RE student-athletes earn all-Dade honors

Three golfers – Jake Beber-Frankel '20, Phoebe Beber-Frankel '20 and Rachel DeAngulo '20 – and two volleyball players, Mia Balestra '21 and Dani Ortiz '21, won all-Dade first-team recognition for fall 2019 from the Miami Herald as four football players made the Herald's first All-Independent Football Team. Find the all-Dade report here and football listing here.
More than two dozen RE student-athletes earned all-Dade honors in the report posted online Feb. 19, and Thomas Schein '21, Nick Namias '20, Stephen Garrett '20 and Robert Moret '20 were named to the newspaper's inaugural all-independent football team. 

Seven Raiders earned second-team all-Dade recognition and seven, third-team honors. See complete list below.

Jake Beber-Frankel, who is headed to Stanford University to continue his golf career, finished tied for third in the state and won district and regional championships. DeAngulo, who will pursue golf at Northwestern University, won the district title and finished 13th at the state meet; Phoebe Beber-Frankel finished second in districts and tied for 21st at states.

Balestra scored 481 assists, 154 digs, 65 kills and 17 aces in 2019; Ortiz collected 648 assists, 163 service points, 36 aces, 159 digs and 46 kills.

The four football players helped the Raiders finish near the top of the Florida Independent Football Conference with a 7-3 record after a 6-0 start. Schein completed 55 percent of his passes for 1,165 yards and 12 touchdowns. Moret caught 53 passes for 675 yards and eight touchdowns. All four players won previous all-county recognition.

All-Dade RE Athletes 

FIRST TEAM 
Mia Balestra ’21, volleyball 
Jake Beber-Frankel ’20, golf 
Phoebe Beber-Frankel ’20, golf 
Rachel DeAngulo ’20, golf 
Dani Ortiz ’21, volleyball 

SECOND TEAM 
Sophia Antezana ’20, volleyball 
Zach Buttrick ’20, golf 
Madison Munroe ’22, cross country 
Girls’ 200 free relay (Sophie G '22, Lauren Heller '22, Georgia Murphy '20 and Alexa Hommen '22), swimming 

THIRD TEAM
 
Felipe de Cardenas ’22, cross country 
Marc Chaneles ’20, golf 
Cami Lindsey ’21, volleyball 
Girls’ 400 free relay (same as 200 free relay), swimming 

HONORABLE MENTION
 
Olivia Castillo ’21, golf 
Aliyah Cohen ’22, golf 
Alex Dray ’21, cross country 
Tomas Esber ’20, cross country 
Kobe Lopez ’23, golf 
Jonathan Pollak ’23, golf 
Carmela Ribadeneira ’21, volleyball 
Ana Sannia ’20, volleyball 
Juliana Williamson ’22, volleyball 
Justin Wong ’21, cross country 

2019 All-Independent Football Team
Stephen Garrett '20, defensive lineman
Robbie Moret '20, wide receiver
Nick Namias '20, offensive lineman
Thomas Schein '21, quarterback

Miami Herald Fall 2019 All-Dade Report
Miami Herald All-Independent Football Team
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.