Class A Scholar-Athlete Award Scholarship Recipients Announced

4-4-4 – Class A Scholar-Athlete Award Scholarship Recipients AnnouncedChelsey N. Quinlan, Plymouth. Earned four letters in soccer, and three in basketball and volleyball.Earned soccer all-district and all-conference honorable mention sophomore and junior years. Voted teamcaptain of basketball senior year, and captain of soccer sophomore and junior years. Student councilsecretary freshman and sophomore years. National Honor Society member junior and senior years. Volunteertimer and scorekeeper of the Canton recreational girls basketball league. Active in Field of Dreamscommunity service project, and various fund-raising activities at elementary schools. Plans to attend theUniversity of Michigan to study sports management.Essay Quote – “The importance of sportsmanship in educational athletics is something larger thanjust being fair and responsible. It is about competing hard during the contest, and enjoying the competitivechallenge while being respectful of the opponent standing across from you, knowing that they want to winjust as much as you.”Alexander M. Ralston, Fenton. Received three letters in cross country, two in track, and one inbasketball. Cross country MHSAA Lower Peninsula Finals qualifier sophomore and senior years. Crosscountry first team all-Flint Metro League sophomore, junior and senior years. Academic aAll-State crosscountry senior year, and track sophomore year. First team all-Flint Metro League in track sophomore andjunior years. Track MHSAA L.P. Finals qualifier sophomore and junior years. Student council freshmanclass president, junior class representative, and senior class treasurer. National Honor Society member juniorand senior years. Also a member of Captain’s Club and band. Active with church youth activities all fouryears. Plans to attend University of Notre Dame to study mathematics.Essay Quote – “In order for high school athletics to be truly educational, we must remember that atthe end of the race, game, or match, it is not the victor to whom the attention flows, but to he or she who ismost gracious in the outcome.”Chelsea Read, Grand Ledge. Three-year letterwinner in softball. Received softball all-area in 2005,all-district in 2005 and 2006, and all-conference in 2006. Student athletic trainer all four years. Member ofmarching and symphony band all four years. Band section leader and band council secretary in 2006.Member and board officer of Students Against Destructive Decisions all four years. National Honor Societymember junior and senior years. Volunteer with the Child Benefit Fund all four years. Three-year volunteerwith the Ukraine clothing drive, and a youth softball clinic. Plans to attend Central Michigan University andmajor in athletic training.Essay Quote – “The lessons of sportsmanship learned in high school athletics cannot be duplicatedin a classroom setting. They have to be experienced firsthand on the dirt, on the grass, or on the court.”Other Class A girls finalists for the Scholar-Athlete Award were: Alina Gatowski, BirminghamGroves; Chelsea Selden, Canton; Annie Hakim, Clinton Township Chippewa Valley; Jennifer Pisani,Farmington Hills Mercy; Taylor Hicks, Fraser; Bianca Cilla, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central; HelanaHerberg, Jackson Northwest; Kristin Kingma, Mattawan; Ankita Mohanty, Mt. Pleasant; Rachel Lebovic,North Farmington; Kimberly Rustem, Okemos; Rachel Rideout, Okemos; Joanna Halls, Rochester Adams;Emily Martin, South Lyon; Margeaux Leighton, Temperance Bedford; Erica Olson, Traverse City WestLeslie Russell, Warren Cousino; and Jennifer Hittle, White Lake Lakeland.(more)