sentences:  As a senior, he was named as a first team All-Tri County selection, named the Austin County Defensive Player of the Year, and selected as the District 25-3A Defensive Player of the Year.In baseball, he was a four-year letterman, a four-time Academic All-District selection, and as a junior, he was an All-District selection.Syptak graduated in 2002 as the valedictorian of his graduating class.