Winter athletes from St. Mary’s Dominican honored

Pictured below: eighth-grade Lou Reilly Award winners were Monica Cabes, soccer; and Caroline Lavie, basketball.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School honored student athletes for 2017-18 winter sports with the Lou Reilly Memorial awards for continually trying to improve their skills and who have listened to their coaches and teammates.  Each recipient was recognized for encouraging those playing while she is not in the game, and when playing, gives her full effort at each moment. The student athletes themselves have a nominating vote in the selection of the award, but coaches have  final decisions.

(Below) Lou Reilly award recipients, from left, were Grace Hamblin, varsity basketball; Vivian Liu, junior varsity basketball; Alyssa Vazquez, junior varsity soccer; and Meghan Rotolo, varsity soccer.

All-Academic Scholar Athlete Program honorees were Mackie Smith, named by the Louisiana State Athletic Association (LHSAA) to the 2017-18 All-Academic Basketball Composite Team;  Kelly Kramer, Hannah Paradis and Catie Cabes. LHSAA presents Composite Team honors to student-athletes who have an unweighted GPA of 4.0 after six semesters .  The award is presented for exemplary academic achievement by maintaining the highest Grade Point Average among all athletes during their academic career while participating in varsity high school athletics. Catie Cabes, Kelly Kraner and Hannah Paradis were named to the LHSAA 2017-18 Soccer  Division I Team. The award is presented for outstanding academic achievement by maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the recipient’s academic career while participating in varsity high school athletics.