STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — St. Joseph Hill’s Lianna DiMartini and Monsignor Farrell’s Eric Rodriguez have been named the 2025 recipients of the prestigious Varsity Club Awards, the Advance/SILive.com has learned.

The local service club annually honors two seniors who represent the combination of athletics, academics and citizenship.

DiMartini, who played basketball and flag football at Hill, earned the Dorothy Best Scholarship Award (Female) while Rodriguez, who competed on the Lions’ baseball team, was tabbed the Dr. Wilfred Willets Scholarship Award winner (Male).

Varsity club officials counted the votes of the local athletic directors and both DiMartini and Rodriguez were exceptional academically among a list of top-notch candidates from Staten Island’s schools. In fact, the award winners

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