Nearly 80 percent of the Deering High School seniors playing spring varsity sports recently earned Southwestern Maine Activities Association (SMAA) All Academic Awards. The awards require that student-athletes be seniors and have a GPA of 93 or higher.
“Well done,” said DHS Athletic Director Mel Craig. “This spring season is the highest percentage of senior student-athletes earning this award in my 24 seasons here at Deering. Incredible work by our spring student-athletes and the staff who support them in and out of the classroom!”
She said there are 45 senior student-athletes on eight spring varsity teams and 35 of those senior student-athlete won All Academic Awards.
The breakdown is as follows:
Girls Track - 8 seniors - 8 ALL ACADEMIC
Ellie Baltes
Claire Christopher
Haley Foreman
Nicole Johnson
Olivia Pfaff
Joslyn Schwieterman
Elinor Tierney-Fife
Grace Tumavicus
Softball - 8 seniors - 8 ALL ACADEMIC
Catherine Balzano
Donna Bernard
Madison Broda
Megan Dunn
Molly Dutton
Maddalena Lapomarda
Ashleigh Mathisen
MacKenzie O’Donnell
Boys Tennis - 7 seniors - 7 ALL ACADEMIC
Lucas Jasonides
Jonathan Kahn
Kailyss Linnell
Logan Morrione
Alex Rubin
Ben Schoenfield
Elliot Weeks
Boys Track - 5 seniors - 4 ALL ACADEMIC
Kevin Dill
Sam Samacha
Hamza Shueib
Alec Troxell
Boys Lacrosse - 6 seniors - 4 ALL ACADEMIC
Silas Boxer-MaComber
Patrick Buxton
Evan Leonard
Malyar Muti
Baseball - 5 seniors - 2 ALL ACADEMIC
Luke Hill
Michael Jones
Girls Tennis - 2 seniors - 1 ALL ACADEMIC
Elizabeth Sevigny
Girls Lacrosse - 4 seniors - 1 ALL ACADEMIC
Gabriella Taliento