Meet this spring's BHS NWC scholar athletes
Several spring Bluffton High School student athletes were named Northwest Conference Scholar Athletes.
Students receive the honor by the following criteria:
• Must be a letter winner in the sport.
• Gold Level - GPA of 3.5 to 4.0 during the season
• Silver Level - GPA of 3.00 to 3.49 during the season
Boys' Track -- Gold: Luke Young, Jackson Steinmetz, Nick Marcum, Phillip Tatarkov, Christopher Harnish, Eli Bourassa, Josh Begg, Trevor Bassitt, Isaac Andreas, Adam Wannemacher
Boys' Track -- Silver: Nick Luke, Antony Kingsley, Blake Sampson
Girls' Track -- Gold: Abbey Gambrell, Darby Prichard, Zoie Joseph, Emily Metzger, Karis Wilson, Kelli Leugers, Allison Wise, Sydney Hoff, Lucie Fett, Leah Conley, Kayla Kindle, Sarah Theisen, Haley Baker, Elizabeth Nisly
Girls' Track -- Silver: Sierra Ribley, Alyssa Casemeier,
Baseball -- Gold: Kaden Reneker, Colin Phillips, Dakota Bricker, Tyler McLaughlin, Matt Bowden, Jason Bracy
Baseball -- Silver: Braeden Edwards, Kyle Swank
Softball -- Gold: Mara Minnig, Aimee Ritter, Katie Prater, Averey Rumer, Abbie Parkins, Samantha Fruchey
Softball -- Silver: Alivia Koenig, Taylor Monday
Boys' Tennis -- Gold: Jake Staley, Christian Groman, Misha Groman, Justin Haggard, Levi Mikesell, Trevor Bunch
Boys' Tennis -- Silver: Ryan Sprague, Jaret Geiser, Tad Steiner
The entire NWC list is an attachment at the bottom of this story.
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