By Austin Bishop
Senior first baseman/pitcher Sam Cockroft received the Matthew Holdiness Scholarship at the Kosciusko High School athletic banquet that was held last month.
The $1,500 scholarship is awarded to a senior KHS baseball player each year by the family of Matthew Holdiness.
Established in 2004, the Matthew Holdiness Foundation is a non-profit charitable corporation organized and all times operated to provide college scholarships to qualified and deserving KHS baseball players.
The recipient wil possess good moral character, scholastic aptitude and a commitment to high school baseball as shown by enthusiasm for the sport, dependability in playing, and support of teammates.
Matthew Holdiness, the son of Dr Gary and Donna Holdiness, was born on Oct. 15, 1986 and died on July 28, 2004 in a traffic accident.
Clark Pullen was the 2008 award winner.
Sport-by-sport awards for the KHS athletic banquet are as follows:
BASEBALL: Most Valuable Player, Taylor Burrell; Most Outstanding Pitcher, Will Edwards; Most Outstanding Hitter, Will Lawrence; Most Outstanding Defense, Stokes Templeton; Most Improved, Jason Roberts; Whippet Award, Sam Cockroft; All-Division 4-4A, Burrell and Lawrence; First Team All-state, Lawrence.
BOYS SOCCER: Most Outstanding Forward, Cole Windham; Most Outstanding Midfielder, Ben Patterson; Most Outstanding Defense, Steven Ables; Team MVP, Chris Duncan; Whippet Award, Jake Cummins.
GIRLS SOCCER: Most Valuable Defense, Tabby Webber, Most Valuable Midfielder, Laura Brown; Most Valuable Forward, Mackenzie Dickerson; Most Improved, Brittani Bain; Sportsmanship, Brooke Lawrence.
CHEERLEADING: Most Improved, Kolby Gove; Spirit Award, Caitlyn Grymes, Most Valuable, Shea Rigby; Best All-Around, Grymes; Whippet Award, Rigby.
FAST-PITCH SOFTBALL: Most Improved, Lauren Tharp; Lady Whippet Award, Desiree Roos; Highest Batting Average, Allison Ray; Offensive MVP, Ray; Defensive MVP, Kaitlyn Hicks; Coaches Award, Tina Ellis; All-Division First Team, Ray, Kaitlin Young, Katie Ferguson, Tabby Webber and Hicks; All-Division Second Team, Cassandra Cobb, Lyn Browning and Roos; 4A North Playoff Outstanding Players, Ray, Young and Webber.
TENNIS: Male Golden Racquet Award: Patrick Adams; Female Golden Racket Award, Rebecca Shields; Most Improved Male, Ben Patterson; Most Improved Female, Holli Dawkins.
GOLF: Medalist, William Chadick; Most Improved, Austin Terrell.
BOYS TRACK: MVP, Chris Myer; Golden Shoe, Earl Winters; Most Improved, Del Brown.
GIRLS TRACK: MVP, Kyneyto Collins; Golden Shoe, Jasmine Albright; Most Improved, Darnesha McClendon.
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lady Whippet, Kyneyto Collins; Most Valuable Offensive, Jessica Miles; Most Valuable Defensive, Cierra Wilder; Rebound Award, Kurlysha Bell; Free Throw Award, Miles; Most Improved, Cassiana Primer; All-Division 4-4A, Miles, Bell and Wilder.
POWERLIFTING: Best Lifter, ,Jake Cummins; Most improved, Jabri Selmon.
BOYS BASKETBALL: Best Defensive Player, J.J. Wilder; Best Offensive Player, Ricky Kern; Most Rebounds Award, Kern; Assist Award, Earl Barksdale; Free Throw Award, Tyrell Harmon; Most Steals Award, Wilder; Most Blocked Shots, DeAngelo TAylor; Sixth man, Tre Boyd; Charge Award, Anderius Speight, Mr. Hustle, Jamie Riley; Most iMproved, Harmon, Sportsmanship, Trumaine Brooks; MVP, Kern, Sharp Shooter, Jermaine Harris; First Team All-Division, Harris and Kern; Second Team All-Division, Barksdale and Boyd.
FOOTBALL AWARDS: Team MVP, Corvan Greer; Most Valuable Offensive Player, Greer; Most Valuable Defensive Player, Lakendrick Carter; Most Valuable Defensive Back, Dylan Parker; Most Valuable Receiver, Tommy Lewis; Most Valuable Linebacker, Carter; Most Valuable Defensive Lineman, Nic Campbell; Most valuable Offensive Lineman, Blake Harthcock; Most Valuable Offensive Back, John Kern; Most Improved Offensive Player, Chris Myer; Most Improved Defensive Player, Andrew McBride; Offensive Scout Team Player of The year, Eddie Duncan; Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year, Cedric Riley; First Team All Region 4-4A, Greer and Harthcock; 4-4A Linebacker of the Year, Carter; 4-4A Kicker of the Year, Chris Duncan; Honorable Mention All Region 4-4A, Kern, Campbell and Parker.
