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2021 Dellecave Award Winners Announced
Half Hollow Hills East's Soledad Jean and Newfield's Lorenzo Selini Win 2021 Dellecave Award
Half Hollow Hills East senior Soledad Jean and Newfield High School senior Lorenzo Selini were recently honored with the Butch Dellecave Award. Newfield is in Selden and is one of two high schools in the Middle Country School District. The Half Hollow Hills School District also has two high schools in Dix Hills.
Named in memory of the legendary educator, official, and coach Gaetano “Butch” Dellecave, the award is the product of a highly successful 21-year partnership between local school districts in Suffolk County and the award organizers: the Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, the Butch Dellecave Foundation, and Newsday.
Athletic Directors from all sixty-six Suffolk County school districts are asked to nominate one male and one female from their high school senior class. Nominees must be students who are not only at the top of their game, but also score high in classroom performance and in their commitment to local community service.
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Jean, a track and field standout and team captain, was also the senior class secretary and has been involved with anti-bullying and anti-harassment efforts as a peer ambassador. She’ll be going to the University of Louisville in Kentucky where she’ll be studying biology with a focus on a career in psychiatry or physical therapy. She graduates with an impressive 3.7 GPA.
Selini will be attending Hofstra University in Uniondale and aspires to be a professional soccer player. The Newfield soccer team captain and four-year starter is recognized as a role model for fellow student athletes. Selini is a two-time Newsday Boys Soccer Player of the Year and was president of the Varsity Leaders Club where he did volunteer work for Habitat for Humanity. His GPA heading into the final quarter of the school year was a notable 95.2.
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About the Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, Inc.
The Economic Opportunity Council of Suffolk, Inc. – a not-for- profit 501(c)(3) community-based organization – has been serving Suffolk County for 54 years. It is the county’s federally designated Community Action Agency, designed to assist low-income families and individuals. The agency’s mission is to promote a goal of self-sufficiency by broadening the minds of children, revitalizing communities, and assisting families and children in need through coordination of public and private resources.