{"id":66131,"date":"2025-07-16T22:58:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T02:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=66131"},"modified":"2025-07-16T22:58:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T02:58:37","slug":"nys-nysphsaa-recognizes-2024-2025-schools-of-distinction-and-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/nys-nysphsaa-recognizes-2024-2025-schools-of-distinction-and-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"NYS\/NYSPHSAA Recognizes 2024-2025 Schools of Distinction and Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. (NYSPHSAA) is proud to recognize the Schools of Distinction and Excellence for the 2024-2025 school year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be recognized as a School of Distinction, a school must apply for the honor and have 100% of its varsity teams earn the Scholar-Athlete Team Award during their respective sports seasons. The School of Excellence designation is awarded to schools that apply and have at least 75% of their varsity teams achieve this same academic recognition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongratulations&nbsp;to our Schools of Distinction and Excellence,\u201d said Dr. Robert Zayas, NYSPHSAA Executive Director. \u201cThese prestigious honors represent the culmination of a school year marked by outstanding achievement in the classroom. These accolades would not be possible without the dedication, hard work, and commitment of the student-athletes, coaches, and administrators whose efforts these awards proudly recognize.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, 110 schools earned the School of Distinction Award and 221 schools earned the School of Excellence Award. The purpose of the awards is to unite athletic departments in challenging their teams to achieve a statewide academic honor.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Winning schools will receive their commemorative awards at their local athletic director workshop this fall.&nbsp; To be eligible to receive these prestigious awards, schools must apply following the Spring Scholar-Athlete submission each school year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Links to lists below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nysphsaa.org\/documents\/2025\/7\/8\/2024_2025_School_of_Distinction.pdf\">2025 School of Distinction (PDF) &#8211; New York State Public High School Athletic Association<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nysphsaa.org\/documents\/2025\/7\/8\/2024_2025_School_of_Excellence.pdf\">2025 School of Excellence (PDF) &#8211; New York State Public High School Athletic Association<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release &nbsp;The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. (NYSPHSAA) is proud to recognize the Schools of Distinction and Excellence for the 2024-2025 school year.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To be recognized as a School of Distinction, a school must apply for the honor and have 100% of its varsity teams \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/16\/nys-nysphsaa-recognizes-2024-2025-schools-of-distinction-and-excellence\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[716],"tags":[5254,5255],"class_list":["post-66131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nys","tag-nysphsaa","tag-schools-of-distinction-and-excellence"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-hcD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56465,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/genesee-county-batavia-high-school-achieves-nysphsaa-school-of-excellence-status-for-2023-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":66131,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia High School Achieves NYSPHSAA School of Excellence Status for 2023-2024","author":"aka","date":"August 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Batavia High School Joins Elite Group of 226 Schools Statewidein Achieving Excellence Status Press release Batavia, NY - The Batavia City School District proudly announces that Batavia High School has been named a School of Excellence for the 2023-2024 academic year by the New York State Public High School Athletic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32985,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/06\/02\/batavia-city-school-district-spring-sports-teams-named-scholar-athlete-teams-by-the-nys-public-high-school-athletic-association\/","url_meta":{"origin":66131,"position":1},"title":"BATAVIA\/City School District Spring Sports teams named &#8220;Scholar-Athlete teams&#8221; by the NYS Public High School Athletic Association","author":"aka","date":"June 2, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release\u00a0 BATAVIA, NY\u2013 The Batavia City School District is proud to announce that all seven of the district\u2019s 2022 spring sports teams were named \u201cScholar-Athlete Teams\u201d by New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA).\u00a0 The BCSD Scholar-Athlete Teams included:\u00a0 Baseball, with 13 individual scholar-athletes Boys Golf, with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/gennesse-county\/batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":66055,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/14\/genesee-county-pembroke-jr-sr-h-s-one-of-four-schools-in-the-state-that-have-received-a-nysphsaa-sportsmanship-banner-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":66131,"position":2},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Pembroke Jr. Sr. H.S. one of four schools in the state that have received a NYSPHSAA Sportsmanship Banner Award","author":"aka","date":"July 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release LATHAM, NY\u00a0\u2013 The New York State Public High School Athletic Association Inc. 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