This LB resident is off to Swarthmore and earned this high honor base upon his performance in HS and his stellar community service. He was not a Marine, as he went to Regis HS where he was a National Merit Finalist & achived the Order of the Owl, making him top dog academic wise there, each of the years in his HS career. Playing for the team he was the captain of the 2x NYC Champs and was chosen for the All-City Select Team.
As for his community service, Shane was was a Leader of the Nassau County Kids Tales Program, Teaching assistant for St. Ann's School, Harlem, Writing Asst. at Regis and a Summer Volunteer at NYU Winthrop Hospital. Oh yes, he is also a pianist and improving his Polish and Spanish language skills.
His club ball was with the Levittown Gunners of the LIJSL and the EDP Select team.
Livio, who passed in 2002 was omnipresent in local soccer for quite some time before his passing as the VP of ENYYSA.
Ross closed out his award winning essay with "As Mr. D'Arpinos was, I hope to be viewed throughout my life as a person for others."