Left to right- Volleyball athletes Shelby McGuire, Heather Oxford and Nikki Pacheco, the team's three seniors, share a group hug at the Saratoga High School fall sports banquet.
Left to right- SHS football players Thatcher Spiering, Rodrigo Escobedo and Tate Stinson are presented as All-Conference honorees by coach Scott Bokelman (with microphone), while coach Josh Sandlian goes through certificates to hand out. Stinson also received All-State honors at the banquet.
Tears were shed as Saratoga High School athletes closed the fall season with an awards banquet, which honored efforts shown from the school's 2013 football and volleyball teams.
The Platte Valley Community Center Great Hall was filled with friends, family members and school officials during the Nov. 25 event, where supporters witnessed awards being given and inspirational coach speeches. The Saratoga volleyball players were first honored by coaches Shayley Love and Amy Johnston, and following were Saratoga varsity football coaches Scott Bokelman and Josh Sandlian, who announced and handed out their specialized player awards.
The list of player awards and honorees is as follows:
Junior Varsity
Volleyball Awards
Assists Award- Sarah Burton
Serving Award- Alicia Zaragoza
Dig Award- Meredith Lincoln
Kill Award- Sierra Schutte
Blocking Award- Justine Fourman
Most Improved- Shaelee Hamann
Coaches Award- Nina Ford
Varsity Volleyball
Awards
Senior Awards- Shelby McGuire, Heather Oxford and Nikki Pacheco
Assists Award- Shelby McGuire, with 288 assists for the season
Serving Award- Mati Love, with a serving percentage of 92.2 percent, and 14th overall in conference for serving
Defense Award- Veronica Lincoln, with 301 digs, and 5th overall in conference for digs
Kills, Blocks and Digs Award- Heather Oxford, with 243 total kills, 80 total blocks and 456 total digs
Most Improved Award- Justine Fourman, made 28 blocks
Coaches Award- Kylie Theesfeld
Panther Award- Nikki Pacheco
Rookie of the Year Award- Meredith Lincoln
MVP Award- Heather Oxford
2A Southeast Regional All-Conference Team placers- Shelby McGuire, Heather Oxford and Veronica Lincoln
South All-Star Selection from Saratoga High School- Heather Oxford
Letter Winners- Veronica Lincoln, Meredith Lincoln, Heather Oxford, Kelsie Samson, Shelby McGuire, Mati Love, Nikki Pacheco, Kylie Theesfeld, Haley Soles and Justine Fourman
Varsity Football
Awards
All-Conference Awards- Tate Stinson, Rodrigo Escobedo and Thatcher Spiering
All-State Award- Tate Stinson
Casper Star-Tribune Super 25 Honorable Mention- Tate Stinson and Kyle Bartlett
Outstanding Offensive Player of the Year- Tate Stinson
Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year- Thatcher Spiering
Special Teams Player of the Year- Rodrigo Escobedo
Perseverance Player of the Year- Ryan Malone
Letter Winners- Tate Stinson, Thatcher Spiering, Thomas Ingleby, Cameron Lehr, Kyle Bartlett, Tyler Hughes, Alex Ziegler, Ryan Malone, Bradley Bifano, Zane Michelson, Morgan Rempel, Rodrigo Escobedo and Darian Williams
Manager Awards- Becca Treat and Michelle Hooker
Senior Awards- Tate Stinson, Ryan Malone and Shawn Ingleby
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