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

The Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association recently honored its top senior student-athletes for each high school. Monroe-Woodbury High School selected Julia Landres and Ariel Koyfman.

Here are their profiles:

Julia Landres

GPA: 101.33

Class Rank: 1

Varsity Sports: Alpine Ski

Academic Honors/Extracurricular Activities: Valedictorian; First Chair Horn in Wind Ensemble; All-State Band; National Honor Society; Spanish Honor Society; Mu Alpha Theta; Tri-M Music Honor Society

Athletic Honors: Three-year varsity athlete; three-year Monroe-Woodbury Scholar-Athlete; Gnarr Award

Community Service: GLA Spanish Service Adventure

Future Plans: Amherst College, to major in Physics and Computer Science

Ariel Koyfman

GPA: 100.41

Class Rank: 3

Varsity Sports: Swimming and diving

Academic Honors/Extracurricular Activities: Piano performer at Carnegie Hall three times and certificates of excellence on numerous music theory exams from the Royal Conservatory of Music; completed a mentored original research study analyzing a predictive genetic sequencing test for thyroid cancer; Student government (vice president junior year, Parliamentarian senior year; National Honor Society; French Honor Society; Model UN; Athletics Club; Boys’ State participant (American Legion)

Athletic Honors: Captain for three years; School and OCIAA meet record holder in the 100-meter breaststroke; Three top-10 podium finishes at the NYSPHSAA championships, including a fifth-place finish in the 100 breast this season; varsity swimmer since eighth grade; three-time team Section IX champion

Community Service: Leader and president of my chapter’s CTEEN, a community outreach program that helps teens embrace their Jewish heritage and connect with 52 other Jewish teens, with over 250 hours of community service through this organization. At the beginning of sophomore year, our chapter received the New York State Senate 2021 Empire Award from Senator James Skoufis

Future Plans: Johns Hopkins University, to major in Biophysics

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