Primetime 585 Shining Star: Marley Siembor
Marley is a junior at Eastridge High School. She excels on the volleyball court and softball field.
For volleyball, she has been the starting setter for the last two years and was chosen as the team MVP.
In softball, she has been the teams starting first basemen and won the 'Most Improved Award' for Eastridge last season.
Thursday night, she helped her team, who was down in the 6th inning, beat Mercy!
Marley is looking into studying early childhood development at colleges such as Canisius, St. John Fisher and Syracuse.
A big congratulations to Marley from all of us here at News 8, and thank you for brightening up our community!
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