Hen Hud Honors Star Athletes, Talks Budget

Athletic Director Thomas Baker honored 13 student-athletes who have excelled in their sports and academics at the Feb. 8 Board of Education meeting. Many of the athletes have achieved top scores and have been courted by top colleges and universities. Some have received honors in several sports.

Baker also reviewed some statistics that show the benefit of offering a strong sports program. He explained that student athletes perform at a higher academic level than their classmates. The average GPA of HHHS athletes is 87 percent, compared to 84 percent GPAs of non-athletes, Baker said. More than 50 percent of HHHS students are involved in school sports.

"I am proud of these students every day," Baker said.

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Read the list of students recognized and their accomplishments below:

Kennedy Sherman; Junior- Soccer, Basketball, and Lacrosse

-Accomplishments- All League and All Section HM in Girls Lacrosse, Scholar Athlete and North County News Player of the Week

-Future Goal- To play Girls Lacrosse in college

Julie Gaspar; Senior- Fall Cheerleading, Winter Cheerleading, and Softball

-Accomplishments- Annette Hronich Cheerleading Scholarship, Cheerleading All Liberty Team HM, All League and All Section in Softball

-Future Goal- To major in Nursing at either Fairfield University or University of Scranton

Joe Fraietta; Junior- Football and Lacrosse

-Accomplishments- All League and All Section HM in Football

-Future Goals- To play lacrosse at either Marist, Sacred Heart, or Lafayette, or potentially football at Western New England

Meaghan Lynch; Senior- Soccer, Basketball, and Spring Track

-Accomplishments- All League and All Section in Soccer

-Future Goals- To attend Villanova or Boston College

Ben Schwartz; Junior- Football, Winter Track, and Spring Track

-Accomplishments- All League in Football

-Future Goals- To play football in college

Matt Ledwin; Junior- Ice Hockey and Lacrosse

-Accomplishments- All League and All Section in lacrosse

-Future Goals- Committed to play lacrosse at Johns Hopkins University

Hunter Glashoff; Junior- Baseball and Basketball

-Accomplishments- Captain of Basketball team

-Future Goals- To play college baseball

Amy White; Junior- Cross Country, Winter Track, and Spring Track

-Accomplishments-All League in Cross Country, Indoor Track, and Spring Track

-Future Goals- University of California Berkeley or Stanford University

Amanda Bell; Senior- Field Hockey, Basketball, and Softball

-Accomplishments- Captain

-Future Goals- To attend Bryant University

Megan Jahoda; Junior- Swimming, Basketball, and Softball

-Accomplishments- All League in in softball, and sectional swimmer

-Future Goals- To play softball in college

Finbar Casey; Senior- Football, Indoor Track and Spring Track

-Accomplishments- All League, All County HM, and All Section HM

-Future Goals- To run Track and Field at either Cortland, Buffalo, Stony Brook, or Ithaca

Sean Barry; Senior- Football, Wrestling, Spring Track

-Accomplishments- All League and All Section Football, All League and All Section Wrestling, Most Outstanding Wrestler at Divisionals

-Future Goals- To play college football at either Ithaca or Endicott

Cameron Rasmussen; Senior- Cross Country, Indoor Track, Spring Track

-Accomplishments- All League, All County, All Section, All State, and All American

-Future Goals- To attend Cooper Union, NYU, or Skidmore College

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