo Toledo

Evan Tsembelis

 


SPRING TEAMS HONORED AS SCHOLAR ATHLETES

 

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD   GPA: 90.00

Coach:   Craig Davis  

Asst Coach:  Ray Billica

Allison Boron

Simarjot Cheema

Jaclyn Coe

Dominique DeGregorio

Caitlyn Driscoll

Amber Duda

Melissa Fargino

Rahsanica Ford

Maria Grant

Chelsea Hall

Caroline Kaminski

Kelsey Mash

Jennifer Mellett

Sara Orsolits

Jamie Raepple

Jenna Raepple

Maritina Tsembelis

Sara Wilczek

 

BOYS TRACK & FIELD   GPA: 90.40

Coach:   Don Sauer

Asst Coach:  JimPatterson

Eric Breier

Sean Burke

Chris Carter

Jason Chadwick

Aaron D’Angelo

Chris Ernst

Greg Feathers

Christian Gibson

Jordan Gibson

Anthony Grande

Ryan Hagen

Eric Harnden

Adam Helman

Rich Karpie

Nick Masiello

Jared Northrup

Michael Rustowicz

Robert Rutland

Chris Stessing

Nick Tomkins

Evan Tsembelis

Noah Yanicki

 

SOFTBALL   GPA: 91.00                                           

Coach:   Pat Lester

Tiffani Dickinson

Jordan Dudish

Julia Fleming

Leah Gangloff

Meaghan Hayes          

Molly Hayes     

Amber Hultgren

Leanna Kozlowski

Ashley McRae

Jessica Oyer    

Alexandra Peters

Kaileen Shoemaker

Emily Thompson

Alexandra Weiser

 

 

BOYS LACROSSE   GPA: 90.04

Coach:   Steve Steck

Steven Accardo,

Jonathan Anderson

Kolby Banker

Rafael Duenas

Chris Fiels

Joe Fischer

Alex Hultgren

Ryan Killian

Drew Lazelle

Matt Ludwig

Mike Magaris

Matt Major

Kyle Spratford

Mitch Stessing

                                               

BOYS TENNIS    GPA: 90.46

Coach:   Don Pray

Darren DelSignore

Korey DiMatteo

Kearney Erhard

Jacob Ferrante

Scott Holler

Matt Huber      

Seth Kline

Todd Kunze

Stephen Mathes

David McMichael

Mike Mucci

Alexander Strauss

Jeff Szczepaniak

                                   

GIRLS LACROSSE  GPA: 90.68        

Coach:   Nicole Marabella

Catherine Aughrey

Haley Breier

Lauren Brindisi

Brittany Cieri

Bethany Cinelli

Amy Grenke

Mallory Griffiths

Catie Hilliard

Jenna Hutzler

Sara Kurpiewski

Lauren McGowan

Susan Pioli

Michelle Rossi

Audrey Senf

Nicole Stickl

Sara Victor

 

BASEBALL  GPA: 91.88                                             

Coach:   Dean Santorio                                 

Joe Amsdill

Robert Amsdill

Neal DeMartin

Mike Heftka

Rich Karpie

Joel Klock

Matt Klock

Joe Oliverio

Marvin Pawlowski

Christopher Podlucky

Shawn Winter