Four student-athletes from Kewaunee highlighted a list of kids from Door and Kewaunee Counties showing that success on the field and in the classroom can happen.
The Packerland Conference announced the 2019-20 scholar-athlete awards on Wednesday after league principals nominated a pair of boys and girls student athletes, cheerleaders, pom/dance squad members, student trainers and managers from their schools for the honor. All the student-athletes recognized must be a second-semester senior, earn at least four varsity letters during their career. and have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0. Five local athletes earned outstanding achievement awards, which go to students that were three-sport athletes while earning at least seven varsity letters and a 4.0 grade point average. Sturgeon Bay's Sarah Bridenhagen and Kewaunee's Tanor Bortolini, Max Hanrahan, Owen Kudick, and Hailey Gaedtke earned the distinction. Below is a list of the other students given scholar-athlete awards.
Sturgeon Bay
Adison Benziner, Jake Schneider, Katie Frank, Marina Jeanquart
Southern Door
Brock Aune, Sam Dean, Jacqlyn Atkins, Kendra Dantoin
Sevastopol
Caden Kacmarynski, Evan Lardinois, Kailee Moe, Mya Ploor
Gibraltar
Brady Ash, Ben Fitzgerald, Bella Bunda, Kayla Scharrig
Algoma
Benjamin Fahrenkrug, Chase Peronto, Jenny Farley, Melissa Srnka
Kewaunee
Tanor Bortolini, Ryan Carmichael, Katherine Metzler, Mackenzie Tlachac