ALBANY, NY – Addyson Galuski, a junior at Waterford-Halfmoon High School, has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2023 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Addyson, who competes in soccer and track & field, will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. Tickets are available online at proctors.org or at the Proctors Box Office.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Addyson is a member of the National Honor Society and has been on the Honor Roll every period of her career at Waterford-Halfmoon High School. She held a 96 GPA was ranked 6th in the Class of 2024.

Athletically, Addyson currently is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the soccer program at Waterford-Halfmoon. She was a First Team All-State performer for the soccer team last season and was a First Team All-Wasaren selection in soccer as well in 2022. She also earned First Team honors last fall from the Albany Times Union. She was fourth in the 400 in the outdoor track league championships this past spring.

Her community service includes volunteering for the Ronald McDonald House. She also serves as a referee for the Waterford youth Soccer program and works with the Albany Alleycats Skills Clinic. Addyson also works with the Waterford Futsal Youth Clinic and the Waterford Skills and Drills Clinic.

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the August 7 event. The next recipient will be announced on July 17.

ALBANY, NY – Amanda Chambers, a graduate student at the University at Albany, has been named as one of the three collegiate award recipients for 2023 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Amanda, who competes in cross country and track & field, will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. General admission tickets are $25 and can be purchased at Proctors or online at Proctors.org.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Amanda has been on the Deans List in all four years at UAlbany. She is a five-time member of the America East Honor Roll and also made the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll. She is pursuing her master’s in public health.

Amanda recorded many outstanding performances in cross country and track & field. She suffered an ankle injury in her senior year at Colonie High School, and after surgery had an 18-month recovery period. She began collegiate competition during the covid period of cancellations or postponements of events. In 2022, she was diagnosed with severe iron deficiency and had infusions for four weeks. Yet, she was named to the 2022 America East Cross Country All Star Second Team. This past spring, Amanda was an American East Outdoor Track & Field All-Conference performer in the 5000 meters. She set personal bests in six events combined in the two sports, the 5K in cross country, and the 800, 1500, Mile, 3000 and 5000 in track & field. She set meet records in the first two meets of the indoor track season. Amanda ranks in third in all-time school rankings in the 1500 and 5000 and in the top 13 in three other track events and one cross country event.

Amanda was a four-year member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at UAlbany. She volunteered for the Mental Health Games and with the Hudson-Mohawk Road Runners Club. She was an event coordinator for the Friends of Jacyln, and previously was a food bank volunteer and served an internship assisting special education students. Amanda worked with a holiday card program at St. Peter’s Nursing Home during the covid pandemic.

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the August 7 event. The next recipient will be announced on July 14.

SCHENECTADY, NY — Tickets for the 2023 Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala are now on sale. The event will take place on Monday, August 7 at the GE Theatre at Proctors at 7:00 p.m.

Tickets for the 2023 CDSWOY Awards Gala are on sale at this link: https://www.proctors.org/event/capital-district-sports-women-of-the-year-awards-gala/ or through the Proctors Box Office. Box Office representatives are available Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. through 6 p.m. via phone (518-346-6204) and in person at Proctors. The box office location is Robb Alley inside Proctors Arcade, 432 State St., Schenectady, NY 12305.

Tickets are $25 while tickets for children 5 and under are free and those tickets are at the Box Office only, not available online. All tickets are general admission tickets and will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year program (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student-athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service.

ESPN Broadcaster Jessica Mendoza will serve as the virtual guest speaker for this year’s event. Jessica joined ESPN in 2007 and in 2015, became the first woman to serve as an analyst for nationally-televised Major League Baseball games. She has since become one of the leading voices in ESPN’s Major League Baseball coverage. She appears regularly on ESPN studio shows including Baseball Tonight, SportsCenter, Get Up and First Take. In 2020, Jessica became the first woman to serve as a World Series game analyst on national radio as she joined the MLB on ESPN Radio team for the World Series. She also serves as an analyst for the Women’s College World Series. On July 10, Jessica served as an analyst on ESPN2’s coverage of the Major League Baseball Home Run Derby.

The Empire State Youth Orchestra will feature selected performers for the 2023 CDSWOY Awards Gala.

ALBANY, NY – Rylee Dunbar, a senior at Corinth High School, has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2023 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Rylee, who competes in cross country, basketball, soccer and track & field, will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. Ticket information is to be announced.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Rylee has been a member of the National honor Society in all four years at Corinth High School. She ranks eighth out of 76 students in her class. She also has been a member of the Foreign Language Honor Society for three years. Her honors include the St. Michael’s College Book Award, the Society of Women’s Engineer Award, the Saratoga County Board of Education Scholarship Award, and the Daughters of the American Revolution Scholarship Award.

Rylee holds the Corinth High School girls cross country record on the home course, and she is a member of the school record in the coed 4×400 relay. She has been a team captain for cross country, soccer and track & field. She maintained dual sport membership in the fall in soccer and cross country for all four years. During her career, Rylee was a three-time Most Outstanding Runner award recipient in cross country, a Most Improved Award honoree in varsity track & field (as a seventh grader), and a Track & Field Coaches Award recipient. The 4×400 relay team finished in third place in the Section 2 championships in her junior year.

For her honor society project, Rylee formed the “Kindness Krew,” which delivered to veterans and quarantined individuals during the pandemic. She also recognized veterans in her community by making and delivering bags and delivered ice cream to veterans and the elderly. She also has delivered poinsettias to community members during the holiday season, delivered cookies and flowers to residents of the Jesse Retirement Home, and built a small library in the community. Rylee coaches and officiated youth soccer practices and games and is a member of the Junior Choir at a local church. She donated Easter baskets to the Corinth Foreign Language Club to raise money for a trip to Europe and volunteered and fundraised for Corinth Hoops for the Holidays.

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the August 7 event. The next recipient will be announced on July 12.

ALBANY, NY – Zoey Lints, a senior at Schoharie High School, has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2023 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Zoey, who competes in wrestling, will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. Ticket information is to be announced.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Zoey is a member of the National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society. She has earned high honor roll recognition and is a NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete.

Zoey was ranked #15 in the country in the 138-pound weight class. She is the 2023 NY USA Wrestling Girls Champion in the 152-weight class and was the NY USA Regional Champion at 152 in freestyle and Greco-Roman also this year. Zoey won the NYSPHSAA Girls Championship at 138 and was the 2023 Eastern States Classic Runner-up. She won championships this season at the Niskayuna Girls Invitational and the Shaker’s Queen Bison Girl Invitational. Last year she competed at the USAW Fargo Junior Women’s Freestyle Blood Rounder.

Zoey is a member of the Varsity Club at Schoharie High School. She also has volunteered with Youth as Leaders in both 2022 and 2023 and is a volunteer youth wrestling coach at the Kirby Training Center. She has served as captain of the boys wrestling team the past two seasons.

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the August 7 event. The next recipient will be announced on July 10.

ALBANY, NY – Kayla Grant, a senior at Lake George High School, has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2023 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Kayla, who competes in cross country, Nordic ski and track & field, will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. Ticket information is to be announced.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Kayla has a GPA of 3.83 at Lake George. She has served as a Class Officer Representative and this past year was the Vice President of her class. She also has been a member of the National Honor Society and Art Honor Society through this year and was the Vice President of the National Honor Society. She has earned High Honor Roll recognition for three years. She has served with the Spanish Club and the Anti-Bullying Committee (where she was recently President. Kayla has played the clarinet in the Lake George High School Band for all four years, and in the jazz band. She is  member of the Fishing Club and Yearbook Committee and performed at the Lake Placid Music Festival and Castleton Music Festival. Last fall she competed at the Lake George Triathlon Festival. Kayla was the Student of the Quarter in Science and Math and won the Health and Physical Education Sportsmanship Award and Mathematics Pythagoras Award during her scholastic career.

Kayla competed in cross country for three seasons and was the captain in her senior year. She was captain for the last two of her four seasons competing for the Nordic ski (also known as cross country ski) team and was on the track & field team for four years. She was the Nordic ski MVP each of the last two seasons.

Kayla has served on the Lake George Youth Commission and received the American Citizenship Award from Lake George High School. This past spring, she received the Thomas Rossiter Sportsmanship Award, which recognizes one male and one female senior athlete for their sportsmanship over their four-year career at Lake George High School.

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the August 7 event. The next recipient will be announced on June 29.

ALBANY, NY – Olivia Lomascolo, a fifth-year senior at Siena College, has been named as one of the three collegiate award recipients for 2023 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Olivia, who competes cross country and track & field, will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. Ticket information is to be announced.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Olivia was a CSC (College Sports Communicators) Academic All-District selection in 2023, her second straight season with this award. She was also on the MAAC All-Academic Team and was a MAAC Academic Honor Roll member throughout her college career. She was also a Dean’s List member throughout her years at Siena.

Olivia was named the 2022-23 Siena Female Student-Athlete of the Year and is the school record-holder in the women’s cross country 6K, 3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 events. She also is a part of the school record teams in the 4×800 and distance medley relays. Olivia was the 2022 MAAC Women’s Cross Country Individual Champion and Most Outstanding Runner. She was the 2023 MAAC Indoor Track Women’s 3K Champion, and the MAAC Outdoor Track Women’s Champion in the 5K this past spring. She joined her teammates as part of the medley relay team that won the MAAC indoor title. Olivia earned All-East honors at the ECAC Championships and All-East honors at the NCAA Cross Country regionals while achieving the program’s best finishes in both events. She is the first Siena female to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track East Regionals, where she qualified in the 10K. Olivia was the team captain for the teams last year and this year as well.

Olivia’s community service includes volunteering for the regional food bank and donating products to her family church. She donated gifts to the Siena Giving Tree and organized donated clothes at the Schenectady City Mission.

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the August 7 event. The next recipient will be announced on June 28.

ALBANY, NY – Kara Bacon, a senior at Warrensburg High School, has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2023 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Kara, who competes in basketball, soccer, and softball, will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. Ticket information is to be announced.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Kara is ranked #3 in her class with a 97.5 average. She has earned high honor roll recognition in all four years at Warrensburg. Kara was a HOBY Leadership Award recipient and also a President’s Award recipient in her junior year. She has received the George Eastman Young Leader Scholarship as well as the Innovation and Creation Scholarship. A member of the Nation Honor Society, Kara was a NYSPHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award winner in all four years. She is a member of the school’s French Club and Varsity Club.

Kara played soccer for five seasons, softball for four seasons and basketball for three seasons. She was a varsity captain for all three sports. She was named a First Team Adirondack League All Star three times in soccer, twice in softball and once in basketball. In soccer, she was a two-time Section 2 All-Star including 2022, the Offensive Player of the Year in her senior season. Her team was a Section 2 semi-finalist. On the court, Kara also was the Offensive Player of the Year this past season, and was a NYSSWA Class C Honorable Mention All Star. Her softball teams this season was a Section 2 Semifinalist, and she was the MVP of the Maple Hill Tournament this spring. Kara has signed a letter of intent to play softball at LeMoyne.

Kara’s community service includes volunteering for the Red Cross Blood Drive and the Honor Society Book Fair. She is a student ambassador for the Wounded Warrior Project and the Community Halloween Trail. She also volunteers as an official for youth basketball, soccer, and softball.

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the August 7 event. The next recipient will be announced on June 26.

ALBANY, NY – Rachael Frazier, a senior at Maple Hill High School, has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2023 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Rachael, who competes in basketball, soccer, and track & field, will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. Ticket information is to be announced.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Rachael has maintained a cumulative GPA greater than 95% at Maple Hill continuously throughout her middle and high school years. She was a Student of the Quarter three times from grades seven through 12 and was the Society of Women Engineers Merit Award Winner in 2022. Other awards she has received include the 2023 Rensselaer County Retired Teachers Association Education Scholarship Award, the 2023 Kiwanis Outstanding Senior Award and the 2023 C. Eleanor Tanner Business Education Award.

This past season, Rachael received the Patroon Conference Girls Scholar-Athlete Award for Girls Basketball and has been a Section 2 Scholar Athlete every season throughout her high school athletic career.  Rachael received the Most Improved Athlete award for the 2022 soccer season as well as being named a 2022 Second Team All-Star for Section 2 for Soccer.  In addition, she was the Most Improved player for the Basketball program for both the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 seasons as well as the Most Outstanding Defensive Player for the 2022-2023 season. She earned First Team All Star honors for the 2022 track and field season and the MVP of the Patroon Conference for the 2023 track season. She also received the Most Improved Award for the 2022 track & field season and MVP for the 2023 season.

Rachael’s community service includes volunteering for Quilts for Kids, which she has done since the age of 6. This is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming fabric into patchwork quilts for comfort children facing serious illness, trauma, abuse, and natural disasters. Rachael also volunteers for the Maple Hill Booster Club, working at all concession events and in other areas to assist the high school athletic department. She had done this since she was in 6th grade.  In addition, Rachael has spent her time volunteering within the Sacred Heart CYO Basketball program.

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the August 7 event. The next recipient will be announced on June 23.

ALBANY, NY – Emily Frost, a senior at Tamarac High School, has been named as one of the 10 scholastic award recipients for 2023 by the Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization.

Emily, who competes in wrestling, will be recognized at the Capital District Sports Women of the Year Awards Gala on Monday, August 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the GE Theatre at Proctors in Schenectady. Ticket information is to be announced.

The Capital District Sports Women of the Year organization (CDSWOY) honors the best and brightest female student athletes from high schools and colleges in the Capital District of New York State. The student-athletes will be recognized for their achievements in academics, athletics, and community service. More information is provided at the website: cdswoy.com.

Academically, Emily has a 96.47 GPA and ranks in the top 10 of her class at Tamarac. She has achieved this despite the fact that she is taking eight credits worth of classes each year, above the school average. Emily has taken all three of the AP classes offered at Tamarac and has been on the Honor Roll or High Honor Roll throughout her entire high school career.

Emily earned many athletic achievements in wrestling. She is the 2023 Eastern States Champion and the 2023 Women’s Freestyle State Champion as well as a United World Wrestling World Team Trials U20 All-American this year. She earned fourth place in 2023 Section 2 Class “C.” In 2022, Emily was a Women’s Freestyle State Champion and a United World Wrestling World Team Trials U17 All-American. In 2021, she was a Fargo Nationals All-American. She will attend the University of Iowa to compete in wrestling this fall.

Emily’s community service includes playing an integral part of the Curby Youth Wrestling Club. She volunteers for this organization throughout the year. This includes coaching and serving as a mentor to young wrestlers, along with imparting valuable life lessons, instilling confidence, and encouraging young athletes to pursue their dreams without fear.

A total of 10 high school and three college female student-athletes will be honored at the August 7 event. The next recipient will be announced on June 21.