Midview Athletics hands out its annual Athletic Awards at Senior Assembly

Midview High School's Class of 2026 continued its week-long celebration Thursday (May 21) 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 Genevieve Plas and Austin Wise.

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 Leah DiFranco and Trenton Popek.

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 Madeline Babel and Shay Williams. 

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. Those with at least 4 varsity letters in their career make the merit roll. Individuals with 6 varsity letters or more earn the honor roll.

We have 9 merit roll winners this year. They are Amira Balderas, Brayden Homoki, Evan Kneisel, David Loveless, Carrson Morris, Trenton Popek, Gage Weaver, Brayden Widenmeyer and Xavier Young.

We also have 8 student-athletes that earned Honor Roll. They are Nina Ballachino, Hunter Crum, Leah DiFranco, Riley Frei, Sela Gendics, Olivia Keenan, Marcus McMahon, Christopher Payne and Kaiden Vonya.

In addition, two of our student-athletes have earned Midview's 2026 LCAAA Scholar Athletes of the Year. They receive a medal from the organization. They are Leah DiFranco and Christopher Payne.