Valley, Whitko Athletes Earn Conference Honors
A host of athletes from both Tippecanoe Valley and Whitko fall sports teams have earned honors from the Three Rivers Conference.
The All-TRC volleyball team includes Abby Betten of Valley and Kaity Reed of Whitko. Honorable mention selections included the Valley trio of Sophie Bussard, Emily Peterson and Shayleigh Shriver, along with Whitko’s Haley Yohe.
The All-TRC honors in football included the Valley pair of Bryce Webster (receiver) and Alec Craig (defensive back). Honored from the Whitko squad were Gavin Howard (offensive line), Brandon Fugate (offensive line), Garrett Elder (running back), Zach Hewitt (defensive line), Conner Sherwin (linebacker) and Robbie Owsley (defensive back). Earning honorable mention honors were Desean Heckman and Wes Melanson of Valley and Collin Craig and Hunter Reed of Whitko.
Earning All-TRC honors for boys soccer was Fabian Mar of Valley. Honorable mention honors went to Ivan Santiago and Adrian Velazquez of Valley and the Whitko pair of Connor Castillo and Ryan Day.
The Whitko twosome of Riley Insley and Abby Overmeyer earned All-TRC honors for girls soccer. The Whitko duo of Leighandra Goodman and Sidney Overmeyer were honorable mention selections.
The All-TRC boys tennis honorable mention list included Valley doubles players Dakota Parker, Garrett Feldman and Dylan Sponseller. Also on the list were Whitko singles players Cory Hersha and Bailey Platt.
A multitude of athletes from both schools also earned Academic All-Conference honors from the TRC. The Valley list includes Jared Mikel, Dakota Parker, Olivia Trippiedi, Lexi Durkes, Claudia Ramos, Victoria Biddle, Tom Solano, Alex Kromkowski, Adrian Velazquez, Makayla Sandbakken, Abbi Miller, Camden Tucker, Chris Secrets and Michael Paseka.
The Academic All-TRC honorees from Whitko are Angelica Moyer, Connor Castillo, Stephanie Baughman, Gavin Howard and Andrea Snarly.
The honorable mention list for Academic honors includes Valley athletes Blake McBrier, Tori Miller, Dylan Warner, Abby Betten, Alyssa Brito, Drew Hartman and Avander Wimsatt. Honored from Whitko were Collin Bross, Jacob Rothgeb, Hann Yohe, Conner Sherwin, Kennedy Krull, Quinn Craig, Madison Cook, Haley Yohe, Brianna Tackett and Kaity Reed.