Akron Beacon Journal / Ohio.com ♦ InfOrmIng. EngAgIng. ESSEntIAl.
Sunday, July 5, 2015
C3
HIGH SHOOL 2015 SCHOLAR ATHLETES
Ryan adams
antHOny CistOne
matt Hlas
COltin kinsey
HaRley mOyeR
CVCa
Academics: 3.418 GPA; 28 ACT;
1,730 SAT; National
Honor Society.
Athletics: Cross
country: Three-time
Division II state
qualifier; finished 23rd
(16:23.10) in 2012,
seventh (16:22.62)
in 2013 and second
(15:59.94) in 2014;
All-PAC-7 four times;
PAC-7 individual champion in 2013 and
2014. Track and field: Five-time Division
II state champion; finished seventh in
the 800-meter run (1:57.78) and eighth
on the 3,200 relay (8:08.52) in 2012;
a member of the state champion 3,200
relay (7:48.88) in 2013, and also was
second in the 1,600 relay (3:19.72),
fourth in the 1,600 (4:19.04) and 15th
in the 800 (2:01.75); won three state
titles in 2014: the 800 (1:52.59),
1,600 (4:18.44) and 3,200 relay
(7:48.75), and also finished fifth on the
1,600 relay (3:22.64); capped career
with a Division II state and stadium
record in 2015 in the 1,600, (4:07.12).
Community: Volunteer on the
Dominican Republic Missions Trip in
2014, worked building homes for Haitian
refugees; worked on CVCA Service
Group “Diakonos” in 2013, ’14. Has
signed to continue his academic and
running careers at Furman University in
Greenville, S.C.
lake
Academics: 4.35 GPA; 32 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Football:
Three-year letter
winner; led Lake in
rushing in 2014 with
879 yards and 14
touchdowns; had
nine receptions for
101 yards and one
touchdown; earned
All-Federal League first-team honors
as a senior and was named to the
Division I All-Northeast Ohio Inland
District first team; tabbed as an AllOhio honorable mention; also played
defensive back and had 68 tackles and
one interception as a senior. Baseball:
Three-year letter winner; played center
field and left field; batted over .300 as
a junior and senior; All-Federal League
first-team selection as a senior and AllFederal League second-team selection
as a junior; finished as Division I district
runner-up as a junior.
Community: Volunteer at Queen of
Heaven Church, Youth football and
baseball clinics, Bill’s Rock ’Em Races;
a Guidance Office aide; HOBY (Hugh
O’Brian Youth Leadership) attendee;
received multiple scholarships. Plans to
attend Ohio State University.
nORtOn
Academics: 3.77 GPA, 24 ACT,
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Soccer:
Earned four
letters; played as a
midfielder; served
as a senior captain;
scored nine goals and
assisted on 15 goals
during the past two
years. Basketball:
Earned two letters; played forward and
center; member of the PTC-Metro title
team as a junior. Tennis: Earned three
letters; helped Norton win three PTC
championships; named to the All-PTC
first team in first doubles in 2015 after
being a All-PTC first team in second
doubles in 2014.
Community: Volunteers at church and
with youth camps for soccer, basketball
and tennis; mentors elementary
students in a variety of subjects; tutors
high school students in math; earned
multiple scholarships. Plans to attend
the University of Akron.
HiGHland
Academics: 4.411 GPA; 31 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Football:
A three-year letter
winner; senior
captain; All-Suburban
League first-team
selection as a junior
and senior; finishes
second in Highland
school history in
receiving yards (1,130), touchdowns
(15) and receptions (87); helped
Hornets to a 13-1 record in 2013, a
Suburban League championship and
a spot in a Division II state semifinal;
team went 8-3 in 2014 and made a
return trip to the playoffs. Basketball:
Secured three letters; helped team win
Suburban League title in 2014 and
finish second in conference in 2015;
Hornets reached Division I district
semifinal in 2015.
Community: Peer-Leader Mentor
Program participant alongside
elementary and middle school students;
assists in showing kids how to study
for school, how to be accountable
and make healthy decisions; Sunday
School teacher; member of Latin Club;
received Highland’s Senior Male Athlete
of the Year Award and the Northeastern
Ohio Chapter of the National Football
Foundation Scholar Athlete Award.
Will attend Case Western Reserve
University.
FiRestOne
Academics: 4.25 GPA, 35 ACT,
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Cross
country: Threeyear letter winner;
Akron City Series
champion as a
senior; Firestone’s
MVP for three years;
Division I regional
qualifier as a senior;
posted a career-best time of 16:52.79
at regional meet; All-City Series first
team selection three times and helped
team win league title each year;
named to the Summit County Cross
Country Coaches Association secondteam. Track and field: Four-year letter
winner; helped Firestone win Akron
City Series team championship as a
senior by winning the 1,600-meter run
(4:26.41); the 800 (2:03.22) and the
3,200 (10:25.18); placed 10th at the
Division I state meet in the 3,200 in a
career best time of 9:27.10, which is
also a school-record time.
Community: Volunteer at AkronCanton Regional Foodbank, Salvation
Army, youth track and field meets;
Firestone swim meet timer; contributed
in the 2014 University of Akron
Rethinking Race Program; International
Baccalaureate Diploma recipient; Akron
Council of Engineering and Scientific
Societies Math & Science Student
of the Year Award winner; French
Club Vice President. Plans to run at
Washington & Jefferson College in
Pennsylvania.
BRendan BuRdett
HudsOn
Academics: 4.49 GPA, 33 ACT; 2,050
SAT, National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Football:
Two-year varsity
letter winner; played
defensive end and
tight end; helped
Hudson to NOC Valley
championship, a 10-0
regular season and a
13-1 overall record
with an appearance in a Division I state
semifinal; All-NOC honorable mention
as a senior; earned the team’s “True
Grit Award” and “Highest GPA Award”
as a senior. Basketball: Two-year varsity
letter winner; played guard and forward;
All-NOC honorable mention as a senior;
earned the team’s “Ray Hyser Award”
as a senior and was named a captain.
Community: Served as a member of the
Hudson Community First Youth Advisory
Board for past three school years;
volunteered for projects that included
Family Fun Night, World Smile Day, Take
a Second/Make a Difference Week;
Ready-Set-Relax, Ubumi Flower Sale and
Community Service Day; a youth mentor
in HUDDLE (Help Us Develop Dedication
Leadership and Enthusiasm); assisted as
a Camp Counselor for Explorers football
and basketball camps. Plans to enroll
in Ohio State University Honors College
after receiving multiple scholarships.
JOHn dilyaRd
ORRVille
Academics: 4.216 GPA; 32 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Cross
country: Threeyear letter winner.
Tennis: Three-year
letter winner; 17-7
record as a player
between first and
second singles during
his senior season;
All-OCC second-team selection in first
singles as a senior; All-OCC third-team
choice at second singles as a junior.
Community: Volunteers at church
and with People to People Christmas
celebration; employed at Gionino’s
Pizzeria; member of the Orrville
Academic Challenge; earned multiple
scholarships. Plans to attend the
University of Akron.
luke HOlCOmB
BaRBeRtOn
Academics: 3.942 GPA; 30 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Has
earned a Barberton
school-record 19
letters, four apiece in
soccer, cross country,
swimming and track
and field, and three
in tennis; named to
the Academic All-Ohio
Team in soccer and was selected as
the Magics Most Valuable Swimmer
as a junior and senior; holds five
school records in swimming: 100yard freestyle (48.49 seconds), 200
freestyle (1:50.15), 200 freestyle relay
(1:39.10), 200 medley relay (1:51.18)
and 400 freestyle relay (3:37.65); twotime Division I district qualifier; top track
and field times are 4:57 in the 1,600
and 2:11 in the 800; scored 14 goals
and had seven assists in his soccer
career as team posted a 43-19-13
record.
Community: Volunteers at church and
at the Barberton Mum Fest; tutors high
school students in math; served as a
Science Olympiad coach with middle
school students. Plans to attend the
University of Akron.
kOllin mOORe
nORwayne
Academics: 3.84 GPA; 25 ACT,
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Earned 14
varsity letters; four
apiece in soccer,
wrestling and track
and field, and two
in football. Soccer:
Wayne County Athletic
League Player of the
Year; first-team alldistrict selection. Football: Contributed
as a kicker. Wrestling: Division III state
champion at 182 pounds as senior
in 2015; finished season with a 51-0
record, 199 takedowns, 35 pins and
did not allow an opponent to score an
offensive point on him during his senior
year; concludes high school career
with a state title, two state runner-up
finishes and a record of 204-11; posted
a mark of 144-2 during past three
seasons; won three WCAL titles. Track
and field: Contributed on 800-meter
relay that qualified for Division II state
meet and finished seventh.
Community: Served at Saving Hope
Vacation Bible School and as a youth
soccer coach; rakes leaves with a group
of students to help elderly people; rang
the bell and helped collect funds for the
Salvation Army around Christmas. Plans
to wrestle at Ohio State University.
maRk sOBnOsky
manCHesteR
Academics: 4.029 GPA; 34 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Soccer:
Four-year letter
winner; Senior
captain who helped
Manchester win a
PAC-7 championship;
named PAC-7 MVP;
first-team all-district
selection; scored
10 goals and had eight assists in his
career; First-team All-PAC-7 selection
as a senior, junior and sophomore.
Tennis: One-year letter winner; doubles
player. Track and field: Two-year letter
winner; contributed in the pole vault
and as a runner on relays; Division
III regional qualifier as a junior and a
district qualifier as a sophomore.
Community: Stage manager of
middle school productions; director of
technology for Speech Club; delegate
for Buckeye Boys State. Plans to play
soccer at Hiram College.
— Compiled by Michael Beaven
samantHa BOCkOVen
aliViaH CHaplin
Jenna dasHeR
eRin kOlke
annie tOmei
CVCa
Academics: 4.099 GPA; 29 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Cross
country: Four-time
Division II state
qualifier; finished
second (18:28.50)
in 2011, 26th
(19:13.37) in 2012,
46th (19:52.10)
in 2013 and fifth
(18:44.36) in 2014; All-PAC-7
four times; team MVP four times.
Track and field: Four-time Division II
state qualifier; finished third in the
3,200-meter relay (9:27.72), third in
the 1,600 (5:05.94) and sixth in the
3,200 (11:19.89) in 2012; third in
the 3,200 relay (9:25.22), 13th in
the 1,600 (5:18.59) and fifth in the
1,600 relay (3:59.72) in 2013; won
the 1,600 state title in a state-record
time of 4:49.53 in 2014 in addition
to placing fourth in the 800 (2:15.07)
and fifth in the 1,600 relay (3:58.81);
concluded career in 2015 by taking
ninth in the 3,200 relay (9:43.26),
11th in the 1,600 (5:22.34) and fifth
in the 1,600 relay (4:00.02).
Community: Member of the Student
Leadership Council, Headmasters
Advisory Council, Irish Dance Senior
Worlds Team; volunteer with the
Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank and
a dancer at nursing homes; assisted
on medical missions to Haiti in 2012
and 2014, Honduras in 2014 and
Dominican Republic in 2015. Plans to
run at Villanova.
tallmadGe
Academics: 4.225 GPA; 32 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Soccer:
Three-year letter
winner; an AllSuburban League
first-team selection.
Basketball: Two-year
letter winner; senior
co-captain, missed
large portion of
season due to injury, but returned to
help Tallmadge snap visiting Barberton’s
17-game winning streak on Senior
Night; earned Most Improved Player as
a junior.
Community: Volunteer at elementary
school as a first-grade reading tutor;
Buckeye Girls State Delegate; Lions
Club Student of the Month; Relay for
Life volunteer. Plans to attend Ohio
University.
nORdOnia
Academics: 4.231 GPA; 32 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Cross
country: Two-year letter
winner; Team MVP;
received All-Suburban
League first-team
honors; contributed to
two Suburban League
championship teams;
a two-time Division I
state qualifier, finishing 118th (20:18.25)
in 2013 and 53rd (19:16.49) in 2014.
Swimming: Four-year letter winner;
earned All-Suburban League first-team
honors twice; contributed in the 100
butterfly, 200 freestyle, 100 backstroke
and on different relays; earned SpeedoNISCA Academic All-American honors.
Track and field: Four-year letter winner;
holds school record in the 800-meter
run (2:16.07) and is a member of the
school-record 3,200 relay (9:11.53) that
placed fifth in the Division I state meet
as a senior; tabbed for the All-Suburban
League first team; member of three
Suburban League championship teams.
Community: Girl Scout who earned
Bronze and Silver Awards; NEOMED/
HPAC participant; band squad leader;
Principal’s Award and Superintendent’s
Award winner. Plans to swim at the
University of Findlay.
stOw
Academics: 4.528 GPA; 31 ACT;
National Honor
Society; ranked No. 1
out of 433 students
in her senior class.
Athletics:
Gymnastics: Fouryear letter winner;
contributed to a team
that qualified for state
as a freshman and
took sixth in the final
team standings; NOC River first-team
selection as a sophomore; captain as a
senior. Softball: Four-year letter winner
as an outfielder; NOC River first-team
selection as a sophomore, junior and
senior; posted a .396 batting average
as a senior, hit .426 as a junior,
.370 as a sophomore and .397 as a
freshman; totaled 114 hits, 39 RBI and
91 runs scored during past three years.
Community: Volunteer at church,
with Vacation Bible School and with
youngsters in gymnastics; served as
a tutor in school and a mentor to
freshman; member of Junior Executive
Committee, Key Club; earned StowMunroe Falls High School four-year
Academic Letter and AP Scholar with
Distinction Award. Plans to attend Kent
State University after receiving the
Presidential Scholarship.
aRCHBisHOp HOBan
Academics: 4.27 GPA; 29 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Soccer:
Helped Hoban finish
as the Division II state
runner-up as a senior
in 2014 after winning
sectional, district
and regional titles;
earned three letters
playing as a defender
and forward; senior captain, an All-NCL
honorable mention and tabbed for the
Hoban Team Heart and Soul Award;
contributed to district championship
teams as a sophomore and junior.
Track and field: Four-year letter winner;
named a senior captain; holds school
record in the triple jump (28 feet, 4
inches); also competed in pole vault.
Community: Volunteer at her church,
the Boys and Girls Club, South Street
Ministries and the All-Star Training Club;
Search Team Retreat leader; worked
on Student Council; participated in
a school mission trip to New Orleans
and in the Kairos Retreat; Student
Ambassador and Peer Mentor; worked
as a babysitter and at Romeo’s Pizza.
Earned multiple scholarships and plans
to attend University of Toledo.
Julia BOwen
st. VinCent-st. maRy
Academics: 4.1 GPA; 32 ACT; National
Honor Society.
Athletics: Soccer:
Four-year letter
winner; a senior
captain who had
seven goals and four
assists, and was
named first-team
all-district and was
selected as team
MVP; earned All-Ohio
second-team honors as a junior and
was tabbed as a first-team all-district
player. Lacrosse: Earned two letters;
served as a senior captain; scored 53
goals as a senior; finished career with
70 goals; voted team MVP twice.
Community: Volunteer at youth soccer
camp and at church; National Merit
Commended Scholar; Marine Corps
Athletic Achievement Award recipient;
Irish dance team member; worked on
Yearbook Staff. Plans to attend Ohio
University.
deanna COle
spRinGField
Academics: 3.94 GPA; 25 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Golf: Fouryear letter winner;
a first-team Greater
Akron Girls Golf
League selection and
an individual district
qualifier as a senior;
earned second-team
GAGGL honors as
a freshman, sophomore and junior.
Softball: All-PTC-Metro second-team
choice as a freshman and a member of
the league championship team; All-PTC
Metro first-team selection in addition to
being a first-team all-district and firstteam All-Ohio player as a sophomore
and broke OHSAA single-season stolen
base record (71); All-PTC Metro firstteam selection in addition to being a
first-team all-district and second-team
All-Ohio as a junior; capped career as
a senior by helping Springfield to a
PTC-Metro title, won league Player of
the Year honors and was named a firstteam choice for her league, the district
and state; set OHSAA career stolen
base record (216); batted .557 with 66
stolen bases, 23 RBI and 45 runs as
a senior and finished her career with a
.488 batting average.
Community: Student Council member,
Volunteer with Haromano, Class Council
four-year Renaissance Recognition;
Four-year volunteer at Pebble Creek
Nursing Home, Springfield Senior
Center, Springfield Township Women’s
Club Annual Craft Show. Plans to play
softball at Ohio University.
JessiCa isleR
windHam
Academics: 3.75 GPA; 23 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Earned
12 letters. Volleyball:
Player of the Year in
the NAC and in the
district; captain on a
team that won backto-back NAC titles
and was a district
champion; totaled
484 assists and 147 kills as a senior.
Basketball: Player of the Year in the NAC
and in the district; All-Ohio Division IV
first-team member; led team to NAC
title and district runner-up finish; played
in the Ohio North-South All-Star Game;
averaged 21.5 points, 6.1 assists and
5.7 steals per game; made 55 percent
of her field goals, 38 percent of her
3-pointers and 77 percent of her free
throws; finished as Windham’s all-time
leading scorer for a girl or boy with
1,810 career points. Softball: All-NAC
first team choice and a key player on a
league championship team; posted a
batting average over .500 and scored
more than 50 runs.
Community: Volunteer with the V-Squad
at Windham; Salvation Army Bell Ringer
around Christmas; Red Cross volunteer;
Littler Dribbler Basketball Tournament
worker. Plans to attend Ohio State
University.
allisOn plyBOn
ORRVille
Academics: 4.375 GPA; 27 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Volleyball:
Three-year letter
winner; helped Orrville
reach a Division III
state semifinal match
as a sophomore in
2012 after winning
sectional, district and
regional titles; team
finished as a district runner-up in 2013
and won a district title and finished as a
regional runner-up in 2014; served as
a senior captain and played as a hitter.
Track and field: Four-year letter winner;
won Division II state championship in
the pole vault as a senior at 12 feet, 8
inches after placing third in state as a
junior at 11-4.
Community: Volunteer Sunday School
teacher; contributed to the Heartland
Cleanup Day; Salvation Army Bell Ringer
around Christmas; elementary school
mentor who assisted with improving kids
literacy and character; helped oversee a
canned food drive; member of Student
council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes,
OCC Leadership Group, Principal’s
Leadership Forum; participates in weekly
Bible Study; certified lifeguard; threeyear letter winner cheerleader. Plans to
study abroad for one year in Italy through
the Rotary Exchange Student program
and then go to college.
malia tuRley
massillOn
Academics: 3.633 GPA; 27 ACT;
National Honor
Society.
Athletics: Volleyball:
Four-year letter
winner; two-year
captain; team MVP
as a junior and
as a senior. Track
and field: Division
I state qualifier on
400-meter relay;
earned four letters; two-year captain;
named team MVP as a sophomore,
junior and senior; won the 100 in
13.10 seconds and the 200 in
26.55 seconds at the Stark County
Championships Meet.
Community: Volunteer for Stark County
Junior High Math Tournament, Food
Bank in Alliance, Pro Football Hall of
Fame in Canton; Massillon Kids FanFest
Booth/Station Supervisor in an event
designed to benefit less fortunate
people; a peer tutor. Plans to run at
Walsh University.
— Compiled by Michael Beaven