Riverhead athletic director Bill Groth honored as Suffolk director of the year by state organization

Riverhead Central School District athletic director Bill Groth was named Suffolk Zone Physical Education and and Health Director of the Year for 2015 by the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Groth was among 10 Suffolk County educators honored last month by the organization at a dinner held at the Holbrook Country Club. A college student was also honored with the Suffolk Zone future professional award.

Also honored were:

Alexandra Marshall, SUNY Brockport, Suffolk Zone Future Professional Award

Nancy O’Donnell, Babylon School District, Suffolk Zone Middle School Teacher of the Year

Lynn Hefele, Huntington School District, Suffolk Zone Elementary School Teacher of the Year, NYS AHPERD Elementary Teacher of the Year

Maryann Hamilton, SUNY Brockport & Adelphi University, Suffolk Zone Higher Education Award

Kristina Bittner, Lindenhurst School District, Suffolk Zone Elementary Health Teacher of the Year

Mike Gibbons, Half Hollow Hills School District, Suffolk Zone Adapted PE Teacher of the Year, NYS AHPERD Adapted PE Teacher of the Year

Rollin Haffer, Middle Country Central School, Suffolk Zone Amazing Person of the Year

Diane Miller, Sachem School District, Suffolk Zone Secondary Health Teacher of the Year

Jennifer Champagne, SUNY Stony Brook, St. Josephs’s College, Half Hollow Hills School District, Suffolk Zone Aquatics Teacher of the Year

The NYS Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance is a membership organization of health, physical education, recreation and dance education professionals, youth coaches, health professionals and future professionals whose mission is to promote and advocate for physically active and healthy lifestyles through school and community programs in health education, physical education, recreation and dance.