Based on his outstanding work in the classroom, his athletic achievements and his model behavior as a student-athlete,  Menlo School senior Hayden Pegley has won a Central Coast Section Scholar-Athlete Scholarships.

Pegley, a football and basketball player who earned a spot as a walk-on for Vanderbilt football, was one of 18 semifinalists for Player of the Year honors.

Exceptional student-athletes were nominated by their schools and put forth to their leagues for selection. One male student and one female student were selected from each of the nine leagues that make up the CCS. 

The 16s semifinalist will each receive a $500 scholarship at the CCS Scholar-Athlete Awards Breakfast later this month. Emma Cushing of York School and Zachary Miller of Pacific Grove were named Female and Male Athletes of the Year. CCS release 

CCS Scholar-Athlete Scholarship recipients

• Mark Brogan, Silver Creek
• Anders Chiang, Menlo-Atherton
• Oksana Chubrikova, Jewish Comm. School
• Eric Coyle, Archbishop Mitty 
• Sara Deck, Los Gatos  
• Kylie Dillon, Monte Vista Christian
• Matthew Founds, Soquel 
• Sarah Gayer, Mills 
• Eric Heiser, Gilroy
• Hunter Kaufman, Summit Prep
• Annika McBride, Aptos 
• Hayden Pegley, Menlo School
• Emily Skahill, Saint Francis 
• Peter Snodgrass, Palo Alto 
• Claire Traum, Castilleja School
• Sydney Voss, Branham