Phone: 317-846-6601
Fax: 317-575-4244 Website:
www.ihsaa.org
Blake Ress, Commissioner
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MEDIA INFORMATION
May 23, 2007
Contact:
E-mail: jwille@ihsaa.org
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The Indiana
High School Athletic Association is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of
the IHSAA Centennial Scholarships presented to outstanding high school student-athletes
from across the state. Each of the 10 recipients will be
awarded a $2,500 scholarship by the IHSAA.
All
applicants are expected to be well-rounded, positive
role models who have demonstrated excellence in academics, school and community
involvement, character, sportsmanship and citizenship.
Each student had to meet certain criteria to qualify including: 1) be
enrolled and participate in interscholastic athletics at an IHSAA member
school; 2) be a senior who will graduate this school year; 3) win a varsity
letter in one of the 20 IHSAA- sanctioned sports; 4) be nominated by his or her
principal; 5) carry a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0
scale or the equivalent; 6) have no violations of the school’s athletic code of
conduct; 7) must not have been ejected from any IHSAA contest due to
unsportsmanlike behavior and; 8) verify that he or she has made a commitment to
remain substance-free throughout high school.
This
program began in 2004 as part of the Association’s 100th year of
service to its member schools.
Over 150
applications were submitted for the scholarships and a
blue ribbon panel, through much time and effort, decided upon the deserving students.
That panel consisted of: Mark De Carlo, Vice President of Clinical Services,
Methodist Sports Medicine; Stephen Heck, Executive Director, Indiana
Association of School Principals; Bob Kanaby,
Executive Director, National Federation of State High School Associations;
Teresa Koopman, Director of Advertising and
Promotions, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance and; Suellen
Reed, Superintendent, Indiana Department of Education.
The IHSAA
wishes to thank the following financial providers and strong supporters to the
success of this effort:
- Methodist Sports Medicine, the exclusive sports medicine
provider of the IHSAA.
- Jostens, a leading provider of products, programs and services
that help people celebrate important moments, recognize achievements and build
affiliations.
Click here to view a
PDF advertisement for the 2006-07 IHSAA Centennial Scholarship receipients.
Listed
alphabetically, this year’s winners include:
Gant Elmore of Bloomington High School North is ranked third in a graduating class of 339 with a 4.344 GPA.
He earned four varsity letters in both basketball and baseball. Gant was
captain of the basketball team during his sophomore, junior and senior years, and also captained the baseball team as a sophomore and
junior. He is active in Habitat for Humanity, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
and Cougar Leaders Organization. Gant intends to study economics at
Monika Freiser of
Ashley Hallford is the Valedictorian of a
graduating class of 160 at
Kaylyn Herrold of
Heidi Keiser is the Valedictorian of a graduating
class of 255 at
Heather Reeves of
Scott Schinderle
is the
Valedictorian of Covenant Christian High School. His graduating class has 94
students and Scott carries a 4.0 GPA. He has four varsity letters in baseball
and one in tennis. He is a member of the National Honor Society and Student
Council. He is a Wendy’s Heisman Award nominee for
baseball and was also academic all-state in tennis as
a senior. He is part of NASA Student Launch Initiative, and the math honor
society: Mu Alpha Theta. In college, Scott will study
engineering.
Brittany Simmerman of Bedford North Lawrence is fifth
in her graduating class of 320 and carries a 4.14 GPA. She earned four varsity
letters in soccer and three letters in softball.
Erica Watson is Valedictorian of her class of 512
students at
Jenna Witte of
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