Former Hawk Kobe Morris and current Hawk Senior Paris Orchard finalists for Blue Mountain Youth Awards!
Article from the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin:
Student-athletes from around the Walla Walla Valley will be honored at the 43rd annual Blue Mountain Youth Awards ceremony at 7 p.m. on May 8 at Baker Boyer Bank in downtown Walla Walla.
The awards honor high school and college student-athletes from around the Walla Walla Valley, competing from spring of 2018 through winter of 2018-19.
Trophies for Male and Female Athlete of the Year, Coach and Team of the Year, and Scholar-Athlete of the Year will be handed out.
Top student-athletes, their coaches and teams from the Valley are narrowed to a handful of finalists in each category, with winners announced during the ceremony.
The awards are free and open to the public at Baker Boyer, 7 W. Main St.
This year’s list of finalists includes:
Male Athlete of the Year
Austin Butler, Whitman College
Alex Johanson, Walla Walla High
Kobe Morris, College Place High
Patrick Utschinski, Walla Walla High
Female Athlete of the Year
Noelani Helm, Walla Walla High
Carmen Gingerich, Pomeroy High
Kamryn Coleman, Walla Walla High
Gabrielle Browning, Walla Walla Valley Academy
Coach of the Year
Eric Bridgeland, Whitman men’s basketball
Tai Bye, Pomeroy girls basketball
Mark Grimm, Prescott boys soccer
Eric Hisaw, Walla Walla High football, track
Jeff Reinland, WWCC men’s basketball
Team of the Year
Pomeroy girls basketball
Prescott boys soccer
Wa-Hi boys track
Whitman men’s basketball
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Jose Gonzalez, Prescott High
Zach Hewlin, Whitman College
Paris Orchard, College Place High
Ellie Scheibner, Weston-McEwen High