Nate Galbraith, Brendan Harter and Kelsey Bertram were named the senior outstanding athletes at the Winner Quarterback Club athletic awards night on Friday.
Named as most inspirational were seniors Nick Hossle and Sydney Schuyler.
Seth Daughters, a 2008 graduate of Winner High School and a 2012 graduate of South Dakota State University was the speaker. Daughters played for the Jackrabbit football team. He talked about leadership
It was a night filled with awards for WHS athletes.
Volleyball award winners include: Rachel Sherman most improved junior varsity player; Bailey Volmer, most improved; Lesley Soles, sparkplug; maytag award, Casey Norrid; Dusti Littau, Miss hustle; offensive player, Sydney Fritz; defensive player, Tawny Sherman; outstanding player and most representative, Kelsy Bertram.
Cross country award winners include: most representative were Sydney Schuyler and Grant Winter. Chloe Bartels was named the outstanding female athlete for the third year in a row and Coleton Schuyler was named the male outstanding cross country runner for the second year in a row.
The competitive cheer awards include: spirited—Kelsey Bertram; most improved—Kaitlyn Labahn; outstanding leadership—Hannah Peterson, outstanding cheerleader—Lesley Soles; best bases—Tawny and Rachel Sherman; high flyer award—Bayli Beehler; most representative—Lesley Soles
Dance award winners include: most representative—Dacey Kocer; best pom—Hannah Peterson; best newbie—Macy Olson; most dedicated—Payton Eagle and Jadyn Gregg; best technique—Hayley Halverson; most inspirational and best hip hop—Dacey Kocer; outstanding kick—Skyler VanDenHul; senior leadership and most enthusiastic—Baleigh Turnquist and Kasey Norrid, senior leadership.
Football award winners include: junior varsity player of the year—Cameron Kuil; lifter of the year—Krockett Krolikowski; most improved—Jordan Turgeon; special team player of the year—Sam Naasz; most valuable defensive player—Brendan Harter; most valuable offensive player—Nate Galbraith; outstanding lineman—Kelly Kidwiler; most representative—Nick Hossle; outstanding running back and team MVP—Tyrel Haley.
Girls basketball awards include: Most improved—Rachel Sherman and Bailey Volmer; 110 percent award—Kelsey Bertram; most representative—Tawny Sherman; defensive mvp—Sydnie Schuyler and MVP—Kelsey Bertram
Boys basketball awards include: most improved—Shane Antoine and Izak Moleterno; C Mr. defense—Justus Gregg; C MVP—William Schroeder; C MVP—Luke Engel; JV Mr. defense—Chase Kingsbury; JV MVP—Cameron Kuil; Mr. Hustle—Nick Hossle; Mr. Defense—Sam Naasz; MVP—Nate Galbraith and Brendan Harter; Most representative—Sam Naasz
Wrestling award winners include: outstanding wreslter—Tyrel Haley; most improved—Cohl Turnquist and Colby Curtis
Ironman award—Jaden Schroeder; most representative—Cohl Turnquist
In golf, Luke Engel was named the boys most representative and in girls golf Ronae Klein was named most representative.
Named as a friend of golf was Scott Schramm of KWYR radio station.
Schramm was also honored as the winner of the Bill Pistulka friend of athletics award and the outstanding quarterback club member.
The U.S. Army Reserves scholar athlete award went to Brendan Hartrer and Kelsey Bertram.