Phelps Scholar-Athletes

The Boston Globe's 14 Scholar-Athlete winners. (Back row, left to right): Matthew LaBove, Yaovi Jondoh, Darren Hartwell, and James Queeney . (Middle row): Meghan Ferreira, Michelle Golden, Annie Abber, and Joshua Boyd . (Front row): A.J. Carvalho, Olivia Amorin, Emily Lanois, Sophia Mercadante, Rachel McGrath and Danny Guadagnoli. (Matthew J. Lee / Globe Staff) The Boston Globe's 14 Scholar-Athlete winners. (Back row, left to right): Matthew LaBove, Yaovi Jondoh, Darren Hartwell, and James Queeney . (Middle row): Meghan Ferreira, Michelle Golden, Annie Abber, and Joshua Boyd . (Front row): A.J. Carvalho, Olivia Amorin, Emily Lanois, Sophia Mercadante, Rachel McGrath and Danny Guadagnoli.

District A


Williams

Darren Hartwell, North Reading

Hartwell was an all-league performer in basketball and baseball this year, and won team MVP honors in football. He was an Honor Scholar with the North Shore Chamber of Commerce and ranked ninth in his class of 184 students.
Columbia

Emily Lanois, Hamilton-Wenham

Lanois was an All-Scholastic four times in cross country, a 2009 All- American in indoor track, and she shattered the state record for the mile at the Division 4 state meet in June. She scored a perfect 800 on the writing portion of her SAT.

District B


Colgate

Jim Queeney, Reading

Queeney was a high school All-American in lacrosse his final two seasons, finishing this season with 66 goals and 124 points. He was an All-Scholastic in lacrosse and football as a senior and also was his class valedictorian.
Boston College

Anne Abber, Malden

A three-sport athlete playing soccer, basketball, and softball, Abber ranked fifth in her class and was the class vice president her junior and senior years. She was a three-time Greater Boston League All-Star in soccer and twice in basketball.

District C


Phillips Exeter

Danny Guadagnoli, Framingham

Guadagnoli was an All-Scholastic quarterback in football, setting school records with 49 TD passes and more than 6,000 yards passing. He scored 1,300 career points in basketball, and pitched in baseball. He was in the top 15 percent of his class.
Harvard

Meghan Ferreira, Mansfield

Ferreira was this spring’s All-State champion in the 100-meter hurdles, and was last year’s Boston Globe Athlete of the Year in outdoor track. This winter she was the New England champion in the 55-meter hurdles. She ranked 24th in her class.

District D


Harvard

A.J. Carvalho, Case

Carvalho was class valedictorian and a three-sport athlete in soccer, indoor track, and tennis. He was a conference all-star in track, where he ran the mile and 2-mile events. He also was captain of the soccer team, and played first doubles in tennis.
Northeastern

Olivia Amorin

Amorin was an All-State volleyball player, a South Coast Conference All-Star in softball and also played basketball. As the team’s libero, she holds school records for digs per game, in a season, and for a career. She ranked fourth in her class.

District E


Dartmouth

Matthew LaBove, St. John's (Shrewsbury)

LaBove led the Pioneers to a Division 1 state championship this season in basketball. He was named to the Worcester Telegram Super Team three years in a row, and was named to Max Prep’s All-State first team. He had a 3.7 GPA.
Boston University

Sophia Mercadante, Lunenburg

Mercadante was a three-sport athlete in soccer and indoor and outdoor track and was her team’s MVP in all three. She was a Worcester Telegram Super Team selection in indoor track and ranked ninth in her graduating class.

District H


Harvard

Joshua Boyd, Catholic Memorial

Boyd was a two-sport standout in football and wrestling for the Knights and was his class valedictorian. He was a two-time All-Catholic Conference football selection and was the 2009 state Division 2 wrestling champion at 215 pounds.
Boston College

Michelle Golden, St. Mary's

Golden was part of three state championship ice hockey teams at St. Mary’s, including back-to-back undefeated Division 1 title teams the last two years. She was twice a Catholic Central League all-star in lacrosse and was class valedictorian.

Boston


Holy Cross

Yaovi Jondoh, Charlestown

Jondoh was a standout in soccer and indoor and outdoor track and had a 3.93 GPA at Charlestown. He was this year’s Division 2 state champion in the 300 meters indoors and helped win the 4 x 100-meter relay at last year’s outdoor All-State meet.
Sacred Heart

Rachel McGrath, Latin Academy

McGrath was the Boston City League MVP in softball and a BCL All-Star in swimming while sporting a 3.61 GPA. She tossed a no-hitter in the BCL tournament en route to winning the title and qualified for states and sectionals in swimming.
Scholar-Athletes
2009 phelps scholar-athletes

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Phelps Scholar-Athletes nominations


District A

  • Boys: Gregory Doonan, Peabody; Luke Vance, Hamilton-Wenham; Nathaniel Shelter, Triton; Samuel Rakoc, Swampscott; Robert Martin and Joshua Torres, Andover; Matthew Belanger, Northeast Metro Tech; Jeffrey Larnard, Amesbury; Robert Chapruet, Danvers; Marcos Castellano, Lynn Tech; Justin Young, Lynn English; Paul Di- Platzi, Revere; Darren Hartwell, North Reading; Peter Lynch, Westford; Ryan Mahan, North Shore Tech; John Mosley, Methuen; Joe Esposito, Georgetown; Derek McAdam, Minuteman; Chris Bent, Dracut.
  • Girls: Alexandra Millet, Westford; Taryn O’Connell, Georgetown; Kirsten Kasper, North Andover; Leah Cairns, Andover; Alison Friberg, North Reading; Rebecca Guselli, Methuen; Jillian Carroll, Danvers; Ashley Keighley, Lynn English; Kaitlyn Aucoin, Northeast Metro Tech; Emily Lanois, Hamilton-Wenham; Erika Pigiacomo, Peabody; Margaret Asaro, North Shore Tech; Kerri Roach, Revere; Ryan Heffrin, Marblehead; Rachelle Bourque, Triton; Angelica Gonzalez, Greater Lawrence; Amber Smith, Ipswich; Tara Nimkar, Swampscott; Tara Soni, Lynnfield; Abigail Dornbusch, Minuteman; April O’Brien, Pentucket; Jennifer Brown and Julia Hickey, Dracut; Shannon Hartford, Georgetown.

District B

  • Boys: Lance Greene, Lexington; James Queeney, Reading; John Jantz, Arlington; Kyle Stockmal, Watertown.
  • Girls: Micaela Cyr, Lexington; Annie Abber, Malden; Lauren Almeida, Reading; Sara Spielman, Belmont; Jaclyn Buonopane, Everett; Lindsay Culbert-Olds, Arlington; Alessandra Simeone, Stoneham.

District C

  • Boys: David Baker, Millis; Danny Guadagnoli, Framingham; Shadrach Sommers- Dehaney and Marcus McDermott, Milton; Andrew Perlmutter, Dover-Sherborn; Pete Christman, Falmouth; Gregory Hughes, Plymouth North; Ben Whitney, Hingham; Michael Lodigiani, Norwell; Frank O’Brien, Plymouth South; James Berluti, Westwood; Daniel Glavin, Mansfield.
  • Girls: Nicole Savi, Dedham; Elizabeth Di- Mascio, Braintree; Camille Murphy, Framingham; Jessica Lee, Millis; Rachel Carnaroli, Bellingham; Meghan Ferreira, Mansfield; Gabriela Hornbeck, Middleboro; Tiffany Aguiar, Plymouth North; Diana Fidrocki, Brittany O’Rourke, Chelsea Mitchell, and Elizabeth O’Connor, Milton; Brittany Silva, Falmouth; Taylor Aizenstadt, Norwell; Katherine Doble, Hingham; Lauren Hillberg, Westwood; Margaret McGoldrick, Cohasset; Rachele Bernache, Rockland; Olivia Blahunt, Wayland; Amira Downes, Harwich; Emmaline Berg, Holliston; Sarah Burke and Michaela Butler, Dennis-Yarmouth; Kristina Katsikis, Hanover; Lyndsay Caulfield, Hanover.

District D

  • Boys: Morgan Brandso, Dartmouth; A.J. Carvalho, Case; John Scanlon, Dighton-Rehoboth; Isaac Mello, Somerset; Bryan Webb, Bishop Feehan; Jonathan Anemaet, Bristol-Plymouth; Erik Guillette, Attleboro; Steven Calderbank, New Bedford; Andrew Grant, Holbrook; Jeffrey Speroni, Bishop Stang; Joseph Wegener, Brockton.
  • Girls: Andrea Crowley, Bourne; Teresa Pelletier, Attleboro; Julie Mills, Bishop Stang; Gina Mucciardi, Dartmouth; Annifreed Sinjour, New Bedford; Julianne Plasski, Durfee; Jenna Roncarati, Bishop Feehan; Karen Elizabeth , Somerset; Victoria Snow, Barnstable; Jessica Moitoza,Taunton; Jacqueline Clark, Coyle and Cassidy; Theresa Alphonse, Brockton; Chelsea Brown, Dighton-Rehoboth; Shauna Menard, Bristol-Plymouth; Meghan Moriarty, Holbrook; Olivia Amorin, Case.

District E

  • Boys: Christopher Londa, Lunenberg; Cameron Trodello, Fitchburg; Matthew La- Bove, St. John’s (Shrewsbury); Declan McCann, North Middlesex; Brendan Burke, Burncoat; Rob O’Connor, Westborough; Sean McDonough, Joseph P. Keefe Tech; Shane Sampson, West Boylston; Brendan Doyle and Josh Adler, Doherty; Nicholas McCarthy, Grafton; Thomas Murray, Millbury; Daniel Blanchard, Oakmont; Matthew Schmidt, Shepherd Hill; Christian MacLeod, Montachusett, Christopher Louissaint, University Park; Andrew Johnson, Gardner; Michael Ahearn, Hudson; Gregory Moodie, Littleton.
  • Girls: Theresa Logan, Algonquin; Sophia Mercadante, Lunenberg; Kristen Richard, Leominster; Noreen Raja, Grafton; Jillena DeCarteret, Narragansett; Anne Blackney, Westborough; Lauren Rothermich, Sutton; Brooke Cote, Montachusett; StephanieSprague, Gardner; Dana Auger, Milford; Nicole Meuse, Hudson; Meaghan O’Keefe, Quaboag; Angela Torgersen, Fitchburg; Jillian Bartolini, Shepherd Hill; Emily Durette, North Middlesex; Hillary Blood, David Prouty; Marissa Wells, Smith Voke Tech; Sara Adams, Littleton; Cailin Bullett, Millbury.

District H

  • Boys: Brian Wettach, St. John’s Prep; Joshua Boyd, Catholic Memorial; Patrick Noble, Matignon; Brendan Donovan, St. Mary’s; Joe Fleming, Marian.
  • Girls: Sabrina Memme and Victoria Colucci, Our Lady of Nazareth; Michelle Golden, St. Mary’s; Shayla Belanger, Notre Dame (Tyngsboro); Jenna Loftus, Matignon; Kelly Egan, Marian.

Boston

  • Boys: Michael Etheridge, Latin Academy; Yaovi Jondoh, Charlestown; Fatmir Shkurti, West Roxbury; Anthony Caruso, East Boston; Alex Tisme, Brighton; Jhonneris Mendez, Boston English.
  • Girls: Caroline Guerrero, Fenway; Rachel McGrath, Latin Academy; Farah Pierre, Brighton; Kayla Giammarco, East Boston.

How winners were selected


The 23d annual Boston Globe/Richard Phelps Scholar-Athletes were chosen by Globe Sports Editor Joe Sullivan, Boston- .com high school editor Chris Forsberg, Bob Holmes, Evan MacDonald, Amara Grautski, and Peter Martin of the Globe’s high school sports staff, and David Manzo, the president and executive director of the Cotting School in Lexington. Applications were sent to principals across the state in April and a month later, the Globe had the difficult task of selecting one boy and one girls from six MIAA districts plus Boston. East of the nominees listed should be proud to be slected by his or her school as its top male or female student-athlete. From Annie Abber to James Queeney, the Scholar-Athletes represent the best in high school sports. Text by Evan MacDonald. Photos by Matthew Lee.