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All 10 Shawnee County high schools have nominated multiple senior athletes for the 17th annual Topeka Shawnee County High School Sports Awards, which will be presented on June 22 along with the induction of the 2022 Hall of Fame class.
TopSports.news, in conjunction with the University of Kansas Health Systems St Francis Campus, A-1 Lock and Key and Washburn University, will host the Topeka Shawnee County Sports Awards and Hall of Fame induction ceremonies at the Washburn University Memorial Union.
TopSports.news will present awards to the top female and male athletes in the fall, winter and spring seasons, as well as overall female and male athletes of the year and the most inspirational female and male. A complete list of nominees is listed below.
To be eligible, an athlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.0. Athletes were nominated by their schools' athletic directors and coaches.
In addition to the Topeka Shawnee County Sports Awards, James Letcher Jr. and Faith Rottinghaus will be honored as Washburn University Athletes of the Year and Aaron Crow, Kaylee Manns and Dani (McHenry) Schmidt will be inducted as the 2022 Topeka Shawnee County Hall of Fame class.
A committee of local media members will select the 2022 high school winners, including the selection of overall female and male athletes of the year.
General admission tickets for the Topeka Shawnee County sports awards banquet are $26 per person and include dinner.
Ticket information is available at topsports.news.
TOPEKA SHAWNEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AWARDS NOMINEES
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By RICK PETERSON
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Generally speaking, football linemen are very rarely in the spotlight.
That will change on Monday, June 20, when Shawnee Heights hosts the "Battle of the Bigs'' lineman challenge (5:30 p.m. start).
The "Battle of the Bigs'' is billed as an opportunity for offensive and defensive linemen to have fun over the summer in a non-contact competition.
The top eight individuals will win visor or bucket hats and the team with the highest five-player total will win a plaque for their school. Cost is $20, which includes the lineman challenge, a T-shirt and food.
Participating athetes will take part in nine measured events:
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Seaman senior catcher Dagen Brewer has been named the Centennial League baseball player of the year after leading the Vikings to a 20-3 record, a share of the league championship and a berth in the Class 5A state tournament.
Brewer was one of eight city players to earn spots on the 11-member first team.
Brewer is joined on the first team by Viking senior teammates Maclane Finley and Mason McConnaughey and junior Bryson Vawter, while Seaman's Trent Oliva was named the Centennial League coach of the year.
Washburn Rural, which shared the league crown and finished third in the 6A state tournament with a 19-6 record, put senior Brock Howard, junior Ty Weber and sophomore Kyle Walker on the first team, with Walker also being selected as the league newcomer of the year, while Topeka High senior Max Colombo also earned a first-team berth.
League tri-champion Manhattan, which finished second in 6A, put seniors Cade Perkins and Braden Dinkel and junior Kyler Horsman on the first team.
ALL-CENTENNIAL LEAGUE BASEBALL
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If the 2022 All-Shawnee County boys golf team tooks familiar, there's a very good reason, with the seven members of the '22 team all repeat selections from the '21 team.
Washburn Rural, which won its 12th straight city team championship and finished fifth in the Class 6A state tournament at Dodge City, is represented on the All-Shawnee County team by the senior trio of Turner Depperschmidt, Giles Frederickson and Luke Leonetti, while Topeka West sophomore Myles Alonzo, Silver Lake sophomore Bryce Badsky, Shawnee Heights junior Alex Valdivia and Seaman senior Gavin Wilhelm round out the first team.
Alonzo was a regional champion and 5A state medalist while Badsky earned a second straight medal in the 3A state tournament, Valdivia was the city and United Kansas Conference individual champ and Wilhelm led Seaman to a regional team title in a tiebreaker over Valdivia's Shawnee Heights team.
All-City capsules:
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Shawnee Heights, which posted a 13-5-0 overall record, including a 9-1-0 mark in conference play, put four players on the All-United Kansas Conference girls soccer first team.
The T-Birds are represented on the All-UKC first team by senior goalkeeper Tatum Hoge, junior forward Emily Loy, freshman defender Lailah Benz and freshman midfielder Isabell Van Fleet.
Heights senior Katie Mulligan and juniors Abby Fleischer, Lily Martin and Kalyn Walter all earned berths on the all-conference second team.
De Soto junior midfielder Chloe Collins was named the UKC player of the year while Wildcat coach Jesse Smith was named the conference coach of the year.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE SOCCER
First team
Taylor Graf, so. defender, Basehor-Linwood; Teigan Capper, sr. forward, Basehor-Linwood; Audrey McCarty, so. midfielder, Basehor-Linwood; Avery Crabtree, jr. defender, De Soto; Emily Heffernan, sr. defender, De Soto; Paige Hennager, jr. defender, De Soto; Isabelle Jones, so. forward, De Soto; Chloe Collins, jr. midfielder, De Soto; Sydney Coffman, fr. midfielder, De Soto; Brooke Collins, sr. midielder, Leavenworth; Lailah Benz, fr. defender, Shawnee Heights; Emily Loy, jr. forward, Shawnee Heights; Tatum Hoge, sr. goalkeeper, Shawnee Heights; Isabell Van Fleet, fr. midfielder, Shawnee Heights.
Second team
Emma Rothwell, so. defender, Basehor-Linwood; Audrey Smith, jr. forward, Basehor-Linwood; Kylie Albright, so. defender, De Soto; Gracie Smith, jr. forward, De Soto; Sophie Landrum, jr. forward, De Soto; Kennedy Tilley, so. goalkeeper, De Soto; Sadie Carver, sr. midfielder, De Soto; Carsen Phillips, so. defender, Lansing; Addison Manley, so. midfielder, Leavenworth; Abby Fleischer, jr. defender, Shawnee Heights; Katie Mulligan, sr. defender, Shawnee Heights; Lilly Martin, jr. midfielder, Shawnee Heights; Kalyn Walter, jr. forward, Shawnee Heights; Adriana Loya-Loredo, jr. midfielder, Turner.
Honorable mention
Basehor-Linwood: Hannah Miller, so. Lansing: Kamryn Farris, sr. Leavenworth: Alice Maddox, so.; Avi Garret, fr.; Emily Singletary, fr. Shawnee Heights: Bradley Van Veldhuizen, fr. Turner: Arlyne Carrillo, jr.; Melia Dew, fr.
Player of the year -- Chloe Collins, De Soto.
Coach of the year -- Jesse Smith, De Soto.