In keeping with the ideals developed by the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, the Conference announced the Scholar-Athletes for the past fall season of the 2014-2015 school year.

All nominees are quality student-athletes within their school community and the Conference.

The following criteria was established and considered for the selection of each school's nominees as well as the EPC Scholar-Athlete for each sport: academic achievement - 40-percent - includes GPA, class rank, SATs, and participation in National Honor Society, honor rolls, and National Merit Scholarship; athletic achievement - 40-percent - all-state, all-conference, captaincy, special achievements; extra-curricular/community activities - 20-percent - participation in school activities, participation on other varsity teams, community activities.

Committee membership is made up of Chairperson - Mr. Jeffrey Sodl, Principal, Stroudsburg High School; Mrs. Elaine Arnts, Assistant Athletic Director, Easton High School; Mr. Ben Brennaman, Athletic Director, East Stroudsburg North/South High School; Mr. Alan Davis, Principal, Nazareth High School; Mr. Jeff Geisel, Athletic Director, Parkland High School; Mr. Brad Pensyl, Athletic Director, Pocono Mountain West High School; Mr. Jake Percy, Athletic Director, Pleasant Valley High School.

Sport Recipients of the EPC Scholar

Athlete Award

Cross Country Boys': Gabriel Lamm, Whitehall

Cross Country Girls': Shaina Palmer, Freedom

Field Hockey: Kourtney Cunningham, Whitehall

Football: Zach Cole, East Stroudsburg South

Golf: Helen Hsu, Freedom

Soccer Boys': Oliver Maloney, Stroudsburg; Joseph Strzelocki, Nazareth

Soccer Girls': Shannon McGinnis, Emmaus

Tennis: Brittany Poje, East Stroudsburg South, Flannery Johnston, Freedom

Volleyball: Darcy Wolf, Allentown Central Catholic

Nominees for

each sport

Cross Country - Boys

Colin Abert, Easton; Michael Buss, William Allen; Paul Grocholske, Liberty; Devon Harris, Pocono Mountain East; Gabriel Lamm, Whitehall; Andrew Martuscelli, Northampton; Grant Newman, Parkland; Charles Peeke, East Stroudsburg South; Joseph Phillips, Pleasant Valley; Michael Rodas, Dieruff; Andrew Shaffer, Bethlehem Catholic; Soren Struckman, Nazareth; Mason Trinkle, Emmaus; Billy Turner, Pocono Mountain West; Benjamin Twigg, Allentown Central Catholic.

Cross Country - Girls

Brittney Bonser, Pleasant Valley; Nicole Boylan, Nazareth; Emily Brand, Whitehall; Alexandra George, Easton; Shannon Grundmann, Pocono Mountain East; Cara Moyer, Parkland; Nicole Taylor Nelson, Liberty; Rachael Okune, Dieruff; Shaina Palmer, Freedom; Jaclyn Reinbold, Emmaus; Nicole Smith, East Stroudsburg South; Elizabeth Whidden, Stroudsburg.

Field Hockey

Elizabeth Asher, East Stroudsburg South; Kimberly Barr, Nazareth; Kourtney Cunningham, Whitehall; Chelsea Marie DeFrancisco, Liberty; Taylor Garza, Freedom; Jessica Hillegas, East Stroudsburg North; Victoria Laczo, Emmaus; Cara Morrell, William Allen; Laura O'Malley, Pocono Mountain East; Alexandra Pennington, Easton; Madison Reightler, Bethlehem Catholic; Valerie Saba, Dieruff; Brooke Sherwin, Parkland; Megan Wiest, Northampton.

Football

Kylee Benbrook, Bethlehem Catholic; James Nosovitch, Allentown Central Catholic; Enrique Nguyen, Dieruff; James Howard Cox, East Stroudsburg North; Zach Cole, East Stroudsburg South; Daniel Pasch, Easton; Daniel Velasco, Emmaus; John E. Deely, Freedom; Cameron Brusko, Liberty; Daniel Hingston, Nazareth; Alexander Quagilieri, Northampton; Nicholas Zambelli, Parkland; Tanner Parascando, Pleasant Valley; Luke Hohenstein, Pocono Mountain East; Brandon DePerro, Pocono Mountain West; Chad Rex, Whitehall.

Golf

John Alvarez, Allentown Central Catholic; Aaron Nicholas Aguiles, East Stroudsburg North; Kristopher West, East Stroudsburg South; Jakob Martino, Easton; Kelsey Patterson, Emmaus; Helen Hsu, Freedom; Michael Miller, Liberty; Dominic Condomitti, Nazareth; Carter Test, Northampton; Brian Cummings, Parkland; Wyatt Custred, Pleasant Valley; James Cramer, Stroudsburg; Thomas Baker, Whitehall.

Soccer - Boys

William Doolin, Allentown Central Catholic; Jared Fantasia, Northampton; Alec Francello, Emmaus; Ricardo Garcia, Pocono Mountain East; Jonathan Kleinhenz, Parkland; Oliver Maloney, Stroudsburg; Michael Mittl, Liberty; Akinori Mollenthiel, East Stroudsburg South; Cameron Rockwell, William Allen; Gabriel Carlos Roman, Easton; Kyle Schiffbauer, Pocono Mountain West; John Spirk, Bethlehem Catholic; Joseph Strzelocki, Nazareth; Samuel Velez, East Stroudsburg North; Nick Youwakim, Freedom.

Soccer - Girls

Brianna Abbott, Bethlehem Catholic; Erica Barrett, Freedom; Kourtney Cunningham, Whitehall; Brenna Curran, Northampton; Brittany Erlsten, Pocono Mountain West; Madison Hagy, Stroudsburg; Kristy Hansen, Pleasant Valley; Dayna Garcia Hernandez, William Allen; Emily Ledyard, Liberty; Jordan Luciano, Easton; Shannon McGinnis, Emmaus; Rachael Okune, Dieruff; Samantha Pavoiko, Parkland; Victoria Pinel, Nazareth; Anastassia Sunday, Allentown Central Catholic; Faith Varner-Bruno, East Stroudsburg North; Olivia Warner, East Stroudsburg South.

Tennis - Girls

Mary Gilbert, William Allen; Samantha Macaluso, Bethlehem Catholic; Laura Lupin, Central Catholic; Sianilee Vazquez, Dieruff; Emily Becke,r East Stroudsburg North; Brittany Poje, East Stroudsburg South; Cynthia Blay, Easton; Flannery Johnston, Freedom; Emily Moss, Liberty; Juliana Mitchell, Nazareth; Kristin Kuntzman, Northampton; Rachel Wong, Parkland; Madison Olexson, Pleasant Valley; Rebecca Salgueiro, Pocono Mountain West; Sophia Rostock, Stroudsburg; Christina Endy, Whitehall.

Volleyball - Girls

Alexandra Beavan, Northampton; Linda Burke, East Stroudsburg North; Kassandra Delossantos, Dieruff; Kiersten Griesback, Pleasant Valley; Jessica Hamati-Attieh, Bethlehem Catholic; Lauren Heess, Liberty; Courtney Horace, Easton; Kristen Kimpel, Stroudsburg; Abigail Knerr, William Allen; Rebecca Lutterschmidt, Whitehall; Mackenzie O'Brien, Emmaus; Dana Pollock, Freedom; Brooke Robertson, Parkland; Dacia Scott, East Stroudsburg South ; Darcy Wolf, Allentown Central Catholic.