On the surface, Jackie Kapnis appears to be your standard standout high school athlete, a captain of both the girls basketball and lacrosse teams at St. Mary’s High School who has been playing sports for most of her life. But Kapnis is also an honors student, and, additionally, she has been a long-time dancer at Dance, etc. in Salem for the last 16 years.Although there appears to be many sides to her, Kapnis insists she is a combination of all of them.”I’m lucky I can do all those things,” she said. “I think it makes me much more well-rounded. I feel more complete when I’m not being restricted to one thing.”Kapnis, who will be attending Stonehill College in the fall, is one of the 13 seniors selected as this year’s recipients of the Agganis Scholarship, given annually to the top student-athletes on the North Shore.She said that as a student-athlete, applying for the scholarship seemed to be right up her alley.”Since I’m an athlete, I thought it was fitting to apply,” Kapnis said. “It’s really great to get it because lots of great student-athletes have received it before.”This spring, Kapnis’ lacrosse team finished 10-7-1, falling in the second round of the state tournament to Winchester, 18-1. In her junior year, the Spartans won the Catholic Central League.Initially, Kapnis was attracted to lacrosse because of its frenetic nature.”It’s fast-paced, and I’m more of a runner,” Kapnis said. “I decided to try it, and I loved it.”Kapnis was also a captain and starting guard for the St. Mary’s girls basketball team, which failed to qualify for the tournament this past season.As impressive as her accomplishments on the playing fields have been, Kapnis’ academic record is equally notable. She finished 6th in her class with a 4.017 GPA and took all honors and Advanced Placement courses during her years at St. Mary’s.Furthermore, Kapnis was secretary of the National Honor Society and a member of the student admissions team. She was also voted both the homecoming queen and the prom queen during her senior year.At Stonehill College, located in Easton, Kapnis will enter undeclared but lists journalism, marketing or education as possible career choices. She said what drew her to the institution was the feeling she got from taking multiple campus tours over the last year.”I’ve attended Catholic schools all my life, and I didn’t want to go to a big city,” Kapnis said. “I just got a good feeling when I visited there.”With Stonehill being a liberal arts school with a closed campus, Kapnis said she considers it to be the perfect college experience for her. When she gets there, she hopes to take advantage of any opportunities she can to enjoy it as much as she can.”I just want to keep an open mind,” she said. “I want to make friends and join clubs. I want to dabble in a lot of different things.”Kapnis said she never would have grown into the person she is today without the influence of her parents, Maureen and Michael, and her older sister, Jilliann.”Nobody’s closer than my mom and I; she’s my best friend,” Kapnis said. “My dad is my biggest supporter in sports, who always told me to put 100 percent into everything. And my sister is my biggest fan, and she’s always protecting me.”Although she will not be participating in the Agganis games themselves, Kapnis said she is honored to be listed among the past and present student-athletes who have also been a part of the Agganis tradition.”I feel special and honored to be linked with everyone else,” Kapnis said. “So many of the kids are going to such great schools; I’m just honored to be mentioned with all of them.”(This is the tenth of 13 stories on the 2008 Lynn-area Agganis scholarship winners. Since its inception in 1955, the Agganis Foundation has awarded $1,253,525 in college scholarships to 798 student-athletes.)