PHS athletes celebrate success on and off the field

Woodward, Stenerson recognized as Senior Athletes of the Year

Posted 5/9/19

Powell High School students were recognized for their accomplishments both in competition and in the classroom during Monday’s 2018-2019 Athletic Awards Night.

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PHS athletes celebrate success on and off the field

Woodward, Stenerson recognized as Senior Athletes of the Year

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Powell High School students were recognized for their accomplishments both in competition and in the classroom during Monday’s 2018-2019 Athletic Awards Night.

Awards were handed out for both fall and winter sports, in categories including Most Valuable, Most Improved and Most Inspirational. PHS Activities Director Tim Wormald, who is stepping down from the position to become principal next year, served as master of ceremonies, with dinner served courtesy of the Powell Athletic Roundtable.

In his opening remarks, Wormald praised all of the students who participated in athletics this year, calling them worthy ambassadors of the school and of their community.

“While we’re here tonight to focus on athletic accomplishment, in my mind, we’re celebrating the ideals embodied in the phrase ‘Panther Pride,’” Wormald said.

Wormald attributes “Panther Pride” to the the late Jim Stringer, the longtime PHS football coach who died in 2015. Stringer coined the phrase to characterize his football program, though it now encapsulates every activity, athletic or otherwise, that PHS students, faculty, staff and the community, have embraced.

“I imagine the phrase means different things to different people,” Wormald continued. “But I think there are some ideas we all agree on ... I think of six elements that cause us to have pride in ourselves, in our school and in our community: Excellence, effort, integrity, class, loyalty and community ... These are the ideas that make me proud to be a Panther.”

Sixteen multi-sports medallion award winners were honored: Gold medals went to Kaelan Groves, Dalton Woodward and Rachel Bonander. Silver medals were handed out to Carson Heinen, Alan Merritt, Joe Rogers, Jazlyn Haney, Jasmyne Lensegrav, Karlie McKenzie, Caitlyn Miner and Aubrie Stenerson. Bronze medallions were given to Reece Hackenberg, Carter Olsen, Jayden Yates, Ashtyn Heny and Katie McKenzie.

Team awards recognized participants in cross country, volleyball, tennis, football, golf, girls’ swimming, boys’ and girls’ basketball, wrestling, boys’ swimming and cheerleading.

Senior awards were reserved for the end of the program. The Pat Finney Service Award is given to a student athlete who, along with participation in school sports, gives back to the community outside of regular school activities. The award was given to Karlie McKenzie, Katie McKenzie and Aubrie Stenerson.

This is the fifth year the Jim Stringer Memorial Scholarship has been awarded, created to honor the late football coach and what he meant to PHS athletics. The $500 scholarship was presented to Sawyer Mauthe.

The William Farthing Memorial Scholarship, provided by the Powell Schools Foundation, is in honor of Farthing, who taught and coached at PHS in the 1960s and 70s. Criteria includes good citizenship and loyalty to PHS and its athletic programs, while demonstrating good leadership and a high level of integrity. The $8,000 scholarship was awarded to Jayden Yates.

 

U.S. Army Reserve Scholar/Athlete Award

The U.S. Army Reserve Scholar/Athlete Award — which recognizes academic and athletic achievement, as well as extracurricular involvement — went to Karlie McKenzie and Kaelan Groves.

 

U.S. Marines Distinguished Athlete

The U.S. Marines Distinguished Athlete Award is given to those athletes recognized as having best exhibited the personal traits of courage, poise, self-confidence and leadership while performing as a varsity athlete. This year’s recipients were Katie McKenzie and Joe Rogers.

 

Gerald Sleep Most Inspirational Athlete Award

The Gerald Sleep Most Inspirational Award, given to athletes whose effort and dedication serves as an inspiration to teammates, went to Jasmyne Lensegrav and Alan Merritt.

 

Dr. Ray Christensen “Stout Heart” Award

The winners of this award routinely exhibit loyalty, dedication, a respect for teammates and coaches, leadership qualities and the ability to achieve a degree of excellence. This year’s winners were Caitlyn Miner and Reese Karst.

 

Senior Athlete of the Year

The final award went to the two athletes who coaches felt best exemplified sportsmanship, citizenship, leadership, cooperation with all school personnel, a desire to excel and win and a willingness to sacrifice for the team and the school. The two athletes chosen this year were Aubrie Stenerson and Dalton Woodward.

 

Letter Club awards

The PHS Letter Club officers — Presidents Hartly Thorington and Sawyer Mauthe and vice-presidents Shayla Shoopman and Dylan McEvoy — also handed out special recognition awards, including the No. 1 Fan, given this year to the state champion PHS cheerleaders. Longtime girls’ basketball coach Scott McKenzie, who stepped down following the 2018-19 season to become the school’s activities director, was given the Years of Service Award.

“For the past 29 years, [McKenzie] has affected the lives of many young athletes,” said Thorington. “He’s spent countless hours in the gym, on the road, watching film, attending camps and helping every single athlete he encountered become a better person and athlete.”

Vice-president Dylan McEvoy presented principal Jim Kuhn with the Special Recognition Award. Kuhn is retiring at the conclusion of this school year.

“Mr. Kuhn has been at most, if not all, PHS varsity competitions, cheering on the Panthers,” McEvoy said. “He’s always been a positive person and has welcomed students as they come into the halls in the mornings, as well as saying good night to them as they leave the school.”

 

Individual sport awards

 

CROSS COUNTRY:

Cliff Boos (Ashley Hildebrand)

Boys              

Most Valuable: Alan Merritt

Most Improved: Riley Schiller

Most Inspirational: Pedro Teixeira

Girls              

Most Valuable: Kayla Kolpitcke

Most Improved: Hailee Hyde

Most Inspirational: Jozi Simpson

 

VOLLEYBALL:

Randi Bonander (Tasha Miller, Mackenzie Graft)

Most Valuable: Aubrie Stenerson

Most Improved: Ashtyn Heny

Most Inspirational: Hartly Thorington

 

TENNIS:

Joe Asay (Brandon Preator)

Boys

Lars Bly Most Valuable: Dylan Preator

Most Improved: Logan Brown

Most Inspirational: Aidan Hunt

Girls

Lars Bly Most Valuable: Sierra Sanders

Most Improved Girl: Sophe Morrow

Most Inspirational Girl: Shayla Shoopman

 

FOOTBALL:

Aaron Papich (Mike Heny, Waleryan Wisniewski, Chase Kistler, Joel Hayano, Zack Coombs)

Most Valuable: Ethan Asher

Most Improved: Macen Thomas

Most Inspirational: Kadden Abraham

Lee Blocking Award: Carter Olsen

 

GOLF:

Troy Hildebrand

Boys              

Most Valuable: Crandell Sanders

Most Improved: George Higgins

Most Inspirational: Bennett Walker

Girls

Most Valuable: Mycah Wainscott

Most Improved: Cat Wilson

Most Inspirational: Bailey Kennedy

 

GIRLS SWIMMING:

Bob Smartt (Heather Christensen)

Most Valuable: Caitlyn Miner

Most Improved: Lilyan Halter

Most Inspirational: Emma Karhu

 

BOYS BASKETBALL:

Chase Kistler (Waleryan Wisniewski, Greg Stenlund)

Kevin Rickert Memorial/Most Valuable: Kaelan Groves

Most Improved: Dalton Woodward

Most Inspirational: William Preator

 

GIRLS BASKETBALL:

Scott McKenzie (Troy Hildebrand, Chelsea Buher)

Most Valuable: Aubrie Stenerson

Most Improved: Brea Terry

Most Inspirational: Katie McKenzie

 

WRESTLING:

Nate Urbach (Nick Fulton, Juston Carter)

Most Valuable: Reese Karst

Most Improved: Seth Horton

Most Inspirational: Duy Linh Hoang

 

BOYS SWIMMING:  

Stephanie Warren (Robert Gorycki)

Most Valuable: Richard Spann

Most Improved: Pedro Texeira

Most Inspirational: Jay Cox

 

CHEERLEADING:

Vicki Walsh (Cindy Jacobs)

Most Valuable: McKennah Buck/Gracie McLain

Most Improved: Josseline Mendoza

Most Inspirational: Taeli Hessenthaler/McKenzie Thompson

Powell High School

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