Educator Night

On January 9th and 10th the varsity boys and girls varsity basketball teams did an Educators night! The players each picked a person that worked with them in some way, and that has made a huge impact in their life. For the athlete to have an educator nominated, they needed to write a paragraph about how they influenced them in some way. To show honor to the educator, the athlete would escort them out to center court and present them with a T-shirt that had the players’ number on the back. For example, my Educator was Rob Scott, JV head coach of the boys basketball team. My freshman year was his first year coaching for us. My sophomore year with Coach Scott we were watching a high school basketball team together and we witnessed a kid, no taller then I was, dunk. After we saw that, Coach Scott leaned over to me and said, “I could definitely see you doing that by your senior year.” And to this day he still tells me to keep working at it. He tells me he always believes in me, which means a lot. And I’m sure that these Varsity players have memories as good as mine with their educators.

Below listed are the Boy’s varsity basketball players and underneath their name is their educator:

• 11 - Grant Reille-Mohler (Senior)
  Mike Gaul – Trainer, Trinity Wellness
• 5 – Matt Eike (Junior)
  Sharon Adkins - Social Studies Teacher, Millbrook Junior High School
• 4 – Karter Kunkel (Junior) and 24 - Evan Schomer (Sophomore)
  Rob Scott - JV Coach, Newark High School
• 22 – Noah Nichols (Junior)
  Priscilla Jorstad - Language Arts Teacher, Lisbon Grade School
• 15 – Zach Anderson (Sophomore)
  Carol Navarro - Science Teacher, Newark High School
• 42 – Jack Clausel (Sophomore) and 20 – Mitchel Schmidt (Sophomore)
  Aaron Sovern - Coach, Hoop Stars/Hustle Camp, Currently Athletic Director at Yorkville Christian HS
• 21 – Kendall Endres (Sophomore)
  Brian McGrath - Coach, Winter Travel Team
• 3 – Will Clausel (Freshman)
  Duane Ramey – Coach, Millbrook Junior High School
• 2 – Steve McGrath (Freshman)
  Matt Akre – Coach, Winter Travel Team
• 10 – Dimitri Milakis (Freshman)
  Amanda Eibl – Science Teacher, Newark High School

Below listed are the Girl’s varsity basketball players and underneath their name is their educator:

• 2 – Marissa Friestad (Sophomore)
  P.J. McKinney – P.E. Teacher/Coach, Lisbon Grade School
• 10 – Lexi Zeznanski (Junior)
  Carol Navarro – Science Teacher, Newark High School
• 11 – Kelsea Zitt (Sophomore)
  Jeff Eddy – Coach, Millbrook Junior High School
• 13 – Nicole Lawrence (Senior) and 20 – Jasmine Mitchell (Freshman)
  Kris DeGraaf – Teacher/Coach, Lisbon Grade School
• 14 – Kristine Zitt (Senior) and 33 – Lindsey Larson (Senior)
  Dale Skelton – P.E. Teacher/Coach, Newark High School
• 22 – Sarah Bogden (Junior)
  Duane Ramey – Coach, Millbrook Junior High School
• 23 – Kaylynn Shankle (Junior)
  Demetra Turman – Teacher/Principal, Millbrook Junior High School
• 24 – Alexa Myre (Senior)
  Ursula Goldman – English Teacher, Newark High School
• 25 – Alicia Cihak (Senior) and 15- Megan DiClementi (Sophomore)
  Brian Holman – Math Teacher/Coach, Newark High School
• 30 – Rachael Lape (Junior)
  Tonya Grayson – Teacher/Coach, Newark High School
• 34 – Jessica Hager (Junior)
  Ray Eddy – Coach, Millbrook Junior High School

By Karter Kunkel