Kara Griffin, Justin Baker Named Cedarville's Senior Athletes of the Year
By David Latva

Cedarville Senior Athletes of the Year Kara Griffin and Justin Baker.

Kara Griffin and Justin Baker were named senior athletes of the year during Cedarville High School's annual athletic awards banquet Wednesday, May 23.

Unsung Hero Award

Juniors Jason Duncan and Caitlin Wright were recipients of a new award, Cedarville Unsung Hero, in memory of Charlie Paquin and Wally Smith.

Other awards presented during the banquet are as follow (with presenting coaches in parentheses):

Football

(Randy Schaedig)

Most Valuable Offense: Justin Baker

Most Valuable Defense: Matt Hanson

Luke Bickham Memorial Award For Dedication/Academic: Jimmy Eberts

Girls Basketball

(Sonja Duncan) Most Valuable: Emily Feldhake

Most Improved: Billie McLeod

Defensive Player of the Year: Kara Griffin

Pete Promo Memorial Most Dedicated: Jessie Griffin

Cross Country

(Ryan Wilson) Most Valuable: Kara Griffin Most Valuable: Jordan Sweeney

Cedarville High School athletic award winners include (front, from left) Lindsay McLeod, Jessie Duncan, Hope Deeren, Emily Feldhake, Kara Griffin, Billie McLeod, Rebecca Bickham, Charlene Brissette, Caitlin Wright; (back) Taylor Smith, Matt Hansen, Jordan Duncan, C.J. Paquin, Jason Duncan, Sheldon Tassier, Kevin Thompson, Matt Nelson, Justin Baker, Jordan Sweeney, and Jimmy Eberts.

Volleyball

(Kathy Trevarrow) Most Valuable: Lindsay McLeod

Most Improved: Hope Deeren

Defensive Player of the Year: Kara Griffin

Note: The team compiled a 3.65 grade point average, fifth overall in the state for Class D.

Boys Basketball

(David Duncan)

Most Valuable: Entire Team

Most Improved: Kevin Thompson

Defensive Players of the Year: C.J. Paquin and Jordan Duncan

Pete Promo Memorial Most Dedicated: Jordan Sweeney

Baseball

(Jim Eberts, assistant coach) Leadership Award: Jimmy Eberts

Tony Autore of Cedarville presents replicas of the state championship trophy to all of the varsity members of the Cedarville Trojans basketball team. Jimmy Eberts receives his trophy from Mr. Autore with Coach David Duncan looking on.

Boy and Girls Track

(Ryan Wilson and Kris Hill)

Most Valuable: Jordan Sweeney, Justin Baker, Lindsay McLeod

Most Improved: Sheldon Tassier, Caitlin Wright

Boys and Girls Golf

(David and Sonja Duncan)

Boys Most Valuable: To be awarded after the season

Girls Most Valuable: Charlene Brissette

Most Improved: Matt Nelson, Rebecca Bickham

Ham Matson Memorial Most Dedicated: Taylor Smith, Jessie Duncan

Also during the banquet, it was announced that Adam Dingman was named to the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) Student Advisor Council for the 2007-08 school year and Emily Feldhake received a MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award.

Above, the Unsung Hero Awards were presented to Jason Duncan (far left) and Caitlin Wright (far right) in memory of Bob Smith's father, Wally Smith, and Dorothy Paquin's husband, Charlie Paquin. Mr. Smith and Mrs. Paquin are pictured second and third from left. At right, the Class D state championship boys basketball banner was unveiled during Cedarville High School's athletic awards ceremony Wednesday, May 23.