Riverhead High School Students Receive Suffolk Zone Awards

The annual New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance hosts the Suffolk Zone Awards dinner each December. During the dinner, an award is given to the top female and top male student that displays excellence in the following areas: achievement in Physical Education, academics and leadership. Each candidate must also excel academically and be a role model for others in his or her physical education classes.

This year’s recipients of the Suffolk Zone Award are Riverhead High School seniors Kathryn McKillop and Cody Weiss.

McKillop has excelled in the classroom, on the athletic field and in leadership roles in the school community. She maintains an unweighted 97.5 GPA and is ranked 8th in a senior class of 329 students.

She played Varsity Soccer (Gr. 8-11) and Varsity Basketball (Gr. 8-10). McKillop was also on the Varsity Softball Team (Gr. 9-10), Varsity Field Hockey Team (Gr. 12) and the Varsity Spring Track Team (Gr. 11).

She has maintained a 100 in her PE classes and was a stand out in PE by providing leadership and encouragement to her classmates throughout her high school career.

Weiss carries a 90.3 GPA and is in the top third of the senior class. He has played three sports for three straight years: Baseball, Golf, and Wrestling (Gr. 9-12). He is a member of KID Wrestling and participates in the Wave-to-Wave Sports Mentoring Program.

“The Suffolk Zone Award is given to student that excels in the classroom and on the athletic fields,” Weiss’ PE teacher, Steve Gevinski writes, “Cody is a three sport athlete and has maintained a 100 average in PE for the past four years. He always shows great leadership, sportsmanship and school spirit. He has also served as a great role model in his PE classes, on the athletic field, and in the classroom. He is very deserving of this award.”

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