Deer Park High School seniors Dimaunte’ Gardner and Kelsey Rotzman were recent-ly chosen as the winners of the 2025 Suffolk Zone Awards. The Suffolk Zone Chapter of the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance annually gives awards to one male and one female student in each Suffolk high school, selected for excellent achievement in physical education, outstanding character and leadership in schoolwide activities.

Gardner, a small forward on the school’s league champion varsity boys basketball team, was named to Newsday’s Top 100 Long Island boys basketball players for 2024-2025, and earned the Principal’s Award at the spring 2024 Breakfast of Champions.

Rotzman, a key member of Deer Park’s varsity cheerleading team, was recently named an AP Scholar.

Date Added: 3/31/2025