I am proud to announce the Winter 2017 – 2018 Shelton High School Blanchette’s Sporting Goods SCC Scholar Athletes — William Ciccone & Lauren Pawlowski.
Name: William Ciccone
Sports: Boys Basketball, Baseball
Class Rank: 46 out of 325
GPA: 3.9
Sports and Activities: SHS Boys’ Basketball captain, SHS Baseball captain, SCC All-Academic Team, All-SCC Baseball, NH Register All-Area baseball, SHS Baseball MVP, Spanish National Honor Society, FBLA, SHS Honor Roll, SHS Student of the Month, National Honor Society, volunteer basketball summer camp, volunteer Shelton National Little league
Praise: “Not only is Will an excellent student, but he has a tremendous work ethic and motor. He works as hard as he possibly can at anything that he does and has shown a lot of dedication to the team, even while injured last season. Finally, he is a great person. Always willing to help others or get involved. He treats everyone with respect.” — SHS Boys’ Basketball Coach, Brian Gardiner
Name: Lauren Pawlowski
Sports: Indoor Track, Outdoor Track & Field
Class Rank: 6 out of 325
GPA: 4.5
Sports and Activities: Indoor Track Captain, Outdoor Track & Field Captain, SCC All-Academic team, SCC Academic All-Star team, All-SCC Indoor Track team, All-SCC Outdoor Track & Field team, Most Improved Indoor Track, Coaches Award Outdoor Track, Spanish National Honor Society, SHS Honor Roll, SHS Student of the Month, National Merit Commended Scholar, JSA, National Honor Society, Science Fair winner, AP Scholar w/honor, Valley United Way Youth Leadership program, Race for Chase Kid’s Triathlon volunteer, Run For Warriors volunteer, Commodore Hull Race volunteer
Praise: “As a captain, Lauren both leads by example, and she always seems to know what to say to get her team going. As a competitor, she scores points for us in the Pole Vault, an event that requires a lot of skill and poise, and Lauren puts in extra work at practice to help us on the track in our varsity relays. We’ve been lucky to have her in this program.” — SHS Girls’ Indoor Track Coach, Michael J. Barone
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.
