Midview Athletics hands out its annual Athletic Awards at Senior Assembly
Midview High School's Class of 2024 continued its week-long celebration Thursday (May 23) with the Senior Awards Assembly. During the event Athletics Director Dan May handed out the department's annual awards to deserving student-athletes within the graduating class. Congratulations to all of the winners!
OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award
This award exemplifies the OHSAA Commitment to academic excellence while participating in interscholastic athletics. The award is given to the senior male and emale who attained the highest scholastic average at the end of their fall semester. Recipients must also have earned multiple varsity letters over their careers.
This year's winners are Ishan Patel and Kaitlyn Heuser.
Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award
As part of an ongoing program to promote Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity, the OHSAA recognizes students who display exemplary sportsmanship. Mr. Griffin is an Ohio native and the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner. During his time as a professional athlete and the CEO of The Ohio State University Alumni Association he always displayed the characteristics of sportsmanship, ethics and integrity.
This year's winners are Gabe Borror and Erica Baldoza.
NFHS National Award for Excellence
This award is to be presented to a male and female student who has exhibited qualities that embody good citizenship, good moral character and good sporting behavior. Two individuals quickly came to mind when seeking qualified Middies.
They are Jacob Gregory and Olivia DiFranco.
LCAAA Honor and Merit Roll
The Lorain County Athletic Administrators Association annually recognizes the county's finest senior student-athletes by compiling a Merit and Honor Roll. Eligible student-athlete must have displayed good citizenship while also earning two varsity letters during their senior year and a career total of at least 4 varsity letters to make the merit roll or 6 varsity letters to make the honor roll.
We have 6 merit roll winners this year. They are Grace Burdorff, Ethan Elbert, Steve Komar, David Moore, Alana Stacey and Ashley Stevenson.
We also have 20 student-athletes that earned Honor Roll. They are Hunter Anderson, Erica Baldoza, Maggie Barnes, Blake Baron, Gabe Borror, Andrew DiFranco, Evan DiFranco, Olivia DiFranco, Austin Dye, Zachary Janus, Candice Lane, Samantha Pebworth, Isabelle Ramos, Addison Reisinger, Dylan Robinson, Jared Robinson, Norah Sgro, Hailey Thompson, Lily Tomasheski and Dane West.
In addition, two of our student-athletes have earned Midview's 2024 LCAAA Scholar Athletes of the Year. They receive a medal from the organization. They are Zach Janus and Sam Pebworth.