Wednesday, June 1, 2016 THE KERSHAW NEWS-ERA...

By Kim RobertsSports Writer

A host of honors werepresented during theannual Andrew JacksonHigh School All-SportsAwards last Tuesdaynight.

AJ senior tri-sportathlete Brantley Usserywas honored as theschool’s Athlete of theYear presented by HaileGold Mine and the Ker-shaw News Era.

Ussery reaped All-Region honors in volley-ball, basketball and girlstrack. She was theRegion IV-AA girls highjump champion with afive-foot effort. She alsoearned the AJ girls bas-ketball Coaches Awardfor the region title team.

Ussery, who hassigned to continue hereducation and trackcareer at Limestone Uni-versity, was also a mem-ber of the Lady Vols’Class AA state runner-up 4 x 400 relay team,which posted a time of

4:08.96. Ussery teamedwith Oshamiya Black,Niyana Jones andAlexandria Williams toearn the silver medal ionthe state meet.

AJ 4 x 400 alternateswere Destiny Clyburnand Amargieona Catoe.

Lady Vols basketballstar Elizabeth Scott, anAJ senior, was salutedfor setting the girls’ all-time scoring mark with1,687 points. Scottreaped the girls basket-ball Offensive Award andwas honored as All-State, All-Region and theClass AA Player of theYear for girls hoops.

For boys sports,Heath Gandy garneredthe Vols football MVPand the baseball GoldenGlove Award.

For boys basketball,Dontarius James reapedhis share of honors,including MVP, BestOffensive Award, All-Region, All-State andRegion IV-AA Player ofthe Year.

Dalton Allen, who

earned the LinebackerAward in football, waspresented the ChadFaulkenberry LeadershipAward for wrestling andwas saluted as a mem-ber of the AJ wrestling100-win club.

FootballMVP – Heath GandyOffensive Line – Dylan BakerEffort Award – Trey Holland,Xavier Woodard, Dante Mack-ey, Cody CatoeBest Receiver-RunningBack – Logan LucasDefensive Back – JacksonBlackmonDefensive Lineman – BradonAdamsLinebacker – Dalton AllenCoach Faulkenberry Award –Tad McCowanAll-Region – Heath Gandy,Dylan Baker

VolleyballMVP – Kinsley AdamsOffensive Player of the Year –Cassidy McKittrickDefensive Player of the Year –Kinsley AdamsAll-Region – Brantley Ussery,Kinsley Adams

CheerBest All-Around – JessicaTruesdaleMost Spirited – Morgan John-sonMost Improved – Taylor

Boatwright

WrestlingMost Outstanding Wrestler –Hunter Haven, 40-9Most Improved Wrestler –Cristian Valcourt, 36-11Coach Faulkenberry Leader-ship Award – Dalton Allen, 31-6Volunteer Award – XzavierWoodard, 41-11100 Win Club – Dalton Allen

Girls BasketballLady Vols Award (TeamMVP) – A’lexxus SowellOffensive Award – ElizabethScottDefensive Award – SummerVickCoaches Award – BrantleyUsseryHustle Award – Mary KelsieBroughtonAll-Region – Elizabeth Scott,A’lexxus Sowell, BrantleyUssery, Summer VickAll-State – Elizabeth ScottClass AA Player of the Year –Elizabeth ScottAll-time Leading Girls Scor-er – Elizabeth Scott, 1,687points

Boys basketballMVP – Dontarius JamesBest Offense Award – Dontar-ius James, Corey WaltersBest Defense Award – AustinMcIsaacHustle Man Award – LukeSowell

Coaches Award – MichaelSlayton, Jalen DavisVolunteer Award – KD Kirk-landSixth Man Award – KeyshawnAnthonyAll-Region – Dontarius James,Corey WaltersAll-State – Dontarius JamesRegion IV-AA Player of theYear – Dontarius James

Girls SoccerCoaches Award – BriannaWilliamsHustle Award – Sarah SowellRookie of the Year – NatalieHinsonMost Improved – LyndsayTaylor, Carrie MorrisonAll-Region – Cheyenne Black-mon, Hailley Burton, BriannaHicks

Boys SoccerMost Valuable Player – JaredTruesdaleDefensive Player of the Year –Luke SowellCoaches Award – Cam VincentAlvin Randy Catoe AwardBest All Round Soccer Play-er – John WareAll-Region – Luke Sowell,Jared TruesdaleAthletic Trainer Award –Danny Hyatt

Girls TrackMost Valuable Player – NiyanaJonesCoaches Award – Destiny

ClyburnMost Improved – Olivia PlylerRookie of the Year –Makaylen CrosbyAll-Region – Brantley UsseryAll-State – Niyanna Jones

Boys TrackCoaches Award – BrysonUsseryMost Improved Player – NygelMackeyRookie of the Year – DarrionWright

GolfMVP – Logan SowellMost Improved – Caleb BrownCoaches Award – Emily CoxAll-Region – Logan Sowell,Caleb Brown, ChandlerNorville, Emily CoxGirls All-State – Emily CoxBoys All-State – Logan SowellNorth-South All-Star – LoganSowell

BaseballCo-MVPs – John Cauthen,Trey RollingsGolden Glove Award – HeathGandyTeam Player Award –Matthew ScottVolunteers Young GunAward – Conner KilloughAll-Region – John Cauthen,Trey Rollings

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Vols athletes honored at All Sports Banquet

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Completer: Brianna WilliamsWelding Technology

Award: Denton Threatt International Thespian

Society: Juliana Quay, AustinDenton, Chandler Norville

Tri-M Music Honor Soci-ety: Tessa Ackerman,Stephanie Blackmon, JessikaBonner, Kendijah Brown, Syn-dey Gordon, Yaret Hernandez,Samantha Ihm, BreannaMahaffey, Carrie Morrison, Jor-dan Mungo, Gabby Plyler, WillRobinson, Ashley Scott, JessicaTruesdale, Abbey Vincent, Bai-ley Walker, Anna Weeks

National Arts Honor Soci-ety: Autumn Hinson, KendalRobinson, Josiah Starnes,Haley Threatt, Abbey Vincent,Amber Wade

National Technical HonorSociety: Jackson Blackmon,Jessika Bonner, MckenzieBrewer, Rae Ashlie Broughton,Jerrisha Crawford, GeorgieLucas, Jonathon Mackey,Austin McIsaac, AnnaMcLemore, Brittany Miko,Madeline Saverance, ElizabethScott, Rylee Sims, JessicaTruesdale, Brantley Ussery,Summer Vick, Lyric Williams

FFA Officers Recognition:Jacob Annan, Jon Mackey

Student Council Recogni-tion for Senior Class Officers:Carrie Morrison, AnnaMcLemore

Student Council Recogni-tion for Student Body Offi-cers: Parker Brewer, GabriellaPlyler, Stephanie Blackmon,Dillon McDowell

Distinguished FemaleAthlete Award: BrantleyUssery; Distinguished MaleAthlete Award: Corey Walters;Scholastic Excellence Award:Luke Sowell; Semper FidelisAward for Musical Excellence:Angel Harper

Media Center Assistants:Diana Adi

12th Grade CitizenshipAward: Danny Hyatt

1000+SAT/21+ACT :Tessa Ackerman, John Allen,Dylan Baker, Kevin Bartell,Jackson Blackmon, StephanieBlackmon, Jessika Bonner,Parker Brewer, Caleb Brown,Kendijah Brown, Mary KelsieBroughton, Tillman Caldwell,Joshua Campbell, Shane Cau-then, James Cauthen, Kourt-ney Chester, Michaela Coates,Jerrisha Crawford, WilliamCurry, Richard Denton,Nicholas Dorman, Sydney Gor-don, Yaret Hernandez, AutumnHinson, Lillian Hinson, DannyHyatt, Samantha Ihm, GunnarLucas, Jonathan Mackey, Dil-lon McDowell, AnnaMcLemore, Austin McIsaac,Carrie Morrison, Jordan L.Mungo, Chandler Norville,Megan Phillips, Juliana Quay,Tyler Richardson, WilliamRobinson, Madeline Saverance,Ashley Scott, Elizabeth Scott,Luke Sowell, David Truesdale,Hunter Vaughn, Abigail Vin-cent, Dallton Vincent, BrantleyUssery, Amber Wade, MorganWalker, John Ware, Anna

Weeks, Caitlin Williams Star Student: Juliana

Quay USC-Lancaster Scholar-

ships: Christen Borgersrode:Rucker Family Endowed Schol-arship, Ernest K. Mathis, Jr.and Brenda B. Mathis Scholar-ships; Rae Ashli Broughton:Albertine Moore Scholarship,James Edward Dodds andMary Morse Dodds Scholar-ships; Kourtney Chester:Blake E. and Ann S. TaylorScholarship, D. Glenn Yarbor-ough Scholarship; KatieCoates: James Edward Doddsand Mary Morse Dodds Schol-arships; Georgie Lucas: AlphaDelta Kappa Scholarship Fund,Tom Gibson Mangus AcademicEndowed Scholarship; DillonMcDowell: The Peter andMary Barry Endowed Academ-ic Scholarship, The BrumfieldFamily Scholarship, The OscarHyatt Bell and Ella Roddey BellTrust Fund; Brittany Miko:John R. (Pete) Arnold EndowedScholarship, Elsie Boyce Schol-arship; Kendal Robinson:Oscar Hyatt Bell and EllaRoddey Bell Trust Fund; Ash-ley Scott: Michelle andFrankie Faile Endowed Schol-arship; Elizabeth Scott: TheBig Thursday Endowed Schol-arship, James Edward Doddsand Mary Morse Dodds Schol-arship; Summer Vick: SaraJane Scholarship; KeshaunWindless: Ned Gregory, Sr.Scholarship; Lyric Williams:Ken and Mary Ester FaileEndowed Scholarship, RichardEdwin Walters MemorialEndowed Scholarship

College Scholarships:Kevin Bartel: USC-L SoccerScholarship; Cheyenne Black-mon: USC-L Soccer Scholar-ship; Stephanie Blackmon:Charleston Southern Scholar-ship; Jessika Bonner:Winthrop Garnet Scholarship;Parker Brewer: College ofCharleston Merit Scholarship,Furman Bell Tower Scholar-ship, Anderson University Pal-metto Boys State PresidentialScholarship, Coastal CarolinaSouth Carolina Scholar, Pres-byterian Palmetto Boys StateScholarship, Wofford PalmettoBoys State Scholarship; CalebBrown: SpartanburgMethodist College Golf Scholar-ship & President’s Scholarship;Tillman Caldwell: Universityof South Alabama PresidentialScholarship; JoshuaCampbell: Coker CollegeDean’s Scholarship; ShaneCauthen: Winthrop GarnetScholarship; Kenzie Faile:James River Equipment Schol-arship; Sydney Gordon:Winthrop Dept. of Music Schol-arship; Gunner Lucas: NorthGreenville Baseball Scholar-ship; Jonathan Mackey:Glenn Alexander MemorialScholarship; Dillon McDowell:Wingate Trustee Scholarship;Austin McIsaac: Laura Flem-ing Scholarship; AnnaMcLemore: USC-L FrenchScholarship; Carrie Morrison:

University of South CarolinaAlumni, STEM & Dean’s Schol-arship; Jordan Lynn Mungo:Winthrop University Fellows &Palmetto Girls’ State Scholar-ship, GT IDEAS Scholarship,Winthrop Garnet Scholar,Clemson Scholar; ChandlerNorville: Hiwassee CollegeAcademic & Golf Scholarship;Megan Phillips: Coastal Car-olina Teal Scholar, Coker Presi-dential Scholarship, SouthCarolina Coaches AssociationHerlong Scholarship; GabriellaPlyler: Coastal Carolina SouthCarolina Scholar, Wingate Uni-versity Scholarship, Lenoir-Rhyne University Scholarship;Juliana Quay: Winthrop Uni-versity Gold Scholarship, EagleSTEM Scholarship & Chem-istry STEM Scholarship;William Robinson: WinthropHenry DeWitt Plyler Scholar-ship; Madeline Saverance:Presbyterian College High-lander Scholarship, ClemsonUniversity Trustee Scholarship,Converse College EndowedAcademic Scholarship,Charleston Southern Jairy C.Hunter Scholarship, FurmanBell Tower Scholarship, Wof-ford College Old Main Scholar-ship, Hendrix College AcademicScholarship & Odyssey Dis-tinction Award; ElizabethScott: Coker PresidentialScholarship, Wingate Universi-ty Scholarship; AmberSigmon: Wingate UniversityFellows Scholarship; RyleeSims: Presbyterian CollegeTartan & Assistance Scholar-ship, Wingate University Presi-dential Scholarship, CharlestonSouthern University FundedScholarship; Luke Sowell:USC-Columbia Dean’s Schol-arship & STEM Supplement,Laura M. Fleming Scholarship;William Sowell: South Caroli-na Jr. Golf Scholarship, Collegeof Charleston Golf Scholarship;Josiah Starnes: USC-BeaufortEmerging Artist Scholarship;Haley Threatt: Southern Wes-leyan University Dean’s Schol-arship; David Truesdale:Winthrop University Fellowship& Gold Scholar Scholarship;Brantley Ussery: KLS Schol-arship, Limestone Track &Field Scholarship, LimestoneMerit Scholarship; HunterVaughn: Barr Street HighSchool Scholarship, WinthropUniversity Blue Line Scholar-ship, Presbyterian College BelkScholarship, Lander UniversityMerit-Based Scholarship; Sum-mer Vick: SpartanburgMethodist College Opportunity& Contingency Scholarships,Newberry College AcademicScholarship, Coker CollegeDean’s Scholarship & White-head Scholarship; Abigail Vin-cent: USC-Beaufort EmergingArtist Scholarship, SavannahCollege of Art & DesignAchievement Honors Scholar-ship & Academic HonorsScholarship; Amber Wade:Winthrop Blue Line Scholar-ship; Bailey Walker: AndersonUniversity Denmark Scholar-

ship & Provosts Scholarship;Corey Walters: NorthGreenville Basketball Scholar-ship; Mallory Watson: Mid-lands Tech Dorothy G. SmithScholarship & Maria MerchantScholarship; Anna Weeks:Charleston Southern Universi-ty Academic Scholarship;Caitlin Williams: CharlestonSouthern University AcademicScholarship

Local Scholarships: JoeyWilliams/Justin BrewerMemorial Scholarship: ParkerBrewer; Justin Brewer Scholar-ship: Brooke Brewer, CalebBrown, Nicholas Dorman,Anna McLemore, ChandlerNorville, Gabriella Plyler, Eliza-beth Scott, Logan Sowell, Mal-lory Watson; Jared EbenMcEachern Scholarship:Amber Wade

Delta Sigma Theta Sorori-ty Scholarship: KendijahBrown

Derresha Shar’DayeRhinehart Scholarship:Kendijah Brown

Farm Bureau Scholarship:Kendijah Brown

Lancaster County Councilof the Arts Scholarship: WillRobinson

Marion Boan Scholarship:Megan Phillips

Sentinel Health PartnersScholarship: Luke Sowell

Seth Muennich Scholar-ship: Austin McIsaac

South Carolina TeachingFellows: Stephanie Blackmon,Megan Phillips, Jordan L.Mungo, Anna Weeks

Palmetto Fellows Scholar-ships: Danny Hyatt, Saman-tha Ihm, Carrie Morrison, Jor-dan Lynn Mungo, MadelineSaverance, Luke Sowell, DavidTruesdale

Honor Graduates: Vale-dictorian; Luke Sowell; Salu-tatorian: Jordan Lynn Mungo;Highest Honors: MadelineSaverance, Samantha Ihm,Elizabeth Scott, HunterVaughn, Carrie Morrison,Parker Brewer, David Trues-dale, Anna McLemore, AustinMcIsaac, Dillon McDowell, Bai-ley Walker, Juliana Quay,Georgie Lucas, Amber Wade,Stephanie Blackmon, CaitlinWilliams, Katie Coates, AnnaWeeks, Mary Kelsie Broughton,William Curry, Gabriella Plyler,Kourtney Chester, KendihjahBrown, Amber Sigmon,Jonathan Mackey, Abigail Vin-cent, Kendal Robinson, MeganPhillips; High Honors: JessikaBonner, Brooke Brewer, Brant-ley Ussery, Rylee Sims, DannyHyatt, Rae Ashlie Broughton,Autumn Hinson, Yaret Her-nandez Sanchez, Sydney Gor-don; Honors: Claire Estrada,Nicholas Dorman, Will Robin-son, Jessica Truesdale, JamesCauthen, Jackson Blackmon,Audrey Taylor, Angel Harper

Principal’s Award: TierraKirkland, Xzavier Woodard,O’Dashenell Collins

Volunteer Award: ParkerBrewer

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