With York College having a league-best 173, the Capital Athletic Conference posted its all-academic list on Friday, featuring a record 956 student-athletes that achieved a GPA of 3.20 or more at the league’s nine institutions.
The following local grads made the list for the Spartans.
Field hockey: Veronica Eltz and Casey Lawrence (Delone Catholic). Golf: Cody Trabert (Central York), Gage Weaver (Spring Grove). Men’s basketball: Todd Maciejewski (Red Lion), Kevin Whaley (Dover). Men’s cross country: Shane Lohss (Northeastern). Men’s tennis: Philip Myers (William Penn). Men’s track and field: Damian Myers and Jason Hinkle (Eastern York), Ryan Liggitt (Red Lion), Caleb Nelson (Christian School of York). Women’s volleyball: Jana Arentz (Hanover), Alysse Beshore (Northeastern), Ashley Rineman (Delone), Alishia Waltermyer (Red Lion). Women’s basketball: Jamie Polan (West York), Kara Snyder (Spring Grove). Women’s soccer: Kaitlyn Harney (York Catholic). Women’s swimming: Colleen Walker (South Western). Women’s track and field: Elizabeth Dende (South Western), Elexis Engram (William Penn), Brittany McFadden (Susquehannock), Amanda Parshall and Melody Parshall (Northeastern/home school), Caitlyn Rizzardo (Dallastown), Andrea Taylor (Central York), Tuesday Wilson (Eastern York).
Seven other YAIAA alumni made the CAC all-academic list at other conference schools. Salisbury University: Lauren Brenneman (Central York, softball) and Angela Hammond (York Suburban, swimming). Wesley College: Michele Mules (Susquehannock, women’s basketball) and Elizabeth Wallace (York Suburban, softball). Stevenson University: Andrew Shelly (West York, men’s basketball). Marymount University: Dana Zalowski (Susquehannock, women’s soccer). Hood College: Derrick Kuhn (Bermudian Springs, men’s soccer).
Find out what is happening with former York and Adams county high school athletes, both on the field and off. Daily Record sports reporter Steve Navaroli and others will keep you posted on their outstanding accomplishments in college and beyond.