‘Hawk athletes awarded

Softball

The Lady Blackhawks, under the coaching of Josh Reynolds, finished the season with a record of 28-5; 28 wins is a school record. They won the conference championship for the second year in a row, were the runner up at the Ozarks Classic Tournament, District Tournament champion, runner up at the Regional Tournament, made it to the quarterfinals of the State tournament, made the fifth straight trip to the Regional Tournament and second trip to state tournament in three years, broke 16 schools records and the team has a GPA of 3.8.

All Conference — Hollyn Davis, Sara Whatley, Quinley Roses, Alli Whatley and Avery Dayberry

All Conference, honorable mention — Brittany Harmon and Dominique Burwell.

All State — Kieara Bryant and Stephanie Chase

All State Tournament team — Kieara Bryant

Sophomore/junior showcase — Stephanie Chase and Hollyn Davis

Senior All Star game — Dominique Burwell and Kieara Bryant

Individual awards

Rookie of the year — Megan David

Gold Glove, infield — Hollyn Davis

Gold Glove, outfield — Kieara Bryant

Pitching Award — Stephanie Chase

Silver Slugger — Dominque Burwell

Comeback player — Brittany Harmon

Coaches Award — Avery Dayberry, Quinley Roses

Blackhawk Award — Alli Whatley

MVP — Sara Whatley

Baseball

All Conference, honorable mention — A.J. Anderson and Hayden Holtgrewe

All Conference — Westin Church, Chandler Tidwell, Garrett King, Cole Wright, Jakota Sainsbury, Tyler Odell All-State — Jakota Sainsbury All-State Tournament Team — Westin Church

Most versatile — Landon Allison

Most Improved — A.J. Anderson

Hustle — Hayden Holtgrewe Doug Houston Attitude Award — Chandler Tidwell, Garrett King and Tyler Odell

Batting Champion — Cole Wright .436

Gold Glove — Westin Church Pitching Award — Jakota Sainsbury

MVP — Jakota Sainsbury

Lady Blackhawk Track

Sprinter — Jamison Toms Distance — Harmony Reynolds

Jumper — Cassidy Mooneyhan Blackhawk Pride — Adelina Means

MVP — Blakelee Winn

Lady Blackhawk Basketball

All Conference — Jennifer Anthony, Avery Dayberry

All Conference, honorable mention — Hollyn Davis, Maggie Fletcher, Alli Whatley

KURM Dream Team — Jennifer Anthony, Avery Dayberry

10K Shot Club members — Sunny Olson, Maggie Fletcher, Maria Socha, Brooklyn Stewart, Bailey Johnson, Hollyn Davis, Melissa Landis, Jennifer Anthony, Avery Dayberry, Alli Whatley, Kiley West and Meredith Mitchell

Lady Hawk Iron — Catherine Hooton, Kiley West

Most Improved Player — Maria Socha, Sunny Olson

Rebounding — Maggie Fletcher

Defensive Stopper — Hollyn Davis

Outstanding Senior — Alli Whatley

Leadership — Avery Dayberry Cristy Graham Memorial — Melissa Landis

Blackhawk — Brooklyn Stewart

Most Outstanding Player — Jennifer Anthony

Basketball

The Blackhawks, under the coaching of Trent Loyd, had a 32-3 record overall which is a school record and 17-1 conference, earning first place. They were runner up in the Battle At the Ridge and first place in the Southwest Tournament. The basketball Blackhawks were conference champs, District Tournament champs and Regional champs and runner up in the state finals.

Individual awards:

All Conference — Britton Caudill, Westin Church, Joey Hall, Kobe Rose, Matt Thomas, Cole Wright

All State — Britton Caudill, Joey Hall, Matt Thomas

All State Tournament — Joey Hall, Kobe Rose

All ARBCA Top 5 4A players — Britton Caudill, Joey Hall, Matt Thomas

KURM Dream team — Britton Caudill, Joey Hall,Matt Thomas

Hustle Award — Hayden Holtgrewe

Rookie of the year — Tate Busey

Comeback Award — Westin Church

Mr. Do It All/Utility award — Matt Thomas

Offensive MVP — Kobe Rose Defensive MVP — Britton Caudill

Mr. Blackhawk — Joey Hall Team MVP — Cole Wright Battle at the Ridge scholarship — Joey Hall

Cheer

Leadership — Katie Wilkins Determination — Ashley Wallace

Teamwork — Sarah Hargiss Most dependable — Nicole Turner

Most spirited — Megan Turner

MVP & All-State — Leslie Austin Head Blackhawk baseball coach John E. King was surprised with the baseball from the game which signified his 500th career win. His son, Garrett King, presented the ball which was autographed by team members.

TIMES photographs by Annette Beard Recipients of the Blackhawk Pride award included Adelina Means, track; Joey Hall, basketball; Emma Stein, track; Wyatt Webber, track; Alli Whatley, softball; Brooklyn Stewart, basketball; and female athlete of the year, Kieara Bryant.

Blackhawk baseball players receiving the Doug Houston Attitude Award at Monday night’s awards ceremony were Chandler Tidwell, Garrett King and Tyler Odell.

Some of the Blackhawk athletes who received the Most Valuable Player awards include Shelby Dunlap, track; Jakota Sainsbury, baseball; Leslie Austin, cheer; Cole Wright, team MVP basketball; Sara Whatley, softball; Lance Nunley, track; and Blakelee...