Seniors named Scholar Athletes by local sports foundation

Two Voorheesville high school seniors were honored recently for their academic and athletic success.

Kristen Lysenko and Kevin Klembczyk were named Scholar Athletes by the Sports Foundation of the Capital Region.

Lysenko was a four-year member of the girls varsity volleyball team and has maintained a 95.25 average in her course studies. Klembczyk plays soccer, basketball and baseball and has maintained a 97 average in his course studies.

Lysenko plans to pursue a degree in biology, health and society at Cornell University's College of Human Ecology. She was a member of the high school volleyball team also played club volleyball with North Country Albany Juniors for two years. As a setter on the high school team, she was named first team all-conference as a senior and second team all-conference as a junior. She was selected as the most valuable player of the 2007 Voorheesville Volleyfest and was named to the 2006 All-Tournament Team. The high school volleyball team made it to the state tournament earlier this year and finished third in the state in Class C.

Lysenko and Klembczyk were among 135 students from the area who received the award from the non-profit foundation, which given out the awards for 16 years. The foundation’s mission is to promote the Capital Region through sports.