I am proud to announce the Spring 2018 Shelton High School Blanchette’s Sporting Goods SCC Scholar Athletes — Victoria Kostour and Alex Ruenhorst.
Name: Victoria Kostour
Sports: Girls Tennis
Class Rank: 2 out of 325
GPA: 4.64
Sports and Activities: Girls Tennis Captain, SCC All-Academic team, SCC Academic All-Star team, All-SCC Girls tennis team, Vice-President Spanish National Honor Society, SHS Honor Roll, SHS Student of the Month, National Honor Society, SHS World Language Department award Spanish lV, Columbia Book Award, SHS Math Department Award-Best Work-2017, Shelton Marching Gaels 4 years, Graduate- Ukrainian School of Stamford
Praise: “Vicky along with being an incredible scholar athlete for the SHS Tennis team is also an incredible role model for her teammates. She leads by example and has been a wonderful young lady to coach. She carries herself with much dignity and enthusiasm as a student of Shelton High School.” — SHS Girls’ Tennis Coach, Michelle Sedlock
Name: Alex Ruenhorst
Sports: Boys Tennis
Class Rank: 58 out of 325
GPA: 3.8
Sports and Activities: SHS Boys’ Tennis team captain, SCC All-Academic Team, All-SCC Boys Tennis Team 2015,16,17,18, SCC/COS Now Player of the Year 2017, NH Register All-Area Boys Tennis 2015,16,17,18, SHS Boys Tennis MVP 2015,16,17,18, CHSCA All-State Boys tennis 2017, CT Post All-Star Team 2017, Wendy’s High School Heisman Award 2018, USTA Top 5 rank CT, Spanish National Honor Society, SHS Honor Roll, SHS Student of the Month, Sports Editor Gael Magazine, Student Volunteer Council, National Honor Society, Quill & Scroll Honor Society, JSA, volunteer New Haven Open Tennis Tournament, volunteer Boy’s & Girls Club LNV
Praise: “It’s a tremendous honor and privilege to coach Alex and I strongly believe he’s deserving of being named SCC Scholar Athlete. On top of his unbelievable tennis skill he has been a great teammate to his peers and encourages them to play hard and challenge themselves for the better each and every day at practice and at matches.” — SHS Boys’ Tennis Coach, Kevin McCue
The SCC Scholar Athlete of the Month program is sponsored by Blanchette’s Sporting Goods and recognizes student athletes who have a minimum of a B (3.0) overall and earn a varsity letter. Student athletes also demonstrate leadership qualities by being a positive role model both on and off the field and show commitment to self-improvement and put their team before themselves.
For more information please contact the Shelton Athletic Department.
