CAS-CIAC scholar-athletes to be honored Sunday
May 3—CAS-CIAC will honor and celebrate 350 statewide scholar-athletes Sunday at the 40th annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington.
The scholar-athlete program annually recognizes two high school seniors from each member high school whose academic and athletic careers have been exemplary, whose personal standards and achievements are a model to others, and who possess high levels of integrity, self-discipline and courage. The honorees are chosen by the member schools and are submitted to the CIAC.
Retired sports broadcaster Bob Picozzi will serve as Master of Ceremonies. Emeka Okafor, a national champion at UConn and 10-year NBA pro, will deliver the keynote address.
The following area scholar-athletes will be honored:
Aerospace: Justin Ho, Vanessa Weir
Bolton: Julia Zimmerman, Mason Fox
Cheney Tech: Fadilah Bah-Traore, Riley Thomas
Computer Science: Zuleydy Torres, Jaden DePaula Gatling
Coventry: Maya Waterhouse, Justin Foran
East Catholic: Colin Turer, Kelsey Kowal
East Hartford: Stefanie Marquez, Alexander Alvarez
East Windsor: Shane Ritchie, Lorenzo Resto
Ellington: Elise Whelan, Evan Morrow
Enfield: Anna Bemiss, Joshua Tyler
Glastonbury: Jocelyn Wolf, Adam Molusis
Manchester: Marshia Ahsan, Jared Lindstrom
RHAM: Max Nylen, Grace Whitmore
Rockville: Isabel Cintron, Weston LaBrecque
Somers: Gabriel D'Amour, Gracie Flynn
South Windsor: Audrey Manning, Dylan Hutton
Stafford: Raina Caro, Drew Ledbetter
Suffield: Brynna Tinnirella, Rowan Shanahan
Tolland: Eric Eckblom, Jacqueline Sterling
Windsor: Johnathan Delskey, Alexa Overstreet
Windsor Locks: Caden Mackey, Sofia Christianson
