Tim Stried

tstried@ohsaa.org

 

COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association annually provides scholarships for outstanding student athletes from its member schools. Each member high school may submit one senior male and one senior female candidate for scholarship consideration.

Each member high school may also submit one senior female minority and one senior male minority candidate. The scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who have excelled in the classroom as well as high school sports.

At the state level, the OHSAA provides forty-eight scholarships across the six OHSAA athletic districts. Thirty-six students receive $1,000 awards – including one student from each of the six OHSAA athletic districts that will receive an Ethnic Minority Scholarship – the remaining scholarships are awarded proportionately according to the number of schools in each athletic district.

In addition to the four scholarships awarded by the Ohio High School Athletic Association the Southeast District Athletic Board (SEDAB) is proud to award an additional twenty-one scholarships to the deserving scholar-athletes in Southeast Ohio.

In conjunction with the OHSAA the SEDAB recently announced the 2016 Scholar-Athlete Scholarship awards at their annual Scholar-Athlete Banquet on June 23 in Jackson.

The SEDAB is pleased to announce Wesley Stephens of Chesapeake High School has been awarded the OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Scholarship in the amount of one thousand ($1000). Wesley plans to enroll at Lipscomb University in the fall and study Pharmacy.

Fairland High School senior Taylor Perry was also honored as a Scholar-Athlete for the Southeast District.

The OHSAA and SEDAB scholarships are awarded to student-athletes who have excelled academically and athletically. To be nominated by their high school students must meet the following criteria: must be a graduating senior; have a grade point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale; must have taken either the ACT or SAT; must have received a minimum of three varsity letters in one OHSAA sanctioned sport or four varsity letters in a combination of any two or more OHSAA sanctioned sports

2016 OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Recipients

Northwest District (7)

Riley Nagel, Defiance Tinora – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Alicia Hernandez, Archbold – OHSAA Ethnic Minority Scholar-Athlete

Cameron Conaway, Greenwich South Central – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Kyle Homan, Maria Stein Marion Local – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Jackson Hemmelgarn, Coldwater – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Alec Rhodes, Findlay Liberty-Benton – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Emily Mescher, Maria Stein Marion Local – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Southeast District (4)

Andrew Wolford, Lucasville Valley – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Wesley Stephens, Chesapeake – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Taylor Perry, Proctorville Fairland – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Sue-Yeon Ryu, The Plains Athens – OHSAA Ethnic Minority Scholar-Athlete

Central District (4)

Aaron Wood, Lancaster Fisher Catholic – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Isabella Pesavento, Columbus School for Girls – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Danielle Evans, Newark Catholic – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Tyndale Hannan, Dublin Coffman – OHSAA Ethnic Minority Scholar-Athlete

East District (4)

Dallas Foster, Sugarcreek Garaway – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Olivia Warther, Dover – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Conner Roahrig, Coshocton – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Daniel Trouten, St. Clairsville – OHSAA Ethnic Minority Scholar-Athlete

Southwest District (7)

Kristin Langston, Versailles – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Samantha Rowland, Tipp City Tippecanoe – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Sean O’Brien, Cincinnati Country Day– OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Benjamin Greenwell, Milford – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Brooke Lezotte, Waynesville– OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Gary Zhao, Mason – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Tigar Cyr, Cincinnati Seven Hills – OHSAA Ethnic Minority Scholar-Athlete

Northeast District (10)

Edward Conger, Euclid – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

James Norris, Cleveland St. Ignatius – OHSAA Ethnic Minority Scholar-Athlete

Vanessa Pasadyn, Brunswick – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Thomas Sullivan, Cleveland St. Ignatius – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Daniel Branch, Richfield Revere – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

John Colangelo, Canton Central Catholic – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Jacob Ondash, Mantua Crestwood– OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Bradley Hauptman, Kirtland – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Rachel Reolfi, Canton Central Catholic – OHSAA Scholar-Athlete

Austin VanSickle, Loudonville – OHSAA Scholar- Athlete