Beacon High School in Manhattan continued its unprecedented win streak taking home the varsity boys’ title for the sixth time in eight years at the Mayor’s Cup All-Scholastic Tennis Championships, the largest annual free interscholastic tennis tournament in the nation. Beacon defeated longtime rival Horace Mann in the final.
With 600 entries, comprised of 14 team and individual events. representing public, private, and parochial schools from the five boroughs of New York City, the Mayor’s Cup is open to students in elementary, middle, and high school and is the only opportunity for many schools to compete against each other.
In the Elementary School Team division, PS 289 defeated PS 187, and in the Middle School Team division, Hunter defeated MS 167.
In addition to on court performance, the Mayor’s Cup recognizes outstanding sportsmanship and academic excellence with awards and scholarships:
KYLE BARTON AWARD FOR A GRADUATING SENIOR DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP AND SPORTMANSHIP
Tawhid Choudhury – The Ogburn School
BRIAN WATKINS AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP – GRADUATING SENIOR $250 COLLEGE STIPEND
Calvin Chung – Horace Mann School
Gabriel Sifuentes – St. Francis Preparatory School
JANA HUNSAKER MEMORIAL AWARD
Kyra Bergman – The Beacon School
KAE JONES VARSITY SCHOOL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Tyler Kats – The Beacon School
Isabella Hartman – Grace Church School
CLAUDETTE TOWNSEND MEMORIAL AWARD – OVERALL SPORTSMANSHIP -ALL GRADES
Imani Jean – Philippa Schuyler Middle School
GREG CARRINGTON SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD – ELEMENTARY
Anthony Abbott – United Nations International School
ANDRE LAHENS SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD – ELEMENTARY
Claire An – Brearley School
ANDREW STRASSER SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD – MIDDLE SCHOOL
William Das – Hunter College High School
ANDREW FEINBERG SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD – CAMP SCHOLARSHIP MIDDLE SCHOOL
Natalie Eordekian – St Sebastian’s School
VICTOR KIAM “GOING FOR IT” SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Coney Bank
a. 13 years with NYJTL, attending Queens College in the Fall majoring in East Asian Studies
Jeremy Breland
b. 10 years with NYJTL (2 years coaching) attending Queens College in the Fall majoring in Sports & Fitness
Christian Cirillo
c. 4 years with NYJTL, attending St. John’s University in the Fall majoring in Accounting
Mariana Santamaria
d. 13 years with NYJTL (1 year coaching) attending St. John’s University in the Fall majoring in Biology
Winners in the individual competitions included:
ELEMENTARY BOYS RUNNER-UP
Neel Krishnaswamy – The Gateway School
ELEMENTARY BOYS WINNER
Timotey Stofa – PS 166 Q Henry Gradstein Elementary School
ELEMENTARY GIRLS RUNNER-UP
Caitlin Bui – PS 162 John Golden School
ELEMENTARY GIRLS WINNER
Claire An – Brearley School
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS DOUBLES WINNER
Jean Paul Santamaria, Jean Pierre Santamaria – I.S. 119 The Glendale
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS RUNNER-UP
Ryuichi Nitta – Ethical Culture Fieldston School
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS WINNER
Jace Alexander – Dwight School
MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS RUNNER-UP
Sarah Youngberg – Spence School
MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS WINNER
Natalie Eordekian – St Sebastian’s School
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS DOUBLES WINNER
Alexander Chiu, Alex Goldstein – The Bronx High School of Science
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS RUNNER-UP
Gabriel Sifuentes – St. Francis Preparatory School
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WINNER
Noah Edelman – The Beacon School
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS DOUBLES WINNER
Isha Agarwal, Madison Li – Horace Mann School
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS RUNNER-UP
Christina Huynh – The Bronx High School of Science
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS WINNER
Shawnte Beale – Home School
About New York Junior Tennis & Learning
Hosted by New York Junior Tennis & Learning (NYJTL) for 29 years, this year’s final awards celebration was held on the newly opened Victor Kiam Stadium at the Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning, the flagship home of NYJTL, which is the largest youth tennis and education nonprofit in the United States, serving over 75,000 youth annually in New York City. The Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning is located in the heart of the South Bronx with access to 20 tennis courts and two stadium courts. NYJTL offers year-round tennis programming and provides 6,000 hours of free tennis to the community annually. Learn more at www.nyjtl.org
For additional information, please contact Joe Ceriello, jceriello@nyjtl.org.