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North Babylon High School honored with New York State Scholar Athlete Team Award North Babylon High School and its student athletes have been honored as the only school in Suffolk County to receive the New York State Scholar Athlete Team Award for the 2005-2006 school year. All of North Babylon's varsity teams maintained a minimum grade point average of 90. At a recent meeting of the district's Board of Education, Dr. Joseph Laria, acting superintendent, highlighted several team's grade point averages from the 05-06 school year: boys swimming & diving, 93; girls track, 97.3; field hockey, 94.3; girls cross country, 97.4; gymnastics, 94.6; and girls volleyball, 94.1. The award covers the high school's 24 varsity teams. "This award shows our exceptional athletes are also exceptional students and have a good balance between the two," Laria said at the November school board meeting. North Babylon is also only one of three school districts in Nassau and Suffolk counties combined to received the award, the first in the school's history. "The students are really a great group of men and women," said Matt Calarco, athletic director for the North Babylon School District. A banner commemorating the honor now hangs at the high school. To make sure student athletes are maintaining high academic standards, he noted that coaches schedule practices at 3 p.m. during school days to allow students needing extra help to attend after school study halls. Students needing extra help are required to provide a signed pass from their teacher to coaches showing their attendance to the study hall. High school varsity teams have started strong in the current school year in the school's attempt to receive the honor in two consecutive years. Each fall varsity team has grade point averages 90 or above. In other NBHS athletic news: Chanel Chisholm, a standout on the high school's girls varsity basketball team, has verbally committed to Vanderbilt University for a full athletic scholarship. She has also been recognized by Street & Smith as a High School Honorable Mention All American Candidate. Vanderbilt is one of the nation's stronger women's basketball team, having made numerous trips to the Sweet 16 Round of the NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship Tournament. Since 2002, the team has been coached by Melanie Balcomb, who was a finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award following her first season at the university. The New York State Baseball Coaches Association has named former student Mike Amendola Section XI Baseball Player of the Year. As captain of the 2006 North Babylon varsity baseball team, he led the team to its League IV title while setting school records in wins (19), league wins (15), longest winning streak (9) and clinched a playoff berth for a third straight season. Amendola, a three-year starter on varsity, was the MVP of League IV and an All-County selection with .515 batting average, 4 home runs and 20 runs batted in. He is currently enrolled in Cecil Junior College in Maryland on a baseball scholarship.
Jimmy Belanger, a member of the high school's Class of 2004, recently accepted a 70% baseball scholarship to from University of Louisville. He was a three-year member of the North Babylon varsity baseball team and in 2004 notched the school's first playoff victory in 40 years. After graduating from North Babylon, Belanger attended Cecil Community College.
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