Spring 2023 scholar athletes recognized

  • Posted May 31, 2023
Two varsity girls' lacrosse players who are also named the the scholar athlete list compete against South Colonie.

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association has announced its spring 2023 scholar-athlete teams and individuals, and 76 Albany High School varsity athletes and three varsity teams were named to the list. 

Congratulations to our hard-working Falcons!

Boys' Tennis (93.44%)

  • Declan Chirlin
  • Stanley Cornell
  • Abdulsobur Fagbenro
  • Maceo Farrell
  • John Guaman
  • Gavin Hammer
  • Benjamin Harris
  • John Lamont
  • Kevin McLeod
  • Jeremiah Mott
  • John Christian Pedralvez
  • Gideon Rosenthal
  • Ahmed Sami
  • Jorge Matthew Serrano
  • Caleb Westin

Baseball (84.93%)

  • Nathan Kendall
  • Jackson Shahinfar
  • Benjamin Zamer

Boys' Lacrosse (89.18%)

  • Aidan Carlson
  • Gavin Fitzpatrick
  • John Gormley
  • George Gormley
  • Nicholas Hartman
  • Henry Hypnarowski
  • Ryan Linn
  • Jacob Madden
  • Shaquin Robinson
  • Andre Speller

Boys' Track and Field (84.09%)

  • Myles Bearden
  • Noah Bizer
  • Gabriel Bryer
  • Neel Chittur
  • Niccolo Colagiovanni
  • Rafael Duarte
  • Carson Engstrom Heg
  • Terron Hylton
  • Bilal Jamakzai
  • Sean Keefe
  • Jacob Kirtley
  • Christian Mack
  • Justin Rattray
  • Graham Richard
  • Elior Schwartz
  • Elijah Temple
  • Cameron Volk
  • Nathaniel Wheeler

Girls' Lacrosse (92.2%)

  • Juliana Blake
  • Tova Gordon
  • Leah John
  • Marita Johnson
  • Hannah Lamont
  • Olivia Penna
  • Maisie Sagaas
  • Rayna Swann
  • Chika Uzoeshi

Girls' Track and Field (88.17%)

  • Flora Ayoo
  • Egypt Barnes
  • Mia Corrazini
  • Mary Coyle
  • Annabelle DiStefano
  • Matilda Gish
  • Janie Hallgren
  • Casey Leonard
  • Wildanie Louis
  • Alexis Maynard
  • Alexis Pampo
  • Marianna Peluso
  • Victoria Penman
  • Madeline Penna
  • Jasiah Ruyol-Carrington
  • Samira Sefadine Ismail
  • Christabelle Serrano

Softball (91.84%)

  • Hailey Farrell
  • Luciana Lembo
  • Emily O'Keefe
  • Anaya Zullo

Additionally, three teams earned Team Scholar Athlete recognition:

  • Boys' tennis 
  • Girls' lacrosse 
  • Softball 

For the spring season, NYSPHSAA recognized 3,024 Scholar Athlete teams and 45,762 individuals. A total of 630 schools across the state participated in the program that honors schools each of the seasons there is interscholastic competition.

Congratulations Falcons - students and coaches!