MANCHESTERBYTHESEA – For her prowess both in the classroom and on athletic fields, Lily Athanas, Manchester-Essex Regional High School three-sport captain, was honored as the Moynihan Lumber Student Athletes of the Month for December.
Athanas is one of the area’s top three-sport athletes as she has earned a spot on the Cape Ann League All-Star team in field hockey, basketball and lacrosse.
This fall, she was named the CAL Baker Player of the Year in leading the Hornets to an 8-1-1 record to win the league title outright. She is a two-way midfielder that is an elite performer offensively and defensively.
“I’ve played that midfield position for four years so getting used to the (COVID rule changes) this season wasn’t so bad,” Athanas said. “My goal is basically getting the ball from defense to offense, I’m the second line of defense and I have a forward line in front of me so I try to cover as much ground as I can.”
She is also a senior captain on the basketball team and the 2020 CAL Baker Defensive Player of the Year. She will be a senior captain on the lacrosse team this spring.
Athanas will be playing lacrosse in college at the University of Georgetown and was an All League performer as a sophomore in the spring of 2019 when the Hornets reached the Division 2 State Finals.
In the classroom, Athanas is a Manchester Essex Scholar, which is awarded to students who have achieved a grade point average of 4.7 or higher while taking honors or AP courses in all five core subjects.
As a junior, she received the George Washington University Book Award for academic excellence and leadership outside the classroom. She is also a member of the National Honors Society, the Spanish Club and the STEM Club. She plans to study science in college.
“I’m hoping to go into the Georgetown School of Nursing and Health Studies,” she said. “My goal is a career where I can help people and I really like the sciences and medicine so that seems like a good fit for me. My course load at Manchester Essex has helped prepare me for it.”
Lily Athanas, Three-sport Captain, Manchester-Essex High School
