Finalists named for State Farm Student Athlete Recognition Banquet

Posted on June 3, 2016

By Eric Stock

BLOOMINGTON – More than a dozen local student athletes and several state championship teams will be among the honorees at the upcoming State Farm Student Athlete Recognition Banquet.

The finalists for Female Athlete of the Year are Shelby Fulk of El Paso-Gridley, Sydney Shanks of Central Catholic and Kylie Welch of Bloomington and the finalists for Male Athlete of the Year are Matt Chastain from LeRoy and two from Normal West – Mitch Fairfield and Andrew Loy.

The finalists for team of the year are Central Catholic and Normal Community volleyball and Normal West softball for the girls. The top boys teams are Tri-Valley and LeRoy football and LeRoy basketball.

The winners will be announced at a banquet set for June 21 at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn in Bloomington. The keynote speaker will be former University High and Texas A&M soccer standout, Ashlee Pistorius-Slayback.

Ticket information is available by calling the Bloomington-Normal Sports Commission at (309) 665-0033.

Eric Stock can be reached at [email protected].

Female Team of the Year
· Central Catholic Volleyball
· Normal Community Volleyball
· Normal West Softball

Male Team of the Year
· Tri-Valley Football
· LeRoy Basketball
· LeRoy Football

Coach of the Year – Female Sport
· J.R. Banister – Central Catholic Volleyball
· Mary Jo Bell – Central Catholic Golf
· April Schermann – Normal West Softball

Coach of the Year – Male Sport
· Michael Mosley – Bloomington Basketball
· Becky Braman – Normal West Swimming
· Mark Edmundson – LeRoy Basketball

Good Neighbor Award
· Nicole Bruno
· Normal West Baseball team
· Illinois Wesleyan Athletics

Female Scholar Athlete
· Hailey Paul – Central Catholic
· Brittney Peden – Bloomington
· Ally Wiegand – Tri-Valley

Male Scholar Athlete
· Perry Lim – U-High
· Drew Humphrey – Bloomington
· Matthew Ogden – Normal West

Special Olympics Female Athlete
· Bailey Keiser – Normal West
· Ally Davis – Olympia
· Mackenzie Carlson – Normal West

Special Olympics Male Athlete
· Jamey McCabe – Olympia
· Brady Sutton – Tri-Valley
· Aaron Stuckey – Tri-Valley

Female Athlete
· Sydney Shanks – Central Catholic
· Shelby Fulk – El Paso-Gridley
· Kylie Welch – Bloomington

Male Athlete
· Andrew Loy – Normal West
· Matt Chastain – LeRoy
· Mitch Fairfield – Normal West

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