Daler Teams Named NYS Scholar Athlete Champions

had four teams named Scholar Athlete State Champions this fall by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.

Superintendent John Lorentz and High School Principal Glen Zakian made the announcement at the January school board meeting, explaining that the distinction means that these teams had some of the highest GPAs in New York State.

• Girls Swimming and Diving Team: 99.042 GPA
• Boys Cross Country Team: 99.250 GPA
• Girls Soccer Team: 97.760 GPA
• Boys Soccer Team: 96.597 GPA

"These four this year are the 15th out of the last five years that we've had," Zakian said. "When you think about the numbers and sheer volume of public schools in the state of New York, Farmingdale won 20 percent of the state scholar athlete awards for the fall seasons."

In addition to this distinction, all 13 teams were named scholar athlete team for having a team academic average of more than 90 percent.

"This is quite a special recognition," Lorentz said.

TEAM

# OF STUDENTS

PARTICIPATING

TEAM AVERAGE

Football

47

95.007

Boys Soccer

25

96.597

Girls Soccer

27

97.760

Girls Cross Country

21

95.900

Boys Cross Country

25

99.250

Girls Tennis

9

94.929

Girls Swim

33

99.042

Girls Volleyball

14

92.422

Boys Volleyball

15

95.016

Golf

14

94.139

Cheerleading

25

92.905

Dalerettes

30

98.875

Steppin’ Dalers

18

90.123

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