<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4FAi7e_1H5JyTvd00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4FAi7e_1H5JyTvd00" width="1200" height="637" ></figure>MONROE, Conn. — Addison Scott is a captain of the Masuk girls volleyball team, which recently captured the first South-West Conference Championship title in school history. Scott made All-State and holds the Panthers’ single season and career records for kills.But volleyball won’t be Scott’s sport in college. Chris Wallace, the boys track &amp; field coach at Greenwich High School, whose stepdaughter had played Club Volleyball with Scott, saw something else in her.“He noticed my jumping ability and said, ‘you should do track,'” Scott recalled during an interview at Edith Wheeler Memorial Library. “He knew I would be good at jumping and running.”On Signing Day at Masuk Wednesday, Scott signed her letter of intent to compete in track &amp; field at Sacred Heart University.Prior to choosing Sacred Heart, Scott was being recruited and offered roster spots on college volleyball teams. “Track is where I thought I would have the most success,” she said. “I love that it’s a solo and a team sport at the same time.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0miigg_1H5JyTvd00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0miigg_1H5JyTvd00" width="585" height="438" ><figcaption>Addison Scott holds Masuk’s single season and career records for most kills.</figcaption></figure>In volleyball, Scott was named All-SWC in 2025 and 2026, and 2nd Team All-State in 2025. She played Club Volleyball at the Northeast Volleyball Club.After winning the SWC title as the No. 1 seed, Masuk, which is led by Head Coach Carol Ortiz, is now the No. 3 seed in the CIAC Class L state playoffs.“It feels great to win the SWCs, especially as the first Masuk team to win the SWCs,” Scott said, adding all four seniors have great chemistry on the court, which she believes translates to her team’s success.During the Signing Day ceremony, Masuk’s assistant girls track &amp; field coach, Geoffrey Giannini, who specializes in Scott’s events, introduced her to the audience of family, coaches and friends who gathered inside the school’s media center.“Addison, congratulations,” Giannini said to Scott, as she sat at the table in front of the room. “I can’t even begin to tell you how proud I am of you and everything you accomplished over the past season. It wasn’t just one season, it was your first season, and your ability to learn and adapt to new challenges as they presented themselves to you has just been astonishing to watch.”A record breaking runScott’s time competing in track &amp; field at Masuk under the direction of Head Coach Jennifer Nyquist, was in March of her junior year in 2026. In that season, Giannini said Scott went from the SWCs, to States, to State Opens, to Regionals and to Nationals.“For somebody who was just trying out track, I think that is an unbelievable accomplishment,” he said. “You didn’t just break records, you broke school records that, in some instances, have been in place for decades.”Scott broke Masuk’s outdoor track &amp; field record for the long jump and the triple jump. The long jump record was 16 feet and eight inches and Scott jumped 17 feet, 11 inches, which Giannini called “remarkable.”“On top of that, in an event that halfway through the season she started doing, the triple jump, she broke the school record again, clearing 35 feet, three inches,” Giannini said. “It is, in my opinion, the most physically demanding event in track &amp; field. To clear 35 feet is something remarkable.”Scott’s record is 35 feet and three inches. She won the Bronze Medal for her third place performance in the long jump, high jump and triple jump at the CIAC Class L State Championship. Scott also placed fourth in the CIAC Open Championships in the long jump, qualifying for the New England Championships in Maine.She placed 11th in the CIAC State Heptathlon competition, during her first time competing in the grueling contest.The indoor track season begins this December and, if Scott earns All-State honors, she will have achieved the rare feat of being named All-State in three different sports.Though Scott will soon be competing for SHU, she still has goals for her high school career. She said she hopes to break six more school records, including the long jump indoor track record of 16 feet-and-eight-inches.Aside from her jumping ability, Scott is a fast runner who found herself winning races during her first season in track.“In outdoor, I want to break the 400, 200 and the 100,” she told The Sun. “As the season comes, I definitely feel like I have a good shot.”During Signing Day, Giannini told Scott, “I think what separates you as an athlete, is not just your competitive nature, your drive to beat the field and come in first place, but it’s your drive to beat who you were yesterday and what your last jump was. You are in competition with yourself, and I believe that the greatest athletes are all in competition with themselves.”“I am so excited for you and I know that you are just getting started,” he said. “You have an amazing family that supports you and you now have an amazing institution that’s going to support you. So I want you to set your aim high and far, because I know you’re going to crush it. And I just want to say, I’m so proud of you.”All respectful comments with the commenter’s first and last name are welcome.</div></body>

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