MNHS Announces Student Athlete Roar Award Winners

The following was provided to Patch by Dennis Reardon, assistant principal and athletic director of Marple Newtown High School:

Marple Newtown Athletics encompass a history of both team and individual successes. Year in and year out the Marple Newtown School District Community can be proud of the teams and athletes that represent us. Our tradition of excellence is a by-product of the dedication and commitment displayed by an outstanding group of coaches and inspired student athletes. We are proud to call MN our home!

Our “Raise the Bar Program” challenges student athletes to push the envelope in all they do. Each season the “Roar Award” recognizes the athletic program with the highest cumulative grade point average and the program that shows the most academic improvement from year to year. Motivational speakers are brought in to speak to our students athletes about the importance of developing the whole person. We want you to walk away from our program with a solid foundation that you can take with you into your future endeavors. In the graduating class of 2014, there are 20 college bound athletes playing 7 different sports in Divisions I, II and III.

As evidenced below, our student athletes are performing well in the classroom. This past year’s ROAR calculations by season are as follows:

Fall 2013

Tennis -- 96%

Field hockey -- 95%

Girls’ soccer -- 94%

Volleyball -- 94%

Cheerleading -- 90%

Cross country -- 90%

Boys’ soccer -- 89%

Golf -- 89%

Football -- 85%

Winter 2013-2014

Girls’ indoor track -- 96%

Girls’ basketball -- 92%

Girls’ swimming -- 91%

Boys’ swimming -- 90%

Cheerleading -- 89%

Boys’ indoor track -- 88%

Boys’ basketball -- 87%

Wrestling -- 84%

Spring 2014

Girls’ lacrosse -- 94%

Softball -- 94%

Girls’ track -- 93%

Tennis -- 92%

Boys’ track -- 90%

Boys’ lacrosse -- 89%

Baseball -- 88%

Photo: ROAR Winter 2013 - The Girls Indoor Track Team. Courtesy of Anna Deacon