(above) This season two teams tied for G.P.A. Challenge winner, the Girls’ Spring Track & Field Team and the Boys’ Tennis team.
Arthur L. Johnson High School Spring Athletic Awards 2019
On Monday, May 13, 2019, the Arthur L. Johnson Athletic Department held their 2019 Spring Athletic Awards ceremony. The evening, sponsored by the Crusader Athletic Booster Club, was held in the ALJ auditorium.
Over 131 varsity athletic letters were handed out throughout the evening, as participation in athletics at ALJ continues to grow.
The 2019 Spring Student Athlete award recipient was Joshua Hill, who has a 4.2411 G.P.A. The award is given out each athletic season to a student athlete that is not only a champion on the field, but in the classroom as well.
The Crusader G.P.A. Challenge is awarded each season to the team that finishes with the highest overall G.P.A. amongst athletic teams seasonally. For the first time since the award was created two teams finished with identical 4.01 G.P.A.s. The 2019 Spring Seasonal G.P.A. Challenge recipients are the Girls’ Spring Track & Field Team and the Boys’ Tennis Team.
Members of the Girls’ Spring Track & Field Team are Sarah Sceptowski, Gianna Caldiero, Gia Colicchio, Carly Tarentino, Julia Kalynchuk, Shailynn Rapp, America Renteria, Gina Rizzuto, Taylor Turek, Jenna Wiese, Paige Kelly, Kayla Kowalenko, and Natalya Torres; Boys’ Tennis Team: Matthew Cassidy, Seth Guzman, John Juzefyk, Jacob Mallik, Anthony Neyra, Kyle Perednia, Christopher Warnick, Brandon Costa, Raymond Torres, Kyle Briscese, Robert Lukasiewicz, Andy Zheng, Anthony Bogash, Cody Downing, Toan Le, and Ethan Nobre.
The Best Teammate Award winners were: Baseball – Patrick Grady; Golf – Daniel Burns; Lacrosse – Christian Ferrao; Softball – Bailey Rosenmeier; Tennis – Andy Zheng; Boys’ Spring Track & Field – Matthew Kowalenko; Girls’ Spring Track & Field – Gina Rizzuto.
The Team Most Valuable Players were: Baseball – Stephen Harrington; Golf – Joseph Bencivenga; Lacrosse – Brandon Hund; Softball – Victoria Zatko; Tennis – Robert Lukasiewicz; Boys’ Spring Track & Field – Jack Delaney; Girls’ Spring Track & Field – Carly Tarentino.
The Athletic Director, Gus Kalikas, stated “The Spring Athletic Awards was a wonderful event that allowed the administration, teachers, coaches, parents, and student athletes a chance to reflect on a wonderful spring athletics season while honoring our student athletes for their remarkable accomplishments. Our teams, coaches, and student athletes continue to raise the bar both in the classrooms and on the athletic fields and the Clark School District could not be more proud of their performance this past spring athletics season.”
Photos by Clark Public Schools
(above) The Spring athletic team MVPs pose with their trophies.
(above) The Spring season Best Teammate Award winners.
(above) Crusader G.P.A. Challenge winners
