Meet the Pirate NWC Scholar Athletes for spring
Several Bluffton High School athletes were named Northwest Conference Scholar Athletes for spring sports.
The criteria for this award are as follows:
1. Must be a letter winner in the sport.
2. Gold Level -- GPA of 3.5 - 4.0 during the season of the sport.
3. Silver Level -- GPA of 3.0 - 3.49 during the season of the sport.
Baseball
(Gold) Tyler McLaughlin. (Silver) Mitchell Ault, Dakota Bricker, Matthew Bowden, Jason Bracy, Bret Rumer, Braden Skilliter
Softball
Gold) Sidney Joseph, Olivia Sneary, Abbie Parkins, Samantha Fruchey, Mackayla Wilson
(Silver) Kearstin Barry, Maddie Willis, Sarah Combs, Taylor Monday, Lauren Parkins
Boys' track
Gianfranco Colombo, Darnell Boddie, Sam Crisp, Christopher Harnish, Blake Sampson, Phillip Tatarkov, Roger Zeits, Eli Bourassa, Isaac Andreas, Trevor Bassitt, Josh Begg,
Girls' track
(Gold) Alyssa Casemier, Leah Conley, Lucie Fett, Sydney Hoff, Kayla Kindle, Kelli Leugers, Emily Metzger, Karis Wilson, Haley Baker, Sarah Theisen, Elizabeth Nisly,
Boys' tennis
(Gold) Levi Mikesell, Trevor Bunch. (Silver) Justin Haggard, Tad Steiner, Kyle Strahm
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