Telling Trait in Soccer & School: Tenacity Ask athletes down through the ages to name the sweetest feeling in sports and the answer echoes across generations – revenge. Caleb Valentine, captain and four-year starter on the Trinity Christian Academy soccer team, is no exception. The 17-year-old senior center-back has sparked the Titans to consecutive trips […]
Versatility Is the Name Of Her Game School: Sayre School GRADE: 12 Sport: Soccer, basketball Academics: Isabel is a straight-A student, scored 30 on the ACT, has taken 6 A.P. classes and is a member of the school’s Honor Council. Parents: Delia & Tom Whether it’s on the soccer field, basketball court, in […]
Staunch Defender Stays On the Move at LCA School: Lex. Christian Academy GRADE: 11 Sport: Soccer Academics: Grace is a straight-A student who scored 30 on the ACT as a freshman. She plays classical guitar and is a math tutor. Parents: Jennifer & Michael A mid all the roles that keep Grace Jacobs busy – […]
A Question of Time: Alexis Has the Answers School: West Jessamine High GRADE: 12 SportS: Volleyball Academics: Alexis has a 4.3 GPA, scored 30 on the ACT and will have taken 11 A.P. classes by the time she graduates. Parents: Suzannah & Barry Here’s a question that not even Alexis Rich, an honor student at […]
by John Lynch For a complete list of the Scholar Athletes please visit: https://www.lexingtonfamily.com/2017/09/20-years-scholar-athlete-list/ As I sat in a doctor’s office waiting room last month, eavesdropping on two older men, I piped up when their conversation hit a lull. “Are your triplets natural?” I asked the man who referred to his 30-year-old daughter (a triplet). […]
Wheels on Fire: She Burns Up the Track No one knows where the idea came from, but once Aerelle Jones of Nicholasville embraced the idea of wheelchair racing, nothing has slowed her down. Jones, 18 and a homeschooled student, was born with Klippel-Feil IV, a bone disorder that caused malformations in her spine, which is […]
How Do You Get Fast? Practice, Practice, Practice Isaiah McCall School: STEAM Academy GRADE: 12 Sports: Track Academics: Isaiah has a 3.2 GPA, focusing on the arts, science and engineering. He takes some of his classes at UK. Parents: Vanessa & Jody “How do you get to be the fastest high school hurdler in […]
Twelve of the most recent Scholar Athletes were honored May 10 at Kentucky Utilities at the annual Scholar Athlete celebration sponsored by Lexington Family Magazine and KU. In addition, Ethan Tan and Eva Mitchell – names drawn at random at the event – split the Darrell B. Pulliam Memorial Scholarship of $3,000 that was presented […]
It All Adds Up: 11 A.P. Classes, 2 State Titles School: Dunbar High GRADE: 12 SportS: Track, cross-country, swimming, Academics: Ethan has a 4.7419 weighted GPA in the math-science program and has taken 11 A.P. classes. Parents: May & Vincent What’s the definition of a Scholar-Athlete? Look no further than the […]
For Autumn, It’s All Fun and Games School: Dunbar High GRADE: 12 Sport: Basketball Academics: Autumn is a straight-A student with a 4.71 weighted GPA. She scored 31 on the ACT, has taken six A.P. classes and is a National Honor Society member. Parents: Kelly & Greg In fact, “court” is too limiting. Nobody in […]
