At its June 6 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.
The following teams were honored as scholar athlete teams. To achieve this honor, a team must collectively maintain a grade point average of 90 percent or greater. The Monticello teams who earned this distinction are:
Boys Golf
Coach: Christopher Russo
- Owen Bassett
- Luke Baum
- Luke Farrow
- Max Baum
- Bretten Benzenberg
- Ryan Grodin
- Adam Cavello
- Jacob Kaplan
- Dylan Price
Girls Golf
Coach: Scott Fitchett
- Fiona Feltman
- Paige Innis
- Mana Iwata
- Holly McFarland
- Rachel Leventoff
- Liza Mitchell
- Hanna Oestrich
- Sarah Shamah
- Rosalie Sheppard
- Olivia Steigler
- Harly Taylor
- Allison Weinstein
Boys Tennis
Coach: Urvashi Gupta
- Thomas Cammerino
- Abraham Corces
- Nicholas Dollard
- Hunter Fein
- Patrick Galligan
- Triston Jaycox
- Isaac Mogel
- Arnold San Miguel
- Nathaniel Varughese
- Noel Varughese
- Adrian Velasco
- Max Wolbeck
Softball
Coach: Ryan Jasper
- Katelyn Babcock
- Jenna Borko
- Anastasia Gessman
- Stephanie Gonzalez
- Dafne Guzman-Torralba
- Emily LaRuffa
- Ayahana Lysiak
- Jenna Merton
- Renee Schreiber
- Brianna Soto
- Kelly Smith
- Hailey Taggart
Baseball
Coach: Steve Jenks
- Robert Bonnaci
- Michael Cubillas
- Aidan Dietz
- Tyler Gold-Germann
- Antonio Gonzalez
- Anderson Herm
- Aiden Johnson
- Dhruv Patel
- Eric Sanchez-Surman
- Matthew Sanchez-Surman
- Tommy Merton
Girls Spring Track
Coach: Richard Sternkopf
- Gabrielle Acosta-Herrera
- Grace Afful-Mills
- Madison Carnell
- Jessica Blakesley
- Victoria Blinston
- Amanda Bowdren
- Zanaya Cooper
- Jade Clark
- Kayla Colon
- Meg Cruz
- Sarah Grodin
- Taina DeJesus
- Brianna Howard
- Emilie Mulhern
- Yamillette Escobar
- Zeniyah Gholson
- Ahliyah Hart
- Cayshla Herrera
- Michelle Lin
- Kayla Lindstadt
- Layla Mack
- Kali Pantone
- Jane Pape-Laucella
- Karen Perilla-Buitrago
- Renee Robinson
- Arianna Sinclair
- Aubrey Soller
- Cassondra Turner
- Mia Valencia
- Gabriella Vieira
- Khalea Washington
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% or greater, they will receive a certificate and a pin. The Monticello students that have achieved this distinction are:
Boys Spring Track
Coach: Matthew Buddenhagen
- Christian Pedroza
- Noah Rogers
- John Creighton
- Quentin Cruz
- Thomas Vaeth
- Evan Waterton
- Dakota Woznick-Alarie
After presenting the individual certificates to the scholar athletes on the boys track team, Mr. Buddenhagen then called up the entire boys track team to officially recognize the team’s winning of the OCIAA’s Division 3 Championship — the 8th title won by the team in 10 years.
Mr. Buddenhaggen also wished students Noah Rogers and Sarah Grodin good luck in their upcoming competitions. Noah will compete on in the 110 hurdles in the New York state championships and Sarah will compete in the New Balance National Outdoor, a national championship that she qualified for after competing in the New York state qualifier.