On May 17, the Arizona Interscholastic Association held its Night of Champions Awards Dinner in Surprise. The night was filled with students and adults from northern Arizona receiving several distinguished awards.
Loy Engelhardt was awarded the Skip Bryant Award, which celebrates the top media contributions in outstanding coverage of high school athletics along with the promotion and advocacy for the student athletes and programs with consistent, high-quality contributions sport media. Like Bryant, Engelhardt also had 50 years of broadcasting Winslow High School sports and was known as the Voice of the Bulldogs. When asked how he did it he replied, “I did try to do my best.”
The 3A Glen Treadaway Award for sportsmanship was awarded to Holbrook High School for outstanding sportsmanship for the team, student body and fans.
The Scholar Athlete Award is presented for academic integrity. A student must maintain a 3.75 GPA, along with a varsity level sport for two years. This year in the 1A-3A there were two young ladies as finalists from the 3A East, Tatum Henling of Winslow and Miley Hambley of Blue Ridge. Tatum was named the Scholar Female Athlete. Tatum carries a flawless 4.0 GPA and competed in three or more sports throughout her high school career. Even though she suffered a season ending injury this year she quickly transitioned into a mentor and assistant to encourage her teammates in basketball and track and maintained being a valuable member of the teams.
