On Monday, March 13, at the Spring Sports Presentation, the Garden City High boys swimming and diving team was awarded the state champion, team scholar athletic award. The boys achieved an academic average of 96.794 percent - the highest average among all boys swim teams in the state.

Lloyd Mott, assistant director of the NYSPHSAA, presented a banner to the team, which will be hung in the high school gymnasium. Garden City now has 18 team scholar state championship teams. This is the third championship for the boys swimming and diving team. The high school has also been designated a "School of Distinction" for three consecutive years. The criteria for this award is that all varsity teams have at least a 90 percent average.