Allison Schneider, a two-sport athlete at Roslyn High School, is partially deaf. The star of the lacrosse team, who also plays basketball, is a straight-A student and functions with the aid of a cochlear device which was implanted at the age of 2. She recently committed to Adelphi to play lacrosse for the Division II powerhouse.

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Allison Schneider, who wears a cochlear implant as she plays both basketball and lacrosse at Roslyn, poses for a photo on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider runs during a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider (far right) poses with teammates Alielle Mayouvian (far left), and LIndsay Wolfe (center) during a girls lacrosse game.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider, wearing her cochlear implant, watches a girls lacrosse on the sidelines on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider holds the cochlear implant she's worn since the age of two during a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider holds the cochlear implant she's worn since the age of two during a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider sits and listens in the huddle during a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider runs during a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider runs during a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider joins the huddle during a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider runs during a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider, with the cochlear implant she's worn since the age of two, watches a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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Roslyn's Allison Schneider poses for a photo during a girls lacrosse game on Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

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In an undated photo from the 2014 season, Allison Schneider dribbles as the point guard for the Roslyn girls basketball team.

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In an undated photo from the 2014 season, Allison Schneider shoots as the point guard for the Roslyn girls basketball team.

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