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Fairport celebrates fall scholar-athletes; district earns Kerr Cup for 2023-24
Summary
The Fairport Central School District recognized fall athletic teams for high academic performance and announced the district won the Kerr Cup for statewide athletic success for the 2023-24 school year.
The Fairport Central School District recognized its fall athletic teams for high academic achievement and athletic success at the board meeting, and Athletic Director Fritz Killin announced the district also won the Kerr Cup for the 2023-24 school year.
Fritz Killin told the board that a team qualifies for the Scholar-Athlete Award when 75% of the roster maintains a GPA of 90 or above; he added individual athletes with a 90 GPA may receive individual scholar-athlete pins. Killin listed teams and athletes that earned team or individual Scholar-Athlete recognition this fall, including cheer, boys and girls cross country, field hockey, football, girls golf, gymnastics, boys and girls soccer, girls swimming and diving, tennis, boys and girls volleyball, and noted multiple section championships and state-level qualifiers.
Killin also described the Kerr Cup, presented by the New York State Sportswriters Association, as an athletics award based on measured competitive success across classifications. "For the 23-24 school year, I was informed that we won the Kerr Cup, not just for our classification, but for New York State as a whole," Killin said, adding that Fairport previously won the award in the 2018-19 school year. Killin noted the Scholar-Athlete Award and the Kerr Cup are distinct honors the district earned for academic and athletic performance.
Why it matters: The Scholar-Athlete recognition highlights academic performance among student-athletes; the Kerr Cup denotes measured competitive success across multiple sports and contributes to community and district athletic reputation.
Notable details cited by Killin during the presentation included: - Varsity gymnastics posted the district's highest team academic average at 97. - Boys soccer finished the season undefeated and advanced to the state championship. - Girls volleyball won the state title and the program was singled out as a New York State champion for the district.
The Athletic Director thanked coaches, families and the superintendent and board for support that enabled both travel and academic success across programs.
