A Banner Season For Lynbrook Athletes

From Lynbrook Schools:Lynbrook High School student-athletes showcased their determination and skills this past fall, winning notable team and individual awards. Eight fall teams earned the New York State Scholar Team Athlete Award. This included the girls cross country, soccer, swim, tennis and volleyball teams and the boys cross country, soccer and football teams. To receive this distinction from the New York State Public High School Athletic Association, the team’s average GPA for 75 percent of the roster must be greater than or equal to 90.

In addition, four student-athletes received the title of scholar athlete from the NYSPHSAA for maintaining a 90 or above GPA. Scholar-athletes included Katie Bamman (girls soccer), Sara Bahri (girls volleyball), Spencer Chrein (boys soccer) and Siobhan Stapleton (girls swimming). The girls tennis team had a successful season, ending as conference champions and several fall student-athletes were recognized in their respective sports. The district congratulates all the fall teams and individual award winners on their accolades:

Football
All County/All Conference III – John Cabral-Martin
All Long Island – Dominic Barbuto
All Academic All Conference III – John DiBenedetto and James Gillespie

Girls Tennis
All Conference – Casey Kaplan, Allison Shifflett and Sydney Travis
All Division – Arpie Bakhshian, Alyssa Burton, Sami Feldman, Ambiya Hussain, Anna
Morelli, Rosie Perlstein, Lexi Samelson and Jacey Stock

Girls Varsity Swimming
All Conference – Emma Anderson, Kate Anderson, Samantha Caceres, Sophie
Dzieciolowski and Erin Quinlan
All County – Sarah Gaudet
Scholar Athlete – Siobhan Stapleton

Girls Cross Country

All County – Caitlin Buchala and Liz Murphy
All Conference – Maggie Bodian

Boys Soccer
All County – Alex Schachinger
All County Honorable Mention – Brandon Pekale
All Conference – Rylan Blondo, Peter Hristodoulou and Ben Krcic
Senior Scholar Athlete – Spencer Chrein
United Soccer Coaches Senior Excellence Award – Kevin Donaghue

Girls Soccer
All County – Jessica Woll
All Class – Katie Bamman, Jade Fixon-Owoo, Kayla Schwizer
All Conference – Alyssa Campos
Scholar Athlete – Katie Bamman

Girls Volleyball
All County – Ami Carey
All Class – Kate Foley
All Conference – Christina Franco and Felicia Guglielmo
Scholar Athlete – Sara Bahri
Boys Cross Country
All County – Shane Nembach

Photo courtesy of the Lynbrook Union Free School District