{"id":50233,"date":"2023-02-21T06:44:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=50233"},"modified":"2023-02-21T06:44:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T11:44:43","slug":"25-jamestown-high-school-students-named-all-wny-scholar-athletes-winners-honorable-mentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/25-jamestown-high-school-students-named-all-wny-scholar-athletes-winners-honorable-mentions\/","title":{"rendered":"25 Jamestown High School Students Named All-WNY Scholar Athletes Winners, Honorable Mentions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Twenty-five Jamestown High School students were eligible for All-
Western New York Scholar Athlete recognition for the fall athletic season after having a grade-point average of 90% or higher.<\/p><\/div>\n

Twenty-five Jamestown High School<\/strong> students were named All-Western New York Scholar Athletes<\/strong> winners and honorable mentions for the fall athletic season by Section VI.<\/p>\n

Eligible students are seniors involved in a fall sport who had a cumulative grade-point average of 90% or higher.<\/p>\n

Jamestown Schools Superintendent Dr. Kevin Whitaker<\/strong> said it’s great to have so many students achieve this, “It is challenging, A, to be a teenager in these times; B, to have navigated through the COVID fiasco that we’ve been through the course of the past two years and make a return to school; C, to do all of the outside things that a lot of kids have to do today like jobs and taking care of younger kids; D, to get good grades in school and then also on top of all of that be an outstanding athlete on a varsity team.”<\/p>\n

Board President Paul Abbott<\/strong> also recognized the students named as scholar athletes, including the two ex-officio student representatives on the board, Emylia Hallberg<\/strong> and Aubrey Reynolds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

JHS students recognized for their excellence in the classroom were Aric Bloomquist<\/strong>, football; Trey Drake<\/strong>, football; Kylie O’Brien<\/strong>, volleyball; Jacob Smeraldo<\/strong>, boys cross country; and Lindsey Spitz<\/strong>, girls swim team.<\/p>\n

Students who received honorable mention recognition included: Brittney Beardsley<\/strong>, girls tennis; Michael Boron<\/strong>, football; Jordan Braymiller<\/strong>, boys soccer; Rylen Coombs<\/strong>, girls volleyball; Emylia Hallberg, girls volleyball; Mercedes Johnson<\/strong>, girls tennis; Quinn Johnson<\/strong>, girls soccer; Kollon Knisley<\/strong>, boys soccer; Brandon Lobb<\/strong>, football; Hannah Lutgen<\/strong>, girls cross country; Colin Melendez<\/strong>, football; Alex Melquist<\/strong>, girls volleyball; Karynne Mims<\/strong>, girls soccer; Aubrey Reynolds, girls volleyball; Celeste Roberts<\/strong>, girls tennis; Kylee Schrader<\/strong>, girls tennis; Evan Sharpe<\/strong>, boys soccer; Julia Smith<\/strong>, girls soccer; John Torres<\/strong>, football; and Kylee Williamson<\/strong>, girls volleyball.<\/p>\n

Additionally, seven JHS athletic programs \u2014 football, boys and girls Soccer, boys and girls cross country, girls volleyball, and girls tennis \u2014 were named New York State Scholar-Athlete teams. Programs are eligible if the cumulative team GPA is 90% or higher during the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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