Multiple P-CEP student-athletes finalists for MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award
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Among the 120 finalists for the prestigious Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Scholar-Athlete Awards for the 2025-26 school year are three student-athletes who attend the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park.
The program, in its 37th year, has recognized student-athletes since the 1989-90 school year and again this winter will honor 32 individuals from MHSAA member schools who participate in at least one sport in which the Association sponsors a postseason tournament.
Plymouth High School is one of just 21 schools in the state with two finalists: Veda Keshavamurthy and Sami Anwar.
The third P-CEP student-athlete finalist is Canton High School’s Kazutaka Suzuki.
Significant scholarships for winners
Farm Bureau Insurance underwrites the Scholar-Athlete Awards and will present a $2,000 scholarship to each recipient. Since the beginning of the program, 991 scholarships have been awarded.
Scholarships will be presented proportionately by school classification, with 12 scholarships to be awarded to Class A student-athletes, six female and six male; eight scholarships awarded to Class B student-athletes, four female and four male; six scholarships awarded to Class C student-athletes, three female and three male; and four scholarships awarded to Class D student-athletes, two female and two male. In addition, two scholarships will be awarded at-large to minority recipients, regardless of school size.
Every MHSAA member high school could submit as many applications as there are scholarships available in its classification and could have more than one finalist.
Multiple-sport participation a common thread.
This year, 95 schools have a finalist, with Birmingham Groves and Flint Powers Catholic atop the list with three apiece.
Multiple-sport participation remains the norm among applicants.
The average sport participation rate of the finalists is 3.02, up from 2.88 a year ago.
There also are 82 three-plus sport participants in the finalists field, up from 75 in 2024-25, and all 31 sports in which the MHSAA sponsors postseason tournaments are represented — including field hockey and boys volleyball, which joined the MHSAA’s championship lineup this school year for the first time.
Congratulations to the three local finalists!
