Shelton Scholar Athletes Announced

I am proud to announce the Shelton High School Spring SCC Scholar Athletes of the Month for Winter 2013 – 2014 — Victoria Begley and Patrick Murphy.

Name: Victoria Begley
Sport: Girls’ Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track & Field
Class Rank: 6 out of 359
GPA: 99.1
Other Sports and Activities: Girls’ Outdoor Track Captain, Advanced CAPT Scholar, SCC All-Academic Team, National Honor Society, World Language National Honor Society, AP Scholar, Spanish Club, St Margaret Mary Church Youth Leader, St. Joseph Church Youth Lector, Drama Club, Girls Scout, Trumbull Head Start Volunteer, CT Special Olympics Swimming Unified Partner, Future Farmers of America
Praise: Scholastically, Victoria has always taken a challenging schedule of classes. Achievement is important to her. She works very hard in all of her honors and advanced placement classes. Her success is due not only to her planning and organizational skills, but also to her strong desire. In addition to being a tremendous student, Victoria is also a three sport varsity athlete as well as captain of the outdoor Girls’ Track and Field Team. Her work ethic is unmatched by others. 
Her scholastic, athletic, and extracurricular activities speak for themselves. However, most importantly, her character shows the exceptional person she is and will continue to become. I am eager to see what she will make of herself because Victoria is destined for greatness” — SHS Girls’ Indoor Track Coach, Scott Snell

Name: Patrick Murphy
Sport: Basketball, Baseball
Class Rank: 13 out of 359
GPA: 97.2
Other Sports and Activities: Basketball Captain, Baseball Captain, SCC All-Academic Team, Advanced CAPT Scholar, World Language Honor Society, SHS Student of the Month, Shelton Babe Ruth baseball assistant coach, Habitat For Humanity, AP Scholar, Basketball Camp counselor.
Praise: Pat Murphy is one of the hardest working individuals I have encountered as an educator, both in the class room and on the court. On the court, he gives 100% effort for every second of every practice and game. He leads by example and he has been an absolute pleasure to coach. Pat represents everything a student athlete should be and he is going to be very successful in life.” — SHS Head Basketball Coach Brian Gardiner

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