Burnet athletes honored for the 2011-2012 school year
BURNET — Burnet High School athletes were honored for their accomplishments the past several months during an award ceremony May 17. Coaches also announced team awards during the event.
FOOTBALL: Zach Maldonado – Offensive Back of the Year; Cody Letterman – Offensive Lineman of the Year; Demone Belmarez – Offensive Most Valuable Player; Cameron Langley – Defensive Lineman of the Year; Fermin Molina – Defensive Back of the Year; Ryan Rundzieher – Defensive MVP; Austin Huff – Special Teams
VOLLEYBALL: Kati Maldonado – MVP; Ali Eaton – Offensive Award; Casey Jo Stevens – Defensive Award; Kristen Spinn and Callie Haylea – Fighting Heart.
BASKETBALL: Boys — Grant Cole, Most Valuable Player; Jacob Pollard, Offensive MVP; Derek Kiser, Grant Guenther and Demone Belmarez, co-Defensive MVP; Jordan Barnard – Fighting Heart Award. Girls — Leah Cotton – MVP; Kati Maldonado – Best on Offense; Riley scott – Best on Defense; Bryanika Grady – Rebound Award; Hillary Foster and Shannon Dyer – Fighting Heart Award.
BASEBALL: Nick Melvin – MVP; Cash Conovan – Offensive MVP; Colton Rockafellow – Defensive MVP; Will Kyle – Fightin Heart; Blaine Shilling – Most Improved.
SOFTBALL: Allison Eaton – Most Valuable Player; Shelby Wilson – Offensive Player of the Year; Kati Maldonado and Hillary Foster – co-Defensive Players of the Year; Kristen Spinn – Fighting Heart Award
TRACK AND FIELD: All-District Boys — Zack Carter, Nick Stevenson, Joey Merrick, Demone Belmarez, Michael Ybarra, Derek Kiser, Jamal Brown, Jeremy Ayers, Chase Mardis. Academic all-district – Ayers, Carter, Trenton Hafley, Austin Huff, Derek Kiser, Fermin Molina, Nick Stevenson. Girls — Blake Skoog – MVP; Riley Scott – Newcomer of the Year; Riana Bond – Sprinter of the Year; Kathryn Drake – Distance Runner of the Year; Bryanika Grady – Best Field Event Athlete of the Year; Kimberly Kyle – Fighting Heart Award. All-District – Chelsey Bates, Courtnie Crouch, Riana Bond, Blake Skoog, Ashleyn Kerley, Brittney Barksdale, Kimberly Kyle, Kathryn Drake, Brittany Shaver, Alli Styron, Sami Richter, Danielle Lindley, Riley Scott. Academic all-district – Barksdale, Bates, Claire Carpenter, Leah Cotton, Crouch, Baylee Daniell, Drake, Kerley, Kyle, Lindley, Sarah Poe, Scott, Blake Skoog, Amber Sprankle, Styron, Logan Skoog.
SWIMMING: First team all-district – Seth Timmons, Savannah Meadows; second team all-district – Sydney Cardenas, Mandee Harris, Laura Meadows, Savanna Meadows; honorable mention – Adam Paul, Angel Romero, Weston Smith. Academic all-district – Mandee Harris, Bailey Lawson, Weston Smith, Seth Timmons. Second team all-state – Seth Timmons, Savanna Meadows. First team all-region – Seth Timmons, Savanna Meadows.
GOLF: Boys — Holden Hernandez – MVP; Derek Kiser – Most Improved. Girls — Jalee Hill – MVP; Jodi Hill – Most Improved.
TENNIS: Academic all-district – Will Gerdes, Zane Freeman, Price Carpenter, Jared McHazlett, Luke Webb, Hailey Wilson, Ali Simon, Jimena Lopez, Cheyenne King, Mary Nedbalek.