Deerfield High School Graduates Receive DYBA/DYSBA Scholarships

Annually, the Deerfield Youth Baseball and Softball Association recognizes its exceptional alumni. On Tuesday, June 8th, the DYBA/DYSBA Board awarded six $1000 college scholarships to Deerfield High School graduates for their distinct involvement in community service, academics, and sports. The scholarships are earned based on DYBA/DYSBA Board and the Deerfield High School varsity baseball and softball team’s voting.

DYBA Commissioner, Harley Rosenthal said “Growing up in Deerfield as a DHS and DYBA/DYSBA alumnus myself and being a part of the DHS and DYBA/DYSBA communities for many years, it is a tremendous honor to make these awards and is inspiring to be able to see the amazing accomplishments of our young adults and scholarship winners. They and their families should be extremely proud of the young men and women they have become, and DYBA/DYSBA wishes all of our scholarship recipients nothing but the best in their future college and professional endeavors. Always know that there is a baseball and softball field waiting for you to play on when you come back home!”

The DYBA Board is pleased to recognize the following six graduates:

Allie Danielewicz – Varsity player scholarship recipient. Allie participated in softball and swimming all 4 years at DHS. She played DYBA house and travel softball for more than six years. She is a Girl Scouts Gold Award winner. Allie will be working this summer at the Arlington Heights golf course and the Deerfield Park District pools as a swim instructor. Allie will be attending the University of Kansas in the fall with plans to study education.

Sara Ruelli – DYBA/DYSBA scholarship recipient. Sara said the three things that DYBA softball brought to her were “friendships, bonding, and growth.” Sara played softball at DHS all 4 years and played DYBA softball for 5 years. Sara is a member of her peer ministry, a Footprint Leader, and will be interning this summer in Glenview school district 34. In the fall, Sara will be attending Illinois State University majoring in special education.

Tyler Schreiber – DYBA/DYSBA scholarship recipient. Tyler was a 3-sport athlete at DHS. She played field hockey, basketball, and soccer. Tyler was a member of DYBA house and travel softball for 8 plus years. She was a member of the DHS student council, an Academic Resource Student tutor, a volunteer for the Special Olympics, a DHS freshman advisor, member of the DHS science club, a National Merit Commended Scholar, a DHS Honor Society member, and a DHS Spanish Honor Society member. This summer Tyler will be working as a counselor at the Deerfield Park District sports camp. Tyler will be attending Northwestern University this fall with plans to major in economics.

Tyler Nagelbach - Varsity player scholarship recipient. Tyler played baseball at DHS all four years of his high school career and will be attending Oakton College to play college baseball.

Sam Schwartz – DYBA/DYSBA scholarship recipient. Sam is the athletic announcer at DHS sporting events as well as DYBA house, travel, and All-Star games. Sam said DYBA was instrumental to him pursuing his passion of becoming an athletic announcer. Sam was very involved in game operations at DHS for various sports and clubs. Sam played DYBA house and travel baseball and was also an umpire for DYBA. Sam is also one of the organizers of DYBA’s Wooden Bat Tournament. He is attending Syracuse University in the fall and plans to study media and communications, sports management, and sabermetrics.

Matthew Siciliano – DYBA/DYSBA scholarship recipient. Matt played DHS baseball all 4 years. He was a DYBA house and travel baseball player for 8 plus years. Matt also played club baseball for the Slammers. Over the years, Matt has been one of the key resources working at the DYBA shed and will continue working there this summer. He was a DHS Spanish Honor Society member and an Academic Resource Student tutor. Matt will be attending the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana this fall and plans to study environmental science.

Congratulations to these outstanding graduates and their families. We wish all our current and past players success after their DHS career.