Felix Named Section XI Athlete of the Week

This morning, Section XI announced that Beth Felix is their Athlete of the Week. Here is the press release from Section XI:

Each week Section XI will announce a male and female athlete of the week. Nominees are submitted by school district athletic directors.

The athletes of the week for the Week of January 29 are Beth Felix from Stony Brook and Sean Braithwaite from Center Moriches.

Female Athlete of the Week: Beth Felix, Stony Brook

Beth Felix has been a strong asset for the Stony Brook girls’ basketball team both on and off the court. One of the top scorers in Suffolk with a 22.8 points per game average, Felix is also a great leader in her school and in the community. She was honored this past December with a town community service award for raising over $13,000 for a non-profit camp that serves teens. She also started a campaign to provide 10,000 Bibles to non-profit ministries and the underprivileged. She started another program called H.E.L.P (Heroin Epidemic Lifeline Program) for which she has campaigned, raised, and distributed over $18,000 worth of educational materials back to the community and also finds time to maintain a 3.9 GPA.

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