July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Keen, Champ honored (06/09/05)
A senior and a freshman topped the list of Jay County honorees as the All-Olympic Athletic Conference teams were announced Wednesday.
Senior Chad Keen and freshman Trisha Champ were named to the all-conference team in baseball and softball respectively. Also, Butch Gray was named OAC Coach of the Year in boys golf, and four other Patriots earned honorable mention.
Keen was the top pitcher for the JCHS baseball team this year, tossing back-to-back no-hitters against Muncie Southside and Fort Recovery. Champ hit .312 for the softball team, and had team highs in hits (24), RBIs (18), runs (15), stolen bases (12), triples (4) and home runs (2).
Gray, in his second season atop the program, was named coach of the year as the Patriots finished 13-1 in dual meets and were second in the conference by one stroke to Connersville.
Senior Brittany Logue and juniors Amber Champ and Chelsea DeBoy received All-OAC honorable mention in softball, and senior Eric Somers picked up honorable mention in baseball.
Conference honors in other sports were determined by regular-season results. Nathan McClung and Alex Hunt earned All-OAC honors in boys golf, and Adam Foster, Ben Freeman and Tyler Johnston all got honorable mention. Erin St. Myers was an all-conference player for the Patriots in girls tennis.
Senior Mark Kelly and junior Joseph Vormohr were conference champions in boys track, and the team of Jill Roughia, Jessica Mosier, Jessica Heitkamp and Allison Fullenkamp took the OAC title in the girls 4x800-meter relay.
Three- and four-year letter winners are also receiving their awards during ceremonies this week and next week.
Johnston and Hunt earned four-year letters for boys golf, and Foster, Freeman and McClung picked up three-year letters. McClung also earned academic all-state honors from the Indiana High School Golf Coaches Association.
Three-year letter winners in tennis are St. Myers, Chelsea Reff, Whitney Schemenaur and Julie Sours.
Winning four-year letters in track were Roughia and Heitkamp for the girls and Adam May for the boys. Three-year letters in track went to Lindsey Vesperry, Alyssa Johnson, Josh Hawn, Doug Murray and Vormohr.
Keen, Somers and Trent Bailey earned four-year letters in baseball, and Corey Locke, John Retter and Josh Shatto were three-year letter winners.
Three-year letter winners in softball are DeBoy, Lisa Weitzel and Saffron Redwine.[[In-content Ad]]
Senior Chad Keen and freshman Trisha Champ were named to the all-conference team in baseball and softball respectively. Also, Butch Gray was named OAC Coach of the Year in boys golf, and four other Patriots earned honorable mention.
Keen was the top pitcher for the JCHS baseball team this year, tossing back-to-back no-hitters against Muncie Southside and Fort Recovery. Champ hit .312 for the softball team, and had team highs in hits (24), RBIs (18), runs (15), stolen bases (12), triples (4) and home runs (2).
Gray, in his second season atop the program, was named coach of the year as the Patriots finished 13-1 in dual meets and were second in the conference by one stroke to Connersville.
Senior Brittany Logue and juniors Amber Champ and Chelsea DeBoy received All-OAC honorable mention in softball, and senior Eric Somers picked up honorable mention in baseball.
Conference honors in other sports were determined by regular-season results. Nathan McClung and Alex Hunt earned All-OAC honors in boys golf, and Adam Foster, Ben Freeman and Tyler Johnston all got honorable mention. Erin St. Myers was an all-conference player for the Patriots in girls tennis.
Senior Mark Kelly and junior Joseph Vormohr were conference champions in boys track, and the team of Jill Roughia, Jessica Mosier, Jessica Heitkamp and Allison Fullenkamp took the OAC title in the girls 4x800-meter relay.
Three- and four-year letter winners are also receiving their awards during ceremonies this week and next week.
Johnston and Hunt earned four-year letters for boys golf, and Foster, Freeman and McClung picked up three-year letters. McClung also earned academic all-state honors from the Indiana High School Golf Coaches Association.
Three-year letter winners in tennis are St. Myers, Chelsea Reff, Whitney Schemenaur and Julie Sours.
Winning four-year letters in track were Roughia and Heitkamp for the girls and Adam May for the boys. Three-year letters in track went to Lindsey Vesperry, Alyssa Johnson, Josh Hawn, Doug Murray and Vormohr.
Keen, Somers and Trent Bailey earned four-year letters in baseball, and Corey Locke, John Retter and Josh Shatto were three-year letter winners.
Three-year letter winners in softball are DeBoy, Lisa Weitzel and Saffron Redwine.[[In-content Ad]]
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