Athletes Honored at Maroon and White

Athletes Honored at Maroon and White

Published: Thursday, 10 June 2010 11:19

The Maroon and White annual Spring Awards picnic was held on Tuesday June 9th at Scarsdale High School. This year the event honored 472 athletes who participated in spring athletics. The evening includes a picnic dinner, school-wide awards and recognition for individual players by team.

Athletic Director Michael Menna made opening remarks and thanked the athletes and the coaches and then gave the stage to those presenting the awards:

Two seniors were give The Pepper Awards, which commend students for their leadership, spirit and academic excellence. The awards were presented by SHS’s Assistant Principal Sue Peppers and her husband Jerry to three-season varsity athletes Rachel Whitney and Arthur Whyte.

In addition:

The Nina F. Mooney memorial award was given to Chelsea Lobue

The Nonie Kopp memorial award was granted to Colin Muldoon

The Elizabeth Timberger Memorial Award was given to Tyler Baker-Carr

Following the awards ceremony each team went to a room at the high school to receive individual awards.

Among Scarsdale’s winning teams this year, were the boys Varsity A tennis team who had a stellar season and much to celebrate. The team won their league 10-0 and had an overall record of 12-1. In the sectional tournament, senior Preston Poon placed 4th place in the singles tournament and the team of Jake Gorobetz and David Goldberg placed 2nd place in doubles . Austin Kaplan and Ben Fife placed 3rd in the doubles.

Several members of the team then proceeded to the state tournament that was held at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows last weekend. Playing in the states for their second year together, Jake Gorobetz and David Goldberg were quarterfinalists, and the team of Austin Kaplan and Ben Fife played in the finals and came in second place in New York State. Even Coach Jennifer Roane won an award for the Coach of the Year for Section One, that includes Westchester, Rockland Duchess and Putnam Counties.

Pictured below are athletes from the girls JV lacrosse team, the boys Varsity B tennis team and JV team and girls’ varsity lacrosse team. If you have photos and information to share, send them to scarsdalecomments@gmail.com for publication on Scarsdale10583.com