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Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Scholar Athlete Luncheon

Stroudsmoor Country Inn

December 21, 2016

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

Scholar Athlete

Luncheon

Welcome Mr. Jim Moniz, Scholar Athlete Co-Chairman

Principal, Parkland High School

Presentation of Scholar Athletes Mr. Jim Moniz, Scholar Athlete Co-Chairman

Mr. Jeff Sodl, Eastern Pennsylvania Conference President

Lunch

Closing Statement Mr. Jim Moniz

Boys’ Soccer Kevin Michels – Bethlehem Catholic Adam Werner – Central Catholic Marwan Khouri – Dieruff Joshua Becker – East Stroudsburg North Jordan Cortez – East Stroudsburg South Keith Grega – Easton Kevin Williams – Emmaus Judson Freidl – Freedom Valentine Perevalov – Liberty Brandon Long – Nazareth Trevor Hanuschak – Northampton Mark Stenske – Parkland Ryan Prator – Pleasant Valley Nicholas Bas – Pocono Mountain East John Burns III – Stroudsburg Girls’ Soccer Erika Sinchi – Allen Blake McGill – Bethlehem Catholic Christina Marinos – Central Catholic Kassandra Patrick – East Stroudsburg North Gabrielle Bonnar – East Stroudsburg South Jayliana Bedoya – Easton Reilly McGinnis – Emmaus Jaiden Coyne – Freedom Jessica Becker – Liberty Holly Lunt – Nazareth Brandy Moser – Northampton Olivia Schantz – Parkland Natalie Kautz – Pleasant Valley Taylor Yacuboski – Pocono Mountain East Rebecca Meisse – Stroudsburg Kylie Cunningham – Whitehall

Girls’ Tennis Florencia Dayan – Bethlehem Catholic Erin Skibbens – Central Catholic Caroline Kyaw – East Stroudsburg North Nadia Hussein – East Stroudsburg South Haille Hoeflein – Easton Julia Pan – Emmaus Gabriella Greenhoward – Freedom Joyce Kim – Liberty Madison Stewart – Nazareth Emma Angle – Northampton Madison Staiman – Parkland Destiny Thompson – Pocono Mountain East Johna Fiedler – Stroudsburg Girls’ Volleyball Thania DeJesus – Allen Rachel Tanczos – Bethlehem Catholic Olivia Rudjord – Central Catholic Kaily Rockshead – Dieruff Caitlin Williams – East Stroudsburg North Nicole Karpowicz – East Stroudsburg South Tiffany Ferreira – Easton Alyson Bohman – Emmaus Courtney Turocy – Freedom Kristin Kaleycik – Liberty Sophia Starner – Nazareth Taylor Heffner – Northampton Megan Shaw – Parkland Noel Kelly – Pleasant Valley Meriam Deeb – Whitehall

Fall Sports Award Winners In Bold

Boys’ Cross Country John Zemanek – Bethlehem Catholic Mike D’Agostini – Central Catholic Aaron Williams – Dieruff Kevin Constantine – East Stroudsburg South Michael Couch – Easton Kyle Kleinberg – Emmaus Isaac Gross – Freedom Pedro La Rotta – Liberty Nick Robibero – Nazareth Ayden Sylvester-Harms – Northampton Jonathan Snyder – Parkland Seth Slavin – Pleasant Valley Michael Medough – Pocono Mountain East Chris Vo – Stroudsburg Adrian Anatalio – Whitehall Girls’ Cross Country Dorothy Brill – Bethlehem Catholic Kerrie Koller – Central Catholic Natalie Montanez – East Stroudsburg North Carissa Root – East Stroudsburg South Olivia George – Easton Katrina Durrwachter – Emmaus Ally Young – Freedom Raisa Kochmaruk – Liberty Mikala Leszcynski – Nazareth Lyndsey Gallagher – Northampton Sydney Delvecchio – Parkland Elizabeth Eberhardt – Pleasant Valley Michelle Joyce – Stroudsburg Hannah Gill – Whitehall

Field Hockey Belicia Kingsley – Allen Madison Ensley – Bethlehem Catholic Angel-Nicole Rosa – Dieruff Shairah Milfort – East Stroudsburg North Kelsey Picchianti – East Stroudsburg South Domenique Catalano – Easton Kira Koehler – Emmaus Erica Heaney – Freedom Anissa Abboud – Liberty Zoe Karvan – Nazareth Anna Filchner – Northampton Hannah Daniels – Parkland Emily Alker – Pocono Mountain East Sage Brigham – Pocono Mountain West Julianna Sweeney – Stroudsburg Cara Bonshak – Whitehall Football Marcus Dileo-Vereen –Allen Edward Manzella – Central Catholic Anthony Mendoza – Dieruff Thomas Melchiorre – East Stroudsburg North Joelle Duroseau – East Stroudsburg South Trevor Williams – Easton Brian Mantone – Emmaus Bryce Cavey – Freedom Christian Gallagher – Liberty Colin Schucker – Northampton Ethan Imler – Parkland Benjamin Bard – Pleasant Valley Robert Fox Jr. – Pocono Mountain East Jackson Buskirk – Whitehall Golf Olivia Dahlgren – Central Catholic Michael Matthews – East Stroudsburg South Benjamin Rayden – Easton Eric Cichocki – Emmaus Austin Negron – Freedom Samuel Kraihanzel – Liberty Kevin Scherr – Nazareth Alec Cwienkala – Parkland Ryan Rimple – Pleasant Valley Meghan Haser – Pocono Mountain East Patrick Labella – Pocono Mountain West Adam Moninghoff – Stroudsburg Hunter Kern – Whitehall

Fall Sports Award Winners In Bold


Scholar Athlete

Committee Membership

Elaine Arnts, Assistant Athletic Director, Easton Area High School

Benjamin Brenneman—Athletic Director, East Stroudsburg South

Jeffrey Geisel - Athletic Director, Parkland High School

Jim Moniz - Principal, Parkland High School, Co-Chairperson

Brad Pensyl, Athletic Director, Pocono Mountain West

Jake Percy, Athletic Director, Pleasant Valley High School

Luke Shafnisky - Principal, William Allen High School, Co-Chairperson


Scholar Athlete Award Winner

Boys’ Cross Country……………………………………Seth Slavin

Girls’ Cross Country………………………Elizabeth Eberhardt

Field Hockey…………………………………………Anissa Abboud

Football…………………………………………Thomas Melchiorre

Golf………………………………………………………….Eric Cichocki

Boys’ Soccer………………………………....Valentine Perevalov

Girls’ Soccer………………………………………. Reilly McGinnis

Girls’ Tennis………………………………………Madison Stewart

Girls’ Volleyball…………………………………………….Noel Kelly

Academic Achievements Class Rank: 3/430 GPA: 102.6076 %

SAT Scores: 1430/1600 National Honor Society

Honor Roll

Athletic Achievements

All-State Honors/Place All-EPC 1st Team District XI Placers

Captain (2yrs) 2016 Cross Country EPC MVP

Seth Slavin is an amazing leader both in and out of the classroom. His athletic accomplishments are myriad; the dedication to excellence that he displays in his training and competitions also serve him well in all areas of the curriculum. He has a phenomenal work ethic and an incredibly inquisitive math mind. In fact, over the past two summers he has written scholarly papers on mathematical topics that interest him – prime numbers and Fibonacci sequences. He has completed all of the math courses at his high school and is currently enrolled in an online multivariable calculus course from MIT. He took his interest in math to a whole new level when he rallied others with similar interests and founded a Math Club at Pleasant Valley High School. Math is not Seth’s only area of interest. He is fascinated by science and has lead members of the Science Club to new heights as they have competed in the Science Olympiad. He often shouldered individual responsibility for certain areas while working in concert with others on group challenges. This year he helped to expand the scope of study to include robotics. He hopes to take all of his athletic and academic strengths and hone them at a university like Lehigh or MIT. Wherever Seth Slavin lands next year, I’m sure that he’ll thrive – and burnish his well-earned scholar-athlete award. Ann J. Parham , Teacher of the Gifted Pleasant Valley High School

Boys’ Cross Country Seth Slavin

Pleasant Valley

Extra Curricular Achievements

Captain - Outdoor varsity track distance team Captain - Indoor varsity track distance team

President – Math Club President – Science Club

EPC Student Athletic Character Council National Honor Society

National German Honor Society

Community Service Activities West End Regional Park Varsity PVXC team

Community Outreach Project NHS Community Service – Valor House, Red Cross, Cancer Olympics, College Fair

EPC SACC – Community Outreach Project, Brookmont Senior Home visitation

Relay For Life PVYA Track Mentor (Youth Leadership

Volunteering Opportunity)

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Fall Scholar Athletes

In keeping with the ideals developed by the EPC, the Conference is proud

to announce the Scholar Athletes for the Fall 2016-2017 athletic season.

All nominees are outstanding students, athletes, and role models within

their school, community, and the Conference.

The following criteria was established and considered for the selection of

each school’s nominees as well as the EPC Scholar Athlete for each sport.

Academic Achievement - 40%

Includes GPA, Class Rank, SATs, and participation in National Honor

Society, Honor Rolls, or National Merit Scholarship

Athletic Achievement - 40%

All State, All EPC, Captaincy, Special Achievements

Extra Curricular/Community Activities - 20%

Participation in school activities as well as other varsity teams and

community activities

Noel M. Kelly was one of my top students in AP Biology during her sophomore year. She has successfully taken almost all of our AP classes and maintained a class rank in the top 2% -- all while balancing her many other activities, such as Key Club, Math Tutor, Life Guard, Relay for Life, 4-year letter winner in Volleyball and team Captain, NHS president and others. She is two months into her term as NHS president and she has already helped organize and carry over 22 events to fruition. She promises to be a great physician assistant.

Paul D. Nale Honors AP Biology teacher; Adviser, National Honor Society

Girls’ Volleyball Noel Kelly

Pleasant Valley


President – NHS Science Olympiad

Key Club Math Club

Spanish Honor Society

Community Service Activities Volunteer at Bush’s Personal Care Home

Valor House Clothing Sort Math Tutor

Angel 34 Childhood Cancer Olympics PTO Funnel Cake Stand

Babysitting

Academic Achievements Class Rank: 6/430

GPA: 4.21 SAT Scores: 1410

National Honor Society Honor Roll


All-EPC Captain

Elizabeth demonstrates a level of dedication rarely seen in high school students. I first saw her dedication in 9th grade Honors English, and she has curated this trait through her high school career. Elizabeth balances the demands of a rigorous schedule with those of an elite athlete and young thespian. I have had the pleasure to teach Elizabeth in Theatre class. I did not see the attitude many young actresses often demonstrate; rather, I saw Elizabeth take criticism and earnestly work to improve herself. She takes her work seriously, both “onstage” and off, and I have no doubt she will continue to do so in the future. It is difficult for anyone to balance all these demands and still maintain a friendly, helpful attitude. Elizabeth makes it look easy and does so with poise and confidence.

Elizabeth will go on to do great things, and I am excited to see what the future brings her.

Vanessa Fego English Teacher, Pleasant Valley High School

Girls’ Cross Country Elizabeth Eberhardt

Pleasant Valley


GPA: 99.2 % SAT Scores: 1330



All-EPC 1st Team District XI Placers

Captain Extra Curricular Achievements

Editor – Yearbook Treasurer – Musical FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) State Qualifier 10th & 11th SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) Drama Academic Award – Physical Education Art Award – Outstanding Female Ensemble In A Musical Track – (3 year letter winner varsity) Foot Locker NE Reginal XC Meet 2nd place (Jr. /Sr. race)

Community Service Activities Worship Leader – Chandler Estates Nursing Home (Volunteer) Dave Fleetwood Memorial Park Volunteer Relay For Life Special Olympics

Field Hockey Anissa Abboud

Liberty High School





All-State Honors/Place All-EPC 1st Team

Captain


Varsity Lacrosse Student Government Senator

SADD BASD Mini-Thon

Community Service Activities Special Olympics

Camp Counselor at HTCC NMS Field Hockey

One of the greatest rewards in the profession of educator is the opportunity to recognize the

talents and hard work of a student like Anissa Abboud. I have known Anissa as one of her

teachers for almost a year and a half. Anissa was the hardest working student in my Advanced

Placement World History Class. She enthusiastically attacked the college level work that was

presented to her. She sought to be the student with the highest grade in class but was always

willing to help the students around her understand the material. Her work ethic was second to

none, followed closely by her communication skills both oral and written as well as her ability to

work with others as a team. Those qualities when added up made her a great class leader. She

was admired and sought out by her peers. Anissa finished the course with an A+ average. This

was done while she was taking other AP classes and competing in sports at a very high level,

both in school and on her club team.

Lawrence Glueck AP World History, Liberty High School

Girls’ Tennis Madison Stewart

Nazareth Area High School


GPA: 99.53 % SAT Scores: 1910



All-EPC 1st Team All-EPC Honorable Mention

District XI Placers Captain


Key Club Interact Club

Scholastic Scrimmage Gifted Program

Mini-Thon Public Relations Committee

Community Service Activities Food Bank

West Point Summer Leadership Experience Girls’ State

United States Army Reserves Human Intelligence

I currently have Madison Stewart as a student in my Business and Personal Law class. Madison is extremely conscientious and self-motivated and works above and beyond the standards to be an excellent student and person. She currently has a 98% in my class which is the highest grade out of 55 students. She always does an outstanding job in class with an evident purpose and is quite simply an exceptional student. Her hard work is commendable, both working individually or in the leadership role of a group. She always listens eagerly and welcomes the complex challenges presented in my Business and Personal Law course and displays impressive logical thinking abilities and an intellectual curiosity beyond that of her peers.

Girls’ Soccer Reilly McGinnis

Emmaus High School





All-State Honors/Place All-EPC 1st Team

All-EPC Hon. Mention Captain


President – Student Government VP – Pediatric Cancer Club

National Spanish Honor Society Tutor Program Coordinator

Health Wellness and Fitness Club

Community Service Activities Campaigner for Emmaus Young Life

Love the Lehigh Valley Holiday Volunteer at New Bethany Church

I had the distinct pleasure of having Reilly as a student in my American history class. From the moment she entered my classroom, it was vividly clear that she was a leader. Loved and re-spected by all of her peers, Reilly did an amazing job of balancing her academic and athletic commitments. In my 23-years of teaching, she is by far one of the top students I have ever had the honor of teaching. Additionally, she is also one of the kindest, most well-mannered, and pleasant students you could ever want to teach. Reilly is the epitome of what it means to be a student-athlete, and we are so proud that she represents Emmaus High School

Steve Yoder Secondary Social Studies Teacher, Emmaus High School Boys Head Basketball Coach

Thomas Melchiorre is a hard-working and determined young man. In the classroom, Thomas demonstrates leadership qualities, as he is the type of student that others look up to. He tends to make others around him better individuals.

Edward Zasada Math Teacher, East Stroudsburg North High School

Football Thomas Melchiorre

East Stroudsburg North





All-EPC 1st Team Captain


Student Government Track and Field

HOBE Leadership Seminar Homecoming King

Community Service Activities Salvation Army “Ring the Bell”

Bushkill Field Day Volunteer Read Across Campus Volunteer

Bushkill Elementary Kick-Off Volunteer North Football Youth Camp Volunteer

Golf Eric Cichocki

Emmaus High School



National Merit Scholar National Honor Society

Honor Roll


Captain


Student Athletic Character Council Hornet Ambassadors

Tutor Coordinator Baseball

Basketball PA Math League

Community Service Activities Cichocki Invitational Golf

Tournament for Miracle League Miracle League

Altar Server, St. Joseph Church, Limeport

I had the pleasure of having Eric in my Architecture class during his junior year. In Architecture

class Eric had the unique opportunity of being a part of our “design to build” program where

we designed and then actually built a full scale observatory for a large telescope. He just did

what needed to get done and always did it well. He was definitely a leader and mentor in my

class. He works hard, he is conscientious, and he had that way of making your day, every day.

It has truly been a pleasure to have Eric Cichocki as a student.

Mr. Scott Didra Emmaus High School

Boys’ Soccer Valentine Perevalov Liberty High School



National Merit Scholar National Merit Commendation



All-EPC 1st Team

Community Service Activities Nitschmann Middle School (22 hours)

Lehigh Valley United (38 hours)

I am writing on behalf of Valentine Perevalov, a student currently in my AP Statistics course. Valentine was also in my Honors Discrete Math course as a sophomore. Valentine has been one of the best students I have ever worked with during my teaching career. I felt very honored that he asked me to write this for him. He has an enormous academic potential and excels at any subject matter that is taught. Valentine routinely receives that highest grade on tests in my course and frequently participates in class. Valentine also excels at the critical thinking part of the material and is able to stretch learn. Work ethic is also a strong point and Valentine balances sports and academics quite well. I find Valentine to be quite personable and we frequently talk about soccer.

Scott Fritchman Mathematics Teacher, Liberty High School

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