The Mid-Hudson Athletic League recently honored its top senior student-athletes for each high school. Marlboro High School selected Kalista Birkenstock and Alex McAteer.
Here are their profiles:
Kalista Birkenstock
GPA: 99.8
Class Rank: 8
Varsity Sports: Volleyball; Basketball; Softball
Academic Honors/Extracurricular Activities: National Honor Society; Spanish Honor Society
Athletic Honors: Team Captain for Volleyball and Softball; All-State 1st Team; Section Champion; Regional Champion; State Finalist; First Team Poughkeepsie Journal All-Star; First Team Record All-Star; Section IX Class B Player of the Year
Community Service: JDRF Fundraiser in honor of my father, James T. Birkenstock, hosting two tournaments at the Hudson Valley Sportsdome and raised nearly $1,000 for JDRF each year
Future Plans: Florida Gulf Coast University, to major in Civil Engineering and play Softball
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Alex McAteer
GPA: 98
Class Rank: 15
Varsity Sports: Soccer; Track and Field
Academic Honors/Extracurricular Activities: National Honor Society; Spanish Honor Society Vice President; National Seal of Biliteracy; Youth and Government; All-County Band
Athletic Honors: Two-time Team Captain for Soccer; All-Section IX Team; All-Class A Team; two-time Poughkeepsie Journal Elite 11; 2022 Section IX Champion; 2022 Section IX Championship Player of the Match; Section IX All-Stars
Community Service: Volunteer Umpire for Marlboro Youth Baseball; volunteer wrapping Christmas presents (Lake Katrine, N.Y.); volunteer apple packing (Clintondale, N.Y.)
Future Plans: St. John Fisher University, to major in Pharmaceutical Sciences and play Soccer
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