Scholar Athlete Recognition Banquet

On Monday evening, April 6, the Bristol Sports Hall of Fame held its 17th annual Jack Hines Scholar-Athlete Banquet at Nuchie’s, a program where juniors and seniors from Bristol’s three high schools meeting specific academic and athletic criteria are feted.
Tad Doyle, a 1974 St. Paul graduate, received the Joe McGinn Award, given to an individual who displays the traits of the late Bristol Eastern graduate who displayed personal courage and determination.
And, speaking on behalf of the scholar-athletes was St. Paul senior Brendan Carroll. He was joined by Bristol Central’s Andrew Damon-Smith and Bristol Eastern’s Stephen Goodrich in receiving scholarships from the Hall of Fame.
Doyle has been a volunteer high school coach in various sports since 1980, and spent 25 years as an uncle for the Eastern Regional Little League Tournament and 10 years as a Little League coach. The past eight years, he’s also been coaching AAU baseball and basketball.
“It’s about the kids, the coaches, the sports,” he told me prior to the banquet. “I don’t do it for the honors, I do it for the kids. They give me a lot of satisfaction.”
Here’s a look at the accomplishments of the scholarship winners:
Carroll — Varsity football and basketball four years, twice as a captain in each; varsity baseball three years and one year of outdoor track; Blue Key Club four years; Student Government four years; Class of 2015 vice-president; Academic Quiz Bowl captain 2015; Youth Basketball coach four years; BARC Prom; Tutor at Cambridge Park; High Honors With Distinction; All-NVL Copper Division and All-Press football and basketball; NVL All-Academic Team; CIAC Scholar Athlete 2015; National Honor Society; Spanish Honors Society; CT Governor’s Scholarship semifinalist; National Catholic Education Association Seton Scholar Award; Notre Dame Book Award; University of Rochester Young Leaders Award; AP Scholar; SUMMA Scholar 2015;
Goodrich — Varsity football and wrestling three years, as a captain in each his senior year; Sports Leadership Council; Football all-conference twice, All-Bristol Press Team; State Class L place winner and State Open qualifier, all-conference and All-Press in wrestling. CAPT Scholar; Bristol Sports Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete, Honor Roll student;
Damon-Smith — First in his class; class president, Student Council president, co-president of Interact Club, member of both the National Honor Society and National Latin Honor Society; a captain in his three sports, cross country and both indoor and outdoor track; CCC All-Academic for all three sports; top 10 finisher New England Championships as member of 4×400 relay team; Harvard Book Award; Principal’s Commendation; DAR Good Citizen Award; CAPT Scholar; Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award; silver medalist on National Latin Exam; second place finisher CT State Latin Exam.
The other Scholar Athletes are:
Bristol Central — Zachary Aldieri, Michaela Bossi, Adam Flores, Arabella Goralski, Caleb Hildebrand, Haley Knox, Alexia Kochin, Gerald LaPenta, IV, Benjamin Marcil, Rebecca Mendela, Krzysztof Nizielski, Madison Pechulis, Olivia Pechulis, Kayla Policarpio, Kadeem Richards, Jean-Souvern Rioux, Robert Roberge, Nicholas Savino, Joshua Signore, Matthew Varnum and Nicole Wolf;
Bristol Eastern — Sakinah Abdulsalam, Nahndi Ali, Emily Baranowski, Ryan Cassin, Jacob Colello, Angela Daley, Meri Darragjati, Morgan Dauphinee, Rachel DellaBianca, Emily Deloge, Alyssa Dess, Austin Dias, Carina DiChello, Sophia Dzikas, Maximillian Girouard, Jozef Hermann, Lily Johnsky, William King, Jordan Lowrey, Greg Lozier, Alexander Macias, Nina Pasqua, Kalie Pasqualicchio, Justin Protinick, Pete Roche, Brianna Root, Michaela Sassu, Jenifer Tabacco, Kenneth Tenan and Joshua Wilson;
St. Paul — Rachel Aldieri, Lauren Benoit, Sarah Bowes, Laura Cadavid, Margaret Carpenter, Caroline Cianchi, Elisabeth Cretella, Michael Dombrowski, Patrick Etter, Zachary Federowicz, Elizabeth Ferraro, Mekaela Fithian-Giantonio, Sara Fracasso, Krystina Galluzzo, Laura Giuffrida, Abigail Grabherr, Matthew Gwozdecke, Michaela Javier, Jackson Hines, Kimberly Hylan, Joseph Klimczak, Austin Kulig, Amy Leard, Lauren Lemieux, Adam Levesque, Kara Lipka, Kyle Lipka, Anthony Lorenzetti, Kelly McMahon, Jillian M. McNamara, Thomas Melvin, Troy Micale, Ryan Mills, Michelle Misiti, Kaitlyn Moriarty, Danielle Murdock, Lauren Nocera, Lauren Palmer, Kodylynn Perkins, Amethyst Peterson, Arianna Porrini, Brendan Pronovost, Brian Rackliffe, Jose Silva, Emily Sklenka, Stephanie Speaker, Madeline Sturm, Helena Swanson and Emily Wilcox.