In keeping with the ideals developed by the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, the Conference announced the Scholar-Athletes for the 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, including winner:

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

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