By TOM WILLIAMS

A dozen girls have been selected as finalists for the Billy Schoppy Award, presented to the athlete from the Cape-Atlantic League Class of 2024 who had the most outstanding high school sports career.

The awards originated in 2001 with Jason Kaye of The Flagship Resort in Atlantic City sponsoring them. In 2012, Dave Talarico and Schoppy’s, the area’s finest trophy and award creator, became the sponsor. And in 2017 the award was changed to The Billy Schoppy Award as a memorial to the son of William Schoppy, who created the business 1921.

This year’s 12 finalists are from nine different CAL schools and were selected based on their four years of high school sports. Previous winners have included single-sport athletes who were dominant and athletes who played two, three or four sports with success. A complete list of previous winners, plus finalists for each previous year, is available HERE.

The 2024 finalists are, in alphabetical order:

MADELYNN BERNHARDT (Our Lady of Mercy), basketball, lacrosse, field hockey. Headed to College of NJ.

KASEY BRETONES (Mainland), basketball, outdoor track, volleyball, soccer. Going to UMass.

McKENNA CHISHOLM (Ocean City), soccer, basketball, outdoor track. Headed to East Stroudsburg.

SOPHIA CURTIS (Ocean City), outdoor track, indoor track. She will attend Virginia Tech.

MADISON DOLLARD (Egg Harbor Township), softball. Headed to Fairleigh Dickinson.

AVA FISHER (St. Joseph), softball. Headed to East Carolina.

BROOKE JOSLIN (Millville), softball, basketball. She is committed to Rowan.

RILEY LERNER (Cedar Creek), wrestling, cross country, flag football. Headed to Western New England.

MIA McCOLL (Cedar Creek), lacrosse, basketball, cross country. Headed to Central Florida.

KENDALL MURPHY (Holy Spirit), lacrosse, basketball, field hockey. Going to Salisbury.

BROOKE NABB (Middle Township), lacrosse, soccer, swimming. Headed to LaSalle.

ELLA PETROSH (Holy Spirit), soccer, basketball, lacrosse. Headed to Kean.

They are all invited to the Ocean City Music Pier auditorium on June 11 where they will be recognized and the the winner will be announced at Prime Events annual CAL Celebration. The event is sponsored by The City of Ocean City, Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, the Ocean City Free Public Library, Wawa, the Ocean City PBA, Rodio Catering, Sixth Street Pizza & Grill and the Ocean City Firefighters,

The names of the 12 boys finalists will be released tomorrow.