001[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so [Music] so [Music] oh that should be about right because um my god um which is is uh good evening i'm scott horner athletic director of columbia unit school number four welcome to the 2021 penciler awards ceremony we appreciate you taking your time out to join us this evening the columbia gymnastics association was founded in 1866 by gustaf pensler in honor of this gentleman our local organization has instituted the pencil awards which are presented annually to a team member in the respective varsity sports offered at columbia high school the individual winners of these awards are selected by the coaches the student athletes must have met eligibility requirements academically and adhere to the policies and procedures outlined in the code of conduct tonight we honor our students for
002their outstanding achievements in varsity athletics the students who are being recognized this evening represent the best and exemplify our tradition of excellence before we begin the actual ceremony i want to just take a quick second to thank jill dickerson district our high school secretary uh she was responsible for a large part of this as well as kurt steve and his custodial staff uh who who set this stuff up and then obviously our principal brian reeves who is here this evening with us as well so thank you to them so first we will begin tonight's ceremony by recognizing those receiving the ihsa academic award this award is given to any junior or senior student athlete who has earned a varsity letter in their respective sport and has earned a 3.5 gpa or higher we will also
003be recognizing senior students who have earned a varsity letter tonight we honor 106 student athletes who have achieved these accomplishments we will recognize the juniors first then the seniors when your name is called students please come to the front to accept your certificate or your plaque from mr reeves and then you may return to your seat okay for our juniors alexa aguiar track isabella barker cross country [Applause] isabella crabtree softball thomas crossley cross country track alison fredenberg track dylan hankins track some of our track athletes had a meet tonight so they're potentially a little tardy or not able to make it luke holbein scholar bowl alexa hildebrand basketball volleyball soccer owen jackson soccer jason kuczynski bowling football peter livingstone cross country austin luber's scholar bowl track [Applause] grant matheny football logan miller baseball zachary o'leary
004scholar bowl alexander patrick golf peyton perry volleyball jalen ralph scholar bowl ethan riebling soccer meredith riddell softball ally excuse me ally sachman soccer sydney sanderson softball [Applause] caitlin schwartz soccer jacob steve baseball [Applause] alexis volkl cheers carson walton golf soccer [Applause] that concludes our junior juniors that receive the ihsa academic award now for our seniors again we will recognize all seniors who who lettered in a varsity sport as well as those that received the ihsa academic award mason albers scholar bowl ihsa academic award zach anderson basketball soccer ihsa [Applause] got awards coming from over here easton andrews football [Applause] put on the brakes kyra bivens soccer ihsa award samuel balasina golf samuel binaldi basketball baseball caroline bosch bowling bryson borisol basketball ihsa award grayson borisov basketball ihsa award carson bridges soccer [Applause] macy brown volleyball
005ihsa award natalie bush basketball volleyball ihsa award allison carr soccer ihsa award alicia kaya cross country scholar bowl ihsa award [Applause] kylie cleveland softball ihsa award [Applause] ashlyn crawford softball ihsa award [Applause] dominic dalpost track ihsa award [Applause] emily gillen cheer [Applause] andrew graves baseball peter good connect scholar bowl soccer ihsa award trey hemminghaus basketball soccer baseball bryce hildebrand basketball football ihsa award [Applause] jackson holmes basketball baseball ihsa award matthew howard bowling baseball [Applause] sophia cheers [Applause] you're fine natalie hoy volleyball ihsa award kyle jackson football ainsley jacobus soccer ihsa award [Applause] jonah james basketball soccer baseball ihsa award luke jordan's golf ihsa award dane jordan soccer ava corey basketball volleyball softball ihsa award mason kolenberger football track malia casino golf ihsa award [Applause] jessica lambert bowling ihsa award megan levan cheer soccer london little
006football track [Applause] marisa maldonado golf ihsa award [Applause] trenton martin soccer ihsa award andrew malding football ihsa award colin mclaren basketball football ihsa award [Applause] grant narczynski ihsa award [Applause] kelsey olendorf basketball softball ihsa award colin olendorf soccer ihsa award olivia peterson volleyball ihsa award [Applause] evan pruitt football ihsa award [Applause] garrett pulcher football aaron ron soccer ihsa award [Applause] rebecca riley bowling ihsa award [Applause] oliver romero cross country scholar bowl ihsa award tate shilling soccer baseball [Applause] oliver schroeder football track isaac schreckenberg basketball baseball ihsa award morgan seals scholar bowl ihsa award [Applause] hayden seiler golf ihsa award [Applause] max cerese football ihsa award [Applause] dawson suka football spencer tate golf [Applause] reese taylor bowling ihsa award aaron 2 train football ihsa award [Applause] molly tippin bowling [Applause] kate von boko volleyball hannah walters
007cheers peyton westfall football ihsa award adam wibbenmeier football baseball ihsa award caitlin wilhelm volleyball soccer max wolfel basketball baseball nolan zarek baseball [Applause] one more round of applause for all of our juniors and seniors at this time we would like to present some special athletic awards students after you receive your award you will then please proceed to the cafeteria where then you will get a picture our first recognition is for the ihsa academic all-state nomination each ihsa member school was invited to nominate one female and one male student from their high school to be selected to the 2020-2021 all-state team nominees needed to possess a minimum 3.5 gpa on a 4.0 scale after their seventh semester have participated in at least two ihsa sponsored sports or activities during each of the last two years and
008demonstrate outstanding citizenship congratulations to this year's nominees from columbia high school jonah james and ava corey our next special athletic award will be presented on behalf of the columbia quarterback club i would like to introduce alex schlimmer treasurer to present the quarterback club scholarship winners for 2021. good evening quarterback club has a scholarship that we've done for the last five years and this year we had three recipients for the quarterback club scholarship the criteria each player has to have at least two years of chs football all four of which are all three of which had four a gpa of 3.0 or higher a 396 or higher for all three and they had no disciplinary issues that we could find of any of them so our three winners andrew malding bryce hildebrand and colin mclaren i'm
009sorry i missed one peyton westfall next i would like to introduce the columbia eagle athletic booster club president cara pulcher who will be presenting their scholarship winners good evening the main goal of the columbia eagle athletic booster club is to provide financial volunteer and fan sport or fan support to the columbia school district sports programs over the past two years we've been able to contribute over 16 thousand dollars to our various sports programs and to our athletic department we can't do this without our parents and we'd just like to thank you each year the athletic booster club awards up to four five hundred dollar scholarships uh to be in consideration for the scholarships athletes must have participated in six sports seasons with at least one being their senior year possess a gpa of 2.5 or
010higher uphold the chs athletic code plan to attend a two or four year college university or technical school and they must write an essay on what's meant to what it is meant for them to be a chs athlete the essays are made anonymous and read independently and confidentially by multiple scores using a rigorous scoring guide to determine the winners tonight i'm proud to announce the 2021 columbia eagle athletic booster club scholarship winners are zack anderson natalie bush [Applause] kelsey olendor [Applause] and max missouris our next special athletic award is the st louis post-dispatch scholar athlete of the year the st louis post-dispatch scholar athlete award honors one senior from every area high school to be considered a scholar athlete students must be in the top 25 percent of their senior class academically and must have
011played at least one varsity sport this year's st louis post-dispatch scholar athlete of the year is awarded to jonah james our last special athletic award is the u.s marine corps distinguished scholar athlete award [Music] each year this award is presented to two senior athletes who are exemplary young citizens role models for other students and exhibit the personal traits of courage poise self-confidence and leadership this year's u.s marine corps distinguished scholar athletes are ava corey and colin mclaren the next part of our ceremony we would like to recognize those athletes that have signed a letter of intent to play sports at the college level athletes please just stand whenever your name is called and remain standing until the very end kyra bivens attending wabash valley college in mount carmel illinois for soccer sam sam benaldy attending
012southwestern illinois college in belleville illinois for baseball macy brown attending kaskaskia college in centralia illinois for volleyball kylie cleveland attending the university of illinois in champaign for softball mary gassaway attending the university of north dakota in grand forks north dakota for soccer [Applause] trey hemminghaus attending lewis and clark college in godfrey illinois for baseball jackson holmes attending st louis university in st louis missouri for baseball matthew howard attending westminster college in fulton missouri for baseball sophia hook attending the university of tennessee martin for cheerleading jonah james attending southwestern illinois college in belleville illinois for baseball ava corey attending illinois wesleyan in bloomington illinois for softball malia casino attending mississippi college in clinton mississippi for golf megan levan attending mckendree university in lebanon illinois for cheerleading london little attending the university of wisconsin-oshkosh for football and
013track and field marisa maldonado attending illinois college in jacksonville illinois for golf [Applause] molly ricky attending university of pittsburgh in pittsburgh pennsylvania for gymnastics and adam wenmeier attending southwestern illinois college in belleville for baseball hopefully we haven't missed anyone anyone else signed that we didn't know about where we going allison carr tipton university for soccer okay one more round of applause for these college athletes the last part of our ceremony is awarding our 2020 2021 penciler award winners this year's penciler awards will be presented to each pencil winner by our chs coaches from the respective varsity sports please come forward to accept your pencil reward as your name is read and then proceed to the cafeteria for a picture boys cross country thomas crossley [Applause] girls cross country izzy barker football london little boys golf
014presented by mr doogie spencer tate girls golf also presented by mr doogie malia casino boys soccer sitting in for mr mathenia will be coach bridges boys soccer goes to carson bridges volleyball macy brown boys basketball jackson holmes girls basketball ava cory [Applause] boys bowling dominic auer girls bowling jessica lambert cheerleading hannah walters scholastic bowl mason albers baseball adam wibbenmeier [Applause] girls soccer mary gassaway softball kylie cleveland boys track thomas crossley [Applause] and girls track allison fredenberg in closing congratulations to all of our student athletes on your outstanding accomplishments and good luck with your future endeavors thank you to our coaches for your dedication and the hard work that you put in each and every day to make a difference in the lives of our student athletes stay safe and go eagles all penciller winners all
015penciller winners we want you to stick around for a group picture that concludes our ceremony for this evening we appreciate you coming out drive safe so [Music] [Applause] so [Music] you