{"id":131805,"date":"2024-06-14T21:01:36","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T01:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131805"},"modified":"2024-06-14T21:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T01:01:36","slug":"st-lukes-all-star-awards-show-recognizes-local-college-high-school-student-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=131805","title":{"rendered":"St. Luke\u2019s All-Star Awards Show Recognizes Local College, High School Student Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network held its annual All-Star Awards Show on WFMZ-TV Channel 69 on Thursday, June 13. Recognizing the region\u2019s top scholastic and youth club athletes, coaches and teams, St. Luke\u2019s presented awards in eight categories during our live broadcast from 7 &#8211; 8 pm. The awards show was held at Notre Dame Green Pond (NDGP) in Bethlehem Township.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>WFMZ Sports Director Dan Moscaritolo and Sports Anchor Jim Vaughn of \u201cThe Big Ticket\u201d again served as hosts. Our special guest and presenter for the night was St. Luke\u2019s Community Ambassador Chanelle Price, world champion middle distance runner. Fox Sports\u2019 own Mike Raymond, host of St. Luke\u2019s Sports Round Up, MC\u2019d the event for the second year in a row.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Now in its sixth year, St. Luke\u2019s All-Star Awards were affected by the COVID pandemic like all public events and were presented remotely. This is the second year since its debut in 2019 that the show was presented on television with a live audience.<\/div>\n<div>Winners of St. Luke\u2019s 2024 All-Star Awards were announced live during the show. They are:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Male Athlete of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Sean Kinney<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Nazareth Area High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Female Athlete of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Kseniia Luniushina<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>East Stroudsburg Senior High School South<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Coach of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Jarrad Max<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>William Allen High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Male Team of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Bethlehem Catholic High School Wrestling<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Bethlehem Catholic High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Female Team of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Oley Valley High School Field Hockey<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Oley Valley High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>College Male Athlete of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Xavier Pena<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Centenary University<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>College Female Athlete of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Shinelle Felix<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Alvernia Univeristy<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Against All Odds<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Joey Groller<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Whitehall High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Against All Odds<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Tiffany Cappellano<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Oley Valley High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Fall Play of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Jah&#8217;Khi Daves<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Emmaus High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Winter Play of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Nick Coval<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Parkland High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Spring Play of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Jake Zellin<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Salisbury High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Male Athlete of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Sean Kinney<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Nazareth Area High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Female Athlete of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Kseniia Luniushina<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>East Stroudsburg Senior High School South<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>Coach of the Year<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>Jarrad Max<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div>William Allen High School<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>About St. Luke\u2019s<\/b><\/div>\n<div>Founded in 1872,\u00a0<b><u><a id=\"m_-8500091258848125867OWA83519af5-a0ad-b08b-b61e-b4f0bec8ebda\" title=\"St. Luke's University Health Network\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slhn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.slhn.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1718494294361000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1ItVv1NzSDFA4V0xs0dtM8\">St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network<\/a><\/u><\/b>\u00a0(SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 20,000 employees providing services at 15 campuses and 300+ outpatient sites.\u00a0 With annual net revenue of $3.4 billion, the Network\u2019s service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke\u2019s hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/div>\n<div>Dedicated to advancing medical education, St. Luke\u2019s is the preeminent teaching hospital in central-eastern Pennsylvania.\u00a0 In partnership with Temple University, the Network established the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only four-year medical school campus.\u00a0 It also operates the nation\u2019s longest continuously operating School of Nursing, established in 1884, and 45 fully accredited graduate medical educational programs with more than 400 residents and fellows. In 2022, St. Luke\u2019s, a member of the Children\u2019s Hospital Association, opened the Lehigh Valley\u2019s first and only free-standing facility dedicated entirely to kids.<\/div>\n<div>SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare\u2019s\u00a0<i>five-star<\/i>\u00a0ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction.\u00a0 It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades\u00a0<i>Top Hospital<\/i>\u00a0and a Newsweek World\u2019s\u00a0<i>Best Hospital<\/i>.\u00a0 The Network\u2019s flagship University Hospital has earned the\u00a0<i>100 Top Major Teaching Hospital<\/i>\u00a0designation from Fortune\/PINC AI 11 times total and eight years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as THE #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY.\u00a0 In 2021, St. Luke\u2019s was identified as one of the\u00a0<i>15 Top Health Systems<\/i>\u00a0nationally.\u00a0 Utilizing the Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system for both inpatient and outpatient services, the Network is a multi-year recipient of the\u00a0<i>Most Wired<\/i>\u00a0award recognizing the breadth of the SLUHN\u2019s information technology applications such as telehealth, online scheduling and online pricing information. \u00a0The Network is also recognized as one of the state\u2019s lowest cost providers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nGary Blockus<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network held its annual All-Star Awards Show on WFMZ-TV Channel 69 on Thursday, June 13. 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