By Jamie Hanzo
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May 13, 2024
Coaches, teammates, family members, and more gathered in Chapelle's Cafeteria for the 2024 Spring Athletics Award Ceremony. Archbishop Chapelle Spring sports include gymnastics, golf, powerlifting, track & field, bowling, and softball. Each team coach presented their members with awards, and they all chose two of their team members to receive the "Most Improved Award" and the "Academic Award." Additionally, select students from each team were recognized for being LHSAA All-Academic Scholar Athletes, for being a part of the LHSAA Academic All-State Composite Team, and for receiving the Linda Munn Award. See below for all award recipients: Gymnastics: Academic Award: Alyssa Pesantes Golf: Most Improved; Miley Perkins Academic Award: Alaina Sauvage Tennis : Most Improved: Blythe Bonnaffons Academic Award: Kaitlyn Stremlau Powerlifting: Most Improved: Lily Villarrubia Academic Award: Isabella Arboneaux Track & Field: Alyssa Pesantes Academic: Anh Dao Le Bowling: Most Improved: Cassidy Schroder Academic Award: Elizabeth Hamilton Softball: Most Improved: Taylor Allen Academic Award: Kayla Giardina LHSAA All-Academic Scholar Athlete Program: Presented for outstanding academic achievement by seniors maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5000 or higher during their academic career while participating in varsity high school athletics. Tennis: Kasey Sabido & Mackenzie Blanke Track: Cassidy Banister, Dakota Comeaux, Caroline Guitterrez, Giselle perez, Mia Sanchez Softball: Emma Ruddy & Delaney Trosclair LHSAA Academic All-State Composite Team: Every year, the Louisiana high School Athletic Association selects the All Academic Composite team for each sport. The team is made up of seniors across all classifications and divisions in each sport.Certificates are presented for exemplary academic achievement by maintaining the highest grade-point average among all athletes during their academic career while participating in varsity high school athletics for two or more consecutive seasons. (un-weighted 4.0 with no B's on any report card.) Track : Ayva Smith Bowling : Mary Dufrene Softball : Kayla Giardina & Katie Deslatte Linda Munn Award: This award is given to student athletes that exemplify sportsmanship and teamwork. They are kind and well-rounded, they care deeply about representing their school and their team in the best possible light, and they display the utmost sportsmanship and school pride. This award is named in honor of Ms. Linda Munn who was a teacher and coach at Chapelle for over three decades. Ms. Munn embodied these same characteristics in her career at Chapelle, and she is deeply loved by the whole Chapelle family! Powerlifting : Talia Luke Bowling : Elizabeth Hamilton Tennis : Kaitlyn Stremlau Track and Field : Ayva Smith Softball : Addison Stein