The New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) announces the 2019 winter Scholar-Athlete teams and number of Scholar-Athlete individuals per school.

A total of 633 NYSPHSAA member schools submitted Scholar-Athlete information this season. To qualify as a Scholar-Athlete team, 75% of the team roster’s averaged GPA must be 90.0 or above. This winter, 2,616 teams earned the Scholar-Athlete team award. The number of Scholar-Athlete teams increased by 10.1% compared to the winter of 2018.

To be named a Scholar-Athlete individual, a student must earn an individual GPA of 90.0 or above regardless of their team earning Scholar-Athlete team status. A record-high 33,275 students achieved this milestone in the winter. This year, the number of Scholar-Athlete individual winners increased by 7.09% compared to the winter 2018 season.

“The Scholar-Athlete program is our most successful student program,” said Dr. Robert Zayas, NYSPHSAA Executive Director. “The continued increase shows the dedication schools, athletic departments, teams, coaches, and most importantly, student-athletes have towards academics. We could not be more proud to recognize these hard-working teams and individuals that are committed to their education.”

The list of Scholar-Athlete teams for the winter 2019 season can be found here.

The list of the number of Scholar-Athlete individuals per school for the winter 2019 season can be found here.

Rocky Point High School girls basketball program recently received recognition by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society for their fundraising efforts.

The varsity and JV teams raised $1,400 during their campaign, which concluded on the last game of the year and the team’s senior night. Each member of the team had supporters donate money and sign their pink fundraising T-shirts, which were worn as warm ups at the last game. A bake sale with goods made by team members also brought in funds during half time.

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A number of athletic directors from Suffolk County attended the Brain Injury Awareness Celebrity Sports Forum  at the Fox Hollow CC on Wednesday. Head injury prevention is paramount for our student-athletes.

Amityville’s athletic department put together its first Girls and Women in Sports Day event and it was a major success.

Close to 100 female student-athletes from the district joined together for this inaugural event which allowed for outpouring of love and appreciation for their coaches, programs and athletes.

Great job, Amityville!

Jim Wright, Athletic Director in South Huntington Schools, presented at this year’s New York State Athletic Administrator Association conference!

His presentation was on leadership.

Congrats to our very own Nick DeCillis on being inducted to the NYS Athletic Administrator Association Hall of Fame!