State-level UIL Student Athletes Honored

More than 100 high school student athletes who advanced to state-level UIL 5A and 4A competition during the 2013-2014 school year were honored during the May 19 Board of Trustees monthly meeting.



The Board Meeting was held in the Memorial High School Auditorium to provide seating for student athletes and their families. 

Paige Hershey, the district’s executive director of athletics, introduced the athletes as they were honored and recognized by the Board of Trustees. Click here to see a complete photo gallery from the night's presentation >>

SBISD Athletic State Qualifiers 2013-2014 

Memorial High Girls Cross Country UIL 5A State Qualifiers (Coach Vicki Bevan)
Khayla Patel – 5K Run, 15th Place

Memorial High Girls Track & Field UIL 5A State Qualifiers (Coach Vicki Bevan)
Khayla Patel – 3200 Meter Run, 9th Place

Memorial High Tennis UIL 5A State Finalist (Coaches Budd Booth & Holly Paulk)

Team Tennis members: Elizabeth Bender, Rosalie Caplan, Tadhg Collins, Ian Esses, Samuel Giammalva, Weston Gloger, Meredith Hughes, Weston Gloger, Meredith Hughes, Anthony Huynh, Daniel Jimenez, Avi Rupin Kadakia, Neik Khansari, Rod Khansari, Ciro Lampasas, Austin Marks, Berk Mollaoglu, Haluki Nakayama, Emily Neyland, Nousha Nowamooz, Maxwell Palmer, Camila Perez, Quashi Phillips, Maya Prakash, Melissa Putterman, Lauren Riechmann, Parker Siller, Juam Pablo Urrutia Coufal, James Whitehead, Thomas Whitehead, Candice Wright, Courtney Wright, Angela Zhang

Memorial High Tennis UIL 5A State Qualifiers (Coaches Budd Booth & Holly Paulk) 

Spring Tennis: Boys 5A Doubles State Champions – Samuel Giammalva and Ciro Lampasas Girls 5A Doubles State Finalist – Nousha Nowamooz and Courtney Wright Mixed 5A Double State Quarter-Finalist – Meredith Hughes and Maxwell Palmer

Memorial High Swimming & Diving UIL 5A State Qualifiers (Coaches Jason Mauss & Justin Schreer)

Girls Team – 8th in State 
Boys Team – 28th in State 

Student Athletes: Alex Buscher – 200 Free, State Champion & 100 Freestyle, 2nd Place Briana Burns – 100 Breaststroke, 3rd Place, and 200 Medley, 7th Place Nikki Denkler – 200 Medley Relay, 7th Place Alice Read – 200 Medley Relay, 7th Place Ellie Tuchaai – 200 Freestyle Relay, 10th Place Cooper Wozencraft – 100 Backstroke, 2nd Place, and 100 Butterfly, 5th Place

Stratford High Tennis UIL 4A State Qualifiers (Coaches Rory Frazee & Tom Courson) 

Kaylin Kruseman – Girls Singles Semifinalist
Felix “Josh” Holloway – Boys Singles Semifinalist

Stratford High Boys Cross Country UIL 4A State Champions (Coach Tony Brillon) 

Student Athletes (5K): Austin Richard – 2nd Place Brian Quinlan – 8th Place Hayden Richard – 20th Place Jake Roberts – 52nd Place Nick Terrazas – 61st Place Paul Brastrom – 82nd Place Douglas Baker – 89th Place

Stratford High Boys Track & Field UIL 4A State Qualifiers (Coach Tony Brillon)

Austin Richard – 3200 Meters, 4th Place Brian Quinlan – 1600 Meters, 5th Place Stratford High Swimming & Diving UIL 4A State Qualifiers (Coaches Mike Hoskovec & Shelby Slay) Girls Team: Erin Avary –200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place; 200 Free Relay, 4th Place; 50 Freestyle, 12th Place Brittany Baerg – 200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place; 200 Free Relay, 4th Place; 100 Breast, 5th Place Courtney Jackson – 200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place; 400 Free Relay, 3rd Place Phoebe Lamay – 1 Meter Diving, 2nd Place Kristen Peck – 400 Free Relay, 3rd Place; 200 Free Relay, 4th Place Maddie Robinson – 200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place; 400 Free Relay, 3rd Place; 200 Free Relay, 4th Place; 100 Back, 7th Place Erica Stephenson – 400 Free Relay, 3rd Place; 100 Free, 11th Place; 200 Free, 10th Place

Stratford High Swimming & Diving UIL 4A State Qualifiers (Coaches Mike Hoskovec & Shelby Slay)

Boys Team: Nick Airola – 50 Free, 8th Place Samuel Cordova – 50 Free, 12th Place; 400 Free Relay, 9th Place Brandon Hay – 400 Free Relay, 9th Place; 100 Fly, 12th Place Taylor Nicholas – 400 Free Relay, 9th Place Chance Parker – 400 Free Relay, 9th Place

Stratford High Football UIL 4A Semifinalists (Coach Eliot Allen)

Team members include: Quentin Andreu, David Bartell, Wade Benninger, Eric Benoit, Brendon Bessiere, Louis Birdsong, Rakeem Boyd, William Bredthauer, Jack Brice, Jordan Brooks, Graham Burns, Gary Casatelli, Hernan Cepeda, Jonatan Dalmas, Keller Deal, Blake Denney, Ross Fenton, Bennett Ferrari, Tyler Frost, James Gex, Aidan Goembel, Riley Green, Reginald Green, William Hachtman, Michael Harmon, Jay Harper, Bryce Hooper, Torin Justice, Jabob Klausmeyer, Jonathan LaBaume, Charles Lee, Luis Lema, Moustapha Massoud, Roemello McCardell, Daniel McGuire, Zachary Miller, Alexander Miller, Michael Milstead, John Montgomery, DeDric Moore, DeBaron Nixon, Christian Osso, Terrance Peters, Keenan Powell, Frederick Price, Mikal Pruitt, William Ranger, Richard Robinson, Trenton Simpson, Tahjay Slusher, Brice Stevenson, Wade Touchstone, Jajuan West, Jackson Whitaker, Justin Wood, JaVoris Woods, Jordan Work, Houman Ziary

Special Recognitions: 

• 2 Touchdown Club Football Scholar-Athletes 
• 3 PCA Alliance Scholarship Finalists/1 Scholarship Recipient 
• 1 Reliant Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Recipient 
• 1 Touchdown Club Football Coach of the Year Finalist 
• 1 Touchdown Club Team Sportsmanship Award Finalist 
• 12 Touchdown Club Scholar-Athlete Banquet Finalists 
• TASCO & TISCA Region Coaches of the Year
• 14 Student Athletes have signed letters of intent to play college athletics