The Mid-Hudson Athletic League recently honored its top senior student-athletes for each high school. Rhinebeck High School selected Eleanor Firestone and Sawyer Giles.
Here are their profiles:
Eleanor Firestone
Class rank: 12
Varsity sports: Girls soccer, unified basketball; track and field
Athletic honors: Soccer – team captain
Academic honors, extracurricular activities: National Honor Society treasurer; class president; student body vice president; Culture Connect student ambassador; MHAL all-academic team; state scholar athlete
Community service: Interact Club vice president
Future plans: Boston College, majoring in international relations
Sawyer Giles
Class rank: 11
Varsity sports: Boys golf; baseball
Athletic honors: Baseball – team captain
Academic honors, extracurricular activities: National Honor Society; high honor roll; two-time student of the month; Rotary youth leadership conference scholarship recipient; county-wide art show runner-up; MHAL all-academic team; state scholar athlete
Community service: Rotary Interact Club president; Class of 2026 president; art club president
Future plans: University of Maryland, majoring in mechanical engineering
Recent Rhinebeck scholar-athletes
2025 – Amanda O’Han; Jason Gisby-Hanks
2024 – Anna Savolainen; Bodhi Binetti
2023 – Brooke Aierstok; Joseph Hagerty
2022 – Sana Cheema; Logan Dykeman
2021 – Elena Raccuia; Cole Dixon
2020 – Kathleen Hall; Colin Murray
2019 – Caroline Voorhis; Jack Dykeman
2018 – Stephanie Cassens; Lyle Schwartz
2017 – Sabrina Shih; Elias Econpouly
2016 – Barr Lavi-Romer; Walter Gadsby
2015 – Rachel Tigge; Eric Rodriguez
2014 – Brandt Slayton; Christine Hatter
2013 – Catherine Ely; Alex Newman
2012 – Serena Ferrari; Nicholas Hatter
2011 – Megan Michie; Benjamin Hoynes
2010 – Ainslee Cunningham; Louis Berger
2009 – Elizabeth Marvin; Anatole Malukoff
2008 – Rachel Baker; Kevin Todisco
2007 – Caroline Moore; Greg Marvin
2006 – Joanna Berger; Andrew Irish
2005 – Chelsea camp; Kevin Herr
2004 – Emily Forschler; Taylor Ives
2003 – Stephanie Weichsel; Peter Kane
2002 – Katharine Clark; Avery Briggs
2001 – Maureen Ghee; Liam Doyle
2000 – Nicole Sausto; Michael Sama
1999 – Kathleen Dobson; Christine Dobson; Chris Montalto
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Above and beyond – Here are Rhinebeck’s scholar athletes for 2025-26
Reporting by Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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By Ken McMillan, Middletown Times Herald- Record | USA TODAY Network
