Academic Achievement Awards applications are included in the Principals Packet on-line.
The Deputy Board members of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission met on October 14, 2021, to select the winners for the 2020-2021 WVSSAC/Farmers & Mechanics Insurance Academic Achievement Awards.
This statewide recognition program involves two types of awards to be given to schools and individuals. The member school awards are based on the computed overall grade point averages for the Team Sport Award, the Individual Team Sport Award, and the Band Award. The individual awards include: Male Athlete; Female Athlete; Male Band Student; Female Band Student; Male Community Service; and Female Community Service at both high school and middle school levels. The School Category and Individual Category Awards are given at the high school and middle school levels.
The winners will be honored during the pre-game ceremonies of the Class AAA Championship Football game at Wheeling Island Stadium, Wheeling, WV, on December 4, 2021. Plaques and banners will be presented.
The High School Winners are:
School Category
- (1) Team Sport Award -Football – John Marshall High School with an overall grade point average of 3.9.
- (2) Individual Team Sport Award – Girls’ Track – Bridgeport High School with an overall grade point average of 4.0.
- (3) Band Award – Wheeling Park High School with an overall grade point average of 3.8.
Individual Category
- (1) Male Athlete –Benjamin McCardle, John Marshall High School, Glen Dale, WV.
- (2) Female Athlete – Zara Zervos, John Marshall High School, Glen Dale, WV.
- (3) Male Band Student – Kaden Cunningham, Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, WV.
- (4) Female Band Student – Rosalyn Hill, Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, WV.
- (5) Male Community Service – Alan Gibson, Pocahontas County High School, Dunmore, WV.
- (6) Female Community Service – Natalie Agee, Greenbrier West High School, Charmco, WV.
The Middle School Winners are:
School Category
- (1) Team Sport Award – Girls Soccer – Bridgeport Middle School with an overall grade point average of 4.0.
- (2) Individual Team Sport Award – Boys Cross Country – Warwood Middle School with an overall grade point average of 4.0.
- (3) Band Award – Bridgeport Middle School with an overall grade point average of 3.971.
Individual Category
- (1) Male Athlete – Cooper Durst, Ripley Middle School, Ripley, WV.
- (2) Female Athlete – Nia Miller, Sherrard Middle School, Wheeling, WV.
- (3) Male Band Student – Nathan Tyska, Triadelphia Middle School, Wheeling, WV.
- (4) Female Band Student – Hailey Hastings, Warwood Middle School, Wheeling, WV.
- (5) Male Community Service – Jacob White, Lenore K-8 School, Williamson, WV
- (6) Female Community Service – Molly Korn, Notre Dame Middle School, Clarksburg, WV.