The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference announced its scholar-athletes for the fall sports season.

Nominees are selected by the coach of their high school teams and then a committee reviews the nominations submitted by each school and makes its selections.

This year’s recipients will be honored on Dec. 17 at a luncheon at Stroudmoor Country Inn in Stroudsburg.

The scholar-athletes are determined based 40 percent on athletic achievement, 40 percent on academic achievement and 20 percent on extracurricular activities and community involvement.

The fall winners include: Boys Cross Country: Kevin Lapsansky (Easton); Girls Cross Country: Diana Hammerstone (Easton); Field Hockey: Samantha Tepper (Stroudsburg); Football: Zakary Bauer (Parkland); Golf: Christopher Toleno (East Stroudsburg South); Boys Soccer: Nicholas Zielinski (Central Catholic); Girls Soccer: Rachel Wills (Bethlehem Catholic); Girls Tennis: Ballee Deshler (Bethlehem Catholic) and Girls Volleyball: Sienna Salvaggio (Parkland)