Past Winners
2013 Winners
Brett Bejceck
Stow-Monroe Falls High School
It's a Sport, Not a Stereotype
Pictured with Merritt Waters
Ashten Garrett
Copley High School
Bon Appetite
Pictured with his parents
Kelsie Hinds
Newcomerstown High School
Finding My Place Under the Friday Night Lights
Pictured with her parents
Nicholas Senita
Ashtabula Lakeside High School
Lessons in Adversity
Bruce Ferguson, Nick, and Superintendent Patrick Colucci
Ryan Culross
Ashland Mapleton High School
The Most Important Lesson I've Ever Learned
Pictured with Bruce Ferguson
Alicia Nelson
Medina High School
My Rookie Season
Pictured with her award
2013 Honorable Mention:
Alonzo Burt, Copley High School, "Fields of Learning Essay"
Michael Craffey, Lake Catholic High School, "Austin, A Difference Maker"
Brett Dawson, Trinity High School, "Plow Through It"
Thomas Fanning, St. Ignatius High School, "Marked for Life"
Megan Fenton, Midpark High School, "Never Too Tough to Care"
Griffin Fillippi, Trinity High School, "The Mud, the Blood and the Cheers"
Christopher Grant, Rocky River High School, "Scholarship Essay 2013"
Josh Iammarino, Kirtland High School, "David and Goliath"
TJ Kestranek, Kenston High School, "Beyond the Pole"
Emily Kist, Lakeside High School, "Winning is not Everything"
Elissa Kuharich, Brecksville High School, "You Only Get One Senior Night-Choose to Participate"
Michael LaManna, St. Ignatius High School, "48 Seconds and 3 Time Outs"
Ashley Moffat, Riverside High School, "Agree to Disagree"
Nicholas Mog, Padua High School, "Heartbreak and Redemption"
Thomas Murtaugh, Chagrin Falls High School, "From the Football Field to the Science Lab"
Antonio Nicholson, Oberlin High School, "Football and Life"
Rachel Poretsky, Bay Village High School, "When the Rockets Go Flying In"
Elizabeth Reichart, Hudson High School, "Eternally Grateful"
Brandon Rotsky, Beachwood High School, ""Band of Brothers"
Gretchen Sauder, Crestview High School, "Football and Its Fans: The Fantasy World of a True Family Sport"
Shane Sheredy, Wickliffe High School, "Man Maker"
Joseph Simonis, Highland High School, "Best Unpredicted Experience"
Madison Tompkins, Lake Catholic High School, "What I Learned in Football Season"
