2014 SPRING SPORTS WINNERS

South Point High School held its annual spring sports awards banquet on Tuesday, May 27th. Awards were presented for junior varsity and varsity baseball, varsity softball, ladies junior varsity and varsity soccer, men's golf, men's tennis, and men's and women's track. Also, presented were the following major awards: the Jack Huss Scholar Athlete Award, Male and Female Sportsmanship awards, the Jack Lineberger Scholarship award and the Joe Steele Fan Appreciation Award.

The Jack Huss Scholar Athlete Award is presented to a senior who has participated in at least two sports during the past year. The award winner must have the highest academic average of those who qualified. Jack Huss was a longtime resident of Cramerton, and outstanding athlete and coach and a WWII veteran. This is a very appropriate award to be named for Jack Huss because as a coach, he knew the value of athletics in the lives of our youth, and as a teacher and later principal at Cramerton High School, he also knew the importance of academics in the lives of young athletes to prepare them for their future. The winner of the award this year is Quinn Barnette. Quinn has been a NCHSAA Scholar Athlete all four years at South Point. He was All Conference in cross country and swimming and was named Most Valuable Male Runner on the men's cross country team at the fall sports banquet. Quinn is also the defending Gaston County Cross Country men's champion. He is the winner of the Levine Scholarship and will attend UNCC in the fall. Quinn was recently named the Co-Valedictorian of the senior class.

Jacob Hoyle was the winner of the Jack Lineberger Scholarship Award. The Jack Lineberger Scholarship is a $2500 scholarship presented each year to a senior member of the football team. It is given in memory of Jack Lineberger who played football at Belmont High School during 1953-54 and graduated in 1954. He was named to the 1953 All State Football team and played in the Shrine Bowl where he was the runner-up for the MVP award. He went on to play varsity football at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was the starting guard until an injury ended his career. Jacob was All Conference in football and received the Bobby Brown Unsung Hero Award at the fall sports banquet. He will attend Gaston College in the fall.

The Male and Female Sportsmanship Award are presented to a senior who has participated in at least 2 sports. Those nominated are then voted on by the coaches. This award expresses much more than physical achievement. It exemplifies and embodies the actions and attitudes of the recipient. To be chosen for this award, the student-athlete has to exhibit the qualities of fairness, courtesy and grace - in winning and in defeat - on and off the field. The recipient must be a person of integrity. To win this award you have to stand apart from the crowd. You have to lead others by your attitude, your hard work and your example. You cannot be like everyone else. You have to realize that, as someone wisely put it, "a man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd."

The winner of the Female Sportsmanship Award is Blair Griffin. She participated in softball and basketball. In softball she received the Coach's Award. She has been an NCHSAA Scholar Athlete. She will attend UNCC in the fall.

The winner of the Male Sportsmanship Award is Quinn Barnette. Quinn participated in cross country and swimming and was All Conference in both sports. He is the Gaston County men's champion in cross country and the Most Valuable Runner for the men's cross country team. He is an NCHSAA Scholar Athlete. Quinn was named the Co-Valedictorian of the senior class and the winner of the Levine Scholarship and will attend UNCC in the fall.

The Joe Steele Fan Appreciation Award is given by the South Point Booster Club to a volunteer who goes beyond expectation in support of South Point Athletics. The winner this year was Trent Walden


Listed below are the awards winners.



MAJOR AWARDS









Quinn Barnette - Jack Huss Scholar Athlete

Quinn Barnette - Male Sportsmanship Award

Blair Griffin - Female Sportsmanship Award

Jacob Hoyle - Jack Lineberger Scholarship Award

Trent Walden - Joe Steele Fan Appreciation Award






Ladies Track

Aurora Zeimer - MVP Track

Kayla Moore - Coach's Award

Destiny Moore - Most Improved



Men's Track

Jeffrey Pearsall - MVP Track

Kai Pringle - MVP Field

Joe Flynn - Most Improved





Men's Golf

Nick Stafford - MVP

Landon Isaacs - Most Improved

Wesley Davis - Unsung Hero





Men's Tennis

Sam Killen - Co-MVP

Carlos Morales - Co-MVP

Clay Gwaltney - Coach's Award





Varsity Baseball

Tanner Muse - MVP

Adam Andrew - Best Defense

Tanner Muse - Best Hitter

Aaron Mauldin - Mary Scott Barnes Award

Dan Johnson - Billy Potter Character Award

Ryland Etherton - Co-Most Improved



JV Baseball

Davis Ray - Best Offense

Tyler Hall - Best Defense





Softball

Haley Stewart - MVP

Haley Stewart - Best Offensive Award

Morgan Mahaffey - Best Defensive Award

Allison Moody - Most Improved

Morgan Mahaffey - Co-Coach's Award

Blair Griffin - Co-Coach's Award





Ladies Soccer

Constantina Hug - MVP

Haley Stockton - Most Valuable Offense

Savannah Shaney - Most Valuable Defense

Cydni Fowler - Coach's Award

Rimal Ternanni - Most Improved Award

Grace Russell - Heart and Hustle Award



JV Ladies Soccer

Amber Anthony - MVP

Laura Howell - Offensive MVP

Alayna Salazar - Defensive MVP

Victoria McAlister - Co-Coach's Award

Caroline Hyde - Co-Coach's Award