Hat High hands out 2021-22 Hawks athletic awards

By MEDICINE HAT NEWS on June 11, 2022.

Medicine Hat High honoured their top athletes Thursday night with end of year athletic awards.

Hawks male athlete of the year was awarded to brothers Dylan and Aayden Callan.

Aayden represented Hat High in football, wrestling and track. He was a league all-star and MVP nominee in football and received a scholarship to Queens University in Ontario for football.

Dylan won gold in ASAA wrestling, was awarded the MVP for the Hawks rugby team, named the SE Alberta league MVP and was recruited to play football BCJFL in Victoria.

Whitney Parker was named Hawks female athlete of the year for her play as a libero/playmaker on the volleyball team and as first team all-star and team MVP in basketball.

Kai Noon received the Brian Drefs award as, “an athlete who does not need to be the true star of the team, but encourages those around him (what the Drefs family believed Brian was to his teams). The Spirit of Sport. Family’s requirements – Preferably Grade 12 and participated in volleyball or basketball.”

Marg Derbyshire received an appreciation award and Taj Ghotra was named the Hawks fan of the year.

Abrielle Watson (basketball) was named the Grisonich Grit Award winner for a female athlete who demonstrates hard work, toughness and playing with an aggressive demeanour.

The rest of the Hat High Hawks award winners were:

JV Football: Gavin Canavan (Most Improved), Ryder Cooke (Coaches Award), Kaedan Buckler (MVP)

SV Football: Zach Angstadt (Most Improved), Logan Wells (Coaches Award), Ayden Callan (MVP)

Cross Country (Girls): Hannah Giesbrecht (Most Improved), Zaynna Willoughby (Coaches Award), Georgia Herter (MVP)

Cross Country (Boys): Zack Job (Most Improved), Gage Smith (Coaches Award), Hug Capeta Romero (MVP)

JV Girls Volleyball: Jayda Grunewald (Most Improved), Mahawa Traoré (Coaches Award), Khamisa Antony (MVP)

SV Girls Volleyball: Jaida Gold (Most Improved), Nyla Knodel/Abree Toews (Coaches Award), Addison Witkowski (MVP)

JV Boys Volleyball: Alex Baird (Most Improved), Zach Schorno (Coaches Award), Kyle Bertram (MVP)

SV Boys Volleyball: Jannis Ernst (Most Improved), Colton Peterson (Coaches Award), Jehan Robles (MVP)

JV Girls Basketball: Jayda Grunewald (Most Improved), Mckenzie Giesbrecht (Coaches Award), Gracie Kradovill (MVP)

SV Girls Basketball: Andee Feko (Most Improved), Liv Cahoon (Coaches Award), Whitney Parker (MVP)

JV Boys Basketball: Jada Bolok (Most Improved), Kayden Nunemaker (Coaches Award), Trey Watson (MVP)

SV Boys Basketball: Wyatt Bishop (Most Improved), Jehan Robles (Coaches Award), Sebastian Perez (MVP)

Wrestling (Girls): Amberlynn Burk (Most Improved), Kiana Ivey (Coaches Award)

Wrestling (Boys): Nathan MacKinnon (Most Improved), Cooper Ryckman (Coaches Award), Aayden Callan / Dylan Callan (MVP)

Badminton: Cyton Corsie (Most Improved), Caydn Lieske (Coaches Award), Luca Laliberté and Morgan Wissler (doubles team, MVP)

Softball: Amaly Bartman (Most Improved), Ryan Sweet (Coaches Award), Hailey Hudson (MVP)

Girls Rugby: Sanja Kcro (Most Improved), Madison Desjarlais (CHHS) (Coaches Award), Jayna Hill (MVP)

JV Boys Rugby: Ethan Sehn/Grayson Misson (Most Improved), Ryder Cooke (Coaches Award), Anas Ismail (MVP)

SV Boys Rugby: Moham Mohamed (Most Improved), Will Donahue/Ray Ngo (Coaches Award), Dylan Callen (MVP)

JV Baseball: Gracie Eddy (Most Improved), Cade Moch(Coaches award), Carson Christianson(MVP)

SV Baseball: Aidan Eckersall(Most Improved), Koby Eskestrand(Coaches award), Payton Eddy(MVP)

JV Girls Track: Adara Both (Most Improved), Sadee Toews (Coaches Award), Zayna Willoughby (MVP)

SV Girls Track: Mieke Siegert/Beatrice Chiovetta (Most Improved), Hannah Kozakewich (Coaches Award), Georgia Herter (MVP)

JV Boys Track: Logan Konczak (Most Improved), Tyson Van Ham (Coaches Award), Shunsuke Yamagata (MVP)

SV Boys Track: Riley Friesen (Most Improved), Aayden Callan (Coaches Award), Aaron Kruger/Tristan Friesen (MVP)

Golf: Wyatt Bishop (MVP)

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