Jacklyn Pryko has enjoyed a well-rounded experience as a student-athlete at Providence School.
An impact player in three sports, Pryko also carries at 4.6 GPA.
On Monday, she was recognized as the Scholar-Athlete of the Year for Providence during the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Press Luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe.
Pryko plays tennis, indoor volleyball and beach volleyball for the Patriots. She helped the girls tennis team reach the CIF-SS playoffs three times in her career and twice earned All-Frontier League honors. She also was named to the league’s All-Academic team.
She is currently the captain and part of the No. 1 duo on the beach volleyball team.
Pryko cited tennis and beach volleyball coach Chris Elwood for seeing the potential in her as an athlete during the four years she’s attending Providence.
“He saw potential in me that I didn’t necessarily see in myself and continued pushing me to be better in all aspects,” said Pryko. “Not only did he care about me in athletics and in my academic spheres, he also cared about me as a person and helped me grow my character.”
Pryko has achieved her high GPA while taking a course load that includes Advanced Placement Chemistry, Literature, Micro-Economics and Calculus, as well as Christian Theism and Comparative World Views.
Her academic honors include the Character Award, Merit Award, President’s List and Dean’s List at Providence.
Additionally, the daughter of Timothy and Anna Pryko is active in community service. She’s part of a group that performs musical entertainment at the Abundant Care retirement home, volunteers at the Food Bank of Santa Barbara, the Rescue Mission, Noah’s Anchorage, a homelessness prevention center for youth, and PathPoint, an organization that helps people with disabilities, mental health diagnoses, and young adults to pursue their hopes and dreams through strengthening workplace abilities, building life skills, and developing meaningful relationships.
Pryko said she wants to pursue a career in nursing, specifically a nurse practitioner.
“I see no better way to be a light to those around me and love my community better than being by their side to support them first in their physical needs, but then also their emotional and spiritual needs,” she wrote in her award bio. “I want to be that person that can come alongside people and love on them during some of their most testing times.”
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