During the fall sports season that ended in November 2015, San Benito High School had 29 varsity student-athletes who maintained a 4.0 grade point average or higher during their season. The school this week announced the students with the highest GPA’s in each sport, which Athletic Director Tod Thatcher called “a great accomplishment.”Â
The Winter All-Academic Team is expected to be announced soon.
“These student-athletes are balancing the rigors of both their classroom work and varsity level sport participation,” Thatcher said. “It takes a special person to achieve this.”
The top fall student-athlete was varsity golfer Isabella Arreola, who maintained a perfect 5.0 GPA (which is possible on the 4.0 scale when a student takes multiple Advanced Placement classes, which offer extra grade points for A’s and B’s). Thatcher called Arreola’s classroom success “amazing.”
The following list shows the top academic performer from each fall sport (during the second grading period of the first semester).
2015 FALL ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (student-athlete, year in school, sport, GPA)
Isabella Arreola, senior, girls’ golf, 5.00
Shelby Littleton, senior, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.67
Barbara Jayda Botelho, senior, varsity cheer, 4.50
Haley Leifheit, senior, girls’ varsity volleyball, 4.33
Catherine Nordstrom, sophomore, girls’ varsity water polo, 4.29
Jake Last, senior, boys’ varsity water polo, 4.20
Jessica Kirshmann, senior, girls’ varsity tennis, 4.17
Jonathan Mendoza, senior, varsity football, 4.00
Ishmael Medina, junior, varsity football, 4.00
Elli Kliewer, sophomore, girls’ varsity cross country, 3.83
Elijah Changco, senior, boys’ varsity cross country, 3.33
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2015 FALL SPORTS ATHLETES WITH A 4.0 GPA
Logan Randle, senior, girls’ varsity golf, 4.67
Kendall Mills, senior, girls’ varsity golf, 4.50
Leah Overman, sophomore, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.33
Samantha Martinez, junior, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.33
Marissa Santiago, junior, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.33
Karina Collins, sophomore, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.33
Safia Bootwala, sophomore, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.29
Kylee Cortez, senior, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.17
Seeta Charan, senior, girls’ varsity golf, 4.17
Annie Breger, sophomore, girls’ varsity volleyball, 4.17
Garrett Lawrence, senior, boys’ varsity water polo, 4.00
Austin Perez, senior, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.00
Kourtney Carmichael, junior, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.00
Olivia Gonzales, sophomore, girls’ varsity field hockey, 4.00
Margaret Campo, senior, girls’ varsity golf, 4.00
Nicole Andrade, sophomore, girls’ varsity volleyball, 4.00
Grace Larson, senior, girls’ varsity water polo, 4.00
Shannon Stephens, senior, girls’ varsity water polo, 4.00
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