Above and beyond: Here are Chester's scholar athletes for 2023-24

The Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association recently honored its top senior student-athletes for each high school. Chester Academy selected Nina Melone and Andre Jenkins.

Here are their profiles:

Nina Melone

GPA: 95

Class Rank: 13

Varsity Sports: Soccer

Academic Honors/Extracurricular Activities: National Honor Society; Safe School Ambassadors; Key Club

Athletic Honors: Division All-Stars for Soccer 2023; Team Captain for Soccer (two years); Coaches Award for Soccer (two years)

Community Service: Helping to run an "Empty Bowls" charity food event through National Honor Society as a senior project; decorated the welcome board at the Sapphire Nursing Home; wrote thank-you cards to Veterans through Key Club; volunteered at a recreation soccer tournament in Greenwood Lake; helped organize emails for the Chamber of Commerce of Greenwood Lake; helped the Chamber set up and run mixers and town events

Future Plans: Russell Sage College, to major in Nutrition and Food Sciences with a minor in Exercise Science. Hopes to work as a dietician and personal trainer to help people live healthy lives and improve their physical abilities.

Andre Jenkins

GPA: 92

Class Rank: 20

Varsity Sports: Football; Basketball; Baseball

Academic Honors/Extracurricular Activities: National Honor Society; National Society of High School Scholars; Safe School Ambassadors; Chester Varsity Club President; Triple C Award; Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Award; Sojourner Truth Award; Certificate of Academic Excellence in Algebra and English

Athletic Honors: Certificate of Merit Chester Academy for Varsity Baseball Section IX Class B Champions; NYSPHSAA Scholar Athlete Award Varsity Football, Varsity Basketball and Baseball; Certificate of Academic Achievement for Basketball and Football; Athletic Participation Certificate for Varsity Baseball; Varsity letters in Football, Basketball and Baseball; Varsity Captain for Football and Baseball

Community Service: Monroe-Woodbury Baseball Booster Club and Volunteer Baseball Summer Camp Counselor; unloading and organizing food donations for distribution by the Chester Presbyterian Pantry; South Middle School, NECSD — volunteer with Books and Breakfast events; National Honor Society — volunteered time to organize and facilitate school events

Future Plans: Mercy University Business Honors Program to major in Business Finance and play Baseball.

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