The Times is proud to honor Rita Romano from Lyons Central School as its Scholar Athlete of the Week. 

The senior has been named the Wayne Finger Lakes Senior of the Year and earned First Team All-League honors in swimming. She is currently running indoor track and field, and she has participated in both sports since middle school.

In the classroom, she’s on pace to become her class valedictorian, while volunteering in several groups, leadership classes, and National Honor Society.  Rita is also is completing an internship with the Lyons Athletic Department this season.  

"Having Rita on the team is like having another coach on staff," track coach, Eric Benderski tells The Times. "She’s at practice everyday, leads the team through warm-ups and routines and consistently improves in each of her events.  She also will step-in on a regular basis to run events when we need someone to help out the overall success of the team."

Upon graduation, Romano plans to attend William Smith College where she will swim.  

The Times encourages all county athletic directors to send their nominees to danborrello@yahoo.com.