Fall 2013 Report

Andy Buchsbaum Director of Athletics, Health and Physical Education

2013-14 Goals

Increase Participation Rate

Fall 2012 456 athletes Fall 2013 457 athletes

Increase student-fan attendance and spirit at Home Events

OFA Athletics… 22 Sports, 1 Team… “O” Zone at all athletic events

Improve overall Winning % in all programs

Fall 2012 72-43 (.626) Fall 2013 66-44 (.600)

Improve number of programs qualifying for post-season

Fall 2012 7 out of 9 Fall 2013 9 out of 9

NYSPHSAA School of Distinction, 100% achievement of Scholar-Teams

Fall 2012 7 out of 9 Fall 2013 9 out of 9

Team Accomplishments Boy’s Soccer Section IV Qualifier

Cross Country 1 NYS Federation Qualifier

2 NYS State Championship Qualifiers

Field Hockey Section IV Qualifier

Football Section IV Semi-Finalist

Girl’s Soccer Section IV Finalist

Girl’s Swim & Dive Section IV Champion, Division Champion NYS Qualifiers in 8 of 12 events 10 of 12 events at Section IV (most for Class B) Broken Records: 6 school, 2 Sect IV Class B, 1 OFA pool

Girl’s Tennis 3rd overall Section IV, Class B

Golf 3rd overall Section IV, Class B

Volleyball STAC, Section IV, Regional Champion

Class B State Champions

Varsity Records Overall Fall Record 66-44, .600 Win %

Boy’s Soccer 8-7

Cross Country 2-1

Field Hockey 7-6

Football 4-5

Girl’s Soccer 4-11

Girl’s Swim & Dive 11-0

Girl’s Tennis 7-4

Golf 4-10

Volleyball 19-0

Individual Accomplishments

Boys Soccer

STAC All-Conference

Christian Steidle, Brandon Pauly

STAC All-Division

Adam Blackwell, Simon Davis, Ryan Wilson

Girls Soccer STAC All-Conference/5th Team All-State

Megan Smetana

STAC All-Division

Andrea Zlinsky, Caitlyn Watson

Individual Accomplishments

Cross Country Advanced to NY State Federation Meet

Parrish Bridges

Advanced to NY State Championship Meet

Parrish Bridges & Bridget Watkins

STAC All-Conference

Parrish Bridges, James Felice, Steven Rando, Pat Sargent, Bridget Watkins

Field Hockey 1st Team All-State

Becca Boyea

1st Team All-Star

Becca Boyea, Chelsea Tanco, Addy O’Rourke, Mara Wood

2nd Team All-Star

Jayden Dodge, Penny Zacharias

Individual Accomplishments

Football Press & Sun All-Regional Team

Will Gladney (WR), Nick Figuerado (DT)

WBNG, Class B, Wide Receiver of the Year

Will Gladney

Ernie Davis Exceptional Senior Game

Brandon Morris (QB), Nick Figuerado (DT)

Division All-Stars

Brandon Morris (QB), Nate Bell (DB), Nick Figuerado (DT),

Dan Wolfe (DE), Jonah Canavan (NG), Will Gladney (WR)

Golf Medalist – 5th Place at Section IV, Class B

Matt Wieckhorst

All-Division

Matt Wieckhorst, Matt Marsili, Zane Paradies, Mike Yanchus

Individual Accomplishments

Girls Tennis Section IV Champions

Coco Heitmann & Talia Lewis (Doubles)

STAC All-Conference

Coco Heitmann

STAC All-Division

Sara Wierbowski, Briann Luffman

Girls Swimming & Diving Advanced to NY State Championship Meet

Devon McFadden, Sam Kuchinski, Chelsea Angulas, Marissa Scott, Jamie Zielinski, Alexa Gault, Summer Pierce, Katie Scott

All-Conference & All-Division

Jamie Zielinski, Devon McFadden, Sam Kuchinski, Summer Pierce, Chelsea Angulas, Alexa Gault, Kristen McKee, Rebeka VanVleet, Anya Vining, Ally Pado, Marissa Scott

Individual Accomplishments

Volleyball State Tournament MVP

Rachel Merrill

State All-Tournament Team

Carrie Farr, Kim Lavender, Rachel Merrill

1st Team All-State

Paige Shaughnessy, Abbey Manning, Kim Lavender

2nd Team All-State

Rachel Merrill

STAC All-Conference

Paige Shaughnessy, Rachel Merrill, Abbey Manning, Kim Lavender

STAC All-Division

Carrie Farr, Mary Stetson, Michayla Jenkins,

Kayla Snyder

Participation Rate Total Fall 2013 Student-Athletes: 457

Boy’s Girl’s

Varsity Sports 95 115

JV Sports 53 39

Modified Sports 73 82

221 236

Scholar-Teams This is a VARSITY team award.

The minimum Team GPA to apply is 90.000%.

Athletics Department Goal is 100% Achievement

All 9 Teams Recognized by NYSPHSAA for Fall 2013

Boys Soccer (93.5) Cross Country (95.06) Field Hockey (91.6)

Football (93.0) Girls Soccer (90.4) Swim & Dive (96.2)

Tennis (95.1) Golf (95.1) Volleyball (93.3)

Overall Fall Teams Cumulative GPA: 93.7

(per NYSPHSAA scholar-team requirements)

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