The 6-foot-3, 147-pound senior won the Nike Cross Nationals New York Regional championships this past season with a time of 15:51. Stokes placed 22nd nationally at the NXN Final. He finished second at the Class B State Championship meet in 15:57 and broke the tape at the Section 4 championships, the Tully Invitational, the Marathon Invitational, the Newark Valley/Bob Green Invitational and the Owego Invitational.
Stokes has maintained an A average in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at Georgetown University this fall.
Also a standout swimmer and a talented musician, Stokes is vice president of his school’s Student Council and has volunteered locally as an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America.