By Jack Krampitz

The Bristol Sports Hall of Fame has cancelled their annual Scholar-Athlete Dinner this year because of Covid 19. The dinner recognizes Juniors and Seniors from the three local high schools who have received at least three varsity letters and who have also maintained an academic average of 90 or better.

Since the dinner was cancelled, and school has been out for the month of April. the Hall of Fame has been unable as of now to get the Scholar-Athletes their award certificates and the small token they receive for their accomplishments.

The Hall of Fame also awards $1,500 scholarships to two students from each school at the dinner. Again, because of the social distancing requirements, the scholarship committee has been unable to meet as of yet to choose this year’s scholarship winners. Hopefully, that can be accomplished in the near future.

If schools manage to re-open before the end of the year, it is hoped that the scholarship winners and the scholar-athletes can be recognized at a school assembly at each building. If schools remain closed, the Hall of Fame will get the award certificates and the scholarships out to the students by mail.

Bob Kalat, Hall of Fame president, announced that for the first time this year, the Hall of Fame has the benefit of generous donors to sponsor the scholarships at each school.

At Bristol Central, one scholarship will be awarded in the memory of Alfred Greenleaf, and the second scholarship in the name of the Leary family. At Bristol Eastern, the two scholarships will be awarded in the memory of Christopher Calnan. And at St. Paul Catholic High, the two scholarships will be awarded in the memory of the Roberge family.

Here are the lists of scholar-athletes from each school: * denotes Seniors.

Bristol Central High School
*Ramon Ambert
Camille Attle
Christine Attle
*Paige Bancroft
Janessa Bartell
Jadyn Bauer
*Andrew Beaucar
Salvatrice Bosco
*Evan Bouchard
*David Bowes
Abigail Calfe
Gabriella Calfe
*Danielle Carey
*Ashleigh Clark
Isabella Crandall
Nate DeAngelo
Emily Ericson
*Jason Feto
Freve Austin
*Katherine Funk
Alexa Furniss
*Peyton Greger
*Avery Hamilton
Marisa Heller
*Mia Hinton
*Adam Jones
*Ryan Krompegal
Colton Litwinczyk
Jenna Lowe
*Diego Naranjo
Piotr Nizielski
*Colton Pelletier
*Mark Petrosky
*Mackenzie Pina
Natalia Popielarz
Emma Quintero
*Kathryn Ross
*Nicholas Ruffino
*Jithu Sajeevan
*Jacob Santiago
Brooke Soucy
Kayla St. Onge
*Benjamin Stafford
*Ian Staubley
Gwenyth Torreso
Sean Winninger

Bristol Eastern High School
Sophia Andrade
*Lauren Aparo
*Avery Arbuckle
Gabriel Bartolome
Rebecca Bender
Noelle Bruce
Brianna Champagne
*Sophia Czertak
*Drew Dauphinee
*Chelsea DeMarest
*Janice Gao
*Erin Girard
*Amanda Jones
*Abigail King
Kate Kozikowski
*Alyssa Lavoie
Ashlee Lewandoski
*Mollie Lewis
*Victoria Lincoln
*Jason Lipscomb
*Emily Mulcunry
*Jordan Ouellette
Elijah Parent
Audrey Perry
Ryley Plourde
*Leah Policarpio
*Adam Poniatowski
Emma Rodjenski
*Isabella Rubio
*Sara Stadnicki
Jack Stavens
*Noah Stevens

St. Paul Catholic High School
Romi Bagdasarian
*Kailyn Bielecki
Sammi Bray
*Alexis Carabetta
*Grace Carabetta
*Andrew Cawley
*Joseph Crowley
*Michael Dolce
*Cassandra Dubitsky
*Michael Ferraro
Sophia Gerst
Serena Hansen
Madelyn Hooks
*Jillian Kiazim
William Lyder
Caleigh McDougall
Christopher Millerick
*Natalie Millerick
Greta Panke
*Tucker Raymond
*Ethan Rembish
*Jeremy Rinaldi
Emma Schatz
*Walker Sharp
Joshua Silva
*Juliet Watson
Nina Zwolinski

Jack Krampitz is a retired teacher and Bristol Edition contributing editor.