Thanks to our continued partnership with Univest Financial, SuburbanOneSports.com is once again recognizing a male and female featured athlete each week. The recognition is given to seniors of high character who are students in good standing that have made significant contributions to their teams or who have overcome adversity. Selections are based on nominations received from coaches, athletic directors and administrators.
Univest’s SuburbanOneSports.com Featured Female Athlete (Week of Oct. 13, 2025)
Lucciana Krecko’s resume is as interesting as it is impressive. Impressive because it’s a lengthy one and covers just about every aspect of school life, interesting because it’s so diverse. Krecko is part of Owls Ambassadors, the blue/gray club, the drama club, the vocal club and the community service club. She is involved with Bensalem’s MiniTHON. She is active with Owls Television Network and has been taking that class for three years. She is also involved in yearbook, a class that designs the entire yearbook. Then there’s also her involvement in music. Krecko, who plays the piano, loves to sing, She is a member of Bensalem’s in-class choir as well as the concert choir. Outside of school, she is part of Femineus Vocalis, an all-female by-audition choir. She is also member of her church choir, and she sang the National Anthem at her team’s night hockey games in the stadium. And there’s much more, including her passion for musical theatre (more on that later).
Despite a resume that suggests she actually has found a way to do it all, Krecko made time to play field hockey and was 
named a captain this season. She’s a four-year varsity player but didn’t crack the starting lineup until her senior year. “I really love the community, so it’s playing with my friends,” Krecko said of her reasons for enjoying the sport. “We played in seventh and eighth grade together, and because our coach gives summer workouts, you get to see your friends but still play the sport you love at the same time. Not all sports keep me as engaged as field hockey because it’s just the fast-paced nature of it and how important every role on the team is.” Krecko, according to her coach, is a quiet leader. “She does a lot of organization for the team,” Bensalem coach Gary Kubik said. “She’s getting kids together, working with me on fundraisers, getting senior gifts together – everything. I really needed someone to step up in that role this year, and I wasn’t sure who it was going to be until she stepped up this summer.” Krecko has upped her game on the field as well. “This summer when I was doing my workouts, she really stepped up,” Kubik said. “I have her at center D, and she’s played way above my expectations this year and has been playing really, really well.”
An excellent student, Krecko is treasurer of the National Honor Society, boasts an unweighted GPA of 3.96 and is 21st in Bensalem’s senior class of 526. This despite being one of the youngest in her class after skipping fourth grade. “It was honestly one of the best decisions I made,” she said of skipping a grade. “It seems like it might be hard to adjust and make new friends at that age, but I made friends that I still have now. When I was a kid, I was pretty social, and I had really great teachers who were very supportive.” Krecko excels in math, resulting in her selection as a mathlete, and it was a conversation with her calculus instructor last year that helped Krecko – uncertain of her career path - find her way to something she believes she will enjoy. “He wanted to talk about just what I wanted to do in the future,” said Krecko, who happened to have the highest grade in that class. “He wanted to see if I had an interest in math, and I wasn’t really sure what I was doing.” The idea of pursuing an actuarial science major and landing a high demand job with the potential for a high salary resonated with Krecko. “I looked into it more, and it seemed like something that interested me because I was struggling to find something I thought I would enjoy in college,” she said. In addition to her actuarial science major, Krecko plans to minor in musical theatre.
As for next year, Krecko doesn’t have a list of dream schools. “I just want to go to a school that has a nice campus life where I can get involved in similar activities that I do in high school,” she said. “I do like being busy – I like being able to go from one thing to another.” Expect Krecko to pack her schedule at college as well, and it’s safe to say she will be a welcome addition to any college she might choose. “She’s a sweetheart of a kid and is absolutely loved by her teammates,” Kubik said. “She’s just a great kid.”
To read Krecko’s complete story, please click on the following link: https://suburbanonesports.com/featured-athletes/female/lucciana-krecko-00121389
Univest’s SuburbanOneSports.com Featured Male Athlete (Week of Oct. 13, 2025)
While no one will confuse Lower Moreland with some of the Gotham-like schools in the area, transferring there as a freshman from a smaller private Christian-focused school in the borough of Bryn Athyn was a bit of a culture shock for Trey Henry. Now a senior, Henry recalls the feeling and celebrates how he rose to the occasion. “It was terrifying, but it was the best decision I ever made,” said Henry. “I have made so many close friends. I have met so many new people and have been able to try so many new things.” High on that list for Henry was distance running, which he switched over to after playing mainly soccer all of his life. “In the summer of my freshman year, I tried out for both the cross country and the soccer 
teams,” he recalled, adding that he had some running experience with his father. “There were some nice kids on the soccer team, but I just fell in love with the people on the cross country team. They were so supportive and a fun group to be around. Going into a new school, all I wanted was a good group of friends.”
While he also ran indoor and outdoor track, cross country became Henry’s main focus. Just last year, as a junior, Henry was a member of the squad that broke 13-year drought by winning the team title at Districts. For his part, Henry placed as the top finisher for the Lions, and fifth overall. “That was just an incredible moment, when I crossed the line,” he said. “That was just a really special race.” Henry went on to states and then enjoyed indoor and outdoor success as a junior, but then came a major setback in the summer, as he developed patella tendonitis that put him completely on the shelf for the next few months. With that diagnosis, dreams of picking up where he left off as a junior were shelved.
At this point, Henry is at the end of a long comeback trail. He has begun running 3-4 miles a day after grueling physical therapy. “It’s been pretty tough, coming off of last year’s big wins and stuff. I had really big expectations, and it has been really disappointing, but I have accepted it,” he said. “Even if I can’t have the type of season that I wanted. I can still help my teammates have the best seasons that they can have. I still come to practice every day. During the meets, I time them and help them get to where they need to be. I talk to them before the race and after the race.”
Henry, who excels in the classroom with a 5.57 weighted GPA, confesses that he did not always exude self-confidence. Then, late in his sophomore year and into his junior year, Henry had a moment of reckoning that shaped who he is now as a senior.“I began to realize that this mentality was holding me back,” said Henry. “I decided to put myself out there more. I ran for class treasurer. I ran for treasurer of the National Honor Society. I signed up for school events. These were really scary things for me at the time. I realized that, if you try and don’t get this, it’s always better than not trying. You will never know success if you don’t at least try. I have so many things in my life that I’m so grateful for. That’s just something that I try to take to heart.
As it was, Henry won both treasurer elections and also combined with other students to form what is called the Lower Moreland Bridge Initiative, where upperclassmen partner with and mentor freshmen. Despite many interests from his schedule of AP classes, Henry has decided on a career in the engineering realm, but with an eye on serving the public good. “Engineers can use math and science to tackle real world problems, like climate change,” he said. “It’s something I feel very passionate about. I also follow politics very closely. I loved my AP Government class last year. I would love to get into policy making. I thought to myself, ‘What am I good at? What do I really want to do?’ I love my math and sciences courses. The biggest things for me are that I want to help people and make a big impact. I think that engineering is something that can have a big impact on people’s lives.”
To read Henry’s complete story, please click on the following link: https://suburbanonesports.com/featured-athletes/male/trey-henry-00121387
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