COLUMBUS, Ohio - For the 16th consecutive year, the Ohio High School Athletic Association

will award scholarships to some of the state's top senior scholar-athletes. Fifty-three students will be

honored at the OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Banquet on Friday, June 20, at the Crowne

Plaza North.

The names of the 2008 recipients appear later in this news release.

Of the 53 student-athletes who will be awarded scholarships, 41 will receive $1,000 awards,

including five students that will receive an OHSAA Minority Scholarship, and 12 students - two from

each district - will be presented $2,000 stipends. The latter awards are made possible by the Ohio

High School Athletic Association Foundation.

Scholar-athlete recipients are selected based on a point system which rewards students for gradepoint

averages; ACT or SAT scores; varsity letters earned; individual and team athletic honors, and an

essay. There are seven, 10 or 12 recipients from each district depending upon the number of schools

within the district. The recipients were selected by special committees within each of the six OHSAA

athletic districts. Recipients of athletic scholarships from NCAA Division I or II institutions are not eligible

for the award.

"The OHSAA is privileged to be able to recognize and celebrate the commitment, dedication and

determination that these outstanding young people have shown during their high school careers," said

OHSAA Commissioner Dan Ross. "I can't think of a better way for our Association to end the school

year than to honor them as they move into the next phase of their lives. It's also great that many will

be accompanied by their parents and a school representative, all of whom have played such an important

role in their successes."

Also honored at the banquet will be Mike Kelly, who will be presented the OHSAA Ethics and

Integrity Award that is given annually to an Ohioan who has displayed outstanding ethical behavior

and integrity in performing his duties and is a role model for others. He retired last fall after completing

his 27th season as the University of Dayton's head football coach.

Honorees:

Christian Anderson (#), Marion Pleasant, 3.98 GPA, football, basketball, track and field

Michael Duffy, Lewis Center Olentangy, 4.0 GPA, football, basketball, baseball

Claire Durkin (#), Worthington Kilbourne, 4.0 GPA, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field

Mark Elwell, Newark Catholic, 3.74 GPA, football, baseball

Emma Lynn Swinford, Columbus Grandview Heights, 4.0 GPA, cross country, track and field

Holly Tu (*), Gahanna Columbus Academy, 4.0 GPA, tennis, track and field

Alexander (AJ) West, Mt. Gilead, 3.9 GPA, cross country, track and field

Traci Alt, Lore City Buckeye Trail, 4.0 GPA, volleyball, basketball, softball

Staci Grace (#), Warsaw River View, 3.56 GPA, volleyball, basketball, track and field

Chealyn Jackson (*), New Philadelphia, 3.71 GPA, volleyball, basketball, track and field

Patrick Kane, Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley, 4.0 GPA, football, basketball, baseball

Layla Miller, Berlin Hiland, 3.95 GPA, soccer, basketball

Aaron Porter, Bellaire, 3.95 GPA, cross country, football, wrestling, track and field

Molly Scholl (#), New Concord John Glenn, 4.0 GPA, volleyball, basketball, softball

Emily Dolsak, McDonald, 4.0 GPA, tennis, golf, basketball, track and field

Kimmie Dyer, Copley, 3.79 GPA, volleyball, basketball

Michael Gedeon, Hudson, 4.0 GPA, football, basketball

Kyle Gilchrist, Jefferson Area, 4.0 GPA, soccer, wrestling, baseball

Emily Kenyon, Massillon Jackson, 4.0 GPA, soccer, track and field

Kathryn Kinkelaar, Bay Village Bay, 3.94 GPA, soccer, basketball and softball

Steven McNeely (#), Beloit West Branch, 4.0 GPA, football, basketball, baseball

Jacqueline Nicodemo (#), North Canton Hoover, 4.0 GPA, soccer, basketball

Robert Pajestka, Cleveland Cuyahoga Heights, 3.70 GPA, cross country, golf, football, wrestling, baseball

Brianna Segerson, Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit, 3.91 GPA, soccer, basketball

Megan Smith, Jeromesville Hillsdale, 4.0 GPA, soccer, softball

Alex Steiner, Kidron Central Christian, 3.43 GPA, soccer, basketball, baseball

Heather Easley, Van Wert, 3.98 GPA, cross country, swimming and diving, track and field

Brittany Elmlinger, Attica Seneca East, 4.0 GPA, cross country, track and field

Tyler McFarlin, Ashland, 3.7 GPA, football, basketball, baseball

Matthew Ramirez (*), Toledo St. Francis deSales, 4.0 GPA, football, wrestling

Bryn Schlatter, Antwerp, 3.47 GPA, volleyball, basketball, softball

Allison Schroeder (#), Ottawa-Glandorf, 4.0 GPA, soccer, basketball, track and field

Nathan Siebenaller, Bascom Hopewell-Loudon, 4.0 GPA, football, basketball, track and field

Victoria Spaar (#), Norwalk St. Paul, 4.0 GPA, volleyball, basketball, softball

Jesse Spangler, Patrick Henry, 3.92 GPA, football, track and field

Christopher Stucke, Maria Stein Marion Local, 3.97 GPA, football, basketball, baseball

Sarah Appleton, Portsmouth Notre Dame, 3.99 GPA, tennis, cross country, swimming and diving, track and field

Emily Bowling (#), Willow Wood Symmes Valley, 4.0 GPA, volleyball, basketball, softball

Douglas Carder, Crooksville, 4.0 GPA, cross country, track and field

Nicholas Cartee (#), South Webster, 3.59 GPA, cross country, basketball, track and field

Ramone Conley (*), Waverly, 3.58 GPA, football, basketball

Mason Good, Waverly, 3.88 GPA, soccer, football, basketball, tennis

Courtnie Merritt, Lucasville Valley, 3.94 GPA, volleyball, basketball, track and field

Nathan Bascom (#), Cincinnati Madeira, 3.82 GPA, soccer

Kale Booher, Pleasant Hill Newton, 4.0 GPA, soccer, basketball, track and field

Courtney Chihil (#), Kettering Archbishop Alter, 3.88 GPA, soccer, basketball

Skylar Dooley, Clarksville Clinton-Massie, 3.8 GPA, wrestling, track and field

Kayla McWilliams, Cincinnati Mother of Mercy, 4.0 GPA, volleyball, basketball

Ryan Musselman, Piqua, 4.0 GPA, football, basketball, baseball

Hillary Monnin, Russia, 4.0 GPA, volleyball, basketball, softball

Shauneece Shipman (*), Cincinnati Princeton, 3.3 GPA, soccer, basketball, track and field, softball

Kaitlyn Spradling, Hamilton Badin, 3.64 GPA, soccer, basketball, softball

Elizabeth Stine, Piqua, 3.89 GPA, soccer, softball

(#) Indicates OHSAA Foundation $2,000 scholarship recipient

(*) Indicates OHSAA Minority Scholarship recipient

OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

4080 Roselea Place, Columbus, OH 43214 • Commissioner Daniel B. Ross, Ph.D.

(614) 267-2502 • FAX (614) 267-1677 • www.ohsaa.org

OHSAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETES -2-2-2

2008 OHSAAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

CENTRAL DISTRICT (7)

SOUTHWEST DISTRICT (10)

SOUTHEAST DISTRICT (7)

NORTHWEST DISTRICT (10)

NORTHEAST DISTRICT (12)

EAST DISTRICT (7)

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