Several area students named MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Award finalists

Several southeast-Michigan high school athletes were among the 120 finalists for the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Scholar-Athlete Awards for the 2023-24 school year

The program, sponsored by Farm Bureau Insurance, is in its 35th year and has recognized student-athletes since the 1989-90 school year.

Farm Bureau Insurance underwrites the Scholar-Athlete Awards and will present a $2,000 scholarship to each recipient. Since the beginning of the program, 928 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 will be awarded to Class B student-athletes, four female and four male; six scholarships will be awarded to Class C student-athletes, three female and three male; and four scholarships will be 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.

Multiple-sport athletes are the norm

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. Ann Arbor Greenhills, Birmingham Seaholm, East Grand Rapids, Manistee and Midland Dow have three finalists this year. Seven schools have two finalists: Beal City, Britton Deerfield, Dearborn, Mason, Northville, Oxford, and Traverse City West.

Multiple-sport participation remains the norm among applicants. The average sport participation rate of the finalists is 2.88. There are 77 three-plus sport participants in the finalists field, and all but two of the 28 sports in which the MHSAA sponsors postseason tournaments are represented.

Over 1,600 nominations

Of 445 schools which submitted applicants, 28 submitted the maximum allowed. This year, 1,607 applications were received. All applicants will be presented with certificates commemorating their achievement.

Following are the local finalists:

Yan Yee Adler, Ann Arbor Pioneer

Aya Moughni, Dearborn

Julia Holt, Farmington Hills Mercy

Arianna Pate, Gibraltar Carlson

Addison Raffle, Northville

Anna Lassan, South Lyon East

Erik Giedeman, Dearborn

Jaden Reji, Livonia Churchill

Connor Curtis, Livonia Stevenson

Kyle Brown, Northville

Anirudh Krishnan, Plymouth

Navya Ashok, Ann Arbor Greenhills

Anika Bery, Ann Arbor Greenhills

Angelo Ciarelli, Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard

Lucas Nor, Ann Arbor Greenhills.

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