Academy Volleyball is pleased to recognize it's athletes that have been named by Newsday in their High School Volleyball pre-season "Top-25 Players to Watch" report. 12 Academy boys made the list as well as 15 Academy girls - an amazing 27 out of 50 athletes named by Newsday are Academy-trained athletes (more than half of all players named). Please see the list below for all of the althletes named by Newsday:
BOYS
- Trey Cole, Connetquot
- Timothy Drake, Massapequa
- Sammy Gibson, Long Beach
- Dan LaRosa, Sachem North
- Alec Lehnert, Sachem North
- Daniel Murphy, Smithtown East
- Conner Pallmann, Sachem North
- Jack Poplawski, Walt Whitman
- Ben Sandt, Northport
- Chris Scandole, Long Beach
- Chris Shanley, Smithtown West
- Troy VonHolt, Lindenhurst
To see the Newsday article (paywall), please click here.
GIRLS
- Daniella Balsano, Connetquot
- Julia Beckmann, Garden City
- Mia Cergol, Glenn
- Mackenzie Cole, Connetquot
- Cierra Dolan, Sachem East
- Caroline LaMacchia, South Side
- Nicole Migliozzi, Connetquot
- Cassandra Patsos, Connetquot
- Mackenzie Taylor, Connetquot
- Lauren Wilke, Bayport Blue-Point
- Ally Brady, Smithtown East
- Molly Jandris, Sachem East
- Grace Rosenberg, Long Beach
- Kathleen Doherty, Massapequa
- Nicole Karabaich, St. Anthony's
To see the Newsday article (paywall), please click here.