recipients The Connecticut High School Scholar Athlete Awards Program honors annually two outstanding seniors, one male and one female, from each of the CAS/CIAC member schools in the state: • whose academic and Lindsey Milkowski John Scaife Barbara Talbot athletic careers have Ansonia High School Ansonia High School Emmett O’Brien been truly exemplary Tennis, 4 years; Volleyball, 2 Baseball Captain 02, Connecticut Technical HS, Ansonia years; National Honor Society; Post All State, All Naugatuck Basketball, 3 yrs, Captain; (A minimum Spanish Honor Society; Vice Valley League Team;Yale Book Softball, 4 yrs, All Academic cumulative grade President - Class of 2002; Make- Award; West Point Award; Team; Volleyball, 4 yrs, All average of 3.5 or the A-Difference Club Member; Most President of National Honor Academic Team; National Honor equivalent.), Promising Freshman Award - Society; President of Spanish Society, Vice President; All- Tennis Honor Society American Scholar Award; Baush & Lomb Honorary Science Award • whose personal standards and achievements are a model to others, • who have exhibited outstanding school and community service, • who possess high levels of integrity, self- discipline and courage, and Andrew Butkus Stacy Orf Max Podell • who have participated Emmett O’Brien Avon High School Avon High School Technical High School, Field Hockey, 4 yr Varsity Starter, National Honor Society; Varsity in interscholastic Ansonia Senior All Star Team, First Team Soccer; National Forensic League; athletics. (A minimum Golf Team, 4 yrs; National Honor All State, All NCCC; Basketball; Varsity Basketball; Track Team; of two years of Society; All-American Scholar; Track; Tara Morris Inspiration Debate Team participation in a CIAC VICA; Tech-Prep; Pro-Tech Award; National Honor Society; Talented and Gifted Newspaper Co Editor in Chief; sponsored sport in Connecticut Latin Award; Debate Connecticut.) Team; On-Call Volunteer Heather Olewnik Kate Baumann William Aust Margaret Pitt Academy of the Holy Berlin High School Berlin High School Bethel High School Family, Baltic All Northwest Conference Track Captain Soccer, Wrestling, Track; Softball; Volleyball; National Honor National Honor Society; Student and Basketball; State Place Winner Northwest Conference Champion - Society; World Languages Honor Council; Soccer; Basketball; Track 2001; State Open Place Wrestling ‘00, ‘01, ‘02; Stateplace Society; Harvard Book Award; Softball; Sophomore Class Vice Winner Track 2001; Captain Soccer, Winner Wrestling ‘00, ‘01, ‘02 AFS Publicity Officer; Principal’s President; Junior Class Secretary Basketball, Track Advisory Group; Yearbook Staff Steven Rountos Saida Nemri Da’Shone Hughey Rebecca Hein Bethel High School Bloomfield High School Bloomfield High School Bolton High School Captain 2001 Cross-Country; Varsity 4 yr Volleyball, Varsity Captain; 4 CCC Conference Champions, All- Basketball 4 yr Varsity Starter, Track and Field; 400m State Open; yr Basketball, Varsity Captain; 3 yr Couzant All Academic Basketball; Captain, All Conference, 1000 Point National Honor Society; Student Tennis; Spanish National Honor President-Globe Future Business; Scorer; Soccer 4 yr Varsity Starter, Council President Society/National Honor Society; National Honor Society; All All Conference; Student Council Editor of Yearbook Conference Varsity Basketball, President; National Honor Society; Captain ‘01-’02; Top 100 Spanish Honor Society; Concert Basketball-New Haven Register Band; Jazz Band; Sax Quartet Kevin Groves Megan Devlin Daniel Casey Venice Monsanto Bolton High School Branford High School Branford High School Bassick High School, National Honor Society; Varsity National Honor Society; Captain 2001 Cross Country Captain, All- Bridgeport Soccer & Golf Captain; Yale Book Scholar; Bausch and Lomb & Yale Book SCC; Hammonasset Division National Honor Society; MVP Club Award; Church Youth Group Awards; Basketball Captain in ‘00 & ‘01, Champion; New Haven Register Volleyball Award; Basketball and Audio/Visual Team at First All Area-Division-County-State ‘01; Al-Area Team; 2001 Track All- Sportsmanship Award; Varsity Assembly of God in East Hartford Volleyball Division Champions ‘00 & ‘01, SCC; All-Hammonasset; 2002 Basketball; Varsity Volleyball; BHS Captain in ‘01, All Area ‘01 All Division- Indoor Track Captain; 2001 West Outstanding Female Athlete ‘01 State ‘00-’01 Point Leadership Award; National Honor Society Ayodele Asaolu Danielle Spears Adrian Green Anne Rodrigues- Bassick High School, Bridgeport Central High Bridgeport Central High Hennessey Bridgeport School School Kolbe Cathedral, Varsity Soccer ‘98 & ‘99; Varsity Scholar Athlete of the Week; Varsity Wrestling Captain; JV Bridgeport Volleyball ‘98 & ‘02; Hoby Basketball Captain ‘01-’02; Cross Football; Power Club Champion; Varsity Volleyball, Co-Capt; Varsity Leadership Award; National Honor Country ‘01-’02; Sportsmanship All-FCIAC Honorable Mention; Softball, MVP, Capt; SWC All Society; Yale Book Award; Award; National Honor Society; National Honor Society; Coach’s Academic Team; National Honor Connecticut Pre-Engineering Volleyball; Smart Start College Award; Excellence Award for Society; Harvard Book Award; Program; UConn Mentor Prep Program Outstanding Academic Excellence in Science & Math Connection Program Achievement Award; CT Post Staff Writer Intern Jabar Smith Chanella Bentley Charles Bentley III Kelly Harrigan Kolbe Cathedral, Warren Harding High Warren Harding High Bristol Central High Bridgeport School, Bridgeport School, Bridgeport School Varsity Basketball, 1999 Class National Honor Society; National National Honor Society 4 yrs; National National Honor Society; Spanish State Champions; Junior Class Honor Society, Vice President; Varsity Honor Society President; Cross National Honor Society; State President; Hugh O’Brien Volleyball, 4 yrs; Varsity Basketball, 4 Country Varsity, 4 yrs;Varsity Basketball, Open MVP ‘00 & ‘01, State Open Leadership Award; Shepherds yrs; Varsity Softball 4 yrs; Gospel 4 yrs; Varsity Baseball, 4 yrs; FCIAC Champion 5 times, 3 State Open Scholar; Barnum Festival Choir; FCIAC Volleyball Scholar- Baseball Scholar-Athlete 2 yrs; Senior Records, Class L Champion 8 Nominee; Principal’s Honor Roll Athlete; Give a Gift, Get a Smile Clsas President; Bridgeport Education times, Class L MVP ‘98 & ‘00 & ‘01 Volunteer; Senior Class Treasurer Fund Member; NAACP Youth Ryan Ponte Lauren Mentasti David Smanik Jennifer Pietrzak Bristol Central High Bristol Eastern High Bristol Eastern High St. Paul Catholic High School School School School, Bristol National Honor Society; All Senior Class President; National Swimming, Varsity 4 yrs, State All Academic ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01; Conference Soccer, Soccer Honor Society President; Science Qual 3 yrs; National Honor Varsity Swimming ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01; Captain ‘01, Hartford Courant All National Honor Society Vice Society; Science & Spanish NHS; Nutmeg Swimming Academic Team, Defensive Player President; Spanish National Honor Jazz Band President; Model UN Championships, Swimming of the Year ‘99 & ‘01 Society; Varsity Swim Team Treasurer; Madrigals; Concert Captain ‘01; National Honor Captain; Yale Book Prize; DAR Choir Society Secretary; Student Good Citizenship Award Government President ‘00, ‘02 Daniel Roy Erika Bohn Joshua Tanz Laura Hansen St. Paul Catholic High Brookfield High School Brookfield High School Lewis S. Mills, Burlington School, Bristol Soccer, All New England 2 yrs, All Swimming Class S Championship, AP Scholar/Honor; Yale Book Senior Class President; NWC State 3 yrs, All Conference 4 yrs, Finalist State Open, All SWC Award; Bausch & Lomb Science; Scholar-Athlete (Baseball); United Team Captain 2 yrs; Wendy’s Academic 4 yrs, All Conference Litchfield Superintendent’s Way Youth Board Member; Heisman Nominee Award; 3rd team, Swim Team Captain; Awards; Varsity Diving & Track; National Honor Society; National Honor Society; Spanish Varsity Baseball; National Honor Berkshire Leag & Class M State Eucharistic Minister; Peer Minister National Honor Society Society; SWC Swim Champion Finals, X-Country; Model UN President; Mock Trial; Band; National Honor Society Vice-Pres. Jason Boucher Deborah Eifes Benjamin NorlAnd Jessica Sprague Lewis S Mills, Burlington Canton High School Canton High School Parish Hill H.S., Chaplin Soccer; Volleyball; Mills Club; Soccer Captain, All-State, All- Captain, All NCCC, Allstate- National Honor Society; French Yearbook; State Police Volunteer Conference; Basketball Captain, Soccer; Captain, All NCCC- Honor Society; Class Secretary; 4 for DARE All-Conference; Varsity Tennis; Tennis; National Honor Society; yrs. Soccer All Star, All Conference National Honor Society; Peer Athletic Council Vice President; All MVP; 4 yrs. Basketball All Star, Counseling; Athletic Council NCCC Concert Band; Mock Trial MVP-4 yrs; Softball All Star MVP; Student Government; Chorus VP & Pres.; Church Choir and Youth Group Member Zachary Potter-Vose Kate Betterini Brendan Carroll Ashlee Fox Parish Hill H.S., Chaplin Cheshire High School Cheshire High School The Morgan School, Pres. Student Government; Cross Country Captain; Outdoor National Honor Society; Math and Clinton Diversity Club; Peer Mediation Track and Field; National Honor Spanish Societies; Swimming Class President; Spanish National Honor and Tutoring; 4 yrs. Soccer & Society; Spanish Honor Society; Captain; Volleyball Captain, All Society President;Volleyball, All State Track; Yearbook; Band; Guitar Math Honor Society; Conference State & All League; State