An impressive 64 Massapequa High School Chiefs will continue their athletic careers on colleges teams around the country next fall, including those at Yale, Georgia Tech and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
“We are extremely proud that our students will lend their athletic skills to these colleges and universities,” said John Piropato, director of health, physical education and athletics. “They will be great assets to their teams as well as their schools next year.”
The senior athletes and the colleges they will attend are: Baseball players Gregory Camarda, Lasell College; Anthony DeSousa, St. Joseph’s College; Stephen Koester, Muhlenberg College; Zach Landy, Alvernia University; Jesse Nakashian, Montclair State University; Brian Primm, Manhattanville College; Ryan Warner, Baruch College; basketball player Carmela Gampero, St. Joseph’s College; field hockey players Christina Conkling, SUNY Brockport; Isabel Rodriguez, SUNY Oswego; football players Frank Americo, Pace University; Joseph Butterworth, SUNY Maritime; Tanner Olson, SUNY Cortland; Dominic Sofia, LIU Post; Matthew Sollenne, LIU Post; golf player Josh Rose, SUNY Purchase, ice hockey player Thomas Kiernan, Quinnipiac University; lacrosse players Griffin Barnathan, U.S. Air Force Academy; Olivia Batista, Binghamton University; Matthew Beck, Misericordia University, Andrew Bernardi, Georgia Tech; Thomas DeSilva, Mount St. Mary College; Paul DiLena, Adelphi University; Sean Gleason, SUNY Albany; Carter Hawthorne, Weslyan University; Griffin Konen, Binghamton University; Maddie Lee, SUNY Geneseo; Sean McSwiggan, Misericordia University; Kerri Sayrafe, Robert Morris University; Nicholas Yevoli, Yale University; soccer players Jessica Ammendola, Bloomsburg University; Kristen Bischoff, Wagner College; Cara Gallagher, Stony Brook University; Jack Macchia, Eastern University; Sara Mangialardi, Iona College; Meghan McCabe, Rider University; Brandon Merklin, UMASS, Amherst; Sean Nealis, Hofstra University; Andrew Prendergast, SUNY Cortland; Maggie Shanley, Marist College; Olivia Stegner, Sienna College, Zack Zaia, SUNY Cortland; Mackenzie Palmer, Sacred Heart University; soccer/track athlete Rose Mahan, Mercy College; softball player Krista Carcaterra, Castleton State College; swimmers Brendan Creagh, SUNY Oswego; Taylor Lotito, Sacred Heart University; Panagiotis Petkanas, Maritime College; Jaclyn Pianese, Sacred Heart University; tennis player Nassar Ghaffar, Mount St. Mary College; track athlete Jake Finkelstein, SUNY ESF; track and field athletes Tim Eng, Roanoke College; Devin McQuillan, Ithaca College; Sophia Mistretta, Farmingdale State College; Matt Neubauer, SUNY Oneonta; John Putnam, Auburn University; Kyle Senn, Farmingdale State College; Brian Walker, SUNY Stony Brook; Nikki Zizzo, Utica College; volleyball players Alexandra Dillon, Skidmore College; Nick McIntyre, Kean University; Mikayla Porr, Le Moyne College; Jamie Schlesinger, SUNY Brockport; Nicholas Smith, SUNY New Paltz and wrestler Michael Regan, Kings College.
