READFIELD — Maranacook Community High School student Luca DeAngelis of Readfield has been selected to receive the 2016 Principal’s Award, Principal Dwayne Conway announced.

The award, sponsored by the Maine Principals Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. DeAngelis is the son of Tara Wicks and Steve DeAngelis. He is valedictorian of the class of 2016.

DeAngelis enjoys Nordic skiing and was captain of his high school team. He is a two-time individual Nordic state champion and has represented Maine in many postseason ski festivals. He is a part of Student Council and Student Senate. He is head of the school Sustainability Committee and has been active in the school garden throughout high school. He also enjoys art, dance and piano. Next year DeAngelis plans to attend college where he can continue to compete as a Nordic skier while studying government and law. Family is important to DeAngelis, and he appreciates all of the support he has received from his siblings, Tyler and Hannah, as well as his parents, future sister-in-law Aleah, and many friends.

DeAngelis, Conway and other award winners and their principals will attend an honors luncheon in Bangor on Saturday, April 2. The luncheon will recognize these outstanding students with presentations of individual plaques and the awarding of five $1,000 scholarships in the names of Horace O. McGowan and Richard W. Tyler, former Maine principals and executive directors of the association. An additional five $1,000 scholarship will be presented through the efforts of the MPA Scholarship Golf Tournament.

The Principal’s Award is presented in more than 100 Maine public and private high schools by member principals of the MPA, the professional association which represents Maine’s school administrators.