I am proud to announce the Winter 2016 – 2017 Shelton High School Blanchette’s Sporting Goods SCC Scholar Athletes— Ryan Murphy & Casey O’Connor.
Name: Ryan Murphy
Sports: Boys’ Basketball, Baseball
Class Rank: 82 out of 387
GPA: 91.96
Sports and Activities: SHS Boys’ Basketball captain, Varsity Baseball starter, SCC All-Academic Team, Basketball Team Scholar Athlete 2x, Baseball team Scholar Athlete 2x, CAPT Scholar, World Language Spanish Honor Society, SHS Honor Roll, SHS Student of the Month, National Honor Society, Best Buddies, volunteer basketball summer camp
Praise: “Ryan is an extremely dedicated, hard-working student-athlete. He leads by example on and off the court. He takes on academic and athletic challenges the same way; with everything he has. He doesn’t accept anything less than his best effort. He’s been a pleasure to coach and to teach.” — SHS Boys’ Basketball Coach, Brian Gardiner
Name: Casey O’Connor
Sports: Girls’ Volleyball, Girls’ Basketball
Class Rank: 28 out of 387
GPA: 96.38
Sports and Activities: Varsity Volleyball starter, Girls’ Basketball Captain, SCC All-Academic team, SCC Academic All-Star team, All-SCC Basketball team, All-SCC Girls’ Volleyball, Softball, World Language Spanish Honor Society, SHS Honor Roll, SHS Student of the Month, CAPT Scholar, FBLA, National Honor Society, volunteer basketball summer camp, math tutor
Praise: “Casey is the hardest working player on the team and a true leader by her example in everything she does on and off the court.” — SHS Girls’ Basketball Coach, Joe Cavallaro
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.
