Seniors Kristyn Turner and Dontel Highsmith captured the girls and boys All-Sports Awards at the 64th annual Dowagiac Athletic Booster Club All-Sports Banquet Thursday night.

Turner also won the varsity softball award, while Highsmith won the varsity basketball and boys track awards.

Turner played softball and basketball for four years, while she also played volleyball for three seasons before switching to golf her senior year. She joins her aunts Cathy Turner and Julie Ruff as an All-Sports Award winner.

She will attend Central Michigan University on a full academic scholarship.

Highsmith, who led the Chieftains to the Class B final four as a sophomore, holds the school record for points scored in his career. He played basketball for four years, ran track for three years and played football for two seasons.

In all, 42 student-athletes were honored for their varsity participation in sports during the 2012-13 season.

Amanda Hassle, Matt Lyle, Hollie Olson and Maggie Cripe received the Athletic Booster Club scholarships, while D.J. Hunt, Joey Pasternak, Rachel Bailey, Jordan Juday and Paul Lamphere were awarded the Chieftain Golf Outing scholarships.

Haley Smith won the Dick Dorgan Memorial Scholarship, Cal Cox won the Larry Cox Memorial Scholarship and Brooke Parritt won the Leon Dodd Commemorative Award.

Cox also won the Bryan Frazier Memorial Scholarship.

DeYonte Sullivan and Alyssa Allen were selected as the outstanding freshmen.

FOX 28’s award-winning sportscaster Allison Hayes served as the host for the evening.

Northern Illinois University men’s basketball coach Mark Montgomery was the principal speaker.

 

64th annual All-Sports Banquet

Award winners

Boys soccer – Joey Pasternak

Boys cross country – Benjamin Thompson

Girls gross country – Holly Luth

Boys golf – Jordan Juday

Boys JV golf – Jeremiah Guernsey

Girls varsity basketball – Ciera Smith

Girls JV basketball – Leela Smith-Ferrier

Varsity football – Brett Scanlon

JV football – Bryce Dodd

Cheerleading – Paige Charles

JV cheerleading – Alyssa Casey

Boys varsity basketball – Dontel Highsmith

Boys JV basketball – Keoante’ Blackamore

Varsity volleyball – Katelyn Dantone

JV volleyball – Mary Magin

Wrestling – Matt Lyle, Tristan Howard

JV wrestling – Sean Thompson

Girls golf – Haley Smith

Varsity softball – Kristyn Turner

JV softball – McKinzie Kiggins

Varsity baseball – Cal Cox

JV baseball – Daquan Brooks

Girls track – Nijah Russell

Boys track – Dontel Highsmith

Girls soccer – Brooke Parritt

Girls tennis – Sydney Foote

Girls JV tennis – Genesis Avila, Han Tsai

Boys tennis – Marc Tyrakowski

Outstanding freshman female – Alyssa Allen

Outstanding freshman male – DeYonte Sullivan

Sportsmanship male – Todd McIntyre

All-Sports female – Kristyn Turner

All-Sports male – Dontel Highsmith

Athletic Booster Club Scholarship – Amanda Hassle, Matt Lyle, Hollie Olson, Maggie Cripe

Chieftain Gold Outing Scholarship – D.J. Hunt, Joey Pasternak, Rachel Bailey, Jordan Juday, Paul Lamphere

Dick Dorgan Scholarship – Haley Smith

Larry Cox Scholarship – Cal Cox

Leon Dodd Commemorative Award – Brooke Parritt

Bryan Frazier Scholarship – Cal Cox

Fall Sportsmanship male – Josh Lamphere

Fall Sportsmanship female – McKinzie Kiggins

Winter Sportsmanship male – DeYonte Sullivan

Winter Sportsmanship female – Olga Dickson-French

Spring Sportsmanship male – Aubrey Huston

Springs Sportsmanship female – Kourtney Mitchell