BHS fall athletes excel on and off the field - here's the scholar athletes
Bluffton High School athletes excelled on the playing field and in the classrooom this fall. Here is the list of Bluffton athletes who were named scholar athletes by the Northwest Conference.
The criteria for gaining scholar athlete recognition by the conference is as follows:
Gold Level: Varsity letter earned in the sport and a grading period GPA of 3.5 or above
Silver Level: Varsity letter earned in the sport and a grading period GPA of 3.00 to 3.49
Cheerleading - Gold: Allison Wise, Alexandria Schmutz, Kylee Leugers, Kaity King,
Maddie Domer, Makayla Smith
Cheerleading - Silver: Emily Swisher, Victoria Hover
Cross Country - Gold: Darnell Boddie, Kevin Childs, Jacob Spencer, Noah Woodruff, Mackayla Wilson, Makenzie Braden, Sydney Hoff, Brice Metzger, Erica Sheehan, Jack Marcum, Elizabeth Nisly
Cross Country - Silver: Amelia Heslep
Football - Gold: Dakota Bricker, Kaleb Jefferson, Misha Groman, Brandon Hemry, Sam Crisp, Zach Little, Blake Sampson, Levi Kistler, Mitchell Ault, Robbie Stratton
Football - Silver: Chris Justus, Owen Bischoff, Devin Luginbuhl, Brady Parkins, Andrew Spallinger, Dylan Alt
Golf - Gold: Sahaj Vohra, Braden Skilliter, Eli Runk, Rich Streicher, Aaron Shaw
Boys Soccer - Gold: Adam Basinger, Josh Begg, Phillip Tatarkov, Douglas Nester, Kyle Strahm, Cole Harlow, Eli Bourassa, Christopher Harnish, Gianfranco Colombo, Adam Wannemacher, Roger Zeits, Alex Hord
Boys Soccer - Silver: Tristan Smucker, Tucker Routson
Girls Soccer - Gold: Kayla Kindle, Leah Conley. Abbie Parkins, Kelli Leugers, Ashley Augsburger, Jadyn Barhorst, Katie Burkholder, Sydney Staton, Ana Spiridigliozzi, Brooke Koontz, Sarah Theisen, Anna Fredritz, Hannah Conley
Girls Soccer - Silver: Mariah Fleming, Rachel Moser
Tennis - Gold: Jeannie Lee, Lucie Fett, Katie Wright, Sara Bertka, Brielle Hamilton,
Julianna Hotmire, Maggie Fett, Justine Mitchell
Tennis - Silver: Kayla Brooks
Volleyball - Gold: Haley Baker, Abby Bryer, Grace Nickels, Emily Metzger, Andie Schmutz, Lauren Parkins, Sidney Joseph
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