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Loy Norrix Rewards its Athletes at the Winter Sports Awards Ceremony

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March 31, 2014
Coach Paul Mahar lists off the various awards for the Swimming & Diving team. Senior swimmers Lucas Erway and Peter Rossi were the only winter sports athletes to receive the honors of All Conference and All State Academic.
Coach Paul Mahar lists off the various awards for the Swimming & Diving team. Senior swimmers Lucas Erway and Peter Rossi were the only winter sports athletes to receive the honors of All Conference and All State Academic.

 This past Tuesday, March 25, the Winter Sports Awards Ceremony was held in the Loy Norrix Kasdorf Auditorium. Head swimming and diving coach Paul Mahar gave the opening and closing speech, due to the illness of  Athletic Director Andrew Laboe. Below is a list of the various awards athletes received on Tuesday.

Women’s Bowling

MVP- Ashley London

Most Improved- Emily Cox

Sportsmanship Award- Kattie Zylstra

Scholar Athletes (3.5 GPA or higher-2nd Trimester Grades)- Emily Cox, Katherine Cox, Ashley London, Skyler Nelson Makuch, Nikita Smith

 

Men’s Bowling

MVP- Zach Brandt

Most Improved- Nicholas Reed

Sportsmanship Award- Demonte Raven

Scholar Athletes- Connor Thomas

 

Ice Hockey

MVP- Jacob Atkins

Sportsmanship Award- James Andrie

Scholar Athletes- Noel Cavey, Henri Cousino, Robert LaCroix, Zach Mason

 

Competitive Cheer

MVP- De’jsha Alexander

Most Improved- Zoe Buszka

Sportsmanship Award- Madeline Skiles

Scholar Athletes- Zoe Buszka, Abbi Danek, Kirsten Haines, Jessica Hoogerheide, Corniquwa Jackson, Hannah Pittman, Makenna Sandt

 

Wrestling

MVP- Nick May

Most Improved- Aaron Holmes

Sportsmanship Award- Rene Navarrete

Scholar Athletes- Addison Krueger, Evan Wheat

Swimming & Diving

Most Improved- Lukas Sprinkle

Sportsmanship Award- Bailey Mosher

Coach Mahar’s personal awards:

Heart Award- Lucas Erway, Milo Velkoff, Peter Rossi

Teammate Award- Morgan Kenbeek

All Conference & All State Academic- Lucas Erway, Peter Rossi

Scholar Athletes- Samuel Bower, Anthony Dougherty, Lucas Erway, Stefon Hemphill, Bailey Mosher, Graham Newman, Ryan Ross, Peter Rossi, Vaughn Taylor, Shilo Wailing

 

Women’s Basketball

MVP- Kayla Dekoekkoek

Most Improved- Champagne Bennett

Sportsmanship Award- Hannah Roberts

Scholar Athletes- Champagne Bennett, Lauren Cole, Ja’zhane Davis, Kayla Dekoekkoek, Makayla Dyre, Maria Egloff, Ashanti Hale- Sandifer, Grace Labadie, Hannah Meyers, Agnes Osei, Megan Platte, Hannah Roberts, Michaela Whalen, Alexandria Wallace, Michaela Whalen, Fanai Williams, Laura Worline

 

Men’s Basketball

MVP- Marcus Torres

Most Improved- Traver Parlato

Sportsmanship Award- GK Wells-Lindsey

Scholar Athletes- Bruce Allen, Jake Link, Josh Mills, Grant Mitchell, Louis Mitchell, Traver Parlato, Spencer Welsh
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