Central Valley celebrates fall scholar-athletes

Posted Date: 01/15/26 (09:23 AM)

At its regular meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, the Central Valley CSD Board of Education proudly recognized those fall sports teams and athletes who earned the New York State Public High School Athletic Association’s Scholar-Athlete distinction. These students have demonstrated excellence in both the classroom and in their sport.

NYSPHSAA sets the following criteria for Scholar-Athletes

Team Scholar-Athletes: 75 percent of the roster must carry a GPA of 90 or higher
Individual Scholar-Athletes: must carry a GPA of 90 or higher as part of team that did not qualify for the team recognition

Team Scholar-Athletes

Team members with a GPA of 90 or higher will receive pins.

Boys Cross Country: Coach Charles Maxson

Liam Maxson
Jude Polidori
Matthew Rys

Girls Cross Country: Coach Mike Farber

Avery Bacon
Riley Scott
Addison Smithson
Delaney-Rose Tubia

Cheer: Coach Shannon Darrow

Abigail Becker
Sandra Ferlo
Paisley Francisco
Gwen Guidi
Coleigh Lape
Azaira McDonald
Mikaela Turner

Field Hockey: Coach Kelly Rowland

Olivia Buttacaroli
Madelyn Cave
Gabriella Chandler
Sophia Colone
Angelina Geloso
Ally Hall
Reese Judd
Anastasia Spatto
Cecilia Tubia
Meredith Vandawalker

Football: Coach Jon Cole

Zackery Bushardt
Lucas Casale
Jeffrey Chase III
Connor Darrow
Matthew Dempsey
Jeremy Dennis
Malachi Hussein
Calvin Jacquays
Luke Lawton
Cadence Smith
Brody Vogel
Brayden Voorhees
Blake Yardley

Girls Soccer: Coach Jonna Costin

Ainsley Albrecht
Lilly Baron
Veda Boepple
Maeve Brien
Molly Brien
Leah Brown
Kamryn Frank
Victoria Gerena
Alyssa Knopka
Ava Lewis
Brynlee Metott
Bailey Noffer
Mia Ponte
Makayla Rodgers
Brynna Scalise
Marlowe Schrader
Madelyn Spatto
Kendra Stafford
Farah Warren
Olivia Watkins (Sr.)
Emily Welch

Girls Tennis: Coach Bill Obernesser

Molly Bishop
Brice Boucher
Josephine McGraw
Kira Mizerak
Katherine Raffle
Mia Russo
Molly Shepherd
Emma Watkins
Olivia Watkins (Soph.)

Individual Scholar-Athletes

Each individual receives a pin

Boys Soccer: Coaches Jared Hall & Jose Lopez

Cal Beckwith
Pacey Brien
Cade Ciallelo
Jacob Hitchcock
Logan Kubecka
Will Schrader