NORTH MANCHESTER — Manchester High School held its Spring Sports Awards Night Thursday, naming its outstanding male and female athletes. Kegan McNeeley, who finished sixth in the 100-meter dash at last week’s state finals, was awarded the Dick Miller Outstanding Male Athlete Award and Meika Kennedy was given the Grace Kester Outstanding Female Athlete Award. Payton Sorg and Hannah Little were also named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards. A complete awards list is below, as well as the senior athlete awards, which are given to athletes who participated in more than 10 seasons. MANCHESTER SPRING SPORTS AWARDS Baseball Rotary Mental Attitude — Jim Sainsbury; Squire Award — Payton Sorg; Best Batting Average — Payton Sorg (.367); Most RBIs — Connor McLaughlin (17); Lowest ERA — Connor McLaughlin (1.84); JV Batting Average — Noah Johnson (.419); JV Lowest ERA — Evan Milam (6.90) Softball Rotary Mental Attitude — Kristiana Grogg; Squire Award — Kalene Freshour; Offensive MVP — Hannah Little; Defensive MVP — Meika Kennedy; Most Improved — Kayla Flack; JV Mental Attitude — Marret Metzger; JV Most Improved — Keirsten Staley Girls Tennis Rotary Mental Attitude — Laurel Ruppert; Squire Award — Malyssa Bedke; MVP — Megan Metzger; Most Improved — Natalee Cain, Katie Peden; JV MVP — Claire Barnett; JV Most Improved — Rachel Chapman Boys Golf Rotary Mental Attitude — Connor Eichenauer; Squire Award — Tyler Watson; MVP — Tyler Watson; Most Improved — Aaron Johnson; JV Most Improved — David Fahs-Brown, Rainer Borgmann Boys Track Rotary Mental Attitude — Cole Sellers; Squire Award — Tom Naragon; MVP — Kegan McNeeley; Most Improved — Preston Penrod; Coaches Appreci-ation — Brodi Carter; Promising Newcomer — Matthew Fahs-Brown; Heather A. Medley Gotta Have Heart Award — Andrew Longanecker Girls Track Rotary Mental Attitude — Lille Terrill; Squire Award — Lindsey Budnik; MVP — Bekah Brunn; Most Improved — Alex Shelton; Coaches Appreciation — Katie Smith; Promising Newcomer — Lindsey Dierks; Heather A. Medley Gotta Have Heart Award — Kiana Gillum Scholar-Athlete of the Year Payton Sorg (male), Hannah Little (female) Dick Miller Outstanding Male Athlete Award Kegan McNeeley Grace Kester Outstanding Female Athlete Award Meika Kennedy Senior Athlete Awards (10 seasons or more) Malyssa Bedke (12), Natalee Cain (11), Amy Collett (10), Meika Kennedy (12), Hannah Little (12), Megan Metzger (12), Hanna Schmidt (10), Katie Smith (10), Lille Terrill (10), Kaylee Watson (10), Calvin Barnett (11), Logan Brunn (12), Aaron Johnson (10), Connor McLaughlin (11), Kegan McNeeley (10), Preston Penrod (10), Payton Sorg (11)
