The Mid-Hudson Athletic League recently honored its top senior student-athletes for each high school. Rondout Valley High School selected Elizabeth Hanigan and Hudson Paley.
Here are their profiles:
Elizabeth Hanigan
Class rank: 33
Varsity sports: Girls soccer; girls basketball; girls lacrosse; track and field
Athletic honors: Soccer – team captain; basketball – team captain; athlete of month winner; Varsity 845 player of week winner
Academic honors, extracurricular activities: “The Future Voices” art exhibit; Artwork in scholastic arts
Community service: Volunteer with Marbletown elementary dance, American Heart Association Applebee’s breakfast; Family House Thanksgiving Donation; Newcomers Uplifted peer leader
Future plans: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, majoring in criminal justice, compete in women’s soccer
Hudson Paley
Class rank: 1
Varsity sports: Boys golf; indoor and outdoor track and field
Athletic honors: Golf – team captain; Section 9 tourney qualifier; indoor track and field – team captain; Nike nationals triple jump qualifier; outdoor track and field – team captain; qualified for state qualifier in triple jump, discus
Academic honors, extracurricular activities: Valedictorian; National Honor Society president; state Math League tournament qualifier in 2025, 2026; all-state jazz saxophone; captain of Math team
Community service: Volunteer with Christ the King Church, unified bowling, polar plunge fundraiser; Newcomers Uplifted peer leader; special education advocacy member
Future plans: Hamilton College, majoring in data science/mathematics
Recent Rondout Valley scholar-athletes
2025 – Clara Mae Samko; Kendell Erlwein
2024 – Olivia Waruch; Gabriel Schoonmaker
2023 – Izzy Kinsella; Marley Pileggi
2022 – Gigi Koch; Ethan Koch
2021 – Margo Picuri; Jack Radliff
2020 – Katherine Hardy; Dante Catalfamo
2019 – Meghan Morse; Sam Culwell
2018 – Avery Britt; Brent Quigley
2017 – Sasha Stratton; Wilfredo Deleon Maldonado
2016 – Alexandra Mondini; Andrew Koonz
2015 – Ashley Higby; Alex Tocco
2014 – Onnika Gullickson; Samuel Plank
2013 – Skylar Kortright; Henry Hauser
2012 – Ashley Mondini; Collin Dimler
2011 – Angela Cullo; Gavin Gullickson
2010 – Kathryn Roosa; Nicholas Schwab
2009 – Erin Koonz; Hans Schulte
2008 – Erica Gantz; Jacob Waruch
2007 – Hallie Schwab; Bryan Aitken
2006 – Jessica Koonz; Gerhard Schulte
2005 – Leslie Aitken; Peter Dadarria
2004 – Lauren Aitken; Douglas Mackenzie
2003 – Krista Stokes; Jason D’Angelo
2002 – Alexandra Gruner; Jonathan Vosper
2001 – Adria Linehan; Brandon Sebold
2000 – Claire Henerson; Adam Jury
1999 – Bethany Basten; Oliver Wise
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Above and beyond – Here are Rondout Valley’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
