Mount Madonna School’s girls varsity volleyball team has received the Central Coast Section (CCS) highest academic honor by the CIF: “2012-13 Fall Season Scholastic Championship Team Award.”
“Academic excellence, creative self-expression and positive character development are the three pillars of Mount Madonna School,” comments Sidd McDonald, MMS Athletic Director. “We are very proud that our girls varsity volleyball team has been selected as having the highest GPA for varsity volleyball in the Section. The award is reflective of the emphasis that our school places upon academic achievement.”
These awards were instituted by the CCS Board of Managers in 1985 as a way to recognize teams with the highest collective grade-point average in their respective sport during that season of competition.
The Mount Madonna team’s collective GPA is 3.876. Team members are: Elise Slater and Sophia Saavedra, 9th grade; Alyssa Feskanin, Lexi Julien, Tyler Viglizzo, and Zoe Kelly, 10th grade; Ashley Mayou, Bri Heldt, Jenny Turk, Preethi Balagani, Ruby Nink, and Talia Speaker, 11th grade; and Aimee Hopkins and Sanika Lakka, 12th grade.
This is the eighth time a Mount Madonna School volleyball team has earned the distinction; the girls varsity team also received the award in 2007-08; and the boys varsity team received it in 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2006-07, and 2007-08.
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Nestled among the redwoods on 355 mountaintop acres, Mount Madonna is a safe and nurturing college-preparatory school that supports students in becoming caring, self-aware and articulate critical thinkers, who are prepared to meet challenges with perseverance, creativity and integrity. The CAIS and WASC accredited program emphasizes academic excellence, creative self-expression and positive character development. Located on Summit Road between Gilroy and Watsonville.
