The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has announced its spring 2026 scholar-athlete individuals and teams.

We are excited to share that 62 Albany High School student-athletes had a 90 or above grade-point average and will receive pins for their scholastic achievements!

Additionally, three of our spring teams earned the Scholar-Athlete Team Award, with the average GPA of the top 75% of the roster being 90 or greater. 

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Individual Scholar-Athlete Awards

Students that earned the Individual Scholar-Athlete Award are listed below and are organized by team:

Baseball

• Seamas LeBuis
• Devin Moulden
• Nathaniel Pupons

Girls' flag football

• Evangeline Blake
• Payton Fitzpatrick
• Joliyah Johnson
• Maria Marcou-O'Malley
• Shairene Valenzuela

Boys' lacrosse

• Josh Ira Alpas
• Jude Caton
• Noah Edvalson
• Henry Hypnarowski
• Josh Clement Montojo
• Andres O'Connor
• Bekim Spellen
• Jacob Whalen

Girls' lacrosse

• Isabel Alvarez
• Rikamae Ann Ayahao
• Azia Sky Barao
• Lily Beck
• Maya Colman
• Giuliana Gaspary
• Jeanne Kabwe
• Mwajuma Kabwe
• Elsa Lamont
• Tilly Lamont
• Rose Madden
• Grace McDaniel
• Zeta Mergner
• Maya Raveendranath
• Kaliyah Skinner
• Kijana Taylor-Skervin
• Janessa Trotter

Softball

• Caroline Baker
• Jadé Breland
• Chloe Diefendorf
• Micah George
• Nyari Holland
• Naomi LeHockey
• Rose Nino
• Julia Seniw
• Kyleigh Stumon
• Mi'Kaylah Sturgis-Jones

Boys' tennis

• Eli Bearden
• Brendan Bergin
• Ywa Hai Blut
• Stanley Cornell
• Andrew Fish
• Ulysses Graham-Snyder
• Garrison Goldman
• Riley Reiss
• Gideon Rosenthal

Boys' outdoor track and field

• Noah Bizer
• Anaand Buddeau
• Felix Diaz
• Sam DiStefano
• Terrique Francis
• Archer Goldman
• David Henderson
• Sebastian Howard
• Carlos Santacruz
• Malachy Shaw
• Nelson Waxman
• Cameron Volk

Girls' outdoor track and field

• Maya Chittur
• Grace Fruehwirth
• Janie Hallgren
• Juliana Mullin
• Norah Sweet
• Eliza Anne Tusaneza
• Emi Zerka
• Zoe Zylberman-Reid

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Team Scholar-Athlete Award

Our three teams that earned the Team Scholar-Athlete Award are:

• Boys' tennis (95.6 GPA)
• Softball (94.1 GPA)
• Girls' lacrosse (92 GPA)

Congratulations to our Falcon student-athletes and spring coaches. We are so proud of you!