NJSIAA Names 46 Bergen County Scholar Athletes

The New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) recently honored 46 Bergen County high school students for their achievements as scholar-athletes.

The students were invited to attend the annual Scholar-Athlete Luncheon, where – through a random drawing – they had the chance to win a college scholarship from one of multiple sponsors. A total of $21,000 was awarded to 22 of the Bergen County athletes. 

Since 1993, the NJSIAA has honored more than 6,000 New Jersey high school students and distributed more than $1 million in college scholarships through its scholar program. In 2014 alone, NJSIAA honored more than 325 high school students throughout the state and awarded 194 students a total of $149,500. 

The NJSIAA scholar-athletes from Bergen County (listed alphabetically by school, with their sponsor and scholarship amount) are:

• Academy of the Holy Angels – Lydon Kersting – Armac, Inc. - $500
• Bergen Catholic High School – Brian Ward
• Bergen County Tech – Kevin Serrao
• Bogota High School – Jennifer Ramirez – NJAHPERD – $500 
• Cliffside Park High School – Gabriel Donato – Wilson Sporting Goods - $1,000
• Cresskill High School – Elise Kim
• Don Bosco Prep High School – Patrick Piza – ShopRite - $1,000
• Dumont High School – Lindsey Gray – Investors Savings Bank - $500
• Dwight Morrow High School – Julius Wingate
• Emerson Jr/Sr High School – Sabrina Zatarain
• Fair Lawn High School – Samantha Colca
• Fort Lee High School – Joseph Padin
• Garfield High School – Anna Kapolka – Wilson Sporting Goods - $1,000
• Glen Rock High School – Christian Vila
• Hasbrouck Heights High School – Marc Mastropietro
• Immaculate Conception – Whitney Ly
• Indian Hills High School – Madison Levine
• Leonia High School – Jung Ho Jason Hwang – Star-Ledger - $500
• Lodi High School – Vishaldeep Singh – ShopRite - $1,000
• Lyndhurst High School – Grace Tomko
• Mahwah High School – James Buser
• Mahwah High School – Michael Matos – New Jersey Devils -- $2,500
• New Milford High School – Kevin Teets
• North Bergen High School – Carlos Quintero – NJ Manufacturers Insurance - $1,000
• Northern Highlands High School – Holden Rosen Grupp
• Northern Valley High School Demarest – Derek Brody – NJ State Baseball Coaches Association - $1,000
• Palisades Park Jr/Sr High School – Arthur Soo Jae Kim – NJSCA - $1,000
• Paramus Catholic High School – Dominick Savino
• Paramus High School – Erika DiPasquale – NJAHPERD - $500
• Park Ridge High School – Bryan Zeug – US Tennis Association - $500
• Pascack Hills High School – Amanda Tosi – DAANJ “Robert Kanaby Scholarship - $500
• Pascack Valley High School – Bessie Davidow
• Queen of Peace High School – Babatunde Ojo
• Ramapo High School – Michael Gostkowski
• Ramsey High School – Courtney Porfido – Wilson Sporting Goods - $1,000
• Ridgefield Park High School – Irene Kontogiannis
• Ridgewood High School – Michael Antosiewicz – Sid Dorfman Scholarship -- $1,000
• River Dell Regional High School – Alina Kim – NJSCA - $1,000
• Rutherford High School – Katie Sullivan – ShopRite - $1,000
• Teaneck High School – Deijah Lee-Carroll – Star-Ledger - $500
• Tenafly High School – Leo Kuwama – NJSCA - $1,000
• Waldwick High School – Connor Walsh
• Wallington High School – Timothy Bacza
• Westwood High School – Renee Gioe
• Westwood High School – Brendan O’Sullivan – New Jersey Devils -- $2,500
• Wood-Ridge High School – Akua Addo

Administrators at each NJSIAA member high school have the opportunity to select one senior student as their scholar-athlete of the year.  The scholarships are donated by NJSIAA corporate sponsors and other organizations supportive of high school sports in New Jersey. While some scholarships are only available to students attending schools in specific counties or participating in specific sports, most are offered statewide to students in all sports. There is a limit of one scholarship per student athlete.