WATERFORD — The 2022 Fall Sports season was a historic one for the Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free School District, punctuated by the first state title for the Girls Soccer program. The awards and accolades for the school’s student-athletes doesn’t stop there, as 21 Fordians have been named to All-Wasaren team selections or honorable mentions.
“We’re extremely proud of every individual and team accomplishment our student-athletes achieved this past season,” said Athletic Director Mike Robbins. “We’re proud to be home to a state championship program, but we’re also honored to have produced so many individual stars who represented us positively both on and off the fields and courts of play. We want all our athletes to excel in every facet of being a student and athlete at Waterford-Halfmoon, and these young men and women have embodied that.”
Four varsity teams rostered players who received All-Wasaren honors, including boys and girls soccer, golf, and volleyball. That includes the Boys Soccer Overall Most Valuable Players award, given to Josh Catanzarita, and the Girls Soccer Offensive Player of the Year award, given to Addyson Galuski.
Below are the awards by individual team:
Boys Soccer
Josh Catanzarita, Overall MVP
Tristan Carutasu, 1st Team
Matt Soden, 1st Team
Logan Sheehan, 2nd Team
Logan Fletcher, 2nd Team
Werkie Hayes, Honorable Mention
Cody Maloney, Honorable Mention
Anthony Scunziano, Honorable Mention
Jake Catanzarita, Honorable Mention
Girls Soccer
Addyson Galuski,
Offensive Player of the Year
Cassidy McClement, 1st Team
Mia O'Brien, 1st Team
Payton Galuski, 1st Team
Sophia Belonga, 2nd Team
Imani Bloomfield, 2nd Team
Izzy Vecchio, 2nd Team
Golf
Derrick Pontore, Honorable Mention
Volleyball
Chelsea Plummer, 1st Team
Azariah Roberts-Killian, 2nd Team
Julia Spretty, Honorable Mention
Kiley Pennick, Honorable Mention
On top of the individual success, all four teams received the NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award. The award goes to teams that have 75% of their respective rosters achieve a 90% or greater Grade Point Average (GPA) during the first marking period of the 2022-23 school year.
“I want to thank our student-athletes and coaches for their commitment to excellence in the classroom and in competition,” said Robbins. “It is the true definition of student-athlete.”
