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| SHARPSTEEN SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
We’re happy to share with you news about the Art Sharpsteen Scholarship Fund at the Community Foundation for South Central New York.
Art's family, friends and former students established the fund to honor him on his 90th birthday June 21, 1999. In the first 11 years of this fund $ 17,050.00 has been awarded to 48 graduating high school deserving basketball athletes in the Southern Tier of NY; 23 women 25 men; 12 from Binghamton High School, 23 from Chenango Valley High School and 13 from Waverly High School. The scholarships awards help deserving student athletes with some college expenses.
Sadly, Art passed just after his 94th birthday on June 29, 2003. Until this year he attended the award ceremonies and personally met all of these wonderful young men and women.
¨ Every gift helps us toward our goal of $35,000 to endow the fund to benefit outstanding future students. ¨ The awards made possible by the original donors have helped with costs of tuition and/or books for the following nine young women and nine young men.
2000 Sharpsteen Award presentation by Coach Sharpsteen
BINGHAMTON (Sharpsteen years 1938-55) 2000 Tanisha Wimberly: Broome Community College. Student leader and athlete; volunteered many hours of community service.
2001 Michael Constantine: St. Rose College.
2002 Kevin Micha: Broome Community College. Student leader, varsity football, basketball and baseball. 2003 Cassandra St. Paul: Syracuse University. Youth Development Society, SADD, International Baccalaureate student, Advanced Placement courses. 2004 Joshua Frederick. School undecided. Pre-engineering and math sequences. Scored 1180 on the S.A.T. 2005 Vincent Saraceno. GPA 83.3. Class Rank 40/388. International Baccalaureate program. 2006 Scott Valenta. SUNY Fredonia to pursue a career in Sports Management with a particular interest in basketball and also interested in pursuing a secondary education along with coaching high school sports. Varsity Basketball and Track/Cross Country, National Honor Society, Binghamton Athletes Care, Varsity B Club, Class Secretary. 2007 Cynnetha Bellinger. Genesee Community College. Basketball STAC All-Star and All-Conference.James Garcia. Varsity Basketball, Stop DWI Holiday Classic National Division Tournament, All-Metro Division 2008 Christopher Cartwright. : Tompkins-Cortland Community College. Varsity Basketball captain won STAC and Sectional Championships, Varsity Football captain Section 4 Championship, Varsity Baseball, Honor Student, 2nd seat in BCMEA, Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, volunteered many hours of community service. 2009 James Gray. Binghamton University, Varsity Basketball. 2010 Jennifer Morabito. Canisius College, High Honor Roll and National Honors Society. All-Conference Team, Player of the Year and All-Metro Team in 11th and 12th grades. Press & Sun Bulletin: Athlete of the week, Stars & Stripes Team 4 years, and Academic All-Star in 12th grade. Empire State Games Central Team – Silver medalist, and 11th grade received 1,000 point record, ending with all-time leading scorer at Binghamton High School record. WAVERLY (Sharpsteen years 1935-37)2000 Bryan G. Haney: Lockhaven University (Pa), transferred to Penn State. National Honor Society, Junior Rotarian, varsity basketball captain.
2001 Karissa Brown: Lycoming College. Salutatorian, National Honor Society, Student Council, Junior Rotarian. Varsity basketball captain, 1st and 2nd team ALIAC; sectional, Christmas tournament, and IAC division titles. 2002 Patricia Diedrich: SUNY Albany. National Honor Society, Junior Rotarian; Varsity basketball captain, 1st team IAC, All Twin Tiers Team, Christmas tournament and IAC championships. Dick Mennig Memorial Award, Elmira referee's Sportsmanship Award. Brent Vaughn: SUNY Albany. Varsity basketball co-captain, chosen by division coaches to play in Senior All-Star game. 2003 Kelly Ann Thomas: Indiana University at Pennsylvania, Honors College. 2004 Mallory Fuller. Savannah College of Art & Design. National Honor Society, Junior Rotarian. Marching Band. Member of All-State basketball team, and IAC Most Valuable Player in basketball. 2005 Coty Cron. Alfred State. Varsity basketball (captain), All-IAC second-team. Averaged 14 points and 3.6 rebounds per game. Active in many school events. 2006 Kristen Kisel. St. Bonaventure to study Physical Education. Varsity Basketball, honorable mention IAC all-star, All-star in softball, Junior Rotarian, Advanced Regents, top third of class with average above 87%, Student government, volunteer time at elementary school with the Physical Education Department.Zachary Haxton. SUNY Brockport to major in Physical Education. Varsity Basketball, Varsity Soccer captain and three time All-Star, Junior Rotarian, Advanced Regents Diploma in top 25% of class with average above 89%. 2007 Megan Leary. Corning Community College. Varsity Basketball co-captain, 2nd straight all-IAC conference all-star nomination, Varsity letter and all star winner in soccer and track, Junior Rotarian, Member of Student Council. 2008 Kelly Hawthorne. University of Massachusetts at Amherst studying Biology. 2009 Zane Haxton. Cortland pursuing a degree in teaching. 2010 Meghan Sutryk. SUNY Geneseo to study liberal arts. Captain of the Soccer and Basketball teams, having been a league and all-section all-star in both sports. National Honor Society, Junior Rotarians, Concert/marching/jazz bands and Leadership Crew, a volunteer Red Cross and Stray Haven Animal Shelter Graduating in top 5% of her class.
CHENANGO VALLEY (Sharpsteen years 1956-65)2000 Taylor Norton: Boston University. Key Club, ADSIP, French Club, Business Club, Honor Society, Student Council, JVand varsity basketball, varsity soccer captain. Volunteer activities include youth basketball referee.
2001 Sarah Jensen: Plattsburgh State University, foreign language major. National Honor Society, Student Council (inc. Nat'l Assoc. conference); Drama and French Clubs; Varsity Basketball, ALL-STAC. Volunteer activities include Danielle Walk, PeeWee Soccer official. Hopes to work for U.N. as interpreter/translator. Curtis Allen: Lehigh University. National Honor Society, ADSIP (peer counseling), Student Council; Varsity Track and Basketball, ALL-STAC for 3 years. 2002 Brendan M. Sheehan: Gettysburg College. National Honor Society, Student Council (inc. Nat'l. Leadership Conference), varsity baseball (captain), basketball and golf; ADSIP, New Visions Law and Government Program. Colleen Callahan: St. John Fisher College. National Honor Society, Student Council (incl. Nat'l Leadership Conference); SADD, ADSIP, peer tutoring; varsity basketball, soccer, cross-country; Scholar Athlete Award; Homecoming Queen. 2003 Sarah Bowie: Renssalear Polytechnic Institute, Pre-Med with dual major in biology and psychology. Valedictorian, Honor Society President, Yearbook Sports Editor, Vice President of Ski Club, French Club, French Exchange, ADSIP, SADD. Leanna Crane: SUNY at Delhi, Veterinary Technology. Honor Society officer, SADD, French Club, Yearbook co-editor, swimming & basketball teams member, elementary school mentor, volunteer at a local pre-kindergarten, Christmas in April volunteer. Luke Laczak: SUNY Brockport, Biological Sciences (MD or Physicians Assistant). Treasurer National Honors Society, President – Spanish Club, ADSIP, soccer, tennis and basketball teams member. Duncan Paddick: Hobart College Political Science. Student Council Treasurer, Honor Society, Latin club, Key Club, SADD, ADSIP. 2004 Kevin Ling. Broome Community College, Liberal Arts. Honor Roll, Academic Award in Physical Education. Varsity football, basketball, baseball. Homecoming candidate. Sarah Sobon. Cazenovia College, Sports Management. Honor Roll, Scholar Athlete, member of NYS Business and Marketing Society. Varsity swim team, basketball, softball. Treasurer of Art Club, member of SADD, Student Council and Art Club. 2005 Christopher Bruet. Broome Community College, Biology Education. GPA 86.14. 63/154. French Club, ADSIP, SADD, Varsity basketball (co-captain), Soccer (captain), Lacrosse.Victoria Testani. Broome Community College, Education. GPA 90.48. 35/154. Senior Class Vice-President, Student Council President, Varsity soccer, basketball, track teams. 2006 Sarah Casey. LeMoyne College. Varsity Basketball; Varsity Swimming All-Division, All-Conference, All-American Consideration, Class B Champions, Attended States for 2 years, 8th place in States for the 200 free relay; Varsity Track.Lawrence Jackson. SUNY New Paltz, Varsity Basketball – All-Division, Member of 2005 sectional Championship basketball team, Varsity Track 4X1 Division All Star, Volunteer. 2007 Seth Mohney. Hamilton of Skidmore College majoring in political science. Varsity Basketball, Baseball, and Cross Country, Odyssey of the Mind, ADSIP, SADD, Class Treasurer, Student Council, Academic All-Star, Achievement Award: Latin and Math, National Honor Society President, Cum Laude National Latin Exam Award, High Honor Roll .Alanna Cooney. SUNY Cortland majoring in Physical Education with a concentration in Adaptive Phys. Ed. Varsity Basketball co-captain, Varsity Track All-Division, Section IV Champion 400 – state finalist, Section IV Champion 4X8 relay, Varsity Soccer co-captain – All-Division and Academic All-Star, National Honor Society, SADD, Key Club, French Club. 2008 Kelsey Ruffo. SUNY Brockport. Varsity Basketball captain, Varsity Soccer captain, Varsity Softball, S.A.D.D. Vice President, A.D.S.I.P., National Honor Society.Matt Mullins. Binghamton University. Football All-Division, Basketball All-Conference, All-Division, All-Metro, AAU Basketball, Student Government Treasurer, active in many school events. 2009 Kyle Christoffersen. Varsity Basketball, Varsity Football.Demetra Kermidas. LeMoyne College and will be part of the college softball team. 2010 Andrew Fox. Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Track and Chenango Indians Travel Team Basketball. ADSIP, Student Council Vice-President, Class President, S.A.D.D., Latin Club, Honor roll and Honor Society. Three year volunteer at St. Francis of Assisi Basketball.Caitlin Roberts. Basketball, AAU Basketball, Softball, Track, Cheerleading, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Secretary of Class, Student Council, Class homeroom rep – 4 year, Cosmetology program at BOCES, ADSIP, honor roll and perfect attendance.
Want to help the Coach’s legacy continue for future generations? Checks should be made payable to the Community Foundation for SCNY, and sent to the Foundation @ the following address: Community Foundation for SCNY 70 Front St. Binghamton, New York 13905 Please note that your contribution is for the Art Sharpsteen Scholarship Fund.
Thank you!
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