The Orange County Interscholastic Athletic Association recently honored its top senior student-athletes for each high school. Pine Bush High School selected Caitlyn Loennecker and Jeffrey Palma.
Here are their profiles:
Caitlyn Loennecker
Class Rank: 6
Varsity Sports: Girls soccer; girls golf
Athletic Honors: Soccer – Junior varsity team captain; Section 9 varsity champion
Academic Honors/Extracurricular Activities: Russell Sage Award; Sojourner Truth Citizenship Award; high honor roll every marking period; scholar-athlete (junior year fall, spring; senior year fall and spring); OCIAA scholar-athlete; First Aid club; soccer; golf; travel soccer
Community Service: Circleville Middle School Tutor; Pine Bush Youth Soccer League assistant coach; volunteer for senior citizen dinner and blood drive; first aid presentation for elementary students; homemade toys for underprivileged children
Future Plans: Stony Brook University, major in nursing
Jeffrey Palma
Class Rank: 1
Varsity Sports: Boys soccer
Athletic Honors: Team captain; scholar athlete for three years, top goal scorer and offensive player of the year for varsity team
Academic Honors/Extracurricular Activities: Valedictorian; National Honor Society; Interact Club; Seal of Biliteracy; Seal of Civic Readiness; recognition from board of education for 5 on AP exam
Community Service: Town of Wallkill youth soccer coach; volunteer for Middletown Thrall Library, Interact Club and Goshen Historic Track
Future Plans: Pace University, major in chemistry
Recent Pine Bush scholar-athletes
2024 – Ellie Hoppe; Malakai Henry-Geraghty