OHSAA Northeast District Athletic Board honors area scholar athletes

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DGKN staff report

Dalton’s Ethan Stutz was among area scholar athletes who were honored last month by the Ohio High School Athletic Association Northeast District Athletic Board.

Stutz joined other area OHSAA scholar athlete award recipients including Northwestern’s Dallas Hostetler and Kylee Purdy, Hillsdale’s Jake Hoverstock, Norwayne’s Hayden Ringle, and Tuslaw’s Jenna Boyd on July 24 at Progressive Field before the Guardians Royals game that evening.

Forty-four student athletes from Northeast District schools were awarded certificates, medals and a $1,000 scholarship from the OHSAA and the NEDAB.

These scholar athletes were selected from a pool from all Northeast District schools, according to a news release. Each high school in the state can nominate up to four scholar athletes. These student athletes are then evaluated on both academic and athletic achievements throughout their high school career, the release states. The top athletes from each classification of the OHSAA based on school enrollment (A, AA, AAA) are then selected for this award and honor.

The Scholar Athletes were recognized at Progressive field with an awards presentation, pregame buffet, and then tickets to the game with their family and friends. The night was highlighted by a presentation by OHSAA Executive Director Doug Ute to the athletes as well as getting to see him throw out the game’s first pitch.

Class A recipients:

Donovan Pawlowski – Brookfield High School

Sophia Hook – Brookfield High School

Sarosh Sheth – Warren John F Kennedy High School

Jacey Mullen – Springfield High School

Jake Hoverstock – Hillsdale High School

Vincent Woods – Springfield High School

Ethan Stutz – Dalton High School

Colin Casey – Wickliffe High School

Dallas Hostetler – Northwestern High School

Ella Gregorino – Leetonia High School

Bradley Hamilton – Badger High School

Kylee Purdy – Northwestern High School

Aurora Tedrick – Cornerstone Christian High School

Caleb Domitrovich – McDonald High School (Al Lopez Scholarship)

Class AA recipients:

Ella Wong – Hawken High School

Chloe Bautista – Hawken High School

Dominic Johnson – Hawken High School

Megan Mcginnis – West Geauga High School

Chance Laczko – Struthers High School

Gage Gretter – Hawken High School

Nicholas Brandt – Lake Catholic High School

Griffin Barton – Ursuline High School

Jenna Boyd – Tuslaw High School

Nicholas Vesey – Champion High School

Vladimir Herdman – Cloverleaf High School

Gaetano Difini – Kenston High School

Hayden Ringle – Norwayne High School (Larry Acker Scholarship)

Kaci Kanicki – Edgewood High School (Ed Batanian Scholarship)

Class AAA recipients:

Kailey Zagst – Jackson High School

Jacob Harms – Glenoak High School

Samuel Janning – North Ridgeville High School

Anna Jones – Hoover High School

Sierra Dorobek – Steele High School

Madeline Kavenagh – Revere High School

Brandon Lucek – Strongsville High School

Taylor Hennessey – Madison High School

Allison Chinchar – North Ridgeville High School

Elijah Ladue – Lakewood High School

Nicholas Michael – Firestone High School

Lauren Rogers – Canton McKinley High School

Divya Shanmugam – Jackson High School

Robbie Huber – Westlake High School

Tamia Hall – Valley Forge High School